UT Code § 17C-2-201 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17C - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Reinvestment Agency Act|Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal|Part 2 - Urban Renewal Project Area Budget|Section 201 - Project area budget -- Requirements for adopting -- Contesting the budget or procedure -- Time limit.

 Effective 5/10/2016  17C-2-201. Project area budget -- Requirements for adopting -- Contesting the budget or procedure -- Time limit.    (1)   (a) If an agency anticipates funding all or a portion of a post-June 30, 1993 urban renewal project area plan with tax increment, the agency shall, subject to Section 17C-2-202, adopt a project area budget as provided in this part.     (b) An urban renewal project area budget adopted on or after March 30, 2009 shall specify:   (i) for a project area budget adopted on or after March 30, 2009:   (A) the project area funds collection period; and     (B) the percentage of tax increment the agency is authorized to receive from the project area under the project area budget; and       (ii) for a project area budget adopted on or after March 30, 2013, unless approval is obtained under Subsection 17C-1-402(4)(b)(vi)(C), the maximum cumulative dollar amount of tax increment that the agency may receive from the project area under the project area budget.         (2) To adopt an urban renewal project area budget, the agency shall:   (a) prepare a proposed project area budget;     (b) make a copy of the proposed project area budget available to the public at the agency's offices during normal business hours;     (c) provide notice of the budget hearing as required by Chapter 1, Part 8, Hearing and Notice Requirements;     (d) hold a public hearing on the proposed project area budget and, at that public hearing, allow public comment on:   (i) the proposed project area budget; and     (ii) whether the proposed project area budget should be revised, adopted, or rejected;       (e)   (i) if required under Subsection 17C-2-204(1), obtain the approval of the taxing entity committee on the proposed project area budget or a revised version of the proposed project area budget; or     (ii) if applicable, comply with the requirements of Subsection 17C-2-204(2);       (f) if approval of the taxing entity committee is required under Subsection (2)(e)(i), obtain a written certification, signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, stating that the taxing entity committee followed the appropriate procedures to approve the project area budget; and     (g) after the budget hearing, hold a board meeting in the same meeting as the public hearing or in a subsequent meeting to:   (i) consider comments made and information presented at the public hearing relating to the proposed project area budget; and     (ii) adopt by resolution the proposed project area budget, with any revisions, as the project area budget.         (3)   (a) For a period of 30 days after the agency's adoption of the project area budget under Subsection (2)(g), any person may contest the project area budget or the procedure used to adopt the project area budget if the budget or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory requirements.     (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, a person, may not contest:   (i) the project area budget or procedure used by either the taxing entity committee or the agency to approve and adopt the project area budget;     (ii) a distribution of tax increment to the agency under the project area budget; or     (iii) the agency's use of tax increment under the project area budget.        Amended by Chapter 350, 2016 General Session