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UT Code § 11-14-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 102 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/10/2016  11-14-102. Definitions.  For the purpose of this chapter:  (1) "Bond" means any bond authorized to be issued under this chapter, including municipal bonds.     (2) "Election results" has the same meaning as defined in Section 20A-1-102.     (3) "Governing body" means:   (a) for a county, city, town, or metro township, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;     (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district;     (c) for a school district, the local board of education; or     (d) for a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act:   (i) the governing body of the county or municipality that created the special service district, if no administrative control board has been established under Section 17D-1-301; or     (ii) the administrative control board, if one has been established under Section 17D-1-301 and the power to issue bonds not payable from taxes has been delegated to the administrative control board.         (4) "Local district" means a district operating under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts.     (5)   (a) "Local political subdivision" means a county, city, town, metro township, school district, local district, or special service district.     (b) "Local political subdivision" does not include the state and its institutions.      Amended by Chapter 176, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-201 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 2 - Bond Elections|Section 201 - Election on bond issues -- Qualified electors -- Resolution and notice.

 Effective 5/13/2014  11-14-201. Election on bond issues -- Qualified electors -- Resolution and notice.    (1) The governing body of any local political subdivision that wishes to issue bonds under the authority granted in Section 11-14-103 shall:   (a) at least 75 days before the date of election:   (i) approve a resolution submitting the question of the issuance of the bonds to the voters of the local political subdivision; and     (ii) provide a copy of the resolution to:   (A) the lieutenant governor; and     (B) the election officer, as defined in Section 20A-1-102, charged with conducting the election; and         (b) comply with the requirements of Title 59, Chapter 1, Part 16, Transparency of Ballot Propositions Act.       (2) The local political subdivision may not issue the bonds unless the majority of the qualified voters of the local political subdivision who vote on the bond proposition approve the issuance of the bonds.     (3) Nothing in this section requires an election for the issuance of:   (a) refunding bonds; or     (b) other bonds not required by law to be voted on at an election.       (4) The resolution calling the election shall include a ballot proposition, in substantially final form, that complies with the requirements of Subsection 11-14-206(2).    Amended by Chapter 356, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-203 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 2 - Bond Elections|Section 203 - Time for election -- Equipment -- Election officials -- Combining precincts.

 Effective 5/12/2020  11-14-203. Time for election -- Equipment -- Election officials -- Combining precincts.    (1)   (a) The local political subdivision shall ensure that bond elections are conducted and administered according to the procedures set forth in this chapter and the sections of the Election Code specifically referenced by this chapter.     (b) When a local political subdivision complies with those procedures, there is a presumption that the bond election was properly administered.       (2)   (a) A bond election may be held, and the proposition for the issuance of bonds may be submitted, on the same date as the regular general election, the municipal general election held in the local political subdivision calling the bond election, or at a special election called for the purpose on a date authorized by Section 20A-1-204.     (b) A bond election may not be held, nor a proposition for issuance of bonds be submitted, at the presidential primary election held under Title 20A, Chapter 9, Part 8, Presidential Primary Election.       (3)   (a) The bond election shall be conducted and administered by the election officer designated in Sections 20A-1-102 and 20A-5-400.5.     (b)   (i) The duties of the election officer shall be governed by Title 20A, Chapter 5, Part 4, Election Officer's Duties.     (ii) The publishing requirement under Subsection 20A-5-405(1)(h)(iii) does not apply when notice of a bond election has been provided according to the requirements of Section 11-14-202.       (c) The hours during which the polls are to be open shall be consistent with Section 20A-1-302.     (d) The appointment and duties of election judges shall be governed by Title 20A, Chapter 5, Part 6, Poll Workers.     (e) General voting procedures shall be conducted according to the requirements of Title 20A, Chapter 3a, Voting.     (f) The designation of election crimes and offenses, and the requirements for the prosecution and adjudication of those crimes and offenses are set forth in Title 20A, Election Code.       (4) When a bond election is being held on a day when no other election is being held in the local political subdivision calling the bond election, voting precincts may be combined for purposes of bond elections so long as no voter is required to vote outside the county in which the voter resides.     (5) When a bond election is being held on the same day as any other election held in a local political subdivision calling the bond election, or in some part of that local political subdivision, the polling places and election officials serving for the other election may also serve as the polling places and election officials for the bond election, so long as no voter is required to vote outside the county in which the voter resides.    Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-204 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 2 - Bond Elections|Section 204 - Challenges to voter qualifications.

 Effective 5/12/2020  11-14-204. Challenges to voter qualifications.    (1) Any person's qualifications to vote at a bond election may be challenged according to the procedures and requirements of Sections 20A-3a-205 and 20A-3a-803.     (2) A bond election may not be invalidated on the grounds that ineligible voters voted unless:   (a) it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that ineligible voters voted in sufficient numbers to change the result of the bond election; and     (b) the complaint is filed before the expiration of the time period permitted for contests in Subsection 20A-4-403(3).       (3) The votes cast by the voters shall be accepted as having been legally cast for purposes of determining the outcome of the election, unless the court in a bond election contest finds otherwise.    Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-205 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 2 - Bond Elections|Section 205 - Special registration not required -- Official register supplied by clerk.

11-14-205. Special registration not required -- Official register supplied by clerk.    (1)   (a) Voter registration shall be administered according to the requirements of Title 20A, Chapter 2, Voter Registration.     (b) The governing body may not require or mandate any special registration of voters for a bond election.       (2) The county clerk of each county in which a local political subdivision holding the bond election is located shall prepare the official register for the bond election according to the requirements of Section 20A-5-401.     (3) The official register's failure to identify those voters not residing in the local political subdivision holding the bond election, or any inaccuracy in that identification, is not a ground for invalidating the bond election.    Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-207 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 2 - Bond Elections|Section 207 - Counting and canvassing -- Official finding.

11-14-207. Counting and canvassing -- Official finding.    (1)   (a) Following the election officer's inspection and count of the ballots in accordance with the procedures of Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 1, Counting Ballots and Tabulating Results, and Part 2, Transmittal and Disposition of Ballots and Election Returns, the governing body shall meet and canvass the election results.     (b)   (i) The governing body of the local political subdivision is the board of canvassers for the bond proposition.     (ii) The board of canvassers shall always consist of a quorum of the governing body.       (c) The canvass of the election results shall be made in public no sooner than seven days after the election and no later than 14 days after the election.     (d) The canvass of election results shall be conducted according to the procedures and requirements of Subsection 20A-4-301(3) and Sections 20A-4-302 and 20A-4-303.     (e) If a bond proposition is submitted to a vote on the same day as any other election held in the local political subdivision calling the bond election, the governing body shall coordinate the date of its canvass with any other board of canvassers appointed under Section 20A-4-301.       (2)   (a) After the canvass of election returns, the governing body shall record in its minutes:   (i) an official finding as to the total number of votes cast, the number of affirmative votes, the number of negative votes, the number of challenged voters, the number of challenged voters that were issued a provisional ballot, and the number of provisional ballots that were counted; and     (ii) an official finding that the bond proposition was approved or rejected.       (b) The governing body need not file with the county clerk or with any other official:   (i) any statement or certificate of the election results;     (ii) any affidavit with respect to the facts pertaining to the election; or     (iii) any affidavit pertaining to the indebtedness and valuation of the municipality.         (3) The official finding that the majority of the qualified voters of the local political subdivision voting on the bond proposition approved the issuance of the bonds is conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of the election or involving the determination or declaration of the result of the election if the action is filed after the expiration of the period provided in Subsection 20A-4-403(3).    Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-208 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 2 - Bond Elections|Section 208 - Contest of election results -- Procedure.

11-14-208. Contest of election results -- Procedure.    (1)   (a) Any person wishing to contest the results of a bond election shall comply with the procedures and requirements of Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 4, Recounts and Election Contests.     (b) The local political subdivision calling the election shall be regarded as the defendant.       (2) Unless the complaint is filed within the period prescribed in Subsection 20A-4-403(3), a court may not:   (a) allow an action contesting the bond election to be maintained; or     (b) set aside or hold the bond election invalid.      Enacted by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-303 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 303 - Bonds, notes, or other obligations of political subdivisions exempt from taxation except corporate franchise tax.

11-14-303. Bonds, notes, or other obligations of political subdivisions exempt from taxation except corporate franchise tax.  All bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this chapter or under any other law authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes, or indebtedness by a local political subdivision or any other political subdivision now existing or subsequently created under the laws of Utah, including bonds payable solely from special assessments and tax anticipation indebtedness, and the interest on them shall be exempt from all taxation in this state, except for the corporate franchise tax.  Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-304 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 304 - Facsimile signatures and facsimile seal, use permitted -- Validity of signed bonds.

11-14-304. Facsimile signatures and facsimile seal, use permitted -- Validity of signed bonds.    (1) If the use of a facsimile signature is authorized by the body empowered by law to authorize the issuance of the bonds or other obligations of any agency, instrumentality, or institution of this state or of any municipal corporation, political subdivision, improvement district, taxing district, or other governmental entity within the state, whether or not issued under this chapter, any officer so authorized may execute, authenticate, certify, or endorse, or cause to be executed, authenticated, certified, or endorsed the bond or other obligation, or any certificate required to be executed on the back thereof, with a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature if at least one signature required or permitted to be placed on the face thereof shall be manually subscribed. Upon compliance with this chapter by the authorized officer, his facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his manual signature. When any seal is required in the execution, authentication, certification, or endorsement of the bond or other obligation, or any certificate required to be executed on the back thereof, the authorized officer may cause the seal to be printed, engraved, lithographed, stamped, or otherwise placed in facsimile thereon. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.     (2) Bonds or other obligations bearing the signatures (manual or facsimile) of officers in office on the date of the execution thereof shall be valid and binding obligations notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be officers of the local political subdivision.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-304.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 304.5 - Recital in bonds -- Incontestability.

11-14-304.5. Recital in bonds -- Incontestability.    (1) In the resolution authorizing bonds to be issued as provided in this chapter or other applicable law, a local political subdivision may require that the bonds recite that they are issued under authority of this chapter or other applicable law.     (2)   (a) A bond recital as provided in Subsection (1) conclusively establishes full compliance with all the provisions of applicable law.     (b) All bonds issued containing a recital as provided in Subsection (1) shall be incontestable for any reason after their delivery for value.      Enacted by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-305 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 305 - Registration, denominations, and exchange of obligations.

11-14-305. Registration, denominations, and exchange of obligations.    (1) As used in this section, "obligations" means bonds, bond anticipation notes, and tax anticipation notes.     (2) Unless otherwise provided by the local political subdivision, Title 15, Chapter 7, Registered Public Obligations Act, governs and applies to all obligations issued in registered form. If Title 15, Chapter 7, Registered Public Obligations Act, is inapplicable to an issue of obligations, Subsection (3) governs and applies with respect to such issue.     (3) Any obligations issued under this chapter may be issued in denominations as determined by the governing body. The governing body may provide for the exchange of any of these obligations after issuance for obligations of larger or smaller denominations in such manner as may be provided in the authorizing resolution, provided the obligations in changed denominations shall be exchanged for the original obligations in like aggregate principal amounts and in such manner that no overlapping interest is paid; and such obligations in changed denominations shall bear interest at the same rate or rates, if any, shall mature on the same date or dates, shall be as nearly as practicable in the same form except for an appropriate recital as to the exchange, and shall in all other respects, except as to denominations and numbers, be identical with the original obligations surrendered for exchange. Where any exchange is made under this section, the obligations surrendered by the holders at the time of exchange shall be cancelled; any such exchange shall be made only at the request of the holders of the obligations to be surrendered; and the governing body may require all expenses incurred in connection with such exchange, including the authorization and issuance of the new obligations, to be paid by such holders.    Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-309 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 309 - Refunding bonds -- Limitation on redemption of bonds.

11-14-309. Refunding bonds -- Limitation on redemption of bonds.    (1) Any bond issued under this chapter may be refunded as provided in the Utah Refunding Bond Act.     (2) Nothing contained in this chapter nor in any other law of this state may be construed to permit any local political subdivision to call outstanding bonds for redemption in order to refund those bonds or in order to pay them prior to their stated maturities, unless:   (a) the right to call the bonds for redemption was specifically reserved and stated in the bonds at the time of their issuance; and     (b) all conditions with respect to the manner, price, and time applicable to the redemption as set forth in the proceedings authorizing the outstanding bonds are strictly observed.       (3) A holder of an outstanding bond may not be compelled to surrender the bond for refunding before its stated maturity or optional date of redemption expressly reserved in the bond, even though the refunding might result in financial benefit to the local political subdivision issuing the bond.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-312 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 312 - Prior bonds validated -- Exceptions.

11-14-312. Prior bonds validated -- Exceptions.  All bonds issued by any local political subdivision before May 1, 2006, and all proceedings had in the authorization and issuance of them are hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed; and all such bonds are declared to constitute legally binding obligations in accordance with their terms. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or validate any bonds, the legality of which is being contested as of May 1, 2006.  Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-314 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 314 - Tax anticipation obligations validated.

11-14-314. Tax anticipation obligations validated.  All obligations issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes and other revenues by any local political subdivision before May 1, 2006, and all proceedings had in the authorization and issuance of them are validated, ratified, and confirmed; and all these obligations are declared to constitute legally binding obligations in accordance with their terms. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or validate any of these obligations, the legality of which is being contested as of May 1, 2006.  Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 11-14-315 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units|Chapter 14 - Local Government Bonding Act|Part 3 - Issuance of Bonds|Section 315 - Nature and validity of bonds issued -- Applicability of other statutory provisions -- Budget provision required -- Applicable procedures for issuance.

 Effective 5/5/2021  11-14-315. Nature and validity of bonds issued -- Applicability of other statutory provisions -- Budget provision required -- Applicable procedures for issuance.  Bonds issued under this chapter shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper, shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value and are not invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance and sale. This chapter is intended to afford an alternative method for the issuance of bonds by local political subdivisions and may not be so construed as to deprive any local political subdivision of the right to issue its bonds under authority of any other statute, but nevertheless this chapter shall constitute full authority for the issue and sale of bonds by local political subdivisions. The provisions of Section 11-1-1 are not applicable to bonds issued under this chapter. Any local political subdivision subject to the provisions of any budget law shall in its annual budget make proper provision for the payment of principal and interest currently falling due on bonds issued hereunder, but no provision need be made in any such budget prior to the issuance of the bonds for the issuance thereof or for the expenditure of the proceeds thereof. No ordinance, resolution or proceeding in respect to the issuance of bonds hereunder shall be necessary except as herein specifically required, nor shall the publication of any resolution, proceeding or notice relating to the issuance of the bonds be necessary except as herein required. Any publication made hereunder shall be made by posting on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601. No resolution adopted or proceeding taken hereunder shall be subject to referendum petition or to an election other than as herein required. All proceedings adopted hereunder may be adopted on a single reading at any legally convened meeting of the governing body. Amended by Chapter 355, 2021 General Session