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UT Code § 17B-1-120 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 120 - Exactions -- Exaction for water interest -- Requirement to offer to original owner property acquired by exaction.

17B-1-120. Exactions -- Exaction for water interest -- Requirement to offer to original owner property acquired by exaction.    (1) A local district may impose an exaction on a service received by an applicant, including, subject to Subsection (2), an exaction for a water interest if:   (a) the local district establishes that a legitimate local district interest makes the exaction essential; and     (b) the exaction is roughly proportionate, both in nature and extent, to the impact of the proposed service on the local district.       (2)   (a)   (i) A local district shall base an exaction for a water interest on the culinary water authority's established calculations of projected water interest requirements.     (ii) If requested by a service applicant, the culinary authority shall provide the basis for the culinary water authority's calculations described in Subsection (2)(a)(i).       (b) A local district may not impose an exaction for a water interest if the culinary water authority's existing available water interests exceed the water interests needed to meet the reasonable future water requirement of the public, as determined in accordance with Section 73-1-4.       (3)   (a) If a local district plans to dispose of surplus real property that was acquired under this section and has been owned by the local district for less than 15 years, the local district shall offer to reconvey the surplus real property, without receiving additional consideration, first to a person who granted the real property to the local district.     (b) The person described in Subsection (3)(a) shall, within 90 days after the day on which a local district makes an offer under Subsection (3)(a), accept or reject the offer.     (c) If a person rejects an offer under Subsection (3)(b), the local district may sell the real property.      Enacted by Chapter 205, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-121 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 121 - Limit on fees -- Requirement to itemize and account for fees -- Appeals.

 Effective 5/5/2021  17B-1-121. Limit on fees -- Requirement to itemize and account for fees -- Appeals.    (1) A local district may not impose or collect:   (a) an application fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of processing the application; or     (b) an inspection or review fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of performing an inspection or review.       (2)   (a) Upon request by a service applicant who is charged a fee or an owner of residential property upon which a fee is imposed, a local district shall provide a statement of each itemized fee and calculation method for each fee.     (b) If an applicant who is charged a fee or an owner of residential property upon which a fee is imposed submits a request for a statement of each itemized fee no later than 30 days after the day on which the applicant or owner pays the fee, the local district shall, no later than 10 days after the day on which the request is received, provide or commit to provide within a specific time:   (i) for each fee, any studies, reports, or methods relied upon by the local district to create the calculation method described in Subsection (2)(a);     (ii) an accounting of each fee paid;     (iii) how each fee will be distributed by the local district; and     (iv) information on filing a fee appeal through the process described in Subsection (2)(c).       (c)   (i) A local district shall establish an impartial fee appeal process to determine whether a fee reflects only the reasonable estimated cost of delivering the service for which the fee was paid.     (ii) A party to a fee appeal described in Subsection (2)(c)(i) may petition for judicial review of the local district's final decision.         (3) A local district may not impose on or collect from a public agency a fee associated with the public agency's development of the public agency's land other than:   (a) subject to Subsection (1), a hookup fee; or     (b) an impact fee, as defined in Section 11-36a-102 and subject to Section 11-36a-402, for a public facility listed in Subsection 11-36a-102(17)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (g).      Amended by Chapter 35, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-201 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 201 - Definitions.

17B-1-201. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1) "Applicable area" means:   (a) for a county, the unincorporated area of the county that is included within the proposed local district; or     (b) for a municipality, the area of the municipality that is included within the proposed local district.       (2) "Governing body" means:   (a) for a county or municipality, the legislative body of the county or municipality; and     (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district.       (3) "Groundwater right owner petition" means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(c).     (4) "Groundwater right owner request" means a request under Section 17B-1-204 that is signed by owners of water rights as provided in Subsection 17B-1-204(2)(b)(ii).     (5) "Initiating local district" means a local district that adopts a resolution proposing the creation of a local district under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e).     (6) "Petition" means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(a), (b), or (c).     (7) "Property owner petition" means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(a).     (8) "Property owner request" means a request under Section 17B-1-204 that is signed by owners of real property as provided in Subsection 17B-1-204(2)(b)(i).     (9) "Registered voter request" means a request under Section 17B-1-204 that is signed by registered voters as provided in Subsection 17B-1-204(2)(b)(iii).     (10) "Registered voter petition" means a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(b).     (11) "Request" means a request as described in Section 17B-1-204.     (12) "Responsible body" means the governing body of:   (a) the municipality in which the proposed local district is located, if the petition or resolution proposes the creation of a local district located entirely within a single municipality;     (b) the county in which the proposed local district is located, if the petition or resolution proposes the creation of a local district located entirely within a single county and all or part of the proposed local district is located within:   (i) the unincorporated part of the county; or     (ii) more than one municipality within the county;       (c) if the petition or resolution proposes the creation of a local district located within more than one county, the county whose boundaries include more of the area of the proposed local district than is included within the boundaries of any other county; or     (d) the initiating local district, if a resolution proposing the creation of a local district is adopted under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e).       (13) "Responsible clerk" means the clerk of the county or the clerk or recorder of the municipality whose legislative body is the responsible body.    Amended by Chapter 68, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-204 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 204 - Request for service required before filing of petition -- Request requirements.

17B-1-204. Request for service required before filing of petition -- Request requirements.    (1) A petition may not be filed until after:   (a) a request has been filed with:   (i) the clerk of each county in whose unincorporated area any part of the proposed local district is located; and     (ii) the clerk or recorder of each municipality in which any part of the proposed local district is located; and       (b) each county and municipality with which a request under Subsection (1)(a) is filed:   (i) has adopted a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-212(1) indicating whether it will provide the requested service; or     (ii) is considered to have declined to provide the requested service under Subsection 17B-1-212(2) or (3).         (2) Each request under Subsection (1)(a) shall:   (a) ask the county or municipality to provide the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district within the applicable area; and     (b) be signed by:   (i) unless the request is a request to create a local district to acquire or assess a groundwater right under Section 17B-1-202, the owners of private real property that:   (A) is located within the proposed local district;     (B) covers at least 10% of the total private land area within the applicable area; and     (C) is equal in value to at least 7% of the value of all private real property within the applicable area;       (ii) if the request is a request to create a local district to acquire or assess a groundwater right under Section 17B-1-202, the owners of groundwater rights that:   (A) are diverted within the proposed local district; and     (B) cover at least 10% of the amount of groundwater diverted in accordance with groundwater rights within the applicable area; or       (iii) registered voters residing within the applicable area equal in number to at least 10% of the number of votes cast in the applicable area for the office of governor at the last general election prior to the filing of the request.         (3) For purposes of Subsections (1) and (2), an area proposed to be annexed to a municipality in a petition under Section 10-2-403 filed before and still pending at the time of filing of a petition shall be considered to be part of that municipality.    Amended by Chapter 68, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-206 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 206 - Request certification -- Amended request.

17B-1-206. Request certification -- Amended request.    (1) Within 30 days after the filing of a request, the clerk of each county and the clerk or recorder of each municipality with which a request was filed shall:   (a) with the assistance of other county or municipal officers from whom the clerk or recorder requests assistance, determine, for the clerk or recorder's respective county or municipality, whether the request complies with the requirements of Subsections 17B-1-204(2) and 17B-1-205(1); and     (b)   (i) if the clerk or recorder determines that the request complies with the requirements:   (A) certify the request and deliver it to the legislative body of the county or municipality, as the case may be; and     (B) mail or deliver written notification of the certification to the contact sponsor; or       (ii) if the clerk or recorder determines that the request fails to comply with any of the applicable requirements, reject the request and notify the contact sponsor in writing of the rejection and the reasons for the rejection.         (2) If the clerk or recorder fails to certify or reject a request within 30 days after its filing, the request shall be considered to be certified.     (3) Each county clerk or municipal clerk or recorder shall certify or reject requests in the order in which they are filed.     (4)   (a) If the county clerk or municipal clerk or recorder rejects a request under Subsection (1)(b)(ii), the request may be amended to correct the deficiencies for which it was rejected and then refiled.     (b) A valid signature on a request that was rejected under Subsection (1)(b)(ii) may be used toward fulfilling the applicable signature requirement of the request as amended under Subsection (4)(a).       (5) Each county clerk and municipal clerk or recorder shall act in good faith in making the determinations under this section.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-207 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 207 - Signature on request may be used on petition.

17B-1-207. Signature on request may be used on petition.  A signature on a request may be used toward fulfilling the signature requirement of a petition:  (1) if the request notifies the signer in conspicuous language that the signature, unless withdrawn, would also be used for purposes of a petition to create a local district; and     (2) unless the signer files a written withdrawal of the signature before the petition is filed.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-208 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 208 - Additional petition requirements and limitations.

 Effective 5/9/2017  17B-1-208. Additional petition requirements and limitations.    (1) Each petition shall:   (a) be filed with the responsible clerk;     (b) separately group signatures by county and municipality, so that all signatures of the owners of real property located within or of registered voters residing within each county whose unincorporated area includes and each municipality whose boundaries include part of the proposed local district are grouped separately; and     (c) state the number of members that the board of trustees of the proposed local district will have, consistent with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-302(4).       (2)   (a) A petition may not propose the creation of a local district that includes an area located within the unincorporated part of a county or within a municipality if the legislative body of that county or municipality has adopted a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-212(1) indicating that the county or municipality will provide to that area the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district.     (b) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply if the county or municipal legislative body is considered to have declined to provide the requested service under Subsection 17B-1-212(3).     (c) Subsection (2)(a) may not be construed to prevent the filing of a petition that proposes the creation of a local district whose area excludes that part of the unincorporated area of a county or that part of a municipality to which the county or municipality has indicated, in a resolution adopted under Section 17B-1-212, it will provide the requested service.       (3) A petition may not propose the creation of a local district whose area includes:   (a) some or all of an area described in a previously filed petition that, subject to Subsection 17B-1-202(4)(b):   (i) proposes the creation of a local district to provide the same service as proposed by the later filed petition; and     (ii) is still pending at the time the later petition is filed; or       (b) some or all of an area within a political subdivision that provides in that area the same service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district.       (4) A petition may not be filed more than 12 months after a county or municipal legislative body declines to provide the requested service under Subsection 17B-1-212(1) or is considered to have declined to provide the requested service under Subsection 17B-1-212(2) or (3).    Amended by Chapter 112, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-210 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 210 - Public hearing.

17B-1-210. Public hearing.    (1) The legislative body of each county and municipality with which a request is filed or that adopts a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(d) and the board of trustees of each local district that adopts a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e) shall hold a public hearing or a set of public hearings, sufficient in number and location to ensure that no substantial group of residents of the proposed local district need travel an unreasonable distance to attend a public hearing.     (2) Each public hearing under Subsection (1) shall be held:   (a) no later than 45 days after:   (i) for a public hearing on a request, certification of a request under Subsection 17B-1-206(1)(b)(i); or     (ii) for a public hearing on a resolution, adoption of a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(d) or (e);       (b) within the proposed local district;     (c) except as provided in Subsections (6) and (7), within the applicable area; and     (d) for the purpose of:   (i) for a public hearing on a request, allowing public input on:   (A) whether the requested service is needed in the area of the proposed local district;     (B) whether the service should be provided by the county or municipality or the proposed local district; and     (C) all other matters relating to the request or the proposed local district; or       (ii) for a public hearing on a resolution, allowing the public to ask questions of and obtain further information from the governing body holding the hearing regarding the issues contained in or raised by the resolution.         (3) A quorum of each governing body holding a public hearing under this section shall be present throughout each hearing held by that governing body.     (4) Each hearing under this section shall be held on a weekday evening other than a holiday beginning no earlier than 6 p.m.     (5) At the beginning and end of each hearing concerning a resolution, the governing body shall announce the deadline for filing protests and generally explain the protest procedure and requirements.     (6) Two or more county or municipal legislative bodies may jointly hold a hearing or set of hearings required under this section if all the requirements of this section, other than the requirements of Subsection (2)(c), are met as to each hearing.     (7) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c), a governing body may hold a public hearing or set of public hearings outside the applicable area if:   (a) there is no reasonable place to hold a public hearing within the applicable area; and     (b) the public hearing or set of public hearings is held as close to the applicable area as reasonably possible.      Amended by Chapter 68, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-211 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 211 - Notice of public hearings -- Publication of resolution.

 Effective 7/1/2021  17B-1-211. Notice of public hearings -- Publication of resolution.    (1) Before holding a public hearing or set of public hearings under Section 17B-1-210, the legislative body of each county or municipality with which a request is filed or that adopts a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(d) and the board of trustees of each local district that adopts a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e) shall:   (a)   (i) in accordance with Subsection (2), post at least one notice per 1,000 population of the applicable area and at places within the area that are most likely to provide actual notice to residents of the area; and     (ii) publish notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601, for two weeks before the hearing or the first of the set of hearings; or       (b) mail a notice to each registered voter residing within and each owner of real property located within the proposed local district.       (2) Each notice required under Subsection (1) shall:   (a) if the hearing or set of hearings is concerning a resolution:   (i) contain the entire text or an accurate summary of the resolution; and     (ii) state the deadline for filing a protest against the creation of the proposed local district;       (b) clearly identify each governing body involved in the hearing or set of hearings;     (c) state the date, time, and place for the hearing or set of hearings and the purposes for the hearing or set of hearings; and     (d) describe or include a map of the entire proposed local district.       (3) County or municipal legislative bodies may jointly provide the notice required under this section if all the requirements of this section are met as to each notice.    Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 345, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 355, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-212 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 212 - Resolution indicating whether the requested service will be provided.

17B-1-212. Resolution indicating whether the requested service will be provided.    (1) Within 60 days after the last hearing required under Section 17B-1-210 concerning a request, the legislative body of each county whose unincorporated area includes and the legislative body of each municipality whose boundaries include any part of the proposed local district shall adopt a resolution indicating whether the county or municipality will provide to the area of the proposed local district within its boundaries the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district.     (2) If the legislative body of a county or municipality fails to adopt a resolution within the time provided under Subsection (1), the county or municipal legislative body shall be considered to have declined to provide the service requested.     (3) If the county or municipality adopts a resolution under Subsection (1) indicating that it will provide the requested service but does not, within 120 days after the adoption of that resolution, take substantial measures to provide the requested service, the county or municipal legislative body shall be considered to have declined to provide the requested service.     (4) Each county or municipality that adopts a resolution under Subsection (1) indicating that it will provide the requested service shall diligently proceed to take all measures necessary to provide the service.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 17B-1-216 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17B - Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts|Chapter 1 - Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts|Part 2 - Creation of a Local District|Section 216 - Costs and expenses of creating a local district.

17B-1-216. Costs and expenses of creating a local district.    (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), each county whose unincorporated area includes and each municipality whose boundaries include some or all of the proposed local district shall bear their respective costs and expenses associated with the procedure under this part for creating a local district.     (2) Within a year after its creation, each local district shall reimburse the costs and expenses associated with the preparation, certification, and recording of the approved final local entity plat of the local district and accompanying documents under Section 17B-1-215.    Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session