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UT Code § 53G-4-411 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 4 - Local School Board Powers and Miscellaneous Duties|Section 411 - Interlocal agreement for public education transportation services.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-411. Interlocal agreement for public education transportation services.    (1) In accordance with Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, at least two school districts may, for the purpose of coordinating public education transportation services:   (a) create an interlocal entity as defined in Section 11-13-103 if the school districts establish an interlocal entity governing board as described in Subsection (2); or     (b) enter into a joint or cooperative undertaking as described in Section 11-13-207 if the school districts establish a joint board as described in Subsection (2).       (2) A governing board described in Subsection (1)(a) or a joint board described in Subsection (1)(b) shall consist of:   (a) at least one elected member of a local school board from each school district that creates the interlocal entity or enters into the joint or cooperative undertaking; and     (b) only elected members of the local school boards of the school districts that create the interlocal entity or enter into the joint or cooperative undertaking.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-501 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 5 - Utah School Boards Association|Section 501 - Definitions.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-501. Definitions. Reserved Enacted by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-502 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 5 - Utah School Boards Association|Section 502 - Utah School Boards Association.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-502. Utah School Boards Association.  The Utah School Boards Association is recognized as an organization and agency of the local school boards of Utah and is representative of those local school boards. Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-503 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 5 - Utah School Boards Association|Section 503 - Boards of education authorized to become members of association.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-503. Boards of education authorized to become members of association.  The state board, local school boards, and their agencies may become members of the Utah School Boards Association and cooperate with the association and its members on activities and problems relating to the state's educational system. Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-504 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 5 - Utah School Boards Association|Section 504 - Payment of dues -- Expenses in attending meetings -- Contributions.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-504. Payment of dues -- Expenses in attending meetings -- Contributions.    (1) Member boards may pay dues and make other contributions to the association for its educational activities.     (2) They may also incur reasonable travel and subsistence expenses for the purpose of attending meetings and conferences of the association.     (3) Dues and contributions expenses shall be paid in the same manner as are other expenses of the member boards.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-601 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 601 - Definitions.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-601. Definitions. Reserved Enacted by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-602 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 602 - School district tax anticipation notes.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-602. School district tax anticipation notes.    (1) A local school board may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenue of the school district so long as it complies with Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.     (2) The local school board may incur indebtedness under this section for any purpose for which district funds may be expended, but not in excess of the estimated district revenues for the current school year.     (3) Revenues include all revenues of the district from the state or any other source.     (4) The district may incur the indebtedness prior to imposing or collecting the taxes or receiving the revenues. The indebtedness bears interest at the lowest obtainable rate or rates.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-604 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 604 - Consolidated school district bonds.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-604. Consolidated school district bonds.    (1) A consolidated county school district may issue bonds, without an election, to fund, purchase, or redeem the district's outstanding indebtedness if the debt was incurred prior to consolidation and assumed by the consolidated school district.     (2) The legality, regularity, and validity of the outstanding indebtedness shall be determined in the same manner used to determine the validity of other bonds to be refunded by the local school board.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-605 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 605 - Testing validity of bonds to be refunded -- Procedure.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-605. Testing validity of bonds to be refunded -- Procedure.  If considered advisable by the local school board, the validity of any bonds intended to be refunded may be determined in the following manner:  (1) The local school board shall:   (a) publish a notice describing with sufficient particularity for identification the bond or bonds intended to be refunded:   (i) once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the school district; and     (ii) as required in Section 45-1-101; and       (b) post a notice for two successive weeks in three public and conspicuous places describing with sufficient particularity for identification the bond or bonds intended to be refunded.       (2) The notice shall require any person objecting to the legality, regularity, or validity of the bonds, their issue or sale, or the indebtedness represented by the bonds, to appear before the local school board at a specified place within the district on a specified day and time.     (3) The time may not be less than 14 nor more than 60 days after the first publication or posting of the notice.     (4) The notice shall require the person to appear at the meeting with his objections in writing, duly verified.     (5) The local school board shall convene at the time and place specified in the notice and receive all objections as prescribed in Subsection (4).     (6) The objections shall be filed with and preserved by the local school board.     (7) If no written objections are presented at the time and place specified in the notice, the local school board shall so certify.     (8) All persons are then prohibited from questioning in any manner or proceeding the legality, regularity, or validity of the bond or bonds, their issue or sale, or the indebtedness represented by the bonds, and the local school board may then refund the bonds.     (9) Any person filing a written objection under Subsection (4) shall, within 20 days after the filing, commence appropriate legal proceedings against the local school board and others as may be proper parties, in the district court for the county in which the school district is situated, to challenge and determine the legality, regularity, and validity of the bond or bonds, their issue and sale, or the indebtedness represented by them.     (10) Failure to commence the proceedings within 20 days bars the person filing objections from questioning, in any manner or proceeding, the legality, regularity, or validity of the bond or bonds, their issue or sale, or the indebtedness represented by the bonds.     (11) Upon proof of failure to commence proceedings, by certificate of the clerk of the court, the local school board may refund the bonds.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-606 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 606 - Sinking fund -- Investment.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-606. Sinking fund -- Investment.    (1) The money levied and collected to create a sinking fund for the redemption of bonds issued by a local school board shall be immediately credited to a special fund.     (2) After retaining an amount sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds maturing during the year, the local school board shall invest the fund and any surplus as provided under Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-607 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 607 - Bonds a lien on property -- Levy of tax to pay bonds.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-607. Bonds a lien on property -- Levy of tax to pay bonds.    (1) Bonds issued under this part are a lien upon the taxable property of the school district issuing them.     (2) If the local school board neglects or refuses to cause a tax to be levied in accordance with law to meet the outstanding bonds or the interest on the bonds, the county legislative body of the county in which the district is located shall levy the tax and apply the money collected to the payment of the bonds and the interest.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-608 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 6 - School District Indebtedness|Section 608 - Requirement to conduct seismic safety evaluations when issuing a bond.

 Affected by 63I-1-253 on 1/1/2025  Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-608. Requirement to conduct seismic safety evaluations when issuing a bond.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Federal guidelines" means guidelines and procedures specified in "Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook, 2nd Edition" published by the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency.     (b) "Qualifying general obligation bond" means a bond:   (i) issued pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; and     (ii) authorized by an election held on or after July 1, 2013.       (c) "Seismic safety evaluation" means a seismic safety rapid visual screening evaluated in accordance with federal guidelines or a more detailed seismic structural evaluation.       (2) If a school district issues a qualifying general obligation bond, the school district shall:   (a) except as provided in Subsection (4), conduct or update a seismic safety evaluation of each school district building:   (i) constructed before 1975; and     (ii) used by the school district as a school; and       (b) provide a copy of a seismic safety evaluation prepared under Subsection (2)(a) to the Utah Seismic Safety Commission created in Section 63C-6-101.       (3) A seismic safety evaluation conducted under Subsection (2) shall be conducted by a licensed structural engineer familiar with seismic codes.     (4) A school district is not required to conduct or update a seismic safety evaluation of a building as required in Subsection (2)(a) if:   (a) a seismic safety evaluation was performed on the building within the 25-year period before the school district issues the qualifying general obligation bond; and     (b) the school district provides a copy of the school district's seismic safety evaluation described in Subsection (4)(a) to the Utah Seismic Safety Commission.       (5) Creation of a seismic safety evaluation of a school, or a list of schools needing seismic upgrades, shall not be construed as expanding or changing the state's or a school district's common law duty of care for liability purposes.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-701 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 7 - Local School Board Building Reserve Fund|Section 701 - Definitions.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-701. Definitions. Reserved Enacted by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-702 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 7 - Local School Board Building Reserve Fund|Section 702 - School board reserve fund.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-702. School board reserve fund.  Each local school board may establish and maintain a reserve fund to accumulate funds to meet the capital outlay costs of the school district, including costs for planning, constructing, replacing, improving, equipping, and furnishing school buildings and purchasing school sites. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-703 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 7 - Local School Board Building Reserve Fund|Section 703 - Revenues to be allocated to fund.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-703. Revenues to be allocated to fund.  A local school board may annually allocate to the fund any revenues from the state which are made available for capital outlay purposes, and not otherwise earmarked, and such other revenues as the school district may raise locally for this purpose. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-704 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 7 - Local School Board Building Reserve Fund|Section 704 - Building Reserve Fund -- Investment of fund.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-704. Building Reserve Fund -- Investment of fund.    (1) The fund shall be known as the Building Reserve Fund of _________ (name of school district) School District.     (2) Any interest or capital gains accrue to the benefit of the fund.     (3) The fund may only be invested as provided in Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act of 1974.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-705 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 7 - Local School Board Building Reserve Fund|Section 705 - Accumulations -- Expenditures from fund -- Public notice -- Transfer to other funds.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53G-4-705. Accumulations -- Expenditures from fund -- Public notice -- Transfer to other funds.    (1) The money in the fund shall accumulate from year to year.     (2) However, the local school board may make expenditures from the fund if public notice is given stating the purpose for which the expenditures are to be made.     (3) The procedure for giving public notice is set forth in Section 53G-7-303.     (4) Expenditures shall be made for capital outlay costs only.     (5) Money in the fund at the end of the year shall remain intact and may not be transferred to any other fund or used for any other purpose.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-801 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 8 - School District Bond Guaranty|Section 801 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-801. Definitions.    (1) "Bond" means any general obligation bond or refunding bond issued after the effective date of this part.     (2) "Default avoidance program" means the school bond guaranty program established by this part.     (3) "General obligation bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or other obligation of a local school board payable in whole or in part from revenues derived from ad valorem taxes and that constitutes an indebtedness within the meaning of any applicable constitutional or statutory debt limitation.     (4) "Paying agent" means the corporate paying agent selected by the local school board for a bond issue who is:   (a) duly qualified; and     (b) acceptable to the state treasurer.       (5) "Permanent school fund" means the state school fund described in the Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 5(1).     (6) "Refunding bond" means any general obligation bond issued by a local school board for the purpose of refunding its outstanding general obligation bonds.     (7) "School district" means any school district existing now or later under the laws of the state.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-802 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 8 - School District Bond Guaranty|Section 802 - Contract with bondholders -- Full faith and credit of state is pledged -- Limitation as to certain refunded bonds.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-802. Contract with bondholders -- Full faith and credit of state is pledged -- Limitation as to certain refunded bonds.    (1)   (a) The state of Utah pledges to and agrees with the holders of any bonds that the state will not alter, impair, or limit the rights vested by the default avoidance program with respect to the bonds until the bonds, together with applicable interest, are fully paid and discharged.     (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), nothing contained in this part precludes an alteration, impairment, or limitation if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the holders of the bonds.     (c) Each local school board may refer to this pledge and undertaking by the state in its bonds.       (2)   (a) The full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power of the state is pledged to guarantee full and timely payment of the principal of (either at the stated maturity or by any advancement of maturity pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund payment) and interest on, bonds as such payments shall become due (except that in the event of any acceleration of the due date of such principal by reason of mandatory or optional redemption or acceleration resulting from default of otherwise, other than any advancement of maturity pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund payment, the payments guaranteed shall be made in such amounts and at such times as such payments of principal would have been due had there not been any such acceleration).     (b) This guaranty does not extend to the payment of any redemption premium.     (c) Reference to this part by its title on the face of any bond conclusively establishes the guaranty provided to that bond under provisions of this part.       (3)   (a) Any bond guaranteed under this part that is refunded and considered paid for the purposes of and within the meaning of Subsection 11-27-3(6), no longer has the benefit of the guaranty provided by this part from and after the date on which that bond was considered to be paid.     (b) Any refunding bond issued by a local school board that is itself secured by government obligations until the proceeds are applied to pay refunded bonds, as provided in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act, is not guaranteed under the provisions of this part, until the refunding bonds cease to be secured by government obligations as provided in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.       (4) Only validly issued bonds issued after the effective date of this part are guaranteed under this part.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-803 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 8 - School District Bond Guaranty|Section 803 - Program eligibility -- Option to forego guaranty.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-803. Program eligibility -- Option to forego guaranty.    (1)   (a) Any local school board may request that the state treasurer issue a certificate evidencing eligibility for the state's guaranty under this part.     (b) After reviewing the request, if the state treasurer determines that the local school board is eligible, the state treasurer shall promptly issue the certificate and provide it to the requesting local school board.     (c)   (i) The local school board receiving the certificate and all other persons may rely on the certificate as evidencing eligibility for the guaranty for one year from and after the date of the certificate, without making further inquiry of the state treasurer during that year.     (ii) The certificate of eligibility is valid for one year even if the state treasurer later determines that the local school board is ineligible.         (2) Any local school board that chooses to forego the benefits of the guaranty provided by this part for a particular issue of bonds may do so by not referring to this part on the face of its bonds.     (3) Any local school board that has bonds, the principal of or interest on which has been paid, in whole or in part, by the state under this part may not issue any additional bonds guaranteed by this act until:   (a) all payment obligations of the local school board to the state under the default avoidance program are satisfied; and     (b) the state treasurer and the state superintendent each certify in writing, to be kept on file by the state treasurer and the state superintendent, that the local school board is fiscally solvent.       (4) Bonds not guaranteed by this part are not included in the definition of "bonds" in Section 53G-4-802 as used generally in this part and are not subject to the requirements of and do not receive the benefits of this part.    Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53G-4-804 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53G - Public Education System -- Local Administration|Chapter 4 - School Districts|Part 8 - School District Bond Guaranty|Section 804 - Fiscal solvency of school districts -- Duties of state treasurer and attorney general.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53G-4-804. Fiscal solvency of school districts -- Duties of state treasurer and attorney general.    (1) The state superintendent shall:   (a) monitor the financial affairs and condition of each local school board in the state to evaluate each local school board's financial solvency; and     (b) report immediately to the governor and state treasurer any circumstances suggesting that a school district will be unable to timely meet its debt service obligations and recommend a course of remedial action.       (2)   (a) The state treasurer shall determine whether the financial affairs and condition of a local school board are such that it would be imprudent for the state to guarantee the bonds of that local school board.     (b) If the state treasurer determines that the state should not guarantee the bonds of that local school board, the state treasurer shall:   (i) prepare a determination of ineligibility; and     (ii) keep it on file in the office of the state treasurer.       (c) The state treasurer may remove a local school board from the status of ineligibility when a subsequent report or other information made available to the state treasurer evidences that it is no longer imprudent for the state to guarantee the bonds of that local school board.       (3) Nothing in this section affects the state's guaranty of bonds of a local school board issued:   (a) before determination of ineligibility;     (b) after the eligibility of the local school board is restored; or     (c) under a certificate of eligibility issued under Section 53G-4-803.      Amended by Chapter 293, 2019 General Session