2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-908 — Powers of board of trustees.

     17A-2-908.   Powers of board of trustees.
     (1) The board of trustees may:
     (a) take all necessary and proper steps for the extermination of mosquitoes, flies, crickets, grasshoppers, and other insects within the district and to abate as nuisances all stagnant pools of water and other breeding places for mosquitoes, flies, crickets, grasshoppers, or other insects anywhere in the state situated so that mosquitoes therefrom may migrate into the district;
     (b) enter upon territory referred to in Subsection (1)(a) to inspect and examine the same, and remove therefrom without notice, stagnant water or other breeding places for mosquitoes, flies, crickets, grasshoppers, or other insects;
     (c) purchase such supplies and materials and employ labor necessary or proper in furtherance of the purposes of this part, and if necessary or proper, build, construct, repair, and maintain necessary levees, cuts, canals, or channels upon any land within the district, and acquire by purchase, condemnation, or other lawful means in the name of the district any necessary lands, rights-of-way, easements, property, or materials requisite or necessary for any of such purposes; and
     (d) make contracts to indemnify or compensate any owner of land or other property for any injury or damage necessarily caused by the exercise of its powers or arising out of the use, taking, or damage of property for any such purposes and generally to do any and all things necessary or incident to its powers and to carry out the purposes of this part.
     (2) (a) For any of the purposes of this part and subject to Subsections (2)(b) and (c), the board of trustees may incur indebtedness not exceeding in the aggregate a sum equal to .0001 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the district.
     (b) A board of trustees may not issue bonds of the district payable in whole or in part from property taxes unless the proposed bond issuance is approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose as provided in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.
     (c) The issuance of notes or bonds by the board of trustees is governed by Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.

Amended by Chapter 83, 2006 General Session