2006 Utah Code - 34A-2-202.5 — Offset for occupational health and safety related donations.

     34A-2-202.5.   Offset for occupational health and safety related donations.
     (1) As used in this section:
     (a) "Occupational health and safety center" means an entity:
     (i) affiliated with an institution within the state system of higher education as defined in Section 53B-1-102; and
     (ii) designated as an education and research center by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
     (b) "Qualified donation" means a donation that is:
     (i) cash;
     (ii) given directly to an occupational health and safety center; and
     (iii) given exclusively for the purpose of:
     (A) supporting graduate level education and training in fields of:
     (I) safety and ergonomics;
     (II) industrial hygiene;
     (III) occupational health nursing; and
     (IV) occupational medicine;
     (B) providing continuing education programs for employers designed to promote workplace safety; and
     (C) paying reasonable administrative, personnel, equipment, and overhead costs of the occupational health and safety center.
     (c) "Self-insured employer" is a self-insured employer as defined in Section 34A-2-201.5 that is required to pay the assessment imposed under Section 34A-2-202.
     (2) (a) A self-insured employer may offset against the assessment imposed under Section 34A-2-202 an amount equal to the lesser of:
     (i) the total of qualified donations made by the self-insured employer in the calendar year for which the assessment is calculated; and
     (ii) .10% of the self-insured employer's total calculated premium calculated under Subsection 34A-2-202(1)(d) for the calendar year for which the assessment is calculated.
     (b) The offset provided under this Subsection (2) shall be allocated to the restricted account and funds described in Subsection 59-9-101(2)(c) in proportion to the rates provided in Subsection 59-9-101(2)(c).
     (3) An occupational health and safety center shall:
     (a) provide a self-insured employer a receipt for any qualified donation made by the self-insured employer to the occupational health and safety center;
     (b) expend monies received by a qualified donation:
     (i) for the purposes described in Subsection (1)(b)(iii); and
     (ii) in a manner that can be audited to ensure that the monies are expended for the purposes described in Subsection (1)(b)(iii); and
     (c) in conjunction with the report required by Section 59-9-102.5, report to the Legislature through the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst by no later than July 1 of each year:
     (i) the qualified donations received by the occupational health and safety center in the previous calendar year; and
     (ii) the expenditures during the previous calendar year of qualified donations received by the occupational health and safety center.

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Enacted by Chapter 289, 2005 General Session