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2014 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 5 - Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Towns
Section 113 - Accumulation of retained earnings or fund balance -- Limit as to general fund -- Reserve for capital improvements.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 10-5-113 (2014)
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Effective 5/13/2014
10-5-113. Accumulation of retained earnings or fund balance -- Limit as to general fund -- Reserve for capital improvements.
(1) A town may accumulate retained earnings or fund balances, as appropriate, in any fund.
(2) The accumulation of a fund balance in the town general fund may not exceed 75% of the total revenue of the town general fund for the current fiscal period.
(3)
(a) The town council may, in a budget year, appropriate from estimated revenue or excess fund balance in the town general fund to a reserve for capital improvements:
(i) for the purpose of financing future specified capital improvements; and
(ii) in accordance with a formal long-range capital plan adopted by the governing body.
(b) The reserves described in Subsection (3)(a) may accumulate from year to year in a capital improvements fund until the accumulated total is sufficient to permit economical expenditure for the specified purposes.


Amended by Chapter 176, 2014 General Session
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