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Title 72 - Transportation Code
Chapter 15 - Transportation Governance and Funding
Section 101 - Creation of the Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force.
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UT Code § 72-15-101 (2017)
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Effective 5/9/2017
72-15-101. Creation of the Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force.
Enacted by Chapter 427, 2017 General Session
Section was also renumbered and ameneded in SB111, Chapter 364, to use the same enacted section number as this bill.
72-15-101. Creation of the Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Task force" means the Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force created in Subsection (2).
- (b) "Transportation" includes:
- (i) state transportation systems as defined in Section 72-1-102;
- (ii) public transit as defined in Section 17B-2a-802;
- (iii) active transportation, including walking, cycling, and other modes of human powered transportation; and
- (iv) any other modes of transportation in this state.
- (2) There is created the Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force consisting of the following members:
- (a)
- (i) two members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate; and
- (ii) one member representing the private sector appointed by the president of the Senate;
- (b)
- (i) two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; and
- (ii) one member representing the private sector appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
- (c) three members appointed by the governor, with at least one member representing the private sector;
- (d) one member designated by the Transportation Commission;
- (e) one member designated by the board of trustees of any public transit district serving a population over 200,000 people;
- (f) one member designated by the Utah League of Cities and Towns;
- (g) two members designated by the Utah Association of Counties, with one member representing a rural county;
- (h) one member who is an elected member of the Mountainland Association of Governments; and
- (i) one member who is the elected chair of the Wasatch Front Regional Council.
- (a)
- (3)
- (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under Subsection (2)(a)(i) as a cochair of the task force.
- (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House of Representatives appointed under Subsection (2)(b)(i) as a cochair of the task force.
- (4)
- (a) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force who are legislators shall be paid in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Chapter 2, Lodging, Meal, and Transportation Expenses, and Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Chapter 3, Legislator Compensation.
- (b) A member of the task force who is not a legislator may not receive compensation for the member's work associated with the task force, but may receive per diem and reimbursement for travel expenses incurred as a member of the task force at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
- (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to the task force.
- (6)
- (a) A vacancy shall be filled by appointing a replacement member in the same manner as the member creating the vacancy was appointed under Subsection (2).
- (b) Each member of the task force shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.
- (7)
- (a) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum.
- (b) The action of a majority of a quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
- (8) The task force shall review, evaluate, study, prepare a report, and make recommendations on transportation and related topics, including:
- (a) evaluation of statewide governance, configuration, and organization strategies to coordinate management and oversight of all forms of transportation in this state;
- (b) evaluation of and implementation of best practices in:
- (i) functionality, funding, and operations of transportation in this state and other states;
- (ii) governance, coordination, oversight, and operational structures of transportation in this state and other states;
- (iii) meeting funding needs, including consideration of current state and local transportation funding sources, and future projections; and
- (iv) evaluating the interrelationship of growth, land use, capital development, and transportation;
- (c) evaluation of alternative transportation revenue mechanisms available or currently in use in this state and around the country, including an evaluation of:
- (i) existing sales and use tax funding; and
- (ii) other funding sources, including taxes, fees, and user charges, as part of the transportation funding balance;
- (d) evaluation and study of best practices to meet multimodal mobility and safety needs in this state that support economic growth and quality of life;
- (e) impacts of transportation on economic development; and
- (f) evaluation of best practices in prioritization of transportation projects.
- (9) The task force may designate and assign subgroups within the task force to address, study, evaluate, and discuss certain issues, including:
- (a) improvement in governance and transparency of transportation agencies and districts; and
- (b) allocation of resources based on population, including consideration of previously underserved areas.
- (10) The task force shall report the task force's findings and recommendations to the Transportation Interim Committee and the governor before December 1, 2017.
Enacted by Chapter 427, 2017 General Session
Section was also renumbered and ameneded in SB111, Chapter 364, to use the same enacted section number as this bill.
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