2020 Utah Code
Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units
Chapter 58 - Utah Inland Port Authority Act
Part 2 - Utah Inland Port Authority
Section 205 - Applicability of other law -- Cooperation of state and local governments -- Municipality to consider board input -- Prohibition relating to natural resources -- Inland port as permitted or conditional use -- Municipal services -- Disclosure by nonauthority governing body member.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 11-58-205 (2020)

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Effective 3/24/2020
11-58-205. Applicability of other law -- Cooperation of state and local governments -- Municipality to consider board input -- Prohibition relating to natural resources -- Inland port as permitted or conditional use -- Municipal services -- Disclosure by nonauthority governing body member.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the authority does not have and may not exercise any powers relating to the regulation of land uses on the authority jurisdictional land.

(2) The authority is subject to and governed by Sections 63E-2-106, 63E-2-107, 63E-2-108, 63E-2-109, 63E-2-110, and 63E-2-111, but is not otherwise subject to or governed by Title 63E, Independent Entities Code.

(3) A department, division, or other agency of the state and a political subdivision of the state shall cooperate with the authority to the fullest extent possible to provide whatever support, information, or other assistance the board requests that is reasonably necessary to help the authority fulfill its duties and responsibilities under this chapter.

(4) In making decisions affecting the authority jurisdictional land, the legislative body of a municipality in which the authority jurisdictional land is located shall consider input from the authority board.

(5)
- (a) No later than December 31, 2018, the ordinances of a municipality with authority jurisdictional land within its boundary shall allow an inland port as a permitted or conditional use, subject to standards that are:
  - (i) determined by the municipality; and
  - (ii) consistent with the policies and objectives stated in Subsection 11-58-203(1).
- (b) A municipality whose ordinances do not comply with Subsection (5)(a) within the time prescribed in that subsection shall allow an inland port as a permitted use without regard to any contrary provision in the municipality's land use ordinances.

(6) The transporting, unloading, loading, transfer, or temporary storage of natural resources may not be prohibited on the authority jurisdictional land.

(7)
- (a) A municipality whose boundary includes authority jurisdictional land shall provide the same municipal services to the area of the municipality that is within the authority jurisdictional land as the municipality provides to other areas of the municipality with similar zoning and a similar development level.
- (b) The level and quality of municipal services that a municipality provides within authority jurisdictional land shall be fairly and reasonably consistent with the level and quality of municipal services that the municipality provides to other areas of the municipality with similar zoning and a similar development level.

(8)
- (a) As used in this Subsection (8):
  - (i) "Direct financial benefit" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-58-304.
  - (ii) "Nonauthority governing body member" means a member of the board or other body that has authority to make decisions for a nonauthority government owner.
  - (iii) "Nonauthority government owner" mean a state agency or nonauthority local government entity that owns land that is part of the authority jurisdictional land.
  - (iv) "Nonauthority local government entity":
    - (A) means a county, city, town, metro township, local district, special service district, community reinvestment agency, or other political subdivision of the state; and
    - (B) excludes the authority.
  - (v) "State agency" means a department, division, or other agency or instrumentality of the state, including an independent state agency.
- (b) A nonauthority governing body member who owns or has a financial interest in land that is part of the authority jurisdictional land or who reasonably expects to receive a direct financial benefit from development of authority jurisdictional land shall submit a written disclosure to the authority board and the nonauthority government owner.
- (c) A written disclosure under Subsection (8)(b) shall describe, as applicable:
  - (i) the nonauthority governing body member's ownership or financial interest in property that is part of the authority jurisdictional land; and
  - (ii) the direct financial benefit the nonauthority governing body member expects to receive from development of authority jurisdictional land.
- (d) A nonauthority governing body member required under Subsection (8)(b) to submit a written disclosure shall submit the disclosure no later than 30 days after:
  - (i) the nonauthority governing body member:
    - (A) acquires an ownership or financial interest in property that is part of the authority jurisdictional land; or
    - (B) first knows that the nonauthority governing body member expects to receive a direct financial benefit from the development of authority jurisdictional land; or
  - (ii) the effective date of this Subsection (8), if that date is later than the period described in Subsection (8)(d)(i).
- (e) A written disclosure submitted under this Subsection (8) is a public record.

Amended by Chapter 126, 2020 General Session

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