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2023 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 22 - Off-highway Vehicles
Section 19 - Deposit of fees and related money into Off-highway Vehicle Account -- Use for facilities, costs and expenses of division, and education -- Request for matching funds.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-22-19 (2023)
Effective 1/1/2024
41-22-19. Deposit of fees and related money into Off-highway Vehicle Account -- Use for facilities, costs and expenses of division, and education -- Request for matching funds.
Amended by Chapter 11, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session, (Coordination Clause)
41-22-19. Deposit of fees and related money into Off-highway Vehicle Account -- Use for facilities, costs and expenses of division, and education -- Request for matching funds.
- (1)
- (a) Except as provided under Subsections (3) through (5) and Sections 41-22-34 and 41-22-36, registration fees and related money collected by the Motor Vehicle Division or any agencies designated to act for the Motor Vehicle Division under this chapter shall be deposited as restricted revenue into the Off-highway Vehicle Account in the General Fund less the costs incurred by the Motor Vehicle Division for collecting off-highway vehicle registration fees.
- (b) The balance of the money may be used by the division:
- (i) for the construction, improvement, operation, acquisition, or maintenance of publicly owned or administered off-highway vehicle facilities, including public access facilities;
- (ii) for the mitigation of impacts associated with off-highway vehicle use;
- (iii) for the education of off-highway vehicle users;
- (iv) for off-highway vehicle access protection;
- (v) to support off-highway vehicle search and rescue activities and programs;
- (vi) to promote and encourage off-highway vehicle tourism;
- (vii) for other uses that further the policy set forth in Section 41-22-1;
- (viii) as grants or matching funds with a federal agency, state agency, political subdivision of the state, or organized user group for any of the uses described in Subsections (1)(b)(i) through (vii); and
- (ix) for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
- (2) An agency or political subdivision requesting matching funds shall submit plans for proposed off-highway vehicle facilities to the division for review and approval.
- (3)
- (a) One dollar and 50 cents of each annual registration fee collected under Subsection 41-22-8(1) and each off-highway vehicle user fee collected under Subsection 41-22-35(2) shall be deposited into the Land Grant Management Fund created under Section 53C-3-101.
- (b) The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration shall use the money deposited under Subsection (3)(a) for costs associated with off-highway vehicle use of legally accessible lands within its jurisdiction as follows:
- (i) to improve recreational opportunities on trust lands by constructing, improving, maintaining, or perfecting access for off-highway vehicle trails; and
- (ii) to mitigate impacts associated with off-highway vehicle use.
- (c) An unused balance of the money deposited under Subsection (3)(a) exceeding $350,000 at the end of each fiscal year shall be deposited in the Off-highway Vehicle Account under Subsection (1).
- (4) One dollar of each off-highway vehicle registration fee collected under Subsection 41-22-8(1) shall be deposited into the Utah Highway Patrol Aero Bureau Restricted Account created in Section 53-8-303.
- (5)
- (a) The Motor Vehicle Division shall collect a fee for any new or replacement license plate issued under this chapter.
- (b) The fee described in Subsection (5)(a) shall be an amount equal to the fee for a new or replacement license plate as established pursuant to Section 63J-1-504.
- (c) The Motor Vehicle Division shall deposit the fee described in Subsection (5)(a) into the License Plate Restricted Account created under Section 41-1a-122.
- (6) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division, after notifying the commission, shall make rules as necessary to implement this section.
Amended by Chapter 11, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session, (Coordination Clause)
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