72-2-107.  Appropriation from Transportation Fund — Apportionment for class B and class C roads.

(1)  There is appropriated to the department from the Transportation Fund annually an amount equal to 30% of an amount which the director of finance shall compute in the following manner: The total revenue deposited into the Transportation Fund during the fiscal year from state highway-user taxes and fees, minus those amounts appropriated or transferred from the Transportation Fund during the same fiscal year to:

Terms Used In Utah Code 72-2-107

  • Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)  the Department of Public Safety;

(b)  the State Tax Commission;

(c)  the Division of Finance;

(d)  the Utah Travel Council;

(e)  except as provided in Section 72-1-213.2, the road usage charge program created in Section 72-1-213.1; and

(f)  any other amounts appropriated or transferred for any other state agencies not a part of the department.

(2) 

(a)  Except as provided in Subsections (2)(b) and (c), all of the money appropriated in Subsection (1) shall be apportioned among counties and municipalities for class B and class C roads as provided in this title.

(b)  The department shall annually transfer $500,000 of the amount calculated under Subsection (1) to the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program created in Section 72-3-207.

(c)  Administrative costs of the department to administer class B and class C roads shall be paid from funds calculated under Subsection (1).

(3)  Each quarter of every year the department shall make the necessary accounting entries to transfer the money appropriated under this section for class B and class C roads.

(4)  The funds appropriated for class B and class C roads shall be expended under the direction of the department as the Legislature shall provide.

Amended by Chapter 22, 2023 General Session