(1)  At any time following the date of delinquency for property in 13, the governing body of any county desiring to implement the provisions of this chapter by assigning the delinquent tax receivables of the participant members to its authority shall ascertain the amount of delinquent taxes owed to the participant members within the county. After ascertaining the amount of delinquent tax receivables owed, the governing body of the county may, as agent for the other participant members, assign the rights of the participant members to receive the delinquent tax receivables, in whole or in part, as designated by the governing body of the county, to the financing authority. The assignment of rights described above shall take the form of an assignment of an account receivables. The purchase price paid by the authority may be equal to, greater than, or less than the amount of the delinquent tax receivables sold to the authority. The documentation by which the transfer of the delinquent tax receivables are made shall contain the following:

Terms Used In Utah Code 11-32-4

  • Assignment agreement: means the agreement, security agreement, indenture, or other documentation by which the county transfers the delinquent tax receivables to the authority in consideration of the amounts paid by the authority under the assignment agreement, as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • authority: means a nonprofit corporation organized under this chapter by a county on behalf of the participant members within the county as the financing authority for the participant members solely for the purpose of financing the assignment of the delinquent tax receivables of the participant members for which it was created. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • Delinquent tax receivables: means those ad valorem tangible property taxes levied within any county, for any year, which remain unpaid and owing the participant members within the county, as of January 15 of the following year, plus any interest and penalties accruing or assessed to them. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • Governing body: means the council, commission, county legislative body, board of education, board of trustees, or any other governing entity of a public body in which the legislative powers of the public body are vested. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Participant members: means those public bodies, including the county, the governing bodies of which approve the creation of an authority as provided in Section 11-32-3 and on whose behalf the authority acts. See Utah Code 11-32-2
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See 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 tax year or years for which the delinquent taxes owing were levied;

(b)  the amount of taxes, interest, and penalties due to the participant members with respect to the tax years as of the date the accounts are assigned;

(c)  the tax identification numbers or other descriptions of the specific properties with respect to which the delinquent tax receivables are being assigned;

(d)  the interest rate at which the delinquent taxes subject to the assignment bear interest pursuant to Section 59-2-1331;

(e)  the discount or premium, if any, at which the account is assigned;

(f)  a certificate representing the transfer of the rights of the county and the other participant members to receive the amounts due and owing the county and the other participant members with respect to the delinquent tax receivables transferred; and

(g)  certification by the governing body of the county that all amounts received by the county with respect to the delinquent taxes, interest, and penalties assigned to the authority and owed to the county and the other participant members, for the tax years specified, upon the specified property, and the additional interest and penalties to accrue on the delinquent amounts, shall be deposited upon receipt into a special fund of the county created for this purpose and shall be used solely to pay the amounts falling due to the financing authority as specified in the assignment agreement.

(2)  The assignment agreement shall contain a statement to the effect that any amounts falling due under it are payable solely from a special fund into which the county shall pay the amounts collected with respect to the delinquent tax receivables pledged and shall state that under no circumstances may the county or any of the other participant members be required to use any other funds, property, or money of the county or the other participant members or to levy any tax to satisfy amounts due under the agreement.

Amended by Chapter 189, 2014 General Session