(1)  Counties involved in the establishment and operation of local health departments shall fund the local health departments with appropriations from the General Fund, from the levy of a tax, or in part by an appropriation and in part by a levy under Section 17-53-221.

Terms Used In Utah Code 26A-1-117

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
  • Local health department: means :
(a) a single county local health department;
(b) a multicounty local health department;
(c) a united local health department; or
(d) a multicounty united local health department. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
  • 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
    • (2)  A local health department may be funded as provided by law from:

    (a)  local, state, and federal funds within local levy ceilings;

    (b)  a separate ceiling exempt tax under Section 59-2-911, which may not exceed .0004 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property; or

    (c)  in part by each.

    (3)  Local funds from either tax source shall be appropriated by the local governing authorities of the counties participating in the local health department.

    Amended by Chapter 249, 2002 General Session

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