53-3-106. Disposition of revenues under this chapter — Restricted account created — Uses as provided by appropriation — Nonlapsing.
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There is created within the Transportation Fund a restricted account known as the “Department of Public Safety Restricted Account.” |
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-3-106
- 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 Public Safety created in Section 53-1-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
- Division: means the Driver License Division of the department created in Section 53-3-103. See Utah Code 53-3-102
- 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.
- Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for traffic. See Utah Code 53-3-102
- 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
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The account consists of money generated from the following revenue sources:
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all money received under this chapter; |
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administrative fees received according to the fee schedule authorized under this chapter and Section 63J-1-504; |
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beginning on January 1, 2013, money received in accordance with Section 41-1a-1201; and |
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any appropriations made to the account by the Legislature. |
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The account shall earn interest. |
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All interest earned on account money shall be deposited into the account. |
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The expenses of the department in carrying out this chapter shall be provided for by legislative appropriation from this account. |
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The amount in excess of $45 of the fees collected under Subsection 53-3-105(25) shall be appropriated by the Legislature from this account to the department to implement the provisions of Section 53-1-117, except that of the amount in excess of $45, $100 shall be deposited into the State Laboratory Drug Testing Account created in Section 26B-1-304. |
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All money received under Subsection 41-6a-1406(6)(c)(ii) shall be appropriated by the Legislature from this account to the department to implement the provisions of Section 53-1-117. |
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Beginning in fiscal year 2009-10, the Legislature shall appropriate $100,000 annually from the account to the state medical examiner appointed under Section 26B-8-202 for use in carrying out duties related to highway crash deaths under Subsection 26B-8-205(1). |
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The division shall remit the fees collected under Subsection 53-3-105(31) to the Bureau of Criminal Identification to cover the costs for the services the Bureau of Criminal Identification provides under Section 53-3-205.5. |
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Beginning on January 1, 2013, the Legislature shall appropriate all money received in the account under Section 41-1a-1201 to the Utah Highway Patrol Division for field operations. |
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The Legislature may appropriate additional money from the account to the Utah Highway Patrol Division for law enforcement purposes. |
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Appropriations to the department from the account are nonlapsing. |
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The department shall report to the Department of Health and Human Services, on or before December 31, the amount the department expects to collect under Subsection 53-3-105(25) in the next fiscal year. |
Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session
