Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 484 First Substitute (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Hutchings, E.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/19/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• establishes the "Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund" to provide grants to certain entities to assist in funding improvements to winter sports venues in the state;
• establishes certain application and reporting requirements relating to the fund money; and
• requires the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to review grant proposals and distribute grant money.

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Bill text

WINTER SPORTS VENUES
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Eric K. Hutchings
Senate Sponsor: 
Wayne A. Harper
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill establishes the "Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund."
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ establishes the "Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund" to provide grants to certain
entities to assist in funding improvements to winter sports venues in the state;
▸ establishes certain application and reporting requirements relating to the fund
money; and
▸ requires the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to review grant
proposals and distribute grant money.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
51-11-101
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
51-11-102
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
51-11-201
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
51-11-101
 is enacted to read:
CHAPTER 11. WINTER SPORTS VENUE GRANT FUND
Part 1. General Provisions
 51-11-101.
Title.
This chapter is known as the "Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund."
Section 2. Section 
51-11-102
 is enacted to read:
 51-11-102.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Division" means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management created
in Section 
63A-5-201
.
(2) "Fund" means the Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund.
(3) "Improve" or "improvements" means the replacement or addition to infrastructure,
buildings, building components, or facility equipment.
(4) "Venue" means a facility:
(a) designed and currently approved under standards developed by a generally
recognized sports federation to host world-class level, international winter sports competitions;
and
(b) used for recreational, developmental, and competitive athletic training.
(5) "Venue operator" means a person who:
(a) (i) operates a venue; and
(ii) the venue is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal
Revenue Code; or
(b) owns a venue or operates a venue under contract with the public owner of the
venue.
Section 3. Section 
51-11-201
 is enacted to read:
Part 2. Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund
 51-11-201.
Winter Sports Venue Grant Fund.
(1) (a) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Winter
Sports Venue Grant Fund."
(b) The fund shall consist of:
(i) money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature;
(ii) money donated to the fund from public or private individuals or entities; and
(iii) interest on fund money.
(2) The division shall award grants from the fund to a venue operator to provide
funding for construction, repairs, and improvements to a venue.
(3) A venue operator's application for a grant under this section shall include:
(a) the number of venues the venue operator plans to construct, repair, or improve;
(b) the venue operator's proposed improvements, repairs, or construction plans for a
venue;
(c) the estimated cost of the venue operator's proposed improvements, repairs, or
construction plans for a venue;
(d) any plan to use funding sources in addition to a grant under this section to improve,
repair, or construct a venue;
(e) the amount of grant money requested to fund the improvements, repairs, or
construction for each venue; and
(f) existing or planned contracts or partnerships between the venue operator and other
individuals or entities to complete venue improvements, repairs, or construction.
(4) The division may only award and distribute fund money to a venue operator that
submits an application in accordance with Subsection (3).
(5) (a) As a condition of an award of grant money, the venue operator shall sign an
agreement with the division governing:
(i) the venue operator's responsibilities for expending the grant money; and
(ii) the division's and state's right to review and audit the venue operator's use of grant
money and the venue operator's performance under the grant.
(b) The division shall ensure that the agreement contains:
(i) a requirement for an annual report and the required contents of that report in
accordance with Subsection (6)(b);
(ii) a right for the division or its designee to visit and inspect the venue as often as
needed before, during, and after construction, repairs, or improvements begin or are complete;
and
(iii) an absolute right for the division, the state auditor, and the legislative auditor to
access and audit all financial records relevant to the grant.
(6) (a) A venue operator that receives fund money under this section may only use the
grant money to improve, repair, or construct a venue.
(b) A venue operator that receives fund money under this section shall file a report
with the division before October 1, 2019, and each year thereafter, that details for the
immediately preceding calendar year:
(i) the construction, improvements, and repairs, in process or completed, that were
wholly or partially funded by a grant under this section;
(ii) the total dollar amount expended from the grant;
(iii) an itemized accounting that describes how the venue operator expended the grant
money;
(iv) the intended use for grant money that has not been expended; and
(v) the results of any evaluations of venue construction, improvements, or repairs.