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CAB - Revenue and Budgeting: Local Revenue

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Approval Date: October 13, 2020
Modified: October 26, 2021

CAB- Reveue and Budgeting:
Local Revenue

Borrowing in Anticipation of Taxes

The Board may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenue of the School District so long as it complies with the Utah Local Government Bonding Act.

Utah Code § 53G-4-602(1) (2018)
Utah Code § 11-14-101 et seq. (2005)

Indebtedness Purposes and Limitations

The Board may incur indebtedness for any purpose in the interest of education but shall not incur any indebtedness in excess of the estimated District revenues for the current school year.

Utah Code § 53G-4-602(2) (2018)

Voting to Incur Bonded Indebtedness

The Board may in conformance with the Utah Local Government Bonding Act require, by a majority vote of the Board members, that the qualified voters of the District vote on a proposition as to whether to incur indebtedness by bonding, provided that:

  1. The debts of the District are equal to school taxes and other estimated revenues for the school year and additional indebtedness must be incurred by the District to maintain and support schools in the District; or
  2. The Board determines that it is advisable to issue school district bonds to purchase school sites, buildings or furnishings or to improve school district property.

Utah Code § 53G-4-603(2) (2018)
Utah Code § 11-14-101 et seq. (2005)

Before a bond approval measure may be submitted to the voters, the Board must comply with the requirements of the Transparency in Ballot Propositions Act, including publication of arguments for and against the bond issue and holding a public meeting on the measure as required by the Act.

Utah Code § 11-14-201(1)(b) (2014)
Utah Code § 59-1-1601 et seq. (2014)

Restriction on Use of Bond Funds

The proceeds of bond issuances must be used in accordance with the plan of finance specified in the bond election voter information pamphlet or in accordance with the plan of finance as adjusted by the Board of Education. Such adjustment may only be made upon a determination of compelling circumstances and with a two-thirds majority approval of the Board of Education.

Utah Code § 53G-4-603(4), (5) (2018)

Refunding Bonds

If the Board determines that it desires to refund bonds, it shall follow the following procedure to determine the validity of the bond or bonds:

  1. The Board shall have published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the District, and give as required by Utah Code § 451-101, and post for two successive weeks in three public and conspicuous places in the District, a notice which satisfies the following requirements:
    1. It describes with sufficient particularity for identification the bond or bonds intended to be refunded.
    2. It requires any person objecting to the legality, regularity, or validity of the bonds, their issue or sale, or the indebtedness represented by the bonds, to appear before the Board at a specified place within the District on a specified day and time.
      1. This time may not be less than 14 nor more than 60 days after the first publication or posting of the notice.
    3. It requires the person to appear at the meeting with his objections in writing, duly verified.
  2. The Board shall convene at the time and place specified in the notice and receive all objections which satisfy the requirements of the notice.
  3. The objections shall be filed with and preserved by the Board.
  4. If no written objections are presented at the time and place specified in the notice, the Board shall so certify and the Board may then refund the bonds.
  5. Any person filing a written objection as stated above has 20 days to commence appropriate legal proceedings against the Board and others as may be proper parties, in the district court for the county in which the school district is situated, to challenge and determine the legality, regularity, and validity of the bond or bonds, their issue and sale, or the indebtedness represented by them.
  6. If a person filing a written objection fails to commence legal proceedings against the Board within 20 days, and that failure is established by a certificate of the clerk of the court, the challenge to the legality, regularity, or validity of the bond or bonds, their issue or sale, or the indebtedness represented by the bonds is barred, and the Board may refund the bonds.

Utah Code § 53G-4-605 (2018)

Voted local levy

The Board may, in accordance with Utah Code § 53F-2-601, request voter approval of a state-supported local levy and, if the ballot measure is approved, impose the levy.

Before a Board-initiated voted local levy measure may be submitted to the voters, the Board must comply with the requirements of the Transparency in Ballot Propositions Act, including publication of arguments for and against the measure and holding a public meeting on the measure as required by the Act. (Compliance with the Act is not required where the voted local levy measure is initiated by citizen initiative.)

Utah Code § 53F-2-601 (2021)
Utah Code § 59-1-1601 et seq. (2014)

Board-approved levy

The Board may levy a tax to fund the school district’s general fund. The combined rate is the sum of:

  • the rate imposed by the local school board, and
  • the charter school levy rate for the local school district

The District’s combined rate may not exceed .0025 per dollar of taxable value in any calendar year.

This levy does not require voter approval but the Board by majority vote may condition imposition of the levy on voter approval.

If the levy is submitted to the voters for approval, the Board must comply with the requirements of the Transparency in Ballot Propositions Act, including publication of arguments for and against the measure and holding a public meeting on the measure as required by the Act.

Utah Code § 53F-8-302 (2018)
Utah Code § 59-1-1601 et seq. (2014)