17B-2a-806.
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Effective 11/6/2025
17B-2a-806. Authority of the state or an agency of the state with respect to a public transit district -- Counties and municipalities authorized to provide funds to public transit district -- Equitable allocation of resources within the public transit district.
(1)The state or an agency of the state may:
(a)make public contributions to a public transit district as in the judgment of the Legislature or governing board of the agency are necessary or proper;
(b)authorize a public transit district to perform, or aid and assist a public transit district in performing, an activity that the state or agency is authorized by law to perform; or
(c)perform any action that the state agency is authorized by law to perform for the benefit of a public transit district.
(a)A county or municipality involved in the establishment and operation of a public transit district may provide funds necessary for the operation and maintenance of the district.
(b)A county's use of property tax funds to establish and operate a public transit district within any part of the county is a county purpose under Section 17-63-702 .
(a)To allocate resources and funds for development and operation of a public transit district, whether received under this section or from other sources, and subject to Section 72-1-203 pertaining to fixed guideway capital development within a large public transit district, a public transit district may:
(i)give priority to public transit services that feed rail fixed guideway services; and
(ii)allocate funds according to population distribution within the public transit district.
(b)The comptroller of a public transit district shall report the criteria and data supporting the allocation of resources and funds in the statement required in Section 17B-2a-812 .
Amended by Chapter 16 , 2025 Special Session 1