32B-2-405. Reporting by municipalities and counties -- Grants.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)A municipality or county that receives money under this part during a fiscal year shall by no later than October 1 following the fiscal year:

(a)report to the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029:

(i)the programs or projects of the municipality or county that receive money under this part;

(ii)if the money for programs or projects were exclusively used as required by Subsection 32B-2-403(2) ;

(iii)indicators of whether the programs or projects that receive money under this part are effective; and

(iv)if money received under this part was not expended by the municipality or county; and

(b)provide the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029, a statement signed by the chief executive officer of the county or municipality attesting that the money received under this part was used in addition to money appropriated or otherwise available for the county's or municipality's law enforcement and was not used to supplant that money.

(2)The Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, may, by a majority vote, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029, may:

(a)suspend future payments under Subsection 32B-2-404(4) to a municipality or county that:

(i)does not file a report that meets the requirements of Subsection

(1); or

(ii)the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029, finds does not use the money as required by Subsection 32B-2-403(2) on the basis of the report filed by the municipality or county under Subsection

(1); and

(b)cancel a suspension under Subsection (2)(a) .

(3)The State Tax Commission shall notify the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029, of the balance of any undistributed money after the annual distribution under Subsection 32B-2-404(5) .

(a)Subject to the requirements of this Subsection

(4), the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029, shall award the balance of undistributed money under Subsection

(3):

(i)as prioritized by majority vote of the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or by the department, on or after July 1, 2029; and

(ii)as grants to:

(A)a county;

(B)a municipality;

(C)the department;

(D)the Department of Health and Human Services;

(E)the Department of Public Safety; or

(F)the State Board of Education.

(b)By not later than May 30 of the fiscal year of the appropriation, the Behavioral Health Commission, before July 1, 2029, or the department, on or after July 1, 2029, shall notify the State Tax Commission of grants awarded under this Subsection

(4).

(c)The State Tax Commission shall make payments of a grant:

(i)upon receiving notice as provided under Subsection (4)(b) ; and

(ii)by not later than June 30 of the fiscal year of the appropriation.

(d)An entity that receives a grant under this Subsection

(4)shall use the grant money exclusively for programs or projects described in Subsection 32B-2-403(2) .

Amended by Chapter 396 , 2026 General Session