63N-24-310. Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund.

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Effective 7/1/2026

(1)There is created an enterprise fund known as the "Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund."

(2)The Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund consists of money from the following:

(a)money appropriated to the account by the Legislature;

(b)private contributions;

(c)donations or grants from public or private entities; and

(d)money returned to the division under Section 63N-24-314 .

(3)The Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund shall earn interest, which shall be deposited into the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund.

(4)The housing coordinator may distribute money from the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund to one or more projects that:

(a)include affordable housing units for households whose income is no more than 30% of the area median income for households of the same size in the county or municipality where the project is located; and

(b)have been approved by the board in accordance with Section 63N-24-312 .

(a)A housing sponsor may apply to the division to receive a distribution in accordance with Subsection

(4).

(b)The application shall include:

(i)the location of the project;

(ii)the number, size, and tenant income requirements of affordable housing units described in Subsection (4)(a) that will be included in the project; and

(iii)a written commitment to enter into a deed restriction that reserves for a period of 30 years the affordable housing units described in Subsection (5)(b)(ii) or the affordable housing unit equivalent for occupancy by households that meet the income requirements described in Subsection (5)(b)(ii) .

(c)The commitment in Subsection (5)(b)(iii) shall be considered met if a housing unit is:

(i)occupied or reserved for occupancy by a household whose income is no more than 30% of the area median income for households of the same size in the county or municipality where the project is located; or

(ii)occupied by a household whose income is no more than 60% of the area median income for households of the same size in the county or municipality where the project is located if that household met the income requirement described in Subsection (4)(a) when the household originally entered into the lease agreement for the housing unit.

(d)In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division may make additional rules providing procedures for a person to apply to the division to receive a distribution described in Subsection

(4).

(6)The housing coordinator may expend up to 3% of the revenues of the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund, including any appropriation to the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund, to offset division or board administrative expenses.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 393 , 2026 General Session