79-9-203. Use of outdoor recreation mitigation grant funding.

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Effective 7/1/2025

(1)An eligible county that receives grant funding under Section 79-9-201 :

(a)shall use grant funding:

(i)to pay for any present or ongoing visitor-related emergency costs or visitor-related safety costs;

(ii)to reimburse a provider of search and rescue efforts or emergency medical services for any past, unpaid services within the eligible county;

(iii)to support the activities of a special district providing search and rescue efforts, emergency medical services, solid waste disposal, or road repair;

(iv)as proposed in the eligible county's or eligible special district's application for grant funding;

(b)shall report to the division on the expenditures made with the grant funding by December 31 of each year in which grant funding is received or is unexpended;

(c)may not use grant funding to:

(i)supplant existing funds; or

(ii)purchase real property or make payments toward the ownership or leasing of real property.

(2)If a grantee does not expend or encumber the funding within 18 months of the day on which the funding was received by the grantee due to a lack of need within the eligible county, the grantee:

(a)shall inform the division regarding the remaining grant funding;

(b)may retain the remaining grant funding until fully expended unless required by the division to return the remaining grant funding to the division; and

(c)may not apply for a new outdoor recreation mitigation grant until the grant funding is fully expended or returned.

(3)Upon receipt of unexpended outdoor recreation mitigation grant funding from a grantee, the division shall deposit the unexpended grant funding into the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant Fund created in Section 79-9-103 .

Enacted by Chapter 270 , 2025 General Session