Utah Code § 19-1-303.5

Reimbursement of extraordinary expenses from civil penalty -- Requirements --
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Rulemaking.
(1) The provisions of this section apply to a civil penalty and fine collected under the authority of
this title.
(2)
(a) The department may reimburse the department, a local government, or a local health
department from money collected from a civil penalty or fine for a qualifying extraordinary
expense incurred in a qualifying environmental enforcement activity.
(b) To request reimbursement for a qualifying extraordinary expense incurred in a qualifying
environmental enforcement activity, a local government or local health department shall
submit to the department:
(i) documentation necessary to support a claim for a qualifying extraordinary expense, as
defined in department rule;
(ii) proof of a request by the department for assistance in the qualifying environmental
enforcement activity; and
(iii) timely written notice of the expected extraordinary expense.
(3) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department
shall make rules to:
(a) establish a procedure for a local government or local health department to claim a
reimbursement described in Subsection (2);
(b) define a qualifying environmental enforcement activity;
(c) define a qualifying extraordinary expense;
(d) define timely written notice described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii); and
(e) establish the documentation necessary to support a claim for an extraordinary expense as
described in Subsection (2)(b)(i).

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