Utah Code Title 11. Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units § 11-70-201. Creation of Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District--Status and purposes

(a) an independent, nonprofit, separate body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession;

(b) a political subdivision of the state; and

(c) a public corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102.

(3)(a) The purpose of the fairpark district is to fulfill the statewide public purpose of encouraging and facilitating development within the fairpark district boundary to provide economic and other benefits to the area within the fairpark district boundary, surrounding areas, the region, and the state, including:

(b) The duties and responsibilities of the fairpark district under this chapter are matters of regional and statewide concern, importance, interest, and impact.

(c) The fairpark district is the mechanism the state chooses to focus resources and efforts on behalf of the state, to oversee and manage development activities within the fairpark district boundary, and to ensure that the regional and statewide interests, concerns, and purposes described in this Subsection (3) are properly addressed from more of a statewide perspective than any municipality can provide.