Utah Code Title 17. Counties § 17-36-54. Tax stability and trust fund--Use of principal--Determination of necessity--Election--Exception

(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), if the legislative body of a county that has established a tax stability and trust fund under Section 17-36-51 determines that it is necessary for purposes of that county to use any portion of the principal of the fund, the county legislative body shall submit this proposition to the electorate of that county in a special election called and held in the manner provided for in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, for the holding of bond elections.

(b) If the proposition is approved at the special election by a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting at the election, then that portion of the principal of the fund covered by the proposition may be transferred to the county general fund for use for purposes of that county.

(2)(a) The requirements of Subsection (1) do not apply to the use of any portion of the principal of a tax stability and trust fund established under Section 17-36-51 for payment of any refund of property taxes owed by the county as a result of an objection to the assessment of property assessed by the State Tax Commission under Section 59-2-1007.

(b) The legislative body of a county may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the use of any portion of the tax stability and trust fund for the purpose described in Subsection (2)(a).