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[TITLE 63. Table of Contents]
[CHAPTER 11a. Table of Contents]
63-11a-501 Grants - Matching funds requirements - Rules.
(1) (a) The division may give grants to federal government agencies, state agencies, or local governments for the planning, acquisition, and development of trails within the state's recreational trail system with funds appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.
(b) Each grant recipient must provide matching funds having a value that is equal to or greater than the grant funds received. However, the Board of Parks and Recreation may allow a grant recipient to provide property, material, or labor in lieu of money, provided the grant recipient's contribution has a value that is equal to or greater than the grant funds received.
(2) The Board of Parks and Recreation shall:
(a) make rules setting forth procedures and criteria for the awarding of grants for recreational trails; and
(b) determine to whom grant funds shall be awarded after considering the recommendations of and after consulting with the Recreational Trails Advisory Council and the division.
(3) Rules for the awarding of grants for recreational trails shall provide that:
(a) each grant applicant must solicit public comment on the proposed recreational trail and submit a summary of that comment to the division;
(b) each trail project for which grant funds are awarded must conform to the criteria and guidelines specified in Sections 63-11a-102 , 63-11a-103 , and 63-11a-201 ; and
(c) trail proposals that include a plan to provide employment opportunities for youth, including at-risk youth, in the development of the trail shall be encouraged.
(4) As used in this section, "at-risk youth" means youth who:
(a) are subject to environmental forces, such as poverty or family dysfunction, that may make them vulnerable to family, school, or community problems;
(b) perform poorly in school or have failed to complete high school;
(c) exhibit behaviors which have the potential to harm themselves or others in the community, such as truancy, use of alcohol or drugs, and associating with delinquent peers; or
(d) have already engaged in behaviors harmful to themselves
or others in the community.
2000
63-11a-502 Donations.
The division may receive, from any person, donated funds,
property, or services for specified or nonspecified uses
associated with the planning, acquisition, development, and
administration of recreational trails.
1991
63-11a-503 Centennial Nonmotorized Paths and Trail Crossings Program - Eligibility and distribution - Rulemaking.
(1) There is created the Centennial Nonmotorized Paths and Trail Crossings Program.
(2) The program shall be funded from the following sources:
(a) appropriations made to the program by the Legislature; and
(b) contributions from other public and private sources for deposit into the program.
(3) All monies appropriated to the Centennial Nonmotorized Paths and Trail Crossings Program are nonlapsing.
(4) Subject to Subsection (5), the division, upon the recommendation of the council, shall authorize the use of program monies for state, county, and municipal projects that:
(a) provide continuous and safe routes, paths, or trails for equestrian riders, pedestrians, bicyclists, and other human powered vehicle operators; and
(b) provide access past major highways and other physical impediments that limit safe equestrian riders, pedestrian, bicyclist, and other human powered vehicles.
(5) The program monies authorized under Subsection (4) are subject to:
(a) monies available in the program;
(b) the provisions of this section; and
(c) rules made under Subsection (8).
(6) (a) The state, a county, or a municipality may apply to the division under this section for monies from the program for a specified project.
(b) (i) Program monies may not exceed 50% of the total costs for any project. The remaining project costs must be provided by the state, the county, or the municipality that applies for program monies as matching funds.
(ii) Matching funds may be provided from any available source, including grants and other private or public sources.
(7) A single project may not receive more than 50% of the total program monies available in a fiscal year except upon the unanimous recommendation of the council.
(8) (a) The division shall administer the program.
(b) The Board of Parks and Recreation shall make rules in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establishing the:
(i) prioritizing and awarding of program monies by the division; and
(ii) procedures for the state, a county, or a municipality
to apply for program monies for projects.
1997
63-11a-504 Bonneville Shoreline Trail Program.
(1) There is created the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Program.
(2) The program shall be funded from the following sources:
(a) appropriations made to the program by the Legislature; and
(b) contributions from other public and private sources.
(3) All monies appropriated to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Program are nonlapsing.
(4) The Bonneville Shoreline Trail is intended to:
(a) follow on or near the old Lake Bonneville shoreline terrace near the foot of the Wasatch Mountains from Juab County to Cache County; and
(b) provide continuous and safe routes, paths, or trails for pedestrians, bicyclists, and equestrian riders, where appropriate.
(5) (a) The program monies shall be used to provide grants to local governments for the planning, development, and construction of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
(b) Grant recipients shall be required to provide matching
funds in accordance with Section
63-11a-501
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1999
