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26-48-101 Title.
This chapter is known as the "Cat and Dog Community Spay
and Neuter Program Restricted Account Act."
2006
26-48-102 Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account - Interest - Use of contributions and interest.
(1) There is created within the General Fund the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account.
(2) The account shall be funded by contributions deposited into the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account in accordance with Section 59-10-550.2 .
(3) (a) The Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account shall earn interest.
(b) Interest earned on the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account shall be deposited into the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account.
(4) The department shall distribute contributions and interest deposited into the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account to one or more organizations that:
(a) are exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code;
(b) operate a mobile spay and neuter clinic for cats and dogs;
(c) provide annual spay and neuter services at the mobile spay and neuter clinic described in Subsection (4)(b):
(i) to one or more communities in at least 20 counties in the state; and
(ii) by veterinarians who are licensed by Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act; and
(d) (i) spay and neuter cats and dogs owned by persons having low incomes; and
(ii) have established written guidelines for determining what constitutes a person having a low income in accordance with any rules made by the department as authorized by Subsection (5)(c).
(5) (a) An organization described in Subsection (4) may apply to the department to receive a distribution in accordance with Subsection (4).
(b) An organization that receives a distribution from the department in accordance with Subsection (4):
(i) shall expend the distribution only to spay or neuter dogs and cats:
(A) owned by persons having low incomes;
(B) by veterinarians who are licensed by Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act;
(C) through a statewide voucher program; and
(D) at a location that:
(I) is not a mobile spay and neuter clinic; and
(II) does not receive any funding from a governmental entity; and
(ii) may not expend the distribution for any administrative cost relating to an expenditure authorized by Subsection (5)(b)(i).
(c) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department may make rules:
(i) providing procedures and requirements for an organization to apply to the department to receive a distribution in accordance with Subsection (4); and
(ii) to define what constitutes a person having a low
income.
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