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[TITLE 39. Table of Contents]
39-2-1 Members - A body corporate - Powers - Expenses.
(1) (a) The State Armory Board shall consist of the governor, the chair of the State Building Board, and the adjutant general.
(b) It shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession.
(c) It may have and use a common seal, and under the name aforesaid may sue and be sued, and contract and be contracted with.
(d) It may take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, grant, or bequest real and personal property required for its use.
(e) It may also convert property received by gift, devise, or bequest, and not suitable for its uses, into other property so available, or into money.
(2) The board shall have power to:
(a) borrow money for the purpose of erecting arsenals and armories upon the sole credit of the real property to which it has the legal title; and
(b) may secure such loans by mortgage upon such property:
(i) the mortgaged property shall be the sole security for such loan; and
(ii) no deficiency judgment shall be made, rendered, or entered against the board upon the foreclosure of the mortgage; provided, however, that property in one city shall not be mortgaged for the purpose of obtaining money for the erection of armories in any other place. Said board shall be deemed a public corporation, and its property shall be exempt from all taxes and assessments.
(3) (a) State government officer and employee members who do not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties from the board at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
(b) State government officer and employee members may
decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
1997
39-2-2 Powers of State Armory Board.
(1) The board shall supervise and control the armories and arsenals, and all real property held or acquired for the military purposes of the state.
(2) The board may:
(a) provide suitable armories and arsenals for the different organizations of the National Guard;
(b) lease buildings for armory and arsenal purposes throughout the state wherever necessary for the use of organizations of the National Guard and for the storage of state and government property at a rental that the board considers reasonable;
(c) erect armories and arsenals at places within the state that it considers necessary upon lands to which it has acquired the legal title; and
(d) expend military funds to acquire legal title to lands and to construct armories and arsenals.
(3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), the board may take options for the purchase of any premises under lease to the state for armory and arsenal purposes:
(i) at any time during the life of the lease; and
(ii) when the purchase is in the state's interest.
(b) An option is not binding upon the board until it is approved by the Legislature.
(4) (a) Before legally binding the state to sell any armory, army premises, or other real property owned by the National Guard, the board shall submit a description of the proposed sale to the Legislative Management Committee for its review and recommendations.
(b) Before legally binding the state to purchase any interest in real property, the board shall submit a description of the proposed sale to the Legislative Management Committee for its review and recommendations.
(c) The Legislative Management Committee shall review each proposal and may:
(i) recommend that the board complete the purchase or sale; or
(ii) recommend that the board not complete the purchase or sale.
(5) The proceeds from the sales of armories and army premises
authorized by this section shall be appropriated to the State
Armory Board to be applied toward the construction of new
armories.
2003
39-2-7 Budget - Annual legislative approval.
For the use of the State Armory Board, and for the purpose
of payment of rentals for armories, and for the purpose of
paying interest on any sum borrowed by said board for the
erection of armories, and for the purpose of construction
of new armories or other military facilities, the adjutant
general shall prepare and submit to the governor, to be included
in his budget to be submitted to the Legislature, a budget
of the requirements for the expenses of the Utah National
Guard in carrying out the provisions of law for the fiscal
year next following the convening of the Legislature.
1989
39-2-9 Cities may assist in erecting armories.
The board of commissioners and city councils of cities
shall have power to appropriate from any funds of the city
available for general purposes such sums as they may deem
expedient for the purpose of assisting the State Armory Board
in the erection of armories within their respective cities,
and for the maintenance of armories located and maintained
therein, and in all cities where waterworks and an electric
light plant are owned by the city the water and electric
light used in armories maintained therein may at the discretion
of the city be furnished without cost.
1953
