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                  HB 35
              SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER FUNDING
              1996 GENERAL SESSION
              STATE OF UTAH
              Sponsor: Patricia B. Larson
          Kurt E. Oscarson
          James R. Gowans
          John B. Arrington
          David M. Jones
          Judy Ann Buffmire
          Frank R. Pignanelli
          Brent H. Goodfellow
          Neal B. Hendrickson
Steve Barth
Mary Carlson
Grant D. Protzman
Tom Matthews
Pete Suazo
Loretta Baca
David Ure
Gene Davis
Nora B. Stephens
Daniel H. Tuttle
Afton B. Bradshaw
Susan J. Koehn
DeMar Bud Bowman
Jordan Tanner
Beverly Ann Evans
Kelly C. Atkinson
          AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES; GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD
          OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR SENIOR FACILITIES;
          APPROPRIATING $200,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE DIVISION OF
          AGING; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
          This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
          ENACTS:
          62A-3-107.5 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
          Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
              Section 1. Section 62A-3-107.5 is enacted to read:
              62A-3-107.5. Allocation of funds to acquire facilities.
              (1) (a) The board may make grants to local area agencies on aging to acquire facilities to
          provide community-based services for aged persons. Grants under this section shall be made
          solely from appropriations made to the division for implementation of this section.
              (b) Acquisition of a facility may include acquisition of real property, construction of a new
          facility, acquisition of an existing facility, or alteration, renovation, or improvement of an existing
          facility.
              (c) The local area agency may allocate grants received under this section to a local
          nonprofit or governmental agency that owns or operates a facility to provide community-based
          services for aged persons.
              (2) A local area agency on aging or the local nonprofit or governmental agency that owns
          or operates the facility and receives grant money from the area agency shall provide a matching
          contribution of at least 25% of the grant funds it receives under this section. A matching
          contribution may include funds, services, property, or other in-kind contributions.
              (3) In making grants under this section, the board may consider:
              (a) the extent and availability of public and private funding to operate programs in the
          facility to be acquired and to provide for maintenance of that facility;
              (b) the need for community-based services in the geographical area served by the area
          agency on aging;
              (c) the availability of private and local funds to assist in acquisition, alteration, renovation,
          or improvement of the facility; and
              (d) the extent and level of support for acquisition of the facility from local government
          officials, private citizens, interest groups, and others.
              (4) Grants to local area agencies on aging and any local nonprofit or governmental agency
          that owns or operates a facility and receives grant money from the area agency under this section are
          subject to the oversight and control by the division described in Subsection 62A-3-104 (8).
              (5) It is the intent of the Legislature that the grants made under this section serve the
          statewide purpose of providing support for senior citizens throughout the state, and that the grants
          shall be made to serve as effectively as possible the facilities in greatest need of assistance.
              Section 2. Appropriation.
              There is appropriated $200,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 1995-96 to the Division
          of Aging and Adult Services within the Department of Human Services to implement Section
          62A-3-107.5 .
              Section 3. Effective date.
              This act takes effect on July 1, 1996.

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