Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 65A-8-204 - Wildland Fire Suppression Fund created(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Wildland Fire Suppression Fund."(2) The Wildland Fire Suppression Fund shall be administered by the division to pay wildfire suppression costs on eligible lands, as wildfire suppression costs are defined by the division by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, including for an eligible entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement, as described in Section 65A-8-203.(3) Subject to Section 65A-8-213, the contents of the Wildland Fire Suppression Fund shall include: (a) interest and earnings from the investment of fund money;(b) money appropriated by the Legislature;(c) federal funds received by the division for wildfire management costs;(d) suppression costs billed to an eligible entity that does not participate in a cooperative agreement;(e) suppression costs paid to the division by another state agency;(f) costs recovered from settlements and civil or administrative actions related to wildfire suppression;(g) restitution payments ordered by a court following a criminal adjudication;(h) the balance of the fund as of July 1, 2016;(i) money deposited by the Division of Finance, pursuant to Section 59-21-2; and(j) money transferred by the Division of Finance, pursuant to Section 63J-1-314.(4) Fund money shall be invested by the state treasurer with the earnings and interest accruing to the Wildland Fire Suppression Fund.Amended by Chapter 153, 2023 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 97, 2021 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 118, 2019 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 210, 2017 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/9/2017.Amended by Chapter 174, 2016 General Session ,§ 13, eff. 1/1/2017.Amended by Chapter 183, 2016 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/10/2016.Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 136, 2007 General Session