{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-19-1-303.5","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 19-1-303.5","heading":"Reimbursement of extraordinary expenses from civil penalty -- Requirements -- Rulemaking.","body":"(1) The provisions of this section apply to a civil penalty and fine collected under the authority of this title.\n(2)\n(a) The department may reimburse the department, a local government, or a local health department from money collected from a civil penalty or fine for a qualifying extraordinary expense incurred in a qualifying environmental enforcement activity.\n(b) To request reimbursement for a qualifying extraordinary expense incurred in a qualifying environmental enforcement activity, a local government or local health department shall submit to the department:\n(i) documentation necessary to support a claim for a qualifying extraordinary expense, as defined in department rule;\n(ii) proof of a request by the department for assistance in the qualifying environmental enforcement activity; and\n(iii) timely written notice of the expected extraordinary expense.\n(3) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department shall make rules to:\n(a) establish a procedure for a local government or local health department to claim a reimbursement described in Subsection (2);\n(b) define a qualifying environmental enforcement activity;\n(c) define a qualifying extraordinary expense;\n(d) define timely written notice described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii); and\n(e) establish the documentation necessary to support a claim for an extraordinary expense as described in Subsection (2)(b)(i).","path":["Title 19 Environmental Quality Code","Chapter 19-1 General Provisions","Part 19-1-3 Administration"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title19/Chapter1/19-1-S303.5.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"4fed1a951e72794abc0bb59795562eabb39e0f9d51760e66225a0df09462e38a","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-19-1-303","next":"us-ut/utah-code-19-1-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}