1. (1) "Board" means the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Board created in Section 79-9-104, which advises the division and makes recommendations on funding priorities.
2. (2) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Outdoor Recreation or the director's designee.
3. (3) "Division" means the Division of Outdoor Recreation.
4. (4) "Eligible County" means a county that meets the class, transient room tax rate, and revenue requirements in Sub-section 79-9-101(3).
5. (5) "Grant" means an Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant awarded by the Division to an eligible county as described in Section 79-9-201.
6. (6) "Grantee" means an eligible county that receives an Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant.
7. (7) "Reimbursement" means the repayment of eligible and documented costs previously incurred by an eligible county for mitigation activities consistent with this rule and approved by the division.
8. (8) "Eligible cost" means an activity or expenditure that qualifies for funding.

9. (9) "Visitor-related emergency costs" means documented expenditures incurred by an eligible county in conducting search and rescue or emergency medical services in direct relation to individuals visiting for outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions. These costs may include:

   1. (a) road repair and upgrades, provided sufficient evidence demonstrates the road conditions directly affect emergency response; and
   2. (b) costs, as described in Subsection 17-78-702(2)(d), so long as the eligible county applying for a grant presents sufficient evidence to suggest that the condition of roads in the eligible county has a direct impact on search and rescue efforts or providing emergency medical services in relation to an individual who is in the eligible county for outdoor recreation, tourism, or a convention.

10. (10) "visitor-related safety costs" means a mitigation cost described in Subsection 17-78-702(2)(d) that is not a visitor-related emergency cost, so long as the eligible county applying for a grant presents sufficient evidence to suggest that:

    1. (a) the eligible county's current solid waste disposal operations are overwhelmed by outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions in the eligible county, resulting in unsanitary or unsafe conditions in the eligible county;
    2. (b) law enforcement activities within the eligible county are strained as a direct result of outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions in the eligible county, resulting in unsafe conditions for recreators, visitors, tourists, county residents, and members of law enforcement within the eligible county; or
    3. (c) road repair and upgrade costs, if the current condition of roads in the eligible county are overwhelmed by outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions in the eligible county, resulting in unsafe conditions in the eligible county.

KEY: outdoor recreation mitigation grant, outdoor recreation grants

Date of Last Change: May 8, 2026

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 79-9-101 et seq.