Utah Code Ann. § 17B-2a-806 – Authority of the state or an agency of the state with respect to a public transit district -- Counties and municipalities authorized to provide funds to public transit district -- Equitable allocation of resources within the public transit district.

(1) The state or an agency of the state may:
1. (a) make public contributions to a public transit district as in the judgment of the Legislature or governing board of the agency are necessary or proper;
2. (b) authorize a public transit district to perform, or aid and assist a public transit district in performing, an activity that the state or agency is authorized by law to perform; or
3. (c) perform any action that the state agency is authorized by law to perform for the benefit of a public transit district.
(2)
1. (a) A county or municipality involved in the establishment and operation of a public transit district may provide funds necessary for the operation and maintenance of the district.
2. (b) A county's use of property tax funds to establish and operate a public transit district within any part of the county is a county purpose under Section 17-63-702.
(3)
1. (a) To allocate resources and funds for development and operation of a public transit district, whether received under this section or from other sources, and subject to Section 72-1-203 pertaining to fixed guideway capital development within a large public transit district, a public transit district may:
  1. (i) give priority to public transit services that feed rail fixed guideway services; and
  2. (ii) allocate funds according to population distribution within the public transit district.
2. (b) The comptroller of a public transit district shall report the criteria and data supporting the allocation of resources and funds in the statement required in Section 17B-2a-812.

Amended by Chapter 16, 2025 Special Session 1