1. (1)

   1. (a) An agency may use agency funds:

      1. (i) for any purpose authorized under this title;
      2. (ii) for administrative, overhead, legal, or other operating expenses of the agency, including consultant fees and expenses under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(b)(ii)(B) or funding for a business resource center;

      3. (iii) subject to Section 11-41-103, to pay for, including financing or refinancing, all or part of:

         1. (A) project area development in a project area, including environmental remediation activities occurring before or after adoption of the project area plan;
         2. (B) housing-related expenditures, projects, or programs as described in Section 17C-1-411 or 17C-1-412;
         3. (C) an incentive or other consideration paid to a participant under a participation agreement, subject to Subsection (6);
         4. (D) subject to Subsections (1)(c) and (4), the value of the land for and the cost of the installation and construction of any publicly owned building, facility, structure, landscaping, or other improvement within the project area from which the project area funds are collected; or
         5. (E) the cost of the installation of publicly owned infrastructure and improvements outside the project area from which the project area funds are collected if the board and the community legislative body determine by resolution that the publicly owned infrastructure and improvements benefit the project area;

      4. (iv) in an urban renewal project area that includes some or all of an inactive industrial site and subject to Subsection (1)(e), to reimburse the Department of Transportation created under Section 72-1-201, or a public transit district created under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, for the cost of:

         1. (A) construction of a public road, bridge, or overpass;
         2. (B) relocation of a railroad track within the urban renewal project area; or
         3. (C) relocation of a railroad facility within the urban renewal project area;
      5. (v) subject to Subsection (5), to transfer funds to a community that created the agency; or
      6. (vi) subject to Subsection (1)(f), for agency-wide project development under Part 10, Agency Taxing Authority.
   2. (b) The determination of the board and the community legislative body under Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(E) regarding benefit to the project area shall be final and conclusive.
   3. (c) An agency may not use project area funds received from a taxing entity for the purposes stated in Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(D) under an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan without the community legislative body's consent.

   4. (d)

      1. (i) Subject to Subsection (1)(d)(ii), an agency may loan project area funds from a project area fund to another project area fund if:

         1. (A) the board approves; and
         2. (B) the community legislative body approves.
      2. (ii) An agency may not loan project area funds under Subsection (1)(d)(i) unless the projections for agency funds are sufficient to repay the loan amount.
      3. (iii) A loan described in this Subsection (1)(d) is not subject to Title 10, Chapter 5, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Towns, Title 10, Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities, Title 17, Chapter 63, Fiscal Authority and Processes, or Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Special Districts.

   5. (e) Before an agency may pay any tax increment or sales tax revenue under Subsection (1)(a)(iv), the agency shall enter into an interlocal agreement defining the terms of the reimbursement with:

      1. (i) the Department of Transportation; or
      2. (ii) a public transit district.
   6. (f) Before an agency may use project area funds for agency-wide project development, as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, the agency shall obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee or each taxing entity party to an interlocal agreement with the agency.

2. (2)

   1. (a) Sales and use tax revenue that an agency receives from a taxing entity is not subject to the prohibition or limitations of Title 11, Chapter 41, Part 1, Prohibition on Retail Facility Incentive Payments Act.
   2. (b) An agency may use sales and use tax revenue that the agency receives under an interlocal agreement under Section 17C-4-201 or 17C-5-204 for the uses authorized in the interlocal agreement.

3. (3)

   1. (a) An agency may contract with the community that created the agency or another public entity to use agency funds to reimburse the cost of items authorized by this title to be paid by the agency that are paid by the community or other public entity.
   2. (b) If land is acquired or the cost of an improvement is paid by another public entity and the land or improvement is leased to the community, an agency may contract with and make reimbursement from agency funds to the community.
4. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an agency may not use project area funds, project area incremental revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, or property tax revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, to construct a local government building unless the taxing entity committee or each taxing entity party to an interlocal agreement with the agency consents.
5. (5) For the purpose of offsetting the community's annual local contribution to the Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation Restricted Account, the total amount an agency transfers in a calendar year to a community under Subsections (1)(a)(v), 17C-1-411(1)(d), and 17C-1-412(1)(a)(x) may not exceed the community's annual local contribution as defined in Subsection 59-12-205(5).

6. (6)

   1. (a) Before providing tax increment funding to a private participant pursuant to a participation agreement, an agency shall consult with the county treasurer of the county in which the agency operates to determine if:

      1. (i) the private participant is delinquent on property tax;
      2. (ii) the private participant is delinquent on privilege tax; or
      3. (iii) the private participant is subject to a political subdivision lien for past due fees or charges.
   2. (b) If the county treasurer, in consultation with the agency, determines a participant is delinquent on property tax or privilege tax or subject to a political subdivision lien, the agency shall confirm whether the participation agreement between the agency and private participant includes a provision described in Subsection 17C-1-202(5)(d).

   3. (c) If authorized by the agency pursuant to a participation agreement, the county treasurer of the county in which the agency operates may provide tax increment funding that would otherwise be provided directly to the agency to provide to the private participant to:

      1. (i) the county, in the amount the private entity is delinquent for property tax or privilege tax; and
      2. (ii) the political subdivision holding the political subdivision lien, in the amount necessary to resolve the political subdivision lien.

Amended by Chapter 373, 2026 General Session