1. (1)

   1. (a) There is created a rate committee consisting of the executive directors, commissioners, or superintendents of seven state agencies, which may include the State Board of Education, that use services and pay rates to one of the department internal service funds, or their designee, that the governor appoints for a two-year term.
   2. (b) The department may not have a representative on the rate committee.

   3. (c)

      1. (i) The committee shall elect a chair from the committee's members.
      2. (ii) Members of the committee who are state government employees and who do not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service on the committee shall receive no compensation, benefits, per diem, or expenses for the members' service on the committee.
   4. (d) The department shall provide staff services to the committee.

2. (2) A division described in Section 63A-1-109 that operates an internal service fund, or the department, if the department operates an internal service fund under Section 63A-1-109.5, shall submit to the rate committee:

   1. (a) a proposed rate schedule for the goods or services rendered by the department or the division to:

      1. (i) an executive branch entity; or
      2. (ii) an entity that subscribes to a service rendered by the department or the division; and
   2. (b) other information or analysis requested by the rate committee.

3. (3) Subject to Subsection (4), the committee shall:

   1. (a) conduct all meetings in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;

   2. (b) meet at least once each calendar year to:

      1. (i) discuss the service performance of each internal service fund;
      2. (ii) review the proposed rate schedules;
      3. (iii) at the rate committee's discretion, approve, increase, or decrease the rate schedules described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii); and
      4. (iv) discuss any prior or potential adjustments to the service level received by state agencies that pay rates to an internal service fund;

   3. (c) recommend a proposed rate schedule for each internal service fund to:

      1. (i) the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget; and
      2. (ii) each legislative appropriations subcommittee that, in accordance with Section 63J-1-410, approves the internal service fund agency's rates and budget; and
   4. (d) review and approve, increase, or decrease an interim rate when an internal service fund agency begins a new service or introduces a new product between annual general sessions of the Legislature.

4. (4) In addition to the meeting described in Subsection (3)(b), if an internal service fund agency submits a proposed increased rate schedule to the rate committee in accordance with Subsection 63J-1-410(4)(c), the committee shall, no later than 30 days after the day on which the committee receives the increased rate schedule, convene a meeting of the committee to:

   1. (a) review the proposed increased rate schedule; and
   2. (b) at the committee's discretion, approve or reject the proposed increased rate schedule.
5. (5) The committee may in accordance with Subsection 63J-1-410(4), decrease a rate that has been approved by the Legislature.

Amended by Chapter 350, 2025 General Session