| 1 | 1 | | 02-10 16:02 S.B. 254 |
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| 3 | 3 | | State Grant Revisions |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 GENERAL SESSION |
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| 5 | 5 | | STATE OF UTAH |
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| 6 | 6 | | Chief Sponsor: Luz Escamilla |
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| 7 | 7 | | House Sponsor: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | LONG TITLE |
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| 12 | 12 | | 4 |
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| 13 | 13 | | General Description: |
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| 15 | 15 | | This bill modifies provisions related to state grants. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Highlighted Provisions: |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill: |
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| 21 | 21 | | ▸ requires that an appropriation for a direct award grant include the grant's disbursement |
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| 23 | 23 | | schedule, deliverables, reporting requirements, and performance metrics. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Money Appropriated in this Bill: |
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| 27 | 27 | | None |
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| 29 | 29 | | Other Special Clauses: |
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| 31 | 31 | | None |
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| 33 | 33 | | Utah Code Sections Affected: |
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| 35 | 35 | | AMENDS: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 63G-6b-301, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 300 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: |
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| 43 | 43 | | Section 1. Section 63G-6b-301 is amended to read: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 63G-6b-301 . Direct award grant requirements. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1)(a) A direct award grant is valid only if the direct award grant's grant appropriation: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (i) identifies the recipient or class of recipients in the grant appropriation's intent |
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| 51 | 51 | | language[.] ; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | (ii) states in the grant appropriation's intent language the information described in |
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| 55 | 55 | | Subsections 63G-6b-201(4)(a) through (c). |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) For a grant appropriation that is an ongoing appropriation to fund a multi-year grant, |
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| 59 | 59 | | the [requirement to identify the recipient or class of recipients applies] requirements |
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| 61 | 61 | | described in Subsection (1)(a) apply each fiscal year. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) If the intent language for a direct award grant's grant appropriation provides a |
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| 65 | 65 | | disbursement schedule that is inconsistent with the schedule described in Section [ |
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| 66 | 66 | | S.B. 254 S.B. 254 02-10 16:02 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 63G-6b-202] 63G-6b-201, for the fiscal year in which the grant appropriation is made, |
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| 70 | 70 | | the schedule in the intent language controls. |
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| 72 | 72 | | Section 2. Effective Date. |
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| 74 | 74 | | This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025. |
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| 75 | 75 | | - 2 - |
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