26-48-102 - Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account -- Interest -- Use of contributions and interest. - Utah Statutes

26-48-102. Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account-- Interest -- Use of contributions and interest.
(1) There is created within the General Fund the Cat and Dog Community Spay andNeuter Program Restricted Account.
(2) The account shall be funded by contributions deposited into the Cat and DogCommunity Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account in accordance with Section59-10-1310.
(3) (a) The Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account shallearn interest.
(b) Interest earned on the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter Program RestrictedAccount shall be deposited into the Cat and Dog Community Spay and Neuter ProgramRestricted Account.
(4) The department shall distribute contributions and interest deposited into the Cat andDog Community Spay and Neuter Program Restricted Account to one or more organizations that:
(a) are exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal RevenueCode;
(b) operate a mobile spay and neuter clinic for cats and dogs;
(c) provide annual spay and neuter services at the mobile spay and neuter clinic describedin Subsection (4)(b):
(i) to one or more communities in at least 20 counties in the state; and
(ii) by veterinarians who are licensed by Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act;and
(d) (i) spay and neuter cats and dogs owned by persons having low incomes; and
(ii) have established written guidelines for determining what constitutes a person havinga low income in accordance with any rules made by the department as authorized by Subsection(5)(c).
(5) (a) An organization described in Subsection (4) may apply to the department toreceive a distribution in accordance with Subsection (4).
(b) An organization that receives a distribution from the department in accordance withSubsection (4):
(i) shall expend the distribution only to spay or neuter dogs and cats:
(A) owned by persons having low incomes;
(B) by veterinarians who are licensed by Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act;
(C) through a statewide voucher program; and
(D) at a location that:
(I) is not a mobile spay and neuter clinic; and
(II) does not receive any funding from a governmental entity; and
(ii) may not expend the distribution for any administrative cost relating to an expenditureauthorized by Subsection (5)(b)(i).
(c) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, thedepartment may make rules:
(i) providing procedures and requirements for an organization to apply to the departmentto receive a distribution in accordance with Subsection (4); and
(ii) to define what constitutes a person having a low income.

Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
Amended by Chapter 389, 2008 General Session