Accumulated fund balances -- Limitations -- Excess balances -- Unanticipated excess of revenues -- Reserves for capital projects.
Utah Code § 11-13-512
in effect11-13-512. Accumulated fund balances -- Limitations -- Excess balances -- Unanticipated excess of revenues -- Reserves for capital projects.
(1)
(a) An interlocal entity may accumulate retained earnings or fund balances, as appropriate, in any fund.
(b) For the interlocal entity general fund only, an accumulated fund balance at the end of a budget year may be used only:
(i) to provide working capital to finance expenditures from the beginning of the budget year until general property taxes or other applicable revenues are collected, subject to Subsection (1)(c);
(ii) to provide a resource to meet emergency expenditures under Section 11-13-521; or
(iii) to cover a pending year-end excess of expenditures over revenues from an unavoidable shortfall in revenues, subject to Subsection (1)(d).
(c) Subsection (1)(b)(i) may not be construed to authorize an interlocal entity to appropriate a fund balance for budgeting purposes, except as provided in Subsection (4).
(d) Subsection (1)(b)(iii) may not be construed to authorize an interlocal entity to appropriate a fund balance to avoid an operating deficit during a budget year except:
(i) as provided under Subsection (4); or
(ii) for emergency purposes under Section 11-13-521.
(2) The accumulation of a fund balance in the interlocal entity general fund may not exceed the greater of:
(a) 100% of the current year's property tax collected by the interlocal entity; or
(b)
(i) 35% of the total interlocal entity general fund revenues for an interlocal entity with an annual interlocal entity general fund budget greater than $100,000; or
(ii) 65% of the total interlocal entity general fund revenues for an interlocal entity with an annual interlocal entity general fund budget equal to or less than $100,000.
(3) If the interlocal entity general fund balance at the close of a fiscal year exceeds the amount permitted under Subsection (2), the interlocal entity shall appropriate the excess in the manner provided in Section 11-13-513.
(4) Any interlocal entity general fund balance in excess of 5% of the total revenues of the interlocal entity general fund may be utilized for budget purposes.
(5)
(a) Within a capital projects fund the governing board may, in a budget year, appropriate from estimated revenue or a fund balance to a reserve account for capital projects for the purpose of financing future specific capital projects, including new construction, capital repairs, replacement, and maintenance, under a formal long-range capital plan adopted by the governing board.
(b) An interlocal entity may allow a reserve amount under Subsection (5)(a) to accumulate from year to year until the accumulated total is sufficient to permit economical expenditure for the specified purposes.
(c) An interlocal entity may disburse from a reserve account under Subsection (5)(a) only by a budget appropriation adopted in the manner provided by this part.
(d) Expenditures from a reserve account described in Subsection (5)(a) shall conform to all requirements of this part relating to execution and control of budgets.
Amended by Chapter 52, 2021 General Session
Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title11/Chapter13/11-13-S512.html?v=C11-13-S512_2021050520210505Fetched: 10/26/2026