Full text of Utah Utah Code § 51-10-205 — Expenditures from the fund., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-10-205. Expenditures from the fund.
Effective 7/1/2015 51-10-205.
Expenditures from the fund.
(1)
(a)
Under the direction of the board, the trust administrator may make expenditures from the fund in accordance with Subsection 51-10-204(2)(e).
(b)
The board may enter into a cost sharing agreement with one or more governmental entities if the cost sharing agreement is recommended by at least four of the Utah Navajo Chapters.
(2)
(a)
Before making any expenditures from the fund to a service provider, the trust administrator shall:
review and approve the service provider's entire budget.
(b)
The trust administrator may require that a service provider modify its budget or meet other conditions precedent established by the trust administrator before the service provider may receive expenditures from the fund.
(3)
The trust administrator shall make an expenditure from the fund that is not an administrative expenditure by:
(a)
preparing a written document that:
(i)
defines specifically how the expenditure from the fund may be used;
(ii)
establishes any conditions precedent to use of the expenditure; and
(iii)
requires the recipient of fund money to provide the trust administrator with progress reports detailing how the money has been expended; and
(b)
obtaining the signature of the recipient on that document before releasing any money from the fund.
(4)
The trust administrator shall:
(a)
make rules in accordance with Subsection (6) that:
(i)
establish policies and criteria for expenditure of fund money; and
(ii)
establish performance evaluation criteria with which to evaluate the success of expenditures from the fund after they are made;
(b)
develop procedures, forms, and standards for persons seeking distribution of fund money that implement the policies and criteria established by rule;
(c)
evaluate the requests for expenditures of fund money against:
(i)
the policies and criteria established by rule; and
(ii)
the requestor's success in meeting performance evaluation criteria and goals in any prior receipt of fund money;
(d)
develop performance goals for each fund expenditure that implement the performance evaluation criteria established in rule; and
(e)
monitor and evaluate each fund expenditure based upon the performance goals and performance evaluation criteria created under this Subsection (4).
(5)
The trust administrator may expend fund money for per diem and expenses incurred by the Diné Advisory Committee in performance of official duties.
(6)
The trust administrator shall make a rule described in Subsection (4)(a):
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