17D-2-403 - Provisions that a lease agreement may contain.
17D-2-403. Provisions that a lease agreement may contain.
(1) A lease agreement between a local building authority and its creating local entitymay:
(a) provide that the creating local entity, as part of the lease payments for the leasedproperty:
(i) pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased property orrentals from it;
(ii) maintain insurance on the leased property for the benefit of the local buildingauthority and the holders of the local building authority's bonds; and
(iii) assume all responsibility for any repair, replacement, alteration, or improvement tothe leased property during the term of the lease agreement; and
(b) authorize the local entity to sublease all or specified portions of a project to:
(i) the state;
(ii) another local entity; or
(iii) a private party, including a nonprofit corporation, if the local building authority orlocal entity:
(A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and
(B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the projectfurthers a legitimate public purpose.
(2) A local entity that subleases some or all of a project under Subsection (1)(b)continues to be responsible for lease payments due under the lease agreement with the localbuilding authority.
Enacted by Chapter 360, 2008 General Session