Section 303 – Contract with facilitator.

• (1) If the office chooses to have the functions and responsibilities described in Section 63N-13-304 performed by a person other than the office, the office shall, within legislative appropriations, enter into a contract with a nonprofit entity or government entity, using a request for proposals process under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, to act as facilitator.

• (2) Except as provided in Subsection 63H-1-202(9), the office shall ensure that a contract with a person performing the functions and responsibilities of the facilitator includes a conflict-of-interest provision prohibiting the facilitator, or a principal, officer, or employee of the facilitator, from receiving a direct or indirect financial benefit from any public-private partnership that results from the facilitator’s work under the contract.

Amended by Chapter 240, 2022 General Session