Section 311 – Implementation provisions.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-311. Implementation provisions. (1) (a) The director may conduct investigations, studies, and experiments involving the management, protection, development, acquisition, and transfer of public land. (b) The director may work with other departments, agencies, or political subdivisions in conducting an investigation, study, or experiment, as described in Subsection (1)(a). (c) (i) Where an investigation, […]
Section 312 – Annual reports.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-312. Annual reports. (1) The director shall: (a) prepare a report on the public land in accordance with Subsection (2); and (b) submit the report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee no later than October 31 annually. (2) A list of programs and specific information to be included in the […]
Section 303 – Management of use, occupancy, and development of public land.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-303. Management of use, occupancy, and development of public land. (1) As used in this section, “casual” means activity that: (a) occurs irregularly; and (b) is non-commercial. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the director shall manage the public land under principles of multiple use and sustained yield, in accordance with […]
Section 203 – Honoring pre-existing claims and rights.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-203. Honoring pre-existing claims and rights. (1) Upon receiving title to a tract of federal public land, the state shall honor all pre-existing rights that run appurtenant to that tract of federal public land. (2) The state shall develop an adjudicative process to deal with competing claims to rights that run appurtenant to […]
Section 204 – Exchanges and sales.
Effective 5/9/2017 63L-8-204. Exchanges and sales. (1) (a) It is the policy of this state that exchanges of public land are preferred to any sale of public land, and that when pursuing an exchange, an exchange with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration is preferred to an exchange with any other party. (b) If […]
Section 302 – Department of Land Management.
Effective 5/9/2017 63L-8-302. Department of Land Management. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Department of Land Management, created in Section 63L-9-102, shall provide necessary staff support for the implementation of this chapter. Amended by Chapter 451, 2017 General Session
Section 103 – Principal or major use.
Effective 5/9/2017 63L-8-103. Principal or major use. Each parcel of public land in this state shall be managed, as much as possible, to promote the following principal or major uses of the land, consistent with the principles of multiple use and sustained yield: (1) domestic livestock grazing; (2) fish and wildlife development and utilization, including […]
Section 104 – Declaration of policy — Sales and exchanges.
Effective 5/9/2017 63L-8-104. Declaration of policy — Sales and exchanges. (1) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of the state that: (a) public land be retained in state ownership consistent with the provisions of this chapter for the enjoyment and betterment of the public and the state; (b) public land may not be […]
Section 105 – Interdepartmental cooperation.
Effective 5/9/2017 63L-8-105. Interdepartmental cooperation. (1) The director, subject to periodic review of the Legislature, may establish programs to conduct projects, planning, permitting, leasing, contracting and other activities on public land. (2) (a) The director shall provide management policies and programs for all uses of public land, including the principal or major uses described in […]
Section 202 – Land use planning.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-202. Land use planning. (1) The director, in consultation with the board, the commissioner, and other state agencies with management authority over other state owned land and resources affected by land use planning shall, with public involvement, develop, maintain, and revise land use plans that address the use and conservation of public land […]