Section 305 – Fees, charges, and commissions.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-305. Fees, charges, and commissions. (1) The director may establish reasonable filing and service fees with respect to applications and other documents relating to the public land, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504. (2) The director is authorized to require a deposit of any payments intended to reimburse the state for reasonable costs with […]
Section 306 – Availability of excess fees.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-306. Availability of excess fees. All fees authorized by this chapter, excluding mining claim fees, not otherwise dedicated by law for a specific distribution shall: (1) be deposited in the Public Land Management Fund created in Section 63L-8-308; and (2) remain available until expended. Enacted by Chapter 317, 2016 General Session
Section 307 – Public Land Protection Fund — Forfeitures and deposits.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-307. Public Land Protection Fund — Forfeitures and deposits. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Public Land Protection Fund.” (2) The fund shall consist of: (a) money appropriated by the Legislature; (b) money received by the state as a result of: (i) the forfeiture of a bond […]
Section 308 – Public Land Management Fund.
Effective 5/9/2017 63L-8-308. Public Land Management Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Public Land Management Fund.” (2) The fund shall consist of: (a) fees collected by the DLM under this chapter; (b) money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature; (c) money collected under Section 63L-8-505; (d) money […]
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 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 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 […]