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 309 – Timber Fund.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-309. Timber Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Timber Fund.” (2) The fund described in Subsection (1) shall consist of: (a) money received from the disposal of timber prepared for sale from public lands; (b) money voluntarily donated or contributed to the fund; and (c) interest […]
Section 310 – Grazing Land Fund.
Effective 5/10/2016 63L-8-310. Grazing Land Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Grazing Land Fund.” (2) The fund shall consist of: (a) money received from grazing fees, as described in Section 63L-8-402; (b) money voluntarily donated or contributed to the fund; and (c) interest earned on the fund. (3) […]
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 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 […]