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 […]
Section 107 – Private lands within wilderness areas.
Effective 5/13/2014 63L-7-107. Private lands within wilderness areas. (1) In any case where privately owned land is completely surrounded by lands within areas designated by this chapter as protected wilderness: (a) the private landowner shall be given rights as may be necessary to ensure adequate access to the privately owned land by the private owner […]
Section 108 – Gifts, bequests, and contributions.
Effective 5/13/2014 63L-7-108. Gifts, bequests, and contributions. (1) The executive director of DNR may accept gifts or bequests of land: (a) within protected wilderness areas designated pursuant to this chapter for preservation as wilderness; and (b) adjacent to designated protected wilderness areas, if the executive director of DNR gives 60 days advance notice to the […]
Section 109 – Annual reports.
Effective 5/13/2014 63L-7-109. Annual reports. (1) The director of PLPCO shall report to the governor, for transmission to the Legislature, on: (a) the status of the Utah wilderness preservation system; (b) regulations in effect; and (c) other pertinent information. (2) The director of PLPCO shall report any recommendations for future action to the Natural Resources, […]
Section 104 – Identification of a potential wilderness area.
Effective 7/1/2022 63L-7-104. Identification of a potential wilderness area. (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), the director of PLPCO, within one year of the acquisition date, shall identify within a parcel of acquired land any conservation areas. (b) Before identifying a parcel of land as a conservation area, the director of PLPCO shall: (i) inform […]
Section 105 – Report to the governor — Governor’s report to the Legislature — Designation of a protected wilderness area — Modification of a protected wilderness area — Rulemaking authority.
Effective 5/13/2014 63L-7-105. Report to the governor — Governor’s report to the Legislature — Designation of a protected wilderness area — Modification of a protected wilderness area — Rulemaking authority. (1) Within five years of the acquisition date of a parcel of land, the director of PLPCO shall: (a) review all areas identified as conservation […]
Section 106 – Use of protected wilderness areas.
Effective 5/13/2014 63L-7-106. Use of protected wilderness areas. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each agency administering any area designated as a protected wilderness area shall be responsible for preserving the wilderness character of the area and shall administer such area for the purposes for which it may have been established to preserve […]
Section 103 – Transfer of public lands.
63L-6-103. Transfer of public lands. (1) On or before December 31, 2014, the United States shall: (a) extinguish title to public lands; and (b) transfer title to public lands to the state. (2) If the state transfers title to any public lands with respect to which the state receives title under Subsection (1)(b), the state […]
Section 104 – Severability clause.
63L-6-104. Severability clause. If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter shall be given effect without the invalid provision or application. The provisions of this chapter are severable. […]