Effective 5/4/2022
39A-8-105. West Traverse Sentinel Landscape Fund.
39A-8-105. West Traverse Sentinel Landscape Fund.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) “Committee” means the West Traverse Sentinel Landscape Coordinating Committee created in Section 39A-8-103.
- (b) “Fund” means the West Traverse Sentinel Landscape Fund.
- (2) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the West Traverse Sentinel Landscape Fund.
- (3) The fund shall consist of:
- (a) appropriations from the Legislature; and
- (b) grants or donations from other public or private sources.
- (4) The fund shall be administered by the Utah National Guard and the committee.
- (5) The purpose of the fund shall be to provide:
- (a) matching funds for established federal funding programs concerning sentinel landscapes;
- (b) matching funds for local and private funding programs that assist with sentinel landscape designations;
- (c) incentives for landowners who voluntarily participate in land management practices that are consistent with Camp Williams’s military missions;
- (d) sentinel landscape monitoring, community outreach, and education;
- (e) costs associated with due diligence and administration of purchasing land and easements; and
- (f) administrative costs as approved by the Utah National Guard and the committee.
- (6) The committee may make an appropriation request through the Utah National Guard to the Legislature for necessary funds to carry out the committee’s purpose.
- (7) Upon appropriation, funds may only be used for landscapes that qualify under:
- (a) the Army Compatible Use Buffer Program guidelines or similar regulations as a federal program whose purpose is to secure landscapes that serve to buffer military installations;
- (b) Internal Revenue Code guidelines in 26 U.S.C. Sec. 170(h); or
- (c) local municipal or county guidelines established through the committee and consistent with Camp Williams’s military mission.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 373, 2022 General Session