Section 14.2 – Wildlife Resources Conservation Easement Restricted Account.

• (1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the “Wildlife Resources Conservation Easement Account.”

• (2) The Wildlife Resources Conservation Easement Account consists of:
  • (a) grants from private foundations;
  • (b) grants from local governments, the state, or the federal government;
  • (c) grants from the Land Conservation Board created under Section 4-46-201;
  • (d) donations from landowners for monitoring and managing conservation easements;
  • (e) donations from any other person; and
  • (f) interest on account money.

• (3) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Division of Wildlife Resources shall use money from the account to monitor and manage conservation easements held by the division.

• (4) The division may not receive or expend donations from the account to acquire conservation easements.

Amended by Chapter 68, 2022 General Session