REVISED AGENDA
COMMISSION FOR THE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC LANDS
UTAH
LEGISLATURE
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 • 9:00 a.m. • Room 445 State
Capitol
1. Commission Business
·
Call
to order
·
Approval
of the minutes of the August 20, 2015, meeting
·
Summary
of the report delivered to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
Interim Committee
2. Report of the Legal and Relations Consulting
Services Team
At its June meeting, the commission
voted to approve awarding contracts for legal and relations consulting services
associated with obtaining certain public lands from the federal government. The
commission will hear a report from the legal consulting services team, which
includes leading experts on constitutional law and experienced litigators (please
see a description of the legal consulting services team member’s professional
affiliations and accomplishments here: http://le.utah.gov/interim/2015/pdf/00005420.pdf). The commission will also hear an
update on the relations services.
·
George
Wentz, Partner, Davillier Law Group
·
John
Howard, JW Howard Attorneys
·
Ronald
Rotunda, Professor of Law, Chapman School of Law
·
Richard
Seamon, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Law, University of
Idaho School of Law
·
James
Jardine, Partner, Ray Quinney and Nebeker
·
Other
legal and relations consulting services team members
3. Commission
Discussion and Possible Action regarding the Report of the Legal and Relations
Consulting Services Team
4. Other Commission Business/Adjourn
·
Discussion
of 2016 plan of work, meeting dates, and potential upcoming public lands
legislation