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First Substitute S.J.R. 11

Senator Todd Weiler proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
JOINT RESOLUTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND

             2     
DEVELOPMENTAL POLICIES

             3     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Todd Weiler

             6     
House Sponsor: Marc K. Roberts

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This joint resolution of the Legislature rejects United Nations Agenda 21 and urges
             11      state and local governments across the United States to reject it.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This resolution:
             14          .    rejects United Nations Agenda 21, both its intent and its potential for abuse;
             15          .    urges Utah's state agencies and political subdivisions to not adopt or implement
             16      policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private
             17      property rights without due process;
             18          .    urges Utah's state agencies and political subdivisions to not adopt or develop
             19      environmental and developmental policies that, without due process, would infringe
             20      or restrict the private property rights of property owners;
             21          .    urges state and local governments across the United States to be well informed
             22      regarding the underlying harmful implications of implementing United Nations
             23      Agenda 21's strategies for "sustainable development";
             24          .    urges state and local governments across the United States to not enter into any
             25      agreement, expend any sum of money, contract services, or give financial aid to


             26      those nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations affiliated with Agenda 21;
             27          .    urges state and local governments across the United States to reject United Nations
             28      Agenda 21 and any grant money or financial aid attached to it; and
             29          .    urges support for locally directed regional planning efforts that protect local
             30      sovereignty and private property rights.
             31      Special Clauses:
             32          None
             33     
             34      Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             35          WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 was initiated at the United Nations
             36      Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992;
             37          WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is being introduced into local communities
             38      across the United States through the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives,
             39      through local "sustainable development" policies including Smart Growth America, the
             40      Wildlands Project, and Center for Resilient Cities;
             41          WHEREAS, the United Nations has accredited and enlisted numerous
             42      nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations to assist in the implementation of its
             43      policies relative to Agenda 21 around the world;
             44          WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 plan of sustainable development views
             45      private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership, individual travel
             46      choices, and privately owned farms as destructive to the environment;
             47          WHEREAS, according to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy, social justice is
             48      described as the right and opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources
             49      afforded citizens by society and the environment, which would be accomplished by
             50      redistribution of wealth;
             51          WHEREAS, according to United Nations Agenda 21 policy, national sovereignty is
             52      deemed a social injustice;
             53          WHEREAS, Utah has a tradition of locally driven community planning efforts dating
             54      back to the first settlers who laid out a community plat that formed the basis for most of the
             55      cities in Utah;
             56          WHEREAS, Utah regional planning efforts have focused on citizen participation, local


             57      decision making, transparent processes, sound technical data, response to market demand, and
             58      respect for due process and private property;
             59          WHEREAS, Utah's Associations of Governments and Councils of Governments are
             60      created and controlled by Utah cities and towns, predate the adoption of Agenda 21 by more
             61      than 20 years, and provide a forum for these local governments to cooperate on issues of
             62      regional significance; and
             63          WHEREAS, cooperative decision making that is locally driven and controlled provides
             64      great benefits in terms of cost and service delivery and continues to serve the state of Utah
             65      well:
             66          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah
             67      rejects United Nations Agenda 21, both its intent and its potential for abuse.
             68          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges Utah's state agencies and
             69      political subdivisions to not adopt or implement policy recommendations that deliberately or
             70      inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required
             71      by policy recommendations originating in or traceable to Agenda 21, adopted by the United
             72      Nations in 1992 at its Conference on Environment and Development, or any other international
             73      law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the Constitution of the United States or the
             74      Constitution of the state of Utah.
             75          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges Utah's state agencies and
             76      political subdivisions to not adopt or develop environmental and developmental policies that,
             77      without due process, would infringe or restrict the private property rights of property owners.
             78          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges state and local governments
             79      across the United States to be well informed regarding the underlying harmful implications of
             80      implementing United Nations Agenda 21's strategies for "sustainable development."
             81          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges state and local governments
             82      across the United States to not enter into any agreement, expend any sum of money, contract
             83      services, or give financial aid to those nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations
             84      affiliated with United Nations Agenda 21.
             85          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature urges state and local governments
             86      across the United States to reject United Nations Agenda 21 and any grant money or financial
             87      aid attached to it.


             88          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah supports the
             89      locally directed regional planning efforts that are occurring in Utah and encourages other states
             90      to look to the Utah model of collaboration that protects local sovereignty and private property
             91      rights.
             92          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Council of
             93      State Governments, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Association of
             94      Counties, the United Nations General Assembly, the Wildlands Project, Smart Growth
             95      America, Center for Resilient Cities, the International Council of Local Environmental
             96      Initiatives, the Utah Association of Counties, the Utah League of Cities and Towns, the
             97      Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
             98      Representatives, and the members of Utah's congressional delegation.


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