S.B. 2001

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NATIONAL PARK FUNDING
2 2013 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams
5 House Sponsor: Derek E. Brown
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill addresses issues relating to the operation of national parks, national
10 monuments, and national recreation areas within the state.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . authorizes funds in the Sovereign Lands Management Account to be used to pay
14 one or more federal governmental entities for the ongoing operation of national
15 parks, national monuments, and national recreation areas within the state; and
16 . repeals the authorization on December 2, 2013.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18 This bill appropriates $8,661,700 in fiscal year 2014, to the Department of Natural
19 Resources - Parks and Recreation Capital Budget, as a one-time appropriation, from the
20 Sovereign Lands Management Restricted Account.
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 This bill provides an immediate effective date.
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 65A-5-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 303
26 ENACTS:
27 63I-2-265, Utah Code Annotated 1953

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29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30 Section 1. Section 63I-2-265 is enacted to read:
31 63I-2-265. Repeal dates -- Title 65A.
32 Subsection 65A-5-1 (4) is repealed on December 2, 2013.
33 Section 2. Section 65A-5-1 is amended to read:
34 65A-5-1. Sovereign Lands Management Account -- Creation -- Contents --
35 Appropriation to fund division expenses.
36 (1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the
37 Sovereign Lands Management Account.
38 (2) The account shall consist of the following:
39 (a) all revenues derived from sovereign lands; and
40 (b) that portion of all revenues derived from mineral leases on other lands managed by
41 the division necessary to recover management costs.
42 (3) All expenditures of the division relating directly to the management of state lands
43 shall be funded by appropriation by the Legislature from the Sovereign Lands Management
44 Account or other sources.
45 (4) The Legislature may appropriate funds in the account to reimburse one or more
46 state government entities for money contributed to the federal government for the operation of
47 national parks, national monuments, and national recreation areas in the state.
48 Section 3. Appropriation.
49 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
50 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following sums of money
51 are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
52 previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
53 addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2014.
54 Item 1 - To Department of Natural Resources - Parks and Recreation Capital Budget
55 From General Fund Restricted - Sovereign Lands Management,
56 One-time

$8,661,700

57 Schedule of Programs:
58 Renovation and Development $8,661,700

59 The Legislature intends that:
60 (1) the Division of Parks and Recreation may, subject to Subsections (2) and (3),
61 contribute money authorized by this appropriation to open and operate national parks, national
62 monuments, and national recreation areas in one week increments;
63 (2) after October 28, 2013, the Division of Parks and Recreation, before contributing to
64 the United States government any money appropriated in this bill, shall submit a statement to
65 the Executive Appropriations Committee identifying the amount of money to be contributed to
66 the United States government; and
67 (3) after October 28, 2013, the Executive Appropriations Committee recommend to the
68 Division of Parks and Recreation that the Division of Parks and Recreation either:
69 (a) expend the appropriated money to keep national parks, national monuments, and
70 national recreation areas operating for an additional week; or
71 (b) not expend the appropriated money.
72 Section 4. Effective date.
73 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
74 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
75 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
76 the date of veto override.




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