9-8-301. Purpose.
(1) The Legislature declares that the general public and the beneficiaries of the school
and institutional land grants have an interest in the preservation and protection of the state's
archaeological and anthropological resources and a right to the knowledge derived and gained
from scientific study of those resources.
(2) (a) The Legislature finds that policies and procedures for the survey and excavation
of archaeological resources from school and institutional trust lands are consistent with the
school and institutional land grants, if these policies and procedures insure that primary
consideration is given, on a site or project specific basis, to the purpose of support for the
beneficiaries of the school and institutional land grants.
(b) The Legislature finds that the preservation, placement in a repository, curation, and
exhibition of specimens found on school or institutional trust lands for scientific and educational
purposes is consistent with the school and institutional land grants.
(c) The Legislature finds that the preservation and development of sites found on school
or institutional trust lands for scientific or educational purposes, or the disposition of sites found
on school or institutional trust lands, after consultation between the division and the School and
Institutional Trust Lands Administration to determine the appropriate level of data recovery or
implementation of other appropriate preservation measures, for preservation, development, or
economic purposes, is consistent with the school and institutional land grants.
(d) The Legislature declares that specimens found on lands owned or controlled by the
state or its subdivisions may not be sold.
(3) The Legislature declares that the historical preservation purposes of this chapter must
be kept in balance with the other uses of land and natural resources which benefit the health and
welfare of the state's citizens.
(4) It is the purpose of this part and Part 4 to provide that the survey, excavation,
curation, study, and exhibition of the state's archaeological and anthropological resources be
undertaken in a coordinated, professional, and organized manner for the general welfare of the
public and beneficiaries alike.
Amended by Chapter 145, 2005 General Session
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