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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="SB0044" sponsor="Keven J. Stratton" designation="SB" otherSponsor="Ken Ivory" otherHouse="House" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL1037" date="12/22/2025 15:12:253" printDate="12-22 15:50" subVer="0" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>3</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="05/06/2026"><seclist><sect action="A" src="code" buid="1" uid="C63L-10-S103_2026050620260506" fromuid="C63L-10-S103_2025050720250507" sort="63L10 01030020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">63L-10-103</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="2" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="05/06/2026"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>0</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Statewide Resource Management Plan Amendments</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>House Sponsor: Ken Ivory</otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><cn numlevel="1" lineno="4" slineno="0-4">Committee Note:<comrec voteid="38437" comcode="SPEFED" numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5"> The Federalism Commission recommended this bill.<legvote numlevel="1" lineno="6" slineno="0-6">Legislative Vote:<yes>9 voting for</yes><no>0 voting against</no><abs>5 absent</abs></legvote></comrec></cn><gdhead lineno="7">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8">This bill addresses the statewide resource management plan.</gd><hphead lineno="9">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11" level="1">adopts a statewide resource management plan to replace a previously adopted plan.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="13">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14">Other Special Clauses:</oc><ocNone lineno="15">None</ocNone><sa numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saamd numlevel="1" lineno="17" slineno="0-17"><snhead>AMENDS:</snhead><sn num="63L-10-103" src="code" uid="C63L-10-S103_2026050620260506" buid="1" sort="63L10 01030020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18"><bold>63L-10-103</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 115</sn></saamd></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="19"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="1" num="63L-10-103" type="amend" src="code" uid="C63L-10-S103_2026050620260506" sort="63L10 01030020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section number="63L-10-103" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="1-2" type="amend"><secline lineno="21">Section 1. Section <bold>63L-10-103</bold> is amended to read:</secline><catline lineno="22"><bold>63L-10-103<parens/>. Statewide resource management plan adopted.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="1-null-1" dnum="1-o" numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-3" level="1" placement="noreturn" space="false"><display>(1)</display><subsection ssid="1-null-2" dnum="a-o" level="2" placement="sameline"><display>(a)</display>The statewide resource management plan, dated <amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="5" groupid="5" style="2" owner="ahaskell" level="1" deltag="both">May 7, 2025</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="3" groupid="3" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">May 6, 2026</amend>, and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-4"/>on file with the office, is adopted.</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-3" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-5" level="2"><display>(b)</display>The plan described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="63L-10-103(1)(a)">(1)(a)</xref> replaces and supersedes the plan dated <amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="6" groupid="6" style="2" owner="ahaskell" level="1" deltag="both"><ln numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-6"/>January 8, 2024</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="4" groupid="4" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">May 7, 2025</amend>.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-4" dnum="2-o" numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-7" level="1"><display>(2)</display>The office shall, to the extent possible and as funding allows, monitor federal, state, and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-8"/>local government compliance with the plan.</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-5" dnum="3-o" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-9" level="1" space="false"><display>(3)</display><subsection ssid="1-null-6" dnum="a-o" level="2" placement="sameline"><display>(a)</display>If the office finds the need to modify the plan, the office shall notify the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-10"/>commission of the modification and the office's reasoning for the modification.</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-7" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-11" level="2"><display>(b)</display>The office shall coordinate with the commission to discuss policy direction and to <ln numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-12"/>draft any modifications to the plan.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-8" dnum="4-o" numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-13" level="1" space="false"><display>(4)</display><subsection ssid="1-null-9" dnum="a-o" level="2" placement="sameline"><display>(a)</display>The commission may request additional information of the office regarding any <ln numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-14"/>modifications to the plan, as described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="63L-10-103(3)">(3)</xref>.</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-10" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-15" level="2"><display>(b)</display>The office shall promptly respond to any request for additional information, as <ln numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-16"/>described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="63L-10-103(4)(a)">(4)(a)</xref>.</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-11" dnum="c-o" numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-17" level="2"><display>(c)</display>The commission may make a recommendation that the Legislature approve a <ln numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-18"/>modification or disapprove a modification, or the commission may decline to take <ln numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-19"/>action.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-12" dnum="5-o" numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-20" level="1"><display>(5)</display>The office shall annually:<subsection ssid="1-null-13" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-21" level="2"><display>(a)</display>prepare a report detailing any modifications the office recommends for the plan and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-22"/>deliver the report to the commission before August 31; and</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-14" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-23" level="2"><display>(b)</display>report on the implementation of the plan at the federal, state, and local levels to the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-24"/>commission before August 31.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-15" dnum="6-o" numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-25" level="1" space="false"><display>(6)</display><subsection ssid="1-null-16" dnum="a-o" level="2" placement="sameline"><display>(a)</display>If the commission makes a recommendation that the Legislature approve a <ln numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-26"/>modification to the plan, the commission shall prepare a bill in anticipation of the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-27"/>annual general session of the Legislature for approval of the modification.</subsection><subsection ssid="1-null-17" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-28" level="2"><display>(b)</display>A modification to the plan does not take effect until approved by the Legislature.</subsection></subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="2" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="49">Section 2.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="50"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="ahaskell" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect on <effdate uid="code" date="5/6/2026">May 6, 2026</effdate>.</amend></sectionText></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>12-22-25 3:50 PM</tm></rev></foot></leg>