Group: Natural Resources, Agriculture, & Environment Agency: Public Lands Office Function Utah Code Section 63J-4-601 created the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office (PLPCO) in 2005. The office also assumed administration and funding for the Public Roads (RS-2477) program (click on the link http://governor.utah.gov/publiclands/default.htm to go to the website).
The Office is charged to: - Provide a single voice representing the interest of Utah in discussions with federal land management agencies;
- Preserve access to public lands;
- Protect archaeological resources.
The current PLPCO objectives and initiatives include: - Initiate and support efforts to validate public access to federal lands through state and county owned rights-of-way;
- Initiate and prosecute, or join litigation to recognize rights-of-way;
- Initiate or support consensus efforts to recognize rights-of-way or other methods of public access or use of the federal lands;
- Initiate or participate in litigation or other decision making discussions related to state efforts to retain primacy over air, wildlife and similar issues which affect use of the public lands;
- Participate in western state efforts to affect federal agency policy concerning use of the public lands;
- Represent the State as a cooperating agency in the preparation and review of NEPA documentation with BLM, Forest Service, National Park Service and other federal land management agencies;
- Assist state agencies in the development of processes to provide for responsible use and preservation of archaeological resources;
- Oversee the issuance and management of archaeological survey and excavation permits.
The Constitutional Defense Council is charged with providing advice and recommendations concerning the development of public lands policies to the PLPCO, the state planning coordinator, and the Governor. Statutory Authority UCA Title 63J-4-601: creation of the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office. Intent Language Under the terms of 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for Public Lands Policy Coordination Office in Item 258, Chapter 398 and in Item 192, Chapter 396, Laws of Utah 2009, shall not lapse at the end of FY 2010. Expenditures of these funds are limited to litigation expenses $400,000. Funding Detail UCA Title 63C-4-103 allows the Legislature to appropriate monies from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account to the Office and to the Council. The Constitutional Defense Restricted Account, which is the main funding source for the Public Lands Office, receives 7.5% of all revenue to the Land Exchange Distribution Account created in UCA Title 53C-3-203, with a $5 million cap on the Account. | Sources of Finance | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | General Fund | $703,900 | $714,000 | $325,000 | $333,400 | $332,600 | | General Fund, One-time | $99,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | ($14,700) | $0 | | GFR - Constitutional Defense | $2,030,500 | $2,037,100 | $2,368,900 | $2,366,100 | $1,366,000 | | Beginning Nonlapsing | $1,179,300 | $371,600 | $690,900 | $995,700 | $500,000 | | Closing Nonlapsing | ($371,600) | ($690,900) | ($995,700) | ($400,000) | $0 | | Lapsing Balance | ($1,000,000) | $0 | ($416,100) | ($1,693,000) | $0 | | Total | $2,641,100 | $2,481,800 | $2,013,000 | $1,587,500 | $2,198,600 |
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| | Line Items | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office | $2,641,100 | $2,481,800 | $2,013,000 | $1,587,500 | $2,198,600 | | Total | $2,641,100 | $2,481,800 | $2,013,000 | $1,587,500 | $2,198,600 |
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| | Categories of Expenditure | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | Personnel Services | $770,800 | $710,900 | $718,000 | $735,900 | $777,600 | | In-state Travel | $44,700 | $22,800 | $27,800 | $24,400 | $30,000 | | Out-of-state Travel | $11,500 | $6,000 | $4,700 | $7,800 | $5,000 | | Current Expense | $731,500 | $1,001,400 | $721,100 | $493,300 | $819,100 | | DP Current Expense | $637,600 | $556,400 | $383,300 | $311,900 | $383,600 | | Capital Outlay | $0 | $20,300 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | Other Charges/Pass Thru | $445,000 | $164,000 | $158,100 | $14,200 | $183,300 | | Total | $2,641,100 | $2,481,800 | $2,013,000 | $1,587,500 | $2,198,600 |
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| | Other Indicators | 2007
Actual | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Approp | | Budgeted FTE | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 9.0 | | Vehicles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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