H.B. 276

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CONSERVATION DISTRICT TECHNICAL
2 ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATION
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Bradley T. Johnson
6 AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS; APPROPRIATING $1,000,000 FROM THE
7 GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
8 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SOIL CONSERVATION
9 DISTRICTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Appropriation.
13 There is appropriated $1,000,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 1998-99 to the
14 Department of Agriculture and Food for distribution to soil conservation districts, organized under
15 Title 17A, Chapter 3, Part 8, Soil Conservation Districts, for:
16 (1) developing conservation plans for farmers and ranchers to keep the state's farmland
17 productive and rivers and lakes clean;
18 (2) engineering loans from the Agriculture Resource Development Loan program and the
19 Nonpoint Source Pollution program;
20 (3) helping counties and cities identify critical natural resources and development
21 constraints;
22 (4) educating the state's consumers about the necessity of important agricultural lands and
23 protecting the state's natural resources; and
24 (5) providing technical assistance to implement best management practices in carrying out
25 state and federal conservation programs.
26 Section 2. Effective date.
27 This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-19-98 9:48 AM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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