H.B. 296

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MINING RECLAMATION AMENDMENTS AND
2 APPROPRIATION
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: James R. Gowans
6 AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS; APPROPRIATING $500,000 FROM THE
7 GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF
8 ABANDONED MINES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
9 This act enacts uncodified material.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Appropriation.
12 (1) (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1998-99 $500,000 to
13 the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining for the safeguarding of abandoned mines.
14 (b) The money shall be used by the division for the safeguarding of abandoned mines
15 within any area of the state containing abandoned mine hazards, with priority given to mines in
16 the following areas:
17 (i) the Oquirrh Mountains, including the Five Mile Pass, Stockton-Rush Valley, Mercur,
18 West Mercur, and Ophir mining districts; or
19 (ii) Parley's Canyon north to Ogden, including the City Creek, Farmington, Hardscrabble,
20 Morgan, Mountain Green, and Argenta mining districts.
21 (c) The money may be used for:
22 (i) inventorying;
23 (ii) identifying landowners;
24 (iii) environmental clearances; and
25 (iv) safeguarding mines from human entry.
26 (2) The money appropriated in Subsection (1) is nonlapsing.
27 Section 2. Effective date.

1 This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-20-98 7:34 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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