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H.B. 96
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5 AN ACT RELATING TO MINERAL LEASE FUNDS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS;
6 PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOCATION OF MONIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO ROYALTIES
7 FROM THE EXTRACTION OF MINERALS ON CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED WITHIN THE
8 GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT; AND MAKING
9 TECHNICAL CHANGES.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 59-21-1, as last amended by Chapter 127, Laws of Utah 1993
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 59-21-1 is amended to read:
15 59-21-1. Mineral Lease Account -- Legislature to appropriate -- Priority to political
16 subdivisions impacted by mineral development -- Disposition of mineral bonus payments.
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21 (i) be deposited in the Mineral Lease Account of the General Fund; and
22 (ii) be appropriated by the Legislature giving priority to those subdivisions of the state
23 socially or economically impacted by development of minerals leased under the Mineral Lands
24 Leasing Act, for:
25 (A) planning;
26 (B) construction and maintenance of public facilities;
27 (C) provision for public services; and
28 (D) housing.
29 (b) (i) To the extent determined necessary by the Legislature to provide for the purposes
30 specified in Subsection (1) (a), the Legislature shall appropriate the money received from the
31 United States either totally or partially to:
32 (A) the Permanent Community Impact Fund established by Section 9-4-303 ;
33 (B) the Board of Water Resources for loans under Section 73-10-23 ; or
34 (C) counties, cities, towns, or other political subdivisions of this state socially or
35 economically impacted by development of minerals leased under the Mineral Land Leasing Act.
36 (ii) Any balance of the money may be appropriated by the Legislature.
37 (2) Seventy percent of money received from the United States attributable to the bonus
38 payments on the Department of the Interior oil shale prototype leases known as U-A and U-B and
39 70% of all other federal mineral lease bonus payments, shall be deposited into the Permanent
40 Community Impact Fund and shall be used as provided in Title [
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42 (3) Thirty percent of the money received from the United States attributable to bonus
43 payments on its oil shale prototype leases described in Subsection (2) and 30% of all other federal
44 mineral lease bonus payments shall be deposited in the Mineral Bonus Account created by
45 Subsection 59-21-2 (1) and appropriated as provided in that subsection.
46 (4) (a) For purposes of Subsections (4)(b) through (e):
47 (i) the "boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument" means the
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49 (A) established by Presidential Proclamation No. 6920, 61 Fed. Reg. 50,223 (1996); and
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51 (ii) a special service district, school district, or federal land is considered to be located
52 within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument if a portion of the
53 special service district, school district, or federal land is located within the boundaries described
54 in Subsection (4)(a)(i).
55 (b) Beginning on July 1, 1999, the Legislature shall appropriate, as provided in
56 Subsections (4)(c) through (e), monies received from the United States that are attributable to
57 royalties from the extraction of minerals on federal land that, on September 18, 1996, was located
58 within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
59 (c) The Legislature shall appropriate 40% of the monies described in Subsection (4)(b) to
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61a (i) h if the special service districts are:
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63 Lands Leasing Act; and
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64a Monument h ; AND
64b (ii) IN AMOUNTS PROPORTIONATE TO THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL MINERAL LEASE MONEY
64c GENERATED BY THE COUNTY IN WHICH A SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT IS LOCATED h .
65 (d) The Legislature shall appropriate 40% of the monies described in Subsection (4)(b) to
66 the State Board of Education to be distributed equally to school districts if the school districts are:
67 (i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the Mineral
68 Lands Leasing Act; and
69 (ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
69a h (e) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE 2.25% OF THE MONIES DESCRIBED IN
69b SUBSECTION (4)(b) TO THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
69c ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN COUNTIES THAT ARE:
69d (i) SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINERALS UNDER
69e THE MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT; AND
69f (ii) LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE
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70a Subsection (4)(b) shall be h [
70b UTAH CONSTITUTION ARTICLE X, SECTION 5. h
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72 (ii) appropriated as provided in Section 59-21-2 .
Legislative Review Note
as of 1-25-99 9:23 AM
A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.