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H.B. 96

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MINERAL LEASE AMENDMENTS

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1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Thomas V. Hatch

             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.
             17          (1) (a) [All money] Except as provided in Subsections (2) through (4), all monies received
             18      from the United States under the provisions of the [Act of Congress of February 25, 1920, known
             19      as the "]Mineral Lands Leasing Act,["] 30 U.S.C. Sec. [191, except as otherwise provided in
             20      Subsections (2) and (3),] 181 et seq., shall:
             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 [63] 9, Chapter [52] 4, [Federal
             41      Mineral Lease Payments - Permanent] Part 3, Community Impact [Fund] Alleviation.
             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
             48      boundaries:
             49          (A) established by Presidential Proclamation No. 6920, 61 Fed. Reg. 50,223 (1996); and
             50          (B) modified by Pub. L. No. h [ 105-335 ] 105-355 h ; and
             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
             60      the Department of Transportation to be distributed h [ equally ] h to special service districts within
             61      counties h :
             61a          (i) h if the special service districts are:
             62           h [ (i) ] (A) h socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the
             62a      Mineral
             63      Lands Leasing Act; and
             64           h [ (ii) ] (B) h located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National
             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
             69g      NATIONAL MONUMENT. h
             70           h [ (e) Twenty ] (f) SEVENTEEN AND THREE-FOURTHS h percent of the monies described in
             70a      Subsection (4)(b) shall be h [ : ] DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE SCHOOL FUND ESTABLISHED BY
             70b      UTAH CONSTITUTION ARTICLE X, SECTION 5. h
             71           h [ (i) deposited into the Mineral Lease Account; and
             72          (ii) appropriated as provided in Section 59-21-2 .
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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.

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