S.B. 66 Enrolled

ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION GRANTS
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
This act modifies the Agriculture Code by authorizing the Soil Conservation Commission
to make grants to owners or operators of animal feeding operations for plans or projects to
improve manure management or control surface water runoff. The act specifies criteria to
be considered in the awarding of the grants and requires the Soil Conservation Commission
to make rules. This act appropriates $400,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001-02
to the Department of Agriculture and Food for grants to owners or operators of animal
feeding operations. This act takes effect on July 1, 2001.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
4-18-3, as last amended by Chapter 122, Laws of Utah 1992
ENACTS:
4-18-6.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 4-18-3 is amended to read:
4-18-3. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Alternate" means a substitute for a district supervisor if the district supervisor cannot
attend a meeting.
(2) "Animal feeding operation" means a facility where animals, other than aquatic animals,
are stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month
period. Animals are not considered to be stabled or confined when they are in areas such as
pastures or rangeland that sustain crops or forage growth during the entire time the animals are
present.
[(2)] (3) "Commission" means the Soil Conservation Commission created by this chapter.
(4) "Comprehensive nutrient management plan" means a plan that identifies actions or

priorities that will be followed to meet clearly defined nutrient management goals at an animal
feeding operation.
[(3)] (5) "District" or "soil conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this
state organized under Section 17A-3-801 .
Section 2. Section 4-18-6.5 is enacted to read:
4-18-6.5. Grants to improve manure management or control runoff at animal feeding
operations.
(1) (a) The commission may make grants to owners or operators of animal feeding
operations to pay for costs of plans or projects to improve manure management or control surface
water runoff, including costs of preparing or implementing comprehensive nutrient management
plans.
(b) The commission shall make the grants described in Subsection (1)(a) from funds
appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.
(2) (a) In awarding grants, the commission shall consider the following criteria:
(i) the ability of the grantee to pay for costs of plans or projects to improve manure
management or control surface water runoff;
(ii) the availability of:
(A) matching funds provided by the grantee or another source; or
(B) material, labor, or other items of value provided in lieu of money by the grantee or
another source; and
(iii) the benefits that accrue to the general public by the awarding of a grant.
(b) The commission may establish by rule additional criteria for the awarding of grants.
(3) The commission shall make rules in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, to implement this section.
Section 3. Appropriation.
(1) There is appropriated $400,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001-02 to the
Department of Agriculture and Food for grants to owners or operators of animal feeding operations
to pay for costs of plans or projects to improve manure management or control surface water runoff.

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(2) The money appropriated in Subsection (1) is nonlapsing.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 2001.

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