H.B. 264

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DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION -
2 RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
3 2003 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Michael R. Styler
6 This act modifies the Parks and Recreation Code. The act modifies the way proceeds
7 from the sale or disposal of buffalo are deposited. The act creates the State Park Fees
8 Restricted Account funded by State Parks and Recreation revenue. The act provides an
9 effective date.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 63-11-19.2, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 93, Laws of Utah 1990
13 ENACTS:
14 63-11-66, Utah Code Annotated 1953
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
16 Section 1. Section 63-11-19.2 is amended to read:
17 63-11-19.2. Purchase, trade, sale, or disposal of buffalo -- Proceeds.
18 (1) In accordance with a plan, approved by the Board of Parks and Recreation, for the
19 management of buffalo herds on Antelope Island, the Division of Parks and Recreation is
20 authorized to purchase, trade, sell, or dispose of buffalo obtained from Antelope Island through
21 competitive bidding or any other means as established by rule. [Proceeds received from the
22 sale or disposal of the buffalo shall be deposited as dedicated credits for Antelope Island
23 buffalo management.]
24 (2) [Subject to the limitations imposed in Subsection (3), proceeds] Proceeds received
25 from the sale or disposal of buffalo under this section shall be deposited as [dedicated credits to
26 be used by the Division of Parks and Recreation for the management of the buffalo herd on
27 Antelope Island.] follows:

28 [(3) No more than]
29 (a) the first $75,000 [may] shall accrue to the Division of Parks and Recreation for the
30 management of Antelope Island buffalo [management] herds as nonlapsing dedicated credits[.
31 Any]; and
32 (b) proceeds in excess [monies] of $75,000 shall be deposited in the [General Fund]
33 State Park Fees Restricted Account created under Section 63-11-66 .
34 Section 2. Section 63-11-66 is enacted to read:
35 63-11-66. State Park Fees Restricted Account.
36 (1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the State
37 Park Fees Restricted Account.
38 (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the account shall consist of revenue
39 from:
40 (i) all charges allowed under Subsection 63-11-17 (8); and
41 (ii) proceeds from the sale or disposal of buffalo under Subsection 63-11-19.2 (2)(b).
42 (b) The account shall not include revenue the division receives under Sections
43 63-11-19.5 , 63-11-19.6 , and Subsection 63-11-19.2 (2)(a).
44 (3) The division shall use funds in this account for the purposes described in Section
45 63-11-17 .
46 Section 3. Effective date.
47 This act takes effect on July 1, 2003.




Legislative Review Note
as of 2-12-03 3:31 PM

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

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