S.B. 208

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RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACROSS SCHOOL AND
2 INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS
3 2005 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Beverly Ann Evans
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the School and Institutional Trust Lands Management Act regarding
10 the issuance of easements through trust lands.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . provides that price schedules for easements through trust lands shall be established
14 in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner to all similarly situated
15 easement users; and
16 . requires the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Management
17 Administration to conduct a market analysis to determine the value of easements
18 through trust lands and update the market analysis at least every five years.
19 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
20 None
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 None
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 53C-4-203, as last amended by Chapter 299, Laws of Utah 1995
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

28 Section 1. Section 53C-4-203 is amended to read:
29 53C-4-203. Easements on trust lands -- Director to establish rules.
30 (1) (a) The director shall establish rules for the issuance of easements on, through, and
31 over any trust land, and may establish price schedules.
32 (b) Price schedules shall be established in a competitively neutral and
33 nondiscriminatory manner to all similarly situated easement users.
34 (c) The director shall conduct a market analysis to determine the value of easements
35 through trust lands and shall update the market analysis at least every five years.
36 (2) A patent for trust lands is subject to any valid existing easement or public
37 right-of-way.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-31-05 1:16 PM

Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel