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S.B. 26

             1     

FIRE MANAGEMENT AREAS

             2     
2008 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

             5     
House Sponsor: Michael E. Noel

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      Committee Note:
             9          The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
             10      recommended this bill.
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill allows the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to enter into an
             13      agreement establishing a predetermined fire suppression plan.
             14      Highlighted Provisions:
             15          This bill:
             16          .    allows the division to conduct a limited fire suppression strategy under certain
             17      circumstances; and
             18          .    allows the division to enter into an agreement establishing a predetermined fire
             19      suppression plan for a specific fire management area.
             20      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             21          None
             22      Other Special Clauses:
             23          None
             24      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             25      AMENDS:
             26          65A-8-101, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 136
             27     


             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 65A-8-101 is amended to read:
             30           65A-8-101. Division responsibilities for fire control and the preservation of
             31      forest, watershed, and other lands -- Reciprocal agreements for fire protection.
             32          (1) The division shall determine and execute the best [methods] method for protecting
             33      private and public property by:
             34          (a) except as provided by Subsection (1)(e), preventing the origin and spread of fire on
             35      nonfederal forest, range, [and] or watershed [lands] land in an unincorporated [areas] area of
             36      the state;
             37          (b) protecting a nonfederal forest [and] or watershed [areas on] area using conservation
             38      principles; [and]
             39          (c) encouraging a private [landowners in preserving, protecting, and managing]
             40      landowner to preserve, protect, and manage forest [and] or other [lands] land throughout the
             41      state[.];
             42          [(2) The division shall take] (d) taking action [it] the division considers [necessary]
             43      appropriate to control wildland [fires] fire and protect life and property on the nonfederal
             44      forest, range, [and] or watershed [lands] land within an unincorporated [areas] area of the
             45      state[.]; and
             46          (e) implementing a limited fire suppression strategy, including allowing a fire to burn
             47      with limited or modified suppression, if the division determines that the strategy is appropriate
             48      for a specific area or circumstance.
             49          [(3)] (2) The division may:
             50          (a) enter into [agreements] an agreement with a public or private [agencies, or
             51      individuals] agency or individual:
             52          (i) for the [express] purpose of protecting, managing, or rehabilitating [those lands.]
             53      land owned or managed by the agency or individual; and
             54          (ii) establishing a predetermined fire suppression plan, including a limited fire
             55      suppression strategy, for a specific fire management area; and
             56          [(4) The division may] (b) enter into a reciprocal agreement with [any] a fire
             57      protection organization, including a federal [agencies] agency, to provide fire protection for
             58      land and [improvements] an improvement for which the organization normally provides fire


             59      protection.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-15-07 7:18 AM


Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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