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First Substitute H.B. 169

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Representative Michael E. Noel proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
PUBLIC LANDS POLICY COORDINATION

             2     
AMENDMENTS

             3     
2009 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Michael E. Noel

             6     
Senate Sponsor: Dennis E. Stowell

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill eliminates the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Council and makes changes
             11      concerning the Constitutional Defense Council and other entities concerning public
             12      lands matters.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    addresses membership of the Constitutional Defense Council;
             16          .    addresses the council's duties;
             17          .    provides that the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office assist the Office of the
             18      Attorney General in providing staff support to the Constitutional Defense Council;
             19          .    addresses the development and updating of a plan for R.S. 2477 rights;
             20          .    provides for grants to counties for public lands issues with a state benefit;
             21          .    requires the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office to report to and assist the
             22      Constitutional Defense Council in carrying out the Constitutional Defense Council's
             23      duties;
             24          .    addresses the state planning coordinator's duties;
             25          .    makes certain documents protected records under Title 63G, Chapter 2,


             26      Government Records Access and Management Act;
             27          .    allows the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office to enter into contracts with
             28      other state agencies for services; and
             29          .    makes technical changes.
             30      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             31          None
             32      Other Special Clauses:
             33          None
             34      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             35      AMENDS:
             36          63C-4-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             37          63C-4-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             38          63C-4-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             39          63C-4-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 345
             40          63G-2-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 3, 87, 95, 101, 111, 161,
             41      196, 248, 352 and renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             42          63J-4-401, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             43          63J-4-503, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             44          63J-4-601, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             45          63J-4-603, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 381 and renumbered and
             46      amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             47      REPEALS:
             48          63J-4-604, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             49          63J-4-605, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             50     
             51      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             52          Section 1. Section 63C-4-101 is amended to read:
             53           63C-4-101. Creation of Constitutional Defense Council -- Membership --
             54      Vacancies -- Reports -- Per diem and funding.
             55          (1) There is created the Constitutional Defense Council.
             56          (2) (a) The defense council shall consist of the following [11] members:


             57          (i) the governor or the lieutenant governor, who shall serve as chair of the council;
             58          (ii) the president of the Senate or the president of the Senate's designee who shall serve
             59      as vice chair of the council;
             60          (iii) the speaker of the House or the speaker of the House's designee who shall serve as
             61      vice chair of the council;
             62          (iv) the minority leader of the Senate or the minority leader of the Senate's designee;
             63          (v) the minority leader of the House or the minority leader of the House's designee;
             64          (vi) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, who shall be one of the
             65      attorney general's appointees, not a current career service employee;
             66          [(vii) one citizen member appointed by the governor; and]
             67          (vii) the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration;
             68          (viii) four elected county commissioners, county council members, or county
             69      executives from different counties who are selected by the Utah Association of Counties[.], at
             70      least one of whom shall be from a county of the first or second class;
             71          (ix) the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources H. , who may not
             71a      vote .H ;
             72          (x) the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food H. , who may not
             72a      vote .H ;
             73          (xi) the director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development, who may not
             74      vote; and
             75          (xii) two H. [ members ] elected county commissioners, county council members, or
             75a      county executives from different counties .H appointed by the Utah Association of Counties,
             75b      who may not vote.
             76          (b) The council [shall select a vice-chair from its members] vice chairs shall conduct a
             77      council meeting in the absence of the chair.
             78          (c) If both the governor and the lieutenant governor are absent from a meeting of the
             79      council, the governor may designate a person to attend the meeting solely for the purpose of
             80      casting a vote on any matter on the governor's behalf.
             81          (3) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be
             82      appointed for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
             83          (4) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the defense council shall meet at
             84      least monthly or more frequently as needed.
             85          (ii) The defense council need not meet monthly if the chair, after polling the members,
             86      determines that a majority of the members do not wish to meet.
             87          (b) The governor or any six members of the council may call a meeting of the council.


             88          (c) Before calling a meeting, the governor or council members shall solicit items for
             89      the agenda from other members of the council.
             90          (d) (i) The Constitutional Defense Council shall require that any entity that receives
             91      monies from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account provide financial reports and
             92      litigation reports to the Council.
             93          (ii) Nothing in this Subsection (4)(d) prohibits the council from closing a meeting
             94      under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, or prohibits the council from
             95      complying with Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
             96          (e) A majority of the voting membership on the defense council is required for a
             97      quorum to conduct council business. A majority vote of the quorum is required for any action
             98      taken by the defense council.
             99          (5) The Office of the Attorney General shall [provide staff to] advise the defense
             100      council.
             101          (6) (a) (i) State government officer and employee members who do not receive salary,
             102      per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service may receive per diem and expenses
             103      incurred in the performance of their official duties from the council at the rates established by
             104      the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             105          (ii) State government officer and employee members may decline to receive per diem
             106      and expenses for their service.
             107          (b) (i) Local government members who do not receive salary, per diem, or expenses
             108      from the entity that they represent for their service may receive per diem and expenses incurred
             109      in the performance of their official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance
             110      under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             111          (ii) Local government members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their
             112      service.
             113          (c) Legislators on the committee shall receive compensation and expenses as provided
             114      by law and legislative rule.
             115          (7) (a) The council shall be funded from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account
             116      created in Section 63C-4-103 .
             117          (b) Monies appropriated for or received by the council may be expended by the
             118      governor in consultation with the council.


             119          Section 2. Section 63C-4-102 is amended to read:
             120           63C-4-102. Duties.
             121          (1) The Constitutional Defense Council is a council to assist the governor and the
             122      Legislature on the following types of issues:
             123          (a) the constitutionality of unfunded federal mandates;
             124          (b) when making recommendations to challenge the federal mandates and regulations
             125      described in Subsections (1)(e)(i) through (v), the rationale for and effectiveness of those
             126      federal mandates or regulations;
             127          (c) legal and policy issues surrounding state and local government rights under R.S.
             128      2477;
             129          (d) legal issues relating to the rights of the School and Institutional Trust Lands
             130      Administration and its beneficiaries; and
             131          (e) the advisability, feasibility, estimated cost, and likelihood of success of challenging:
             132          (i) federal court rulings that hinder the management of the state's prison system and
             133      place undue financial hardship on the state's taxpayers;
             134          (ii) federal laws or regulations that reduce or negate water rights or the rights of owners
             135      of private property, or the rights and interest of state and local governments, including
             136      sovereignty interests and the power to provide for the health, safety, and welfare, and promote
             137      the prosperity of their inhabitants;
             138          (iii) conflicting federal regulations or policies in land management on federal land;
             139          (iv) federal intervention that would damage the state's mining, timber, and ranching
             140      industries;
             141          (v) the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and Congress to mandate
             142      local air quality standards and penalties; and
             143          (vi) other issues that are relevant to [Subsections] this Subsection (1)[(a) through (e)].
             144          (2) The council shall:
             145          (a) provide advice to the governor, state planning coordinator, and the public lands
             146      policy coordinator concerning coordination of:
             147          (i) state and local government rights under R.S. 2477; and
             148          (ii) other public lands issues;
             149          (b) approve a plan for R.S. 2477 rights developed in accordance with Section


             150      63C-4-104 ; and
             151          (c) review, at least quarterly:
             152          (i) financial statements concerning implementation of the plan for R.S. 2477 rights;
             153      and
             154          (ii) financial and other reports from the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office
             155      concerning its activities.
             156          [(2)] (3) The council chair may require the attorney general or a designee to provide
             157      testimony on potential legal actions that would enhance the state's sovereignty or authority on
             158      issues affecting Utah and the well-being of its citizens.
             159          [(3)] (4) The council chair may direct the attorney general to initiate and prosecute any
             160      action that the council determines will further its purposes.
             161          [(4)] (5) (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the council may select and employ
             162      attorneys to implement the purposes and duties of the council.
             163          (b) The council chair may, in consultation with the council, direct any council attorney
             164      in any manner considered appropriate by the attorney general to best serve the purposes of the
             165      council.
             166          (c) The attorney general shall negotiate a contract for services with any attorney
             167      selected and approved for employment under this section.
             168          [(5)] (6) The council chair shall, only with the concurrence of the council, review and
             169      approve all claims for payments for legal services that are submitted to the council.
             170          [(6)] (7) Within five business days' notice, the council chair may, with the concurrence
             171      of the council, order the attorney general or an attorney employed by the council to cease work
             172      to be charged to the fund.
             173          [(7)] (8) (a) At least 20 calendar days before the state submits comments on the draft
             174      environmental impact statement or environmental assessment for a proposed land management
             175      plan of any federal land management agency, the governor shall make those documents
             176      available to:
             177          (i) members of the council; and
             178          (ii) any county executive, county council member, or county commissioner of a county
             179      that is covered by the management plan and that has established formal cooperating agency
             180      status with the relevant federal land management agency regarding the proposed plan .


             181          (b) (i) Council members or local government officials receiving the documents may
             182      make recommendations to the governor or the governor's designee concerning changes to the
             183      documents before they are submitted to the federal land management agency.
             184          (ii) Council members or local government officials shall submit recommendations to
             185      the governor or the governor's designee no later than ten calendar days after receiving the
             186      documents under Subsection H. [ (7) ] (8) .H (a).
             187          (c) Documents transmitted or received under this Subsection [(7)] (8) are drafts and are
             188      protected records pursuant to Subsection 63G-2-305 (22).
             189          [(8)] (9) The council shall submit a report on December 1 of each year to the speaker of
             190      the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate that summarizes the council's
             191      activities.
             192          Section 3. Section 63C-4-103 is amended to read:
             193           63C-4-103. Creation of Constitutional Defense Restricted Account -- Sources of
             194      funds -- Uses of funds -- Reports.
             195          (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the
             196      Constitutional Defense Restricted Account.
             197          (2) The account consists of monies from the following revenue sources:
             198          (a) monies deposited to the account as required by Section 53C-3-203 ;
             199          (b) voluntary contributions;
             200          (c) monies received by the Constitutional Defense Council from other state agencies;
             201      and
             202          (d) appropriations made by the Legislature.
             203          (3) Funds in the account shall be nonlapsing.
             204          (4) The account balance may not exceed $2,000,000.
             205          (5) The Legislature may annually appropriate monies from the Constitutional Defense
             206      Restricted Account to one or more of the following:
             207          (a) the Constitutional Defense Council to carry out its duties in Section 63C-4-102 ;
             208          (b) the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office to carry out its duties in Section
             209      63J-4-603 ;
             210          [(c) the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Council to carry out its duties in Section
             211      63J-4-605 ;]


             212          [(d)] (c) the Office of the Governor, to be used only for the purpose of asserting,
             213      defending, or litigating state and local government rights under R.S. 2477, in accordance with a
             214      plan developed and approved as provided in Section 63C-4-104 ;
             215          [(e)] (d) a county or association of counties to assist counties, consistent with the
             216      purposes of the council, in pursuing issues affecting the counties; or
             217          [(f)] (e) the Office of the Attorney General, to be used only for public lands counsel
             218      and assistance and litigation to the state or local governments including asserting, defending, or
             219      litigating state and local government rights under R.S. 2477 in accordance with a plan
             220      developed and approved as provided in Section 63C-4-104 .
             221          (6) (a) The Constitutional Defense Council shall require that any entity that receives
             222      monies from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account provide financial reports and
             223      litigation reports to the Council.
             224          (b) Nothing in this Subsection (6) prohibits the council from closing a meeting under
             225      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, or prohibits the council from complying
             226      with Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
             227          Section 4. Section 63C-4-104 is amended to read:
             228           63C-4-104. Plan for R.S. 2477 rights -- Contents.
             229          (1) As used in this section, "plan" means a guiding document that:
             230          (a) is developed jointly by the Utah Association of Counties and the state;
             231          (b) is approved by the Constitutional Defense Council; and
             232          (c) presents the broad framework of a proposed working relationship between the state
             233      and participating counties collectively for the purpose of asserting, defending, or litigating state
             234      and local government rights under R.S. 2477.
             235          (2) The Constitutional Defense Council may approve a plan if the plan:
             236          (a) provides for a good faith, cooperative effort between the state and each
             237      participating county;
             238          (b) allows a county to formally agree to participate in the plan by adopting a resolution;
             239          (c) provides that the state and a participating county are equal partners in determining
             240      litigation strategy and the expenditure of resources with respect to that county's rights under
             241      R.S. 2477; and
             242          (d) provides a process for resolving any disagreement between the state and a


             243      participating county about litigation strategy or resource expenditure that includes the
             244      following requirements:
             245          (i) the governor or the governor's designee and a representative of the Utah Association
             246      of Counties shall first attempt to resolve the disagreement;
             247          (ii) if the county and the state continue to disagree, the county, the governor, and the
             248      Utah Association of Counties shall present their recommendations to the Constitutional
             249      Defense Council for a final decision about the strategy or expenditure in question; and
             250          (iii) the county may pursue a strategy or make an expenditure contrary to the final
             251      decision of the Constitutional Defense Council only if the county does not claim resources
             252      provided to fund the plan.
             253          (3) The Constitutional Defense Council shall ensure that the plan contains:
             254          (a) provisions identifying which expenditure types require approval of the plan
             255      committee and which expenditure types may be made without plan committee approval;
             256          (b) provisions requiring that financial statements be provided to members of the plan
             257      committee and members of the Constitutional Defense Council, and the frequency with which
             258      those financial statements must be provided; and
             259          (c) provisions identifying those decisions or types of decisions that may be made by the
             260      plan committee and those decisions or types of decisions that must be referred to the
             261      Constitutional Defense Council for decision.
             262          (4) The Constitutional Defense Council shall:
             263          (a) review expenditures, at least quarterly, made to further a plan approved under this
             264      section;
             265          (b) approve an update to a plan under this section at least annually, or more often, if
             266      necessary; and
             267          (c) jointly, with the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, present a plan approved
             268      under this section, with any updates, to:
             269          (i) the Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim
             270      Committee by July 1 of each calendar year, after providing the plan to the committee at least
             271      seven days before the presentation; and
             272          (ii) the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, which
             273      may be by mail.


             274          Section 5. Section 63G-2-305 is amended to read:
             275           63G-2-305. Protected records.
             276          The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
             277          (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret
             278      has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             279          (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
             280      person if:
             281          (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
             282      competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
             283      governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
             284          (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
             285      than the public in obtaining access; and
             286          (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with
             287      the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             288          (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
             289      to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
             290      commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
             291      substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
             292          (4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
             293      competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
             294      defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
             295          (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
             296      employment, or academic examinations;
             297          (6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
             298      proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or
             299      agreement with a governmental entity, except, subject to [Subsection] Subsections (1) and (2),
             300      that this Subsection (6) does not restrict the right of a person to have access to, once the
             301      contract or grant has been awarded, a bid, proposal, or application submitted to or by a
             302      governmental entity in response to:
             303          (a) a request for bids;
             304          (b) a request for proposals;


             305          (c) a grant; or
             306          (d) other similar document;
             307          (7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real
             308      or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
             309      before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
             310          (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
             311      entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
             312          (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
             313      duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             314          (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
             315      property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
             316          (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
             317      property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
             318      of the property; or
             319          (e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
             320      and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
             321      the property as required under Section 78B-6-505 ;
             322          (8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
             323      compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
             324      disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
             325      of the subject property, unless:
             326          (a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including
             327      the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
             328          (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
             329      the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
             330      under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             331          (9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
             332      purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
             333      release of the records:
             334          (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
             335      enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;


             336          (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
             337      proceedings;
             338          (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
             339      hearing;
             340          (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
             341      generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of
             342      an investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
             343      government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
             344          (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
             345      procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
             346      interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
             347          (10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an
             348      individual;
             349          (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
             350      property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
             351      or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
             352          (12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
             353      facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
             354      with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
             355          (13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
             356      Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
             357      Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
             358      employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
             359      jurisdiction;
             360          (14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
             361      procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
             362      audits or collections;
             363          (15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
             364      until the final audit is released;
             365          (16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
             366      litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;


             367          (17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
             368      legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning
             369      litigation;
             370          (18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
             371      representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
             372      privileged as provided in Section 78B-1-137 ;
             373          (19) (a) (i) personal files of a state legislator, including personal correspondence to or
             374      from a member of the Legislature; and
             375          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(a)(i), correspondence that gives notice of
             376      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section; and
             377          (b) (i) an internal communication that is part of the deliberative process in connection
             378      with the preparation of legislation between:
             379          (A) members of a legislative body;
             380          (B) a member of a legislative body and a member of the legislative body's staff; or
             381          (C) members of a legislative body's staff; and
             382          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(b)(i), a communication that gives notice of
             383      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
             384          (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
             385      General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
             386      legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
             387      legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
             388          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
             389      Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
             390      asks that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such
             391      time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
             392          (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
             393      General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared
             394      in response to these requests;
             395          (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
             396          (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
             397      pending litigation;


             398          (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
             399      may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
             400      Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
             401          (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
             402      concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
             403      personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
             404          (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
             405      biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of
             406      valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
             407          (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
             408      conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
             409          (28) records of an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             410      Section 53B-1-102 regarding tenure evaluations, appointments, applications for admissions,
             411      retention decisions, and promotions, which could be properly discussed in a meeting closed in
             412      accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, provided that records of
             413      the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention, promotions, or those students
             414      admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
             415          (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
             416      proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
             417      policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected
             418      those policies or courses of action or made them public;
             419          (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
             420      revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
             421      recommendations in these areas;
             422          (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
             423      that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
             424      records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
             425      if retained by it;
             426          (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
             427      except as provided in Section 52-4-206 ;
             428          (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including


             429      final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
             430      disclosure;
             431          (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
             432      administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
             433      other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
             434          (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
             435      by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
             436      or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
             437      person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
             438      be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
             439          (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining
             440      the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
             441      copyrights, and trade secrets;
             442          (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including an
             443      institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , and other
             444      information concerning the donation that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of
             445      the donor, provided that:
             446          (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
             447          (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
             448      classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
             449          (c) except for an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             450      Section 53B-1-102 , the governmental unit to which the donation is made is primarily engaged
             451      in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no regulatory or legislative authority
             452      over the donor, a member of the donor's immediate family, or any entity owned or controlled
             453      by the donor or the donor's immediate family;
             454          (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6a-404 , 41-12a-202 , and
             455      73-18-13 ;
             456          (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
             457      34A-2-205 ;
             458          (40) (a) the following records of an institution within the state system of higher
             459      education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , which have been developed, discovered, disclosed to,


             460      or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
             461          (i) unpublished lecture notes;
             462          (ii) unpublished notes, data, and information:
             463          (A) relating to research; and
             464          (B) of:
             465          (I) the institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
             466      53B-1-102 ; or
             467          (II) a sponsor of sponsored research;
             468          (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
             469          (iv) creative works in process;
             470          (v) scholarly correspondence; and
             471          (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals;
             472          (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to prohibit disclosure of public
             473      information required pursuant to Subsection 53B-16-302 (2)(a) or (b); and
             474          (c) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
             475          (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
             476      that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
             477      date that audit is completed and made public; and
             478          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
             479      Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that
             480      the records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would
             481      reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as
             482      protected records until the audit is completed and made public;
             483          (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
             484      other document that indicates the location of:
             485          (a) a production facility; or
             486          (b) a magazine;
             487          (43) information:
             488          (a) contained in the statewide database of the Division of Aging and Adult Services
             489      created by Section 62A-3-311.1 ; or
             490          (b) received or maintained in relation to the Identity Theft Reporting Information


             491      System (IRIS) established under Section 67-5-22 ;
             492          (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
             493      Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
             494          (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
             495      National Guard's federal mission;
             496          (46) records provided by any pawn or secondhand business to a law enforcement
             497      agency or to the central database in compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop and
             498      Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act;
             499          (47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
             500      by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
             501          (48) except to the extent that the record is exempt from this chapter pursuant to Section
             502      63G-2-106 , records related to an emergency plan or program prepared or maintained by the
             503      Division of Homeland Security the disclosure of which would jeopardize:
             504          (a) the safety of the general public; or
             505          (b) the security of:
             506          (i) governmental property;
             507          (ii) governmental programs; or
             508          (iii) the property of a private person who provides the Division of Homeland Security
             509      information;
             510          (49) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food relating to the National
             511      Animal Identification System or any other program that provides for the identification, tracing,
             512      or control of livestock diseases, including any program established under Title 4, Chapter 24,
             513      Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Livestock Inspection and
             514      Quarantine;
             515          (50) as provided in Section 26-39-501 :
             516          (a) information or records held by the Department of Health related to a complaint
             517      regarding a child care program or residential child care which the department is unable to
             518      substantiate; and
             519          (b) information or records related to a complaint received by the Department of Health
             520      from an anonymous complainant regarding a child care program or residential child care;
             521          (51) unless otherwise classified as public under Section 63G-2-301 and except as


             522      provided under Section 41-1a-116 , an individual's home address, home telephone number, or
             523      personal mobile phone number, if:
             524          (a) the individual is required to provide the information in order to comply with a law,
             525      ordinance, rule, or order of a government entity; and
             526          (b) the subject of the record has a reasonable expectation that this information will be
             527      kept confidential due to:
             528          (i) the nature of the law, ordinance, rule, or order; and
             529          (ii) the individual complying with the law, ordinance, rule, or order;
             530          (52) the name, home address, work addresses, and telephone numbers of an individual
             531      that is engaged in, or that provides goods or services for, medical or scientific research that is:
             532          (a) conducted within the state system of higher education, as defined in Section
             533      53B-1-102 ; and
             534          (b) conducted using animals;
             535          (53) an initial proposal under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 26, Government Procurement
             536      Private Proposal Program, to the extent not made public by rules made under that chapter;
             537          (54) information collected and a report prepared by the Judicial Performance
             538      Evaluation Commission concerning a judge, unless Section 20A-7-702 or Title 78A, Chapter
             539      12, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act, requires disclosure of, or makes public,
             540      the information or report;
             541          (55) (a) records of the Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust created under Section
             542      53B-8a-103 if the disclosure of the records would conflict with its fiduciary obligations;
             543          (b) proposals submitted to the Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust; and
             544          (c) contracts entered into by the Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust and the related
             545      payments; [and]
             546          (56) records contained in the Management Information System created in Section
             547      62A-4a-1003 [.]; and
             548          (57) records provided or received by the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office in
             549      furtherance of any contract H. or other agreement .H made in accordance with
             549a      Section 63J-4-603 .
             550          Section 6. Section 63J-4-401 is amended to read:
             551           63J-4-401. Planning duties of the planning coordinator and office.
             552          (1) The state planning coordinator shall:


             553          (a) act as the governor's adviser on state, regional, metropolitan, and local
             554      governmental planning matters relating to public improvements and land use;
             555          (b) counsel with the authorized representatives of the Department of Transportation,
             556      the State Building Board, the Department of Health, the Department of Workforce Services,
             557      the Labor Commission, the Department of Natural Resources, the School and Institutional
             558      Trust Lands Administration, and other proper persons concerning all state planning matters;
             559          (c) when designated to do so by the governor, receive funds made available to Utah by
             560      the federal government;
             561          (d) receive and review plans of the various state agencies and political subdivisions
             562      relating to public improvements and programs;
             563          (e) when conflicts occur between the plans and proposals of state agencies, prepare
             564      specific recommendations for the resolution of the conflicts and submit the recommendations
             565      to the governor for a decision resolving the conflict;
             566          (f) when conflicts occur between the plans and proposals of a state agency and a
             567      political subdivision or between two or more political subdivisions, advise these entities of the
             568      conflict and make specific recommendations for the resolution of the conflict;
             569          (g) act as the governor's planning agent in planning public improvements and land use
             570      and, in this capacity, undertake special studies and investigations;
             571          (h) provide information and cooperate with the Legislature or any of its committees in
             572      conducting planning studies;
             573          (i) cooperate and exchange information with federal agencies and local, metropolitan,
             574      or regional agencies as necessary to assist with federal, state, regional, metropolitan, and local
             575      programs; [and]
             576          (j) make recommendations to the governor that the planning coordinator considers
             577      advisable for the proper development and coordination of plans for state government and
             578      political subdivisions[.]; and
             579          (k) oversee and supervise the activities and duties of the public lands policy
             580      coordinator.
             581          (2) The state planning coordinator may:
             582          (a) perform regional and state planning and assist state government planning agencies
             583      in performing state planning;


             584          (b) provide planning assistance to Indian tribes regarding planning for Indian
             585      reservations; and
             586          (c) assist city, county, metropolitan, and regional planning agencies in performing
             587      local, metropolitan, and regional planning, provided that the state planning coordinator and the
             588      state planning coordinator's agents and designees recognize and promote the plans, policies,
             589      programs, processes, and desired outcomes of each planning agency whenever possible.
             590          (3) When preparing or assisting in the preparation of plans, policies, programs, or
             591      processes related to the management or use of federal lands or natural resources on federal
             592      lands in Utah, the state planning coordinator shall:
             593          (a) incorporate the plans, policies, programs, processes, and desired outcomes of the
             594      counties where the federal lands or natural resources are located, to the maximum extent
             595      consistent with state and federal law, provided that this requirement shall not be interpreted to
             596      infringe upon the authority of the governor;
             597          (b) identify inconsistencies or conflicts between the plans, policies, programs,
             598      processes, and desired outcomes prepared under Subsection (3)(a) and the plans, programs,
             599      processes, and desired outcomes of local government as early in the preparation process as
             600      possible, and seek resolution of the inconsistencies through meetings or other conflict
             601      resolution mechanisms involving the necessary and immediate parties to the inconsistency or
             602      conflict;
             603          (c) present to the governor the nature and scope of any inconsistency or other conflict
             604      that is not resolved under the procedures in Subsection (3)(b) for the governor's decision about
             605      the position of the state concerning the inconsistency or conflict;
             606          (d) develop, research, and use factual information, legal analysis, and statements of
             607      desired future condition for the state, or subregion of the state, as necessary to support the
             608      plans, policies, programs, processes, and desired outcomes of the state and the counties where
             609      the federal lands or natural resources are located;
             610          (e) establish and coordinate agreements between the state and federal land management
             611      agencies, federal natural resource management agencies, and federal natural resource
             612      regulatory agencies to facilitate state and local participation in the development, revision, and
             613      implementation of land use plans, guidelines, regulations, other instructional memoranda, or
             614      similar documents proposed or promulgated for lands and natural resources administered by


             615      federal agencies; and
             616          (f) work in conjunction with political subdivisions to establish agreements with federal
             617      land management agencies, federal natural resource management agencies, and federal natural
             618      resource regulatory agencies to provide a process for state and local participation in the
             619      preparation of, or coordinated state and local response to, environmental impact analysis
             620      documents and similar documents prepared pursuant to law by state or federal agencies.
             621          (4) The state planning coordinator shall comply with the requirements of Subsection
             622      63C-4-102 [(7)](8) before submitting any comments on a draft environmental impact statement
             623      or on an environmental assessment for a proposed land management plan, if the governor
             624      would be subject to Subsection 63C-4-102 (8) if the governor were submitting the material.
             625          (5) The state planning coordinator shall cooperate with and work in conjunction with
             626      appropriate state agencies and political subdivisions to develop policies, plans, programs,
             627      processes, and desired outcomes authorized by this section by coordinating the development of
             628      positions:
             629          (a) through the Resource Development Coordinating Committee;
             630          (b) in conjunction with local government officials concerning general local government
             631      plans;
             632          (c) by soliciting public comment through the Resource Development Coordinating
             633      Committee; and
             634          (d) by working with the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office.
             635          (6) The state planning coordinator shall recognize and promote the following principles
             636      when preparing any policies, plans, programs, processes, or desired outcomes relating to
             637      federal lands and natural resources on federal lands pursuant to this section:
             638          (a) (i) the citizens of the state are best served by applying multiple-use and
             639      sustained-yield principles in public land use planning and management; and
             640          (ii) multiple-use and sustained-yield management means that federal agencies should
             641      develop and implement management plans and make other resource-use decisions that:
             642          (A) achieve and maintain in perpetuity a high-level annual or regular periodic output of
             643      mineral and various renewable resources from public lands;
             644          (B) support valid existing transportation, mineral, and grazing privileges at the highest
             645      reasonably sustainable levels;


             646          (C) support the specific plans, programs, processes, and policies of state agencies and
             647      local governments;
             648          (D) are designed to produce and provide the desired vegetation for the watersheds,
             649      timber, food, fiber, livestock forage, and wildlife forage, and minerals that are necessary to
             650      meet present needs and future economic growth and community expansion without permanent
             651      impairment of the productivity of the land;
             652          (E) meet the recreational needs and the personal and business-related transportation
             653      needs of the citizens of the state by providing access throughout the state;
             654          (F) meet the recreational needs of the citizens of the state;
             655          (G) meet the needs of wildlife;
             656          (H) provide for the preservation of cultural resources, both historical and
             657      archaeological;
             658          (I) meet the needs of economic development;
             659          (J) meet the needs of community development; and
             660          (K) provide for the protection of water rights;
             661          (b) managing public lands for "wilderness characteristics" circumvents the statutory
             662      wilderness process and is inconsistent with the multiple-use and sustained-yield management
             663      standard that applies to all Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands that are
             664      not wilderness areas or wilderness study areas;
             665          (c) all waters of the state are:
             666          (i) owned exclusively by the state in trust for its citizens;
             667          (ii) are subject to appropriation for beneficial use; and
             668          (iii) are essential to the future prosperity of the state and the quality of life within the
             669      state;
             670          (d) the state has the right to develop and use its entitlement to interstate rivers;
             671          (e) all water rights desired by the federal government must be obtained through the
             672      state water appropriation system;
             673          (f) land management and resource-use decisions which affect federal lands should give
             674      priority to and support the purposes of the compact between the state and the United States
             675      related to school and institutional trust lands;
             676          (g) development of the solid, fluid, and gaseous mineral resources of the state is an


             677      important part of the economy of the state, and of local regions within the state;
             678          (h) the state should foster and support industries that take advantage of the state's
             679      outstanding opportunities for outdoor recreation;
             680          (i) wildlife constitutes an important resource and provides recreational and economic
             681      opportunities for the state's citizens;
             682          (j) proper stewardship of the land and natural resources is necessary to ensure the
             683      health of the watersheds, timber, forage, and wildlife resources to provide for a continuous
             684      supply of resources for the people of the state and the people of the local communities who
             685      depend on these resources for a sustainable economy;
             686          (k) forests, rangelands, timber, and other vegetative resources:
             687          (i) provide forage for livestock;
             688          (ii) provide forage and habitat for wildlife;
             689          (iii) provide resources for the state's timber and logging industries;
             690          (iv) contribute to the state's economic stability and growth; and
             691          (v) are important for a wide variety of recreational pursuits;
             692          (l) management programs and initiatives that improve watersheds, forests, and increase
             693      forage for the mutual benefit of wildlife species and livestock, logging, and other agricultural
             694      industries by utilizing proven techniques and tools are vital to the state's economy and the
             695      quality of life in Utah; and
             696          (m) (i) land management plans, programs, and initiatives should provide that the
             697      amount of domestic livestock forage, expressed in animal unit months, for permitted, active
             698      use as well as the wildlife forage included in that amount, be no less than the maximum
             699      number of animal unit months sustainable by range conditions in grazing allotments and
             700      districts, based on an on-the-ground and scientific analysis;
             701          (ii) the state opposes the relinquishment or retirement of grazing animal unit months in
             702      favor of conservation, wildlife, and other uses;
             703          (iii) (A) the state favors the best management practices that are jointly sponsored by
             704      cattlemen's, sportsmen's, and wildlife management groups such as chaining, logging, seeding,
             705      burning, and other direct soil and vegetation prescriptions that are demonstrated to restore
             706      forest and rangeland health, increase forage, and improve watersheds in grazing districts and
             707      allotments for the mutual benefit of domestic livestock and wildlife;


             708          (B) when practices described in Subsection (6)(m)(iii)(A) increase a grazing
             709      allotment's forage beyond the total permitted forage use that was allocated to that allotment in
             710      the last federal land use plan or allotment management plan still in existence as of January 1,
             711      2005, a reasonable and fair portion of the increase in forage beyond the previously allocated
             712      total permitted use should be allocated to wildlife as recommended by a joint, evenly balanced
             713      committee of livestock and wildlife representatives that is appointed and constituted by the
             714      governor for that purpose;
             715          (C) the state favors quickly and effectively adjusting wildlife population goals and
             716      population census numbers in response to variations in the amount of available forage caused
             717      by drought or other climatic adjustments, and state agencies responsible for managing wildlife
             718      population goals and population census numbers will give due regard to both the needs of the
             719      livestock industry and the need to prevent the decline of species to a point where listing under
             720      the terms of the Endangered Species Act when making such adjustments;
             721          (iv) the state opposes the transfer of grazing animal unit months to wildlife for
             722      supposed reasons of rangeland health;
             723          (v) reductions in domestic livestock animal unit months must be temporary and
             724      scientifically based upon rangeland conditions;
             725          (vi) policies, plans, programs, initiatives, resource management plans, and forest plans
             726      may not allow the placement of grazing animal unit months in a suspended use category unless
             727      there is a rational and scientific determination that the condition of the rangeland allotment or
             728      district in question will not sustain the animal unit months sought to be placed in suspended
             729      use;
             730          (vii) any grazing animal unit months that are placed in a suspended use category should
             731      be returned to active use when range conditions improve;
             732          (viii) policies, plans, programs, and initiatives related to vegetation management
             733      should recognize and uphold the preference for domestic grazing over alternate forage uses in
             734      established grazing districts while upholding management practices that optimize and expand
             735      forage for grazing and wildlife in conjunction with state wildlife management plans and
             736      programs in order to provide maximum available forage for all uses; and
             737          (ix) in established grazing districts, animal unit months that have been reduced due to
             738      rangeland health concerns should be restored to livestock when rangeland conditions improve,


             739      and should not be converted to wildlife use.
             740          (7) The state planning coordinator shall recognize and promote the following findings
             741      in the preparation of any policies, plans, programs, processes, or desired outcomes relating to
             742      federal lands and natural resources on federal lands under this section:
             743          (a) as a coholder of R.S. 2477 rights-of-way with the counties, the state supports its
             744      recognition by the federal government and the public use of R.S. 2477 rights-of-way and urges
             745      the federal government to fully recognize the rights-of-way and their use by the public as
             746      expeditiously as possible;
             747          (b) it is the policy of the state to use reasonable administrative and legal measures to
             748      protect and preserve valid existing rights-of-way granted by Congress under R.S. 2477, and to
             749      support and work in conjunction with counties to redress cases where R.S. 2477 rights-of-way
             750      are not recognized or are impaired; and
             751          (c) transportation and access routes to and across federal lands, including all
             752      rights-of-way vested under R.S. 2477, are vital to the state's economy and to the quality of life
             753      in the state, and must provide, at a minimum, a network of roads throughout the resource
             754      planning area that provides for:
             755          (i) movement of people, goods, and services across public lands;
             756          (ii) reasonable access to a broad range of resources and opportunities throughout the
             757      resource planning area, including:
             758          (A) livestock operations and improvements;
             759          (B) solid, fluid, and gaseous mineral operations;
             760          (C) recreational opportunities and operations, including motorized and nonmotorized
             761      recreation;
             762          (D) search and rescue needs;
             763          (E) public safety needs; and
             764          (F) access for transportation of wood products to market;
             765          (iii) access to federal lands for people with disabilities and the elderly; and
             766          (iv) access to state lands and school and institutional trust lands to accomplish the
             767      purposes of those lands.
             768          (8) The state planning coordinator shall recognize and promote the following findings
             769      in the preparation of any plans, policies, programs, processes, or desired outcomes relating to


             770      federal lands and natural resources on federal lands pursuant to this section:
             771          (a) the state's support for the addition of a river segment to the National Wild and
             772      Scenic Rivers System, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1271 et seq., will be withheld until:
             773          (i) it is clearly demonstrated that water is present and flowing at all times;
             774          (ii) it is clearly demonstrated that the required water-related value is considered
             775      outstandingly remarkable within a region of comparison consisting of one of the three
             776      physiographic provinces in the state, and that the rationale and justification for the conclusions
             777      are disclosed;
             778          (iii) it is clearly demonstrated that the inclusion of each river segment is consistent
             779      with the plans and policies of the state and the county or counties where the river segment is
             780      located as those plans and policies are developed according to Subsection (3);
             781          (iv) the effects of the addition upon the local and state economies, agricultural and
             782      industrial operations and interests, outdoor recreation, water rights, water quality, water
             783      resource planning, and access to and across river corridors in both upstream and downstream
             784      directions from the proposed river segment have been evaluated in detail by the relevant federal
             785      agency;
             786          (v) it is clearly demonstrated that the provisions and terms of the process for review of
             787      potential additions have been applied in a consistent manner by all federal agencies;
             788          (vi) the rationale and justification for the proposed addition, including a comparison
             789      with protections offered by other management tools, is clearly analyzed within the multiple-use
             790      mandate, and the results disclosed;
             791          (vii) it is clearly demonstrated that the federal agency with management authority over
             792      the river segment, and which is proposing the segment for inclusion in the National Wild and
             793      Scenic River System will not use the actual or proposed designation as a basis to impose
             794      management standards outside of the federal land management plan;
             795          (viii) it is clearly demonstrated that the terms and conditions of the federal land and
             796      resource management plan containing a recommendation for inclusion in the National Wild
             797      and Scenic River System:
             798          (A) evaluates all eligible river segments in the resource planning area completely and
             799      fully for suitability for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System;
             800          (B) does not suspend or terminate any studies for inclusion in the National Wild and


             801      Scenic River System at the eligibility phase;
             802          (C) fully disclaims any interest in water rights for the recommended segment as a result
             803      of the adoption of the plan; and
             804          (D) fully disclaims the use of the recommendation for inclusion in the National Wild
             805      and Scenic River System as a reason or rationale for an evaluation of impacts by proposals for
             806      projects upstream, downstream, or within the recommended segment;
             807          (ix) it is clearly demonstrated that the agency with management authority over the river
             808      segment commits not to use an actual or proposed designation as a basis to impose Visual
             809      Resource Management Class I or II management prescriptions that do not comply with the
             810      provisions of Subsection (8)(t); and
             811          (x) it is clearly demonstrated that including the river segment and the terms and
             812      conditions for managing the river segment as part of the National Wild and Scenic River
             813      System will not prevent, reduce, impair, or otherwise interfere with:
             814          (A) the state and its citizens' enjoyment of complete and exclusive water rights in and
             815      to the rivers of the state as determined by the laws of the state; or
             816          (B) local, state, regional, or interstate water compacts to which the state or any county
             817      is a party;
             818          (b) the conclusions of all studies related to potential additions to the National Wild and
             819      Scenic River System, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1271 et seq., are submitted to the state for review and
             820      action by the Legislature and governor, and the results, in support of or in opposition to, are
             821      included in any planning documents or other proposals for addition and are forwarded to the
             822      United States Congress;
             823          (c) the state's support for designation of an Area of Critical Environmental Concern
             824      (ACEC), as defined in 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1702, within federal land management plans will be
             825      withheld until:
             826          (i) it is clearly demonstrated that the proposed area satisfies all the definitional
             827      requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. Sec.
             828      1702(a);
             829          (ii) it is clearly demonstrated that the area proposed for designation as an ACEC is
             830      limited in geographic size and that the proposed management prescriptions are limited in scope
             831      to the minimum necessary to specifically protect and prevent irreparable damage to the relevant


             832      and important values identified, or limited in geographic size and management prescriptions to
             833      the minimum required to specifically protect human life or safety from natural hazards;
             834          (iii) it is clearly demonstrated that the proposed area is limited only to areas that are
             835      already developed or used or to areas where no development is required;
             836          (iv) it is clearly demonstrated that the proposed area contains relevant and important
             837      historic, cultural or scenic values, fish or wildlife resources, or natural processes which are
             838      unique or substantially significant on a regional basis, or contain natural hazards which
             839      significantly threaten human life or safety;
             840          (v) the federal agency has analyzed regional values, resources, processes, or hazards for
             841      irreparable damage and its potential causes resulting from potential actions which are
             842      consistent with the multiple-use, sustained-yield principles, and the analysis describes the
             843      rationale for any special management attention required to protect, or prevent irreparable
             844      damage to the values, resources, processes, or hazards;
             845          (vi) it is clearly demonstrated that the proposed designation is consistent with the plans
             846      and policies of the state and of the county where the proposed designation is located as those
             847      plans and policies are developed according to Subsection (3);
             848          (vii) it is clearly demonstrated that the proposed ACEC designation will not be applied
             849      redundantly over existing protections provided by other state and federal laws for federal lands
             850      or resources on federal lands, and that the federal statutory requirement for special management
             851      attention for a proposed ACEC will discuss and justify any management requirements needed
             852      in addition to those specified by the other state and federal laws;
             853          (viii) the difference between special management attention required for an ACEC and
             854      normal multiple-use management has been identified and justified, and that any determination
             855      of irreparable damage has been analyzed and justified for short and long-term horizons;
             856          (ix) it is clearly demonstrated that the proposed designation:
             857          (A) is not a substitute for a wilderness suitability recommendation;
             858          (B) is not a substitute for managing areas inventoried for wilderness characteristics
             859      after 1993 under the BLM interim management plan for valid wilderness study areas; and
             860          (C) it is not an excuse or justification to apply de facto wilderness management
             861      standards; and
             862          (x) the conclusions of all studies are submitted to the state, as a cooperating agency, for


             863      review, and the results, in support of or in opposition to, are included in all planning
             864      documents;
             865          (d) sufficient federal lands are made available for government-to-government
             866      exchanges of school and institutional trust lands and federal lands without regard for a
             867      resource-to-resource correspondence between the surface or mineral characteristics of the
             868      offered trust lands and the offered federal lands;
             869          (e) federal agencies should support government-to-government exchanges of land with
             870      the state based on a fair process of valuation which meets the fiduciary obligations of both the
             871      state and federal governments toward trust lands management, and which assures that revenue
             872      authorized by federal statute to the state from mineral or timber production, present or future, is
             873      not diminished in any manner during valuation, negotiation, or implementation processes;
             874          (f) agricultural and grazing lands should continue to produce the food and fiber needed
             875      by the citizens of the state and the nation, and the rural character and open landscape of rural
             876      Utah should be preserved through a healthy and active agricultural and grazing industry,
             877      consistent with private property rights and state fiduciary duties;
             878          (g) the resources of the forests and rangelands of the state should be integrated as part
             879      of viable, robust, and sustainable state and local economies, and available forage should be
             880      evaluated for the full complement of herbivores the rangelands can support in a sustainable
             881      manner, and forests should contain a diversity of timber species, and disease or insect
             882      infestations in forests should be controlled using logging or other best management practices;
             883          (h) the state opposes any additional evaluation of national forest service lands as
             884      "roadless" or "unroaded" beyond the forest service's second roadless area review evaluation and
             885      opposes efforts by agencies to specially manage those areas in a way that:
             886          (i) closes or declassifies existing roads unless multiple side by side roads exist running
             887      to the same destination and state and local governments consent to close or declassify the extra
             888      roads;
             889          (ii) permanently bars travel on existing roads;
             890          (iii) excludes or diminishes traditional multiple-use activities, including grazing and
             891      proper forest harvesting;
             892          (iv) interferes with the enjoyment and use of valid, existing rights, including water
             893      rights, local transportation plan rights, R.S. 2477 rights, grazing allotment rights, and mineral


             894      leasing rights; or
             895          (v) prohibits development of additional roads reasonably necessary to pursue
             896      traditional multiple-use activities;
             897          (i) the state's support for any forest plan revision or amendment will be withheld until
             898      the appropriate plan revision or plan amendment clearly demonstrates that:
             899          (i) established roads are not referred to as unclassified roads or a similar classification;
             900          (ii) lands in the vicinity of established roads are managed under the multiple-use,
             901      sustained-yield management standard; and
             902          (iii) no roadless or unroaded evaluations or inventories are recognized or upheld
             903      beyond those that were recognized or upheld in the forest service's second roadless area review
             904      evaluation;
             905          (j) the state's support for any recommendations made under the statutory requirement to
             906      examine the wilderness option during the revision of land and resource management plans by
             907      the U.S. Forest Service will be withheld until it is clearly demonstrated that:
             908          (i) the duly adopted transportation plans of the state and county or counties within the
             909      planning area are fully and completely incorporated into the baseline inventory of information
             910      from which plan provisions are derived;
             911          (ii) valid state or local roads and rights-of-way are recognized and not impaired in any
             912      way by the recommendations;
             913          (iii) the development of mineral resources by underground mining is not affected by
             914      the recommendations;
             915          (iv) the need for additional administrative or public roads necessary for the full use of
             916      the various multiple-uses, including recreation, mineral exploration and development, forest
             917      health activities, and grazing operations is not unduly affected by the recommendations;
             918          (v) analysis and full disclosure is made concerning the balance of multiple-use
             919      management in the proposed areas, and that the analysis compares the full benefit of
             920      multiple-use management to the recreational, forest health, and economic needs of the state and
             921      the counties to the benefits of the requirements of wilderness management; and
             922          (vi) the conclusions of all studies related to the requirement to examine the wilderness
             923      option are submitted to the state for review and action by the Legislature and governor, and the
             924      results, in support of or in opposition to, are included in any planning documents or other


             925      proposals that are forwarded to the United States Congress;
             926          (k) the invasion of noxious weeds and undesirable invasive plant species into the state
             927      should be reversed, their presence eliminated, and their return prevented;
             928          (l) management and resource-use decisions by federal land management and regulatory
             929      agencies concerning the vegetative resources within the state should reflect serious
             930      consideration of the proper optimization of the yield of water within the watersheds of the
             931      state;
             932          (m) (i) it is the policy of the state that:
             933          (A) mineral and energy production and environmental protection are not mutually
             934      exclusive;
             935          (B) it is technically feasible to permit appropriate access to mineral and energy
             936      resources while preserving nonmineral and nonenergy resources;
             937          (C) resource management planning should seriously consider all available mineral and
             938      energy resources;
             939          (D) the development of the solid, fluid, and gaseous mineral resources of the state and
             940      the renewable resources of the state should be encouraged;
             941          (E) the waste of fluid and gaseous minerals within developed areas should be
             942      prohibited; and
             943          (F) requirements to mitigate or reclaim mineral development projects should be based
             944      on credible evidence of significant impacts to natural or cultural resources;
             945          (ii) the state's support for mineral development provisions within federal land
             946      management plans will be withheld until the appropriate land management plan environmental
             947      impact statement clearly demonstrates:
             948          (A) that the authorized planning agency has:
             949          (I) considered and evaluated the mineral and energy potential in all areas of the
             950      planning area as if the areas were open to mineral development under standard lease
             951      agreements; and
             952          (II) evaluated any management plan prescription for its impact on the area's baseline
             953      mineral and energy potential;
             954          (B) that the development provisions do not unduly restrict access to public lands for
             955      energy exploration and development;


             956          (C) that the authorized planning agency has supported any closure of additional areas
             957      to mineral leasing and development or any increase of acres subject to no surface occupancy
             958      restrictions by adhering to:
             959          (I) the relevant provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43
             960      U.S.C. Sec. 1701 et seq.;
             961          (II) other controlling mineral development laws; and
             962          (III) the controlling withdrawal and reporting procedures set forth in the Federal Land
             963      Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1701 et seq.;
             964          (D) that the authorized planning agency evaluated whether to repeal any moratorium
             965      that may exist on the issuance of additional mining patents and oil and gas leases;
             966          (E) that the authorized planning agency analyzed all proposed mineral lease
             967      stipulations and considered adopting the least restrictive necessary to protect against damage to
             968      other significant resource values;
             969          (F) that the authorized planning agency evaluated mineral lease restrictions to
             970      determine whether to waive, modify, or make exceptions to the restrictions on the basis that
             971      they are no longer necessary or effective;
             972          (G) that the authorized federal agency analyzed all areas proposed for no surface
             973      occupancy restrictions, and that the analysis evaluated:
             974          (I) whether directional drilling is economically feasible and ecologically necessary for
             975      each proposed no surface occupancy area;
             976          (II) whether the directional drilling feasibility analysis, or analysis of other
             977      management prescriptions, demonstrates that the proposed no surface occupancy prescription,
             978      in effect, sterilizes the mineral and energy resources beneath the area; and
             979          (III) whether, if the minerals are effectively sterilized, the area must be reported as
             980      withdrawn under the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act; and
             981          (H) that the authorized planning agency has evaluated all directional drilling
             982      requirements in no surface occupancy areas to determine whether directional drilling is feasible
             983      from an economic, ecological, and engineering standpoint;
             984          (n) motorized, human, and animal-powered outdoor recreation should be integrated
             985      into a fair and balanced allocation of resources within the historical and cultural framework of
             986      multiple-uses in rural Utah, and outdoor recreation should be supported as part of a balanced


             987      plan of state and local economic support and growth;
             988          (o) off-highway vehicles should be used responsibly, the management of off-highway
             989      vehicles should be uniform across all jurisdictions, and laws related to the use of off-highway
             990      vehicles should be uniformly applied across all jurisdictions;
             991          (p) (i) rights-of-way granted and vested under the provisions of R.S. 2477 should be
             992      preserved and acknowledged;
             993          (ii) land use management plans, programs, and initiatives should be consistent with
             994      both state and county transportation plans developed according to Subsection (3) in order to
             995      provide a network of roads throughout the planning area that provides for:
             996          (A) movement of people, goods, and services across public lands;
             997          (B) reasonable access to a broad range of resources and opportunities throughout the
             998      planning area, including access to livestock, water, and minerals;
             999          (C) economic and business needs;
             1000          (D) public safety;
             1001          (E) search and rescue;
             1002          (F) access for people with disabilities and the elderly;
             1003          (G) access to state lands; and
             1004          (H) recreational opportunities;
             1005          (q) transportation and access provisions for all other existing routes, roads, and trails
             1006      across federal, state, and school trust lands within the state should be determined and
             1007      identified, and agreements should be executed and implemented, as necessary to fully authorize
             1008      and determine responsibility for maintenance of all routes, roads, and trails;
             1009          (r) the reasonable development of new routes and trails for motorized, human, and
             1010      animal-powered recreation should be implemented;
             1011          (s) (i) forests, rangelands, and watersheds, in a healthy condition, are necessary and
             1012      beneficial for wildlife, livestock grazing, and other multiple-uses;
             1013          (ii) management programs and initiatives that are implemented to increase forage for
             1014      the mutual benefit of the agricultural industry, livestock operations, and wildlife species should
             1015      utilize all proven techniques and tools;
             1016          (iii) the continued viability of livestock operations and the livestock industry should be
             1017      supported on the federal lands within the state by management of the lands and forage


             1018      resources, by the proper optimization of animal unit months for livestock, in accordance with
             1019      the multiple-use provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43
             1020      U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, 43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.,
             1021      and the provisions of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978, 43 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.;
             1022          (iv) provisions for predator control initiatives or programs under the direction of state
             1023      and local authorities should be implemented; and
             1024          (v) resource-use and management decisions by federal land management and
             1025      regulatory agencies should support state-sponsored initiatives or programs designed to stabilize
             1026      wildlife populations that may be experiencing a scientifically demonstrated decline in those
             1027      populations; and
             1028          (t) management and resource use decisions by federal land management and regulatory
             1029      agencies concerning the scenic resources of the state must balance the protection of scenery
             1030      with the full management requirements of the other authorized uses of the land under
             1031      multiple-use management, and should carefully consider using Visual Resource Management
             1032      Class I protection only for areas of inventoried Class A scenery or equivalent.
             1033          (9) Nothing contained in this section may be construed to restrict or supersede the
             1034      planning powers conferred upon state departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or advisory
             1035      councils of the state or the planning powers conferred upon political subdivisions by any other
             1036      existing law.
             1037          (10) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect any lands withdrawn from the
             1038      public domain for military purposes, which are administered by the United States Army, Air
             1039      Force, or Navy.
             1040          Section 7. Section 63J-4-503 is amended to read:
             1041           63J-4-503. Planning coordinator responsibilities.
             1042          (1) The state planning coordinator shall:
             1043          [(1)] (a) administer this part;
             1044          [(2)] (b) subject to the direction and approval of the governor, take necessary action for
             1045      its implementation; and
             1046          [(3)] (c) inform political subdivision representatives, in advance, of all committee
             1047      meetings.
             1048          (2) The state planning coordinator may delegate the state planning coordinator's


             1049      responsibilities under this part to the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office.
             1050          Section 8. Section 63J-4-601 is amended to read:
             1051           63J-4-601. Definitions.
             1052          As used in this part:
             1053          (1) "Coordinator" means the public lands policy coordinator appointed in this part.
             1054          [(2) "Council" means the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Council created by this
             1055      part.]
             1056          [(3)] (2) "Office" means the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office created by this
             1057      part.
             1058          [(4)] (3) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, local district, special
             1059      service district, school district, interlocal cooperation agreement entity, or any administrative
             1060      subunit of them.
             1061          [(5)] (4) "State planning coordinator" means the person appointed under Subsection
             1062      63J-4-202 (1)(a)(ii).
             1063          Section 9. Section 63J-4-603 is amended to read:
             1064           63J-4-603. Powers and duties of coordinator and office.
             1065          (1) The coordinator and the office shall:
             1066          (a) make a report to and provide staff assistance to the Constitutional Defense Council
             1067      created under Section 63C-4-101 concerning R.S. 2477 rights and other public lands issues
             1068      under Title 63C, Chapter 4, Constitutional Defense Council;
             1069          [(a)] (b) [assist] under the direction of the state planning coordinator, assist in fulfilling
             1070      the state planning coordinator's duties outlined in Section 63J-4-401 as those duties relate to
             1071      the development of public lands policies by:
             1072          (i) developing cooperative contracts and agreements between the state, political
             1073      subdivisions, and agencies of the federal government for involvement in the development of
             1074      public lands policies;
             1075          (ii) producing research, documents, maps, studies, analysis, or other information that
             1076      supports the state's participation in the development of public lands policy;
             1077          (iii) preparing comments to ensure that the positions of the state and political
             1078      subdivisions are considered in the development of public lands policy;
             1079          (iv) partnering with state agencies and political subdivisions in an effort to:


             1080          (A) prepare coordinated public lands policies;
             1081          (B) develop consistency reviews and responses to public lands policies;
             1082          (C) develop management plans that relate to public lands policies; and
             1083          (D) develop and maintain a statewide land use plan that is based on cooperation and in
             1084      conjunction with political subdivisions; and
             1085          (v) providing other information or services related to public lands policies as requested
             1086      by the state planning coordinator; [and]
             1087          [(b)] (c) facilitate and coordinate the exchange of information, comments, and
             1088      recommendations on public lands policies between and among:
             1089          (i) state agencies;
             1090          (ii) political subdivisions;
             1091          (iii) the Office of Rural Development created under Section 63M-1-1602 ;
             1092          (iv) the Resource Development Coordinating Committee created under Section
             1093      63J-4-501 ;
             1094          (v) School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created under Section
             1095      53C-1-201 ;
             1096          (vi) the committee created under Section 63F-1-508 to award grants to counties to
             1097      inventory and map R.S. 2477 rights-of-way, associated structures, and other features; and
             1098          (vii) the Constitutional Defense Council created under Section 63C-4-101 ;
             1099          [(c)] (d) perform the duties established in Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3, Antiquities, and
             1100      Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 4, Historic Sites; [and]
             1101          [(d)] (e) consistent with other statutory duties, encourage agencies to responsibly
             1102      preserve archaeological resources[.];
             1103          [(2) In providing assistance to the state planning coordinator under Subsection (1)(a),
             1104      the coordinator and office shall take into consideration the:]
             1105          [(a) findings provided under Subsections 63J-4-401 (6) and (7); and]
             1106          [(b) recommendations of the council.]
             1107          (f) maintain information concerning grants made under Subsection (1)(h), if available;
             1108          (g) report annually, or more often if necessary or requested, concerning the office's
             1109      activities and expenditures to:
             1110          (i) the Constitutional Defense Council; and


             1111          (ii) the Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim
             1112      Committee jointly with the Constitutional Defense Council; and
             1113          (h) make grants of up to 16% of the office's total annual appropriations from the
             1114      Constitutional Defense Restricted Account to a county or statewide association of counties to
             1115      be used by the county or association of counties for public lands matters if the coordinator,
             1116      with the advice of the Constitutional Defense Council, determines that the action provides a
             1117      state benefit.
             1118          (2) The coordinator and office shall comply with Subsection 63C-4-102 (8) before
             1119      submitting a comment to a federal agency, if the governor would be subject to Subsection
             1120      63C-4-102 (8) if the governor were submitting the material.
             1121          (3) The office may enter into a contract H. or other agreement .H with another state
             1121a      agency to provide
             1122      information and services related to:
             1123          (a) the duties authorized by Title 72, Chapter 3, Highway Jurisdiction and
             1124      Classification Act;
             1125          (b) legal actions concerning Title 72, Chapter 3, Highway Jurisdiction and
             1126      Classification Act, or R.S. 2477 matters; or
             1127          (c) any other matter within the office's responsibility.
             1128          Section 10. Repealer.
             1129          This bill repeals:
             1130          Section 63J-4-604, Public Lands Policy Coordinating Council -- Creation --
             1131      Membership -- Funding.
             1132          Section 63J-4-605, Council duties.


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