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First Substitute H.B. 91

Representative Kenneth W. Sumsion proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
UTAH ENABLING ACT LITIGATION

             2     
2012 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Kenneth W. Sumsion

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill requires the attorney general to file an action to enforce the Utah Enabling Act
             10      if the United States does not comply with certain demands.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    requires the attorney general to file an action for a declaratory judgment to enforce
             14      Section 9 of the Utah Enabling Act if the United States does not comply with
             15      certain demands; and
             16          .    makes technical changes.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          This bill appropriates to the Attorney General - Enabling Act Litigation line item a
             19      one-time transfer of $350,000 that was appropriated in fiscal year 2011-12 to the
             20      Governor's Office - Public Lands Litigation from the Constitutional Defense Restricted
             21      Account, subject to intent language stating that the appropriation is to be used to file
             22      certain actions.
             23      Other Special Clauses:
             24          This bill provides revisor instructions.
             25      Utah Code Sections Affected:


             26      AMENDS:
             27          67-5-29, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 262
             28     
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             30          Section 1. Section 67-5-29 is amended to read:
             31           67-5-29. Duty to file legal actions.
             32          (1) (a) Unless the United States substantially complies with the demands referenced in
             33      2012 General Session, H.C.R. 1, Concurrent Resolution - Letter to Federal Government, the
             34      attorney general shall file an action on or before October 1, 2012, in United States district court
             35      to obtain a declaratory judgment to enforce the Utah Enabling Act, Section 9.
             36          [(1)] (b) The attorney general may file an action in addition to the action described in
             37      Subsection (1)(a) to enforce the Utah Enabling Act, Section 9.
             38          (2) In accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Particular Proceedings, the attorney
             39      general shall file an eminent domain action or quiet title action on property possessed by the
             40      federal government:
             41          (a) (i) that facilitates the state's ability to manage the school and institutional trust lands
             42      consistent with the state's fiduciary responsibilities towards the beneficiaries of the trust lands;
             43      and
             44          (ii) (A) that provides access to school and institutional trust lands; or
             45          (B) that increases the profitability of the school and institutional trust lands; or
             46          (b) for a public use that increases the ability of the state to generate revenue.
             47          (3) The attorney general shall file, by no later than July 1, 2011, an eminent domain
             48      action or quiet title action described in Subsection (2) on property possessed by the federal
             49      government for:
             50          (a) a highway on Spring Creek Road located in the western half of section 3, township
             51      38 south, range 12 west to provide access to section 2, township 38 south, range 12 west;
             52          (b) a highway off of Old Canyon Road located in the northeast quarter of the southeast
             53      quarter of section 5, township 10 north, range 5 east to provide access to the southeast quarter
             54      of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 11 north, range 5 east; or
             55          (c) the purposes described in Subsection (2).
             56          Section 2. Fiscal Year 2012 Supplemental Appropriation.


             57          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, the
             58      following sums of money are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or
             59      reduced from amounts previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated for the
             60      fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012. These are additions to amounts
             61      previously appropriated for fiscal year 2012.
             62          Item 1 To Governor's Office - Public Lands Litigation
             63              From General Fund Restricted - Constitutional Defense
($350,000)

             64              Schedule of Programs:
             65                  Public Lands Litigation            ($350,000)
             66          Item 2 To Attorney General - Enabling Act Litigation
             67              From General Fund Restricted - Constitutional Defense
$350,000

             68              Schedule of Programs:
             69                  Enabling Act Litigation            $350,000
             70          The Legislature intends that the Attorney General use this appropriation only to file an
             71      action in accordance with Section 67-5-29 .
             72          Under Section 63J-1-603 , the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the
             73      Attorney General - Public Lands Litigation line item in this section not lapse at the close of
             74      Fiscal Year 2012. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to filing an action in accordance
             75      with Section 67-5-29 .
             76          Section 3. Revisor instructions.
             77          The Legislature intends that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
             78      preparing the Utah Code database for publication, replace the reference in Subsection
             79      67-5-29 (1)(a) from "2012 General Session, H.C.R. 1, Concurrent Resolution - Letter to Federal
             80      Government" to the resolution's designated chapter number in the Laws of Utah.


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