House of Representatives
State of Utah
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX . 350 STATE CAPITOL
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P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029
Madam Speaker:
With committee review, the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
recommends H.B. 209, UTAH LANDS PROTECTION ACT, by Representative F. Cox, et al, be
replaced with 1st Sub. H.B. 209, UTAH LANDS PROTECTION ACT, and has returned it to the Rules
Committee with the following amendments:
Respectfully,
Roger E. Barrus
1. Page
1, Lines 18 through 19
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. prohibits the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands from selling or
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substantially changing the
management
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use
of certain sovereign lands;
2. Page
3, Lines 63 through 65
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(1) The division is the management authority for sovereign lands
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provided in
Subsection
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Subsections
(5)
and (6)
, exchange, sell, or lease
sovereign lands but only in the quantities
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and for the purposes [as] that serve the public interest and do not interfere with the public
trust.
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3, Line 70 through Page 4, Line 82
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(4)
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then
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the State School Fund,
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pursuant to
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in accordance with
Utah
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Constitution, Article X, Section 5, Subsection (5)(b), shall receive
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the sale of those lands.
(c) (i) Subsection (4)(b) does not apply, if, at the time that the lands became
sovereign lands:
(A) the state paid fair market value for the lands; and
(B) 5% of the net proceeds received by the federal government for the sale of the
lands was deposited into the State School Fund.
(ii) If, at the time that lands described in Subsection (4)(a) became sovereign lands,
the state paid less than fair market value for the lands, the state shall, when the state
sells the sovereign lands, deposit into the State School Fund the difference between:
(A) the amount that would have been deposited into the State School Fund by the
federal government if the state had paid fair market value for the land; and
(B) the amount that was deposited into the State School Fund by the federal
government at the time that the lands became sovereign lands.
(a) makes a written finding that the change serves the public interest and does not
interfere with the public trust; and
(b) submits a copy of the finding to:
(i) (A) the Legislative Management Committee; or
(B) another committee designated by the Legislative Management Committee; and
(ii) the office of the Lieutenant Governor.
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(5)
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(6)
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If
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, if
any of the following become sovereign lands, the division may not sell the
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sovereign lands or substantially change the
management policies that relate
to
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use of
those sovereign
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management policies that were in effect for
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use of
those
sovereign lands on January 1,
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2012:
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(a) Arches National Park;
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(b) Bryce Canyon National Park;
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(c) Canyonlands National Park;
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(d) Capitol Reef National Park; or
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(e) Zion National Park.
Committee Chair
Voting: --
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Bill Number
*HB0209S01*
HB0209S01