S.B. 114

This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:17 AM by lpoole. -->              1     

CANAL SAFETY ACT

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gene Davis

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House Sponsor: Johnny Anderson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts the Canal Safety Act and amends related provisions to address
             10      assessment of risks associated with canals and efforts to remediate risks.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    modifies the provision listing what records constitute protected records;
             14          .    enacts the Canal Safety Act, including:
             15              .    defining terms;
             16              .    providing for the scope of the chapter;
             17              .    requiring the Division of Water Rights to take certain acts;
             18              .    providing for the creation of a canal action list;
             19              .    requiring certain persons to create remediation plans and imposing related
             20      requirements; and
             21              .    prohibiting the issuance of grants and loans under certain circumstances; and
             22          .    makes technical and conforming changes.
             23      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             24          None
             25      Other Special Clauses:
             26          None
             27      Utah Code Sections Affected:



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     AMENDS:
             29          63G-2-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 12, 445, and 447
             30      ENACTS:
             31          73-31-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             32          73-31-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             33          73-31-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             34          73-31-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             35          73-31-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             36          73-31-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             37          73-31-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             39      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             40          Section 1. Section 63G-2-305 is amended to read:
             41           63G-2-305. Protected records.
             42          The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
             43          (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret
             44      has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             45          (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
             46      person if:
             47          (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
             48      competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
             49      governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
             50          (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
             51      than the public in obtaining access; and
             52          (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with
             53      the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             54          (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
             55      to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
             56      commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
             57      substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
             58          (4) records, the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a



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     competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
             60      defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
             61          (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
             62      employment, or academic examinations;
             63          (6) records, the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
             64      proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or
             65      agreement with a governmental entity, except, subject to Subsections (1) and (2), that this
             66      Subsection (6) does not restrict the right of a person to have access to, after the contract or
             67      grant has been awarded and signed by all parties, a bid, proposal, application, or other
             68      information submitted to or by a governmental entity in response to:
             69          (a) an invitation for bids;
             70          (b) a request for proposals;
             71          (c) a request for quotes;
             72          (d) a grant; or
             73          (e) other similar document;
             74          (7) information submitted to or by a governmental entity in response to a request for
             75      information, except, subject to Subsections (1) and (2), that this Subsection (7) does not restrict
             76      the right of a person to have access to the information, after:
             77          (a) a contract directly relating to the subject of the request for information has been
             78      awarded and signed by all parties; or
             79          (b) (i) a final determination is made not to enter into a contract that relates to the
             80      subject of the request for information; and
             81          (ii) at least two years have passed after the day on which the request for information is
             82      issued;
             83          (8) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real
             84      or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
             85      before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
             86          (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information is greater than or equal to the
             87      governmental entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
             88          (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
             89      duty of confidentiality to the entity;



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         (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
             91      property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
             92          (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
             93      property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
             94      of the property; or
             95          (e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
             96      and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
             97      the property as required under Section 78B-6-505 ;
             98          (9) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
             99      compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
             100      disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
             101      of the subject property, unless:
             102          (a) the public interest in access is greater than or equal to the interests in restricting
             103      access, including the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the
             104      transaction; or
             105          (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
             106      the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
             107      under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             108          (10) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
             109      purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
             110      release of the records:
             111          (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
             112      enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
             113          (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
             114      proceedings;
             115          (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
             116      hearing;
             117          (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
             118      generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of
             119      an investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
             120      government if disclosure would compromise the source; or



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         (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
             122      procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
             123      interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
             124          (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an
             125      individual;
             126          (12) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
             127      property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
             128      or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
             129          (13) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
             130      facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
             131      with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
             132          (14) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
             133      Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
             134      Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
             135      employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
             136      jurisdiction;
             137          (15) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
             138      procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
             139      audits or collections;
             140          (16) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
             141      until the final audit is released;
             142          (17) records that are subject to the attorney client privilege;
             143          (18) records prepared for or by an attorney, consultant, surety, indemnitor, insurer,
             144      employee, or agent of a governmental entity for, or in anticipation of, litigation or a judicial,
             145      quasi-judicial, or administrative proceeding;
             146          (19) (a) (i) personal files of a state legislator, including personal correspondence to or
             147      from a member of the Legislature; and
             148          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(a)(i), correspondence that gives notice of
             149      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section; and
             150          (b) (i) an internal communication that is part of the deliberative process in connection
             151      with the preparation of legislation between:



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         (A) members of a legislative body;
             153          (B) a member of a legislative body and a member of the legislative body's staff; or
             154          (C) members of a legislative body's staff; and
             155          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(b)(i), a communication that gives notice of
             156      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
             157          (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
             158      General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
             159      legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
             160      legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
             161          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
             162      Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
             163      asks that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such
             164      time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
             165          (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
             166      General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared
             167      in response to these requests;
             168          (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
             169          (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about:
             170          (a) collective bargaining; or
             171          (b) imminent or pending litigation;
             172          (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
             173      may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
             174      Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
             175          (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
             176      concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
             177      personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
             178          (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
             179      biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of
             180      valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
             181          (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
             182      conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;



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         (28) records of an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             184      Section 53B-1-102 regarding tenure evaluations, appointments, applications for admissions,
             185      retention decisions, and promotions, which could be properly discussed in a meeting closed in
             186      accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, provided that records of
             187      the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention, promotions, or those students
             188      admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
             189          (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
             190      proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
             191      policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected
             192      those policies or courses of action or made them public;
             193          (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
             194      revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
             195      recommendations in these areas;
             196          (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
             197      that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
             198      records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
             199      if retained by it;
             200          (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
             201      except as provided in Section 52-4-206 ;
             202          (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
             203      final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
             204      disclosure;
             205          (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
             206      administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
             207      other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
             208          (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
             209      by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
             210      or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
             211      person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
             212      be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
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     the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
             215      copyrights, and trade secrets;
             216          (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including an
             217      institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , and other
             218      information concerning the donation that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of
             219      the donor, provided that:
             220          (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
             221          (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
             222      classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
             223          (c) except for an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             224      Section 53B-1-102 , the governmental unit to which the donation is made is primarily engaged
             225      in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no regulatory or legislative authority
             226      over the donor, a member of the donor's immediate family, or any entity owned or controlled
             227      by the donor or the donor's immediate family;
             228          (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6a-404 , 41-12a-202 , and
             229      73-18-13 ;
             230          (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
             231      34A-2-205 ;
             232          (40) (a) the following records of an institution within the state system of higher
             233      education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , which have been developed, discovered, disclosed to,
             234      or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
             235          (i) unpublished lecture notes;
             236          (ii) unpublished notes, data, and information:
             237          (A) relating to research; and
             238          (B) of:
             239          (I) the institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
             240      53B-1-102 ; or
             241          (II) a sponsor of sponsored research;
             242          (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
             243          (iv) creative works in process;
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         (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals;
             246          (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to prohibit disclosure of public
             247      information required pursuant to Subsection 53B-16-302 (2)(a) or (b); and
             248          (c) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
             249          (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
             250      that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
             251      date that audit is completed and made public; and
             252          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
             253      Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that
             254      the records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would
             255      reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as
             256      protected records until the audit is completed and made public;
             257          (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
             258      other document that indicates the location of:
             259          (a) a production facility; or
             260          (b) a magazine;
             261          (43) information:
             262          (a) contained in the statewide database of the Division of Aging and Adult Services
             263      created by Section 62A-3-311.1 ; or
             264          (b) received or maintained in relation to the Identity Theft Reporting Information
             265      System (IRIS) established under Section 67-5-22 ;
             266          (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
             267      Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
             268          (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
             269      National Guard's federal mission;
             270          (46) records provided by any pawn or secondhand business to a law enforcement
             271      agency or to the central database in compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop and
             272      Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act;
             273          (47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
             274      by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
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     63G-2-106 , records related to an emergency plan or program, a copy of which is provided to or
             277      prepared or maintained by the Division of Emergency Management, and the disclosure of
             278      which would jeopardize:
             279          (a) the safety of the general public; or
             280          (b) the security of:
             281          (i) governmental property;
             282          (ii) governmental programs; or
             283          (iii) the property of a private person who provides the Division of Emergency
             284      Management information;
             285          (49) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food that provides for the
             286      identification, tracing, or control of livestock diseases, including any program established under
             287      Title 4, Chapter 24, Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Control of
             288      Animal Disease;
             289          (50) as provided in Section 26-39-501 :
             290          (a) information or records held by the Department of Health related to a complaint
             291      regarding a child care program or residential child care which the department is unable to
             292      substantiate; and
             293          (b) information or records related to a complaint received by the Department of Health
             294      from an anonymous complainant regarding a child care program or residential child care;
             295          (51) unless otherwise classified as public under Section 63G-2-301 and except as
             296      provided under Section 41-1a-116 , an individual's home address, home telephone number, or
             297      personal mobile phone number, if:
             298          (a) the individual is required to provide the information in order to comply with a law,
             299      ordinance, rule, or order of a government entity; and
             300          (b) the subject of the record has a reasonable expectation that this information will be
             301      kept confidential due to:
             302          (i) the nature of the law, ordinance, rule, or order; and
             303          (ii) the individual complying with the law, ordinance, rule, or order;
             304          (52) the name, home address, work addresses, and telephone numbers of an individual
             305      that is engaged in, or that provides goods or services for, medical or scientific research that is:
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     53B-1-102 ; and
             308          (b) conducted using animals;
             309          (53) an initial proposal under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 26, Government Procurement
             310      Private Proposal Program, to the extent not made public by rules made under that chapter;
             311          (54) in accordance with Section 78A-12-203 , any record of the Judicial Performance
             312      Evaluation Commission concerning an individual commissioner's vote on whether or not to
             313      recommend that the voters retain a judge;
             314          (55) information collected and a report prepared by the Judicial Performance
             315      Evaluation Commission concerning a judge, unless Section 20A-7-702 or Title 78A, Chapter
             316      12, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act, requires disclosure of, or makes public,
             317      the information or report;
             318          (56) records contained in the Management Information System created in Section
             319      62A-4a-1003 ;
             320          (57) records provided or received by the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office in
             321      furtherance of any contract or other agreement made in accordance with Section 63J-4-603 ;
             322          (58) information requested by and provided to the Utah State 911 Committee under
             323      Section 53-10-602 ;
             324          (59) recorded Children's Justice Center investigative interviews, both video and audio,
             325      the release of which are governed by Section 77-37-4 ;
             326          (60) in accordance with Section 73-10-33 :
             327          (a) a management plan for a water conveyance facility in the possession of the Division
             328      of Water Resources or the Board of Water Resources; or
             329          (b) an outline of an emergency response plan in possession of the state or a county or
             330      municipality;
             331          (61) the following records in the custody or control of the Office of Inspector General
             332      of Medicaid Services, created in Section 63A-13-201 :
             333          (a) records that would disclose information relating to allegations of personal
             334      misconduct, gross mismanagement, or illegal activity of a person if the information or
             335      allegation cannot be corroborated by the Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services
             336      through other documents or evidence, and the records relating to the allegation are not relied
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     report or final audit report;
             339          (b) records and audit workpapers to the extent they would disclose the identity of a
             340      person who, during the course of an investigation or audit, communicated the existence of any
             341      Medicaid fraud, waste, or abuse, or a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule, or
             342      regulation adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of the state, or any
             343      recognized entity of the United States, if the information was disclosed on the condition that
             344      the identity of the person be protected;
             345          (c) before the time that an investigation or audit is completed and the final
             346      investigation or final audit report is released, records or drafts circulated to a person who is not
             347      an employee or head of a governmental entity for the person's response or information;
             348          (d) records that would disclose an outline or part of any investigation, audit survey
             349      plan, or audit program; or
             350          (e) requests for an investigation or audit, if disclosure would risk circumvention of an
             351      investigation or audit;
             352          (62) records that reveal methods used by the Office of Inspector General of Medicaid
             353      Services, the fraud unit, or the Department of Health, to discover Medicaid fraud, waste, or
             354      abuse;
             355          (63) information provided to the Department of Health or the Division of Occupational
             356      and Professional Licensing under Subsection 58-68-304 (3) or (4);
             357          (64) a record described in Section 63G-12-210 ; [and]
             358          (65) captured plate data that is obtained through an automatic license plate reader
             359      system used by a governmental entity as authorized in Section 41-6a-2003 [.]; and
             360          (66) a remediation plan submitted in accordance with Title 73, Chapter 31, Canal
             361      Safety Act.
             362          Section 2. Section 73-31-101 is enacted to read:
             363     
CHAPTER 31. CANAL SAFETY ACT

             364     
Part 1. General Provisions

             365          73-31-101. Title.
             366          This chapter is known as the "Canal Safety Act."
             367          Section 3. Section 73-31-102 is enacted to read:
             368          73-31-102. Definitions.



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         As used in this chapter:
             370          (1) S. (a) .S "Canal" means a water conveyance system that is used for transporting
             370a      S. irrigation .S water at a
             371      flow of more than 10 cubic feet per second.
             371a      S. (b) "Canal" does not mean a water conveyance system that is primarily used for culinary,
             371b      waste, or storm sewer water. .S
             372          (2) "Canal action list" means the list created under Section 73-31-202 .
             373          (3) "Canal owner" means a person who owns a canal, including a water company as
             374      defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             375          (4) "Division" means the Division of Water Rights.
             376          (5) "High risk" means a condition when, if a canal fails, the failure would:
             377          (a) create a high probability of loss of human life; or
             378          (b) cause extensive loss to critical transportation infrastructure, utility infrastructure, or
             379      buildings.
             380          (6) "Low risk" means a condition when, if a canal fails, the only impact is to land in an
             381      undeveloped condition, such as farm or range land.
             382          (7) "Medium risk" means a condition when, if a canal fails, the failure would:
             383          (a) create or cause less loss than that of a high risk canal; and
             384          (b) create or cause more impact than that of a low risk canal.
             385          Section 4. Section 73-31-103 is enacted to read:
             386          73-31-103. Scope of chapter.
             387          Nothing in this chapter may be construed to relieve a canal owner of the legal duties,
             388      obligations, or liabilities incident to the ownership or operation of a canal.
             389          Section 5. Section 73-31-201 is enacted to read:
             390     
Part 2. Risk Assessment of Canals

             391          73-31-201. Canal assessment.
             392          (1) A canal owner shall assess the level of risk of each canal it owns:
             393          (a) by no later than January 1, 2015; and
             394          (b) at least once every five years thereafter.
             395          (2) A canal owner shall determine the need, if any, for repairs or improvements to
             396      minimize the possibility of failure of a high risk canal or area of a canal.
             397          (3) As a result of the assessment and determination required by Subsections (1) and
             398      (2), the canal owner shall determine whether a canal or any section of a canal is:
             399          (a) high risk;



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         (b) medium risk; or
             401          (c) low risk.
             402          (4) The canal owner shall report to the division concerning any canal or section of a
             403      canal that is high risk or in need of repairs or improvements, as described in Subsections (1)
             404      and (2).
             405          (5) The division shall maintain a list of canals or sections of a canal that are high risk.
             406          Section 6. Section 73-31-202 is enacted to read:
             407          73-31-202. Canal action list.
             408          The division shall create a list to be known as the "canal action list" that lists the canals
             409      that:
             410          (1) are high risk; and
             411          (2) require repair or improvements as described in Section 73-31-201 .
             412          Section 7. Section 73-31-301 is enacted to read:
             413     
Part 3. Reduction of Risks

             414          73-31-301. Remediation plans.
             415          (1) (a) A canal owner whose canal is on the canal action list shall develop a
             416      remediation plan to make repairs and improvements necessary to reduce risk of failure to an
             417      acceptable level.
             418          (b) A canal owner is required to file a new remediation plan after each assessment
             419      under this chapter that results in the canal being placed on the canal action list.
             420          (2) (a) A canal owner shall submit a remediation plan to the division for approval in
             421      accordance with this section by both:
             422          (i) the division; and
             423          (ii) the Division of Water Resources.
             424          (b) The division shall develop with the Division of Water Resources a procedure for
             425      reviewing and approving a remediation plan submitted under this section.
             426          (3) A remediation plan submitted under this section is a protected record under Section
             427      63G-2-305 .
             428          Section 8. Section 73-31-401 is enacted to read:
             429     
Part 4. Remedies

             430          73-31-401. Prohibition on grants or loans.



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         The Division of Water Resources or the Board of Water Resources may not provide a
             432      grant or loan to a canal owner for a project related to a canal that is on the canal action list if
             433      the canal owner does not have an approved remediation plan.





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