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AGRICULTURE PROTECTION AREA AND INDUSTRIAL

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PROTECTION AREA AMENDMENTS

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2017 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

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House Sponsor: Keith Grover

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8     LONG TITLE
9     Committee Note:
10          The State Water Development Commission recommended this bill.
11               Membership:     13 legislators     17 non-legislators
12               Legislative Vote:     11 voting for     0 voting against     1 absent
13     General Description:
14          This bill amends provisions relating to the review of agriculture protection areas and
15     industrial protection areas by the applicable legislative body.
16     Highlighted Provisions:
17          This bill:
18          ▸     amends provisions relating to the review of agriculture protection areas and
19     industrial protection areas by the applicable legislative body.
20     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21          None
22     Other Special Clauses:
23          None
24     Utah Code Sections Affected:
25     AMENDS:
26          17-41-307, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 194
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28     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
29          Section 1. Section 17-41-307 is amended to read:
30          17-41-307. Review of agriculture protection areas and industrial protection
31     areas.
32          (1) In the 20th calendar year after its creation under this part, each agriculture
33     protection area or industrial protection area, as the case may be, shall be reviewed, under the
34     provisions of this section, by:
35          (a) the county legislative body, if the agriculture protection area or industrial protection
36     area is within the unincorporated part of the county; or
37          (b) the municipal legislative body, if the agriculture protection area or industrial
38     protection area is within the municipality.
39          (2) (a) In the 20th year, the applicable legislative body [shall] may:
40          (i) request the planning commission and advisory board to submit recommendations
41     about whether the agriculture protection area or industrial protection area, as the case may be,
42     should be continued, modified, or terminated;
43          (ii) at least 120 days before the end of the calendar year, hold a public hearing to
44     discuss whether the agriculture protection area or industrial protection area, as the case may be,
45     should be continued, modified, or terminated;
46          (iii) give notice of the hearing using the same procedures required by Section
47     17-41-302; and
48          (iv) after the public hearing, continue, modify, or terminate the agriculture protection
49     area or industrial protection area.
50          (b) If the applicable legislative body modifies or terminates the agriculture protection
51     area or industrial protection area, it shall file an executed document containing the legal
52     description of the agriculture protection area or industrial protection area, respectively, with the
53     county recorder of deeds.
54          (3) If the applicable legislative body fails affirmatively to continue, modify, or
55     terminate the agriculture protection area or industrial protection area, as the case may be, in the
56     20th calendar year, the agriculture protection area or industrial protection area is considered to
57     be reauthorized for another 20 years.







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