This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 10:32 AM by pflowers.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates and provides for the use of the Willard Spur Waterfowl Management
10 Area.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ addresses definitions;
14 ▸ creates the management area and describes the land included in the management
15 area;
16 ▸ requires a memorandum of understanding with the Division of Forestry, Fire, and
17 State Lands;
18 ▸ provides for management of the management area by the Division of Wildlife
19 Resources in accordance with specified purposes and a management plan;
20 ▸ permits the division to restrict public access or recreational opportunity under
21 certain circumstances; and
22 ▸ makes technical changes.
23 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
24 None
25 Other Special Clauses:
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27 Utah Code Sections Affected:
28 AMENDS:
29 23-21-.5, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1998, Chapter 218
30 23-21-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1975, Chapter 60
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32 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
33 Section 1. Section 23-21-.5 is amended to read:
34 23-21-.5. Definitions.
35 As used in this chapter:
36 (1) "General plan" means a document that a municipality or county adopts that sets
37 forth general guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality or
38 county and includes what is commonly referred to as a "master plan."
39 (2) "Management plan" means a document prepared in accordance with this chapter
40 that describes how one or more tracts of land owned or managed by the Division of Wildlife
41 Resources are to be used.
42 (3) "Regional advisory council" means a council created pursuant to Section 23-14-2.6.
43 (4) "Wildlife management area" means:
44 (a) a single tract of land owned or managed by the division; or
45 (b) two or more tracts of land owned or managed by the division that are within close
46 proximity of each other and managed as a single unit.
47 Section 2. Section 23-21-5 is amended to read:
48 23-21-5. State-owned lands authorized for use as wildlife management areas,
49 fishing waters and for other recreational activities.
50 (1) The Wildlife Board is authorized to use any and all unsurveyed state-owned lands
51 below the 1855 meander line of the Great Salt Lake within the following townships for the
52 creation, operation, maintenance and management of wildlife management areas, fishing
53 waters and other recreational activities[
54 Township 2 South, Range 5 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 2 South, Range 4 West,
55 S.L.B. and M.; Township 1 South, Range 5 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 1 South, Range 4
56 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 1 South, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 1 North,
57 Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 1 North, Range 2 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 2
58 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 2 North, Range 2 West, S.L.B. and M.;
59 Township 2 North, Range 1 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 3 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B.
60 and M.; Township 3 North, Range 2 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 3 North, Range 1 West,
61 S.L.B. and M.; Township 4 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 4 North, Range 2
62 West, S.L.B. and M.; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 24, Township 4 North, Range 4
63 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 5 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 5 North,
64 Range 4 West, S.L.B. and M.; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, and 12, Township 5 North, Range 5
65 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 6 North, Range 5 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 6 North,
66 Range 4 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 6 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 7
67 North, Range 5 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 7 North, Range 4 West, S.L.B. and M.;
68 Township 7 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 7 North, Range 2 West, S.L.B.
69 and M.; Township 8 North, Range 5 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 8 North, Range 4 West,
70 S.L.B. and M.; Township 8 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 8 North, Range 2
71 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 9 North, Range 5 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 9 North,
72 Range 4 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 11 North, Range 11 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township
73 11 North, Range 10 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 11 North, Range 9 West, S.L.B. and M.;
74 Township 11 North, Range 8 West, S.L.B. and M.; North 1/2 of Township 10 North, Range 10
75 West, S.L.B. and M.; North 1/2 of Township 10 North, Range 9 West, S.L.B. and M.; North
76 1/2 of Township 10 North, Range 8 West, S.L.B. and M.
77 (2) (a) The Wildlife Board shall establish a wildlife management area known as the
78 "Willard Spur Waterfowl Management Area" on the unsurveyed state-owned lands below the
79 1855 meander line of the Great Salt Lake in Sections 26, 35, 36 of Township 8 North, Range 4
80 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 8 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B. and M.; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12 of
81 Township 7 North, Range 4 West, S.L.B. and M.; Township 7 North, Range 3 West, S.L.B.
82 and M.; Sections 20, 21, 29, 30, 31 of Township 8 North, Range 2 West, S.L.B. and M.;
83 excepting the following:
84 (i) lands within the May 14, 2019, boundaries of the Bear River Migratory Bird
85 Refuge;
86 (ii) lands within the May 14, 2019, boundaries of Harold Crane Waterfowl
87 Management Area;
88 (iii) lands within the May 14, 2019, boundaries of Willard Bay Reservoir; and
89 (iv) lands within the May 14, 2019, boundaries of state mineral leases.
90 (b) The division shall execute a memorandum of understanding with the Division of
91 Forestry, Fire, and State Lands recognizing the division's use of the state-owned lands
92 described in Subsection (2)(a) as a wildlife management area.
93 (c) The division shall manage the state-owned lands described in Subsection (2)(a) as a
94 wildlife management area and consistent with:
95 (i) the beneficial purposes identified in Subsection (2)(d); and
96 (ii) a management plan created consistent with the procedures in this chapter for a
97 management plan.
98 (d) The division shall manage the Willard Spur Waterfowl Management Area for the
99 following beneficial purposes:
100 (i) propagating and sustaining waterfowl, upland gamebirds, desirable mammals,
101 shorebirds, and other migratory and nonmigratory birds that use the Great Salt Lake ecosystem
102 and the Great Salt Lake ecosystem's surrounding wetlands;
103 (ii) preserving and enhancing the natural function, vegetation, and water flows
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104 to provide productive habitat for the species listed in Subsection (2)(d)(i);
105 (iii) providing recreational opportunity for traditional marsh-related activities,
106 including hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife viewing; and
107 (iv) providing public access in the management area for purposes of hunting, fishing,
108 trapping, and wildlife viewing, including access with airboats and other small watercraft.
109 (e) The division shall provide the habitat, recreational opportunities, and public access
110 described in Subsection (2)(d) without construction or use of an impounding dike, impounding
111 levee, or other impounding structure.
112 (f) Notwithstanding the purposes identified in Subsection (2)(d), the division may
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113a prohibit year-round public airboat and small watercraft access in the management area except
113b in selected areas during limited periods of time ←Ĥ to
114 protect habitat, nesting birds, or vulnerable wildlife.