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LAND EXCHANGE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT AMENDMENTS

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2020 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

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House Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton

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7     LONG TITLE
8     Committee Note:
9          The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
10     recommended this bill.
11               Legislative Vote:     14 voting for     0 voting against     5 absent
12     General Description:
13          This bill addresses the Land Exchange Distribution Account.
14     Highlighted Provisions:
15          This bill:
16          ▸     repeals language related to air quality monitoring;
17          ▸     extends the repeal date for certain distributions from the Land Exchange
18     Distribution Account; and
19          ▸     makes technical corrections.
20     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21          None
22     Other Special Clauses:
23          None
24     Utah Code Sections Affected:
25     AMENDS:
26          53C-3-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 101
27          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 90, 136, 166, 173, 246,

28     325, 344 and last amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 246
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30     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
31          Section 1. Section 53C-3-203 is amended to read:
32          53C-3-203. Land Exchange Distribution Account.
33          (1) As used in this section, "account" means the Land Exchange Distribution Account
34     created in Subsection (2)(a).
35          (2) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Land
36     Exchange Distribution Account.
37          (b) The account shall consist of revenue deposited in the account as required by
38     Section 53C-3-202.
39          (3) (a) The state treasurer shall invest money in the account according to Title 51,
40     Chapter 7, State Money Management Act.
41          (b) The Division of Finance shall deposit interest or other earnings derived from
42     investment of account money into the General Fund.
43          (4) The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the account in the following order:
44          (a) $1,000,000 to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account created in Section
45     63C-4a-402; and
46          (b) from the deposits to the account remaining after the appropriation in Subsection
47     (4)(a), the following amounts:
48          (i) 55% of the deposits to counties in amounts proportionate to the amounts of mineral
49     revenue generated from the acquired land, exchanged land, acquired mineral interests, or
50     exchanged mineral interests located in each county, to be used to mitigate the impacts caused
51     by mineral development;
52          (ii) 25% of the deposits to counties in amounts proportionate to the total surface and
53     mineral acreage within each county that was conveyed to the United States under the agreement
54     or an exchange, to be used to mitigate the loss of mineral development opportunities resulting
55     from the agreement or exchange;
56          (iii) 1.68% of the deposits to the State Board of Education, to be used for education
57     research and experimentation in the use of staff and facilities designed to improve the quality
58     of education in Utah;

59          (iv) 1.66% of the deposits to the Geological Survey, to be used for natural resources
60     development in the state;
61          (v) 1.66% of the deposits to the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, to
62     be used for water development in the state;
63          (vi) 11% of the deposits to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account created in
64     Section 63C-4a-402;
65          (vii) 1% of the deposits to the Geological Survey, to be used for test wells[,] and other
66     hydrologic studies[, and air quality monitoring] in the West Desert; and
67          (viii) 3% of the deposits to the Permanent Community Impact Fund created in Section
68     35A-8-303, to be used for grants to political subdivisions of the state to mitigate the impacts
69     resulting from the development or use of school and institutional trust lands.
70          (5) The administration shall make recommendations to the Permanent Community
71     Impact Fund Board for [its] the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board's consideration
72     when awarding the grants described in Subsection (4)(b)(viii).
73          Section 2. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
74          63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53 through 53G.
75          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
76          (1) Subsection 53-6-203(1)(b)(ii), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
77     repealed July 1, 2022.
78          (2) Subsection 53-13-104(6), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is repealed
79     July 1, 2022.
80          (3) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 11, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
81          (4) Section 53B-18-1501 is repealed July 1, 2021.
82          (5) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 16, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
83          (6) Section 53B-24-402, Rural residency training program, is repealed July 1, 2020.
84          (7) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
85     from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells[,] and
86     other hydrologic studies[, and air quality monitoring] in the West Desert, is repealed July 1,
87     [2020] 2030.
88          (8) Section 53E-3-515 is repealed January 1, 2023.
89          (9) In relation to a standards review committee, on January 1, 2023:

90          (a) in Subsection 53E-4-202(8), the language that states "by a standards review
91     committee and the recommendations of a standards review committee established under
92     Section 53E-4-203" is repealed; and
93          (b) Section 53E-4-203 is repealed.
94          (10) In relation to the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, on January 1, 2023:
95          (a) Subsection 53B-17-1201(1) is repealed;
96          (b) Section 53B-17-1203 is repealed;
97          (c) Subsection 53B-17-1204(2) is repealed;
98          (d) Subsection 53B-17-1204(4)(a), the language that states "in accordance with the
99     method described in Subsection (4)(c)" is repealed; and
100          (e) Subsection 53B-17-1204(4)(c) is repealed.
101          (11) Section 53F-2-514 is repealed July 1, 2020.
102          (12) Section 53F-5-203 is repealed July 1, 2024.
103          (13) Section 53F-5-212 is repealed July 1, 2024.
104          (14) Section 53F-5-213 is repealed July 1, 2023.
105          (15) Title 53F, Chapter 5, Part 6, American Indian and Alaskan Native Education State
106     Plan Pilot Program, is repealed July 1, 2022.
107          (16) Section 53F-6-201 is repealed July 1, 2019.
108          (17) Section 53F-9-501 is repealed January 1, 2023.
109          (18) Subsections 53G-4-608(2)(b) and (4)(b), related to the Utah Seismic Safety
110     Commission, are repealed January 1, 2025.
111          (19) Subsection 53G-8-211(4), regarding referrals of a minor to court for a class C
112     misdemeanor, is repealed July 1, 2020.