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STATE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS

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2023 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton

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Senate Sponsor: Ronald M. Winterton

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions relating to the state resource management plan.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     adopts a state resource management plan to replace a previously adopted plan; and
13          ▸     makes technical changes.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          63L-10-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 55
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 63L-10-103 is amended to read:
24          63L-10-103. Statewide resource management plan adopted.
25          (1) (a) The statewide resource management plan, dated [November 10, 2021] January
26     9, 2023, and on file with the office, is [hereby] adopted.
27          (b) The plan referred to in Subsection (1)(a) replaces and supersedes the plan dated
28     November 10, 2021.
29          (2) The office shall, to the extent possible and as funding allows, monitor federal, state,
30     and local government compliance with the plan.
31          (3) (a) If the office finds the need to modify the plan, the office shall notify the
32     commission of the modification and the office's reasoning for the modification.
33          (b) The office shall coordinate with the commission to discuss policy direction and to
34     draft any modifications to the plan.
35          [(c) A modification to the plan takes effect only after being approved by the
36     Legislature.]
37          (4) (a) The commission may request additional information of the office regarding any
38     modifications to the plan, as described in Subsection (3).
39          (b) The office shall promptly respond to any request for additional information, as
40     described in Subsection (4)(a).
41          (c) The commission may make a recommendation that the Legislature approve a
42     modification or disapprove a modification, or the commission may decline to take action.
43          (5) The office shall annually:
44          (a) prepare a report detailing [what changes, if any, are recommended] any
45     modifications the office recommends for the plan and deliver the report to the commission
46     before August 31; and
47          (b) report on the implementation of the plan at the federal, state, and local levels to the
48     commission before August 31.
49          (6) (a) If the commission makes a recommendation that the Legislature approve a
50     modification to the plan, the commission shall prepare a bill in anticipation of the annual
51     general session of the Legislature [to implement the change] for approval of the modification.
52          (b) A modification to the plan does not take effect until approved by the Legislature.