§272g Land exchange involving school trust land

Summary

If, not later than 1 year after October 30, 1998, Utah offers to give the United States all of the State’s rights in the school trust land listed below, the Secretary must accept that offer and, within 180 days after accepting, transfer to Utah the federal land listed below. The State land is section 16, Township 23 South, Range 22 East, Salt Lake base and meridian. The federal land is about 639 acres in section 1, Township 25 South, Range 18 East, Salt Lake base and meridian, made up of Lots 1–12, the south half of the north half, and the north half of the north half of the north half of the south half. Both titles must change hands at the same time. The swap is subject to existing rights, and each side takes over the other’s leases, rights-of-way, and permits on the exchanged land. At least 60 days before any surface‑disturbing work on the land Utah acquires, the State must talk with the Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management and, following federal law, do inventories, mitigation, and management for archaeological, paleontological, and cultural resources. As allowed by state school trust law, Utah should keep grazing, recreational, and wildlife uses that existed on October 30, 1998. This does not stop the State from allowing surface or mineral activities that a land management plan permits.