Title 63L, Title 63L: Lands

63L-8-105. Interdepartmental cooperation. (1) The director, subject to periodic review of the Legislature, may establish programs to conduct projects, planning, permitting, leasing, contracting and other activities on public land. (2) The director shall provide management policie…

63L-8-201. Title. This part is known as "Identification and Land Use Planning."

63L-8-202. Land use planning. (1) The director, in consultation with the board, the commissioner, and other state agencies with management authority over other state owned land and resources affected by land use planning shall, with public involvement, develop, maintain, and revi…

63L-8-203. Honoring pre-existing claims and rights. (1) Upon receiving title to a tract of federal public land, the state shall honor all pre-existing rights that run appurtenant to that tract of federal public land. (2) The state shall develop an adjudicative process to deal wit…

63L-8-204. Exchanges and sales. (1) It is the policy of this state that exchanges of public land are preferred to any sale of public land, and that when pursuing an exchange, an exchange with the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration is preferred to an exchange with…

63L-8-301. Title. This part is known as "Administration of the Utah Public Land Management Act."

63L-8-302. Department of Land Management. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Department of Land Management, created in Section, shall provide necessary staff support for the implementation of this chapter.

63L-8-303. Management of use, occupancy, and development of public land. (1) As used in this section, "casual" means activity that: occurs irregularly; and is non-commercial. (2) Except as provided in Subsection, the director shall manage the public land under principles of multi…

63L-8-304. Enforcement authority. (1) The director shall issue rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter with respect to the management, use, and protection of the public land and property located on the public land. (2) At the request of the director, the at…

63L-8-305. Fees, charges, and commissions. (1) The director may establish reasonable filing and service fees with respect to applications and other documents relating to the public land, in accordance with Section. 63J-1-504 (2) The director is authorized to require a deposit of …

63L-8-306. Availability of excess fees. All fees authorized by this chapter, excluding mining claim fees, not otherwise dedicated by law for a specific distribution shall: (1) be deposited in the Public Land Management Fund created in Section; and 63L-8-308 (2) remain available u…

63L-8-307. Public Land Protection Fund -- Forfeitures and deposits. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Public Land Protection Fund." (2) The fund shall consist of: money appropriated by the Legislature; money received by the state as a result of…

63L-8-308. Public Land Management Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Public Land Management Fund." (2) The fund shall consist of: fees collected by the DLM under this chapter; money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature; money collec…

63L-8-309. Timber Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Timber Fund." (2) The fund described in Subsectionshall consist of: (1) money received from the disposal of timber prepared for sale from public lands; money voluntarily donated or contr…

63L-8-310. Grazing Land Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Grazing Land Fund." (2) The fund shall consist of: money received from grazing fees, as described in Section; 63L-8-402 money voluntarily donated or contributed to the fund; and in…

63L-8-311. Implementation provisions. (1) The director may conduct investigations, studies, and experiments involving the management, protection, development, acquisition, and transfer of public land. The director may work with other departments, agencies, or political subdivisio…

63L-8-312. Annual reports. (1) The director shall: prepare a report on the public land in accordance with Subsection; and (2) submit the report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee no later than October 31 annually. (2) A list of programs and s…

63L-8-401. Title. This part is known as "Range Management."

63L-8-402. Grazing fees -- Feasibility study -- Contents -- Submission of report -- Annual distribution and use of range betterment funds -- Nature of distributions. (1) As used in this section: "Animal unit" means one mature 1,000 pound cow and the cow's suckling calf. "Animal u…

63L-8-403. Grazing permits and leases. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, permits and leases for domestic livestock grazing on public land issued by the director may not exceed a term of five years, subject to terms and conditions the director determines to be appropriate and …

63L-8-404. Valid existing right. (1) As used in this section, "valid existing right" means an interest in property that a person secures by meeting the requirements of this section. (2) A property right associated with a grazing allotment on public lands is a valid existing right…

63L-8-501. Title. This part is known as "Rights-of-Way Authorization."

63L-8-502. Rights-of-way for roads or facilities. (1) If the state receives title to public land from the federal government, the director shall, subject to Subsection, honor all: (2) pre-existing rights-of-way granted to individuals, corporations, or political subdivisions, subj…

63L-8-503. Grant, issue, or renewal of land use authorizations on public lands. (1) The director is authorized to grant, issue, or renew land use authorizations over, upon, under, or through public land for: a reservoir, canal, ditch, flume, lateral, pipe, pipeline, tunnel, or ot…

63L-8-504. Roads. (1) The director, with respect to public land, is authorized to provide for the authorization, construction, and maintenance of new and necessary roads within the public land that will permit utilization of the natural resources on such land, including the seven…

63L-8-505. Maintenance of facilities. (1) The director may require a user of a road, trail, land, or other facility administered by the DLM, or authorized by a DLM issued land use authorization, to: maintain facilities in a satisfactory condition commensurate with the particular …

63L-8-506. Right-of-way corridors -- Criteria and procedures applicable for designation. (1) Utilization of a right-of-way in common is suggested to the extent practical in order to minimize adverse environmental impacts and the proliferation of separate rights-of-way. (2) In des…

63L-8-507. General requirements. (1) Each land use authorization granted, issued, or renewed shall be limited to a reasonable term in light of all circumstances concerning the project, not exceeding 5 years. In determining the duration of a land use authorization, the director sh…

63L-8-508. Terms and conditions. Each land use authorization shall contain terms and conditions that: (1) carry out the purposes of this chapter and rules issued under this chapter in accordance with; Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act (2) minimize damage to…

63L-8-509. Suspension or termination -- Grounds -- Procedures applicable. (1) The following are grounds for suspension or termination of a land use authorization: abandonment; or noncompliance with: a provision of this chapter; an applicable rule established by the DLM in accorda…

63L-8-510. Rights-of-way for state departments and agencies. The director may issue a land use authorization upon or under public land to a department or agency of the state, subject to such terms and conditions as the director imposes.

63L-8-511. Applicability. (1) No land use authorization shall be granted, issued, or renewed over, upon, under, or through public land, except as described in this part. (2) Nothing in this part shall be construed to preclude the use of public land covered by this section for a h…

63L-8-601. Title. This part is known as "Contingent Effective Date."

63L-8-602. Effective date. This chapter becomes effective upon the day the state receives title to at least 250,000 acres of public land from the federal government pursuant to Section.