Title 79, Natural Resources

79-3-204. Personnel of survey -- Employment -- Restrictions -- Salaries and benefits. (1) The director, after consultation with the board and approval by the executive director, shall select, employ, or contract for qualified individuals and services required to carry out the pro…

79-3-205. Investigatory powers and immunities of survey personnel. (1) Authorized survey personnel, after providing reasonable notification and identification, have the right to enter all lands subject to the police power of the state for the purpose of securing geologic, topogra…

79-3-301. Board of Utah Geological Survey created. (1) There is created within the department the Board of the Utah Geological Survey. (2) The board is the policymaking body for the survey.

79-3-302. Members of board -- Qualifications and appointment -- Vacancies -- Organization -- Meetings -- Financial gain prohibited -- Expenses. (1) The board consists of eight members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with Title 6…

79-3-303. Responsibilities of board. The board has the following responsibilities: (1) establish and review policies, programs, and priorities; (2) review and recommend budgets; (3) assess the needs of the community with regard to development and use of geologic resources; (4) ke…

79-3-401. Disposition of survey income -- Sources of funds. (1) Income to the survey is deposited with the state treasurer and credited by the treasurer to the General Fund as dedicated credits for use by the survey. (2) In addition to those funds that are available to the survey…

79-3-402. Utah Geological Survey Sample Library Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Utah Geological Survey Sample Library Fund." (2) The fund consists of money from the following revenue sources: (a) donations or contributions from individu…

79-3-403. Utah Geological Survey Restricted Account. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Account" means the Utah Geological Survey Restricted Account created by this section. (b) "Survey" means the Utah Geological Survey. (2)(a) There is created a restricted account within the Gene…

79-3-501. Permit required to excavate critical paleontological resources on state lands -- Removal of specimen or site. (1)(a) Before excavating for critical paleontological resources on lands owned or controlled by the state or its subdivisions, except as provided in Section 79-…

79-3-502. Permit required to excavate critical paleontological resources on school and institutional trust lands -- Removal of specimen or site. (1)(a) Before excavating for critical paleontological resources on school or institutional trust lands, a person must obtain a permit f…

79-3-503. Ownership of collections and resources. (1) Collections recovered from lands owned or controlled by the state or its subdivisions, except as provided in Subsection (2), shall be owned by the state. (2) Collections recovered from school and institutional trust lands shal…

79-3-504. Revocation or suspension of permits -- Criminal penalties. (1) A permitting agency under Section 79-3-501 or 79-3-502 may revoke or suspend a permit if the permittee fails to conduct the excavation pursuant to the law, the rules enacted by the permitting agency, or perm…

79-3-505. Paleontological landmarks. (1)(a) A site of significance or a site with exceptional fossils may be designated as a state paleontological landmark by: (i) recommendation to and approval of the board; or (ii) approval of the Legislature and the governor through concurrent…

79-3-506. Report of discovery on state or private lands. (1) A person who discovers any paleontological resources on privately owned lands or on lands owned or controlled by the state or its subdivisions shall promptly report the discovery to the survey. (2) Field investigations …

79-3-507. State paleontological register -- Survey duties. (1) The survey shall establish a state paleontological register for the orderly identification and recognition of the state's paleontological resources. (2) The board shall notify owners of sites and localities before pla…

79-3-508. Agency responsibilities -- Allowing director reasonable opportunity to comment. (1) Before expending state funds or approving an undertaking, each state agency shall: (a) take into account the effect of the undertaking on a specimen that is included in or eligible for i…

79-3-509. Curriculum and materials for the training of volunteers who assist paleontologists. (1) The survey shall develop a curriculum and materials for the training of volunteers who assist paleontologists in the field and laboratory. (2) The director shall appoint a qualified …

79-3-510. Protection of school and institutional trust land interests relating to paleontological resources. (1) The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration shall develop policies and procedures for the excavation, preservation, placement in a repository, curation, an…