Title 53C, Title 53C: School and Institutional Trust Lands Management Act

53C-1-201. Creation of administration -- Purpose -- Director -- Participation in Risk Management Fund -- Closed meetings. (1) There is established within state government the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. The administration shall manage all school and insti…

53C-1-202. Board of trustees membership -- Nomination list -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Replacement -- Chair -- Quorum -- Annual conflict of interest disclosure statement -- Penalties. (1) There is established the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees. (2) The b…

53C-1-203. Board of trustees nominating committee -- Composition -- Responsibilities -- Per diem and expenses. (1) There is established a nine-member board of trustees nominating committee. (2) The council chair of the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Counci…

53C-1-204. Policies established by board -- Director. (1) The board shall establish policies for the management of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. The policies shall: be consistent with the Utah Enabling Act, the Utah Constitution, and state law; reflect …

53C-1-301. Director -- Term -- Compensation -- Removal from office. (1) The board, with the consent of the governor, shall select the director on the basis of outstanding professional qualifications pertinent to the purposes and activities of the trust. If the governor withholds …

53C-1-302. Management of the administration -- Trust responsibilities. (1) The director has broad authority to: manage the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration in fulfillment of its purpose; establish fees, procedures, and rules consistent with general policies pre…

53C-1-303. Responsibilities of director -- Budget review -- Legal counsel -- Contract for services. (1) In carrying out the policies of the board of trustees and in establishing procedures and rules, the director shall: take an oath of office before assuming any duties as the dir…

53C-1-304. Rules to ensure procedural due process -- Board review of director action -- Judicial review. (1) The board shall make rules to ensure procedural due process in the resolution of complaints concerning actions by the board, director, or the administration. (2) Except as…

53C-1-305. Attorney general to represent administration. (1) The attorney general shall: represent the board, director, or administration in any legal action relating to trust lands except as otherwise provided in Subsection; (3) review leases, contracts, and agreements submitted…

53C-1-306. Board and administration subject to Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act. (1) Board members, the director, employees, and agents of the administration are subject to the requirements of, and to any additional requirements established by the board. Title 67, Chapt…

53C-1-307. Annual report. (1) At the end of each fiscal year, the director shall publish an annual report of the administration's activities for the preceding fiscal year. (2) The report described in Subsectionshall contain: (1) an account of the administration's activities for t…

53C-2-101. Central index -- Administration to maintain central index of trust lands -- Availability to public. (1) The administration shall maintain a central index of all trust lands, including interests therein, and shall make that index available to the public. (2) The index s…

53C-2-102. Information to be furnished by provider -- Director to adopt confidential information rules. (1) As used in this section, "provider" means a prospective applicant, applicant, partner, or lessee. (2) The administration may require a provider to furnish any information n…

53C-2-103. Director's authority to examine records and inspect property. For the purpose of determining compliance with any rule or any performance or payment obligation under a lease, permit, or contract, the director may, at reasonable times, places, and intervals: (1) require …

53C-2-104. Preexisting federal mining claims on trust lands -- Filing of notice -- Conclusive evidence of abandonment. (1) The Legislature recognizes the importance of having an effective state filing system for unpatented federal mining claims located on trust lands prior to the…

53C-2-105. Withdrawal of trust lands from leasing, disposition, or use. (1) The director may at any time withdraw trust lands from: applications for leasing, permitting, sale, or other disposition of any nature upon a finding that the interests of the trust would best be served t…

53C-2-106. Identification and recording of public roads located on trust lands. (1) The director shall: subject to Subsection, using the State Geographic Information Database created in Section, and other available information, identify temporary public easements or rights of ent…

53C-2-201. Planning procedures -- Assistance from other state agencies -- Plans consistent with trust responsibilities. (1) The director: shall develop rules describing the degree of planning necessary for each category of activity on trust lands; and may request other state agen…

53C-2-202. Endangered and threatened plant species. The director may make determinations concerning the management, protection, and conservation of plant species officially designated as endangered or threatened, or proposed for designation as endangered or threatened, under the …

53C-2-301. Illegal activities on trust lands -- Penalties. (1) A person is liable for the civil damages prescribed in Subsectionand is guilty of a criminal offense specified in Subsectionif the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, and without written authorization from…

53C-2-302. Enforcement of this chapter -- County attorney to prosecute. (1) It is the duty of the administration and all law enforcement officers to enforce this chapter within their respective jurisdictions and to investigate and gather evidence that may indicate a violation und…

53C-2-401. Coal and mineral deposits reserved -- Geothermal resource -- Exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, coal and mineral deposits in trust lands are reserved to the respective trust. The reservation of mineral deposits described in Subsectioninclude…

53C-2-402. Mineral leases -- Director to establish rules for mineral leases -- Revenues to be deposited in Land Grant Management Fund. (1) Mineral leases of all trust lands owned by the state shall be made exclusively by the director, under rules made by the director. (2) Revenue…

53C-2-403. Mineral leases -- Director to establish forms, term, rental, and royalty. The director shall establish the: (1) form of a mineral lease application; (2) form of the lease; (3) term of the lease; (4) annual rental; (5) amount of royalty in addition to or in lieu of rent…

53C-2-404. Applicants for mineral leases -- Qualifications. Applicants for mineral leases must, throughout the application period and throughout the duration of the lease, be in full compliance with all of the laws of the state as to qualification to do business within the state …

53C-2-405. Mineral leases -- Multiple leases on same land -- Lease terms. (1) Mineral leases, including oil, gas, and hydrocarbon leases, may be issued for prospecting, exploring, developing, and producing minerals described by rule as available for lease on any portion of trust …

53C-2-407. Mineral lease application procedures. (1) Lands that are not encumbered by a current mineral lease for the same resource, a withdrawal order, or other rule of the director prohibiting the lease of the lands, may be offered for lease as provided in this section or may, …

53C-2-408. Mineral lease covenants. Each mineral lease shall contain the following covenants: (1) the lessee shall promptly pay any rent annually in advance; (2) waste may not be committed on the land; (3) the premises shall be surrendered at the expiration of the term; (4) the l…

53C-2-409. Mineral leases -- Cancellation -- Use of surface land -- Liability for damage. (1) Upon violation by the lessee of any lawful provision in a mineral lease, the director may, without further notice or appeal, cancel the lease after 30 days notice by registered or certif…

53C-2-410. Shut-in gas wells. (1) Under a mineral lease for oil and gas, gas is considered to be produced in paying quantities from a shut-in gas well if the shut-in gas well is capable of producing gas in paying quantities, but the gas cannot be marketed at a reasonable price du…

53C-2-411. Unitization of mineral leases. (1) Mineral lessees, upon prior written authorization from the director, may commit leased trust lands to unit, cooperative, or other plans of development with other lands. (2) The director may, with the consent of the mineral lessee, mod…

53C-2-412. Land subject to federal mineral lease. (1) With respect to any tract of land in which the trust acquires or has acquired any interest subject to an outstanding federal mineral lease or prospecting permit, the lessee or permittee may submit a petition seeking extension …

53C-2-413. Agreements for the administration of mineral leases by a federal agency. (1) Where this trust has succeeded or will succeed to the position of the United States under a federal mineral or prospecting permit in which only a portion of the lands are subject to the permit…

53C-2-414. Oil shale and tar sands development -- Participation by the administration -- Credit against future rentals -- Limits. (1) The director may participate with oil shale or tar sands lessees in programs for the development of technology for the economic recovery of fuel s…

53C-3-101. Land Grant Management Fund -- Contents -- Use of money. (1) There is created an enterprise fund known as the Land Grant Management Fund. This fund shall consist of: all revenues derived from trust lands except revenues from the sale of those lands; all interest earned …

53C-3-102. Deposit and allocation of money received. (1) The director shall pay to the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section, all money received, accompanied by a statement showing the respective sources of this money. 53D-1-201 The administration and the…

53C-3-103. Disposition of interest on permanent funds. The trust distributions derived from the investment of funds belonging to the permanent State School Fund and the permanent funds of the respective state institutions shall be distributed for use for the maintenance of public…

53C-3-104. Disposition of reservoir land grant revenue. Money from the sale or management of land selected under the Reservoir Land Grant for the establishment of permanent water reservoirs and water development and conservation projects for irrigation purposes shall be deposited…

53C-3-105. Disposition of revenue for normal schools. Money distributed for the benefit of the state's normal schools, as provided under the Utah Enabling Act, Section 12, Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 7, Utah Constitution, Article XX, Section 2, and Sectionsand, shall be…

53C-3-201. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Acquired lands" means lands acquired by the administration under the agreement. (2) "Acquired mineral interests" means mineral interests acquired by the administration pursuant to Section 3(F), (K), (L), or (M) of the agreement. …

53C-3-202. Collection and distribution of revenues from federal land exchange parcels. (1) The director shall collect all bonus payments, rentals, and royalties from the lease of: minerals on acquired lands; acquired mineral interests; minerals on exchanged lands; and exchanged m…

53C-3-203. Land Exchange Distribution Account. (1) As used in this section, "account" means the Land Exchange Distribution Account created in Subsection. (2)(a) (2) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Land Exchange Distribution Account. The …

53C-4-101. Criteria for sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of trust lands. (1) The director shall establish criteria by rule for the sale, exchange, lease, or other disposition or conveyance of trust lands, including procedures for determining fair market value of those …

53C-4-102. Sale of trust lands -- Fair market value -- Determination of sale -- Advertising proposed sales -- Sale procedures -- Defaults. (1) Trust lands may not be sold for less than the fair market value. (2) The director shall determine whether disposal or retention of all or…

53C-4-103. Rulemaking for sale of real property -- Licensed or certified appraisers -- Exceptions. (1) In accordance with, if the administration buys, sells, or exchanges real property, the administration shall make rules to ensure that the value of the real property is congruent…

53C-4-104. Sale or lease of trust lands to state entities -- Requirements -- Excluded lands -- Fair market value. (1) The director may sell or lease to the Utah Department of Natural Resources an aggregation of more than 5,000 acres of trust lands, if the Utah Department of Natur…