19-3-320.  Efforts to prevent siting of any nuclear waste facility to include economic development study regarding Native American reservation lands within the state.

(1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the department, in its efforts to prevent the siting of a nuclear waste facility within the exterior borders of the state, include in its work the study under Subsection (2) and the report under Subsection (3).

Terms Used In Utah Code 19-3-320

  • Board: means the Waste Management and Radiation Control Board created under Section 19-1-106. See Utah Code 19-3-102
  • services: means any work or governmental program which provides a benefit. See Utah Code 19-3-303
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with the office of the governor, and in cooperation with the Departments of Cultural and Community Engagement, Human Services, Health, Workforce Services, Agriculture and Food, Natural Resources, and Transportation, the State Board of Education, and the Utah Board of Higher Education:

(a)  study the needs and requirements for economic development on the Native American reservations within the state; and

(b)  prepare, on or before November 30, 2001, a long-term strategic plan for economic development on the reservations.

(3)  It is the intent of the Legislature that this plan, prepared under Subsection (2)(b), shall be distributed to the governor and the members of the Legislature on or before December 31, 2001.

Amended by Chapter 184, 2021 General Session