Utah Code 4-20-106. Rangeland Improvement Account distribution

(1)

The department shall distribute restricted account money as provided in this section.

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-20-106

Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Fees: means the revenue collected by the United States secretary of interior from assessments on livestock using public lands. See Utah Code 4-20-102
Grazing district: means an administrative unit of land:

(a)	designated by the commissioner as valuable for grazing and for raising forage crops; and

(b)

that consists of any combination of the following:

(i)	public lands;

(ii)	private land;

(iii)

state land; and

(iv)

school and institutional trust land as defined in Section 53C-1-103. See Utah Code 4-20-102

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109

Regional board: means a regional grazing advisory board with members appointed under Section 4-20-104. See Utah Code 4-20-102

Restricted account: means the Rangeland Improvement Account created in Section 4-20-105. See Utah Code 4-20-102

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

(a)

The department shall:

(i)	distribute pro rata to each school district the money received by the state under Subsection 4-20-105(1)(b)(i) from the sale or lease of public lands based upon the amount of revenue generated from the sale or lease of public lands within the district; and

(ii)	ensure that all money generated from the sale or lease of public lands within a school district is credited and deposited to the general school fund of that school district.

(b)

(i)

After the commissioner approves a request from a regional board, the department shall distribute pro rata to each regional board money received by the state under Subsection 4-20-105(1)(b)(i) from fees based upon the amount of revenue generated from the imposition of fees within that grazing district.

(ii)	The regional board shall expend money received in accordance with Subsection (2).

(c)

(i)	The department shall distribute or expend money received by the state under Subsections 4-20-105(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) for the purposes outlined in Subsection (2).

(ii)	The department may require entities seeking funding from sources outlined in Subsections 4-20-105(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) to provide matching funds.

(2)

The department shall ensure that restricted account distributions or expenditures under Subsections (1)(b) and (c) are used for:

(a)	range improvement and maintenance;

(b)	the control of predatory and depredating animals;

(c)	the control, management, or extermination of invading species, range damaging organisms, and poisonous or noxious weeds;

(d)	the purchase or lease of lands or a conservation easement for the benefit of a grazing district;

(e)	watershed protection, development, distribution, and improvement;

(f)	the general welfare of livestock grazing within a grazing district; and

(g)	subject to Subsection (3), costs to monitor rangeland improvement projects.

(3)	Annual account distributions or expenditures for the monitoring costs described in Subsection (2)(g) may not exceed 10% of the annual receipts of the fund.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

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