(1)  Reasonable fees for the use of a shooting range to cover the incidental material and supply costs incurred by making the range available to a group, may be established by:

Terms Used In Utah Code 47-3-304

  • Group: means any organized club, organization, corporation or association which at the time of use of the shooting range has a certified official in charge while shooting is taking place and while the range is open. See Utah Code 47-3-102
  • Military range: means a shooting range located on a state military installation. See Utah Code 47-3-102
  • Nonmilitary range: means a shooting range that is not a military range. See Utah Code 47-3-102
  • range: means an area designed and continuously operated under nationally recognized standards and operating practices for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, archery, or any other similar shooting activities. See Utah Code 47-3-102
  • 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 State Armory Board established under Title 39A, Chapter 2, State Armory Board, for a military range; and

(b)  for a nonmilitary range, the state agency, institution of higher education, or political subdivision that operates or has control of the range.

(2)  Fees for nonmilitary shooting range use may not exceed fees charged by the Department of Natural Resources for the same or similar activity.

(3)  Fees collected under Subsection (1) shall be:

(a)  for a shooting range operated or controlled by a state agency or an institution of higher education, deposited in the General Fund as dedicated credits to be used for the operation and maintenance of the range; and

(b)  for a shooting range operated or controlled by a political subdivision, deposited in the political subdivision’s general fund.

Enacted by Chapter 155, 2013 General Session