Utah Code 63L-8-308. Public Land Management Fund

63L-8-308. Public Land Management Fund.

(1)	There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Public Land Management Fund.”

Terms Used In Utah Code 63L-8-308

DLM: means the Department of Land Management, created in Section 63L-9-102. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Public land: means any land or land interest:

(a)

acquired by the state from the federal government pursuant to Section 63L-6-103, except:

(i)	areas subsequently designated as a protected wilderness area, as described in Title 63L, Chapter 7, Utah Wilderness Act; and

(ii)	lands managed by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration pursuant to Title 53C, School and Institutional Trust Lands Management Act; or

(b)

for which the state is given management responsibility from the federal government. See Utah Code 63L-8-102

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

(2)

The fund shall consist of:

(a)	fees collected by the DLM under this chapter;

(b)	money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature;

(c)	money collected under Section 63L-8-505;

(d)	money voluntarily donated or contributed to the fund;

(e)	proceeds, as described in Subsection 63L-8-204(3); and

(f)	interest earned on the fund.

(3)

The DLM may expend money in the fund on:

(a)	administration costs;

(b)	project planning;

(c)	a payment authorized by this chapter; and

(d)	other duties required under this chapter, including the acquisition and improvement of public land, as described in Section 63L-8-104.

(4)

The DLM shall annually expend money in the fund to pay a county in lieu of taxes the county cannot levy on public land owned by the state:

(a)

in an amount no less than the highest amount ever fully authorized by Congress for payment to the county under the federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes and Secure Rural Schools programs, according to the most recent federal formulas before the effective date of this chapter, as described in Section 63L-8-602; and

(b)	as funding allows.

Amended by Chapter 451, 2017 General Session

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