Utah Code 63L-8-310. Grazing Land Fund

63L-8-310. Grazing Land Fund.

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

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

Rangeland: means open public land used for grazing domestic livestock. See Utah Code 63L-8-102

(2)

The fund shall consist of:

(a)	money received from grazing fees, as described in Section 63L-8-402;

(b)	money voluntarily donated or contributed to the fund; and

(c)	interest earned on the fund.

(3)

The DLM may expend money in the fund for:

(a)	on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements on public land that is grazed;

(b)	seeding and reseeding;

(c)	fence construction;

(d)	weed control;

(e)	water development;

(f)	fish and wildlife habitat enhancement;

(g)	wildfire suppression; and

(h)	overhead and direct costs associated with rangeland and grazing management.

Enacted by Chapter 317, 2016 General Session