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

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

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DLM: means the Department of Land Management, created in Section 63L-9-102. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
Land: includes :
     (18)(a) land;
     (18)(b) a tenement;
     (18)(c) a hereditament;
     (18)(d) a water right;
     (18)(e) a possessory right; and
     (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Public land: means any land or land interest:
     (10)(a) acquired by the state from the federal government pursuant to Section 63L-6-103, except:
          (10)(a)(i) areas subsequently designated as a protected wilderness area, as described in Title 63L, Chapter 7, Utah Wilderness Act; and
          (10)(a)(ii) lands managed by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration pursuant to Title 53C, School and Institutional Trust Lands Management Act; or
     (10)(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:

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

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

(2)(c) interest earned on the fund.

(3) The DLM may expend money in the fund for:

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

(3)(b) seeding and reseeding;

(3)(c) fence construction;

(3)(d) weed control;

(3)(e) water development;

(3)(f) fish and wildlife habitat enhancement;

(3)(g) wildfire suppression; and

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