Utah Code 79-3-505. Paleontological landmarks

79-3-505. Paleontological landmarks.

(1)

Board: means the Board of the Utah Geological Survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102
City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Excavate: means the recovery of critical paleontological resources. See Utah Code 79-3-102
Museum: means the Utah Museum of Natural History. See Utah Code 79-3-102
Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Site: means any paleontological deposit or other location that is the source of a specimen. See Utah Code 79-3-102
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
Survey: means the Utah Geological Survey. See Utah Code 79-3-102

(a)	Sites of significance or sites with exceptional fossils may be recommended to and approved by the board as state paleontological landmarks.

(b)	No privately owned site, a site on school or institutional trust lands, or a site on lands owned or controlled by a city that has a paleontology museum may be so designated without the written consent of the owner or the trust.

(2)	A person may not excavate on a privately owned designated landmark without a permit from the survey.

(3)	Before an alteration is commenced on a designated landmark, three months notice of intent to alter the site shall be given the survey.

Amended by Chapter 188, 2023 General Session