Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63L > Chapter 8 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Board: means the board created in Section 63L-9-104. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food, or the commissioner's designee. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
• Director: means the director of the Department of Land Management or the director's designee. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
• Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Minerals: means all classes of inorganic material upon, within, or beneath the surface of public land, including silver, gold, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, gemstones, potash, gypsum, clay, salts, sand, rock, gravel, oil, oil shale, oil sands, gas, coal, and all carboniferous materials. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
• Multiple use: means :

  (a)	the management of the public land and the public land's various resource values so resources are best utilized in the combination that will meet the present and future needs of the citizens of Utah;

  (b)	making the most judicious use of land for some or all of the resources or related services over areas large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and conditions;

  (c)

  a combination of balanced and diverse resource uses that take into account the long-term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources, including recreation, hunting, fishing, trapping, range, timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, and natural scenic, scientific, and historic values; and

  (d)

  harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources without permanent impairment of the productivity of the land and the quality of the environment with consideration being given to the relative values of the resources. See Utah Code 63L-8-102 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 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Sustained yield: means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of the public land consistent with multiple use. See Utah Code 63L-8-102 Wilderness: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63L-7-103. See Utah Code 63L-8-102