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Committee debates geothermal ownership, substitutes bill carving out SITLA lands for further study
Summary
Senators debated first substitute Senate Bill 235 over whether geothermal rights should attach to the surface or mineral estate. The committee approved a substituted bill and urged additional stakeholder work; the bill carved out SITLA (School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration) lands from its provisions.
Senator McKell introduced the first substitute to Senate Bill 235, describing the bill as an attempt to set policy for geothermal rights in Utah. "What the substitute did is it actually carved out Sitla," McKell said, referring to the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. The sponsor told the committee the substitute would attach geothermal rights to the surface estate while…
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