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Utah House backs state assertion of rights-of-way on federal lands; bill and resolution advance to Senate
Summary
In a special session Oct. 11, 1993, the Utah House passed a concurrent resolution and amended House Bill 6 to reassert state authority over historic rights-of-way across federal public lands and to add mapping data to a state geographic database. Debate centered on a broad definition of ‘highway,’ liability and potential litigation; HCR 1 passed 69–2 and amended HB 6 passed the House 59–12.
The Utah House on Oct. 11 passed a resolution and an amended bill intended to strengthen the state’s claim to rights-of-way across federal public lands and to place historic mapping information into a state database, sending both measures to the Senate for further consideration.
Representative Dan Q. Price, sponsor of both measures, said the concurrent resolution ‘‘strongly oppos[es] any action by The United States Congress, the Department of the Interior, or the Department of Agriculture infringing on the authority of the state of Utah to administer rights of way across federal public lands of Utah,’’ and described the bill as a way to simplify access to historic right‑of‑way…
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