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House advances county land‑plan funding and a resolution pushing back on some federal land actions
Summary
Lawmakers passed a bill to fund county land plans and a related resolution directing counties with adopted plans to assert their interests in federal land planning; members debated whether the resolution’s language effectively presumes federal actions conflict with state law.
The Utah House moved forward measures aimed at helping counties prepare land plans and at asserting state and local interests in federal land use decisions.
Sponsor Representative Doug Johnson described the bill as an aid to counties that lack formal land plans. He said the program would fund counties ‘‘in increments of 10,000’’ so they can match those funds with local resources to prepare county land plans. He and supporters said an adopted county land plan would give the county ‘‘an equal seat at the table’’ in discussions with federal land management agencies.
In related debate, members scrutinized a…
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