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House passes Surface Owner Protection Act to clarify compensation, balance property rights

Utah House of Representatives · March 7, 2012

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Summary

Senate Bill 77, the Surface Owner Protection Act, passed the Utah House 72–0 after sponsors described a multi-year effort to balance mineral rights and surface-owner protections, clarifying access rights and compensation for unreasonable crop loss while stating the bill does not change mineral-estate dominance.

Representative Mathis presented Senate Bill 77, describing five years of work on a compromise to clarify the rights of private surface owners and operators when mineral-estate activities affect crops and property. Mathis told colleagues the bill "clarifies that operators have reasonable access to the surface, while…

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