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House passes Utah Public Land Management Act after debate over trigger acreage and costs
Summary
First substitute HB 276, a framework for state management of transferred federal lands and creation of funds and divisions to manage them, passed the House 62–10 after debate over the acreage trigger that would activate the program and discussion of projected revenues and administrative costs.
The House on Feb. 26 passed first substitute House Bill 276, the Utah Public Land Management Act, which lays out a structure for state management should large tracts of federal land be transferred to Utah.
Representative Michael Noel, sponsor, said the bill creates a management framework and funding mechanisms — including a public land protection fund, management fund, timber fund and grazing fund — and establishes a division in the Department of Natural Resources to administer transferred lands. "If we were going to take…
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