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House circulates SITLA bill after heated debate over local control and water rights

Utah House of Representatives · March 6, 2017

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Summary

House Bill 408, clarifying state trust lands (SITLA) treatment and extending protections to permittees, drew sharp debate. Supporters said the bill clarifies statutory treatment of trust lands; opponents warned it would strip local planning and zoning authority and risk large-scale development without local input. The House circled the bill for further work.

Representative Noel introduced House Bill 408 to clarify the status and regulatory treatment of state school and institutional trust lands (SITLA) and to extend certain protections to lessees or permittees of those lands. He said the bill merely restates existing statutory…

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