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Senate passes bill defining limited public right to 'float' and fish on public waters, delays new quiet-title actions by one year
Summary
The Senate approved a second substitute for House Bill 141 clarifying a limited public right to float and fish on public waters flowing across private property, with a one-year delay before new quiet-title rights take effect; debate focused on property rights, timing and public notice.
The Utah Senate on March 9 passed the second substitute of House Bill 141, a measure that affirms a limited public right to float and to fish while floating on certain public waters that cross privately owned riverbeds. The bill includes specific constraints — floating must be continuous with the current, stopping on private banks is restricted, and access areas are narrowly defined — and postpones for one year the sections that would create new quiet-title actions based on 10 years of…
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