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Senate redirects 1% of land-exchange funds to Snake Valley water and air monitoring
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 24 was amended and passed to divert 1% of land-exchange distribution funds to maintain Snake Valley water-monitoring facilities (original construction ~ $3 million) and to add air monitoring; amendment clarifies a 50/50 allocation between two accounts.
Senator Stoll presented Amendment 2 to the first substitute of SB 24 to clarify how land-exchange distribution funds are allocated and to divert 1% of those funds to maintain water-monitoring facilities in Snake Valley (Millard County). Stoll explained the monitoring facilities were originally built with about $3,000,000 appropriated in a prior session and that maintenance funding had lapsed when the earlier set-aside sunsetted.
The amendment also clarified that 50% of the funds would go to land-grant management and 50% to land-exchange funds, and it inserted "air monitoring" into eligible uses. Senator Valentine said the amendment was needed "to make certain that we allocate 100% of the funds, 50% between the land grant management and 50% between the land exchange funds."
After floor consideration and a roll-call vote, the Senate passed the bill as amended (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent), and it will be forwarded to the House for further action.
