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Senate advances bill setting state land policy; amendment narrows exceptions after county and UDOT concerns
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and passed SB 52 to establish a policy preferring leases over sales of state land while preserving the option to sell; debate focused on UDOT parcels, a large Draper property, and potential county tax impacts.
The Utah Senate on the floor advanced Senate Bill 52, a measure that establishes a public-policy preference for leasing state-owned land while leaving sale as an available option. Senator Howard Davis offered Amendment 1 (dated Feb. 7 at 11:28 a.m.) to clarify the bill’s definitions of "state land," to exclude political subdivisions and school districts and to make explicit that land owned by the Department of Transportation is not treated the same as other state land for purposes of the exception.
The amendment followed sustained questioning from colleagues about whether the bill would impede large, complex transactions such as…
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