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House debates redirecting sovereign‑lands revenues to Great Salt Lake; creates new restricted account for future mineral royalties
Summary
Lawmakers debated a bill to prioritize sovereign‑lands management account spending for benefits to the Great Salt Lake and to create a restricted account for new mineral royalties (for example, lithium) to support lake water‑supply projects; members pressed the sponsor on definitions, lithium commercial viability and fiscal tradeoffs.
Representative Hawkes presented a bill to tighten the sovereign lands management account so revenues derived from sovereign lands are used principally for projects that directly benefit those lands and to create a new restricted account for future mineral royalties to support water‑supply measures for Great Salt Lake. "Let's take this money that's generated by this resource, and…
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