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Committee delays implementation but advances bill to direct brine shrimp tax to Great Salt Lake projects
Utah House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Committee · February 5, 2026
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Summary
HB 247 (substitute) would redirect the brine shrimp tax to the sovereign lands account to fund water-right leases and projects benefiting the Great Salt Lake, with the substitute delaying implementation to July 2027; the committee passed the substitute and forwarded the bill.
Representative Ward told the committee HB 247 redirects the brine shrimp assessment so that, after continuing the existing $125,000 allocation to the Great Salt Lake Advisory Committee, the remainder would go to the sovereign lands account to support leasing water…
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