Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 66 (2015GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Dayton, M.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2015

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• prohibits an individual from:
• starting a campfire on the bed of a navigable lake or river, except in a posted and designated area;
• posting a sign claiming private property on state land; or
• prohibiting, preventing, or obstructing public entry onto state land where public entry is authorized by the division; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY ON STATE LAND
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
House Sponsor: 
Keith Grover
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill prohibits certain activities on state land.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ prohibits an individual from:
• starting a campfire on the bed of a navigable lake or river, except in a posted
and designated area;
• posting a sign claiming private property on state land; or
• prohibiting, preventing, or obstructing public entry onto state land where public
entry is authorized by the division; and
▸ makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
65A-3-1
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 370
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
65A-3-1
 is amended to read:
65A-3-1.
Trespassing on state lands -- Penalties.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Anchored" is as defined in Section 
73-18-2
.
(b) "Beached" is as defined in Section 
73-18-2
.
(c) "Vessel" is as defined in Section 
73-18-2
.
(2) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and liable for the civil damages
prescribed in Subsection (4) if, without written authorization from the division, the person:
(a) removes, extracts, uses, consumes, or destroys any mineral resource, gravel, sand,
soil, vegetation, or improvement on state lands;
(b) grazes livestock on state lands;
(c) uses, occupies, or constructs improvements or structures on state lands;
(d) uses or occupies state lands for more than 30 days after the cancellation or
expiration of written authorization;
(e) knowingly and willfully uses state lands for commercial gain;
(f) appropriates, alters, injures, or destroys any historical, prehistorical, archaeological,
or paleontological resource on state lands;
(g) 
starts a campfire or
 camps on the [
beds
] 
bed
 of 
a
 navigable [
lakes or rivers
] 
lake or
river
 except in 
a
 posted and designated [
areas
] 
area
;
(h) camps on sovereign land for longer than 15 consecutive days at the same location
or within one mile of the same location;
(i) camps on sovereign land for 15 consecutive days, and then returns to camp at the
same location before 15 consecutive days have elapsed after the day on which the person left
that location;
(j) leaves an anchored or beached vessel unattended for longer than 48 hours on
sovereign land or navigable lakes or rivers;
(k) anchors or beaches a vessel for longer than 72 hours at the same location, on
sovereign land or navigable lakes or rivers, and then fails to move the vessel at least two miles
from that location; [
or
]
(l) parks or operates motor vehicles on the beds of navigable lakes and rivers except in
those areas supervised by the Division of Parks and Recreation or other state or local
enforcement entity and which are posted as open to vehicle use[
.
]
;
(m) posts a sign claiming state land as private property; or
(n) prohibits, prevents, or obstructs public entry to state land where public entry is
authorized by the division.
(3) A person is guilty of a class C misdemeanor and liable for civil damages described
in Subsection (4) if, on state lands surrounding Bear Lake and without written authorization of
the division, the person:
(a) parks or operates a motor vehicle in an area on the exposed lake bed that is not
specifically posted by the division as open for usage;
(b) launches or retrieves a vessel in an area not specifically designated by the division
as open for launching or retrieving a vessel;
(c) exceeds a speed limit of 15 miles per hour while operating a motor vehicle;
(d) except as necessary while launching or retrieving a vessel in an area where the
person is permitted to launch or retrieve a vessel, parks or operates a motor vehicle within an
area between the water's edge and a line posted by the division;
(e) except as allowed and posted by the division, travels in a motor vehicle parallel to
the water's edge;
(f) parks or operates a motor vehicle between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.; or
(g) starts a campfire or uses fireworks.
(4) A person who commits any act described in Subsection (2) or (3) is liable for
damages in the amount of:
(a) three times the value of the mineral or other resource removed, destroyed, or
extracted;
(b) three times the value of damage committed; or
(c) three times the consideration which would have been charged by the division for
use of the land during the period of trespass.
(5) In addition to the damages described in Subsection (4), a person found guilty of a
misdemeanor under Subsection (2) or (3) is subject to the penalties provided in Section
76-3-204
.
(6) Money collected under this section shall be deposited in the fund in which similar
revenues from that land would be deposited.