Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 52 (2018GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Davis, G.

Final action

Senate/ filed 3/8/2018

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• establishes a preference for leasing state land over selling state land; and
• establishes approval requirements for the sale of state land.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SALE OF STATE LAND ACT
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Gene Davis
House Sponsor: 
 Brad R. Wilson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill declares policy and establishes procedures for the sale of state land.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ establishes a preference for leasing state land over selling state land; and
▸ establishes approval requirements for the sale of state land.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
63L-10-101
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63L-10-102
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63L-10-101
 is enacted to read:
CHAPTER 10. SALE OF STATE LAND ACT 
Part 1. General Provisions
 63L-10-101.
Title and policy.
(1) This chapter is known as the "Sale of State Land Act."
(2) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of the state that:
(a) state land may not be sold except as consistent with this chapter; and
(b) the leasing of state land is preferred over the sale of state land.
Section 2. Section 
63L-10-102
 is enacted to read:
 63L-10-102.
 Sale of state land. 
(1) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
63G-4-103
.
(b) (i) "State land" means land owned by the state, including the state's:
(A) legislative and judicial branches;
(B) departments, divisions, agencies, boards, commissions, councils, and committees;
and
(C) state institutions of higher education as defined under Section 
53B-3-102
.
(ii) "State land" does not mean:
(A) land owned by a political subdivision of the state;
(B) land owned by a school district;
(C) private land; or
(D) school and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 
53C-1-103
.
(2) (a) Before legally binding the state by executing an agreement to sell or transfer 300
or more acres of state land, an agency shall:
(i) make findings that:
(A) the sale or transfer of state land is in the public interest; and
(B) a lease of the state land in question, as described in the policy outlined in
Subsection 
63L-10-101
(2)(b), would not be as beneficial to the public interest as the sale or
transfer of the state land; and
(ii) submit the agreement or proposal along with the findings described in Subsection
(2)(a)(i):
(A) to the Legislature for approval or rejection; or
(B) in the interim, to the Legislative Management Committee for review of the
agreement or proposal.
(b) The Legislative Management Committee may:
(i) recommend that the agency execute the agreement or proposal;
(ii) recommend that the agency reject the agreement or proposal; or
(iii) recommend to the governor that the governor call a special session of the
Legislature to review and approve or reject the agreement or proposal.
(3) Before legally binding the state by executing an agreement to sell or transfer fewer
than 300 acres of any state land, the state shall notify the Legislative Management Committee.
Legislative Review Note
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel