Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 19 (2020GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Okerlund, R.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/28/2020

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• repeals language related to air quality monitoring;
• extends the repeal date for certain distributions from the Land Exchange Distribution Account; and
• makes technical corrections.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

LAND EXCHANGE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund
House Sponsor: 
Keven J. Stratton
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses the Land Exchange Distribution Account.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ repeals language related to air quality monitoring;
▸ extends the repeal date for certain distributions from the Land Exchange
Distribution Account; and
▸ makes technical corrections.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53C-3-203
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 101
63I-1-253
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 90, 136, 166, 173, 246,
325, 344 and last amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter
246
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53C-3-203
 is amended to read:
53C-3-203.
Land Exchange Distribution Account.
(1) As used in this section, "account" means the Land Exchange Distribution Account
created in Subsection (2)(a).
(2) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Land
Exchange Distribution Account.
(b) The account shall consist of revenue deposited in the account as required by
Section 
53C-3-202
.
(3) (a) The state treasurer shall invest money in the account according to Title 51,
Chapter 7, State Money Management Act.
(b) The Division of Finance shall deposit interest or other earnings derived from
investment of account money into the General Fund.
(4) The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the account in the following order:
(a) $1,000,000 to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account created in Section
63C-4a-402
; and
(b) from the deposits to the account remaining after the appropriation in Subsection
(4)(a), the following amounts:
(i) 55% of the deposits to counties in amounts proportionate to the amounts of mineral
revenue generated from the acquired land, exchanged land, acquired mineral interests, or
exchanged mineral interests located in each county, to be used to mitigate the impacts caused
by mineral development;
(ii) 25% of the deposits to counties in amounts proportionate to the total surface and
mineral acreage within each county that was conveyed to the United States under the agreement
or an exchange, to be used to mitigate the loss of mineral development opportunities resulting
from the agreement or exchange;
(iii) 1.68% of the deposits to the State Board of Education, to be used for education
research and experimentation in the use of staff and facilities designed to improve the quality
of education in Utah;
(iv) 1.66% of the deposits to the Geological Survey, to be used for natural resources
development in the state;
(v) 1.66% of the deposits to the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, to
be used for water development in the state;
(vi) 11% of the deposits to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account created in
Section 
63C-4a-402
;
(vii) 1% of the deposits to the Geological Survey, to be used for test wells[
,
] 
and
 other
hydrologic studies[
, and air quality monitoring
] in the West Desert; and
(viii) 3% of the deposits to the Permanent Community Impact Fund created in Section
35A-8-303
, to be used for grants to political subdivisions of the state to mitigate the impacts
resulting from the development or use of school and institutional trust lands.
(5) The administration shall make recommendations to the Permanent Community
Impact Fund Board for [
its
] 
the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board's
 consideration
when awarding the grants described in Subsection (4)(b)(viii).
Section 2. Section 
63I-1-253
 is amended to read:
63I-1-253.
Repeal dates, Titles 53 through 53G.
The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
(1) Subsection 
53-6-203
(1)(b)(ii), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
repealed July 1, 2022.
(2) Subsection 
53-13-104
(6), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is repealed
July 1, 2022.
(3) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 11, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(4) Section 
53B-18-1501
 is repealed July 1, 2021.
(5) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 16, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(6) Section 
53B-24-402
, Rural residency training program, is repealed July 1, 2020.
(7) Subsection 
53C-3-203
(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells[
,
] 
and
other hydrologic studies[
, and air quality monitoring
] in the West Desert, is repealed July 1,
[
] 
.
(8) Section 
53E-3-515
 is repealed January 1, 2023.
(9) In relation to a standards review committee, on January 1, 2023:
(a) in Subsection 
53E-4-202
(8), the language that states "by a standards review
committee and the recommendations of a standards review committee established under
Section 
53E-4-203
" is repealed; and
(b) Section 
53E-4-203
 is repealed.
(10) In relation to the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, on January 1, 2023:
(a) Subsection 
53B-17-1201
(1) is repealed;
(b) Section 
53B-17-1203
 is repealed;
(c) Subsection 
53B-17-1204
(2) is repealed;
(d) Subsection 
53B-17-1204
(4)(a), the language that states "in accordance with the
method described in Subsection (4)(c)" is repealed; and
(e) Subsection 
53B-17-1204
(4)(c) is repealed.
(11) Section 
53F-2-514
 is repealed July 1, 2020.
(12) Section 
53F-5-203
 is repealed July 1, 2024.
(13) Section 
53F-5-212
 is repealed July 1, 2024.
(14) Section 
53F-5-213
 is repealed July 1, 2023.
(15) Title 53F, Chapter 5, Part 6, American Indian and Alaskan Native Education State
Plan Pilot Program, is repealed July 1, 2022.
(16) Section 
53F-6-201
 is repealed July 1, 2019.
(17) Section 
53F-9-501
 is repealed January 1, 2023.
(18) Subsections 
53G-4-608
(2)(b) and (4)(b), related to the Utah Seismic Safety
Commission, are repealed January 1, 2025.
(19) Subsection 
53G-8-211
(4), regarding referrals of a minor to court for a class C
misdemeanor, is repealed July 1, 2020.