Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 433 (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Spendlove, R.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/14/2023

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires the Utah Geospatial Resource Center to make available online certain information about publicly owned land.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PUBLIC LAND GEOGRAPHIC DATA AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Robert M. Spendlove
Senate Sponsor: 
Don L. Ipson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill makes changes to the State Geographic Information Database.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires the Utah Geospatial Resource Center to make available online certain
information about publicly owned land.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63A-16-506
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 333 and renumbered and
amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 344
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63A-16-506
 is amended to read:
63A-16-506.
State Geographic Information Database.
(1) There is created a State Geographic Information Database to be managed by the
center.
(2) The database shall:
(a) serve as the central reference for all information contained in any GIS database by
any state agency;
(b) serve as a clearing house and repository for all data layers required by multiple
users;
(c) serve as a standard format for geographic information acquired, purchased, or
produced by any state agency;
(d) include an accurate representation of all civil subdivision boundaries of the state;
and
(e) for each public highway, as defined in Section 
72-1-102
, in the state, include an
accurate representation of the highway's centerline, physical characteristics, and associated
street address ranges.
(3) The center shall, in coordination with municipalities, counties, emergency
communications centers, and the Department of Transportation:
(a) develop the information described in Subsection (2)(e); and
(b) update the information described in Subsection (2)(e) in a timely manner after a
county recorder records a final plat.
(4) The center, in coordination with county assessors and metropolitan planning
organizations:
(a) shall inventory existing housing units and their general characteristics within each
county of the first or second class to support infrastructure planning and economic
development in each of those counties; and
(b) may inventory existing housing units and their general characteristics within one or
more counties of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class to support infrastructure planning and
economic development in one or more of those counties.
(5) (a) The center shall, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Planning and
Budget and county assessors, annually compile a statewide GIS database of all
government-owned property parcels in internet-accessible, searchable, and map format.
(b) The database described in Subsection (5)(a) shall include a parcel's:
(i) number, if available;
(ii) owner;
(iii) location; and
(iv) size.
[
(5)
] 
(6)
 Each state agency that acquires, purchases, or produces digital geographic
information data shall:
(a) inform the center of the existence of the data layers and their geographic extent;
(b) allow the center access to all data classified public; and
(c) comply with any database requirements established by the center.
[
(6)
] 
(7)
 At least annually, the State Tax Commission shall deliver to the center
information the State Tax Commission receives under Section 
67-1a-6.5
 relating to the creation
or modification of the boundaries of political subdivisions.
[
(7)
] 
(8)
 The boundary of a political subdivision within the State Geographic
Information Database is the official boundary of the political subdivision for purposes of
meeting the needs of the United States Bureau of the Census in identifying the boundary of the
political subdivision.