Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 421 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Monson, Logan

Final action

Governor Signed 3/24/2025

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires the Division of Wildlife Resources, before purchasing or acquiring a grazing permit, to obtain approval from:
• a local land use authority;
• the Department of Natural Resources; and
• the Department of Agriculture and Food; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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23A-3-205
23A-3-205
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Grazing Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Logan J. Monson
Senate Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses provisions related to grazing.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
requires the Division of Wildlife Resources, before purchasing or acquiring a grazing 
permit, to obtain approval from:
a local land use authority; 
the Department of Natural Resources; and
the Department of Agriculture and Food; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
23A-3-205
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 103
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
23A-3-205
 is amended to read:
23A-3-205
. Wildlife Conservation Fund.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Fund" means the Wildlife Conservation Fund created by this section.
(b)
"Land use authority" means:
(i)
a land use authority, as that term is defined in Section 
10-9a-103
, of a 
municipality; or
(ii)
a land use authority, as that term is defined in Section 
17-27a-103
, of a county.
(b)
(c)
"Wildlife conservation permit program" means a program under which the 
division issues permit opportunities to be sold by a conservation organization for 
auction to the highest bidder at a fund-raising event.
(c)
(d)
"Wildlife exposition program" means a program under which the division 
allocates permits to a drawing administered by a selected conservation organization 
as part of a regional or national exposition for the purpose of generating revenue to 
fund wildlife conservation activities in Utah.
(2)
There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Wildlife 
Conservation Fund."
(3)
The fund consists of:
(a)
wildlife conservation permit program revenue transferred to the division pursuant to 
rules, made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with 
Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah 
Administrative Rulemaking Act
;
(b)
wildlife exposition program revenue transferred to the division pursuant to rules, 
made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with 
Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah 
Administrative Rulemaking Act
;
(c)
money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature;
(d)
contributions, grants, gifts, transfers, bequests, and donations to the fund accepted by 
the division and specifically directed to the fund; and
(e)
interest and earnings on the fund.
(4)
(a)
The fund shall earn interest and other earnings.
(b)
The interest and earnings described in Subsection 
(4)(a)
 shall be deposited into the 
fund.
(5)
(a)
The division shall use proceeds in the fund to carry out the purposes of the 
wildlife conservation permit program or wildlife exposition program.
(b)
Deposits into and expenditures from the fund shall specifically identify the wildlife 
conservation permit program or wildlife exposition program to which the deposits 
and expenditures apply.
(c)
The division shall make expenditures from the fund consistent with the rules 
governing the applicable program.
(6)
(a)
Before the division may use or approve the use of money in the fund to purchase 
or acquire a grazing permit, the division shall obtain approval from:
(i)
the land use authority for the land in which the grazing permit is located;
(ii)
the Department of Natural Resources created in Section 
79-2-201
; and
(iii)
the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Section 
4-2-102
.
(b)
If a request to purchase or acquire a grazing permit under Subsection 
(6)(a)
 is not 
denied by a land use authority, the Department of Natural Resources, or the 
Department of Agriculture and Food within 60 days after the day on which the 
division submits the request, the division may consider the request as approved.
(c)
An action of a land use authority under this Subsection 
(6)
 is not a land use decision 
subject to:
(i)
Title 10, Chapter 9a, Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act; or
(ii)
Title 17, Chapter 27a, County Land Use, Development, and Management Act.
(6)
(7)
The division shall annually report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and 
Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee regarding:
(a)
the amount of money in the fund;
(b)
the sources of money in the fund; and
(c)
how the money is expended.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
.
3-12-25 9:12 AM