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UT Code § 65A-2-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 2 - Administration and Management of State Lands|Section 6 - Permitted areas at Bear Lake for launching and retrieving watercraft -- Rulemaking authority.

 Effective 3/31/2015  65A-2-6. Permitted areas at Bear Lake for launching and retrieving watercraft -- Rulemaking authority.    (1) As used in this section, "motorboat" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2.     (2) The division shall issue a permit to an applicant that allows the applicant to launch or retrieve a motorboat on state lands surrounding Bear Lake.     (3) A permit is required to launch or retrieve a motorboat on state lands surrounding Bear Lake.     (4) A permit authorizes a person to launch or retrieve a motorboat if:   (a) the person owns private property adjacent to state lands surrounding Bear Lake, or has legal right to occupy or use private property adjacent to state lands surrounding Bear Lake, and the person accesses the water from that private property; or     (b) the person accesses the water from a recorded point of public access that allows motor vehicle traffic.       (5) The division shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules to administer this section.    Amended by Chapter 390, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 65A-2-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 2 - Administration and Management of State Lands|Section 7 - Development of Bear Lake.

 Effective 5/12/2015  65A-2-7. Development of Bear Lake.  The division shall:  (1) designate state lands along Highway 30 from the Ideal Beach RV Park and Spinnaker Marina southward approximately four miles to Rendezvous Beach State Park, which lands are located in Township 13N, Range 5E, Sections 003, 010, 015, 022, and 023, as an area for the ongoing development of facilities for boating, fishing, beach going, swimming, parking, picnicking, and other recreational activities; and     (2) develop the area described in Subsection (1):   (a) consistent with the division's Bear Lake comprehensive management plan; and     (b) as funding allows.      Enacted by Chapter 295, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 65A-3-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 3 - Illegal Activities on State Lands and Wildland Fire Liability|Section 2 - Wildland fire prevention -- Prohibited acts.

 Effective 5/12/2015  65A-3-2. Wildland fire prevention -- Prohibited acts.    (1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:   (a) throws or places a lighted cigarette, cigar, firecracker, ashes, or other flaming or glowing substance that may cause a fire on a highway or a wildland fire;     (b) obstructs the state forester, an employee of the division, or an agent of the division, in the performance of controlling a fire;     (c) refuses, on proper request of the state forester, an employee of the division, or an agent of the division, to assist in the controlling of a fire, without good and sufficient reason; or     (d) fires a tracer or incendiary ammunition:   (i) anywhere except within the confines of established military reservations; or     (ii) except with the written permission of the director of the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, given upon written request, if the director:   (A) specifies a limited period of time and a limited area in which the ammunition may be used; and     (B) issues the written permission in accordance with this title and applicable rules.           (2) Fines assessed under this section are deposited in the General Fund.    Amended by Chapter 78, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 65A-3-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 3 - Illegal Activities on State Lands and Wildland Fire Liability|Section 3 - Enforcement of laws -- City, county, or district attorney to prosecute.

 Effective 1/1/2017  65A-3-3. Enforcement of laws -- City, county, or district attorney to prosecute.    (1) It is the duty of the division, county sheriffs, their deputies, peace officers, and other law enforcement officers within the law enforcement jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to investigate and gather evidence that may indicate a violation under this chapter.     (2)   (a) The city attorney, county attorney, or district attorney, as appropriate under Sections 10-3-928, 17-18a-202, and 17-18a-203, shall prosecute any criminal violations of this chapter.     (b) The counsel for an eligible entity, as defined in Section 65A-8-203, shall initiate a civil action to recover suppression costs incurred by the eligible entity for suppression of fire on private land.       Amended by Chapter 174, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 65A-4-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 4 - Acquisition and Disposition of Land by State Agencies|Section 1 - Acquisition and disposition of land by state agencies.

 Effective 5/12/2020  65A-4-1. Acquisition and disposition of land by state agencies.    (1) All state agencies may acquire land by gift, devise, bequest, exchange, compensation for public resource value loss, or in satisfaction of a debt and are authorized to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of land no longer needed for public purposes, unless otherwise provided by law.     (2) The proceeds from the sale, lease, or other disposition of land shall go to the state agency using or holding the land unless:   (a) the governor or the Legislature order its deposit in the fund from which the state agency receives its appropriations; or     (b) the use or disposition of the proceeds is specified elsewhere in law.       (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to division-owned property, as defined in Section 63A-5b-901.    Amended by Chapter 152, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 65A-4-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 4 - Acquisition and Disposition of Land by State Agencies|Section 2 - Central index -- Division to maintain index of lands owned by agencies of the Department of Natural Resources -- Information to be furnished.

65A-4-2. Central index -- Division to maintain index of lands owned by agencies of the Department of Natural Resources -- Information to be furnished.    (1) The division shall maintain a central index of all lands owned by agencies of the Department of Natural Resources and shall make that index available for the public.     (2) All agencies of the Department of Natural Resources having any right, title, or interest in lands shall furnish the division with the following information:   (a) legal description of the land;     (b) when the land was acquired;     (c) where the abstracts, deeds, or other indicia of interest in the property may be found;     (d) name of agency acquiring or holding the mineral interest;     (e) name of the grantor; and     (f) nature of state's interest in the land including whether mineral interests were obtained.       (3) This section does not apply to Board of Water Resources lands that are subject to a repurchase agreement by the water project sponsor.    Enacted by Chapter 121, 1988 General Session
UT Code § 65A-4-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 4 - Acquisition and Disposition of Land by State Agencies|Section 3 - Mineral leases -- Made exclusively by division -- Disposition of state mineral lease revenues.

65A-4-3. Mineral leases -- Made exclusively by division -- Disposition of state mineral lease revenues.    (1) Mineral leases of all lands owned by the state, except school and institutional trust lands, shall be made exclusively through the division, pursuant to division rules, with the consent of the state agency using or holding the land.     (2)   (a) All revenues from mineral leases of sovereign lands shall be deposited in the Sovereign Lands Management Account.     (b) That portion of all revenues from mineral leases on other lands managed by the division necessary to recover management costs shall be deposited in the Sovereign Lands Management Account.     (c) The balance of state mineral lease revenues shall be utilized as directed by the agency or donor.      Amended by Chapter 294, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 65A-5-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 5 - Deposit and Allocation of Revenues from State Lands|Section 1 - Sovereign Lands Management Account.

 Effective 5/5/2021  65A-5-1. Sovereign Lands Management Account.    (1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the "Sovereign Lands Management Account."     (2) The account shall consist of the following:   (a) the revenues derived from sovereign lands;     (b) that portion of the revenues derived from mineral leases on other lands managed by the division necessary to recover management costs;     (c) any fees deposited by the division; and     (d) amounts deposited into the account in accordance with Section 59-23-4.       (3) The expenditures of the division relating directly to the management of state lands shall be funded by appropriation by the Legislature from the Sovereign Lands Management Account or other sources.     (4) The Legislature may appropriate money in the account to reimburse one or more state government entities for money spent on the operation of national parks, national monuments, national forests, and national recreation areas in the state during a fiscal emergency, as defined in Section 79-4-1102.     (5) The division shall use the amount deposited into the account under Subsection (2)(d) for the Great Salt Lake as described in Section 65A-10-8 as directed by the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council created in Section 73-30-201.     (6) After the expenditures under Subsections (3) through (5), the division shall use money appropriated from the Sovereign Lands Management Account to provide for salary increases to state personnel employed by the division to perform wildland fire management with the division prioritizing salary increases for county fire wardens and assistant wardens.    Amended by Chapter 97, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 65A-5-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 5 - Deposit and Allocation of Revenues from State Lands|Section 2 - Deposit and allocation of money received.

 Effective 5/13/2014  65A-5-2. Deposit and allocation of money received.    (1)   (a) Subject to Subsection (3), the division shall pay to the state treasurer all money received, accompanied by a statement showing the respective sources of this money.     (b) Each source shall be classified as to sales, rentals, royalties, interest, fees, penalties, and forfeitures.       (2)   (a) All money received by the division as a first or down payment on applications to purchase, permit, or lease state lands or minerals shall be paid to the state treasurer and held in suspense pending final action on those applications.     (b) After final action these payments shall either be credited to the appropriate fund or account, or refunded to the applicant in accordance with the action taken.       (3) The division shall provide a separate accounting for all fees received under Subsection 65A-5-1(4).    Amended by Chapter 313, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 1 - Coal and mineral deposits reserved -- Exceptions.

65A-6-1. Coal and mineral deposits reserved -- Exceptions.    (1)   (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, coal and mineral deposits in state-owned lands are reserved to the state. Each certificate of sale and patent issued shall contain such a reservation.     (b) The purchaser of any lands belonging to the state:   (i) acquires no right, title, or interest in coal or mineral deposits; and     (ii) is subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed by law providing for the state and any person authorized by it to:   (A) prospect or mine;     (B) remove the deposits; and     (C) occupy and use as much of the surface of the lands as may be required for any purpose reasonably incident to the mining and removal of the deposits.         (c) Improved farm lands acquired by the state through foreclosure proceedings or conveyed to the state by deed in satisfaction of farm loan mortgages may be sold by the state without mineral reservations.     (d) Coal and mineral deposits in state-owned lands may not be sold but may be leased on a rental and royalty basis.       (2) Except as otherwise prohibited by the Jones Act of January 25, 1927, 43 U.S.C. Sections 870-871, mineral interests in state-owned lands may be exchanged for mineral interests of comparable value or otherwise disposed of, if their retention would create a liability exceeding their value.     (3)   (a) Salts and other minerals in the waters of navigable lakes and streams are reserved to the state and may be sold by the division only upon a royalty basis.     (b) A contract for the recovery of salts or minerals from navigable waters shall be subject to the use of the waters for public purposes.     (c) Before a contract for the recovery of salts or minerals from navigable waters is executed, the applicant shall provide evidence that:   (i) an application for the appropriation of water for that purpose has been filed with the state engineer; and     (ii) the application is pending or accepted in that office.         (4) Common varieties of sand, gravel, and cinders are not considered to be minerals under this section. Common varieties do not include deposits which are valuable because the deposit contains other materials giving it distinct and special value.    Amended by Chapter 283, 1991 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 2 - Mineral leases -- Division to prescribe rules.

65A-6-2. Mineral leases -- Division to prescribe rules.  The division shall by rule prescribe:  (1) the term of the lease;     (2) the annual rental;     (3) the amount of royalty in addition to or in lieu of rental; and     (4) the basis upon which the royalty shall be computed.    Amended by Chapter 294, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 3 - Applications for mineral leases -- Compliance with business laws.

65A-6-3. Applications for mineral leases -- Compliance with business laws.  Applicants for mineral leases shall fully comply with all of the laws of the state as to qualification to do business within this state and must not be in default under any such laws during the pendency of the application and throughout the duration of the lease.  Amended by Chapter 294, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 4 - Mineral leases -- Multiple leases on same land -- Rentals and royalties -- Lease terms.

65A-6-4. Mineral leases -- Multiple leases on same land -- Rentals and royalties -- Lease terms.    (1)   (a) Mineral leases, including oil, gas, and hydrocarbon leases, may be issued for prospecting, exploring, developing, and producing minerals covering any portion of state lands or the reserved mineral interests of the state.     (b)   (i) Leases may be issued for different types of minerals on the same land.     (ii) If leases are issued for different types of minerals on the same land, the leases shall include stipulations for simultaneous operations.       (c) No more than one lease may be issued for the same resource on the same land.       (2)   (a) Each mineral lease issued by the division shall provide for an annual rental of not less than $1 per acre per year.     (b) However, a lease may provide for a rental credit, minimum rental, or minimum royalty upon commencement of production, as prescribed by rule.       (3) The primary term of a mineral lease may not exceed:   (a) 20 years for oil shale and tar sands; and     (b) 10 years for oil and gas and any other mineral.       (4) The division shall make rules regarding the continuation of a mineral lease after the primary term has expired, which shall provide that a mineral lease shall continue so long as:   (a) the mineral covered by the lease is being produced in paying quantities from:   (i) the leased premises;     (ii) lands pooled, communitized, or unitized with the leased premises; or     (iii) lands constituting an approved mining or drilling unit with respect to the leased premises; or       (b)   (i) the lessee is engaged in diligent operations, exploration, research, or development which is reasonably calculated to advance development or production of the mineral covered by the lease from:   (A) the leased premises;     (B) lands pooled, communitized, or unitized with the leased premises; or     (C) lands constituting an approved mining or drilling unit with respect to the leased premises; and       (ii) the lessee pays a minimum royalty.         (5) For the purposes of Subsection (4), diligent operations with respect to oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon leases may include cessation of operations not in excess of 90 days in duration.     Amended by Chapter 294, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 6 - Mineral lease covenants.

65A-6-6. Mineral lease covenants.  Each mineral lease shall contain the following covenants:  (1) the lessee shall promptly pay any rent annually in advance;     (2) waste may not be committed on the land;     (3) the premises shall be surrendered at the expiration of the term;     (4) the lessee may not assign or sublet without the written authorization of the director; and     (5) where improvements have been placed on the land by any person other than the lessee, the lessee will allow the owner of the improvements to remove them within 90 days.    Amended by Chapter 283, 1991 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 7 - Mineral information to be furnished -- Confidentiality.

65A-6-7. Mineral information to be furnished -- Confidentiality.    (1) The division may require the lessee to furnish any information necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter, including geological and mine maps, well logs, and assays.     (2) Any information submitted to the division which the lessee and the division agree is of a proprietary nature shall be classified as protected and may not be released without written permission from the lessee.    Amended by Chapter 294, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 8 - Mineral leases -- Cancellation -- Use of surface land -- Liability for damage.

65A-6-8. Mineral leases -- Cancellation -- Use of surface land -- Liability for damage.    (1) Upon violation by the lessee of any lawful provision in a mineral lease, the division may cancel the lease after 30 days' notice by registered or certified return receipt mail, unless the lessee:   (a) remedies the violation;     (b) rectifies the condition; or     (c) requests a hearing within:   (i) the 30 days; or     (ii) any extension of time the division grants.         (2)   (a) A mineral lessee, subject to conditions required by the division, shall have:   (i) the right at all times to enter upon the leasehold for prospecting, exploring, developing, and producing minerals; and     (ii) reasonable use of the surface.       (b) The lessee shall not injure, damage, or destroy the improvements of the surface owner or lessee.     (c) The lessee is liable to the surface owner or lessee for all damage to the surface of the land and improvements, except for reasonable use.       (3) Any mineral lessee may occupy as much of the surface of the leased land as may be required for all purposes reasonably incident to the exercise of lessee's rights under the lease by:   (a) securing the written consent or waiver of the surface owner or lessee;     (b) payment for the damage to the surface of the land and improvements to the surface owner or lessee where there is agreement as to the amount of the damage; or     (c) upon the execution of a good and sufficient bond to the state for the use and benefit of the surface owner or lessee of the land to secure the payment of damages as may be determined and fixed by agreement or in action brought upon the bond or undertaking in a court of competent jurisdiction against the principal and sureties of the bond.       (4) The bond required by Subsection (3)(c) shall be:   (a) in a form and amount as prescribed by the division; and     (b) filed with the division.      Amended by Chapter 136, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 9 - Shut-in gas wells.

65A-6-9. Shut-in gas wells.    (1) Under a mineral lease for oil and gas, gas is considered to be produced in paying quantities from a shut-in gas well if the shut-in gas well is capable of producing gas in paying quantities, but the gas cannot be marketed at a reasonable price due to existing marketing or transportation conditions.     (2)   (a) The division shall make rules establishing:   (i) a minimum rental or minimum royalty for a shut-in gas well that is considered to be producing gas in paying quantities; and     (ii) the basis upon which the minimum rental or minimum royalty shall be paid.       (b) The minimum rental or minimum royalty may not be less than twice the annual lease rental.      Amended by Chapter 294, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-10 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 10 - Unitization of mineral leases.

65A-6-10. Unitization of mineral leases.    (1) Mineral lessees, upon prior written authorization from the division, may commit leased state lands to unit, cooperative, or other plans of development with other lands.     (2) The division may, with the consent of the mineral lessee, modify any term of a mineral lease for lands that are committed to a unit, cooperative, or other plan of development.     (3) Production allocated to leased state lands under the terms of a unit, cooperative, or other plan of development shall be considered produced from the leased lands whether or not the point of production is located on the leased state lands.    Amended by Chapter 283, 1991 General Session
UT Code § 65A-6-11 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 65A - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands|Chapter 6 - Mineral Leases|Section 11 - Land subject to a federal mineral lease.

65A-6-11. Land subject to a federal mineral lease.    (1) With respect to any tract of land in which the state acquires or has acquired any interest subject to an outstanding federal mineral lease or prospecting permit, the lessee or permittee may submit a petition seeking extension of the permit or lease or any other action as may be necessary to give to the lessee or permittee any and all rights, privileges, and benefits which he would have had under the permit or lease had the state not acquired its interest in the tract.     (2) In consideration of the voluntary termination by the federal lessee or permittee of his lease or permit as it relates to that tract, the division may issue to that lessee or permittee a lease of the acquired tract or any portion of that tract for recovery of the same mineral substances upon terms that the lessee shall have all the rights, privileges, and benefits with reference to that tract which he would have had by reason of his lease or permit from the United States had the state not acquired its interest in the tract.    Enacted by Chapter 121, 1988 General Session