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UT Code § 4-20-105 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 20 - Rangeland Improvement Act|Section 105 - Rangeland Improvement Account -- Administered by department.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-20-105. Rangeland Improvement Account -- Administered by department.    (1)   (a) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Rangeland Improvement Account."     (b) The restricted account shall consist of:   (i) money received by the state from the United States Secretary of Interior under the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. Section 315 et seq., for sales, leases, and fees;     (ii) grants or appropriations from the state or federal government; and     (iii) grants from private foundations.       (c) Interest earned on the restricted account shall be deposited into the General Fund.       (2) The department shall:   (a) administer the restricted account;     (b) obtain from the United States Department of Interior the receipts collected from:   (i) fees in each grazing district; and     (ii) the receipts collected from the sale or lease of public lands; and       (c) distribute restricted account money in accordance with Section 4-20-106.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-20-106 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 20 - Rangeland Improvement Act|Section 106 - Rangeland Improvement Account distribution.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-20-106. Rangeland Improvement Account distribution.    (1) The department shall distribute restricted account money as provided in this section.   (a) The department shall:   (i) distribute pro rata to each school district the money received by the state under Subsection 4-20-105(1)(b)(i) from the sale or lease of public lands based upon the amount of revenue generated from the sale or lease of public lands within the district; and     (ii) ensure that all money generated from the sale or lease of public lands within a school district is credited and deposited to the general school fund of that school district.       (b)   (i) After the commissioner approves a request from a regional board, the department shall distribute pro rata to each regional board money received by the state under Subsection 4-20-105(1)(b)(i) from fees based upon the amount of revenue generated from the imposition of fees within that grazing district.     (ii) The regional board shall expend money received in accordance with Subsection (2).       (c)   (i) The department shall distribute or expend money received by the state under Subsections 4-20-105(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) for the purposes outlined in Subsection (2).     (ii) The department may require entities seeking funding from sources outlined in Subsections 4-20-105(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) to provide matching funds.         (2) The department shall ensure that restricted account distributions or expenditures under Subsections (1)(b) and (c) are used for:   (a) range improvement and maintenance;     (b) the control of predatory and depredating animals;     (c) the control, management, or extermination of invading species, range damaging organisms, and poisonous or noxious weeds;     (d) the purchase or lease of lands or a conservation easement for the benefit of a grazing district;     (e) watershed protection, development, distribution, and improvement;     (f) the general welfare of livestock grazing within a grazing district; and     (g) subject to Subsection (3), costs to monitor rangeland improvement projects.       (3) Annual account distributions or expenditures for the monitoring costs described in Subsection (2)(g) may not exceed 10% of the annual receipts of the fund.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-20-107 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 20 - Rangeland Improvement Act|Section 107 - Audit of grazing districts -- State auditor to coordinate with Department of Interior in conduct of audit.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-20-107. Audit of grazing districts -- State auditor to coordinate with Department of Interior in conduct of audit.  The state auditor is authorized to coordinate with the Department of Interior in auditing the books of the several advisory boards. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-20-108 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 20 - Rangeland Improvement Act|Section 108 - Commissioner to supervise distribution of undistributed funds if United States alters or discontinues funding leaving funds or resources available.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-20-108. Commissioner to supervise distribution of undistributed funds if United States alters or discontinues funding leaving funds or resources available.  If the United States alters or discontinues funding under the Taylor Grazing Act, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 315 et seq., or the operation of advisory boards, leaving funds or other resources undistributed or otherwise without means for continuation, the commissioner shall supervise and control the distribution of such undistributed funds or other resources. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-20-109 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 20 - Rangeland Improvement Act|Section 109 - Promotion of multiple use of rangeland resources.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-20-109. Promotion of multiple use of rangeland resources.    (1) The department shall work cooperatively to promote efficient multiple-use management of the rangeland resources of the public lands administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management within the state to benefit the overall public interest.     (2) The department may serve as an independent resource for mediating disputes concerning permit issues within the scope of Subsection (1).    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-101 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 101 - Title.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-101. Title.  This chapter is known as the "Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act." Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 102 - Purpose declaration.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-102. Purpose declaration.  The Legislature finds and declares that it is important to the economy of the state to maintain agricultural production at the highest possible level and at the same time, to promote, to protect, and preserve the wildlife resources of the state. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-103 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 103 - Definitions.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-103. Definitions.  As used in this chapter:  (1) "Agricultural crops" means any product of cultivation;     (2) "Board" means the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board;     (3) "Bounty" means the monetary compensation paid to persons for the harvest of predatory or depredating animals;     (4) "Damage" means any injury or loss to livestock, poultry, agricultural crops, or wildlife inflicted by predatory or depredating animals or depredating birds;     (5) "Depredating animal" means a field mouse, gopher, ground squirrel, jack rabbit, raccoon, or prairie dog;     (6) "Depredating bird" means a Brewer's blackbird or starling;     (7) "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, and swine;     (8) "Predatory animal" means any coyote; and     (9) "Wildlife" means any form of animal life generally living in a state of nature, except a predatory animal or a depredating animal or bird.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-104 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 104 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created -- Composition -- Appointment -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Compensation.

 Affected by 63I-1-204 on 7/1/2024  Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-104. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created -- Composition -- Appointment -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Compensation.    (1) There is created an Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board composed of the commissioner and the director of the Division of Wildlife Resources who shall serve, respectively, as the board's chair and vice chair together with seven other members appointed by the governor to four-year terms of office as follows:   (a) one sheep producer representing wool growers of the state;     (b) one cattle producer representing range cattle producers of the state;     (c) one person from the United States Department of Agriculture;     (d) one agricultural landowner representing agricultural landowners of the state;     (e) one person representing wildlife interests in the state;     (f) one person from the United States Forest Service; and     (g) one person from the United States Bureau of Land Management.       (2) Appointees' term of office shall commence June 1.     (3)   (a) Except as required by Subsection (3)(b), as terms of current board members expire, the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four-year term.     (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (3)(a), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board members are staggered so that approximately half of the board is appointed every two years.       (4) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be appointed for the unexpired term.     (5)   (a) Attendance of five members at a duly called meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business.     (b) The board shall convene at the times and places prescribed by the chair or vice chair.       (6) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:   (a) Section 63A-3-106;     (b) Section 63A-3-107; and     (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-105 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 105 - Board responsibilities -- Damage prevention policy -- Rules -- Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals.

 Affected by 63I-1-204 on 7/1/2024  Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-105. Board responsibilities -- Damage prevention policy -- Rules -- Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals.    (1) The board is responsible for the formulation of the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy of the state and may, consistent with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, adopt rules to implement the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy which shall be administered by the department.     (2) In the board's policy deliberations the board shall:   (a) specify programs designed to prevent damage to livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops; and     (b) specify methods for the prevention of damage and for the selective control of predators and depredating birds and animals including hunting, trapping, chemical toxicants, and the use of aircraft.       (3) The board may also:   (a) specify bounties on designated predatory animals and recommend procedures for the payment of bounty claims, recommend bounty districts, recommend persons not authorized to receive bounty, and recommend to the department other actions the board considers advisable for the enforcement of the board's policies; and     (b) cooperate with federal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and private persons or organizations, through agreement or otherwise, to effectuate the board's policies.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-106 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 106 - Department to issue licenses and permits -- Department to issue aircraft use permits -- Aerial hunting.

 Effective 5/12/2020  4-23-106. Department to issue licenses and permits -- Department to issue aircraft use permits -- Aerial hunting.    (1) The department is responsible for the issuance of permits and licenses for the purposes of the federal Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956.     (2) A private person may not use an aircraft for the prevention of damage without first obtaining a use permit from the department.     (3) The department may issue an annual permit for aerial hunting to a private person for the protection of land, water, wildlife, livestock, domesticated animals, human life, or crops, if the person shows that the person or the person's designated pilot, along with the aircraft to be used in the aerial hunting, are licensed and qualified in accordance with the requirements of the department set by rule.     (4) The department may predicate the issuance or retention of a permit for aerial hunting upon the permittee's full and prompt disclosure of information as the department may request for submission pursuant to rules made by the department.     (5) The department shall collect an annual fee, set in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, from a person who has an aircraft for which a permit is issued or renewed under this section.     (6) Aerial hunting activity under a permit issued by the department is restricted to:   (a)   (i) private lands that are owned or managed by the permittee;     (ii) state grazing allotments where the permittee is permitted by the state or the State Institutional Trust Lands Administration to graze livestock; or     (iii) federal grazing allotments where the permittee is permitted by the United States Bureau of Land Management or United States Forest Service to graze livestock; and       (b) only during the time period for which the private land owner has provided written permission for the aerial hunting.       (7) The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.     (8) The issuance of an aerial hunting permit or license under this section does not authorize the holder to use aircraft to hunt, pursue, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect protected wildlife, as defined in Section 23-13-2, unless also authorized by the Division of Wildlife Resources under Section 23-20-12.    Amended by Chapter 311, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-108 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 108 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-108. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.    (1) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.     (2) Money received under Section 4-23-107 shall be deposited by the commissioner into the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account to be appropriated for the purposes provided in this chapter.     (3) Any supplemental contributions received by the department from livestock owners for predator control programs shall be deposited into the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-109 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 109 - Proceeds of sheep fee -- Refund of sheep fees -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-109. Proceeds of sheep fee -- Refund of sheep fees -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts.    (1)   (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (1), the commissioner may spend an amount each year from the proceeds collected from the fee imposed on sheep for the promotion, advancement, and protection of the sheep interests of the state.     (b) The amount described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be the equivalent to an amount that:   (i) equals or exceeds 18 cents per head; and     (ii) equals or is less than 25 cents per head.       (c) The commissioner shall set the amount described in Subsection (1)(a):   (i) on or before January 1 of each year; and     (ii) in consultation with one or more statewide organizations that represent persons who grow wool.       (d) A sheep fee is refundable in an amount equal to that part of the fee used to promote, advance, or protect sheep interests.     (e) A refund claim shall be filed with the department on or before January 1 of the year immediately succeeding the year for which the fee was paid.     (f) A refund claim shall be certified by the department to the state treasurer for payment from the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account created in Section 4-23-108.       (2) Any expense incurred by the department in administering refunds shall be paid from funds allocated for the promotion, advancement, and protection of the sheep interests of the state.     (3)   (a) The books, records, and accounts of the Utah Woolgrowers Association, or any other organization which receives funds from the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention account, for the purpose of promoting, advancing, or protecting the sheep interests of the state, shall be audited at least once annually by a licensed accountant.     (b) The results of this audit shall be submitted to the commissioner.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-110 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 110 - Applicability of chapter.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-23-110. Applicability of chapter.  This chapter, unless contrary to a federal statute, shall apply to all federal, state, and private lands. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-23-111 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 23 - Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act|Section 111 - Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited -- Penalty.

 Effective 5/8/2018  4-23-111. Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited -- Penalty.    (1) No individual may hold in captivity a raccoon or coyote, except as provided by rules of the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board.     (2) The Division of Wildlife Resources, with the cooperation of the department and the Department of Health, shall enforce this section.     (3) Any violation of this section is an infraction.    Amended by Chapter 433, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 4-26-101 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 26 - Enclosures and Fences|Section 101 - Title -- Failure to close entrance to enclosure -- Class C misdemeanor -- Damages.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-26-101. Title -- Failure to close entrance to enclosure -- Class C misdemeanor -- Damages.    (1) This chapter is known as "Enclosures and Fences."      (2) A person who willfully throws down a fence or opens bars or gates into any enclosure other than the person's own enclosure or into any enclosure jointly owned or occupied by such person and others, and leaves the enclosure open:   (a) is guilty of a class C misdemeanor; and     (b) is liable in damage for any injury sustained by any person as a result of such an act.      Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-26-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 26 - Enclosures and Fences|Section 102 - Adjoining landowners -- Partition fences -- Contribution.

 Effective 7/1/2017  4-26-102. Adjoining landowners -- Partition fences -- Contribution.    (1) If two or more persons agree to a fence enclosure or to the construction of a partition fence, the cost of construction and maintenance of the fence shall be apportioned between each party to the agreement based upon the amount of land enclosed.     (2) A person who is a party to an agreement described in Subsection (1) and who fails to maintain such person's part of the fence is liable in a civil action for any damage sustained by another party to the agreement as a result of the failure to maintain the fence.     (3)   (a) If a person has enclosed land with a fence and the owner of adjoining land desires to enclose land adjoining the fence so that the existing fence or any part of it will become a partition fence between such tracts of land, the owner of the adjoining land shall, before making the enclosure, pay to the owner of the existing fence one-half of the value of all that part of the fence that will become a partition fence.     (b) If a person whose land is enclosed, in whole or in part, by a partition fence ceases to improve or cultivate that person's land or opens the enclosure, the person:   (i) shall give notice to the other owner of the partition fence and an opportunity to pay for the person's reasonable value of the fence;     (ii) may not remove any part of the partition fence until the earlier of:   (A) 30 days after the day on which the person gave notice to the other owner, as described in Subsection (3)(b)(i); or     (B) the day the other owner pays the person for the person's reasonable value of the fence; and       (iii) notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b)(ii), may not remove the partition fence if the crops enclosed by the fence will be exposed to injury.         Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 4-26-103 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code|Chapter 26 - Enclosures and Fences|Section 103 - Definitions -- Qualified landowners' and qualified adjoining landowners' partition fences -- Contribution -- Civil action for damages.

4-26-103. Definitions -- Qualified landowners' and qualified adjoining landowners' partition fences -- Contribution -- Civil action for damages.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Qualified adjoining landowner" means a private landowner whose land adjoins the land of a qualified landowner and is used for grazing livestock or as habitat for big game wildlife and:   (i) is land which qualifies under the definition of "conservation easement" as defined in Section 57-18-2, under Title 57, Chapter 18, Land Conservation Easement Act; or     (ii) is "land in agricultural use" that meets the requirements of Section 59-2-502.       (b) "Qualified landowner" means a private landowner whose land is used for grazing livestock and:   (i) is land which qualifies under the definition of "conservation easement" as defined in Section 57-18-2, under Title 57, Chapter 18, Land Conservation Easement Act; or     (ii) is "land in agricultural use" that meets the requirements of Section 59-2-502.         (2) A qualified landowner may require the qualified adjoining landowner to pay for one-half of the cost of the fence if:   (a) the fence is or becomes a partition fence separating the qualified landowner's land from that belonging to the qualified adjoining landowner;     (b) the cost is reasonable for that type of fence;     (c) that type of fence is commonly found in that particular area; and     (d) the construction of the fence is no more expensive than the cost for posts, wire, and connectors.       (3) If the qualified adjoining landowner refuses, the qualified landowner may maintain a civil action against the qualified adjoining landowner for one-half of the cost of that portion of the fence.     (4) The cost of the maintenance of the fence shall also be apportioned between each party based on the amount of land enclosed. A party who fails to maintain that party's part of the fence is also liable in a civil action for any damage sustained by the other party as a result of the failure to maintain the fence.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 331, 2012 General Session