Acquisition and Disposition of Land by State Agencies

Utah Code tit. 65A, ch. 65A-4

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Utah Code § 65A-4-1 Acquisition and disposition of land by state agencies.

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

Utah Code § 65A-4-2 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

Utah Code § 65A-4-3 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

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