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63J-4-603. Powers and duties of coordinator and office.
(1) The coordinator and the office shall:
(a) make a report to and provide staff assistance to the Constitutional Defense Councilcreated under Section 63C-4-101 concerning R.S. 2477 rights and other public lands issues underTitle 63C, Chapter 4, Constitutional Defense Council;
(b) under the direction of the state planning coordinator, assist in fulfilling the stateplanning coordinator's duties outlined in Section 63J-4-401 as those duties relate to thedevelopment of public lands policies by:
(i) developing cooperative contracts and agreements between the state, politicalsubdivisions, and agencies of the federal government for involvement in the development ofpublic lands policies;
(ii) producing research, documents, maps, studies, analysis, or other information thatsupports the state's participation in the development of public lands policy;
(iii) preparing comments to ensure that the positions of the state and politicalsubdivisions are considered in the development of public lands policy;
(iv) partnering with state agencies and political subdivisions in an effort to:
(A) prepare coordinated public lands policies;
(B) develop consistency reviews and responses to public lands policies;
(C) develop management plans that relate to public lands policies; and
(D) develop and maintain a statewide land use plan that is based on cooperation and inconjunction with political subdivisions; and
(v) providing other information or services related to public lands policies as requestedby the state planning coordinator;
(c) facilitate and coordinate the exchange of information, comments, andrecommendations on public lands policies between and among:
(i) state agencies;
(ii) political subdivisions;
(iii) the Office of Rural Development created under Section 63M-1-1602;
(iv) the Resource Development Coordinating Committee created under Section63J-4-501;
(v) School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created under Section53C-1-201;
(vi) the committee created under Section 63F-1-508 to award grants to counties toinventory and map R.S. 2477 rights-of-way, associated structures, and other features; and
(vii) the Constitutional Defense Council created under Section 63C-4-101;
(d) perform the duties established in Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3, Antiquities, and Title 9,Chapter 8, Part 4, Historic Sites;
(e) consistent with other statutory duties, encourage agencies to responsibly preservearchaeological resources;
(f) maintain information concerning grants made under Subsection (1)(h), if available;
(g) report annually, or more often if necessary or requested, concerning the office'sactivities and expenditures to:
(i) the Constitutional Defense Council; and
(ii) the Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment InterimCommittee jointly with the Constitutional Defense Council;

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(h) make grants of up to 16% of the office's total annual appropriations from theConstitutional Defense Restricted Account to a county or statewide association of counties to beused by the county or association of counties for public lands matters if the coordinator, with theadvice of the Constitutional Defense Council, determines that the action provides a state benefit;
(i) provide staff services to the Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council created inSection 63C-12-103; and
(j) coordinate and direct the Snake Valley Aquifer Research Team created in Section63C-12-107.
(2) The coordinator and office shall comply with Subsection 63C-4-102(8) beforesubmitting a comment to a federal agency, if the governor would be subject to Subsection63C-4-102(8) if the governor were submitting the material.
(3) The office may enter into a contract or other agreement with another state agency toprovide information and services related to:
(a) the duties authorized by Title 72, Chapter 3, Highway Jurisdiction and ClassificationAct;
(b) legal actions concerning Title 72, Chapter 3, Highway Jurisdiction and ClassificationAct, or R.S. 2477 matters; or
(c) any other matter within the office's responsibility.

Amended by Chapter 121, 2009 General Session
Amended by Chapter 262, 2009 General Session