State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Utah > Title-79 > Chapter-02 > 79-2-30379-2-303. Species Protection Account.
(1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the SpeciesProtection Account.
(2) The account shall consist of:
(a) revenue generated by the brine shrimp tax provided for in Title 59, Chapter 23, BrineShrimp Royalty Act; and
(b) interest earned on money in the account.
(3) Money in the account may be appropriated by the Legislature to:
(a) develop and implement species status assessments and species protection measures;
(b) obtain biological opinions of proposed species protection measures;
(c) conduct studies, investigations, and research into the effects of proposed speciesprotection measures;
(d) verify species protection proposals that are not based on valid biological data;
(e) implement Great Salt Lake wetlands mitigation projects in connection with thewestern transportation corridor;
(f) pay for the state's voluntary contributions to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation andConservation Account under the Central Utah Project Completion Act, Pub. L. No. 102-575,Titles II-VI, 106 Stat. 4605-4655; and
(g) pay for expenses of the State Tax Commission under Title 59, Chapter 23, BrineShrimp Royalty Act.
(4) The purposes specified in Subsections (3)(a) through (3)(d) may be accomplished bythe state or, in an appropriation act, the Legislature may authorize the department to award grantsto political subdivisions of the state to accomplish those purposes.
(5) Money in the account may not be used to develop or implement a habitatconservation plan required under federal law unless the federal government pays for at least 1/3of the habitat conservation plan costs.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 344, 2009 General Session
