2006 Utah Code - 63-73-11 — Protection of school and institutional trust land interests relating to paleontological resources.

     63-73-11.   Protection of school and institutional trust land interests relating to paleontological resources.
     (1) The Legislature declares that the general public and beneficiaries of the school and institutional trust lands have an interest in the preservation and protection of the state's paleontological resources and a right to the knowledge derived and gained from the scientific study of those resources.
     (2) The Legislature finds that:
     (a) policies and procedures for the excavation of critical paleontological resources from school and institutional trust lands are consistent with the provisions of the school and institutional land grants, if these policies and procedures insure that primary consideration is given, on a site or project specific basis, to the purpose of support for the beneficiaries of the school and institutional land grants;
     (b) the preservation, placement in repository, curation, and exhibition of specimens found on school or institutional trust lands for scientific and educational purposes are consistent with the provisions of the school and institutional land grants;
     (c) the preservation and development of sites found on school and institutional trust lands for scientific or educational purposes, or the disposition of sites found on school and institutional trust lands, after the appropriate level of data recovery, for preservation, development, or economic purposes, are consistent with the provisions of the school and institutional land grants; and
     (d) the excavation, curation, study, and exhibition of the state's paleontological resources should be undertaken in a coordinated, professional, and organized manner for the general welfare of both the public and the beneficiaries.

Enacted by Chapter 170, 1995 General Session