59-21-1 - Disposition of federal mineral lease monies -- Priority to political subdivisions impacted by mineral development -- Disposition of mineral bonus payments -- Appropriation of monies attribut
59-21-1. Disposition of federal mineral lease monies -- Priority to politicalsubdivisions impacted by mineral development -- Disposition of mineral bonus payments --Appropriation of monies attributable to royalties from extraction of minerals on federalland located within boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
(1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) through (4), all monies received from theUnited States under the provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et seq.,shall:
(a) be deposited in the Mineral Lease Account of the General Fund; and
(b) be appropriated by the Legislature giving priority to those subdivisions of the statesocially or economically impacted by development of minerals leased under the Mineral LandsLeasing Act, for:
(i) planning;
(ii) construction and maintenance of public facilities; and
(iii) provision of public services.
(2) Seventy percent of money received from federal mineral lease bonus payments shallbe deposited into the Permanent Community Impact Fund and shall be used as provided in Title9, Chapter 4, Part 3, Community Impact Alleviation.
(3) Thirty percent of money received from federal mineral lease bonus payments shall bedeposited in the Mineral Bonus Account created by Subsection 59-21-2(1) and appropriated asprovided in that subsection.
(4) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (4):
(i) the "boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument" means theboundaries:
(A) established by Presidential Proclamation No. 6920, 61 Fed. Reg. 50,223 (1996); and
(B) modified by:
(I) Pub. L. No. 105-335, 112 Stat. 3139; and
(II) Pub. L. No. 105-355, 112 Stat. 3247; and
(ii) a special service district, school district, or federal land is considered to be locatedwithin the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument if a portion of thespecial service district, school district, or federal land is located within the boundaries describedin Subsection (4)(a)(i).
(b) Beginning on July 1, 1999, the Legislature shall appropriate, as provided inSubsections (4)(c) through (g), monies received from the United States that are attributable toroyalties from the extraction of minerals on federal land that, on September 18, 1996, waslocated within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
(c) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 40% of the monies described in Subsection(4)(b) to the Department of Transportation to be distributed by the Department of Transportationto special service districts that are:
(i) established by counties under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act;
(ii) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the MineralLands Leasing Act; and
(iii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
(d) The Department of Transportation shall distribute the money described in Subsection(4)(c) in amounts proportionate to the amount of federal mineral lease money generated by thecounty in which a special service district is located.
(e) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 40% of the monies described in Subsection(4)(b) to the State Board of Education to be distributed equally to school districts that are:
(i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the MineralLands Leasing Act; and
(ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
(f) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of the monies described inSubsection (4)(b) to the Utah Geological Survey to facilitate the development of energy andmineral resources in counties that are:
(i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the MineralLands Leasing Act; and
(ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
(g) Seventeen and three-fourths percent of the monies described in Subsection (4)(b)shall be deposited annually into the State School Fund established by Utah Constitution ArticleX, Section 5.
Amended by Chapter 360, 2008 General Session