9-8-301 - Purpose. - Utah Statutes

9-8-301. Purpose.
(1) The Legislature declares that the general public and the beneficiaries of the schooland institutional land grants have an interest in the preservation and protection of the state'sarchaeological and anthropological resources and a right to the knowledge derived and gainedfrom scientific study of those resources.
(2) (a) The Legislature finds that policies and procedures for the survey and excavationof archaeological resources from school and institutional trust lands are consistent with theschool and institutional land grants, if these policies and procedures insure that primaryconsideration is given, on a site or project specific basis, to the purpose of support for thebeneficiaries of the school and institutional land grants.
(b) The Legislature finds that the preservation, placement in a repository, curation, andexhibition of specimens found on school or institutional trust lands for scientific and educationalpurposes is consistent with the school and institutional land grants.
(c) The Legislature finds that the preservation and development of sites found on schoolor institutional trust lands for scientific or educational purposes, or the disposition of sites foundon school or institutional trust lands, after consultation between the division and the School andInstitutional Trust Lands Administration to determine the appropriate level of data recovery orimplementation of other appropriate preservation measures, for preservation, development, oreconomic purposes, is consistent with the school and institutional land grants.
(d) The Legislature declares that specimens found on lands owned or controlled by thestate or its subdivisions may not be sold.
(3) The Legislature declares that the historical preservation purposes of this chapter mustbe kept in balance with the other uses of land and natural resources which benefit the health andwelfare of the state's citizens.
(4) It is the purpose of this part and Part 4 to provide that the survey, excavation,curation, study, and exhibition of the state's archaeological and anthropological resources beundertaken in a coordinated, professional, and organized manner for the general welfare of thepublic and beneficiaries alike.

Amended by Chapter 145, 2005 General Session