65A-1-2 - Forestry, Fire, and State Lands Advisory Council -- Creation -- Responsibilities. - Utah Statutes

65A-1-2. Forestry, Fire, and State Lands Advisory Council -- Creation --Responsibilities.
(1) (a) The Forestry, Fire, and State Lands Advisory Council is created within theDepartment of Natural Resources.
(b) The council advises the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands on mattersrelating to state land management.
(c) (i) Where reference is made in the Utah Code to the State Land Board or the Board ofState Lands, it shall be construed as referring to the Forestry, Fire, and State Lands AdvisoryCouncil, but only if the reference pertains to advisory functions, powers, and duties related tostate land management.
(ii) In all other instances, the reference shall be construed as referring to the Division ofForestry, Fire, and State Lands, except in matters related to school and institutional trust lands asdefined in Section 53C-1-103, in which case the reference shall be considered as referring to thedirector of school and institutional trust lands or its board of trustees.
(2) In carrying out its responsibilities the council shall provide the division with adviceand expertise for the administration of state lands under comprehensive land managementpolicies using multiple use-sustained yield principles.

Amended by Chapter 344, 2009 General Session