76-6-901 - Definitions. - Utah Statutes

76-6-901. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Antiquities" means:
(a) all material remains and their associations, recoverable through excavation or surfacecollection, that provide information pertaining to the historic or prehistoric peoples in the state;and
(b) vertebrate fossils and other exceptional fossils and fossil sites designated as statelandmarks.
(2) "Landowner" includes the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration withrespect to lands sold by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration and upon whicha restrictive deed covenant has been imposed by the School and Institutional Trust LandsAdministration.
(3) "Persons" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, institution, association,or any other private entity or any officer, employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of theUnited States, of any Native American tribe, or of any state or political subdivision of any state.
(4) "State lands" means all lands owned by:
(a) Utah, including school and institutional trust lands and lands sold by the School andInstitutional Trust Lands Administration subject to a restrictive deed covenant for the protectionof antiquities; and
(b) political subdivisions.

Amended by Chapter 111, 2006 General Session