Enrolled Copy H.B. 433
1 PUBLIC LAND GEOGRAPHI C DATA AMENDMENTS
2 2023 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Robert M. Spendlove
5 Senate Sponsor: Don L. Ipson
6
7LONG TITLE
8General Description:
9 This bill makes changes to the State Geographic Information Database.
10Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 <requires the Utah Geospatial Resource Center to make available online certain
13information about publicly owned land.
14Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15 None
16Other Special Clauses:
17 None
18Utah Code Sections Affected:
19AMENDS:
20 63A-16-506, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 333 and renumbered and
21amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 344
22
23Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 63A-16-506 is amended to read:
25 63A-16-506. State Geographic Information Database.
26 (1) There is created a State Geographic Information Database to be managed by the
27center.
28 (2) The database shall:
29 (a) serve as the central reference for all information contained in any GIS database by H.B. 433 Enrolled Copy
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30any state agency;
31 (b) serve as a clearing house and repository for all data layers required by multiple
32users;
33 (c) serve as a standard format for geographic information acquired, purchased, or
34produced by any state agency;
35 (d) include an accurate representation of all civil subdivision boundaries of the state;
36and
37 (e) for each public highway, as defined in Section 72-1-102, in the state, include an
38accurate representation of the highway's centerline, physical characteristics, and associated
39street address ranges.
40 (3) The center shall, in coordination with municipalities, counties, emergency
41communications centers, and the Department of Transportation:
42 (a) develop the information described in Subsection (2)(e); and
43 (b) update the information described in Subsection (2)(e) in a timely manner after a
44county recorder records a final plat.
45 (4) The center, in coordination with county assessors and metropolitan planning
46organizations:
47 (a) shall inventory existing housing units and their general characteristics within each
48county of the first or second class to support infrastructure planning and economic
49development in each of those counties; and
50 (b) may inventory existing housing units and their general characteristics within one or
51more counties of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class to support infrastructure planning and
52economic development in one or more of those counties.
53 (5) (a) The center shall, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Planning and
54Budget and county assessors, annually compile a statewide GIS database of all
55government-owned property parcels in internet-accessible, searchable, and map format.
56 (b) The database described in Subsection (5)(a) shall include a parcel's:
57 (i) number, if available; Enrolled Copy H.B. 433
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58 (ii) owner;
59 (iii) location; and
60 (iv) size.
61 [(5)] (6) Each state agency that acquires, purchases, or produces digital geographic
62information data shall:
63 (a) inform the center of the existence of the data layers and their geographic extent;
64 (b) allow the center access to all data classified public; and
65 (c) comply with any database requirements established by the center.
66 [(6)] (7) At least annually, the State Tax Commission shall deliver to the center
67information the State Tax Commission receives under Section 67-1a-6.5 relating to the creation
68or modification of the boundaries of political subdivisions.
69 [(7)] (8) The boundary of a political subdivision within the State Geographic
70Information Database is the official boundary of the political subdivision for purposes of
71meeting the needs of the United States Bureau of the Census in identifying the boundary of the
72political subdivision.