H.B. 482
LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL
6 Approved for Filing: A. Hoidal 6
6 02-15-23 1:47 PM 6
H.B. 482
1 ARCHAEOLOGI CAL RESOURCES AMENDMENTS
2 2023 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Doug Owens
5 Senate Sponsor: ____________
6
7LONG TITLE
8General Description:
9 This bill creates a Utah Archaeological and Historic Sites Assistance Fund.
10Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 <appropriates funds;
13 <creates an expendable special revenue fund; and
14 <addresses expenditures from the special revenue fund.
15Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16 This bill appropriates for fiscal year 2024:
17 <to Department of Cultural and Community Engagement - State History as a
18one-time appropriation:
19 Cfrom the General Fund $3,000,000.
20Other Special Clauses:
21 None
22Utah Code Sections Affected:
23ENACTS:
24 9-8-906, Utah Code Annotated 1953
25
26Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 9-8-906 is enacted to read:
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28 9-8-906. Utah Archaeological and Historic Sites Assistance Fund.
29 (1) As used in this section:
30 (a) "Fund" means the Utah Archaeological and Historic Sites Assistance Fund, created
31in Subsection (2)(a).
32 (b) "Office" means the State Historic Preservation Office.
33 (2) (a) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Utah
34Archaeological and Historic Sites Assistance Fund.
35 (b) The fund shall assist private landowners with identifying and protecting
36archaeological resources on the private landowners' land.
37 (c) The cost of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
38 (3) The office shall:
39 (a) administer the money contained in the fund; and
40 (b) select qualified recipients in accordance with Subsection (4).
41 (4) The office may distribute the funds to a private landowner:
42 (a) that applies to the office, in a manner prescribed by the office, to receive all or part
43of the money contained in the fund; and
44 (b) for identifying and protecting archaeological resources on the landowner's property,
45if the private landowner contributes an amount of money equal to or greater than the amount of
46money the landowner receives from the fund.
47 Section 2. Appropriation.
48 The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
492023, and ending June 30, 2024. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
50fiscal year 2023. The Legislature has reviewed the following expendable funds. The Legislature
51authorizes the State Division of Finance to transfer amounts between funds and accounts as
52indicated. Outlays and expenditures from the funds or accounts to which the money is
53transferred may be made without further legislative action, in accordance with statutory
54provisions relating to the funds or accounts.
55ITEM 1
56To Department of Cultural and Community Engagement - State History
57 From General Fund, One-Time 3,000,000
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59 Historic Preservation and Antiquities 3,000,000