Utah 2025 Regular Session

Utah House Bill HB0355 Compare Versions

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1		-	Enrolled Copy H.B. 355
	1	+	03-06 19:32 4th Sub. (Green) H.B. 355
	2	+	Wayne A. Harper proposes the following substitute bill:
2	3		1
3	4		Mining and Critical Infrastructure Materials Amendments
4	5		2025 GENERAL SESSION
5	6		STATE OF UTAH
6	7		Chief Sponsor: Casey Snider
7	8		Senate Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall
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11	12		LONG TITLE
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13	14		General Description:
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15	16		This bill addresses mining and critical infrastructure materials operations.
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17	18		Highlighted Provisions:
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19	20		This bill:
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21	22		▸ modifies definitions;
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23	24		▸ changes vested critical infrastructure materials use provisions including making them
24	25		10
25	26		more similar to vested mining provisions;
26	27		11
27	28		▸ addresses operations on new land for critical infrastructure materials uses and for mining
28	29		12
29	30		uses;
30	31		13
31	32		▸ addresses critical dates;
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33	34		▸ amends provisions related to vested mining operations;
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35	36		▸ repeals study requirements; and
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37	38		▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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39	40		Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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41	42		None
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43	44		Other Special Clauses:
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45	46		None
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47	48		Utah Code Sections Affected:
48	49		22
49	50		AMENDS:
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51	52		10-9a-901, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
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53	54		10-9a-902, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
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55	56		10-9a-903, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
56	57		26
57	58		10-9a-905, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
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59		-	17-27a-1001, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227 ~~H.B. 355 Enrolled Copy~~
	60	+	17-27a-1001, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
60	61		28
61	62		17-27a-1002, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
	63	+	4th Sub. H.B. 355 4th Sub. (Green) H.B. 355 03-06 19:32
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63	65		17-27a-1003, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
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65	67		17-27a-1005, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
66	68		31
67	69		17-41-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 70
68	70		32
69	71		17-41-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
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71	73		17-41-502, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 376
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73	75		78B-6-1101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 207
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75	77		REPEALS:
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77	79		17-41-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 87
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79	81
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81	83		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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83	85		Section 1. Section 10-9a-901 is amended to read:
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85	87		10-9a-901 . Definitions.
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87	89		As used in this part:
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89	91		(1) "Commercial quantities," for purposes of this section, means critical infrastructure
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91	93		materials:
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93	95		(a) extracted or processed by a commercial enterprise in the ordinary course of business;
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95	97		and
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97	99		(b) in a sufficient amount that the critical infrastructure materials introduction into
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99	101		commerce would create a reasonable expectation of profit.
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101	103		(2) "Contiguous land" means surface or subsurface land that shares a common boundary
102	104		49
103	105		and is not separated by a highway as defined in Section 41-6a-102.
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105	107		(3) "Critical infrastructure materials" means sand, gravel, or rock aggregate.
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107	109		[(2)] (4) "Critical infrastructure materials [operations] use" means the extraction, excavation,
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109	111		processing, or reprocessing of critical infrastructure materials.
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111	113		[(3)] (5) "Critical infrastructure materials operator" means a natural person, corporation,
112	114		54
113	115		association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary,
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115	117		agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a
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117	119		successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that:
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119	121		(a) owns, controls, or manages a critical infrastructure materials [operations] use; and
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121	123		(b) has produced commercial quantities of critical infrastructure materials from the
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123	125		critical infrastructure materials [operations] use.
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125	127		(6) "Existing legal use" means a critical infrastructure materials use that has operated in
126	128		61
127	129		accordance with:
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129	130		62
130	131		(a) a legal nonconforming use that has not been abandoned for more than 24 consecutive
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131	133		63
132	134		months; or
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134	136		(b) a permit issued by the applicable political subdivision.
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136	138		(7) "New land" means surface or subsurface land that a critical infrastructure materials
137	139		66
138	140		operator gains ownership or control of on or before January 1, 2026, regardless of
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140	142		whether that land is included in any applicable permit issued by a political subdivision
141	143		68
142	144		or a legal nonconforming use.
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144	146		[(4)] (8) "Vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use" means a critical
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146	148		infrastructure materials [operations operating in accordance with a legal nonconforming
147	149		71
148	150		use or a permit issued by the municipality that existed or was conducted or otherwise
149	151		72
150	152		engaged in before:] use by a critical infrastructure materials operator that is an existing
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152	154		legal use.
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154	156		[(a) a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits the critical
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156	158		infrastructure materials operations; and]
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158	160		[(b) January 1, 2019.]
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160	162		Section 2. Section 10-9a-902 is amended to read:
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162	164		10-9a-902 . Vested critical infrastructure materials use -- Presumption.
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164	166		(1)(a) [Critical ] A critical infrastructure materials [operations operating in accordance
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166	168		with a legal nonconforming use or a permit issued by the municipality are
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168	170		conclusively] use is presumed to be a vested critical infrastructure materials [
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170	172		operations] use if the critical infrastructure materials [operations permitted by the
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172	174		municipality, existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged in before January 1,
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174	176		2019 and before when a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits
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176	178		the critical infrastructure materials operations.] use meets the definition of vested
177	179		86
178		-	critical infrastructure ~~materials~~ use in Section 10-9a-901.
	180	+	critical infrastructure use in Section 10-9a-901.
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180	182		(b) A person claiming that a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations has been]
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182	184		use has not been established has the burden of proof to show by the preponderance of
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184	186		the evidence that the vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use has not
185	187		90
186	188		been established.
187	189		91
188	190		(2) A vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use:
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190	192		(a) runs with the land; and
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192	194		(b) may be changed to another critical infrastructure materials [operations conducted
193	195		94
194	196		within the scope of a legal nonconforming use or the permit for the vested critical
195	197		95
196	198		infrastructure materials operations] use without losing its status as a vested critical
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198	199		96
199	200		infrastructure materials [operations] use.
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201	203		(3) The present or future boundary of the critical infrastructure materials use of a critical
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203	205		infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use does
204	206		99
205	207		not limit:
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207	209		(a) the scope of rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical
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209	211		infrastructure material use; or
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211	213		(b) the protection for a critical infrastructure materials protection area.
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213	215		(4)(a) A critical infrastructure operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use
214	216		104
215	217		shall file a declaration for recording in the office of the recorder of the county in
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217	219		which the vested critical infrastructure materials use is located.
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219	221		(b) A declaration under Subsection (4)(a) shall:
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221	223		(i) contain a legal description of the land included within the vested critical
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223	225		infrastructure materials use; and
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225	227		(ii) provide notice of the vested critical infrastructure materials use.
226	228		110
227	229		Section 3. Section 10-9a-903 is amended to read:
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229	231		10-9a-903 . Rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested
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231	233		critical infrastructure materials use.
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233	235		(1) Notwithstanding a political subdivision's prohibition, restriction, or other limitation
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235	237		on a critical infrastructure materials [operations] use adopted after the establishment of
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237	239		the critical infrastructure materials [operations] use, the rights of a critical infrastructure
238	240		116
239	241		materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use include
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241	243		with respect to that existing legal use the right to:
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243	245		(a) progress, extend, enlarge, grow, or expand the vested critical infrastructure materials
244	246		119
245	247		use to any contiguous land that the critical infrastructure materials operator owns or
246	248		120
247	249		controls before May 7, 2025;
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249	251		(b) expand the vested critical infrastructure materials use to new land that is contiguous
250	252		122
251	253		land to the surface or subsurface land on which the critical infrastructure materials
252	254		123
253	255		operator has a vested critical infrastructure materials use, including the surface or
254	256		124
255	257		subsurface land under Subsection (1)(a);
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257	259		[(1)] (c) use, operate, construct, reconstruct, restore, extend, expand, maintain, repair,
258	260		126
259	261		alter, substitute, modernize, upgrade, and replace equipment, processes, facilities, and
260	262		127
261	263		buildings[; and] on any surface or subsurface land that the critical infrastructure
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263	265		materials operator owns or controls before May 7, 2025;
264	266		129
265	267		(d) on any surface or subsurface land that the critical infrastructure materials operator
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267	268		130
268	269		owns or controls before May 7, 2025:
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269	271		131
270	272		(i) increase production or volume;
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272	274		(ii) alter the method of extracting or processing, including with respect to the vested
273	275		133
274	276		use, the right to stockpile or hold in reserve critical infrastructure materials, to
275	277		134
276	278		recycle, and to batch and mix concrete and asphalt; and
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278	280		(iii) extract or process a different or additional critical infrastructure material than
279	281		136
280	282		previously extracted or processed on the surface or subsurface land; and
281	283		137
282	284		[(2)] (e) discontinue, suspend, terminate, deactivate, or continue and reactivate,
283	285		138
284	286		temporarily or permanently, all or any part of the critical infrastructure materials [
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286	288		operations] use.
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288	290		(2)(a) As used in this Subsection (2), "applicable legislative body" means the legislative
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290	292		body of each:
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292	294		(i) county in whose unincorporated area the new land to be included in the vested
293	295		143
294	296		critical infrastructure materials use is located; or
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296	298		(ii) municipality in which the new land to be included in the critical infrastructure
297	299		145
298	300		materials use is located.
299	301		146
300	302		(b) A critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure
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302	304		materials use is presumed to have a right to expand the vested critical infrastructure
303	305		148
304	306		materials use to new land.
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306	308		(c) Before expanding a vested critical infrastructure materials use to new land, a critical
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308	310		infrastructure materials operator shall provide written notice:
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310	312		(i) of the critical infrastructure materials operator's intent to expand the vested critical
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312	314		infrastructure materials use; and
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314	316		(ii) to each applicable legislative body.
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316	318		(d)(i) An applicable legislative body shall:
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318	320		(A) hold a public meeting or hearing at the applicable legislative body's next
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320	322		available meeting that is no later than 30 days after receiving the notice under
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322	324		Subsection (2)(c); and
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324	326		(B) provide reasonable, advance, written notice of the intended expansion of the
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326	328		vested critical infrastructure materials use and the public meeting or hearing to
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328	330		each owner of the surface estate of the new land.
329	331		161
330	332		(ii) A public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(i) serves to provide
331	333		162
332	334		sufficient public notice of the critical infrastructure materials operator's intent to
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334	336		expand the vested critical infrastructure materials use to the new land.
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337	338		(e) After the public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(i), a critical
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339	341		infrastructure materials operator may expand a vested critical infrastructure materials
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341	343		use to new land without any action by an applicable legislative body, unless the
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343	345		applicable legislative body finds by the preponderance of the evidence on the record
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345	347		that the expansion to new land will endanger the public health, safety, and welfare. If
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347	349		the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in this
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349	351		Subsection (2)(e), Subsection (4) applies.
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351	353		(3) If a critical infrastructure materials operator expands a vested critical infrastructure
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353	355		materials use to new land, as authorized under this section:
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355	357		(a) the critical infrastructure materials operator's rights under the vested critical
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357	359		infrastructure materials use with respect to land on which the vested critical
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359	361		infrastructure materials use occurs apply with equal force after the expansion to the
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361	363		new land; and
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363	365		(b) the critical infrastructure materials protection area that includes land on which the
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365	367		vested critical infrastructure materials use occurs is expanded to include the new land.
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367	369		(4)(a) If the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in
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369	371		Subsection (2)(e):
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371	373		(i) the critical infrastructure materials operator shall submit to the applicable
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373	375		legislative body the critical infrastructure materials operator's plan for expansion
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375	377		under this section;
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377	379		(ii) by no later than 90 days after receipt of the plan for expansion described in
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379	381		Subsection (4)(a)(i), the applicable legislative body shall notify the operator of:
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381	383		(A) evidence that the expansion to new land will endanger the public health,
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383	385		safety, and welfare; and
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385	387		(B) proposed measures to mitigate the endangerment of the public health, safety,
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387	389		and welfare; and
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389	391		(iii) the applicable legislative body shall hold a public hearing by no later than 30
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391	393		days after the date the applicable legislative body complies with Subsection
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393	395		(4)(a)(ii) to present mitigation measures proposed under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
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395	397		(b) The applicable legislative body may impose mitigation measures under this
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397	399		Subsection (4) that are reasonable and do not exceed requirements imposed by
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399	401		permits issued by a state agency such as an air quality permit.
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401	403		(c) A political subdivision may not prohibit the expansion of a vested critical
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403		-	infrastructure materials use if the critical infrastructure materials operator agrees to
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	405	+	infrastructure use if the critical infrastructure materials operator agrees to comply
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406		-	comply with the mitigation measures described in Subsection (4)(b).
	407	+	with the mitigation measures described in Subsection (4)(b).
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408	410		(d) The process under this Subsection (4) is not a land use application or conditional use
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410	412		application under this chapter.
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412	414		Section 4. Section 10-9a-905 is amended to read:
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414	416		10-9a-905 . Abandonment of a vested critical infrastructure materials use.
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416	418		(1) A critical infrastructure materials operator may abandon some or all of a vested critical
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418	420		infrastructure materials [operations ]use only as provided in this section.
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420	422		(2) To abandon some or all of a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use, a
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422	424		critical infrastructure materials operator shall record a written declaration of
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424	426		abandonment with the recorder of the county in which the vested critical infrastructure
425	427		208
426	428		materials [operations] use being abandoned is located.
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428	430		(3) The written declaration of abandonment under Subsection (2) shall specify the vested
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430	432		critical infrastructure materials [operations] use or the portion of the vested critical
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432	434		infrastructure materials [operations] use being abandoned.
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434	436		Section 5. Section 17-27a-1001 is amended to read:
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436	438		17-27a-1001 . Definitions.
437	439		214
438	440		As used in this part:
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440	442		(1) "Commercial quantities," for purposes of this section, means critical infrastructure
441	443		216
442	444		materials:
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444	446		(a) extracted or processed by a commercial enterprise in the ordinary course of business;
445	447		218
446	448		and
447	449		219
448	450		(b) in a sufficient amount that the critical infrastructure materials introduction into
449	451		220
450	452		commerce would create a reasonable expectation of profit.
451	453		221
452	454		(2) "Contiguous land" means surface or subsurface land that shares a common boundary
453	455		222
454	456		and is not separated by a highway as defined in Section 41-6a-102.
455	457		223
456	458		(3) "Critical infrastructure materials" means sand, gravel, or rock aggregate.
457	459		224
458	460		[(2)] (4) "Critical infrastructure materials [operations] use" means the extraction, excavation,
459	461		225
460	462		processing, or reprocessing of critical infrastructure materials.
461	463		226
462	464		[(3)] (5) "Critical infrastructure materials operator" means a natural person, corporation,
463	465		227
464	466		association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary,
465	467		228
466	468		agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a
467	469		229
468	470		successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that:
469	471		230
470	472		(a) owns, controls, or manages a critical infrastructure materials [operations] use; and
471	473		231
472	474		(b) has produced commercial quantities of critical infrastructure materials from the
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474	475		232
475	476		critical infrastructure materials [operations] use.
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477	479		(6) "Existing legal use" means a critical infrastructure materials use that has operated in
478	480		234
479	481		accordance with:
480	482		235
481	483		(a) a legal nonconforming use that has not been abandoned for more than 24 consecutive
482	484		236
483	485		months; or
484	486		237
485	487		(b) a permit issued by the applicable political subdivision.
486	488		238
487	489		(7) "New land" means surface or subsurface land that a critical infrastructure materials
488	490		239
489	491		operator gains ownership or control of on or before January 1, 2026, regardless of
490	492		240
491	493		whether that land is included in any applicable permit issued by a political subdivision
492	494		241
493	495		or a legal nonconforming use.
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495	497		[(4)] (8) "Vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use" means a critical
496	498		243
497	499		infrastructure materials operations [operating in accordance with a legal nonconforming
498	500		244
499	501		use or a permit issued by the county that existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged
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501	503		in before:]
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503	505		[(a) a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits the critical
504	506		247
505	507		infrastructure materials operations; and]
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507	509		[(b) January 1, 2019] use by a critical infrastructure materials operator that is an existing
508	510		249
509	511		legal use.
510	512		250
511	513		Section 6. Section 17-27a-1002 is amended to read:
512	514		251
513	515		17-27a-1002 . Vested critical infrastructure materials use-- Presumption.
514	516		252
515	517		(1)(a) [Critical ] A critical infrastructure materials [operations operating in accordance
516	518		253
517	519		with a legal nonconforming use or a permit issued by the county are conclusively] use
518	520		254
519	521		is presumed to be a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use if the
520	522		255
521	523		critical infrastructure materials [operations permitted by the county, existed or was
522	524		256
523	525		conducted or otherwise engaged in before January 1, 2019 and before when a
524	526		257
525	527		political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits the critical infrastructure
526	528		258
527	529		materials operations.] use meets the definition of vested critical infrastructure
528	530		259
529	531		materials use as defined in Section 17-27a-1001.
530	532		260
531	533		(b) A person claiming that a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations has been]
532	534		261
533	535		use has not been established has the burden of proof to show by the preponderance of
534	536		262
535	537		the evidence that the vested critical infrastructure materials [operations has been] use
536	538		263
537	539		has not been established.
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539	541		(2) A vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use:
540	542		265
541	543		(a) runs with the land; and
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543	544		266
544	545		(b) may be changed to another critical infrastructure materials [operations conducted
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545	547		267
546	548		within the scope of a legal nonconforming use or the permit for the vested critical
547	549		268
548	550		infrastructure materials operations] use without losing its status as a vested critical
549	551		269
550	552		infrastructure materials [operations] use.
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552	554		(3) The present or future boundary of the critical infrastructure materials use of a critical
553	555		271
554	556		infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use does
555	557		272
556	558		not limit:
557	559		273
558	560		(a) the scope of rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical
559	561		274
560	562		infrastructure material use; or
561	563		275
562	564		(b) the protection for a critical infrastructure materials protection area.
563	565		276
564	566		(4)(a) A critical infrastructure operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use
565	567		277
566	568		shall file a declaration for recording in the office of the recorder of the county in
567	569		278
568	570		which the vested critical infrastructure materials use is located.
569	571		279
570	572		(b) A declaration under Subsection (4)(a) shall:
571	573		280
572	574		(i) contain a legal description of the land included within the vested critical
573	575		281
574	576		infrastructure materials use; and
575	577		282
576	578		(ii) provide notice of the vested critical infrastructure materials use.
577	579		283
578	580		Section 7. Section 17-27a-1003 is amended to read:
579	581		284
580	582		17-27a-1003 . Rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested
581	583		285
582	584		critical infrastructure materials use.
583	585		286
584	586		(1) Notwithstanding a political subdivision's prohibition, restriction, or other limitation
585	587		287
586	588		on a critical infrastructure materials [operations] use adopted after the establishment of
587	589		288
588	590		the critical infrastructure materials [operations] use, the rights of a critical infrastructure
589	591		289
590	592		materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use include
591	593		290
592	594		with respect to that existing legal use the right to:
593	595		291
594	596		(a) progress, extend, enlarge, grow, or expand the vested critical infrastructure materials
595	597		292
596	598		use to any contiguous land that the critical infrastructure materials operator owns or
597	599		293
598	600		controls before May 7, 2025;
599	601		294
600	602		(b) expand the vested critical infrastructure materials use to new land that is contiguous
601	603		295
602	604		land to the surface or subsurface land on which the critical infrastructure materials
603	605		296
604	606		operator has a vested critical infrastructure materials use, including the surface or
605	607		297
606	608		subsurface land under Subsection (1)(a);
607	609		298
608	610		[(1)] (c) use, operate, construct, reconstruct, restore, extend, expand, maintain, repair,
609	611		299
610	612		alter, substitute, modernize, upgrade, and replace equipment, processes, facilities, and
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612	613		300
613	614		buildings[; and] , on any surface or subsurface land that the critical infrastructure
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614	616		301
615	617		materials operator owns or controls before May 7, 2025;
616	618		302
617	619		(d) on any surface or subsurface land that the critical infrastructure materials operator
618	620		303
619	621		owns or controls before May 7, 2025:
620	622		304
621	623		(i) increase production or volume;
622	624		305
623	625		(ii) alter the method of extracting or processing, including with respect to the vested
624	626		306
625	627		use, the right to stockpile or hold in reserve critical infrastructure materials, to
626	628		307
627	629		recycle, and to batch and mix concrete and asphalt; and
628	630		308
629	631		(iii) extract or process a different or additional critical infrastructure material than
630	632		309
631	633		previously extracted or processed on the surface or subsurface land; and
632	634		310
633	635		[(2)] (e) discontinue, suspend, terminate, deactivate, or continue and reactivate,
634	636		311
635	637		temporarily or permanently, all or any part of the critical infrastructure materials [
636	638		312
637	639		operations] use.
638	640		313
639	641		(2)(a) As used in this Subsection (2), "applicable legislative body" means the legislative
640	642		314
641	643		body of each:
642	644		315
643	645		(i) county in whose unincorporated area the new land to be included in the vested
644	646		316
645	647		critical infrastructure materials use is located; or
646	648		317
647		-	(ii) municipality in which the new land to be included in the critical infrastructure
	649	+	(ii) municipality in which the new land to be included in the critical infrastructure use
648	650		318
649		-	~~use~~ is located.
	651	+	is located.
650	652		319
651	653		(b) A critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure
652	654		320
653	655		materials use is presumed to have a right to expand the vested critical infrastructure
654	656		321
655	657		materials use to new land.
656	658		322
657	659		(c) Before expanding a vested critical infrastructure materials use to new land, a critical
658	660		323
659	661		infrastructure materials operator shall provide written notice:
660	662		324
661	663		(i) of the critical infrastructure materials operator's intent to expand the vested critical
662	664		325
663	665		infrastructure materials use; and
664	666		326
665	667		(ii) to each applicable legislative body.
666	668		327
667	669		(d)(i) An applicable legislative body shall:
668	670		328
669	671		(A) hold a public meeting or hearing at the applicable legislative body's next
670	672		329
671	673		available meeting that is no later than 30 days after receiving the notice under
672	674		330
673	675		Subsection (2)(c); and
674	676		331
675	677		(B) provide reasonable, advance, written notice of the intended expansion of the
676	678		332
677	679		vested critical infrastructure materials use and the public meeting or hearing to
678	680		333
679	681		each owner of the surface estate of the new land.
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681	682		334
682	683		(ii) A public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(i) serves to provide
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683	685		335
684	686		sufficient public notice of the critical infrastructure materials operator's intent to
685	687		336
686	688		expand the vested critical infrastructure materials use to the new land.
687	689		337
688	690		(e) After the public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(i), a critical
689	691		338
690	692		infrastructure materials operator may expand a vested critical infrastructure materials
691	693		339
692	694		use to new land without any action by an applicable legislative body, unless the
693	695		340
694	696		applicable legislative body finds by the preponderance of the evidence on the record
695	697		341
696	698		that the expansion to new land will endanger the public health, safety, and welfare. If
697	699		342
698	700		the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in this
699	701		343
700	702		Subsection (2)(e), Subsection (4) applies.
701	703		344
702	704		(3) If a critical infrastructure materials operator expands a vested critical infrastructure
703	705		345
704	706		materials use to new land, as authorized under this section:
705	707		346
706	708		(a) the critical infrastructure materials operator's rights under the vested critical
707	709		347
708	710		infrastructure materials use with respect to land on which the vested critical
709	711		348
710	712		infrastructure materials use occurs apply with equal force after the expansion to the
711	713		349
712	714		new land; and
713	715		350
714	716		(b) the critical infrastructure materials protection area that includes land on which the
715	717		351
716	718		vested critical infrastructure materials use occurs is expanded to include the new land.
717	719		352
718	720		(4)(a) If the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in
719	721		353
720	722		Subsection (2)(e):
721	723		354
722	724		(i) the critical infrastructure materials operator shall submit to the applicable
723	725		355
724	726		legislative body the critical infrastructure materials operator's plan for expansion
725	727		356
726	728		under this section;
727	729		357
728	730		(ii) by no later than 90 days after receipt of the plan for expansion described in
729	731		358
730	732		Subsection (4)(a)(i), the applicable legislative body shall notify the operator of:
731	733		359
732	734		(A) evidence that the expansion to new land will endanger the public health,
733	735		360
734	736		safety, and welfare; and
735	737		361
736	738		(B) proposed measures to mitigate the endangerment of the public health, safety,
737	739		362
738	740		and welfare; and
739	741		363
740	742		(iii) the applicable legislative body shall hold a public hearing by no later than 30
741	743		364
742	744		days after the date the applicable legislative body complies with Subsection
743	745		365
744	746		(4)(a)(ii) to present mitigation measures proposed under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
745	747		366
746	748		(b) The applicable legislative body may impose mitigation measures under this
747	749		367
748	750		Subsection (4) that are reasonable and do not exceed requirements imposed by
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750	751		368
751	752		permits issued by a state agency such as an air quality permit.
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752	754		369
753	755		(c) A political subdivision may not prohibit the expansion of a vested critical
754	756		370
755		-	infrastructure ~~materials~~ use if the critical infrastructure materials operator agrees to
	757	+	infrastructure use if the critical infrastructure materials operator agrees to comply
756	758		371
757		-	~~comply~~ with the mitigation measures described in Subsection (4)(b).
	759	+	with the mitigation measures described in Subsection (4)(b).
758	760		372
759	761		(d) The process under this Subsection (4) is not a land use application or conditional use
760	762		373
761	763		application under this chapter.
762	764		374
763	765		Section 8. Section 17-27a-1005 is amended to read:
764	766		375
765	767		17-27a-1005 . Abandonment of a vested critical infrastructure materials use.
766	768		376
767	769		(1) A critical infrastructure materials operator may abandon some or all of a vested critical
768	770		377
769	771		infrastructure materials [operations ]use only as provided in this section.
770	772		378
771	773		(2) To abandon some or all of a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use, a
772	774		379
773	775		critical infrastructure materials operator shall record a written declaration of
774	776		380
775	777		abandonment with the recorder of the county in which the vested critical infrastructure
776	778		381
777	779		materials [operations] use being abandoned is located.
778	780		382
779	781		(3) The written declaration of abandonment under Subsection (2) shall specify the vested
780	782		383
781	783		critical infrastructure materials [operations] use or the portion of the vested critical
782	784		384
783	785		infrastructure materials [operations] use being abandoned.
784	786		385
785	787		Section 9. Section 17-41-101 is amended to read:
786	788		386
787	789		17-41-101 . Definitions.
788	790		387
789	791		As used in this chapter:
790	792		388
791	793		(1) "Advisory board" means:
792	794		389
793	795		(a) for an agriculture protection area, the agriculture protection area advisory board
794	796		390
795	797		created as provided in Section 17-41-201;
796	798		391
797	799		(b) for an industrial protection area, the industrial protection area advisory board created
798	800		392
799	801		as provided in Section 17-41-201; and
800	802		393
801	803		(c) for a critical infrastructure materials protection area, the critical infrastructure
802	804		394
803	805		materials protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201.
804	806		395
805	807		(2)(a) "Agriculture production" means production for commercial purposes of crops,
806	808		396
807	809		livestock, and livestock products.
808	810		397
809	811		(b) "Agriculture production" includes the processing or retail marketing of any crops,
810	812		398
811	813		livestock, and livestock products when more than 50% of the processed or
812	814		399
813	815		merchandised products are produced by the farm operator.
814	816		400
815	817		(3) "Agriculture protection area" means a geographic area created under the authority of
816	818		401
817	819		this chapter that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter.
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819	820		402
820	821		(4) "Applicable legislative body" means:
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821	823		403
822	824		(a) with respect to a proposed agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or
823	825		404
824	826		critical infrastructure materials protection area:
825	827		405
826	828		(i) the legislative body of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the
827	829		406
828	830		relevant protection area is located, if the land is within the unincorporated part of
829	831		407
830	832		the county; or
831	833		408
832	834		(ii) the legislative body of the city or town in which the land proposed to be included
833	835		409
834	836		in the relevant protection area is located; and
835	837		410
836	838		(b) with respect to an existing agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or
837	839		411
838	840		critical infrastructure materials protection area:
839	841		412
840	842		(i) the legislative body of the county in which the relevant protection area is located,
841	843		413
842	844		if the relevant protection area is within the unincorporated part of the county; or
843	845		414
844	846		(ii) the legislative body of the city or town in which the relevant protection area is
845	847		415
846	848		located.
847	849		416
848	850		(5) "Board" means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created in Section 40-6-4.
849	851		417
850	852		(6) "Critical infrastructure materials" means sand, gravel, or rock aggregate.
851	853		418
852	854		(7) "Critical infrastructure materials operations" means the extraction, excavation,
853	855		419
854	856		processing, or reprocessing of critical infrastructure materials.
855	857		420
856	858		(8) "Critical infrastructure materials operator" means a natural person, corporation,
857	859		421
858	860		association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary,
859	861		422
860	862		agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a
861	863		423
862	864		successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that:
863	865		424
864	866		(a) owns, controls, or manages a critical infrastructure materials operation; and
865	867		425
866	868		(b) has produced commercial quantities of critical infrastructure materials from the
867	869		426
868	870		critical infrastructure materials operations.
869	871		427
870	872		(9) "Critical infrastructure materials protection area" means a geographic area created under
871	873		428
872	874		the authority of this chapter on or after May 14, 2019, that is granted the specific legal
873	875		429
874	876		protections contained in this chapter.
875	877		430
876	878		(10) "Crops, livestock, and livestock products" includes:
877	879		431
878	880		(a) land devoted to the raising of useful plants and animals with a reasonable expectation
879	881		432
880	882		of profit, including:
881	883		433
882	884		(i) forages and sod crops;
883	885		434
884	886		(ii) grains and feed crops;
885	887		435
886	888		(iii) livestock as defined in Section 59-2-102;
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888	889		436
889	890		(iv) trees and fruits; or
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890	892		437
891	893		(v) vegetables, nursery, floral, and ornamental stock; or
892	894		438
893	895		(b) land devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications for payments or
894	896		439
895	897		other compensation under a crop-land retirement program with an agency of the state
896	898		440
897	899		or federal government.
898	900		441
899	901		(11) "Division" means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining created in Section 40-6-15.
900	902		442
901	903		(12) "Industrial protection area" means a geographic area created under the authority of this
902	904		443
903	905		chapter that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter.
904	906		444
905	907		(13) "Mine operator" means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership,
906	908		445
907	909		receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other
908	910		446
909	911		organization or representative, either public or private, including a successor, assign,
910	912		447
911	913		affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that, [as of] before January 1, 2019:
912	914		448
913	915		(a) owns, controls, or manages a mining use under a large mine permit issued by the
914	916		449
915	917		division or the board; and
916	918		450
917	919		(b) has produced commercial quantities of a mineral deposit from the mining use.
918	920		451
919	921		(14) "Mineral deposit" means the same as that term is defined in Section 40-8-4.
920	922		452
921	923		(15) "Mining protection area" means land where a vested mining use occurs, including each
922	924		453
923	925		surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that a mine operator with a vested mining
924	926		454
925	927		use owns or controls on January 1, 2026.
926	928		455
927	929		(16) "Mining use":
928	930		456
929	931		(a) means:
930	932		457
931	933		(i) the full range of activities, from prospecting and exploration to reclamation and
932	934		458
933	935		closure, associated with the exploitation of a mineral deposit; and
934	936		459
935	937		(ii) the use of the surface and subsurface and groundwater and surface water of an
936	938		460
937	939		area in connection with the activities described in Subsection (16)(a)(i) that have
938	940		461
939	941		been, are being, or will be conducted; and
940	942		462
941	943		(b) includes, whether conducted on-site or off-site:
942	944		463
943	945		(i) any sampling, staking, surveying, exploration, or development activity;
944	946		464
945	947		(ii) any drilling, blasting, excavating, or tunneling;
946	948		465
947	949		(iii) the removal, transport, treatment, deposition, and reclamation of overburden,
948	950		466
949	951		development rock, tailings, and other waste material;
950	952		467
951	953		(iv) any removal, transportation, extraction, beneficiation, or processing of ore;
952	954		468
953	955		(v) any smelting, refining, autoclaving, or other primary or secondary processing
954	956		469
955	957		operation;
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957	958		470
958	959		(vi) the recovery of any mineral left in residue from a previous extraction or
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959	961		471
960	962		processing operation;
961	963		472
962	964		(vii) a mining activity that is identified in a work plan or permitting document;
963	965		473
964	966		(viii) the use, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or alteration of a building,
965	967		474
966	968		structure, facility, equipment, machine, tool, or other material or property that
967	969		475
968	970		results from or is used in a surface or subsurface mining operation or activity;
969	971		476
970	972		(ix) any accessory, incidental, or ancillary activity or use, both active and passive,
971	973		477
972	974		including a utility, private way or road, pipeline, land excavation, working,
973	975		478
974	976		embankment, pond, gravel excavation, mining waste, conveyor, power line,
975	977		479
976	978		trackage, storage, reserve, passive use area, buffer zone, and power production
977	979		480
978	980		facility;
979	981		481
980	982		(x) the construction of a storage, factory, processing, or maintenance facility; and
981	983		482
982	984		(xi) an activity described in Subsection 40-8-4(19)(a).
983	985		483
984	986		(17)(a) "Municipal" means of or relating to a city or town.
985	987		484
986	988		(b) "Municipality" means a city or town.
987	989		485
988	990		(18) "New land" means surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that a mine operator
989	991		486
990	992		gains ownership or control of, whether that land or mineral estate is included in the mine
991	993		487
992	994		operator's large mine permit.
993	995		488
994	996		(19) "Off-site" means the same as that term is defined in Section 40-8-4.
995	997		489
996	998		(20) "On-site" means the same as that term is defined in Section 40-8-4.
997	999		490
998	1000		(21) "Planning commission" means:
999	1001		491
1000	1002		(a) a countywide planning commission if the land proposed to be included in the
1001	1003		492
1002	1004		agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure
1003	1005		493
1004	1006		materials protection area is within the unincorporated part of the county and not
1005	1007		494
1006	1008		within a planning advisory area;
1007	1009		495
1008	1010		(b) a planning advisory area planning commission if the land proposed to be included in
1009	1011		496
1010	1012		the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure
1011	1013		497
1012	1014		materials protection area is within a planning advisory area; or
1013	1015		498
1014	1016		(c) a planning commission of a city or town if the land proposed to be included in the
1015	1017		499
1016	1018		agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure
1017	1019		500
1018	1020		materials protection area is within a city or town.
1019	1021		501
1020	1022		(22) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, town, school district, special district, or
1021	1023		502
1022	1024		special service district.
1023	1025		503
1024	1026		(23) "Proposal sponsors" means the owners of land in agricultural production, industrial
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1026	1027		504
1027	1028		use, or critical infrastructure materials operations who are sponsoring the proposal for
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1028	1030		505
1029	1031		creating an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical
1030	1032		506
1031	1033		infrastructure materials protection area.
1032	1034		507
1033	1035		(24) "State agency" means each department, commission, board, council, agency,
1034	1036		508
1035	1037		institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory,
1036	1038		509
1037	1039		library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state.
1038	1040		510
1039	1041		(25) "Unincorporated" means not within a city or town.
1040	1042		511
1041	1043		(26) "Vested mining use" means a mining use:
1042	1044		512
1043	1045		(a) by a mine operator; and
1044	1046		513
1045	1047		(b) that existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged in before a political subdivision
1046	1048		514
1047	1049		prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits a mining use.
1048	1050		515
1049	1051		Section 10. Section 17-41-402 is amended to read:
1050	1052		516
1051	1053		17-41-402 . Limitations on local regulations.
1052	1054		517
1053	1055		(1) A political subdivision within which an agriculture protection area, industrial protection
1054	1056		518
1055	1057		area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is created or with a mining
1056	1058		519
1057	1059		protection area within its boundary shall encourage the continuity, development, and
1058	1060		520
1059	1061		viability of agriculture use, industrial use, critical infrastructure materials operations, or
1060	1062		521
1061	1063		mining use, within the relevant protection area by not enacting a local law, ordinance, or
1062	1064		522
1063	1065		regulation that, unless the law, ordinance, or regulation bears a direct relationship to
1064	1066		523
1065	1067		public health or safety, would unreasonably restrict:
1066	1068		524
1067	1069		(a) in the case of an agriculture protection area, a farm structure or farm practice;
1068	1070		525
1069	1071		(b) in the case of an industrial protection area, an industrial use of the land within the
1070	1072		526
1071	1073		area;
1072	1074		527
1073	1075		(c) in the case of a critical infrastructure materials protection area, critical infrastructure
1074	1076		528
1075	1077		materials operations; or
1076	1078		529
1077	1079		(d) in the case of a mining protection area, a mining use within the protection area.
1078	1080		530
1079	1081		(2) A political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation
1080	1082		531
1081	1083		affecting land within an agriculture protection area unless the political subdivision
1082	1084		532
1083	1085		receives written approval for the change from all the landowners within the agriculture
1084	1086		533
1085	1087		protection area affected by the change.
1086	1088		534
1087	1089		(3) Except as provided by Section 19-4-113, a political subdivision may not change the
1088	1090		535
1089	1091		zoning designation of or a zoning regulation affecting land within an industrial
1090	1092		536
1091	1093		protection area unless the political subdivision receives written approval for the change
1092	1094		537
1093	1095		from all the landowners within the industrial protection area affected by the change.
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1095	1096		538
1096	1097		(4) A political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation
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1097	1099		539
1098	1100		affecting land within a critical infrastructure materials protection area unless the political
1099	1101		540
1100	1102		subdivision receives written approval for the change from each critical infrastructure
1101	1103		541
1102	1104		materials operator within the relevant area.
1103	1105		542
1104	1106		(5) A political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation
1105	1107		543
1106	1108		affecting land within a mining protection area unless the political subdivision receives
1107	1109		544
1108	1110		written approval for the change from each mine operator within the area.
1109	1111		545
1110	1112		(6) A county, city, or town may not:
1111	1113		546
1112	1114		(a) adopt, enact, or amend an existing land use regulation, ordinance, or regulation that
1113	1115		547
1114	1116		would prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit critical infrastructure materials
1115	1117		548
1116	1118		operations[, including ] with a vested critical infrastructure materials [operations] use
1117	1119		549
1118	1120		as defined in Section 10-9a-901 or 17-27a-1001; or
1119	1121		550
1120	1122		(b) initiate proceedings to amend the county's, city's, or town's land use ordinances as
1121	1123		551
1122	1124		described in Subsection 10-9a-509(1)(a)(ii) or 17-27a-508(1)(a)(ii) as it regards the
1123	1125		552
1124	1126		rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical
1125	1127		553
1126	1128		infrastructure materials use.
1127	1129		554
1128	1130		Section 11. Section 17-41-502 is amended to read:
1129	1131		555
1130	1132		17-41-502 . Rights of a mine operator with a vested mining use -- Expanding
1131	1133		556
1132	1134		vested mining use.
1133	1135		557
1134	1136		(1) Notwithstanding a political subdivision's prohibition, restriction, or other limitation on a
1135	1137		558
1136	1138		mining use adopted after the establishment of the mining use, the rights of a mine
1137	1139		559
1138	1140		operator with a vested mining use include the rights to:
1139	1141		560
1140	1142		(a) progress, extend, enlarge, grow, or expand the vested mining use to any surface or
1141	1143		561
1142	1144		subsurface land or mineral estate that the mine operator owns or controls;
1143	1145		562
1144	1146		(b) expand the vested mining use to any new land that:
1145	1147		563
1146	1148		(i) is contiguous and related in mineralization to surface or subsurface land or a
1147	1149		564
1148	1150		mineral estate that the mine operator already owns or controls;
1149	1151		565
1150	1152		(ii) contains minerals that are part of the same mineral trend as the minerals that the
1151	1153		566
1152	1154		mine operator already owns or controls; or
1153	1155		567
1154	1156		(iii) is a geologic offshoot to surface or subsurface land or a mineral estate that the
1155	1157		568
1156	1158		mine operator already owns or controls;
1157	1159		569
1158	1160		(c) use, operate, construct, reconstruct, restore, extend, expand, maintain, repair, alter,
1159	1161		570
1160	1162		substitute, modernize, upgrade, and replace equipment, processes, facilities, and
1161	1163		571
1162	1164		buildings on any surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that the mine operator
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1164	1165		572
1165	1166		owns or controls;
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1166	1168		573
1167	1169		(d) increase production or volume, alter the method of mining or processing, and mine
1168	1170		574
1169	1171		or process a different or additional mineral than previously mined or owned on any
1170	1172		575
1171	1173		surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that the mine operator owns or controls;
1172	1174		576
1173	1175		and
1174	1176		577
1175	1177		(e) discontinue, suspend, terminate, deactivate, or continue and reactivate, temporarily
1176	1178		578
1177	1179		or permanently, all or any part of the mining use.
1178	1180		579
1179	1181		(2)(a) As used in this Subsection (2), "applicable legislative body" means the legislative
1180	1182		580
1181	1183		body of each:
1182	1184		581
1183	1185		(i) county in whose unincorporated area the new land to be included in the vested
1184	1186		582
1185	1187		mining use is located; and
1186	1188		583
1187	1189		(ii) municipality in which the new land to be included in the vested mining use is
1188	1190		584
1189	1191		located.
1190	1192		585
1191	1193		(b) A mine operator with a vested mining use is presumed to have a right to expand the
1192	1194		586
1193	1195		vested mining use to new land.
1194	1196		587
1195	1197		(c) Before expanding a vested mining use to new land, a mine operator shall provide
1196	1198		588
1197	1199		written notice:
1198	1200		589
1199	1201		(i) of the mine operator's intent to expand the vested mining use; and
1200	1202		590
1201	1203		(ii) to each applicable legislative body.
1202	1204		591
1203	1205		(d)(i) An applicable legislative body shall:
1204	1206		592
1205	1207		(A) hold a public meeting or hearing at its next available meeting that is more than
1206	1208		593
1207	1209		10 days after receiving the notice under Subsection (2)(c); and
1208	1210		594
1209	1211		(B) provide reasonable, advance, written notice:
1210	1212		595
1211	1213		(I) of:
1212	1214		596
1213	1215		(Aa) the intended expansion of the vested mining use; and
1214	1216		597
1215	1217		(Bb) the public meeting or hearing; and
1216	1218		598
1217	1219		(II) to each owner of the surface estate of the new land.
1218	1220		599
1219	1221		(ii) A public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(i) serves to provide
1220	1222		600
1221	1223		sufficient public notice of the mine operator's intent to expand the vested mining
1222	1224		601
1223	1225		use to the new land.
1224	1226		602
1225	1227		(e) After the public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(ii), a mine operator may
1226	1228		603
1227	1229		expand a vested mining use to new land without any action by an applicable
1228	1230		604
1229	1231		legislative body, unless the applicable legislative body finds that there is clear and
1230	1232		605
1231	1233		convincing evidence in the record that the expansion to new land will imminently
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1233	1234		606
1234	1235		endanger the public health, safety, and welfare. If the applicable legislative body
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1235	1237		607
1236	1238		makes the finding of endangerment described in this Subsection (2)(e), Subsection (4)
1237	1239		608
1238	1240		applies.
1239	1241		609
1240	1242		(3) If a mine operator expands a vested mining use to new land, as authorized under this
1241	1243		610
1242	1244		section:
1243	1245		611
1244	1246		(a) the mine operator's rights under the vested mining use with respect to land on which
1245	1247		612
1246	1248		the vested mining use occurs apply with equal force after the expansion to the new
1247	1249		613
1248	1250		land; and
1249	1251		614
1250	1252		(b) the mining protection area that includes land on which the vested mining use occurs
1251	1253		615
1252	1254		is expanded to include the new land.
1253	1255		616
1254	1256		(4)(a) If the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in
1255	1257		617
1256	1258		Subsection (2)(e):
1257	1259		618
1258	1260		(i) the mining operator shall submit to the applicable legislative body the mining
1259	1261		619
1260	1262		operator's plan for expansion under this section;
1261	1263		620
1262	1264		(ii) by no later than 30 days after receipt of the plan for expansion described in
1263	1265		621
1264	1266		Subsection (4)(a)(i), the applicable legislative body shall notify the operator of:
1265	1267		622
1266	1268		(A) evidence that the expansion to new land will endanger the public health,
1267	1269		623
1268	1270		safety, and welfare; and
1269	1271		624
1270	1272		(B) proposed measures to mitigate the endangerment of the public health, safety,
1271	1273		625
1272	1274		and welfare; and
1273	1275		626
1274	1276		(iii) the applicable legislative body shall hold a public hearing by no later than 30
1275	1277		627
1276	1278		days after the date the applicable legislative body complies with Subsection
1277	1279		628
1278	1280		(4)(a)(ii) to present mitigation measures proposed under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
1279	1281		629
1280	1282		(b) The applicable legislative body may impose mitigation measures under this
1281	1283		630
1282	1284		Subsection (4) that are reasonable and do not exceed requirements imposed by
1283	1285		631
1284	1286		permits issued by a state agency such as an air quality permit.
1285	1287		632
1286	1288		(c) A political subdivision may not prohibit the expansion of a vested mining use if the
1287	1289		633
1288	1290		mining operator agrees to comply with the mitigation measures described in
1289	1291		634
1290	1292		Subsection (4)(b).
1291	1293		635
1292	1294		(d) The process under this Subsection (4) is not a land use application or conditional use
1293	1295		636
1294	1296		application under Title 10, Chapter 9a, Municipal Land Use, Development, and
1295	1297		637
1296	1298		Management Act, or Chapter 27a, County Land Use, Development, and Management
1297	1299		638
1298	1300		Act.
1299	1301		639
1300	1302		Section 12. Section 78B-6-1101 is amended to read:
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1302	1303		640
1303	1304		78B-6-1101 . Definitions -- Nuisance -- Right of action -- Agriculture operations.
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1304	1306		641
1305	1307		(1) A nuisance is anything that is injurious to health, indecent, offensive to the senses, or an
1306	1308		642
1307	1309		obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment
1308	1310		643
1309	1311		of life or property. A nuisance may be the subject of an action.
1310	1312		644
1311	1313		(2) A nuisance may include the following:
1312	1314		645
1313	1315		(a) drug houses and drug dealing as provided in Section 78B-6-1107;
1314	1316		646
1315	1317		(b) gambling as provided in Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 11, Gambling;
1316	1318		647
1317	1319		(c) criminal activity committed in concert with three or more persons as provided in
1318	1320		648
1319	1321		Section 76-3-203.1;
1320	1322		649
1321	1323		(d) criminal activity committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association
1322	1324		650
1323	1325		with any criminal street gang as defined in Section 76-9-802;
1324	1326		651
1325	1327		(e) criminal activity committed to gain recognition, acceptance, membership, or
1326	1328		652
1327	1329		increased status with a criminal street gang as defined in Section 76-9-802;
1328	1330		653
1329	1331		(f) party houses that frequently create conditions defined in Subsection (1); and
1330	1332		654
1331	1333		(g) prostitution as provided in Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 13, Prostitution.
1332	1334		655
1333	1335		(3) A nuisance under this part includes tobacco smoke that drifts into a residential unit a
1334	1336		656
1335	1337		person rents, leases, or owns, from another residential or commercial unit and the smoke:
1336	1338		657
1337	1339		(a) drifts in more than once in each of two or more consecutive seven-day periods; and
1338	1340		658
1339	1341		(b) creates any of the conditions under Subsection (1).
1340	1342		659
1341	1343		(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to:
1342	1344		660
1343	1345		(a) a residential rental unit available for temporary rental, such as for a vacation, or
1344	1346		661
1345	1347		available for only 30 or fewer days at a time; or
1346	1348		662
1347	1349		(b) a hotel or motel room.
1348	1350		663
1349	1351		(5) Subsection (3) does not apply to a unit that is part of a timeshare development, as
1350	1352		664
1351	1353		defined in Section 57-19-2, or subject to a timeshare interest as defined in Section
1352	1354		665
1353	1355		57-19-2.
1354	1356		666
1355	1357		(6) An action may be brought by a person whose property is injuriously affected, or whose
1356	1358		667
1357	1359		personal enjoyment is lessened by the nuisance.
1358	1360		668
1359	1361		(7) An action for nuisance against an agricultural operation is governed by Title 4, Chapter
1360	1362		669
1361	1363		44, Agricultural Operations Nuisances Act.
1362	1364		670
1363	1365		(8) "Critical infrastructure materials operations" means the same as [that term] the term
1364	1366		671
1365	1367		"critical infrastructure materials use" is defined in Section 10-9a-901.
1366	1368		672
1367	1369		(9) "Manufacturing facility" means a factory, plant, or other facility including its
1368	1370		673
1369	1371		appurtenances, where the form of raw materials, processed materials, commodities, or
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1371	1372		674
1372	1373		other physical objects is converted or otherwise changed into other materials,
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1373	1375		675
1374	1376		commodities, or physical objects or where such materials, commodities, or physical
1375	1377		676
1376	1378		objects are combined to form a new material, commodity, or physical object.
1377	1379		677
1378	1380		Section 13. Repealer.
1379	1381		678
1380	1382		This bill repeals:
1381	1383		679
1382	1384		Section 17-41-102, Study of critical infrastructure materials operations and related
1383	1385		680
1384	1386		mining.
1385	1387		681
1386	1388		Section 14. Effective Date.
1387	1389		682
1388	1390		This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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