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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Fund” means the Wildlife Conservation Fund created by this section.
(b) “Wildlife conservation permit program” means a program under which the division issues permit opportunities to be sold by a conservation organization for auction to the highest bidder at a fund-raising event.
(c) “Wildlife exposition program” means a program under which the division allocates permits to a drawing administered by a selected conservation organization as part of a regional or national exposition for the purpose of generating revenue to fund wildlife conservation activities in Utah.
(2) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Wildlife Conservation Fund.”
(3) The fund consists of:
(a) wildlife conservation permit program revenue transferred to the division pursuant to rules, made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(b) wildlife exposition program revenue transferred to the division pursuant to rules, made by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(c) money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature;
(d) contributions, grants, gifts, transfers, bequests, and donations to the fund accepted by the division and specifically directed to the fund; and
(e) interest and earnings on the fund.
(4)(a) The fund shall earn interest and other earnings.
(b) The interest and earnings described in Subsection (4)(a) shall be deposited into the fund.
(5)(a) The division shall use proceeds in the fund to carry out the purposes of the wildlife conservation permit program or wildlife exposition program.
(b) Deposits into and expenditures from the fund shall specifically identify the wildlife conservation permit program or wildlife exposition program to which the deposits and expenditures apply.
(c) The division shall make expenditures from the fund consistent with the rules governing the applicable program.
(6) The division shall annually report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee regarding:
(a) the amount of money in the fund;
(b) the sources of money in the fund; and
(c) how the money is expended.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 23A. Wildlife Resources Act § 23A-3-205. Wildlife Conservation Fund - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-23a-wildlife-resources-act/ut-code-sect-23a-3-205/
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