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Utah Code Title 63L. Lands § 63L-8-504. Roads

Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) The director, with respect to public land, is authorized to provide for the authorization, construction, and maintenance of new and necessary roads within the public land that will permit utilization of the natural resources on such land, including the seven principal or major uses described in Section 63L-8-103.

(2) The roads described in Subsection (1) shall be constructed to standards sufficient to provide for the safety of the authorized users of the road, and to protect the environment to the best available management standards applicable.

(3) Financing of the roads described in Subsection (1) may be accomplished by:

(a) the director utilizing appropriated funds;

(b) requirements on authorized users of the natural resources and other products from the public land, including provisions for amortization of road costs in contracts;

(c) cooperative financing with other public agencies and with private agencies or persons; or

(d) a combination of these methods, provided that:

(i) where roads of a higher standard than that needed for harvesting or removing natural resources and other products from public land covered by a particular sale are to be constructed, the authorized user may not be required to bear that part of the costs necessary to meet such higher standard; or

(ii) when natural resource products are offered with the condition that the purchaser build a road or roads in accordance with standards specified in the offer, the authorized user is responsible for paying the full costs of road construction.

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