Utah Code 79-3-510. Protection of school and institutional trust land interests relating to paleontological resources
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(1) The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration shall develop policies and procedures for the excavation, preservation, placement in a repository, curation, and exhibition of critical paleontological resources from school and institutional trust lands that:
Terms Used In Utah Code 79-3-510
- Critical paleontological resources: means vertebrate fossils and other exceptional fossils that are designated state paleontological landmarks as provided for in Section
79-3-505 . See Utah Code 79-3-102 - Curation: means :(5)(a) management and care of collections according to standard professional museum practice, which may include inventorying, accessioning, labeling, cataloging, identifying, evaluating, documenting, storing, maintaining, periodically inspecting, cleaning, stabilizing, conserving, exhibiting, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of original collections or reproductions; and(5)(b) providing access to and facilities for studying collections. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Land: includes :
(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- School and institutional land grants: means the transfer of properties pursuant to Sections 6 and 8 of the Utah Enabling Act and Utah Constitution Article XX. See Utah Code 79-3-102
- Site: means any paleontological deposit or other location that is the source of a specimen. See Utah Code 79-3-102
(1)(a) are consistent with the provisions of the school and institutional land grants; and(1)(b) insure that primary consideration is given, on a site or project specific basis, for the support of the beneficiaries of the school and institutional land grants.(2) Consistent with the provisions of the school and institutional land grants, the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration may:(2)(a) preserve and develop sites found on school and institutional trust lands for scientific or educational purposes; and(2)(b) provide for the disposition of sites found on school and institutional trust lands, after the appropriate level of data recovery, for preservation, development, or economic purposes. - Land: includes :