Utah Code 17B-2a-209. State land treated the same as private land — Consent needed to affect school and institutional trust land — Owner of state land has same rights as owner of private land
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(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a drainage district may treat state land the same as private land with respect to the drainage of land for agricultural purposes.
Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-2a-209
- Drainage: includes the reclamation, protection, or betterment of land by leading, carrying, withholding, or pumping excess water from land through canals, ditches, pipes, or other means. See Utah Code 17B-2a-202
- Drainage district: means a special district that operates under and is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a drainage district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
- 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
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) A drainage district may not affect school or institutional trust land under this part or Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts, without the consent of the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration acting in accordance with Sections 53C-1-102 and 53C-1-303.(3) The state and each person holding unpatented state land under entries or contracts of purchase from the state have all the rights, privileges, and benefits under this part and Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts, that a private owner of that land would have.