Utah Code 63L-8-309. Timber Fund

(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the “Timber Fund.”

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DLM: means the Department of Land Management, created in Section 63L-9-102. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
Public land: means any land or land interest:
     (10)(a) acquired by the state from the federal government pursuant to Section 63L-6-103, except:
          (10)(a)(i) areas subsequently designated as a protected wilderness area, as described in Title 63L, Chapter 7, Utah Wilderness Act; and
          (10)(a)(ii) lands managed by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration pursuant to Title 53C, School and Institutional Trust Lands Management Act; or
     (10)(b) for which the state is given management responsibility from the federal government. See Utah Code 63L-8-102

(2) The fund described in Subsection (1) shall consist of:

(2)(a) money received from the disposal of timber prepared for sale from public lands;

(2)(b) money voluntarily donated or contributed to the fund; and

(2)(c) interest earned on the fund.

(3) The DLM may expend money in the fund for the purposes of:

(3)(a) planning and preparing timber for disposal;

(3)(b) the administration of timber sales;

(3)(c) site preparation and reforestation;

(3)(d) wildfire suppression and rehabilitation on forested public land; and

(3)(e) overhead and direct costs associated with timber management.