Utah Code 63L-8-504. Roads
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(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.
Terms Used In Utah Code 63L-8-504
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- Director: means the director of the Department of Land Management or the director's designee. See Utah Code 63L-8-102
- 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
- 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
- Road: includes :(33)(a) a public bridge;(33)(b) a county way;(33)(c) a county road;(33)(d) a common road; and(33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(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:
(3)(a) the director utilizing appropriated funds;
(3)(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;
(3)(c) cooperative financing with other public agencies and with private agencies or persons; or
(3)(d) a combination of these methods, provided that:
(3)(d)(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
(3)(d)(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.