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Bills / S.B. 43

S.B. 43 Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments

Became lawWritten by Sen. Derrin R. Owens · carried in the House by Rep. Burton, Jefferson S.

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

This bill keeps the School and Institutional Trust Lands advocacy office instead of eliminating it, and makes conforming changes to the law governing that office based on a 2024 state audit. It also makes minor technical corrections to spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the bill's text.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • defines terms
  • clarifies the authority and purpose of the advocacy office as the primary representative of the trust beneficiaries
  • refines the duties of the advocacy office director
  • defines accountability requirements for use of trust distributions in response to a legislative audit
  • updates the composition of the nominating committees for the trustee boards
  • makes technical and conforming changes
Full text and history on le.utah.gov →
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