Chapter 5. Management of Range Resources

53C-5-101 Management of range resources.
53C-5-102 Grazing permits - Treatment of permits on federal lands required by the state.
53C-5-103 Control of noxious weeds, new and invading plant species, insects, and disease infestations.
53C-5-104 Fees.

53C-5-101 Management of range resources.

(1) The director is responsible for the efficient management of all range resources on lands under the director's administration, consistent with his fiduciary duties of financial support to the beneficiaries.

(2) This management shall be based on sound resource management principles.
2000

53C-5-102 Grazing permits - Treatment of permits on federal lands required by the state.

(1) (a) The director may issue grazing permits on trust lands under terms and conditions established by rules of the director.

(b) Those terms shall be based on the fair market value of the permit.

(2) (a) Upon selecting, exchanging, or otherwise acquiring lands of the United States, the director shall honor, for the remainder of the applicable term, all leases, permits, and contracts, and the related terms and conditions of user agreements on United States lands, including permitted stocking rates, grazing fee levels, access rights, and all existing activities that currently or historically have dictated an understanding of usage between the land user and the federal government.

(b) Improvements of the permittee or lessee to the land shall be honored by the state in the acquisition of federal lands.
1994

53C-5-103 Control of noxious weeds, new and invading plant species, insects, and disease infestations.

The director may enter into agreements with other public agencies and private landowners to cooperate in the control of noxious weeds, new and invading plant species, insects, and disease infestations on state-owned and adjacent lands.
1994

53C-5-104 Fees.

(1) The director shall collect a fee annually from each grazing permittee for the control of noxious weeds and new and invading plant species on trust lands.

(2) The fee shall be 5 cents per animal unit month (AUM).

(3) Fees collected by the director under this section shall be deposited in the Land Grant Management Fund created in Section 53C-3-101 and shall be used by the director for the payment of costs incurred in controlling noxious weeds and new and invading plant species on school and institutional trust lands.
2002

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