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[TITLE 23. Table of Contents]
23-21a-1 Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Pelican
Management Act."
1977
23-21a-2 Legislative findings and policy.
The legislature of the state of Utah recognizes that the
number of breeding sites of the American white pelican has
been reduced from in excess of 50 prior to 1932 to only seven
major sites in 1976 as a result of the removal of water barriers
around breeding sites, loss of food supply, and human disturbance
of nesting colonies. The legislature of the state of Utah
further recognizes that Gunnison Island in the Great Salt
Lake, one of the seven remaining pelican rookeries in North
America, produces over 20% of the world's population of the
American white pelican, and is the only remaining major pelican
rookery that does not have refuge status. It is hereby declared
to be the policy of the state of Utah that areas that will
support certain threatened life forms shall be preserved
for their benefit and for the benefit and enjoyment of present
and future generations of people.
1977
23-21a-3 State to condemn and purchase islands in Great Salt Lake - Protection of American white pelican.
This act proposes to implement the policy set forth in
Section
23-21a-2
by initiating the condemnation and purchase
of the 163-acre Gunnison Island and the 22-acre Hat (Bird)
Island in the Great Salt Lake situated in Box Elder County
in the state of Utah, to be designated as wildlife management
areas under jurisdiction of the Utah state Division of Wildlife
Resources to be administered for the protection and perpetuation
of the American white pelican.
1977
23-21a-4 Payment of fair market value to landowners - Impartial appraisal.
The state of Utah, through condemnation, will pay to the
landowners a sum equal to the fair market value, as determined
by impartial appraisal, for their right, title and interest
in and to the surface of said lands.
1977
23-21a-5 Mineral rights retained by landowners - Oil discovery.
The landowners will retain the mineral rights to said
lands and in the event of oil discovery, it shall be obtained
by off-shore slant drilling.
1977
23-21a-6 Nonlapsing appropriation for appraisal and purchase.
There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division
of Wildlife Resources the sum of $11,000 for appraisal and
purchase of the lands designated in Section
23-21a-3
. This appropriation shall be non-lapsing.
1977
