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[TITLE 65a. Table of Contents]
65A-3-1 Trespassing on state lands - Penalties.
(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and liable for the civil damages prescribed in Subsection (2) if he:
(a) without written authorization from the division:
(i) removes, extracts, uses, consumes, or destroys any mineral resource, gravel, sand, soil, vegetation, or improvement on state lands;
(ii) grazes livestock on state lands;
(iii) uses, occupies, or constructs improvements or structures on state lands;
(iv) uses or occupies state lands for more than 30 days after the cancellation or expiration of written authorization;
(v) knowingly and willfully uses state lands for commercial gain; or
(vi) appropriates, alters, injures, or destroys any historical, prehistorical, archaeological, or paleontological resource on state lands; or
(b) uses or occupies state lands in violation of division rules.
(2) A person who commits any act described in Subsection (1) is liable for damages in the amount of:
(a) three times the value of the mineral or other resource removed, destroyed, or extracted;
(b) three times the amount of damage committed; or
(c) three times the consideration which would have been charged by the division for use of the land during the period of trespass.
(3) In addition to the damages described in Subsection (2), a person found guilty of a misdemeanor under Subsection (1) is subject to the penalties provided in Section 76-3-204 .
(4) Money collected under this section shall be deposited
in the fund in which like revenues from that land would be
deposited.
1995
65A-3-2 Prohibited acts on state lands.
(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:
(a) throws or places any lighted cigarette, cigar, firecracker, ashes, or other flaming or glowing substance which may cause a fire on a highway or wildland;
(b) obstructs the state forester, or any of his deputies, in the performance of controlling a fire;
(c) refuses, on proper request of the state forester or any of his deputies, to assist in the controlling of a fire, without good and sufficient reason; or
(d) fires any tracer or incendiary ammunition anywhere except within the confines of established military reservations.
(2) Fines assessed under this section are deposited in
the General Fund.
1988
65A-3-3 Enforcement of laws on state lands - County attorney or district attorney to prosecute.
(1) It is the duty of the division, county sheriffs, their deputies, peace officers, and other law enforcement officers within their jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to investigate and gather evidence that may indicate a violation under this chapter.
(2) The county attorney or district attorney as appropriate
under Sections
17-18-1
,
17-18-1.5
, and
17-18-1.7
shall prosecute any criminal violations of
this chapter and shall initiate a civil action to recover
suppression costs incurred by the county or state for suppression
of fire on private land.
1998
65A-3-4 Liability for causing wildland fires.
Any person responsible for the existence or spread of
a wildland fire necessitating suppression action shall be
liable for the payment of the costs of the suppression action.
1988
