53C-1-103. Definitions.
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Effective 7/1/2026
53C-1-103. Definitions.
As used in this title:
(1)"Administration" means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration.
(2)"Advocacy office" means the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office, created in Section 53D-2-201 .
(3)"Board" or "board of trustees" means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees.
(4)"Director" or "director of school and institutional trust lands" means the chief executive officer of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration.
(5)"Mineral" includes oil, gas, and hydrocarbons.
(6)"Nominating committee" means the committee that nominates candidates for positions and vacancies on the board.
(7)"Policies" means statements applying to the administration that broadly prescribe a future course of action and guiding principles.
(8)"School and institutional trust lands" or "trust lands" means those properties the United States grants in the Utah Enabling Act to the state and placed in trust under Utah Constitution, Article XX, Section 2, and other lands transferred to the trust, which shall be managed for the beneficiaries listed in Subsection 53D-2-201(2) .
Amended by Chapter 214 , 2026 General Session