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Code · Utah · Title 53D — School and Institutional Trust Fund Management and Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office · Chapter 2

53D-2-102. Definitions.

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Effective 7/1/2026
53D-2-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)"Advocacy council" means the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Council, created in Section 53D-2-302 .
(2)"Advocacy director" means the director of the advocacy office, appointed as described in Section 53D-2-302 .
(3)"Advocacy office" means the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office, created in Section 53D-2-201 .
(4)"Institutional beneficiary" means a trust beneficiary that is not subject to the School LAND Trust Program.
(5)"Interests" means the trust beneficiaries' interests listed in Subsection 53D-2-201(5) .
(6)"Rights" means the trust beneficiaries' rights listed in Subsection 53D-2-201(4) .
(7)"School and institutional trust" or "trust" means the respective trusts declared in the Utah Constitution, Article XX, Section 2, under which the state is to hold, as school and institutional trust lands, the lands granted under Sections 6, 8, and 12 of the Utah Enabling Act for the respective beneficiaries and purposes stated in the Utah Enabling Act, other lands that may be added to those trusts, and pursuant to which the state holds in trusts the funds and investments described in Title 53D, Chapter 1, School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Act.
(8)"School LAND Trust Program" means the program at the State Board of Education which administers trust distributions to public schools, described in Sections 53F-2-404 and 53G-7-1206 .
(a)"Trust beneficiaries" means the schools and institutions listed in Subsection 53D-2-201(3) .
(b)"Trust beneficiaries" does not include:
(i)other institutions or agencies;
(ii)the public at large; or
(iii)the general welfare of the state.
(10)"Trustee agencies" means:
(a)the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, described in Title 53C, School and Institutional Trust Lands Management Act; and
(b)the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, described in Title 53D, Chapter 1, School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Act.
(11)"Trustee boards" means:
(a)the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Board of Trustees; and
(b)the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office Board of Trustees.
Amended by Chapter 214 , 2026 General Session
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