This bill requires certain counties to record the Right of Ways, & Easements that are on land controlled by the State on Class D roads as open roads. These roads can only be closed if the State and County Commission determines that it is the best interest of the county to close a road. The road may not be closed if it accesses other private property or if the road accesses any other Private, State or Federal Lands that offer multiple use.

This bill requires that any asset acquired by a state funded institution be disclosed to the State and the ownership of the asset becomes the property of the State of Utah. This applies to all transactions, but particularly if the institution gains undisclosed or additional benefits such as carbon credits or other natural assets, the State becomes the owner and fiduciary of that additional benefit.

Representative Pierucci sacrificed her bill to allow this one to be numbered. This bill  emphasizes that private property may not be owned in the State of Utah by anyone who has ever been in military service in a country that is adversarial to the United States. It sets a policy in place to identify, report and repossess the property that has been acquired. To report an illegal transaction a person simply reports it to the county. The county reports it to the State. All involvement from any person or county is then over, and the state will follow the transaction from that point to the end.

Sponsor in the Senate is Senator Owens, House Floor Sponsor Representative Shelley. When a transmission line is crossing the State of Utah, the company must exhaust all options to permit the line on Federal or State land before exploring a Right of Way on Public land. This will keep farm land from being encroached upon, and avoid costly litigation in their attempt to condemn property for the Right of Way of lines that often don’t benefit the State.

This action is to identify the financial fraud behind the Carbon Credit Market. It identifies how NGO’s and Government entities create a financial trading scheme to market carbon credits using tax dollars as a back stop. It exposes the necessity to continue to promote the climate crisis in an effort to keep the market strong. It exposes the financial mechanism to teach climate crisis in secondary education, media and entertainment. This legislation is designed to follow the money between the marketing, acquiring and selling of Carbon Credits.  It identifies the funding mechanism behind the eco-groups and where and when they are to be involved in promoting the narrative.

Senate Sponsor Senator Fillmore, House Sponsor Representative Shelley;

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
WHEREAS, levels of anxiety and depression are increasing in children and young adults; WHEREAS, constant supervision thwarts a child's ability to develop important qualities, such as resourcefulness, self-awareness, and perseverance; WHEREAS, there is ample research to suggest that children are safer when unsupervised today than they were in previous generations, yet play that allows children to take appropriate risks has declined; WHEREAS, children are not fragile but rather resilient and capable individuals; WHEREAS, parents stepping back, where developmentally appropriate, allows children to step up; WHEREAS, children who are allowed to take risks and figure things out themselves at home will have more grit and determination at school; WHEREAS, engaging in independent activities promotes resilience and encourages the development of coping mechanisms in children; WHEREAS, when children are able to improvise without an adult present they learn that they are capable; WHEREAS, independent children feel confident and hopeful; WHEREAS, independent play can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression; WHEREAS, play is crucial for healthy child development and learning the skills to be an adult; WHEREAS, self-directed kids make better learners; WHEREAS, school culture becomes more supportive and inclusive when students may interact with each other and solve their own challenges without premature adult intervention; WHEREAS, children learn creativity and to celebrate their peers' unique skills and interests when allowed to direct their own play; WHEREAS, mixed-age play benefits all age groups, as younger children learn executive functioning skills trying to emulate older children and older children develop responsibility and empathy as they interact with younger children; WHEREAS, children learn social skills and problem-solving during self-organized play without an adult stepping in to immediately solve problems; WHEREAS, children deserve time and space to explore, play, and wander; WHEREAS, experts in childhood independence have created the Let Grow school program to provide guidance and curriculum for parents and educators to engage in, promote, and build childhood independence; and WHEREAS, Let Grow supports empathy and helps develop a child's agency, self-confidence, creativity, communication, cooperation, resilience, and problem-solving skills: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein, supports children who are of sufficient age and maturity to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm to engage in independent activities, including traveling to and from school, traveling to and from nearby commercial or recreational facilities, engaging in outdoor play, remaining at home unattended, or engaging in a similar independent activity.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein, encourages school districts, school administrators, and teachers to utilize the Let Grow school program to promote and build independence in children.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein, encourages the State Board of Education to look for ways to incorporate childhood independence throughout the core standards for Utah public schools.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein, encourages local governments and school districts to enact practices that encourage children to be able to explore, play, wander, and build independence.

Senate Sponsor Senator Owens; Floor Sponsor Representative Shelley

65A-8-216. Great Plains Interstate Fire Compact. The governor may enter into a compact on behalf of the state with any other state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:

ARTICLE I
The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control of forest fires in the great plains region of the United States by the maintenance of adequate forest fire fighting services by the member states, and by providing for reciprocal aid in fighting forest fires among the compacting states of the region, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and any adjoining state of a current member state.

ARTICLE II
This compact is operative immediately as to those states ratifying it if any two or more of the member states have ratified it.

ARTICLE III
In each state, the state forester or officer holding the equivalent position who is responsible for forest fire control may act as a compact administrator for that state and may consult with like officials of the other member states and may implement cooperation between the states in forest fire prevention and control. The compact administrators of the member states may organize to coordinate the services of the member states and provide administrative integration in carrying out the purposes of this compact. Each member state may formulate and put in effect a forest fire plan for that state.

ARTICLE IV
If the state forest fire control agency of a member state requests aid from the state forest fire control agency of any other member state in combating, controlling, or preventing forest fires, the state forest fire control agency of that state may render all possible aid to the requesting agency, consonant with the maintenance of protection at home.

ARTICLE V
If the forces of any member state are rendering outside aid pursuant to the request of another member state under this compact, the employees of the state shall, under the direction of the officers of the state to which they are rendering aid, have the same powers (except the power of arrest), duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as comparable employees of the state to which they are rendering aid.No member state or its officers or employees rendering outside aid pursuant to this compact is liable on account of any act or omission on the part of such forces while so engaged, or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection with rendering the outside aid.All liability, except as otherwise provided in this compact, that may arise either under the laws of the requesting state or under the laws of the aiding state or under the laws of a third state on account of or in connection with a request for aid, shall be assumed and borne by the requesting state.Any member state rendering outside aid pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the member state receiving the aid for any loss or damage to, or expense incurred in the operation of, any equipment used in answering a request for aid, and for the cost of all materials, transportation, wages, salaries, and maintenance of employees and equipment incurred in connection with such request. However, nothing in this compact prevents any assisting member state from assuming such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or from loaning such equipment, or from donating the services to the receiving member state without charge or cost.Each member state shall assure that workers compensation benefits in conformity with the minimum legal requirements of the state are available to all employees and contract firefighters sent to a requesting state pursuant to this compact.For the purposes of this compact, the term "employee" includes any volunteer or auxiliary legally included within the forest fire fighting forces of the aiding state under the laws of the aiding state.The compact administrators may formulate procedures for claims and reimbursement under the provisions of this article, in accordance with the laws of the member states.

ARTICLE VI
Ratification of this compact does not affect any existing statute so as to authorize or permit curtailment or diminution of the forest fighting forces, equipment, services, or facilities of any member state.Nothing in the compact authorizes or permits any member state to curtail or diminish its forest fire fighting forces, equipment, services, or facilities. Each member state shall maintain adequate forest fire fighting forces and equipment to meet demands for forest fire protection within its borders in the same manner and to the same extent as if this compact were not operative.Nothing in this compact limits or restricts the powers of any state ratifying the compact to provide for the prevention, control, and extinguishment of forest fires, or to prohibit the enactment or enforcement of state laws, rules, or regulations intended to aid in the prevention, control, and extinguishment in the state.Nothing in this compact affects any existing or future cooperative relationship or arrangement between the United States Forest Service and a member state or states.

ARTICLE VII
Representatives of the United States Forest Service may attend meetings of the compact administrators.

ARTICLE VIII
The provisions of Articles IV and V of this compact that relate to reciprocal aid in combating, controlling, or preventing forest fires are operative as between any state party to this compact and any other state which is party to this compact and any other state that is party to a regional forest fire protection compact in another region if the Legislature of the other state has given its assent to the mutual aid provisions of this compact.

ARTICLE IX
This compact shall continue in force and remain binding on each state ratifying it until the Legislature or the Governor of the state takes action to withdraw from the compact. Such action is not effective until six months after notice of the withdrawal has been sent by the chief executive of the state desiring to withdraw to the chief executives of all states then parties to the compact.

Senator Owens was the Senate sponsor, Representative Shelley was the House sponsor to allow Juab County to negotiate with the Utah State Prison to house some prisoners in Juab County to help offset the cost to county taxpayers for the facility. This will be a great addition to the county and offer jobs and opportunities to law enforcement.