Bill would make sweeping changes to how public land is managed, and sold in Utah
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
Utah’s leading fighter for state control of federal lands, state Rep. Mike Noel, has introduced a bill that gives sweeping powers over state land to a new Land Department “director,” who would be elected to the post by county commissions and councils.
HB407 would also dictate how state-owned lands would be sold or “exchanged” for other public or private lands.
And the Legislature, by a super-majority of two-thirds, would approve the sale or exchanges of public lands.
