This bill addresses revenue and expenditures related to funding state accounts within the Department of Natural Resources.
This bill:
- requires counties to remit to the state money calculated based on certain new transmission facilities for deposit into the Species Protection Account;
- expands resources to be deposited into the Species Protection Account;
- requires reporting by the Division of Wildlife Resources and a study by the Office of Energy Development;
- addresses the payment of a tax on gross receipts of a radioactive waste facility derived from the disposal of concentrated depleted uranium and containerized waste, including having certain revenue be deposited into the Species Protection Account;
- imposes a tax related to certain wind or solar electric generation facilities to be deposited into the Species Protection Account;
- imposes an assessment on renewable energy parent entities to be deposited into the Species Protection Account;
- modifies calculation of centrally assessed new growth;
- requires counties to remit to the state a portion of centrally assessed new growth for deposit into the Species Protection Account;
- authorizes rulemaking; and
- makes technical and conforming amendments.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23A-3-214, 59-23-4, 59-24-103.7, 59-24-104, 59-24-105
Substitute #1: 23A-3-214, 59-24-105
Substitute #2: 23A-3-214, 59-1-306, 59-1-401, 59-24-105, 63I-2-279
Enrolled: 23A-3-214, 59-1-306, 59-1-401, 59-2-924, 59-24-105, 63I-2-279, 79-6-405
Amended 3/6/2025 18:03:195: 23A-3-214, 59-1-306, 59-1-401, 59-2-924, 59-24-105, 63I-2-279, 79-6-405
Substitute #3: 23A-3-214, 59-1-306, 59-1-401, 59-2-924, 59-24-105, 63I-2-279, 79-6-405