This bill addresses activities that are related to the Great Salt Lake.
This bill:
- directs revenue generated by the brine shrimp royalty tax to the Sovereign Lands Management Account instead of the Species Protection Account under certain circumstances;
- modifies the rate of the brine shrimp royalty tax;
- modifies a provision concerning calculation of severance tax related to certain Great Salt Lake extraction operators;
- addresses the timing of certification of information related to severance taxes and certain Great Salt Lake extraction operators;
- provides for the deposit of proceeds from a judgment, settlement, or compromise into the Sovereign Lands Management Account;
- provides for how the revenue in the Sovereign Lands Management Account is to be spent; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Legislative Water Development Commission

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23A-3-214, 59-23-4, 65A-5-1
Substitute #1: 23A-3-214, 59-23-4, 65A-5-1
Substitute #2: 23A-3-214, 59-5-202, 59-5-207, 59-23-4, 65A-5-1, 65A-17-306
Substitute #3: 23A-3-214, 59-5-202, 59-5-207, 59-23-4, 65A-5-1, 65A-17-306
Substitute #4: 23A-3-214, 59-5-202, 59-5-207, 59-23-4, 65A-5-1, 65A-17-306
Substitute #5: 23A-3-214, 59-5-202, 59-5-207, 59-23-4, 65A-5-1, 65A-17-306