This bill amends provisions related to the abandonment and closure of a class D road.
This bill:
- provides an expedited deadline for the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office and the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration to identify certain roads located on school and institutional trust lands and state lands and to record with the relevant county recorder's office notice of the roads relevant to state lands and school and institutional trust lands;
- provides a process necessary for a county and the state to abandon a class D road;
- requires public meetings and notice before abandonment of a class D road;
- ensures that existing easements and access rights for public utilities and water infrastructure are not impacted by the abandonment of a class D road;
- amends provisions related to the closure of a class D road due to lack of public use to include roads across property owned by a public entity or an institution of higher education; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23A-6-303, 53C-2-106, 63L-11-205, 72-3-105, 72-3-108, 72-5-102, 72-5-105, 76-11-201, 76-11-209