Utah Code § 53D-2-201: Advocacy office -- Office creation -- Trust beneficiaries and liaisons -- Beneficiary interests and rights.

(1) There is created the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office with delegated agent authority to:

(a) represent the trust beneficiaries by performing the duties set forth in this chapter; and

(b) advocate for, monitor, and preserve the trust beneficiaries' rights and interests.

(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a trust beneficiary may choose to represent the trust beneficiary in any specific issue or matter as described in this chapter.

(3) Trust beneficiaries and the trust beneficiaries' principal liaisons are:

(a) public schools, represented by the staff member who administers the School LAND Trust Program, created in Section 53G-7-1206;

(b) Schools for the Deaf, described in Subsection 53E-8-201(1)(a), represented by the superintendent for the State Board of Education, or the superintendent's designee;

(c) Schools for the Blind, described in Subsection 53E-8-201(1)(b), represented by the superintendent for the State Board of Education, or the superintendent's designee;

(d) University of Utah, represented by the president of the University of Utah or the president's designee;

(e) College of Mines and Earth Sciences, described in Section 53H-4-208, represented by the Dean of the College of Science at the University of Utah, or the dean's designee;

(f) Colleges of Education, described in Section 53C-3-105, represented by the chair of the Utah Council of Education Deans, or the chair's designee;

(g) Utah State University, represented by the president of Utah State University or the president's designee;

(h) Miners Hospital, described in Section 53H-4-207, represented by the director of the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, or the director's designee;

(i) Utah State Hospital, represented by the superintendent of the Utah State Hospital, created in Section 26B-1-201, or the superintendent's designee;

(j) Juvenile Justice and Youth Services, represented by the director of the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services, created in Section 80-5-103, or the director's designee;

(k) Reservoirs, represented by the director of the Division of Water Resources, created in Section 73-10-18, or the director's designee; and

(l) Public Buildings, represented by the executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board, created in Section 63O-2-201.

(4) Trust beneficiary rights include:

(a) the rights recognized in Section 53C-1-102; and

(b) applicable rights of a trust beneficiary under Utah trust law, including the right to:

(i) information related to the trust beneficiary's respective trust;

(ii) timely notice of significant trust activities;

(iii) distribution of funds as established in law;

(iv) receive regular accountings;

(v) impartial treatment; and

(vi) challenge actions or decisions deemed unlawful or not in the trust beneficiary's best interests.

(5) Trust beneficiary interests include:

(a) those recognized in Section 53C-1-102;

(b) the proper and lawful management of trust lands, trust funds, and trust distributions;

(c) the preservation of trust beneficiary rights; and

(d) access to information regarding measurable performance by trustee agencies and the advocacy office.