{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-53d-2-201","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 53D-2-201","heading":"Advocacy office -- Office creation -- Trust beneficiaries and liaisons -- Beneficiary interests and rights.","body":"(1) There is created the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office with delegated agent authority to:\n(a) represent the trust beneficiaries by performing the duties set forth in this chapter; and\n(b) advocate for, monitor, and preserve the trust beneficiaries' rights and interests.\n(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.\n(3) Trust beneficiaries and the trust beneficiaries' principal liaisons are:\n(a) public schools, represented by the staff member who administers the School LAND Trust Program, created in Section 53G-7-1206;\n(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;\n(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;\n(d) University of Utah, represented by the president of the University of Utah or the president's designee;\n(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;\n(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;\n(g) Utah State University, represented by the president of Utah State University or the president's designee;\n(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;\n(i) Utah State Hospital, represented by the superintendent of the Utah State Hospital, created in Section 26B-1-201, or the superintendent's designee;\n(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;\n(k) Reservoirs, represented by the director of the Division of Water Resources, created in Section 73-10-18, or the director's designee; and\n(l) Public Buildings, represented by the executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board, created in Section 63O-2-201.\n(4) Trust beneficiary rights include:\n(a) the rights recognized in Section 53C-1-102; and\n(b) applicable rights of a trust beneficiary under Utah trust law, including the right to:\n(i) information related to the trust beneficiary's respective trust;\n(ii) timely notice of significant trust activities;\n(iii) distribution of funds as established in law;\n(iv) receive regular accountings;\n(v) impartial treatment; and\n(vi) challenge actions or decisions deemed unlawful or not in the trust beneficiary's best interests.\n(5) Trust beneficiary interests include:\n(a) those recognized in Section 53C-1-102;\n(b) the proper and lawful management of trust lands, trust funds, and trust distributions;\n(c) the preservation of trust beneficiary rights; and\n(d) access to information regarding measurable performance by trustee agencies and the advocacy office.","path":["Title 53D School and Institutional Trust Fund Management and Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office","Chapter 53D-2 School And Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Act","Part 53D-2-2 School And Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53D/Chapter2/53D-2-S201.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"f117dea3e58ec12aab8bb9a2ee6d0e6a33c0f4392ef4f05d128e2f95e471824d","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-53d-2-102","next":"us-ut/utah-code-53d-2-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}