{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-79-2-505","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 79-2-505","heading":"Department duties.","body":"(1) In administering the program created in Section 79-2-504, the department shall:\n(a) create a system through which:\n(i) a person may:\n(A) generate a mitigation credit from the department if the person creates a conservation bank by enhancing and dedicating land for sage grouse habitat and conservation; and\n(B) sell a mitigation credit generated under Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) to another person that permanently disturbs sage grouse habitat;\n(ii) the state may generate a mitigation credit by enhancing and dedicating land for sage grouse habitat and conservation;\n(iii) a person may purchase a mitigation credit generated by the state under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) for no less than the state's total cost of enhancing and dedicating the land; and\n(iv) a person may use a mitigation credit to permanently disturb sage grouse habitat to the extent that the person possesses sufficient mitigation credits;\n(b) create a system for tracking mitigation credits that are created, purchased, sold, or used under Subsection (1);\n(c) establish procedures and criteria to identify and approve land that a person or a governmental entity may use for compensatory mitigation; and\n(d) consistent with this chapter, integrate and coordinate the program with other state, local, private, and non-profit plans to protect and manage sage grouse habitat.\n(2) The state's total cost described under Subsection (1)(a)(iii) may include costs associated with the department's administration of the program.","path":["Title 79 Natural Resources","Chapter 79-2 Department of Natural Resources","Part 79-2-5 Sage Grouse Management and Protection"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title79/Chapter2/79-2-S505.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"435f910053df14dc3dc822b803502319647bb8d263ba26aae73ae62ba6916768","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-79-2-504","next":"us-ut/utah-code-79-2-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}