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Utah's School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), which manages state trust lands to generate revenue for public schools and other institutions, would be required to prioritize "multiple use and sustained yield" — meaning land should be managed to serve several purposes over the long term rather than a single use — when overseeing trust lands. The bill would also prohibit the SITLA director from issuing "non-use" permits, which currently allow land to sit idle, on any trust land where grazing is a viable use. Grazing permit fees would continue to be based on the fair market value of the land's grazing use, and the bill makes related technical updates to existing law.