Legislature(2011 - 2012)
2012-03-27 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2012-03-27 House Journal Page 2061 HJR 40 Representative Munoz added her name as cosponsor to: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40 Commending the governor and the administration for aggressively working to enforce the rights of the state in R.S. 2477 rights-of- way; urging the governor and the attorney general to develop a working alliance with other western states to protect and enforce the states' interests in ensuring access using rights-of-way authorized by R.S. 2477; urging the governor and the attorney general to support the State of Utah and the southern counties of Utah in a lawsuit against the federal government concerning R.S. 2477 rights-of-way, including filing an amicus brief in support of Utah; urging the governor to dedicate state resources to establish, protect, and enforce the state's interests in R.S. 2477 rights-of-way and to preserve state rights-of-way against encroachment by the federal government; urging the governor to reestablish a federalism section in the Department of Law and sections in the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Fish and Game to support the preservation of the state's rights and powers in compact cases; and urging the governor to prepare an appropriation request to fund an aggressive effort by the state to resolve issues relating to R.S. 2477 rights-of-way, including possible litigation, and to continue to work to preserve the rights of the state in regard to R.S. 2477 rights-of-way.