| (3) |
| (a) |
The statewide public purpose of the lake authority is to work in concert with applicable federal, state, and local government entities, property owners, owners of water rights, private parties, and stakeholders to encourage, facilitate, and implement the management of Utah Lake. |
| (b) |
The duties and responsibilities of the lake authority under this chapter are beyond the scope and capacity of any local government entity, which has many other responsibilities and functions that appropriately command the attention and resources of the local government entity, and are not functions of purely local concern but are matters of regional and statewide concern, importance, interest, and impact, due to multiple factors, including:
| (i) |
the importance and benefit to the region and state of a healthy, vibrant, and ecologically sound Utah Lake; and |
| (ii) |
the enormous potential for regional and statewide economic, aesthetic, environmental, recreational, and other benefit that can come from the management of Utah Lake. |
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| (c) |
The lake authority is the mechanism the state chooses to focus resources and efforts on behalf of the state to ensure that the regional and statewide interests, concerns, and purposes described in this Subsection (3) are properly addressed from more of a statewide perspective than any local government entity can provide. |
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