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Show other uses in addition to recreational development, and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as the authority may deem advisable to insure the accomplishment of the objectives and purposes of the act." The bill specified that both the state Department of Fish and Game and the state Land Board would retain the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon them, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the authority may make to ensure the accomplishment of the objectives of the act ( Laws of 1963). The authority made little progress in discharging its duties and, in 1966, the Utah Supreme Court declared that the act creating the authority was unconstitutional as it failed to define the authority's geographical jurisdiction. Re- establishment of the Authority ( 1967) The legislature cured the jurisdictional defect in 1967 when it re- created the Great Salt Lake Authority ( Laws of Utah 1967, Chapter 187). With legislation, the authority's geographical jurisdiction was defined, and included the mainland, peninsulas, islands and waters within the GSL meander line established by the U. S. Surveyor General. The purpose of the re- created authority was to establish and coordinate programs for development of recreational areas and water conservation within GSL and its environs, and in conjunction to provide for: ( 1) the development of such area of Antelope Island as the authority may determine to be suitable and desirable for recreational usage, ( 2) testing the feasibility of the use of [ Kennecott Copper] tailings in the development of GSL and its environs, and ( 3) the restoration and preservation of points of historical interest on Antelope Island. A preliminary feasibility study for the recreational development of the north end of Antelope Island was prepared by Snedaker & Budd and Allred & Associates for the GSL Authority, and was submitted on June 26, 1964. In 1965, a document entitled, A Preliminary Master Plan for the Development of Great Salt Lake Over a Period of the Next 75 Years was prepared for the GSL Authority. This plan envisioned the use of surplus waters from the Bear River, Weber River and Jordan River drainage areas, and using Kennecott tailings material for the construction of dikes, highways and land reclamation within Farmington Bay. Department of Natural Resources ( 1967) After the creation of DNR in 1967, the GSL Authority was abolished, and functions of the authority were merged into DPR. Division of the Great Salt Lake ( 1975) The 1975 general session of the Utah Legislature enacted House Bill No. 23 which established a board and division within DNR to establish and coordinate programs for development of recreation areas, flood control, wildlife resources, industrial uses and conservation of GSL. The Division of Great Salt Lake ( DGSL) was given the responsibility to determine the direction and implementation of all lake- related activities, working through existing DNR divisions. In addition, the division was given the following powers and duties: 4 |