Subdivisions-requirements.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0040

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0010

Subdivisions-requirements.

Sponsored by:
Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to subdivisions; providing for regulation by counties of subdivision of thirty-five to one hundred acre parcels; requiring notice of ownership and development of appurtenant mineral estates in subdivisions; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 18
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303(b) and by creating a new subsection (c) and 18
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306(a) by creating a new paragraph (xii) are amended to read:

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303.

Exemptions from provisions.

(b)

Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, t
his article shall not apply to the sale or other disposition of land where the
subdivision creates
parcels
involved
that
are thirty-five (35) acres or larger, subject to the requirement that ingress and egress and utility easements shall be provided to each parcel by binding and recordable easements of not less than forty (40) feet in width to a public road unless specifically waived by the grantee or transferee in a binding and recordable document.

(c)

A county may, by resolution, elect to apply the provisions of this article to the sale or other disposition of land where the subdivision creates parcels that are thirty-five (35) acres or larger and smaller than one hundred (100) acres.

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306.

Minimum requirements for subdivision permits.

(a)

The board shall require the following information to be submitted with each application for a subdivision permit, provided the board may by rule exempt from any of the following requirements of this subsection or subsection (c) of this section the subdivision of one (1) or more units of land into not more than a total of five (5) units of land:

(xii)

A report by a professional landman or geologist which identifies all owners and lessees of the mineral estate on or under the land to be subdivided and summarizing existing mineral leases and past mineral exploration and development on or under the land. The applicant shall provide evidence that all owners and lessees of the minerals on or under the land to be subdivided have been notified by certified mail of the application for a subdivision permit. The board shall require the applicant to give notice on the plat that the surface estate of the land to be subdivided is subject to full and effective development of the mineral estate.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

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