State parks-acquisition of lands.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0043

ENROLLED ACT NO. 32, SENATE

SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2013 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to state parks and cultural resources; authorizing the acceptance of lands as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

(a)

Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, t
he legislature authorizes the acceptance of the following lands to be managed by the department of state parks and historic sites upon final negotiation with the appropriate parties:

(i)

P
ortions of T
ownship
26N R
ange
66W as follows:

(A)

SE¼

SW¼,
S
½
SE
¼
, NE
¼
SE
¼
,
and
SE¼

NE¼ of Section 4;

(B)

NW¼

SW¼, S½

NW¼,
SW
¼
NE
¼
,
and
Lot
2 of Section 3;

(C)

All of Lots 2 and 3
s
outh and
w
est of the oxbow of the North Platte River, N½

SW¼, Parcel 2 B288 P644, SW¼

SE¼, Lot 4 (SE¼

SE¼),
Parcel 1 B288 P644 of Section 2;

(D)

Lots 3 and 2
and l
ands
s
outh of t
he North Platte River
in SW¼ SE¼ of
Section 1;
and

(
E
)

N½

NW¼ and Lot 2 of Section 12.

(ii)

Those lands owned by the state of Wyoming and managed under the authority of the board of land commissioners described as follows:

(A)

NW
¼
SE
¼
of Section 4;

(B)

SE
¼
NE
¼
, and Lot 1 of Section 3.

(b)

Portions of land owned by Wyoming
m
ilitary
d
epartment included in the description
in subsection (a) of this section
shall be transferred to the department in
,
or managed by agreement by
,
phases. A property survey and certified legal description
shall
be completed prior to any transfer or agreement.

The first phase
shall
include lands where there are no existing conditions precluding transfer.

Phase II lands
shall
include those areas which fall within current
s
urface
d
anger
z
ones (SE
¼
SW
¼
,

NE
¼
SE
¼
, SE
¼
NE
¼
,
and S
½
SE¼ of Section 4,

N
½
NW
½
SW
¼
and west 396 feet Lot 3 of Section 2, and NW
¼
SW
¼
, S
½
NW
¼
, SW
¼
NE
¼
, and Lot 2 of Section 3
).

Phase II lands
shall
be transferred when
s
urface
d
anger
z
ones have been fully mitigated.

The third phase
shall
include lands owned by Wyoming
m
ilitary
d
epartment (S
½
N
½
SW
¼
of
Section 2, Parcel 2 B288 P644, and lands west of the County Road in W
½
SW
¼
SE
¼
of Section 2
) which
sha
ll be managed by
m
emorandum of
u
nderstanding describing appropriate access and development.

Portions of land owned by
the
Town of Guernsey
or acquired by the Wyoming military department by means of purchase or trade
included in the description
in subsection (a) of this section

shall
be managed under a
memorandum of understanding
between
the department
and the owner
s
or transferred directly to the department of state parks and cultural resources if they are owned by the Wyoming military department. In the event the state of Wyoming board of land commissioners exchanges land parcels included in the description in Section 1(a)(ii) with the
Wyoming military department, those lands may then be transferred to the department of state parks and cultural resources pursuant to this act
.

Section
2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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