Impact assessment-state land exchanges.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0266
Numbered
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0131

Impact assessment-state land exchanges.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Henderson and Pelkey and Senator(s) Rothfuss and Scott

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring the board of land commissioners to analyze the community and economic impacts of public access to adjacent lands before exchanging any lands; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 36
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1
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111 by creating a new subsection (b) is amended to read:

36
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111
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Orders, rules and regulations relative to exchange of lands.

(b)

In determining whether sufficient necessity for an exchange of state lands exists under paragraphs (a)(
i
) through (iv) of this section, the board shall assess how the exchange increases, decreases or alters public access to adjacent public lands and account for how the related
economic impacts of the altered access affect the valuation of lands for exchange.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 201
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