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HB0218 • 2020

State land exchanges-notice and posting.

AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring the board of land commissioners to promulgate notice and public comment requirements for proposed land exchanges as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Clausen
Last action
2020-02-26
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and there is no official summary or digest provided.

State Land Exchanges - Notice and Public Comment

This act requires the board of land commissioners to create rules for public notice and comment on proposed state land exchanges.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the board of land commissioners to make rules about giving public notice when there is a proposal for exchanging state lands.
  • Makes sure these rules include ways for people to give their opinions before any exchange happens.
  • Limits the board's ability to use eminent domain to buy lands needed for exchanges.
  • Authorizes the board to implement value-for-value land exchanges with up to 25% cash equalization.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The board of land commissioners
  • People who own or want to exchange state lands
  • Residents and stakeholders interested in Wyoming's land management

Terms To Know

Eminent domain
A government power that allows taking private property for public use, usually with compensation.
Permanent Land Fund
A fund where money from land transactions is kept and managed by the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its session.
  • It does not specify how long public comment periods should be.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0218HS001

Standing Committee • House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water

Filed

Plain English: The amendment removes the word 'immediate' from a specific line in HB0218.

  • Removes the word 'immediate' from the bill text.
  • It is unclear what removing 'immediate' changes about the notice and public comment requirements for land exchanges.

Bill History

  1. 2020-02-26 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2020-02-21 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2020-02-21 House

    H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0

  4. 2020-02-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 56-3-1-0-0

  5. 2020-02-12 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2020-02-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
20LSO-0550
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0550
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0218

State land exchanges-notice and posting.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Clausen, Hunt and Western and Senator(s) Boner and Moniz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring the board of land commissioners to promulgate notice and public comment requirements for proposed land exchanges as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 36
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1
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111(a)(intro) is amended to read:

36
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1
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111.

Orders, rules and regulations relative to exchange of lands.

(a)

The board of land commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to pass and promulgate all such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary or required relative to the appraisal and valuation of the lands to be exchanged as provided in this act, and to provide for the execution of conveyances, contracts and other instruments pertaining to the exchange of the lands, and to enable the director to effect and complete each exchange of the lands.
The rules shall include requirements for providing immediate public notice and posting of any proposal for land exchanges received by the office of state lands and investments or made by the director. The rules shall also provide an opportunity for public comment before any exchange is completed under this section.
The board may authorize the purchase of lands only in an amount necessary to effect and complete the exchange of state
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owned lands for other lands and only for those lands identified in the authorization of purchase. The board shall not use the power of eminent domain pursuant to W.S. 1
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26
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801 et seq. to purchase any lands under this section. The board of land commissioners is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the exchange of state
lands on a value for value basis. The exchange program may authorize a cash equalization receipt or payment of up to twenty
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five percent (25%) of the value of the lands exchanged. Any receipt shall be deposited into, and any payment shall be made from, the permanent land fund. State lands may be exchanged upon the board's finding the exchange is necessary to:

Section 2
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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)

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