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22LSO-0049
ORIGINAL House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0017
ENROLLED ACT NO. 20,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to state lands; authorizing the state board of land commissioners to lease state lands surrounding specified veterans' facilities only for grazing; restricting disposition of state lands as specified; 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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106 is amended to read:
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106.
Richard Bridge historical park; Oregon Trail State Veterans' Cemetery buffer zone; veterans' home and skilled nursing facility buffer zone.
(a)
The state board of land commissioners is hereby authorized
and empowered
, if after investigation and study the board deems it to the best interest of the state of Wyoming, to enter into a lease agreement with the town of Evansville, Wyoming, for a portion of the land belonging to the state of Wyoming lying south of the centerline of the North Platte River in section 36, township 34 north, range 79 west of the sixth principal meridian, Natrona county, Wyoming. The lease authorized herein shall contain a clause restricting the use of the leased property to historical landmark, park, recreation, museum and municipal purposes. The land leased shall be known as Richard Bridge historical park.
(b)
The state board of land commissioners is hereby authorized to enter into a lease agreement for the portions of land belonging to the state of Wyoming in Natrona county, Wyoming, one (1) portion of land described as follows: the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ and the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ and part of the NW ¼ of the NE ¼ and part of the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ and part of the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ and part of the SE ¼ of
the NW ¼ and part of the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ and part of the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ and part of the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ and part of the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ and part of the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of section 36, township 34 north, range 79 west, also known as all lying north of the centerline of the North Platte river except 115.998 acres in the NE ¼, containing 266.34 acres, and one (1) portion of land located and being a portion of lot 1 in the NW ¼ of section 31, township 34 north, range 78 west containing 19.63 acres. The state lands described in this subsection shall not be otherwise disposed of, and any lease authorized herein shall contain a clause restricting the use of the leased property to grazing purposes only so long as the Oregon Trail State Veterans' Cemetery exists in the adjacent location. The land leased shall be known as the Oregon Trail State Veterans' Cemetery buffer zone.
(c)
The state board of land commissioners is hereby authorized to enter into a lease agreement for the portions of land belonging to the state of Wyoming in Johnson county, Wyoming, described as follows: in township 50
north, range 82 west of the sixth principal meridian part of the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ of section 3, the N ½ and SW
¼ and NW ¼ of the SE ¼ and part of the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ and part of the SW ¼ of the SE ¼ of section 4 and the E ½ of section 5 and in township 51
north, range 82 west of the sixth principal meridian part of lot 7, part of lot 8 and part of lot 6 of section 34, containing 941.74 acres more or less. The state lands described in this subsection shall not be otherwise disposed of, and any lease authorized herein shall contain a clause restricting the use of the leased property to grazing purposes only so long as the veterans' home of Wyoming and the Wyoming veterans' skilled nursing facility exist in the adjacent location. The land
leased shall be known as the veterans' home and skilled nursing facility buffer zone.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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