General Bill
State Lands:
Clarifies the duties of the Department of Environmental Protection, the water management districts, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with respect to state lands; authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to delegate certain duties; amends provisions relating to the administration of state lands by the board of trustees; requires that an inventory of publicly owned lands identify lands exchanged by the state and surplus lands sold by the state; requires the Department of Revenue to submit current tax roll data to the board of trustees and to the Division of State Lands to be used for inventory purposes; reorganizes provisions for clarity; revises and provides definitions; clarifies requirements for the use of lands acquired for greenways and trails; requires that all management agreements, leases, or other instruments authorizing the use of state lands be reviewed by the board of trustees or its designee; authorizes the Division of State Lands to review subleases for conservation lands less than 160 acres in size; provides for the Acquisition and Restoration Council to review only land management plans for conservation lands; revises requirements relating to the disposal of state lands; requires that state lands determined to be eligible for sale by the board of trustees be designated as surplus lands; provides that lands determined by the board to be eligible for exchange may not be designated as surplus lands; requires that the sale or exchange of state conservation lands result in a net positive conservation benefit; authorizes the Division of State Lands to recommend the sale or exchange of nonconservation lands directly to the board of trustees; provides presumption that nonconservation lands are surplus lands; requires the Division of State Lands to recommend to the board the sale or exchange of nonconservation lands; provides an exception; authorizes the Acquisition and Restoration Council to recommend to the board of trustees that the sale or management of state conservation lands is more appropriate to a county or other unit of local government; expands the purposes for which a county or unit of local government may use lands purchased from or exchanged with the state; provides for the Division of State Lands to recommend to the board of trustees that the sale or management of nonconservation lands is more appropriate to a county or other unit of local government; provides that local government uses of nonconservation lands may not be limited by the board of trustees; requires that all requests for the sale or exchange of state lands be submitted in writing to the lead managing agency; requires that requests be reviewed by the lead managing agency within a specified timeframe; establishes a process for the Division of State Lands or the Acquisition and Restoration Council to hear requests not heard by the lead managing agency in a timely fashion; requires that the denial of all requests be made in writing and include the reason for denial; requires that the Division of State Lands keep records documenting all requests for the sale or exchange of state lands; provides circumstances in which state lands being sold or exchanged need not be offered first to local or state governments; requires state agencies collecting information that may be useful to the Division of State Lands in preparing the state inventory of lands to share that information with the division; requires that the state inventory of lands be completed by a specified date; removes obsolete language; provides for requests by counties and units of local government for the sale or exchange of state lands to be submitted in writing to the board of trustees; authorizes the board of trustees to sell or exchange state nonconservation lands without a review by the Division of State Lands; removes the authority of the Acquisition and Restoration Council to review the requests; requires submission of requests within a certain period of time; provides an exception for property being offered for sale or exchange by the state to a county or unit of local government under certain conditions; revises requirements for the exchange of state lands by the board of trustees; provides for the uses of exchanged lands by counties and units of local government; provides that board of trustees' rules may not limit the use of exchanged lands by a county or unit of local government.
Effective Date:
July 1, 2006.
Last Event:
Died in Agriculture & Environment Appropriations C on Friday, May 5, 2006 11:59 PM
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