HB 5163 Summary

• Revises Department of Transportation property disposal procedures, requiring public bid or auction for legal lots of record and offering parcels to state agencies and abutting landowners before public sale (effective October 1, 2012).

• Establishes 25-year right of first refusal for original owners of single-family residential properties acquired by the department for highway purposes, allowing purchase at appraised value (effective October 1, 2012).

• Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to issue filming permits for activities on state highway right-of-way and state property, with required insurance coverage, and provides liability protection to the state (effective October 1, 2012).

• Permits Commissioner of Transportation to grant easements to utility companies and municipal authorities for bringing services to department facilities, subject to State Properties Review Board approval (effective October 1, 2012).

• Removes references to the master transportation plan from multiple state planning and environmental statute provisions and repeals the master transportation plan statute entirely (effective July 1, 2012).