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ID SJR102
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
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Amends Idaho Constitution Section 8, Article IX to authorize the Legislature to provide by law for sale or other disposition of state lands through public auction or means a prudent investor would use while considering trust purposes and exercising reasonable care, skill and caution.
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Removes the constitutional restriction limiting sale of no more than 320 acres of state land to any one individual, company, or corporation.
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Retains the restriction that no more than one hundred sections of state lands shall be sold in any one year.
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Requires proceeds from any land disposition to be faithfully applied in accordance with the terms of the grants made by Congress.
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Directs the Legislative Council to prepare required statements and the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment and arguments for submission to Idaho voters at the next general election.
Legislative Description
Proposing an amendment to Section 8, Article IX, of the Constitution of the state of Idaho relating to the location and disposition of public lands; to provide that the Legislature shall provide by law for the sale or other disposition of state lands at public auction or through such other means a prudent investor would use while considering the purposes and terms of the trust and while exercising reasonable care, skill and caution; and to remove a restriction prohibiting the sale of more than three hundred and twenty acres of land to any one individual, company or corporation.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS
Last Action
to St Aff
3/24/2010