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ID H0608
Bill
Status
2/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Declares that all lands granted to Idaho by Congress after July 1, 2018, are public lands held in trust in perpetuity for the people and shall be managed for public access, multiple use, and sustained yield.
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Requires the state to commit to holding, protecting, managing, and ensuring public access to any additional public lands granted from the federal government.
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Structures transfers of federal lands to prevent sale except where limited sales or exchanges would enhance public access and management, such as consolidating scattered parcels.
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Authorizes the legislature to exchange limited amounts of state lands for similar types to consolidate isolated parcels and improve access, provided exchanges cause no more than de minimis loss or gain in value within any county.
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Directs state officers to endeavor that federal legislation transferring lands to Idaho requires they be held and managed in perpetuity for purposes other than financial return maximization, with conveyance terms controlling if such direction is achieved.
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law to provide that certain lands shall be public lands; to provide that lands shall be acquired and managed for public access, multiple use and sustained yield; to provide that public lands granted from the federal government to the state shall be held in trust for all Idahoans and to ensure public access; to provide that any transfer of federal lands to the state shall be structured to prevent sale of the lands; to provide that state officers shall hold and manage lands in perpetuity for purposes other than maximization of financial return; and to provide for the exchange of limited amounts of state lands and to provide that any exchange shall cause no more than a de minimis loss or gain in value of the state lands within any county.
PUBLIC LANDS
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
2/19/2018