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ID SJM106

JM

Status

Passed

3/28/2019

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the President and Congress to require the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to recognize valid easements under the 1866 Mining Act on federal lands without requiring citizens to sue the government.

  • Requests recognition of valid easements existing prior to the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) on National Forest System lands without litigation requirements.

  • Urges extension of the application deadline for easements under FLPMA by an additional two years, given that applications submitted more than 20 years ago have not been acted upon by the Secretary of Agriculture.

  • Requests that the Secretary of Agriculture refrain from attaching conditions to 1866 Mining Act or FLPMA easements that restrict or condition the use of decreed water rights on private land as authorized by state law.

  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to forward copies of this memorial to the President, Congress, Idaho's congressional delegation, and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior.

Legislative Description

Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the President and Congress to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to recognize valid easements existing pursuant to the 1866 Mining Act on federal lands.

WATER RIGHTS

Last Action

Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State

3/28/2019

Committee Referrals

Resources and Conservation3/14/2019
Judiciary and Rules3/11/2019

Full Bill Text

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