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OK HB4333

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Anthony Moore

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "investment" as a third category for state school lands alongside agricultural and commercial, allowing the Commissioners to acquire, purchase, and exchange real property as investment assets with a 5% cap on permanent school fund investments in real property

  • Authorizes external real estate property managers to manage investment properties with full discretion on leasing and operations, with investment real estate leases capped at 25 years and exempt from the 55-year commercial lease limit

  • Changes land exchange requirements from mandatory ("shall") to permissive ("may") and requires unanimous vote of voting members present for private sales or exchanges of state-owned lands

  • Prohibits the Commissioners from taking any action to impede development of oil, gas, or mineral interests, and allows oil and gas leases to be encumbered with Commissioner approval

  • Grants the Secretary of the Land Office authority to organize the Land Office structure and execute certain instruments via resolution, designates Lieutenant Governor as vice-chair if none elected, and removes the cash drawer change fund provision

Legislative Description

Commissioners of the Land Office; updating the Commissioners of the Land Office Modernization Act; effective date.

Last Action

Emergency removed

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee2/3/2026
Appropriations and Budget2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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