2015 Senate Bill 39 ↩

Senate Roll Call 576: Passed

To eliminate a cap on the amount of acres the state can own in the northern part of the state, but require additional procedures for state land acquisitions. The bill would prohibit acquisitions if the state fails to make full “payments in lieu of property taxes” (PILT) on state land to local governments. The bill revises a number of details of current law to generally facilitate access to state land for recreation and resource use, and allows use of potential land acquisition money to make PILT payments, and makes a number of other changes to state management details.