HB 282-STATE LAND: DISPOSAL/SALE/LEASE/RESTRICT                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:13:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY  announced that the  next order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 282, "An  Act relating to access  roads; relating                                                               
to state land; relating to contracts  for the sale of state land;                                                               
relating  to the  authority of  the Department  of Education  and                                                               
Early  Development to  dispose  of state  land;  relating to  the                                                               
authority  of   the  Department  of  Transportation   and  Public                                                               
Facilities to  dispose of state  land; relating to  the authority                                                               
of the Department  of Natural Resources over  certain state land;                                                               
relating to the state land  disposal income fund; relating to the                                                               
sale  and  lease  of  state   land;  relating  to  covenants  and                                                               
restrictions  on   agricultural  land;   and  providing   for  an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:14:17 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCKAY   opened  public  testimony   on  HB  282.     After                                                               
ascertaining  no   one  wished  to  testify,   he  closed  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:14:57 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEARS  moved to  adopt  Amendment  1 to  HB  282,                                                               
labeled 33-GH2634\A.1, Bullard, 2/26/24, which read as follows:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "may"                                                                                                          
          Insert "shall offer the land to the Department of                                                                     
     Natural  Resources.   If  the  Department   of  Natural                                                                    
     Resources  accepts  the  offer  within  45  days  after                                                                    
     receiving the offer, the  department shall transfer the                                                                    
     land  to the  Department of  Natural Resources.  If the                                                                    
     Department of  Natural Resources  rejects the  offer or                                                                    
     fails  to  accept  the  offer   within  45  days  after                                                                    
     receiving the  offer, the offer  is terminated  and the                                                                    
     department  may  sell,  contract  to  sell,  lease,  or                                                                    
     exchange the  land according  to terms,  standards, and                                                                    
     conditions established by the commissioner."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete all material.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:15:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY objected for purposes of discussion.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:15:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEARS  synopsized that  Amendment 1  would provide                                                               
more opportunities  for discussions on workload  and balance this                                                               
disposition.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:16:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RACHEL LONGACRE,  Chief of Operations,  Division of  Mining, Land                                                               
and  Water,  Department of  Natural  Resources,  stated that  the                                                               
administration was neutral to the amendment.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:16:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY  removed his objection  to Amendment 1.   There being                                                               
no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:16:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER moved  to report HB 282,  as amended, out                                                               
of   committee   with    individual   recommendations   and   the                                                               
accompanying  fiscal  notes.   There  being  no  objection,  CSHB                                                               
282(RES)  was  reported  out  of  the  House  Resources  Standing                                                               
Committee.