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SJR102.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
STATE LANDS - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of
Idaho to provide that the State Board of Land Commissioners shall manage
state lands in accordance with state statutes governing local land use
planning.
01/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/22 Rpt prt - to St Aff
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 102
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 8, ARTICLE IX, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
3 STATE OF IDAHO, RELATING TO LOCATION, DISPOSITION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC
4 LANDS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS SHALL MANAGE
5 STATE LANDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTES GOVERNING LOCAL LAND USE
6 PLANNING; STATING THE QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE; DIRECT-
7 ING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO PREPARE THE STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY LAW; AND
8 DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PUBLISH THE AMENDMENT AND ARGUMENTS AS
9 REQUIRED BY LAW.
10 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Section 8, Article IX, of the Constitution of the State
12 of Idaho be amended to read as follows:
13 SECTION 8. LOCATION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS. It shall
14 be the duty of the state board of land commissioners to provide for
15 the location, protection, sale or rental of all the lands heretofore,
16 or which may hereafter be granted to or acquired by the state by or
17 from the general government, under such regulations as may be pre-
18 scribed by law, and in such manner as will secure the maximum
19 long-term financial return to the institution to which granted or to
20 the state if not specifically granted; provided, that no state lands
21 shall be sold for less than the appraised price; provided further,
22 that state lands shall be managed in accordance with state statutes
23 governing local land use planning. No law shall ever be passed by the
24 legislature granting any privileges to persons who may have settled
25 upon any such public lands, subsequent to the survey thereof by the
26 general government, by which the amount to be derived by the sale, or
27 other disposition of such lands, shall be diminished, directly or
28 indirectly. The legislature shall, at the earliest practicable
29 period, provide by law that the general grants of land made by con-
30 gress to the state shall be judiciously located and carefully pre-
31 served and held in trust, subject to disposal at public auction for
32 the use and benefit of the respective object for which said grants of
33 land were made, and the legislature shall provide for the sale of
34 said lands from time to time and for the sale of timber on all state
35 lands and for the faithful application of the proceeds thereof in
36 accordance with the terms of said grants; provided, that not to
37 exceed one hundred sections of state lands shall be sold in any one
38 year, and to be sold in subdivisions of not to exceed three hundred
39 and twenty acres of land to any one individual, company or corpora-
40 tion. The legislature shall have power to authorize the state board
41 of land commissioners to exchange granted or acquired lands of the
42 state on an equal value basis for other lands under agreement with
43 the United States, local units of government, corporations, compa-
2
1 nies, individuals, or combinations thereof.
2 SECTION 2. The question to be submitted to the electors of the State of
3 Idaho at the next general election shall be as follows:
4 "Shall Section 8, Article IX, of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be
5 amended to require that the state board of land commissioners manage state
6 lands in accordance with state statutes governing local land use planning?".
7 SECTION 3. The Legislative Council is directed to prepare the statements
8 required by Section 67-453, Idaho Code, and file the same.
9 SECTION 4. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to publish this pro-
10 posed constitutional amendment and arguments as required by law.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11532
The purpose of this legislation is to propose an amendment
to Section 8, Article IX, of the Constitution of the State of Idaho.
This amendment shall provide that state lands be managed in
accordance with state statutes governing local land use planning.
FISCAL IMPACT
NONE
Contact
Name: Sen. Clint Stennett
Rep. Wendy Jaquet
Phone: 208/332-1351
208/332-1131
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJR 102