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HOUSE BILL NO. 755 – State mineral interests, sale

HOUSE BILL NO. 755

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H0755aaS...................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
MINERAL RIGHTS - Amends existing law to permit the sale of mineral
interests reserved by the state; and to provide rights and liabilities of
the purchaser of a mineral estate who is not the owner of the surface
estate.
                                                                        
02/24    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01    3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-2-6
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Black,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet,
      Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
      McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Naccarato, Nielsen,
      Pasley-Stuart, Raybould, Ridinger, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch,
      Sali, Sayler, Shepherd, Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Trail(Bennett), Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Moyle, Smith(24)
      Absent and excused -- Bell, Crow, Ring, Schaefer, Shirley, Wills
    Floor Sponsor - Stevenson
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/02    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/17    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
    Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/18    1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
    Rls susp - PASSED - 33-1-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
      Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai,
      Marley, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Sorensen,
      Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- Schroeder
      Absent and excused -- Noble
    Floor Sponsor - Little
    Title apvd - to House
03/19    House concurred in Senate amens - to engros
    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
    Rls susp - PASSED - 55-5-10
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz,
      Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
      Douglas, Edmunson, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett,
      Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
      McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Naccarato, Nielsen,
      Pasley-Stuart, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Wills, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Barrett, Bayer, Kulczyk, Moyle, Sali
      Absent and excused -- Bauer, Clark, Eberle, Ellsworth, Harwood,
      Ridinger, Roberts, Smith(24), Trail, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Stevenson
    Title apvd - To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/20    Pres signed
03/22    To Governor
03/23    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 271
         Effective: 07/01/04

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 755
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO STATE LANDS; AMENDING SECTION 47-711, IDAHO CODE,  AS  AMENDED  BY
  3        SECTION  2,  HOUSE  BILL 510, ENACTED BY THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE
  4        FIFTY-SEVENTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PERMIT THE SALE OF  MINERAL  INTERESTS
  5        RESERVED BY THE STATE TO THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE ESTATE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  47-711,  Idaho  Code, as amended by Section 2,
  8    House Bill 510, enacted by the Second Regular  Session  of  the  Fifty-seventh
  9    Idaho Legislature, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        47-711.  SALE  OF  STATE  LANDS  CONTAINING MINERAL DEPOSITS. (1) Lands in
 11    which minerals are contained and the surface of which has a  value  for  other
 12    purposes  may  be  sold  as a single estate under the provisions of chapter 3,
 13    title 58, Idaho Code, relating to the sale of state lands, when the state land
 14    is identified as having the potential highest and  best  use  for  development
 15    purposes, such as residential, commercial or industrial purposes.
 16        (2)  For lands in which the surface estate previously has been sold with a
 17    reservation of the mineral estate, for which there is no lease of such mineral
 18    estate to any person other than the owner of the surface estate, and for which
 19    the  potential  highest and best use is for development purposes such as resi-
 20    dential, commercial or industrial purposes, the mineral estate may be sold for
 21    its appraised value to the surface estate owner under the provisions of  chap-
 22    ter 3, title 58, Idaho Code, but without bidding or auction.
 23        (3)  In  the  sale  of  the  surface estate of all other state land, there
 24    shall be reserved to the state all mineral deposits and the right of the  pur-
 25    chaser  shall  be  subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed by law
 26    providing for the state or persons authorized by it to prospect for, mine  and
 27    remove such deposits and to occupy and use so much of the surface of such land
 28    as  may  be  required  for  all purposes reasonably incident to the mining and
 29    removal of such deposits therefrom.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Little              
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Burtenshaw          
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                              SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 755
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 21 and 22,  and  insert:  "its
  3    appraised  value  under the provisions of chapter 3, title 58, Idaho Code. The
  4    purchaser of a mineral estate who is not the owner of the surface estate shall
  5    have the same rights and liabilities with regard  to  the  surface  estate  as
  6    identified in section 47-708, Idaho Code.".
                                                                        
  7                                 CORRECTION TO TITLE
  8        On  page  1,  in  line  5, delete "TO THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE ESTATE" and
  9    insert: "AND TO PROVIDE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PURCHASER OF  A  MINERAL
 10    ESTATE WHO IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE ESTATE".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                        HOUSE BILL NO. 755, As Amended in the Senate
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO STATE LANDS; AMENDING SECTION 47-711, IDAHO CODE,  AS  AMENDED  BY
  3        SECTION  2,  HOUSE  BILL 510, ENACTED BY THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE
  4        FIFTY-SEVENTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PERMIT THE SALE OF  MINERAL  INTERESTS
  5        RESERVED  BY  THE  STATE AND TO PROVIDE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PUR-
  6        CHASER OF A MINERAL ESTATE WHO IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE ESTATE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 47-711, Idaho Code,  as  amended  by  Section  2,
  9    House  Bill  510,  enacted  by the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh
 10    Idaho Legislature, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        47-711.  SALE OF STATE LANDS CONTAINING MINERAL  DEPOSITS.  (1)  Lands  in
 12    which  minerals  are  contained and the surface of which has a value for other
 13    purposes may be sold as a single estate under the  provisions  of  chapter  3,
 14    title 58, Idaho Code, relating to the sale of state lands, when the state land
 15    is  identified  as  having  the potential highest and best use for development
 16    purposes, such as residential, commercial or industrial purposes.
 17        (2)  For lands in which the surface estate previously has been sold with a
 18    reservation of the mineral estate, for which there is no lease of such mineral
 19    estate to any person other than the owner of the surface estate, and for which
 20    the potential highest and best use is for development purposes such  as  resi-
 21    dential, commercial or industrial purposes, the mineral estate may be sold for
 22    its  appraised  value under the provisions of chapter 3, title 58, Idaho Code.
 23    The purchaser of a mineral estate who is not the owner of the  surface  estate
 24    shall  have  the same rights and liabilities with regard to the surface estate
 25    as identified in section 47-708, Idaho Code.
 26        (3)  In the sale of the surface estate of  all  other  state  land,  there
 27    shall  be reserved to the state all mineral deposits and the right of the pur-
 28    chaser shall be subject to the conditions and limitations  prescribed  by  law
 29    providing  for the state or persons authorized by it to prospect for, mine and
 30    remove such deposits and to occupy and use so much of the surface of such land
 31    as may be required for all purposes reasonably  incident  to  the  mining  and
 32    removal of such deposits therefrom.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14174

This bill allows the state to sell mineral rights lying under a
surface estate it has sold previously (and for which the mineral
rights were retained by the state as required by law) if the
highest and best use of the land is for development purposes. 
The sale may be made only to the owner of the surface estate and
must be for the appraised value.

Earlier this Session the Legislature approved House Bill 510
which allows the state to sell both surface and mineral rights
together if the highest and best use of the land is for
development purposes.  That bill did not deal with the
circumstance in which the surface rights have already been sold
by the state.  This bill would allow title to the already severed
surface and subsurface rights to be merged under the same
circumstances


                          FISCAL IMPACT

This bill will have no impact on the General Fund.  It is very
unlikely that mineral rights lying under developed ground ever
will be leased.  The sale of those rights is likely to generate a
return to the endowment funds that otherwise would not be
experienced. The amount of that return will depend entirely on
the number and value the mineral rights sold.  

Contact
Name: Ken McClure 
Phone: 388-1200 




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       H 755