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HOUSE BILL NO. 130 – State lands, lease

HOUSE BILL NO. 130

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H0130aaS......................................by RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
STATE LANDS - Amends existing law to revise provisions relating to the
lease of state lands.

02/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/12    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/15    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Bock, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Collins,
      Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
      Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
      Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo,
      Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8),
      Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn,
      Trail, Vander Woude, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Bedke, Boe, Clark, Nielsen, Wills
    Floor Sponsor - Raybould
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/16    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/27    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/07    Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/08    1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/09    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/12    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - McKenzie
    Title apvd - to House
03/13    House concurred in Senate amens - to engros
03/14    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/15    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/16    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 68-0-2
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
      Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
      Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, Mortimer, Moyle,
      Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring,
      Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
      Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Lake, McGeachin
    Floor Sponsor - Raybould
    Title apvd - to enrol
03/19    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/20    Pres signed - To Governor
03/21    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 138
         Effective: 07/01/07

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 130
                                                                        
                          BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO STATE LANDS; AMENDING SECTION 58-307, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVI-
  3        SIONS RELATING TO THE LEASE OF STATE LANDS.
                                                                        
  4    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  5        SECTION 1.  That Section 58-307, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  6    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  7        58-307.  TERM  OF  LEASE  --  APPLICATION  FOR  RENEWAL  --  ALLOWANCE FOR
  8    IMPROVEMENTS. (1) No lease of state public school endowment lands, other  than
  9    those  valuable  for  stone,  coal, oil, gas or other minerals, shall be for a
 10    longer term than ten (10) years.
 11        (2)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all state lands  may  be
 12    leased for a period of up to twenty-five (25) years to the federal government,
 13    to  federal agencies, state agencies, counties, or cities, school districts or
 14    political subdivisions when leased for public purposes. Such leases for public
 15    purposes may be entered into by negotiation and shall secure a  rental  amount
 16    based on the fair market value of the state land.
 17        (3)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  law, all state endowment
 18    lands may be leased for a period of up to forty-nine (49) years for commercial
 19    purposes, or for lands eligible for the federal conservation reserve  enhance-
 20    ment  program  (CREP),  under  such  terms and conditions as may be set by the
 21    board, provided that, for such leases in excess of ten (10) years,  the  board
 22    consults  with  the  county commissioners of the county in which the lands are
 23    located before leasing the lands, and the use for which  the  land  is  leased
 24    shall  be  consistent with the local planning and zoning ordinances insofar as
 25    is reasonable and practicable. For each lease in excess of ten (10) years, the
 26    department shall hold a hearing in the county in which the parcel is located.
 27        (4)  The term "commercial purposes" means  any  commercial  or  industrial
 28    enterprises, retail sales outlets, business and professional office buildings,
 29    hospitality enterprises, commercial recreational activities, multifamily resi-
 30    dential developments and other similar businesses as defined by the board. For
 31    purposes  of  this  section,  agricultural leases, grazing leases, oil and gas
 32    leases, mineral leases, geothermal leases, communication site  leases,  single
 33    family,  recreational  cottage  site and homesite leases, and leases for other
 34    similar uses, are not considered leases for commercial purposes.
 35        (5)  The board may require that all fixed  improvements  constructed  upon
 36    land  leased  for commercial purposes be removed or become the property of the
 37    state upon termination of the lease,  and  that  any  heirs,  encumbrances  or
 38    claims  of  third  parties with respect to any improvements shall be expressly
 39    subordinate and subject to the rights of the state under this section.
 40        (6)  Except for geothermal, oil and gas, mineral  and  commercial  leases,
 41    the  lease  year  shall run from January 1 through December 31, and all leases
 42    shall expire on December 31 of the year of expiration.
 43        (7)  All applications to lease or to renew an existing lease which expires
                                                                        
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  1    December 31 of any year, shall be filed in the office of the director  of  the
  2    department  of  lands by the thirtieth day of April preceding the date of such
  3    expiration. Such applications will be considered  by the state land board  and
  4    be disposed of in the manner provided by law; except that the board may reject
  5    conflicting  applications  for  a  lease for commercial purposes if the lessee
  6    exercises the preference right to renew clause, and  provided  such  right  is
  7    specified in the lease.
  8        (8)  Where  conflicts appear upon leases, except for mineral leases which,
  9    pursuant to chapter 7, title 47, Idaho Code, contain a preferential  right  to
 10    renew  clause,  such  applications  shall  be  considered as having been filed
 11    simultaneously. However, nothing herein shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the
 12    state  board of land commissioners from accepting and considering applications
 13    for new leases at any time.
 14        (9)  In case improvements have been made on land while under  lease  which
 15    is  expiring, and the former lessee is not the successful bidder, but the land
 16    is leased to another, the amount of such improvements shall  be  paid  to  the
 17    former  lessee.  The  following shall be considered improvements: plowing done
 18    within one (1) year, provided no crop has been raised on the plowed land after
 19    such plowing, fencing, buildings, cisterns, wells, growing crops and any other
 20    asset which shall be considered an improvement by the director.
 21        (10) Commercial leases of the state lands shall not be subject to the con-
 22    flict auction provisions of section 58-310, Idaho Code. The board may, at  its
 23    discretion,  consider individual applications or call for proposals and sealed
 24    bids by public advertisement, and may evaluate said proposals  and  award  the
 25    lease  to  the bidder whose proposal achieves the highest return over the term
 26    of the lease and who is capable of meeting such terms and conditions as may be
 27    set by the board; in the alternative, the board may call  for  lease  applica-
 28    tions  by public advertisement and if more than one (1) person files an appli-
 29    cation to hold an auction in the same manner as provided  in  section  58-310,
 30    Idaho  Code.  In  either all cases, the board must obtain a reasonable rental,
 31    based upon fair market value of the state land, throughout the duration of the
 32    lease. The board may reject any or all proposals and any or all bids, and  may
 33    reoffer  the  lease at a later date if the board determines that the proposals
 34    or bids do not achieve the highest and best use of the land at market rental.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Stennett            
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Stegner             
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                              SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 130
                                                                        
  1                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 27, delete "any commercial or"  and
  3    insert: "wind or geothermal energy projects,"; delete lines 28 through 30, and
  4    insert:  "enterprises,  retail sales outlets, business and professional office
  5    buildings, hospitality enterprises, commercial recreational activities, multi-
  6    family residential developments and other similar  businesses.  For";  and  in
  7    line  32,  delete "communication site leases," and insert: "communication site
  8    leases,".

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


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                        HOUSE BILL NO. 130, As Amended in the Senate
                                                                        
                          BY RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO STATE LANDS; AMENDING SECTION 58-307, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVI-
  3        SIONS RELATING TO THE LEASE OF STATE LANDS.
                                                                        
  4    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  5        SECTION 1.  That Section 58-307, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  6    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  7        58-307.  TERM  OF  LEASE  --  APPLICATION  FOR  RENEWAL  --  ALLOWANCE FOR
  8    IMPROVEMENTS. (1) No lease of state public school endowment lands, other  than
  9    those  valuable  for  stone,  coal, oil, gas or other minerals, shall be for a
 10    longer term than ten (10) years.
 11        (2)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all state lands  may  be
 12    leased for a period of up to twenty-five (25) years to the federal government,
 13    to  federal agencies, state agencies, counties, or cities, school districts or
 14    political subdivisions when leased for public purposes. Such leases for public
 15    purposes may be entered into by negotiation and shall secure a  rental  amount
 16    based on the fair market value of the state land.
 17        (3)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  law, all state endowment
 18    lands may be leased for a period of up to forty-nine (49) years for commercial
 19    purposes, or for lands eligible for the federal conservation reserve  enhance-
 20    ment  program  (CREP),  under  such  terms and conditions as may be set by the
 21    board, provided that, for such leases in excess of ten (10) years,  the  board
 22    consults  with  the  county commissioners of the county in which the lands are
 23    located before leasing the lands, and the use for which  the  land  is  leased
 24    shall  be  consistent with the local planning and zoning ordinances insofar as
 25    is reasonable and practicable. For each lease in excess of ten (10) years, the
 26    department shall hold a hearing in the county in which the parcel is located.
 27        (4)  The term "commercial purposes" means wind or geothermal energy  proj-
 28    ects,  industrial enterprises, retail sales outlets, business and professional
 29    office buildings, hospitality enterprises, commercial recreational activities,
 30    multifamily residential developments and other similar  businesses.  For  pur-
 31    poses  of  this  section,  agricultural  leases,  grazing  leases, oil and gas
 32    leases, mineral leases, geothermal leases, communication site  leases,  single
 33    family,  recreational  cottage  site and homesite leases, and leases for other
 34    similar uses, are not considered leases for commercial purposes.
 35        (5)  The board may require that all fixed  improvements  constructed  upon
 36    land  leased  for commercial purposes be removed or become the property of the
 37    state upon termination of the lease,  and  that  any  heirs,  encumbrances  or
 38    claims  of  third  parties with respect to any improvements shall be expressly
 39    subordinate and subject to the rights of the state under this section.
 40        (6)  Except for geothermal, oil and gas, mineral  and  commercial  leases,
 41    the  lease  year  shall run from January 1 through December 31, and all leases
 42    shall expire on December 31 of the year of expiration.
 43        (7)  All applications to lease or to renew an existing lease which expires
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    December 31 of any year, shall be filed in the office of the director  of  the
  2    department  of  lands by the thirtieth day of April preceding the date of such
  3    expiration. Such applications will be considered  by the state land board  and
  4    be disposed of in the manner provided by law; except that the board may reject
  5    conflicting  applications  for  a  lease for commercial purposes if the lessee
  6    exercises the preference right to renew clause, and  provided  such  right  is
  7    specified in the lease.
  8        (8)  Where  conflicts appear upon leases, except for mineral leases which,
  9    pursuant to chapter 7, title 47, Idaho Code, contain a preferential  right  to
 10    renew  clause,  such  applications  shall  be  considered as having been filed
 11    simultaneously. However, nothing herein shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the
 12    state  board of land commissioners from accepting and considering applications
 13    for new leases at any time.
 14        (9)  In case improvements have been made on land while under  lease  which
 15    is  expiring, and the former lessee is not the successful bidder, but the land
 16    is leased to another, the amount of such improvements shall  be  paid  to  the
 17    former  lessee.  The  following shall be considered improvements: plowing done
 18    within one (1) year, provided no crop has been raised on the plowed land after
 19    such plowing, fencing, buildings, cisterns, wells, growing crops and any other
 20    asset which shall be considered an improvement by the director.
 21        (10) Commercial leases of the state lands shall not be subject to the con-
 22    flict auction provisions of section 58-310, Idaho Code. The board may, at  its
 23    discretion,  consider individual applications or call for proposals and sealed
 24    bids by public advertisement, and may evaluate said proposals  and  award  the
 25    lease  to  the bidder whose proposal achieves the highest return over the term
 26    of the lease and who is capable of meeting such terms and conditions as may be
 27    set by the board; in the alternative, the board may call  for  lease  applica-
 28    tions  by public advertisement and if more than one (1) person files an appli-
 29    cation to hold an auction in the same manner as provided  in  section  58-310,
 30    Idaho  Code.  In  either all cases, the board must obtain a reasonable rental,
 31    based upon fair market value of the state land, throughout the duration of the
 32    lease. The board may reject any or all proposals and any or all bids, and  may
 33    reoffer  the  lease at a later date if the board determines that the proposals
 34    or bids do not achieve the highest and best use of the land at market rental.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 16924

This proposed legislation amends the definition of "commercial
purposes" as any commercial or industrial enterprises as defined
by the state land board.  In addition, subject to approval of the
state land board, it qualifies agricultural lands eligible for
the federal conservation reserve enhancement program (CREP), to
be eligible for leases in excess of ten years so that they may
qualify for the fifteen year requirement of CREP. Agricultural
leases, grazing leases, oil and gas leases, mineral leases,
geothermal leases, single family, recreational cottage site and
homesite leases, and leases for other similar uses, will remain
as leases not considered leases for commercial purposes.

Current Idaho Code allows the board to reject conflicting
applications for a lease for commercial purposes if the lessee
exercises the preference right to renew clause.  This proposed
legislation would further require that such preference right be
specified in the lease.

The proposed legislation adds wording that would allow the board
the latitude to consider individual applications in addition to
the current procedure that a call for proposals and sealed bids
for a commercial lease may be made.   


                          FISCAL IMPACT

No fiscal impact.


Contact
Name:  Stan Boyd, Ridgeline Energy 
Phone: (208) 344-2271
       Dar Olberding
Phone: (208) 345-0706
       Rep. Dell Raybould
Phone: (208) 332-1000 


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