COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1513
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Laws 2015, chapter 188, section 1 is amended to read:
Section 1. Study committee on private land acquisition; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal
A. The study committee on private land acquisition is established consisting of the following members:
1. Three members of the senate, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party, who are appointed by the president of the senate.
2. Three members of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party, who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
3. One county assessor who is appointed by the president of the senate.
B. The study committee on private land acquisition shall:
1. Conduct hearings and collect and analyze information relating to the acquisition of privately owned real property by government entities.
2. Examine the impact that ownership of real property by a government entity has on the economies of this state and of local communities.
3. Identify a process to allow a government entity to acquire privately owned real property without reducing the tax base of the local community.
4. Examine the process of lands taken by federal agencies or bureaus and its effects on this state and the local communities of this state, including the impact on issues related to water, economic development and land selection, and make recommendations regarding the process.
5. Establish a process for consultation with this state concerning the lands proposed to be placed in trust, including the impact resulting from the removal of land from the tax rolls.
4. 6. Submit a report regarding the study committee's activities, findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before December 31, 2017 2019 and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
C. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2018 2020."
Amend title to conform