SHB 1460 — Concerning the department of natural resources land transactions, revenue distributions, and creation and management of a trust land transfer program. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning the department of natural resources trust land management.)

What this bill does

Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to create and manage a trust land transfer program to transfer economically underperforming state lands to other purposes, and to acquire replacement property to provide sustainable revenue to trust beneficiaries. Modifies the DNR's authority to exchange state forestlands on behalf of counties. Eliminates a restriction that the DNR may not hold more than 1,500 acres in a land bank.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 2023
  82 yea · 13 nay · 3 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 2023
  82 yea · 14 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 8, 2023
  40 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting

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