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Committee hears broad testimony on study of wetlands, inundated lands and taxation
Summary
The committee received testimony on House Concurrent Resolution 3018 directing a study on water and wetland regulations and taxation of inundated lands; testimony highlighted Devil's Lake impacts, inconsistent tax treatment, legal questions about submerged-title and recommendations to narrow study scope.
The Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee heard testimony on House Concurrent Resolution 3018, a concurrent resolution directing legislative management to consider a study of water and wetland regulation and the taxation of inundated lands in North Dakota.
Representative Mike Belz, who introduced the measure, told the committee inundated ground is not limited to Devil's Lake and estimated "about a million acres" affected in the prairie pothole region; he argued that restoring 20% of that acreage could return roughly…
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