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Bill would require DNR to notify adjoining landowners before boundary surveys, agency seeks clarifying language
Summary
Senate Bill 5170 would require the Department of Natural Resources to provide written notice and an opportunity to comment to adjoining landowners when conducting surveys intended to establish boundaries; DNR told the committee it already follows similar notice practices and asked for language that prevents a private right of action.
On Tuesday, March 18, the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 5170, a proposal to require the Department of Natural Resources to notify adjoining landowners in writing within 30 days when conducting land surveys intended to establish boundaries, and to provide those landowners an opportunity to comment and submit evidence before DNR pursues a boundary-line determination suit.
Senate sponsor Shelley Short said the bill grew from constituent concerns that adjoining landowners lacked a formal participation process when survey work adjacent to state land might affect them. “If you’re those adjoining landowners, we want to make…
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