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Committee approves clarification that acquisitions taken in fee simple must specify mineral rights
Summary
Senate Bill 139 (third substitute) was amended and unanimously recommended out of committee to clarify that when a government acquisition intends to take mineral rights, the language must make that explicit so property owners understand which interests are conveyed.
Senator Winterton presented third substitute Senate Bill 139, mineral rights amendments, and offered a clarifying amendment that requires conveyances or acquisitions that intend to take mineral rights to state that intent expressly so property owners understand whether mineral interests are conveyed as part of a fee simple acquisition.
The League of Cities and Towns supported the amendment and the bill. Committee members adopted Senator Winterton's amendment and then voted unanimously to favorably recommend the third substitute as amended. The committee later moved the bill to the consent calendar.
Ending: The committee unanimously approved the amendment and favorably recommended third substitute SB 139 as amended, and placed the measure on the consent calendar.
