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Committee hears bill to extend St. Edward State Park lease from 62 to 80 years

2311136 · February 13, 2025
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A Capital Budget Committee hearing on substitute House Bill 1024 considered raising the maximum lease length for the main seminary building and associated structures at St. Edward State Park from 62 to 80 years; proponents said the change would align the park's lease term with other state parks and support private investment.

Representative Shelly Kloba, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the Capital Budget Committee that St. Edward State Park ‘‘is a jewel in my district,’’ and said substitute House Bill 1024 would give the lodge the ‘‘same lease length opportunity as all of the other state park properties.”

The committee heard a staff briefing from John Wilson, who said the bill would increase the maximum lease term for St. Edward State Park from 62 years to 80 years and that the general lease term limit for other state parks had been…

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