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Committee approves bill treating state lands like private owners for boundary fences
Summary
The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee approved Senate File 63 after amending which state body will set rules; the bill aims to treat state lands the same as other landowners for boundary-fence construction and maintenance while leaving cost and rulemaking details to be clarified.
Senator Crago, sponsor of Senate File 63, told the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee that the bill would "for purposes of erecting boundary fences along state lands, state lands will be treated just like everybody else." The committee voted to amend the bill and approved it on a roll call vote.
The bill's sponsor said the draft is an attempt to resolve disputes that arise when state parcels are leased or re-leased and a new lessee or adjoining neighbor places a fence that changes long-standing use patterns. "This is strictly a boundary fence," Senator Crago said, adding the intent is not to allow lessees to use the statute to build management fences inside state parcels.
Why it matters: Proponents said the bill creates parity between private landowners and the state…
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