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Committee presses state lands on subleasing rules; asks LSO to draft clarifying legislation
Summary
The committee discussed statutory subleasing rules for state trust lands, received OSLI revenue and compliance numbers, and voted to ask Legislative Services Office to draft legislation clarifying how non-owned livestock and family entities are treated under 36-5-105.
Members of the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee spent substantial time on June 11 on state-trust land subleasing and non-owned-livestock rules. Stacia Berry, director of the Office of State Lands and Investments, walked the committee through the statutory language in 36-5-105(d) and the office's Chapter 4 rules; she also provided recent sublease and revenue figures.
Berry read the statute's core points: assignments, subleases or contracts require director approval, and approval "should not be arbitrarily or unreasonably withheld;" actions must be "in order to the greatest benefit of the state land trust beneficiaries;" and when a lessee allows non-owned livestock to graze, that use is not a sublease provided a 1-to-1 owned-to-nonowned…
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