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Committee advances bill to tighten oversight of land trust advocacy office
Summary
The Natural Resource, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee reviewed proposed amendments to the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office statute aimed at clarifying governance, reporting, and beneficiary accountability; sponsors agreed to file the proposal as a committee bill and return for a vote next month.
Senators and agency staff Monday discussed draft legislation to revise the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office statute, with sponsors and beneficiaries describing the bill as a response to last year’s OLAG audit and study-group recommendations.
The bill clarifies the office’s title and duties, sets uniform planning and reporting requirements for institutional beneficiaries, and would give the state treasurer limited authority to reduce distributions when beneficiaries carry large unspent balances. “The combined funds … have now reached the plateau and just passed $4,000,000,000 watermark,” Kim Christie, director of the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office, said during the presentation. Liz Mumford, the office’s program manager, said the proposal “greatly strengthens the work of the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office” by addressing auditors’…
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