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Committee clears bill to fix Boy Scouts camp deed so group can lease timber and easements
Summary
Senators voted to pass House Bill 1983, a statutory cleanup intended to correct a reversionary clause in a 1974 deed to land used by the Boy Scouts of America in Booneville so the council can lease portions of the property for timbering and scenic easements.
The Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee passed House Bill 1983 on a voice vote, approving statutory language that would resolve a reversionary clause affecting land purchased for a Boy Scouts camp in 1974.
Shanna Richardson, CEO of the Boy Scouts of America for the state of Arkansas, told the committee the organization purchased roughly 2,800 acres in Booneville from a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1974 “for just…
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