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House passes state lands fencing bill after rejecting appropriation amendment and several notice provisions
Summary
The House approved Senate File 63, which creates a framework for cost-sharing on boundary fences adjacent to private landowners, after rejecting an amendment that would have appropriated $1 million to the Office of State Lands and Investments and turning down other proposed notice and cost-cap changes.
The Wyoming House on Feb. 20 passed Senate File 63, a bill addressing responsibility and cost-sharing for boundary fences on state lands, after extensive floor debate and five proposed amendments.
Representative Nicholas led the floor discussion and offered multiple amendments to narrow or clarify who may obtain state support for boundary fencing and under what conditions. The central policy question was whether the state should pay part of fences built by adjacent private landowners and, if so, how much and under what review and notice processes.
Nicholas described the state'''s situation: roughly 3,400,000 acres of leasable state ground, of which about 98% is leased…
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