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Committee clarifies state-land subleasing rules, exempts common-ownership arrangements
Summary
Lawmakers amended state-land sublease rules to exempt joint entities with at least 80% common ownership from sublease requirements, and accepted a simplified monthly per-head charge option for non-owned livestock. The committee approved the bill as amended and advanced it (roll-call: 10 yes, 0 no; 4 excused).
The committee considered 26LSO0213, a draft clarifying subleasing and non-owned-livestock fees on state trust grazing lands, and approved the measure with amendments that simplify accounting for lessees who host livestock owned by others.
Stacia Berry of the Office of State Lands and Investments told lawmakers there are roughly 4,073 grazing leases statewide and that the office recorded 441 subleases in the previous year, generating about $295,579 in claimed excess rental revenue. The bill and committee amendment respond to confusion in the field about when a formal sublease is required and how excess rental revenue should be shared.
Under the statute as amended, a lessee…
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