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Committee backs HB 80 to shift competitive state agricultural leases to cash bids
Summary
The Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation committee voted unanimously to pass House Bill 80, which replaces the crop-share component of competitively bid state agricultural leases with straight cash leases; DNRC said the change applies only to competitively bid leases and will not affect grazing rates.
The Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation committee voted to approve House Bill 80, moving the competitive-bid portion of state agricultural leases from a crop-share to a cash-lease format.
The measure was introduced and a committee member moved that House Bill 80 "do pass." Emily Motichka, identified in the hearing as the ag and grazing bureau chief for the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), told the committee the change applies "for competitive bidding purposes only." She said "anything that's not competitively bid on will remain on the crop share or…
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