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House approves changes to trust-lands conveyance to speed title transfers for platted subdivisions
Summary
HB223 allows the governor to sign 'patents in blank' for platted subdivisions, enabling the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration to fill in legal descriptions later; supporters said the change eases financing and boosts revenue to the permanent trust. The House passed the bill 73–0.
Representative Thomas V. Hatch, sponsor of House Bill 223, explained that the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has encountered delays between issuing certificates of sale and the governor’s issuance of patents — delays that can slow financing and development. HB223 authorizes the governor to issue patents in blank for platted subdivisions (not for sectional descriptions), which Trust Lands would…
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