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House approves bill requiring state notice on large federal land sales
Summary
The Utah House passed a second substitute of HB 303 to create legislative notice and coordination requirements for state land transfers to the federal government, lowering the review threshold to transactions of roughly 500 acres and adding written-notice requirements for transfers involving monuments, wilderness and federal parks.
The Utah House on March 3 adopted a second substitute of House Bill 303, a measure sponsors say will give the legislature a formal role in negotiations when state-controlled land is proposed for sale or transfer to the federal government. The bill passed on the floor and will be transmitted to the Senate after receiving 68 yes votes and 12 nay votes.
Representative Stratton, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the legislation creates three tracks: transactions exceeding 500 acres will require a process that brings the entity to the legislature for approval before an execution, there is a separate process for…
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