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Committee passes bill aimed at keeping 6,300-acre “Pine Tree” property in public hands
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to pass House Bill 16 94, sponsored by Senator Caldwell, a measure intended to prevent a private sale of about 6,300 acres known as Pine Tree and to preserve deed language requiring public use; several local residents testified in favor.
Senator Caldwell, presenting House Bill 16 94, told the Senate Education Committee the measure is designed to stop the University of Arkansas from selling roughly 6,300 acres in San Francis County to a private buyer and to encourage a sale to a public entity that would preserve public use.
The bill matters because, Caldwell said, the deed to the property — which the sponsor traced to purchases made during the Depression era — includes a condition that the land must be used for public purposes and that title would revert to the U.S. Forest Service if it ceases to be so…
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