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Committee advances SB 43 to strengthen Land Trust Advocacy Office after 2024 audit

House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Standing Committee · February 2, 2026

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Summary

SB 43, a bipartisan response to a 2024 OLAG audit, would strengthen the School and Institutional Trust Lands Advocacy Office with clearer beneficiary lists, spend‑plan/accounting requirements, distribution‑pause authority for large carry‑forwards and clarified director appointment/removal procedures; it passed out of committee with one recorded 'nay' on consent placement.

Senator Owens introduced SB 43 as a comprehensive response to a 2024 OLAG audit of the trust system that evaluated the advocacy office. Liz Mumford (Advocacy Office) and Kim Christie (director of the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office) said the study group met over roughly 18 months with beneficiary agencies, attorneys and stakeholders and concluded an independent…

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