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Commerce committee advances bill to sell surplus state land, adds commission to prioritize housing
Summary
The House Commerce Committee advanced HB 17‑26, an amendment-led bill to allow state agencies to sell surplus parcels (including highway-adjacent tracts) and to create a commission to prioritize transitions of state land to local tax rolls and housing infrastructure. The committee passed the bill as amended in executive session.
The House Commerce Committee on Thursday advanced House Bill 17‑26, an amendment that would let state agencies sell surplus parcels of land now sitting on the state rolls and create a commission to study transitions to local tax rolls and infrastructure funding.
State Representative Bridal Cole, the bill sponsor, told the committee the amendment is intended to return underused parcels to productive use. “Some of these parcels of land are huge, over a 100 acres,” Cole said, describing roadside and highway‑adjacent tracts that the state…
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