No. SB 1658
Filed under Environment & Water.
Cattle Grazing on State Land; Requiring land managing entities to consider the feasibility of leasing portions of land to private entities for cattle grazing when land management plans are being developed or updated; providing requirements for the land management plan; requiring land managing entities to allow such lands to be leased for such purpose under certain conditions, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDWhenever a state land management plan is written or updated, the managing entity must consider whether any part of that land could be leased to a private party for cattle grazing.
If any portion is found suitable, the entity must describe it in the plan and must allow it to be leased for grazing; state law gives it no discretion to refuse once suitability is determined.
If the entity instead finds no land suitable for grazing leases, it must write an explanation for that conclusion into the management plan, creating a public record of the reasoning.
AIEvery time a land managing entity develops or updates a management plan for state-owned land, it must consider whether any portion could feasibly be leased to a private entity for cattle grazing.
AIOnce a land managing entity determines part of the land is suitable for cattle-grazing leases, it must describe that land in the plan and must allow it to be leased for that purpose.
AIIf a land managing entity decides no portion of the land is suitable for a cattle-grazing lease, it must put its reasoning for that determination in writing in the land management plan.