HOUSE BILL NO. 96
INTRODUCED BY L. GRINDE
BY REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
AN ACT ALLOWING FOR RECIPROCAL ACCESS AGREEMENTS TO BE NEGOTIATED ON ALL ISOLATED STATE LAND CLASSIFICATIONS; REPEALING SECTION 77-5-115, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Management of isolated trust lands -- reciprocal access. (1) To facilitate the management of isolated tracts of all classifications of state lands, the department may negotiate reciprocal access agreements that may include easements. For an easement granted pursuant to this subsection, the board may waive all or a portion of the survey requirements of 77-2-102, subject to any conditions that the board may impose.
(2) In granting access, the department is not required to analyze or consider the potential impacts of activities that may occur on private or federal lands in conjunction with or as a result of granting access.
Section 2. Repealer. Section 77-5-115, MCA, is repealed.
Section 3. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 77, chapter 1, part 6, and the provisions of Title 77, chapter 1, part 6, apply to [section 1].
Section 4. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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