77-2-318. Sale of leased cabin or home sites or city or town lots. (1) At the request of the lessee and if consistent with the orderly development and management of state lands, the board may make available for sale, in the manner provided in this part, any leased cabin or home site or city or town lot that is under lease during the 15th year of any 15-year lease that was established through the open competitive bidding process or through the transition process provided for in 77-1-236 or subsection (4) of this section.
     (2) The lessee requesting the sale shall have prepared a current certificate of survey for the property. The cost of preparation of the certificate of survey must be included in the settlement for improvements, as provided for in 77-2-325, if a person other than the lessee is the purchaser.
     (3) The sale of a lease is exempt from the subdivision laws, except that the development of any new, replacement, or additional water supply or sewage disposal system on the property must be approved pursuant to the review procedure, fee, and other requirements of Title 76, chapter 4, part 1.
     (4) By January 1, 2012, the board shall adopt rules to ensure that the sales process authorized pursuant to this section is orderly and consistent with its constitutional fiduciary duties and that the number of leased cabin or home sites or city or town lots made available for sale at any given time is consistent with the board's constitutional duty of attaining full market value.
     (5) Upon a sale of leased land, the department shall, upon compliance with 77-2-101 through 77-2-106, grant a permanent easement across state lands to secure access using current routes.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 602, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 401, L. 2011.