BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6062

SB 6062: DNR trust asset leasing

Concerning the authority of the department of natural resources to lease trust assets for the benefit of trust beneficiaries and the state.

Summary

Allows the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to lease water rights or physical trust assets, deemed to be temporarily available for use on nonstate land.
Establishes that leases for water rights or physical trust assets may not to exceed 20 years
Requires DNR, when leasing water rights, to provide a minimum 60-day notice to any potentially impacted federally recognized tribe to determine if the lease or associated actions may impact fish, aquatic resources, cultural resources, or other treaty-reserved rights or tribal resources.
Requires DNR to follow certain leasing provisions for leases of state lands when leasing water rights or physical trust assets.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to the authority of the department of natural resources to lease trust assets for the benefit of trust beneficiaries and the state;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6062)
Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 2, 2024Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 6062)
Feb 2, 2024Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 30, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6062)
Jan 30, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 29, 2024AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6062)
Jan 29, 2024Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 6062)
Jan 29, 2024Minority; without recommendation.
Jan 29, 2024AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 9, 2024First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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