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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 86989" data-attributes="member: 605">House Bill 1338, testimonies pro and con, all 129 pages:<a href="http://www.legis.nd.gov/files/resource/63-2013/library/hb1338.pdf?20160416101951" target="_blank">http://www.legis.nd.gov/files/resource/63-2013/library/hb1338.pdf?20160416101951</a>The $50 dollar study or fiscal note attached to HB 1338.<a href="https://land.nd.gov/docs/biennialreports/report.pdf" target="_blank">https://land.nd.gov/docs/biennialreports/report.pdf</a>STUDY OF FEDERAL RESERVOIR LANDThe 2013  Legislature  adopted  HB  1338  which  directed  the  Board  to study  options  to  address  concerns  of  landowners adjacent to land under the control of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (COE) surrounding Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe. The study considered noxious weed issues, access for hunting and fishing, the costs of conveying land from the COE to the State and the interests of North Dakota Indian Tribes.The legislature appropriated $50,000 from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund for the study. With the help of a contractor, a study was completed in August of 2014 and the report and summary were delivered to  Legislative Management and the interim Water Topics Overview Committee on October 1, 2014.The study’s purpose was to provide the Legislature with different options regarding the COE’s lands. Several ownership changes and management options were presented including:1. No change in present management structure2. Transfer of lands back to the original landowners or their heirs3. Transfer of the land from the COE to the State, with the land to be managed by the State4. Transfer the land from the COE to the State and to associated Tribes with each entity managing the acquired land5. Similar to number 4, but with local government management6. Corps of Engineers retains ownership, but turns over management to State, Tribal and local governments7. A direct transfer to preferential lease holders, including grazing lease holders, the North Dakota Game and Fish and State Parks and Recreation Departments and county park boards were suggested as potential owners In response to the study, the 2015 Legislature  adopted HB 1456, which defined excess lands around Lake Oahe and encouraged federal legislation to authorize the return of lands and mineral rights to the State of North Dakota.HB 1456 in 2015,<a href="http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/64-2015/documents/15-0603-06000.pdf?20160416122458" target="_blank">http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/64-2015/documents/15-0603-06000.pdf?20160416122458</a>Sixty-fourth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 6, 2015HOUSEBILL NO. 1456(Representatives Brandenburg, Kretschmar, Rohr, Schmidt)(Senators Erbele, Schaible)AN ACT to create and enact section 54-01-29.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the encouragement of federal legislation to return lands and mineral rights to the state.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:SECTION 1. Section 54-01-29.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:54-01-29.1. Federal legislation encouraged to return lands and mineral rights to the state of North Dakota.Uplands of the Oahe Reservoir in Emmons and Morton Counties in North Dakota above the elevation of 1,620 feet [493.78 meters] are defined as excess lands to the operation of the Oahe Dam.The North Dakota legislative assembly encourages Congress to pass federal legislation to return those lands and mineral rights to the state of North Dakota and the North Dakota legislative assembly encourages the governor of North Dakota to work with the North Dakota congressional delegation and Congress to secure enactment of necessary federal legislation.</blockquote>

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