WETLAND PROTECTION:

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS



House Bill 5872

Sponsor: Rep. Robert Gosselin

Committee: Conservation and Outdoor

Recreation


Complete to 10-24-00



A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 5872 AS INTRODUCED 6-6-00


House Bill 5872 would add a new section to Part 303 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.30311a), concerning the protection of wetlands, to prohibit the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from requiring that a permit applicant grant a conservation easement on land that was not subject to the permit. Further, if, after the effective date of the bill, a court determined that the DNR had acted in violation of this provision, then the department would have to pay the person who granted the easement the easement's fair market value.


























Analyst: R. Young


This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.