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Summary

The bill adds two new statutes that say, when a mining use conflicts with any other commercial use on state trust land, the land’s default purpose is mineral extraction. A purchaser or lessee can override this presumption by complying with existing purchase (37‑232) or lease (37‑281) requirements, after which a public auction must be held within 90 days and be open to all proposed uses. It was vetoed by the governor.

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