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Legislature having jurisdiction over conservation matters on | | expenditures from the fund and revisions to the strategies and | | guidelines. |
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| | | 3.__Assistance.__The Department of Conservation, the | | Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Department of | | Transportation, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural | | Resources, the State Planning Office and all other state agencies | | shall provide staff support and assistance necessary to fulfill | | the objectives of this chapter. If agency assistance is not | | available, consultants may be hired from the proceeds of the fund | | to assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities. |
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| | | §6407.__Acquisition; title; management |
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| | | 1.__Uses of funds.__The board may use the fund to acquire real | | property with both fee and less-than-fee simple interest, | | including, but not limited to, conservation easements, access | | easements, scenic easements, other permanent interests in land | | and long-term leases of at least 99 years if those acquisitions | | are primarily natural lands meeting the criteria set forth in | | this chapter. |
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| | | 2.__Title.__Title to all lands acquired pursuant to this | | chapter must be vested solely in the State.__Management | | responsibilities for the acquired lands may be contracted by the | | board to cooperating entities, subject to appropriate lease | | arrangements, upon the approval of the board. |
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| | | 3.__Payments.__Payments from the fund may be made to | | cooperating entities for qualifying lands acquired on behalf of | | the State, provided that the board has issued to the cooperating | | entity a letter of intent requesting assistance in the | | acquisition. Upon submission to the board of a cooperating | | entity's direct expenses for acquisition and related costs of an | | authorized acquisition, the board shall authorize payment of | | those expenses, as long as the total of all expenses does not | | exceed the appraised value of the acquired property. Expenses | | must be paid at intervals during the acquisition process, as | | determined by the board. |
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| | | 4.__Legislative approval.__Land acquired under this chapter | | may not be sold or used for purposes other than those stated in | | this chapter unless approved by a 2/3 majority of the | | Legislature. |
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| | | Prior to taking an action to designate land for negotiation | | for acquisition, the board shall send by certified mail or | | deliver a notice of this intention to the owner or owners of land |
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