HB 1730 - DIGEST

Provides that no state agency may purchase a privately owned parcel of land in excess of five contiguous acres in any county in which public land, federal land, and tribal land together constitute more than seventy percent of the total land mass, not including aquatic lands, of the county, except under the provisions of this act.

Provides that an agency may purchase more than five contiguous acres under the provisions of this act if: (1) The legislature takes specific action directing the agency to make the purchase;

(2) The appropriate county legislative authority or authorities consent to the transaction; and

(3) The transaction is funded by other than state dollars.