MONTANA FIRST STATE TO BAN FEDERAL AGENCY LAND PURCHASES

Montana Legislative Reports ^ | 5-7-03 | RCM

[GotDangGenius]

SEEN THIS ONE?

Montana had its act together when they entered the union----

M.C.A. 2-1-202. Jurisdiction over lands purchased by United States -- reservation of rights to state. Pursuant to Article I, section 8, paragraph 17, of the constitution of the United States, consent to purchase is hereby given and exclusive jurisdiction is ceded to the United States over and with respect to any lands within the limits of this state that are acquired by the complete purchase by the United States for any of the purposes described in paragraph 17 of the constitution of the United States. The jurisdiction must continue as long as the lands are held and occupied by the United States for the described purposes. The state reserves the right to serve and execute civil or criminal process lawfully issued by the courts of the state within the limits of the territory over which jurisdiction is ceded in any suits or transactions for or on account of any rights obtained, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in this state, within or outside of the territory. The state also reserves the right to tax persons and corporations and their franchises and property within the territory. The state and its inhabitants and citizens reserve the right to fish and hunt and the right of access, ingress, and egress to and through the ceded territory to all persons owning or controlling livestock for the purpose of watering the livestock. The state reserves jurisdiction in the enforcement of state laws relating to the duties of the department of livestock and the department of environmental quality and the enforcement of any regulations promulgated by the departments in accordance with the laws of the state. Jurisdiction does not vest until the United States, through the proper officers, files an accurate map or plat and description by metes and bounds of the lands in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the lands are situated. If the lands are within the corporate limits of any city, the map or plat must also be filed in the office of the city clerk of the city. The filing of the map constitutes acceptance of the jurisdiction by the United States as ceded. History: En. Sec. 1, p. 52, L. 1893; re-en. Sec. 43, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 24, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 25, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 25, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 155, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 102, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 83-108(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 418, L. 1995.

[luckodeirish]

That does it! I'm moving to Montana!

I am right behind you...

[Mark Felton]

This article is NOT sourced. There is NO valid link.

The website referenced by the poster does NOT EXIST.

[.38sw]

It'll be really interesting to see what happens if the bill I referenced passes (although I don't think it will). I don't think Montana will cooperate, do you?

[.38sw]

No, it apparently doesn't exist, but you can buy the domain name if you want. I should have clicked on the link first.

[madfly]

Go Montana!!!!!!! ping!

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

"Montana" by Frank Zappa

[madfly]

opops

Gone Hunting for link

[ImpotentRage]

I'm packing myself!

[Dead Corpse]

Here's a link to the actual text of HB 223. It's what the article posteer said it was.

Good show Montana!

[Grampa Dave]

Good for the Montana legislature.

This has to be driving the Watermelon Jihadist Enviralists insane.

[Jolly Rodgers]

Seen THIS one? It phases out livestock grazing in wilderness areas, and provides for purchase of more land. Here's one provision in the bill: (d) SUPPORT FOR STATES WITHOUT ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AREAS- There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2017 $33,000,000 to assist States in the purchase of private lands in a State designated Ecosystem Protection Area developed pursuant to section 11 if the State agrees to manage that area in a manner similar to that proposed for Ecosystem Protection Areas designated in this Act.

What are the chances that this little doozy is being funded with dollars provided by the NRA supported CARA legislation?

[gcruse]

What a great idea! Wish we had all done it two hundred years ago.

[Sal]

BTTP for your great news post!

[gulfcoast6]

Of course they bought all that land to appease the greenies to save the four winged purple colored with pink spots, backwards flying butterflies..

[madfly]

HOUSE BILL NO. 223

INTRODUCED BY LAWSON, COONEY

BY REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION

AN ACT CREATING THE STATE LAND BANK FUND; REVISING THE LAWS RELATING TO THE SALE OF STATE TRUST LAND AND THE DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS; PROHIBITING THE SALE OF LAND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS TO ACQUIRE LANDS FOR THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF TRUST BENEFICIARIES; PROVIDING A STATUTORY APPROPRIATION FOR THE FUNDING OF STATE LAND BANK FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION OF TRUST LANDS; PROHIBITING CREATION OF RIGHT OF ACCESS; PROVIDING A DEADLINE FOR LAND SALES UNDER THE LAND BANKING PROCESS; REQUIRING A REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL; AMENDING SECTIONS 17-3-1003, 17-7-502, 18-2-107, 77-1-109, 77-2-301, 77-2-306, 77-2-309, 77-2-323, 77-2-328, AND 77-2-337, MCA; REPEALING SECTIONS 77-2-307 AND 77-2-312, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

[TonyWojo]

Yippi Yi O Ty A

[Lil'freeper]

“Frankly,” Maedje said afterwards about Rep. Harris’s comments in the floor debate, “...and I say this within the tangible and real context of unabashedly asinine decisions made by federal agencies which unnecessarily hurt rural natural resource dependent communities-- Representative Harris might have been unintentionally right. I indeed wonder if the constitutional rights of Montanans could be any more abused by a North Korean dictator than they are by our own federal agencies. That may sound stunning to those who haven’t suffered because of federal land policies, but it is closer to the truth than one might want to contemplate.”

A House of Commons-style "Hear! Hear!" Good for them!

[hattend]

Great News! Now if they can prevent The Nature Conservancy and Ted Turner from buying land too, life will be good.

[hedgetrimmer]

Maybe Montana is the "free state" everyone has been wishing for...

[Cool Guy]

BUMP for a wonderful state.