Landowner Easement Rights Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Apr 9, 2025
What it does
The Landowner Easement Rights Act would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from entering into new conservation easements with terms exceeding 30 years. It also allows landowners with existing long-term or pre-1977 conservation easements lacking official maps to request renegotiation, including receiving a detailed map and fair market value notice, and either having the easement term shortened to 30 years or less with compensation for the difference in value, or buying back the easement at fair market value. The Secretary must notify eligible landowners of their rights to request renegotiation well in advance of when their easement becomes eligible under the bill’s definition.
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