A new state agency tasked with developing public lands could be in trouble because the state may not have the authority to legally transfer the land to the Public Land Development Corporation. The Department of Land and Natural Resources says
A new state agency tasked with developing public lands could be in trouble because the state may not have the authority to legally transfer the land to the Public Land Development Corporation.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources says the law creating the PLDC was passed by the Legislature earlier this year without a key provision that allows for the land transfer.
The attorney general’s office says at best the law is ambiguous and may need to be clarified in order to avoid litigation.
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