CHAPTER 1. School Lands and Indemnity Lands [7301. - 7404.]

Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 2.

§§ 7301–7404 · 10 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Sale of School Lands §§ 7301–7306 · 5 sections

   • § 7301 The commission may, in the best interest of the state, sell school lands. The commission may pay from the School Land Bank Fund, created pursuant to Section…
   • § 7303 The commission may, in the best interest of the state, exchange any public lands for lands of the United States of equal area or equal value, and the lands…
   • § 7303.5 Whenever the commission finds that it is in the best interests of the state for the acquisition of open space or for the purposes of consolidating, assembling,…
   • § 7305 When payment has been made for land sold under this article, the purchaser shall be entitled to a patent.
   • § 7306 The commission may sell timber separately from the land. Timber sold separately shall be removed in accordance with the Z'Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of…
2. ARTICLE 2. Indemnity Land Selections §§ 7400–7404 · 5 sections

   • § 7400 The Legislature finds and declares that, as of January 1, 2020, the commission has acquired roughly 81,643 acres of indemnity school lands and is owed roughly…
   • § 7401 The commission shall ascertain from time to time the number of acres of land to which the state is entitled as indemnity and shall keep on file a statement…
   • § 7402 Whenever the commission determines it to be in the best interest of the state, the commission may select lands of the United States equal in area to the number…
   • § 7403 The commission is the general agent of the state for the selection of indemnity lands in lieu of the losses sustained by the state to its school land grants.
   • § 7404 The commission may accept the benefits of the act of Congress approved July 17, 1914, enacted as Section 121 of Title 30 of the United States Code.