Arizona 2024 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1568 Compare Versions

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; state land; sale. State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 SB 1568 Introduced by Senator Kerr An Act amending section 37-257, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the sale of state lands. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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9	9	REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; state land; sale.
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68	68	amending section 37-257, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the sale of state lands.
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78	78	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 37-257, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE37-257. Application for sale A. Any person who shall satisfy the state land commissioner that the person, with predecessors in interest, has held title to a tract of land, which is subject to this section and sections 37-256, through 37-258 and 37-259, under claim or color of title for more than ten years and for such ten-year period have has paid all real property taxes levied on the land, may file an application with the state land commissioner requesting the commissioner to offer for sale the state's interest, if any it has, to the rights the state of Arizona may own to any dry riverbed on any part of the land described in the application. B. Upon On receipt of the application, if the state land commissioner determines that the interests of the state will not be prejudiced by the sale of the land, the commissioner shall: 1. Determine the amount of state land which that may be contained in any dry riverbed on the tract of land described in the application. 2. Cause an appraisal to be made based upon on the amount of acreage so determined to be possible state land. The appraisal shall specify the value of the state's interest in the land at the date of appraisal exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development of or improvement of or on the land made by the applicant or the applicant's predecessors in interest and the appraisal shall specify the amount of increased value of the land resulting from such development or improvement. In determining the value of the state's interest in the land, the appraiser shall consider the likelihood of and costs to the state of the state's establishing title to the land. END_STATUTE
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80	80	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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82	82	Section 1. Section 37-257, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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84	84	START_STATUTE37-257. Application for sale
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86	86	A. Any person who shall satisfy the state land commissioner that the person, with predecessors in interest, has held title to a tract of land, which is subject to this section and sections 37-256, through 37-258 and 37-259, under claim or color of title for more than ten years and for such ten-year period have has paid all real property taxes levied on the land, may file an application with the state land commissioner requesting the commissioner to offer for sale the state's interest, if any it has, to the rights the state of Arizona may own to any dry riverbed on any part of the land described in the application.
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88	88	B. Upon On receipt of the application, if the state land commissioner determines that the interests of the state will not be prejudiced by the sale of the land, the commissioner shall:
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90	90	1. Determine the amount of state land which that may be contained in any dry riverbed on the tract of land described in the application.
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92	92	2. Cause an appraisal to be made based upon on the amount of acreage so determined to be possible state land. The appraisal shall specify the value of the state's interest in the land at the date of appraisal exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development of or improvement of or on the land made by the applicant or the applicant's predecessors in interest and the appraisal shall specify the amount of increased value of the land resulting from such development or improvement. In determining the value of the state's interest in the land, the appraiser shall consider the likelihood of and costs to the state of the state's establishing title to the land. END_STATUTE