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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3924
Sponsored by Representative MANNIX
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: This Act makes DSL help counties buy federal land.(Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
Requires the Department of State Lands to establish a program to foster county acquisition of
federal lands. Requires the department to notify counties and federal agencies of the program on or
before January 1, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to acquisition of federal lands.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of State Lands shall establish a program to coordinate with
federal agencies and to assist Oregon’s counties in negotiating for the county’s purchase,
acquisition or long-term lease of federal land for forest management, wildfire prevention,
transportation routes, housing or commercial activity.
SECTION 2.On or before January 1, 2027, the Department of State Lands shall contact
each county in this state and the director of each federal agency that owns land in this state
to provide notice about the program under section 1 of this 2025 Act and to explore the
availability of a county purchase of available federal lands.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4677