REFERENCE TITLE: BLM lands; transfer to state

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012

HCM 2003

Introduced by Representative Dial

 

A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL

 

Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation transferring public land held by the bureau of land management to the State of Arizona.

 

 

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To the Congress of the United States of America and the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior:

Your memorialist respectfully represents:

Whereas, the United States Bureau of Land Management administers 12.2 million surface acres of public lands in Arizona; and

Whereas, this land can be better managed by the State of Arizona than by federal bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.; and

Whereas, if turned over to the State of Arizona to be held as state trust land, these public lands would double the amount of money coming from the permanent state school fund each year; and

Whereas, this money would provide greatly needed resources for public education in this state, particularly during these difficult economic times.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays:

1.  That the United States Congress enact legislation that would implement the transfer of lands currently managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management to the State of Arizona to be held in trust for the benefit of public education.

2.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transfer copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.