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BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF FULL FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR A HISTORIC RIGHT-OF-WAY DEED FOR A HISTORIC RIGHT-OF-WAY USE OF STATE LAND; AMENDING SECTION 77-1-130, MCA, AND SECTION 5, CHAPTER 461, LAWS OF 1997; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 77-1-130, MCA, is amended to read:
"77-1-130. (Temporary) Recognition of historic right-of-way -- criteria for right-of-way deed -- conditions --
fees. (1) A person or a county may apply to the department for a historic right-of-way deed to provide access to the
applicant's private property or to provide continuation of a county road by filing an application with the department by
October 1, 2001 2003, on a form prescribed by the department. An application must be accompanied by:
(a) an application fee of $50;
(b) a notarized affidavit:
(i) demonstrating that the applicant or the applicant's predecessor in interest used the right-of-way applied for before 1973 and that the use has continued to the present;
(ii) describing the purpose for which the right-of-way was used before 1973; and
(iii) demonstrating that the historic right-of-way applied for is the right-of-way demonstrated in the evidence provided in subsection (1)(c); and
(c) (i) aerial photographs taken by an agency of the United States demonstrating use of the right-of-way applied for; or
(ii) other evidence of the use of the right-of-way applied for.
(2) The department shall review an application and other evidence submitted pursuant to subsection (1) and shall issue a historic right-of-way deed in the name of the applicant if:
(a) the applicant pays the application fee provided in subsection (1)(a) and the full fair market value of the historic right-of-way as provided in subsection (4);
(b) the applicant has shown by substantial evidence the matters required in subsections (1)(b) and (1)(c)(i) or (1)(c)(ii);
(c) the department has, if necessary, made a field inspection of the right-of-way applied for; and
(d) the deed is approved by the board.
(3) A historic right-of-way deed issued in the name of the applicant must contain the description of the property of the applicant to which it is appurtenant as provided in the application, and the right-of-way must thereafter be considered appurtenant to that dominant estate. A deed may be assigned by the applicant to the applicant's successor in interest with the approval of the department. The department may not require a fee for the approval of an assignment and may not withhold approval for any reason other than that the use of the historic right-of-way is contrary to subsection (5).
(4) (a) At the time of issuing the historic right-of-way deed, the department shall collect from the applicant the full fair
market value of the acreage of the historic right-of-way based on the following classifications of land:
(i) $37.50 per acre for state land classified as grazing land;
(ii) $275 per acre for state land classified as timber land;
(iii) $100 per acre for state land classified as crop land; and
(iv) $100 per acre for other land. The former historic right-of-way must be considered in determining the full fair market
value.
(b) Amounts collected pursuant to subsection (4)(a) must be deposited in the appropriate trust fund established for receipt of income from the land over which a historic right-of-way is granted.
(5) If application is made in accordance with this section, a historic right-of-way deed must be issued by the department, subject to the approval of the board, on the following terms:
(a) the right-of-way is only for the minimum width necessary, as negotiated by the department and the applicant; and
(b) the right-of-way is only for the physical condition of the road existing on the date the historic right-of-way deed is issued by the department.
(6) Issuance of a historic right-of-way deed pursuant to this section is exempt from the requirements of Title 75, chapter 1, parts 1 and 2, and Title 22, chapter 3, part 4.
(7) The survey requirements of 77-2-102 may be waived by the department for the issuance of a historic right-of-way deed if the department determines there is sufficient information available to define the boundaries of the right-of-way for the purposes of recording the easement.
(8) The department may attach conditions to a historic right-of-way deed necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter. However, the department may not require reversion of the right-of-way to the state.
(9) For the purposes of this section, "historic right-of-way deed" means a document issued by the department granting to
the applicant a nonexclusive easement over state land. (Terminates October 1, 2005 2003--sec. 5, Ch. 461, L. 1997.)"
Section 2. Section 5, Chapter 461, Laws of 1997, is amended to read:
"Section 5. Termination. [This act] terminates October 1, 2003 2005."
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Coordination instruction. If House Bill No. 352 and [this act] are both passed and approved, then [section 1] of House Bill No. 352 is void.
NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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