North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota SCR4002: A concurrent resolution urging Congress to enact legislation allowing a landowner to terminate a perpetual easement owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the state.
Status: Signed into law, April 2, 2025
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to enact legislation allowing a landowner to terminate a perpetual easement owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the state.
From the enrolled text, April 2, 2025:
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to enact legislation allowing a landowner to terminate a perpetual easement owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the state. WHEREAS, the Constitution of North Dakota provides all individuals are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation; and WHEREAS, Section 47-05-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is evidence of the state's strong aversion to perpetual easements on real property in the state; and WHEREAS, despite the law limiting perpetual easements, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service owns tens of thousands of perpetual easements in the state covering more than one million acres, many of which are located on agricultural land; and WHEREAS, under these perpetual easements, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service enforces unduly burdensome federal regulations and requirements; and WHEREAS, the imposition and enforcement of these federal requirements negatively infringes on basic private property rights, including the ability to drain ponds, plant crops, and conduct ranching operations; and WHEREAS, landowners subject to these perpetual easements should be afforded the opportunity to terminate the easements by paying to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service the purchase price of the easement on the effective date of the easement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED …
Sponsors
- Cole Conley (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Craig Headland (R, 29)
- David Hogue (R, 38)
- Mike Lefor (R, 37)
- Paul Thomas (R, 6)
- Terry Wanzek (R, 29)
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03
- : Signed by President
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Returned to Senate
- : Second reading, adopted yeas 82 nays 10
- : Laid over one legislative day
- : Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1
- : Committee Hearing 10:00
- : Committee Hearing 11:15
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (March 28, 2025): 82 yea, 10 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SCR4002?
- SCR4002 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A concurrent resolution urging Congress to enact legislation allowing a landowner to terminate a perpetual easement owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the state.
- What does SCR4002 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution urging Congress to enact legislation allowing a landowner to terminate a perpetual easement owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the state.
- What is the status of SCR4002?
- Signed into law as of April 2, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 (April 2, 2025).
- Who sponsored SCR4002?
- Cole Conley (R, 12), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SCR4002?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo4002.html
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