A bill that would allow the state of Wyoming to sell certain state lands within Grand Teton National Park will be heard on first reading Tuesday in the House of Representatives.
Sponsored by Representative Andy Schwartz and co-sponsored by Senator Mike Gierau, the bill would authorize the board of land commissioners to sell to the United States or a federal agency, the parcel known as the Kelly Parcel on Gros Ventre Road containing 640 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as: Section 36, Township 43 North, Range 115 West.
The sale would be for cash, and proceeds from the sale is to be deposited to the common school account within the permanent land fund.
An amendment put on the bill in committee limits that sale to not less than $500-thousand per acre for a total price of $320-million. But Schwartz says the federal government is limited to purchasing for not more than appraised value – and an appraisal he says has not yet been done. Still, he says the measure would open the door to negotiation and prevent the state from putting the parcel on auction.
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