HB 18-1290

HB 18-1290, also known as the Sunset Certification of Conservation Easement Holders bill, extends for seven more years until 2025 a program that certifies organizations holding conservation easements. It also allows the state to work with outside companies to create a public registry of these conservation areas and their tax credit information. This affects environmental groups and landowners who have conservation easements on their property. Since the bill has been signed, it is now law and its provisions are in effect.

Official Summary

Sunset Process - House Transportation and Energy Committee. The bill implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review of the certification of conservation easement holders by: Continuing the certification of conservation easement holders by the conservation easement oversight commission (commission) for 7 years until 2025 (Recommendation 1); and Authorizing the director of the division of real estate (director), in consultation with the commission, to share conservation easement information with a third-party vendor to develop a registry of conservation easements in the state for which conservation easement holders have received tax credits (Recommendation 4) and to annually report on the information as part of its 'State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Act' presentation.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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