Game & Parks Limit Proposed
Lincoln – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission could not increase the amount of property it owns under a bill before the Natural Resources Committee Jan. 30.
Under current law, the commission may acquire title to land outside organized municipalities for additional state parks, hatcheries, recreation grounds, recreational trails, wildlife management areas, captive wildlife facilities and public shooting grounds.
LB 863, introduced by Venango Sen. Dan Hughes, would bar the commission from any acquisition of additional sites if doing so would increase the amount of property it owns as of Sept. 1, 2020.
Hughes said he brought the bill in part to discover why maintenance seems to have fallen off in the last five to 10 years.
Timothy McCoy, the commission’s deputy director, said the commission adopted a plan in 2018 that sets out criteria it uses when determining whether it should buy a property that has been offered for sale. As part of that process, McCoy said, staff examine the site and estimate what additional resources might be needed to manage it.
– Nebraska Unicameral Information Office
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