A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the department of administration to conduct a study to identify the ownership of public land in north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Administration, State Property Office, shall study issues related to the ownership of public land located in North Carolina.  In conducting its study, the Department of Administration shall determine the following:
(1)	The acreage and percentage of North Carolina's land mass owned by the federal government, including federal parks, military bases, and national forests, divided into appropriate subcategories.
(2)	The acreage and percentage of North Carolina's land mass owned by the State, including parks, forests, public universities and colleges, community colleges, mitigation land, North Carolina Railroad, the Ports Authority, and the Department of Transportation.
(3)	The acreage and percentage of North Carolina's land mass owned by municipalities, counties, public school districts, and other governmental entities.
SECTION 2.  The Department of Administration shall submit a report of its findings listed by county to the House of Representatives Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources by May 1, 2010.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.