PUBLIC LAND DISCLOSURE & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

SB 128, the Public Land Disclosure and Accountability Act, requires public agencies (such as school districts and state universities) to report every two years on vacant or underutilized land they own in metropolitan areas that has been unused for five years or more. Agencies must disclose if they have no plan to use such land, and non-county/municipality agencies must sell it under this requirement. Buyers of these properties must begin development within 12 months or risk losing the land with a full refund. The state will maintain a public database of all reports to increase transparency about public land use.