This bill clarifies the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office's role and implements distribution accountability requirements for non-public education trust beneficiaries.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- clarifies the authority and purpose of the advocacy office as the primary representative of the trust beneficiaries;
- refines the duties of the advocacy office director;
- defines accountability requirements for use of trust distributions in response to a legislative audit;
- updates the composition of the nominating committees for the trustee boards; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53C-1-103, 53C-1-203, 53C-1-301, 53C-1-303, 53D-1-102, 53D-1-303, 53D-1-401, 53D-1-403, 53D-1-501, 53D-2-102, 53D-2-201, 53D-2-202, 53F-9-201, 53G-7-1206
Amended 1/20/2026 16:01:293: 53C-1-103, 53C-1-203, 53C-1-301, 53C-1-303, 53D-1-102, 53D-1-303, 53D-1-401, 53D-1-403, 53D-1-501, 53D-2-102, 53D-2-201, 53D-2-202, 53F-9-201, 53G-7-1206