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Jan Brewer Vetoes Law Demanding Return Of Federal Lands (Huffington post)

By Tim Gaynor and David Schwartz

PHOENIX, May 14 (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a
bill demanding the U.S. government turn over millions of acres of its property
to the state, dealing a surprise blow to the “sagebrush revolt” against
federal control over vast tracts of land in the West.

The much-publicized measure, which cleared the Republican-dominated Arizona
legislature last month, called for federal agencies to relinquish title to
roughly 48,000 square miles (124,000 square km) of land they hold in the Grand
Canyon state by 2015.

Brewer, a Republican and staunch conservative who had been widely expected to
support the measure, said in a statement that the legislation failed to
“identify an enforceable cause of action to force federal lands to be
transferred to the state.”

“I am also concerned about the lack of certainty this legislation could create
for individuals holding existing leases on federal lands. Given the difficult
economic times, I do not believe this is the time to add to that uncertainty,”
she said.

The bill, SB 1332, was similar to legislation signed into law by Governor Gary
Herbert in the neighboring state of Utah in March in a revival …

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