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Otl0461 e e e - effectively integrates new documents added to an imaged permit file at a later date (live documents); , - retrieves documents by a permit number, document type and perhaps date; - includes a method for finding different chapters or sections in the permit documents in the Coal Section, which are very lengthy: the hard copy can include 20 three-inch binders; links with the current permit tracking and document generation system; - "images" documents generated by this system directly, bypassing the scanning nh::llC:o .......---. - can assign differing security access to different classes of users: prospecting files for both Coal and Minerals programs are confidential and may not be viewed by the public. The imaging system will be used by up to 50 networked workstations in Denver; field office staff in Grand Junction and Durango; and the public who wish to review coal and mineral permit files. IV. State land Board General Information The State Land Board (SLB) is the- oldest and smallest of all state agencies. It was created in 1876, part of a requirement in the Enabling Act at the time of statehood. Today it has 26 staff employees and 3 full-time commissioners. Like most other western states, Colorado is a land grant state. This means that when admitted to the Union in 1 ~76, it received large amounts of federal land. Congress wanted each fledgling state to have a source of revenue to fund new schools. Land was chosen as a way to endow each state with an asset that could easily be sold or leased for this purpose. Colorado's original land grant was about 4.5 million acres. In the early years, revenue was produced by selling as many acres as possible. This converted the asset to cash, and at the same time, helped populate the rural areas with taxpaying citizens. However, around 1920, after about 1.5 million acres of surface had been auctioned off (the sub-surface mineral rights were often retained by the state) the Board began to limit sales. Since then most revenue has come from leasing, and the state no longer sells land in large quantities. For the most part, the agency continues to practice a simple and reliable method of generating revenue. Each surface or mineral parcel is leased to the highest bidder, who then acquires exclusive control of the property for a certain number of years. In recent years, this style of management has been challenged by special-interest groups who claim the method is outdated. They hold that the trust lands are public and should be open to the public--at least for recreational purposes. 73