Prohibits adverse possession on lands owned by not-for-profit conservation organizations and creates a legal action for removal of encroachments.

The bill prohibits any lands owned by a not-for-profit conservation organization from being taken by adverse possession. It also creates a cause of action for not-for-profit conservation organizations and public bodies to compel the removal of encroachments on open space lands or lands subject to a conservation easement. The bill allows for the recovery of restoration costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and multiple damages as appropriate, thereby shifting the cost burden of enforcing encroachments to the responsible party and discouraging further harm to open space managed for the public's.

Prohibits adverse possession on lands owned by not-for-profit conservation organizations and creates a legal action for removal of encroachments.

The bill prohibits any lands owned by a not-for-profit conservation organization from being taken by adverse possession. It also creates a cause of action for not-for-profit conservation organizations and public bodies to compel the removal of encroachments on open space lands or lands subject to a conservation easement. The bill allows for the recovery of restoration costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and multiple damages as appropriate, thereby shifting the cost burden of enforcing encroachments to the responsible party and discouraging further harm to open space managed for the public's.