| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to state lands; prohibiting sale of state-owned land in Boundary Waters |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Canoe Area Wilderness; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 chapter 92; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 92.82. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [92.84] PROHIBITING SALE OF PROPERTY IN BOUNDARY WATERS |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7CANOE AREA WILDERNESS. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of natural resources must |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9not sell any state-owned land wholly or partially located in the Boundary Waters Canoe |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10Area Wilderness. For purposes of this section, "state-owned land" means state land for |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11which the school trust interest was extinguished through condemnation, university lands |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12granted to the state by acts of Congress, and all other lands acquired by the state in any |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13manner and under the control of the commissioner of natural resources. Nothing in this |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14section prohibits an otherwise valid exchange of land wholly or partially located in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for other land. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 Sec. 2. REPEALER. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 92.82, is repealed. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 21 | 21 | | REVISOR CKM/EN 25-0361102/10/25 |
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| 22 | 22 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 24 | 24 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 25 | 25 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 26 | 26 | | H. F. No. 1425 |
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| 27 | 27 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 92.82 PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND WITHIN BOUNDARY WATERS |
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| 28 | 28 | | CANOE AREA WILDERNESS; COOK, LAKE, AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) Notwithstanding sections 92.06, 92.13, 92.14, 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner |
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| 30 | 30 | | of natural resources may sell to the United States by private sale the surplus land, including the |
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| 31 | 31 | | land bordering public water, that is described in paragraph (d). |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general |
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| 33 | 33 | | may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (c) Notwithstanding sections 92.115, 92.12, and 94.10, an appraisal of the lands is not required, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and the value of the lands shall be determined in the same manner as the exchange with the United |
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| 36 | 36 | | States of other state-owned lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (d) The land that may be sold is state-owned land under the control of the commissioner of |
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| 38 | 38 | | natural resources and located within the boundary of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness |
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| 39 | 39 | | in Cook, Lake, and St. Louis Counties. The state-owned lands may include the state land for which |
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| 40 | 40 | | the school trust interest was extinguished through condemnation, university lands granted to the |
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| 41 | 41 | | state by acts of Congress, and all other lands acquired by the state in any manner and under the |
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| 42 | 42 | | control of the commissioner of natural resources. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (e) Conveyance of state lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the United |
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| 44 | 44 | | States will preserve the spectacular wild areas while producing economic benefits for the state. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (f) Payment for state lands for which the school trust interest was extinguished through |
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| 46 | 46 | | condemnation shall be used to pay the award under the condemnation action. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1R |
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| 48 | 48 | | APPENDIX |
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| 49 | 49 | | Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-03611 |
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