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1.18 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 92.82, is repealed.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