| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to natural resources; authorizing sale or lease of boathouse sites at Soudan |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Underground Mine State Park; amending Laws 2000, chapter 486, section 4, as |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 amended. |
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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. Laws 2000, chapter 486, section 4, as amended by Laws 2001, chapter 182, |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7section 2, and Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 2, section 147, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Sec. 4. BOATHOUSE LEASES; SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (a) In 1965, United States Steel Corporation conveyed land to the state of Minnesota |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10that was included in the Soudan underground mine state park, with certain lands at Stuntz |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Bay subject to leases outstanding for employee boathouse sites. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 85.011, 85.012, subdivision 1, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.1386A.05, subdivision 2, upon the expiration of a boathouse lease described under paragraph |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14(a), the commissioner of natural resources shall offer a new lease to the party in possession |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15at the time of lease expiration, or, if there has been a miscellaneous lease issued by the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16Department of Natural Resources due to expiration of a lease described under paragraph |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17(a), upon its expiration to the lessee. The new lease shall be issued under the terms and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 92.50, except as follows may: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (1) the term of the lease shall be for the lifetime of the party being issued a renewed |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20lease and, if transferred, for the lifetime of the party to whom the lease is transferred; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (2) the new lease shall provide that the lease may be transferred only once and the transfer |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22must be to a person within the third degree of kindred or first cousin according to civil law; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR CKM/KR 25-0216001/13/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 1570 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1 (3) the commissioner shall limit the number of lessees per lease to no more than two |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2persons who have attained legal age; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (4) the lease amount must not exceed 50 percent of the average market rate, based on |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4comparable private lease rates, as determined once every five years per lease. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5At the time of the new lease, the commissioner may offer, and after agreement with the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6leaseholder, lease equivalent alternative sites to the leaseholder. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (1) lease the property under the terms and conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.892.50; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9 (2) sell the property. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 (c) The commissioner shall not cancel a boathouse lease described under paragraphs |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11paragraph (a) and (b) except for noncompliance with the lease agreement. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12 (d) The commissioner must issue a written receipt to the lessee for each lease payment. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13 (e) The commissioner of natural resources shall contact U.S.X. Corporation and local |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14units of government regarding the inclusion of the following lands within Soudan |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15underground mine state park: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16 (1) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in Section 13, Township 62 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17North, Range 15 West; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18 (2) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in the S1/2-SE1/4 of Section |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.1914, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20 (3) NE1/4-SE1/4 and E1/2-NE1/4 of Section 22, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21 (4) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in Section 23, Township 62 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22North, Range 15 West; |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23 (5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24 (6) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in Section 25, Township 62 North, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25Range 15 West; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.26 (7) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in Section 26, Township 62 North, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.27Range 15 West; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.28 (8) NE1/4-SE1/4 and SE1/4-NE1/4 of Section 27, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.29and |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.30 (9) NW1/4 of Section 19, Township 62 North, Range 14 West. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 61 | 61 | | REVISOR CKM/KR 25-0216001/13/25 |
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