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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to state government; requiring a report on vacant state office space. | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4 Section 1. REPORT ON VACANT STATE OFFICE SPACE. | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 The commissioner of administration must report by February 15, 2026, to the chairs and | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over the | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7budget of the Department of Administration, cataloging office space owned or leased by | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8the state. The report should describe how much of the owned and leased office space is | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9substantially vacant. The report must detail whether and how the vacant space can be | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10converted into housing and how much revenue can be returned to the state through rental | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11or sale of the repurposed property. The commissioner is authorized to obtain estimates on | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12the cost of converting vacant state office space to housing and to contract for a study on | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13real estate market conditions to provide a basis for the evaluation of the revenue that could | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14be returned to the state through rental or sale of the repurposed property. | |
| 15 | 15 | 1Section 1. | |
| 16 | 16 | REVISOR SGS/DG 25-0101112/06/24 | |
| 17 | 17 | State of Minnesota | |
| 18 | 18 | This Document can be made available | |
| 19 | 19 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 20 | 20 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 21 | 21 | H. F. No. 540 | |
| 22 | 22 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 23 | 23 | Authored by Stier; Anderson, P. E.; Johnson, W.; Duran and Sexton02/13/2025 | |
| 24 | 24 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy |