Minnesota Senate Bill SF242 Introduced / Bill

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to state government; requiring a report on vacant state office space.​
1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.4 Section 1. REPORT ON VACANT STATE OFFICE SPACE.​
1.5 The commissioner of administration must report by February 15, 2026, to the chairs and​
1.6ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over the​
1.7budget of the Department of Administration, cataloging office space owned or leased by​
1.8the state. The report should describe how much of the owned and leased office space is​
1.9substantially vacant. The report must detail whether and how the vacant space can be​
1.10converted into housing and how much revenue can be returned to the state through rental​
1.11or sale of the repurposed property. The commissioner is authorized to obtain estimates on​
1.12the cost of converting vacant state office space to housing and to contract for a study on​
1.13real estate market conditions to provide a basis for the evaluation of the revenue that could​
1.14be returned to the state through rental or sale of the repurposed property.​
1​Section 1.​
25-01011 as introduced​12/06/24 REVISOR SGS/DG​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 242​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: DRAHEIM)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​01/16/2025​
Referred to State and Local Government​