as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/05/2012 10:20am
A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; eliminating eminent domain authority for state
mineral leases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 93.05, subdivision 2;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 93.05, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 93.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Before entering upon lands
described in subdivision 1, the lease holder shall pay or secure to the owner of the lands all
damages which may arise therefrom deleted text begin and the same may bedeleted text end new text begin asnew text end determined deleted text begin eitherdeleted text end by mutual
agreement deleted text begin or, if the interested parties cannot agree, then the holder of the mineral lease
may, in the name of the state of Minnesota, institute proceedings to condemn the same
according to chapter 117; provided, that the state shall bear no part of the cost of these
proceedings, nor pay any part of the damages awarded in the proceedingsdeleted text end .
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Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 93.05, subdivision 3,
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is repealed.
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