2000 Minnesota Statutes

     136F.60 College and university sites; acquisition. 

    Subdivision 1.    Purchase of neighboring property; state 
 universities.  The board may purchase property adjacent to or 
 in the vicinity of the campuses as necessary for the development 
 of a state university.  Before taking action, the board shall 
 consult with the chairs of the senate finance committee and the 
 house ways and means committee about the proposed action.  The 
 board shall explain the need to acquire property, specify the 
 property to be acquired, and indicate the source and amount of 
 money needed for the acquisition.  The amount needed may be 
 spent from sums previously appropriated for purposes of the 
 state colleges and universities, including, but not limited to, 
 general fund appropriations for instructional or 
 noninstructional expenditures, general fund appropriations 
 carried forward, or state college and university activity fund 
 appropriations.  The board may pay relocation costs, at its 
 discretion, when acquiring property.  

    Subd. 2.    Methods of acquisition.  If money has been 
 appropriated to the board to acquire lands or sites for public 
 buildings or real estate, the acquisition may be by gift, 
 purchase, or condemnation proceedings.  Condemnation proceedings 
 must be under chapter 117. 

    Subd. 3.    Easements.  The board may grant permanent or 
 temporary easements over, under, or across any land under its 
 jurisdiction for reasonable purposes determined by the board.  

    Subd. 4.    Transfer of state college or university-owned 
 improvements.  The board may sell, transfer, or otherwise 
 dispose of an improvement located on state-owned lands, the 
 compensation for which shall be determined by the board.  The 
 sale, transfer, or disposition must be accomplished by a bill of 
 sale describing the improvement transferred and the terms and 
 conditions of the sale or transfer.  Proceeds from the sale, 
 transfer, or disposition must be retained by the board unless 
 otherwise provided by section 16A.695 or other law. 

    HIST: 1995 c 212 art 4 s 42; 1999 c 240 art 1 s 18; 2000 c 492 
 art 1 s 54