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HF 2334 Senate Long Description

Modifying certain state land provisions ARTICLE 1 � SALE AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS LANDSModifying certain provisions regulating the sale and disposition of +surplus state lands; specifying certain certification requirements, requiring+ and providing for review by the commissioner of administration; providing+ for the declaration of state lands as surplus, notice requirements, requiring+ executive council approval and requiring commissioner biennial reports to the +governor and legislature; specifying certain requirements for the maintenance +of land before sale; providing for surveys and appraisals of the lands and +specifying certain requirements for public sale; prescribing the terms of +payment; specifying certain requirements for purchase by contract for deed, +providing for recording and for effect; reserving mineral rights for the state;+ providing for the distribution of proceeds from the sale; eliminating state +lands sold from state forests and the requirements for a bond and for sales of +school lands to be held in the county containing the land or in an adjacent +county; conforming certain natural resources department provisions to the +revisions and transferring certain authority from the director or the commissioner +of administration to the commissioner of the DNR; authorizing the DNR +commissioner to subdivide state land under certain determination conditions; +requiring the commissioner to establish the value of land to be sold and specifying+ certain minimum bid requirements; modifying certain appraiser requirements; +requiring electronic notice of sales; authorizing unsold lands to be sold to +anyone agreeing to pay the minimum bid, excepting school trust lands; +providing for distribution of sale proceeds; requiring the commissioner to sign and+ issue patents for land sold after total payment within a certain number of +days of the sale; clarifying applicability of the requirements; increasing +the value of land subject to appraisal and specifying a minimum sale amount; +repealing certain provisions under the DNR regulating the appraisal and sale of+ state lands ARTICLE 2 � STATE LAND MANAGEMENTModifying certain provisions providing for the management of state +lands; authorizing acquisition by the commissioner of natural resources +(DNR) of lands with a certain minimal value without appraisal and providing for +determination of the value, authorizing the commissioner to add a transaction +incentive for certain land and requiring landowner agreement; providing for the +designation of certain lands acquired before a certain date as aquatic management+ areas under the outdoor recreation system; expanding the authority of the commissioner to exchange permanent school fund lands under certain +diminished revenue conditions; authorizing the commissioner to issue public +works work permits to establish different control elevations for public waters +with an outlet under certain conditions; expanding the requirement for the establishment of cartways to landowners with access to the land only +over navigable waterways; extending the notice period for sales of state +forest lands; modifying certain restrictions for state leases on Horseshoe +bay in Cook county issued by the commissioner; modifying certain provisions +relating to the establishment of Greenleaf Lake state park in Meeker county;adding certain lands to Charles A. Lindbergh state park in Morrison +county, to Crow Wing state park in Crow Wing, Cass and Morrison counties, to +Forestville Mystery Cave state park in Fillmore county, to George H. Crosby +Manitou state park in Lake county, to Itasca state park in Hubbard, Clearwater and +Becker counties, to Maplewood state park in Otter Tail county, to Monson +Lake state park in Swift county, to Tettegouche state park in Lake county and to+ the Cuyuna country state recreation area in Crow Wing county; +reestablishing the Aitkin drainage and conservancy district to maintain the Mississippi +River diversion channel; adding certain lands to Beltrami Island state +forest and to the Lee, Red Lake and Saw-Whet wildlife management areas in Beltrami +countyARTICLE 3 � STATE LAND SALES Modifying certain appraisal and survey requirements and the +expiration date of certain provisions previously authorizing the private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Itasca county; modifying a certain prior +provision providing for the private sale of consolidated conservation land in +Beltrami county, eliminating the requirement for the land to revert to the +state for failure to use the land for public airport purposes; deleting certain+ lands from the George Washington state forest in Itasca county, from the +Foot Hills state forest in Cass county, from the Paul Bunyan state forest in +Hubbard county and from the Mississippi recreational river land use district +in Wright county; authorizing and providing for the private sale of certain +tax-forfeited land to correct an inadvertent trespass, the private sale of certain consolidated conservation land to Shamrock township and the public +sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering public water in Aitkin county; +authorizing and providing for the public sale of certain surplus state land in +Beltrami county, of certain surplus state lands bordering public water in +Cook, Mille Lacs and St. Louis counties and of certain tax-forfeited lands +bordering public water in Chisago, Crow Wing, Mahnomen, Rock and St. Louis counties, +for the private sale of certain tax-forfeited lands in Hennepin, Itasca and +St. Louis counties, of certain surplus state land bordering public water in St.+ Louis county and of certain consolidated conservation land in Lake of the +Woods county, for the public sale of certain trust fund land in Mille Lacs +county, for the conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land bordering public +water or wetlands in Hennepin county, of certain surplus state land in Olmsted+ and Redwood counties and of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public +water in Roseau county and for the exchange of certain land in Cook county +with the approval of the land exchange board; extending the availability of a +certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) +for the Lake Links trail(Ch. 262, 2004)