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SF 2204 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 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; extending the notice period for sales of state forest +lands; adding certain lands to Beltrami Island state forest and to the Lee, Red +Lake and Saw-Whet wildlife management areas in Beltrami county(mk)