1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest; providing a 
1.3 	temporary suspension of apportionment of proceeds from tax-forfeited lands in 
1.4 	Lake County to reimburse the county for purchase of forest land.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CLAIR A. NELSON MEMORIAL FOREST, LAKE COUNTY; 
1.7 	TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF APPORTIONMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM 
1.8 	TAX-FORFEITED LANDS.
 1.9 	(a) Upon approval of an affected political subdivision within Lake County, the 
1.10 	Lake County Board may suspend the apportionment of the balance of net proceeds from 
1.11 	tax-forfeited lands within the affected political subdivision under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.12 	section 282.08, clause (4), item (iii), and retain the net proceeds. The authority under this 
1.13 	paragraph is available until Lake County suspends the apportionment of  net proceeds 
1.14 	subject to item (iii) in the amount of $2,200,000 plus any interest costs incurred by the 
1.15 	county to purchase land described in this section. The money received by Lake County is 
1.16 	to reimburse the county for the purchase in 2006 of 6,085 acres of forest land named the 
1.17 	Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest.
1.18 	(b) Any revenue derived from acquired land that was reimbursed under paragraph 
1.19 	(a) is subject to apportionment as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.08.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006.