SF 1233

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/11/2025 11:40 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to local government; amending priority criteria for public land survey
system monument grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, section 381.125, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 381.125, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Grant program.

new text begin (a) new text end The chief geospatial information officer, through
the Geospatial Advisory Council established under section 16E.30, subdivision 8, shall
work with the stakeholders licensed as land surveyors under section 326.02, to develop a
process for accepting applications from counties new text begin and Tribal governments new text end for funding for
the perpetuation of monuments established by the United States in the public lands survey
to mark public land survey corners, as provided in section 381.12, subdivision 2, clause (1).
Grants may also be used to update records and data regarding monuments.

new text begin (b) new text end The chief geospatial information officer must establish criteria for prioritizing
applicants when resources available for grants are not sufficient to award grants to all
applicants. The criteria must favor providing grants to counties that demonstrate financial
need for assistance deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin and meet one or more of the following criteria:
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new text begin (1) preserve public land survey system monuments at risk of being destroyed, lost, or
obscured;
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new text begin (2) have a low percentage of certified public land survey system monument corners; or
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new text begin (3) demonstrate that remonumentation will support economic development in the county.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM MONUMENT
GRANT PROGRAM.
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new text begin (a) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of information technology services for the public land survey system
monument grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 381.125. The base for this
appropriation is $10,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028.
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new text begin (b) Each fiscal year, up to $350,000 of an appropriation for the public land survey system
monument grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 381.125, may be used by the
chief geospatial information officer for the administration of the grant program.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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