SF 2584

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/18/2025 09:25 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to state lands; appropriating money to condemn certain land in Cass County
and authorizing its transfer for no consideration.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LAND IN CASS
COUNTY.
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new text begin (a) $250,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the ..... fund to the commissioner
of natural resources to initiate condemnation proceedings of the lands described in paragraph
(d). The commissioner may use this appropriation for project costs, including but not limited
to valuation expenses, legal fees, closing costs, and transactional staff costs. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until spent.
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new text begin (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09 to 94.16, or any other
provision of law to the contrary, once the land is condemned under paragraph (a), the
commissioner of natural resources may convey the surplus land bordering public waters
that is described in paragraph (d) to a federally recognized Indian Tribe for no consideration.
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new text begin (c) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct
errors and ensure accuracy.
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new text begin (d) The land that may be conveyed is located in Cass County and is described as: the
Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter lying North of the northerly right of way of U.S. Highway No. 2, as
it existed in 2024, all in Section 27, Township 145 North, Range 28 West of the Fifth
Principal Meridian, Cass County, Minnesota.
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new text begin (e) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for
natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be
served if the land was returned to Tribal ownership.
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