Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2204

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)