Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2241

Providing for the consolidation of state and federal land holdings in
northeastern Minnesota through land exchange to resolve certain management
problems; specifying certain duties of the governor and attorney general
relating to an agreement with the federal government for the expedited exchange
of state owned land in the boundary waters canoe area wilderness for federal
land located in the superior national forest outside the wilderness area,
requiring consultation with the legislative advisory commission (LAC);
specifying guidelines for discussions and the agreement; authorizing counties or
cities owning lands within the BWCA to by resolution request the governor to
include the lands in discussions relating to the land exchange; requiring the
governor with the advice of the attorney general to execute deeds conveying the
state lands; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to recommend
status classifications for lands received in the exchange to the land exchange
board for approval; establishing the children's state forest within the exterior
boundaries of the superior national forest outside the BWCA and providing for
management and administration, providing for commissioner preservation or
protection of unique natural features through suspension of management
requirements, granting the commissioner certain eminent domain authority and
authorizing management agreements with counties; requiring certain
recommendations by the governor to the legislature under certain nonagreement
conditions (mk)