HF 719

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest; providing a
temporary suspension of apportionment of proceeds from tax-forfeited lands in
Lake County to reimburse the county for purchase of forest land.

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

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

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006.
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