1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying procedures for administration of certain 
1.3 	tax-forfeited lands;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 282.01, by 
1.4 	adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 282.01, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 13.Giants Ridge Recreation Area lands. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 
1.9 	1 or any other provision in this chapter, all tax-forfeited lands that are located within 
1.10 	the Giants Ridge Recreation Area defined in section 298.22, subdivision 7, except 
1.11 	conservation lands held by the state free from any trust in favor of a taxing district, 
1.12 	are hereby classified as nonconservation lands and are withdrawn from sale, except as 
1.13 	otherwise provided in this subdivision.
1.14 	(b) All authority, power, or responsibility relating generally to the administration of 
1.15 	the tax-forfeited lands described in paragraph (a) that otherwise are assigned to the county 
1.16 	board or any other county official by this chapter are hereby assigned to the commissioner 
1.17 	of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The commissioner of Iron Range resources 
1.18 	and rehabilitation shall pay all administrative, improvement, and maintenance costs 
1.19 	incurred during the period of administration.
1.20 	(c) The commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation may sell any 
1.21 	tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (a) or products from the tax-forfeited land for 
1.22 	fair market value. No tax-forfeited land or the products thereof shall be sold by the 
1.23 	commissioner for less than the fair market value of the property without the prior approval 
1.24 	of at least seven members of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.
2.1 	(d) The net proceeds from the sale or rental of any tax-forfeited land described in 
2.2 	paragraph (a) or from the sale of products from the tax-forfeited land must be allocated by 
2.3 	the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation as follows:
2.4 	(1) first, to pay to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board an 
2.5 	administrative fee of ... percent to compensate the board for the board's general 
2.6 	administrative costs;
2.7 	(2) second, to pay St. Louis County an administrative fee of ... percent to compensate 
2.8 	the county for the county's general administrative costs incurred prior to July 1, 2011;
2.9 	(3) third, to reimburse the office of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
2.10 	rehabilitation for all improvement and maintenance costs incurred by the office during 
2.11 	the period the property was withheld from public sale and in connection with the sale 
2.12 	of the property; and
2.13 	(4) any balance remaining, to apportion to the taxing districts where the land is 
2.14 	located in the manner provided in section 282.08, clause (4), item (iii).

2.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.