1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing for the disposition of surplus Minnesota 
1.3 	State Colleges and Universities property adjacent to a school district; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 136F.60, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 136F.60, subdivision 5, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Disposition of surplus property. (a) The board may declare state 
1.9 	lands under its control that are no longer needed by the Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.10 	Universities system to be surplus and, except for surplus lands under paragraph (b), may 
1.11 	offer them for public sale in a manner consistent with the procedures set forth in sections 
1.12 	16B.282 to 16B.286 for disposition of state lands by the commissioner of administration. 
1.13 	The parcels must not be exchanged or transferred for no or nominal consideration.
1.14 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16B.282, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), any land that 
1.15 	was transferred to a campus from a vocational technical institution that is declared surplus 
1.16 	by the board must first be offered to the school district that established the vocational 
1.17 	technical institution. The school district has the right to purchase the surplus land at a 
1.18 	price that must not exceed the costs incurred by the campus responsible for management 
1.19 	of the land for capital improvements excluding the costs of routine capital maintenance. If 
1.20 	the school district chooses not to purchase the land, the commissioner of administration 
1.21 	must offer it for public sale under sections 16B.282 to 16B.286.
1.22 	(c) Proceeds from the sale or disposition of land under this subdivision, after paying 
1.23 	all expenses incurred in selling or disposing of the land and then paying any amounts due 
2.1 	under section 16A.695, are appropriated to the board for use for capital projects at the 
2.2 	institution that was responsible for management of the land.