1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to eminent domain; modifying right of first refusal offers for property 
1.3 	obtained with federal transit funding;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.4 	117.226.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 117.226, is amended to read:
1.7 	117.226 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
1.8 	(a) Except as provided in sections 15.16, 160.85, 161.16, 161.20, 161.202, 161.23, 
1.9 	161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.46, and 222.63, if the governing body of the condemning 
1.10 	authority determines that publicly owned property acquired under this chapter has not 
1.11 	been used and is no longer needed for a public use, the authority must offer to sell the 
1.12 	property to the owner from whom it was acquired, if the former owner can be located. The 
1.13 	offer must be at the original price determined by the condemnation process or the current 
1.14 	fair market value of the property, whichever is lower, except to the extent that a different 
1.15 	value is required for a property interest obtained with federal highway funding under 
1.16 	United States Code, title 23, or transit funding under United States Code, title 49. Before 
1.17 	offering surplus property to local governments or for public sale under section 16B.282
1.18 	or 94.10, the commissioner of administration or natural resources must offer to sell the 
1.19 	property to the former owner as provided in this section.
1.20 	(b) If the former owner cannot be located after a due and diligent search or declines 
1.21 	to repurchase the property, the attorney for the condemning authority shall prepare a 
1.22 	certificate attesting to the same and record the certificate in the office of the county 
1.23 	recorder or county registrar of titles, as appropriate, to evidence the termination of the 
2.1 	right of first refusal. A recorded certificate to that effect is prima facie evidence that the 
2.2 	right of first refusal has terminated.