1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited and school 
1.3 	trust fund lands in St. Louis County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND SCHOOL TRUST FUND 
1.6 	LANDS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
1.8 	St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy 
1.9 	community-based energy development (C-BED) project.
1.10 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of school trust 
1.11 	land for the project under paragraph (a).