2001 Minnesota Statutes

     84.0272 Procedure in acquiring lands. 

    When the commissioner of natural resources is authorized to 
 acquire lands or interests in lands the procedure set forth in 
 this section shall apply.  The commissioner of natural resources 
 shall first prepare a fact sheet showing the lands to be 
 acquired, the legal authority for their acquisition, and the 
 qualities of the land that make it a desirable acquisition.  The 
 commissioner of natural resources shall cause the lands to be 
 appraised.  An appraiser shall before entering upon the duties 
 of office take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and 
 impartially discharge the duties as appraiser according to the 
 best of the appraiser's ability and that the appraiser is not 
 interested directly or indirectly in any of the lands to be 
 appraised or the timber or improvements thereon or in the sale 
 thereof and has entered into no agreement or combination to 
 purchase the same or any part thereof, which oath shall be 
 attached to the report of the appraisal.  The commissioner of 
 natural resources may pay less than the appraised value, but 
 shall not agree to pay more than ten percent above the appraised 
 value, except that if the commissioner pays less than the 
 appraised value for a parcel of land, the difference between the 
 purchase price and the appraised value may be used to apply to 
 purchases at more than the appraised value.  The sum of 
 accumulated differences between appraised amounts and purchases 
 for more than the appraised amount may not exceed the sum of 
 accumulated differences between appraised amounts and purchases 
 for less than the appraised amount.  New appraisals may be made 
 at the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources. 

    HIST: 1975 c 144 s 1; 1980 c 458 s 10; 1984 c 553 s 1; 1986 c 
 444; 1987 c 404 s 92; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 67