2005 Minnesota Statutes

     383C.722 Add section 383C.72 land value to section 
  282.08 split. 

    The commissioner of administration shall also acquire fee 
 title, free from any trust or other encumbrance, to all land to 
 be conveyed and donated to the United States of America under 
 section 383C.72, the title to which has vested or may vest in 
 the state due to nonpayment of taxes and expiration of the 
 period for redemption, after the giving of notice thereof as 
 provided by law, and is held by the state pursuant to section 
 281.25, in trust for the respective taxing districts interested 
 in the taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, and costs 
 accrued against the land at the time of expiration of the period 
 of redemption.  The commissioner of administration, in 
 cooperation with the commissioner of natural resources, shall 
 appraise the land at its fair market value.  Upon determining 
 the value of the land, the commissioner of administration shall 
 certify that value to the St. Louis county auditor.  The St. 
 Louis County auditor shall then apportion an amount of money 
 equal to that certified valuation in the manner provided in 
 section 282.08, for the apportionment of proceeds from the sale 
 of tax-forfeited lands, whereupon fee title to the land, free 
 from any trust or other encumbrance, shall vest in the state of 
 Minnesota.  

    HIST: 1973 c 276 s 3