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Chapter 458
Section 458.59
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458.59 RECLAIMING WASTED HARBOR LAND; SALE AND USE.
Subdivision 1. Policy. The use of submerged, eroded, or depleted tracts of land in harbors on
navigable waters by a political subdivision or by a port authority to conserve, develop, reclaim,
or protect the land so as to restore them to economic usefulness is a public use conferring a
public benefit.
Subd. 1a. If tax-forfeit land. The commissioner of revenue may transfer such a tract
forfeited to the state for taxes to a political subdivision or port authority for a purpose in
subdivision 1 in accordance with section 282.01. A political subdivision or a port authority
acquiring the lands may conserve, develop, reclaim or protect them in any manner considered
suitable by its governing body. After restoring the lands to a state of economic usefulness, the
political subdivision or port authority may use the lands itself, or lease them on any terms and
conditions the governing body sees fit.
A lease of the lands must not be made without the approval of the governor and the state
executive council.
Subd. 2. Seaway harbor land. State-owned tax-forfeited riparian or submerged lands
located in harbors on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway and lying within 1,500 feet of the
established harbor line may be offered for sale or sold as tax-forfeited land under law. If the lands
lie within a port district of a seaway port authority the offer for sale or sale must not be made
without the approval by resolution of the seaway port authority and of the state executive council.
This subdivision does not affect Laws 1963, chapter 827.
If the lands have been developed, improved or used for business or development purposes by
persons, firms, or corporations who are using and occupying, and who have used and occupied,
the property for business or development purposes for at least two years prior to sale, under a
lease with the state or a governmental subdivision, then the person, firm, or corporation has the
right, on the first day set for sale by the county auditor, to purchase the property at 125 percent of
the appraised value.
History: 1957 c 849 s 10; 1965 c 473 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1985 c 265 art 8 s 1
Subdivision 1. Policy. The use of submerged, eroded, or depleted tracts of land in harbors on
navigable waters by a political subdivision or by a port authority to conserve, develop, reclaim,
or protect the land so as to restore them to economic usefulness is a public use conferring a
public benefit.
Subd. 1a. If tax-forfeit land. The commissioner of revenue may transfer such a tract
forfeited to the state for taxes to a political subdivision or port authority for a purpose in
subdivision 1 in accordance with section 282.01. A political subdivision or a port authority
acquiring the lands may conserve, develop, reclaim or protect them in any manner considered
suitable by its governing body. After restoring the lands to a state of economic usefulness, the
political subdivision or port authority may use the lands itself, or lease them on any terms and
conditions the governing body sees fit.
A lease of the lands must not be made without the approval of the governor and the state
executive council.
Subd. 2. Seaway harbor land. State-owned tax-forfeited riparian or submerged lands
located in harbors on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway and lying within 1,500 feet of the
established harbor line may be offered for sale or sold as tax-forfeited land under law. If the lands
lie within a port district of a seaway port authority the offer for sale or sale must not be made
without the approval by resolution of the seaway port authority and of the state executive council.
This subdivision does not affect Laws 1963, chapter 827.
If the lands have been developed, improved or used for business or development purposes by
persons, firms, or corporations who are using and occupying, and who have used and occupied,
the property for business or development purposes for at least two years prior to sale, under a
lease with the state or a governmental subdivision, then the person, firm, or corporation has the
right, on the first day set for sale by the county auditor, to purchase the property at 125 percent of
the appraised value.
History: 1957 c 849 s 10; 1965 c 473 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1985 c 265 art 8 s 1
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