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190.25 LANDS FOR TRAINING ARMED FORCES.
    Subdivision 1. Acquisition. The adjutant general is hereby authorized to acquire in the
name of the state by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation, and is authorized to lease all lands
which the adjutant general may deem necessary, including lands already devoted to a public
use, for military training purposes, adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Military Field Training
Center at Camp Ripley, or at any other suitable place in this state, subject to the limitations of
funds appropriated and available.
    Subd. 2. Condemnation. The adjutant general may, except as to lands already devoted to a
public use, at any time after the filing of a petition for the condemnation of any lands authorized
by this section take possession of it. Proceedings for the condemnation of lands authorized herein
shall be governed by chapter 117.
    Subd. 3. Sale; use of funds. The adjutant general is authorized to sell in the manner provided
by law any or all
(1) land, and
(2) timber, growing crops, buildings, and other improvements, if any, situated upon the land,
acquired under the authority of subdivision 1 or which may hereafter comprise the Camp Ripley
Military Field Training Center and not needed for military training purposes. The proceeds of any
sales shall be deposited in the general fund.
The adjutant general may use funds that are directly appropriated for the acquisition of
land, the payment of expenses of forest management on land forming the Camp Ripley Military
Reservation, and the provision of an Enlisted Person's Service Center. If amounts that are directly
appropriated for these purposes in either year of a biennium are insufficient, the appropriation for
the other year of the biennium is available.
    Subd. 4. Closing roads or highways. The adjutant general is authorized, whenever military
training purposes require, to close and obliterate any and all public roads or highways established
over and upon any of the lands acquired under the authority of this section. In order to accomplish
prescribed military training at the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, the adjutant general may
temporarily close any road or highway adjacent to the Camp Ripley Military Reservation with the
concurrence of the road authorities. Prior to closing any road or highway the adjutant general
shall erect suitable signs and barriers in ample time so as to minimize any inconvenience to
the traveling public.
History: 1951 c 511 s 1; 1953 c 642 s 1,2; 1961 c 653 s 1,3; 1980 c 407 s 1; 1981 c 46 s 1;
1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 65; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 61; 1991 c 139 s 1; 1997 c 24 s 6

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