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383C.721 TRUST FUND LAND; CONDEMNATION.
For the purpose of satisfying the public sale requirements of Minnesota Constitution, article
VIII, section 4, and other applicable provisions of Minnesota's Constitution, including but not
limited to article IV, section 32, and in keeping with the decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court
in the case of Independent School District of Virginia v. State, 124 Minn. 271, where the court
held that condemnation satisfied the public sale requirement of the Minnesota Constitution, the
commissioner of administration shall acquire, by condemnation, fee title to all trust lands to be
conveyed to the United States of America pursuant to section 383C.72. The commissioner of
administration shall not condemn the interests of any person holding a lease, license, or permit
from the state in the lands condemned. Before any parcel of trust fund land is donated to the
United States, the commissioner of administration shall certify to the governor that the parcel has
been condemned, the condemnation award has been paid, and the time to appeal from the award
has expired. The commissioner of administration shall certify the payment of a condemnation
award to the St. Louis County auditor, whereupon the St. Louis County auditor shall reimburse
the state of Minnesota from county funds for the amount of that award.
History: 1973 c 276 s 2
For the purpose of satisfying the public sale requirements of Minnesota Constitution, article
VIII, section 4, and other applicable provisions of Minnesota's Constitution, including but not
limited to article IV, section 32, and in keeping with the decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court
in the case of Independent School District of Virginia v. State, 124 Minn. 271, where the court
held that condemnation satisfied the public sale requirement of the Minnesota Constitution, the
commissioner of administration shall acquire, by condemnation, fee title to all trust lands to be
conveyed to the United States of America pursuant to section 383C.72. The commissioner of
administration shall not condemn the interests of any person holding a lease, license, or permit
from the state in the lands condemned. Before any parcel of trust fund land is donated to the
United States, the commissioner of administration shall certify to the governor that the parcel has
been condemned, the condemnation award has been paid, and the time to appeal from the award
has expired. The commissioner of administration shall certify the payment of a condemnation
award to the St. Louis County auditor, whereupon the St. Louis County auditor shall reimburse
the state of Minnesota from county funds for the amount of that award.
History: 1973 c 276 s 2
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