2004 Minnesota Statutes

     84.153 Property; leasing, renting. 

    (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized at public or 
 private vendue and at such prices and under such terms and 
 conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, to lease any 
 buildings or lands not now authorized to be leased, acquired in 
 the name of the state of Minnesota by any of the several 
 divisions of the department which are not presently needed for 
 the uses and purposes of any of the divisions of the 
 department.  The purposes for which such leases may be executed 
 shall be in the furtherance of the interests of conservation and 
 such uses shall not result in any permanent injury to the land.  
 No such lease shall be made for a term to exceed two years and 
 shall contain a provision for cancellation at any time by the 
 commissioner upon three months written notice.  All money 
 received from these leases shall be credited to the fund from 
 which the property was acquired, except an amount equal to the 
 cost of maintenance of the leased property shall be credited to 
 the fund charged with the cost of maintenance.  Money credited 
 for leased property maintenance is appropriated to the 
 commissioner for that purpose.  

    (b) The commissioner is hereby authorized to rent or lease 
 to employees of the various divisions of the department such 
 cabins, buildings, or living quarters as are now or may 
 hereafter be constructed upon state-owned lands under the 
 control of the several divisions of the department, when this 
 occupancy is found to be necessary or beneficial to the work of 
 the department.  These leases or rental agreements shall be upon 
 a month to month basis and provide for surrender by the lessee 
 upon demand at any time the lessee's services with the state may 
 be terminated, without the necessity of any written notice.  All 
 receipts from rents shall be paid in to the commissioner of 
 finance and credited to the fund charged with the cost of 
 maintenance of such buildings and are hereby appropriated for 
 such use.  

    (c) All instruments and transactions so negotiated shall be 
 approved as to form, validity, and execution by the attorney 
 general.  

    (d) Hunting of wild game is prohibited on any land which 
 has been posted by the lessee to prohibit hunting.  Such 
 prohibition shall apply to all persons including the lessee.  

    HIST: 1941 c 291 s 1-3; 1965 c 382 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2002 c 376 
 s 1; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50