Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF0626

E Relating to public lands; prohibiting reduction of the amount of damages
awarded in eminent domain proceedings due to the classification of land as
agricultural for property tax purposes or the designation of land as a
metropolitan agricultural preserve; clarifying a certain condition relating to
the reservation of a perpetual easement for a certain previously authorized
private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Carlton county, requiring
reservation for a public angler access and stream habitat protection and
enhancement; authorizing and providing for the sale of certain surplus land in
the Vendla Badger wildlife management area in Aitkin county and for the
conveyance of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public water or natural
wetlands in Anoka county to the cities of Coon Rapids, St. Francis, Ramsey and
Lino Lakes, to the towns of Columbus and Linwood and to the city of Fridley or
sale to adjoining landowners and certain tax-forfeited land in the city of Oak
Grove to local government units or to the commissioner of natural resources;
requiring the commissioner of revenue to convey certain tax-forfeited land
bordering public water in the city of Andover to Anoka county and authorizing
and providing for the private sale of certain land in the Lamprey Pass wildlife
management area in the county; authorizing the city of Bemidji to exercise the
right of eminent domain to acquire certain trust fund land for construction of
an office and laboratory facility for the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA);
authorizing and providing for the private sale of certain state lands to the
city of Bloomington housing and redevelopment authority (HRA), for the private
sale and for the exchange of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public water
in Cass county and for the conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land bordering
public water in Chisago county for highway purposes, withdrawing certain land in
Chisago county from sale for transfer to the DNR; authorizing and providing for
the private sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering public water in Cook
county and of certain county land in Goodhue county; requiring the public sale
of certain tax-forfeited land bordering public water in Douglas county;
requiring or authorizing and providing for the sale of certain tax-forfeited
lands bordering public water or natural wetlands in Hennepin county to the
cities of Eden Prairie and Brooklyn Park; authorizing and providing for private
sales of certain surplus state land in Houston county and of certain
tax-forfeited lands bordering public water in Hubbard county and for public and
private sales of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters and for the
private conveyance to the donor of certain county land in Itasca county;
authorizing and providing for the public sales of certain tax-forfeited lands
bordering public waters in Kandiyohi and Mower counties; requiring the
commissioner of revenue to convey by deed certain tax-forfeited land in
Koochiching county to the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians and authorizing
Koochiching county to exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire certain
trust fund lands, authorizing the relocation of Withrow drive; requiring and
providing for the private sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering public
water in LeSueur county and requiring the commissioner of revenue to convey by
deed certain tax-forfeited land bordering public water in the county to the DNR;
authorizing and providing for conveyance to the city of Rochester certain
tax-forfeited land bordering public water in Olmsted county; requiring and
providing for the conveyance of certain surplus state land in Otter Tail county
to the county and of certain tax-forfeited land in Ramsey county to the city of
New Brighton and for the private sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering
public water in Red Lake county; authorizing and providing for public sales of
certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters in Roseau and Stearns
counties, for the private sale of certain tax-forfeited and surplus state lands
in St. Louis county, for the conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land bordering
public water in Sherburne county, for the private sale of certain tax-forfeited
land bordering public water or wetlands in Todd county, for the private sales of
certain tax-forfeited land bordering public water in Wabasha county and of
certain surplus state land in Wright county, for public and private sales of
certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters in Wadena county and for
private sales of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public water and wetlands
in Washington county; requiring and providing for the city of Owatonna to convey
certain land in Steele county to the state (ra, ja)