1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring a report on the status of monuments that 
1.3 	mark public land survey corners.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PUBLIC LAND SURVEY MONUMENT RESTORATION.
 1.6 	The chief geospatial information officer must submit a report by January 1, 2023, to the 
1.7 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.8 	local government detailing the status of the monuments that mark public land survey corners, 
1.9 	the work needed by each county to restore missing or mislocated monuments so that all 
1.10 	public land survey corners are documented and marked with monuments, and the estimated 
1.11 	costs for each county to complete the work. The report must describe the state's interest in 
1.12 	the restoration of missing or mislocated monuments; propose a schedule for state funding, 
1.13 	if warranted, for grants to counties to complete the work; whether the county has used or 
1.14 	plans to use taxing authority in Minnesota Statutes, section 381.12, subdivision 2, to defray 
1.15 	the expenses for the work; identify federal money that may be available for the work; or 
1.16 	propose another manner of funding the work.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.