1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying lease terms for tax-forfeited lands in Itasca 
1.3 	County;amending Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 162.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 162, is amended to read:
1.6 	Sec. 162. TAX-FORFEITED LANDS LEASE; ITASCA COUNTY.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
1.8 	the Itasca County auditor may lease tax-forfeited land to a proposed steel mill in Itasca 
1.9 	County for a period of 20 40 years, for use as a tailings basin and buffer area or for use in 
1.10 	the reclamation of legacy iron oxides from tailings basins or tailings stockpiles. A lease 
1.11 	entered under this section is renewable.