Bill Text: MN HF2439 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Unclaimed lottery prize money dedicated for acquisition of school trust lands, condemnation of school trust lands to be acquired provided, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance [HF2439 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2439-Introduced.html
1.2relating to natural resources; dedicating unclaimed lottery prize money for
1.3acquisition of certain school trust lands; providing for condemnation of school
1.4trust lands to be acquired; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.52012, section 349A.08, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement,
1.6section 94.165, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.7Statutes, chapter 92.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. [92.83] CONDEMNATION OF SCHOOL TRUST LAND.
1.10 Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to extinguish the school trust
1.11interest in school trust lands where long-term economic return is prohibited by designation
1.12or policy while producing economic benefits for Minnesota's public schools. For the
1.13purposes of satisfying the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8, which limits the
1.14sale of school trust lands to a public sale, the commissioner of natural resources shall
1.15acquire school trust lands through condemnation, as provided in subdivision 2.
1.16 Subd. 2. Commencement of condemnation proceedings. When the commissioner
1.17of natural resources has determined sufficient money is available to acquire any of the
1.18lands identified under section 84.027, subdivision 18, paragraph (c), the commissioner
1.19shall proceed to extinguish the school trust interest by condemnation action. When
1.20requested by the commissioner, the attorney general shall commence condemnation of
1.21the identified school trust lands.
1.22 Subd. 3. Payment. The portion of the payment of the award and judgment that
1.23is for the value of the land shall be deposited into the permanent school fund. The
1.24remainder of the award and judgment payment shall first be remitted for reimbursement
2.1to the accounts from which expenses were paid, with any remainder deposited into the
2.2permanent school fund.
2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 94.165, subdivision 2, is
2.4amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 2. Appropriation. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), money in the
2.6account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for:
2.7(1) the acquisition of natural resource lands or interests in lands within the outdoor
2.8recreation system established in chapter 86A;
2.9(2) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering saleable any
2.10state-owned property administered by the commissioner; and
2.11(3) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in exchanging any
2.12state-owned property administered by the commissioner.
2.13(b) Money deposited in the account from the lottery cash flow account under section
2.14349A.08, subdivision 5, is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to
2.15extinguish the school trust interest in school trust lands identified under section 84.027,
2.16subdivision 18, paragraph (c).
2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349A.08, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.18 Subd. 5. Payment; unclaimed prizes. A prize in the state lottery must be claimed
2.19by the winner within one year of the date of the drawing at which the prize was awarded
2.20or the last day sales were authorized for a game where a prize was determined in a manner
2.21other than by means of a drawing. If a valid claim is not made for a prize payable directly
2.22by the lottery by the end of this period, the prize money is considered unclaimed and the
2.23winner of the prize shall have no further claim to the prize. A prize won by a person
2.24who purchased the winning ticket in violation of section349A.12, subdivision 1 , or won
2.25by a person ineligible to be awarded a prize under subdivision 7 must be treated as an
2.26unclaimed prize under this section. The director must transfer all unclaimed prize money
2.27at the end of each fiscal year from the lottery cash flow account to thegeneral fund land
2.28acquisition account in the natural resources fund to extinguish the school trust interest in
2.29school trust lands, under section 94.165, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
1.3acquisition of certain school trust lands; providing for condemnation of school
1.4trust lands to be acquired; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.52012, section 349A.08, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement,
1.6section 94.165, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.7Statutes, chapter 92.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. [92.83] CONDEMNATION OF SCHOOL TRUST LAND.
1.10 Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to extinguish the school trust
1.11interest in school trust lands where long-term economic return is prohibited by designation
1.12or policy while producing economic benefits for Minnesota's public schools. For the
1.13purposes of satisfying the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8, which limits the
1.14sale of school trust lands to a public sale, the commissioner of natural resources shall
1.15acquire school trust lands through condemnation, as provided in subdivision 2.
1.16 Subd. 2. Commencement of condemnation proceedings. When the commissioner
1.17of natural resources has determined sufficient money is available to acquire any of the
1.18lands identified under section 84.027, subdivision 18, paragraph (c), the commissioner
1.19shall proceed to extinguish the school trust interest by condemnation action. When
1.20requested by the commissioner, the attorney general shall commence condemnation of
1.21the identified school trust lands.
1.22 Subd. 3. Payment. The portion of the payment of the award and judgment that
1.23is for the value of the land shall be deposited into the permanent school fund. The
1.24remainder of the award and judgment payment shall first be remitted for reimbursement
2.1to the accounts from which expenses were paid, with any remainder deposited into the
2.2permanent school fund.
2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 94.165, subdivision 2, is
2.4amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 2. Appropriation. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), money in the
2.6account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for:
2.7(1) the acquisition of natural resource lands or interests in lands within the outdoor
2.8recreation system established in chapter 86A;
2.9(2) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering saleable any
2.10state-owned property administered by the commissioner; and
2.11(3) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in exchanging any
2.12state-owned property administered by the commissioner.
2.13(b) Money deposited in the account from the lottery cash flow account under section
2.14349A.08, subdivision 5, is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to
2.15extinguish the school trust interest in school trust lands identified under section 84.027,
2.16subdivision 18, paragraph (c).
2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349A.08, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.18 Subd. 5. Payment; unclaimed prizes. A prize in the state lottery must be claimed
2.19by the winner within one year of the date of the drawing at which the prize was awarded
2.20or the last day sales were authorized for a game where a prize was determined in a manner
2.21other than by means of a drawing. If a valid claim is not made for a prize payable directly
2.22by the lottery by the end of this period, the prize money is considered unclaimed and the
2.23winner of the prize shall have no further claim to the prize. A prize won by a person
2.24who purchased the winning ticket in violation of section
2.25by a person ineligible to be awarded a prize under subdivision 7 must be treated as an
2.26unclaimed prize under this section. The director must transfer all unclaimed prize money
2.27at the end of each fiscal year from the lottery cash flow account to the
2.28acquisition account in the natural resources fund to extinguish the school trust interest in
2.29school trust lands, under section 94.165, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
