Bill Text: MN SF232 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Itasca county tax-forfeited land bordering public waters and tax-forfeited land private sales
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-04 - Referred to Environment and Energy [SF232 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF232-Introduced.html
1.2relating to state lands; providing for public sale of certain tax-forfeited lands
1.3bordering public waters in Itasca County; allowing for private sale of certain
1.4lands in Itasca County that were reserved in previous tax-forfeited land sales.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
1.7WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
1.8(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
1.9Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters that is described in
1.10paragraph (c).
1.11(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
1.12attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
1.13and ensure accuracy.
1.14(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the East Half of Lot 2,
1.15Section 23, Township 60 North, Range 27 West (property number 38.123.1301).
1.16(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
1.17best served if the land was returned to private ownership.
1.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.19 Sec. 2. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
1.20(a) Notwithstanding the public sale and the timber value appraisal provisions of
1.21Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell by private sale to the adjoining
1.22landowner the tax-forfeited lands that were reserved in a previous tax-forfeited land sale
1.23and that are described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
2.1Statutes, chapter 282. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 3,
2.2paragraph (b), the land may be sold for the appraised value without an appraisal of the
2.3timber value.
2.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
2.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
2.6and ensure accuracy.
2.7(c) The lands to be sold are lands reserved from previous tax-forfeited land sales
2.8that are within 50 feet of the centerline of any legal highway or any legal roadway with
2.9public use.
2.10(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
2.11be best served if the lands were returned to private ownership. The lands to be sold have
2.12not been treated as separate parcels and have been taxed as private land since they were
2.13reserved from sale.
1.3bordering public waters in Itasca County; allowing for private sale of certain
1.4lands in Itasca County that were reserved in previous tax-forfeited land sales.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
1.7WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
1.8(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
1.9Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters that is described in
1.10paragraph (c).
1.11(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
1.12attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
1.13and ensure accuracy.
1.14(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the East Half of Lot 2,
1.15Section 23, Township 60 North, Range 27 West (property number 38.123.1301).
1.16(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
1.17best served if the land was returned to private ownership.
1.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.19 Sec. 2. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
1.20(a) Notwithstanding the public sale and the timber value appraisal provisions of
1.21Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell by private sale to the adjoining
1.22landowner the tax-forfeited lands that were reserved in a previous tax-forfeited land sale
1.23and that are described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
2.1Statutes, chapter 282. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 3,
2.2paragraph (b), the land may be sold for the appraised value without an appraisal of the
2.3timber value.
2.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
2.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
2.6and ensure accuracy.
2.7(c) The lands to be sold are lands reserved from previous tax-forfeited land sales
2.8that are within 50 feet of the centerline of any legal highway or any legal roadway with
2.9public use.
2.10(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
2.11be best served if the lands were returned to private ownership. The lands to be sold have
2.12not been treated as separate parcels and have been taxed as private land since they were
2.13reserved from sale.
