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This bill transfers specific parcels of state-owned land within the Cloquet Forestry Center in Carlton County to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota at no cost. The land transfer is intended to help the University of Minnesota return these lands to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The bill specifies eight distinct land parcels that will be transferred, including various quarter sections of land in Township 49 North, Ranges 17 and 18 West. Additionally, the bill appropriates $1,300,000 in fiscal year 2026 from the general fund to prepay and defease any outstanding state general obligation bonds related to improvements at the Cloquet Forestry Center. This financial provision will effectively remove the land's status as state bond-financed property and facilitate the transfer. The bill includes provisions that allow the attorney general to make technical corrections to the land description, and both the land transfer and appropriation sections will become effective the day following final enactment.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1754&ssn=0&y=2025