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This bill provides $250,000 in fiscal year 2026 to the Minnesota Commissioner of Natural Resources to initiate condemnation proceedings for a specific parcel of land in Cass County. The bill authorizes the commissioner to use the appropriation for various project costs such as legal fees, valuation expenses, and transactional staff costs. Once the land is condemned, the bill allows the commissioner to transfer the surplus land bordering public waters to a federally recognized Indian Tribe at no cost, despite existing laws that might typically restrict such a transfer. The specific land in question is described as part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter in Section 27, Township 145 North, Range 28 West. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes and that returning the land to Tribal ownership would best serve the state's land management interests. The bill also allows the commissioner to make necessary changes to the legal description to correct any errors and ensure accuracy.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2584&ssn=0&y=2025