HF1395 Summary

• Modifies procedures for county board classification of tax-forfeited lands as conservation or nonconservation, requiring 60-90 day notice before meetings and allowing public comment, governmental entity presentations, and testimony.

• Establishes procedures for state agencies and governmental subdivisions to request withholding of tax-forfeited parcels from sale for six months and prohibits repeated requests within 18 months.

• Allows conveyance of nonconservation tax-forfeited land to governmental subdivisions at market value or below market value if specific public interest conditions are met, including affordable housing development or correction of blighted conditions.

• Creates conditional use deed procedures for conveyance to governmental subdivisions with specific authorized public uses (roads, parks, trails, transit, beaches, parking, recreation facilities, public services); property reverts to state if use is abandoned after three years.

• Repeals previous subdivisions 9, 10, and 11 of Minnesota Statutes section 282.01 and section 383A.76; effective date July 1, 2010.