HF3508 Summary

• Establishes a $2,000 application fee for private property owners seeking easements for ingress and egress over state trail right-of-way, with fees credited to the natural resources fund.

• Modifies fee requirements for land exchanges involving Class A land and governmental units to clarify costs covered, including valuation, survey, legal, title work, advertising, and closing costs.

• Adds specified parcels to Banning State Park (Pine County), Father Hennepin State Park (Mille Lacs County), and Lake Louise State Park (Mower County).

• Abolishes Hill-Annex Mine State Park and Upper Sioux Agency State Park, with Upper Sioux Agency lands transferred per Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 4, section 97.

• Authorizes private and public sales or conveyances of surplus and tax-forfeited state lands in Aitkin, Chisago, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Redwood, Roseau, and St. Louis counties for various purposes including return to private ownership and conveyance to local governments and Indian tribes.