HF50 Summary

• Establishes $2,000 application fees and monitoring fees for easements and road conveyances on state lands, with provisions allowing the commissioner to waive fees if issuing the easement benefits state land management interests.

• Authorizes St. Louis County to conduct 30-year leases of tax-forfeited and state lands for wind energy projects and recreational trails, and allows Lake and St. Louis Counties to enter 30-year leases for recreational facilities.

• Increases the maximum lease term for tax-forfeited land from 10 to 25 years for cottage sites, agricultural purposes, and resource extraction; allows St. Louis County leaseholders to purchase leased lakeshore lots at appraised value and continue leasing if they decline to purchase.

• Adds land to Myre-Big Island State Park in Freeborn County and Riverlands State Forest in St. Louis County; deletes multiple parcels from Cloquet Valley State Forest in St. Louis County.

• Authorizes private and public sales of surplus state and tax-forfeited lands in multiple counties (Beltrami, Cass, Crow Wing, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Itasca, Pine, Sherburne, St. Louis) and allows St. Louis County to establish a land acquisition trust fund from tax-forfeited land sale proceeds.