SF75 Bill Summary

• Modifies easement conveyance fees by requiring a $2,000 application fee and monitoring fee assessed to applicants, with commissioner discretion to waive fees if easement benefits state land management interests.

• Authorizes St. Louis County and Lake County to enter 30-year leases of tax-forfeited land for wind energy projects and recreational trails, with optional monitoring fees for trail construction.

• Increases maximum lease term for tax-forfeited land from 10 to 25 years for cottage sites, agricultural use, and resource extraction, and raises the threshold requiring public sale from $12,000 to $50,000 annually.

• Authorizes specific land sales and conveyances in multiple counties (St. Louis, Beltrami, Cass, Crow Wing, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Itasca, Pine, Sherburne) with proceeds directed to environmental trust funds or land acquisition.

• Adds acreage to Myre-Big Island State Park and Riverlands State Forest while deleting large areas from Cloquet Valley State Forest in St. Louis County; permits St. Louis County land exchange and establishes a tax-forfeited land acquisition trust fund.