1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 5246, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 1, delete lines 13 to 19
1.3Page 2, delete lines 1 to 17 and insert:
1.4"(d) "Participating county" means a county that meets the requirements of subdivision
1.52."
1.6Page 2, after line 20, insert:
1.7    "Subd. 2. Requirements of participating counties. If a county elects to participate in
1.8the settlement, or is deemed to elect to participate in the settlement under subdivision 4, the
1.9county must agree:
1.10(1) to provide the claims administrator administering the settlement with all public
1.11property tax records reasonably necessary to effectuate the settlement agreement by August
1.121, 2024;
1.13(2) to make a good faith effort to sell all properties that forfeited between the applicable
1.14start date and December 31, 2023, other than those that are classified as conservation lands,
1.15those that are part of a rehabilitation program, and those in which title is no longer held in
1.16trust by the state of Minnesota for taxing districts;
1.17(3) that for any sale made under clause (2):
1.18(i) the county will conduct an auction of the property, either in person or online; list the
1.19property through a private broker; or, if the property meets the criteria in Minnesota Statutes,
1.20section 282.01, subdivision 7a, sell the property pursuant to that subdivision;
1.21(ii) the sale will be for no less than its appraised value;
1.22(iii) the sale will be for cash only and not on terms; and
2.1(iv) notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, to the contrary,
2.2for any property sold on or after the effective date of this section, 75 percent of the proceeds
2.3of any sale on or before June 30, 2027, and 85 percent of the proceeds of any sale on or
2.4after July 1, 2027, and on or before June 30, 2029, will be remitted to the commissioner for
2.5deposit in the general fund and the remaining proceeds will be retained by the county to be
2.6used for any permissible purpose; and
2.7(4) that any properties subject to sale under clause (2) that remain unsold on June 30,
2.82029, must continue to be managed under the laws governing tax-forfeited lands until they
2.9are disposed of under those laws."
2.10Page 2, line 22, delete "1, paragraph (d),"
2.11Page 2, line 23, delete "clause (4)" and insert "2, clause (3)"
2.12Page 3, line 12, delete "1, paragraph (d), clause (4)" and insert "2, clause (3)"
2.13Renumber the subdivisions in sequence