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Sustainable Forest Incentive Act (SFIA) — Minn. Stat. Ch. 290C (MN)

Tracked preemption from the Minnesota overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
2001-05-30
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MN
Other Minnesota preemptions
Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act — Minn. Stat. § 103G.221 et seq.Minnesota Public Waters Inventory — Minn. Stat. § 103G.005Minnesota Shoreland Management — Minn. Stat. § 103F.201 et seq.Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) Noise / DNL 65–70+ ContoursMetropolitan Agricultural Preserves — Minn. Stat. Ch. 473HMississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) — Minn. Stat. § 116G.15Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — Mining Protection Area BufferMetropolitan Land Planning Act — MUSA & Regional Comp-Plan Conformity (Minn. Stat. §§ 473.851–473.871)

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

parcel.has_sfia_enrolled_forest_land == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
tax_treatmentaddsfia_annual_payment_in_lieu_of_property_tax_reductionOwners of 20+ contiguous acres of qualifying forest land may enroll in SFIA via an 8-year, 20-year, or 50-year covenant in exchange for annual incentive payments. Enrolled parcels must follow a registered forest stewardship plan.
base_districts[*].allowed_usesrestrictno_development_inconsistent_with_stewardship_plan_during_covenant_term

Citation

Authority source
Sustainable Forest Incentive Act, Minn. Stat. Ch. 290C §§ 290C.01–290C.13
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/290C

Research notes

Fiscal/use-restriction overlay; covenant runs with the land for the elected term. Affects ~750,000 acres statewide, concentrated in Aitkin, Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, Hubbard, St. Louis, Lake, Cook counties. Captured as a parcel-level flag — zoning entitlements remain governed by Ch. 462/394 but covenant constrains development during the covenant term.