1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1132, the second committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:


1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4981, is amended to read:
1.717.4981 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR REGULATION OF AQUATIC
1.8FARMS.
1.9    (a) Aquatic farms are licensed to culture private aquatic life. Cultured aquatic life
1.10is not wildlife. Aquatic farms must be licensed and given classifications to prevent or
1.11minimize impacts on natural resources. The purpose of sections 17.4981 to 17.4997 is to:
1.12    (1) prevent public aquatic life from entering an aquatic farm;
1.13    (2) prevent release of nonindigenous or exotic species into public waters without
1.14approval of the commissioner;
1.15    (3) protect against release of disease pathogens to public waters;
1.16    (4) protect existing natural aquatic habitats and the wildlife dependent on them; and
1.17    (5) protect private aquatic life from unauthorized taking or harvest.
1.18    (b) Private aquatic life that is legally acquired and possessed is an article of interstate
1.19commerce and may be restricted only as necessary to protect state fish and water resources.
1.20    (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall establish license and other fees as
1.21provided in section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, that would make aquaculture licensing
1.22and enforcement self-sustaining. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner
1.23may, by written order published in the State Register, establish the fees required by this
1.24section. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section
1.2514.386 does not apply. The commissioner shall develop best management practices for
2.1aquaculture to ensure the long-term sustainability of aquaculture and wetlands used for
2.2aquaculture, including, but not limited to, fish farming in man-made ponds.

2.3    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4988, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.4    Subd. 3. Inspection and additional fees. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the
2.5commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees for the
2.6services listed in clauses (1) to (3) and the additional fee required under subdivision 2,
2.7paragraph (a). The fees must be set in an amount that does not recover significantly more
2.8or less than the cost of providing the service. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking
2.9provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The services covered under
2.10this provision include:
2.11    (1) initial inspection of each water to be licensed;
2.12    (2) fish health inspection and certification, including initial tissue sample collection,
2.13basic fish health assessment, viral pathogen testing, and bacteriological testing; and
2.14    (3) initial inspection for containment and quarantine facility inspections.

2.15    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.027, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
2.16    Subd. 13. Game and fish rules. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may
2.17adopt rules under sections 97A.0451 to 97A.0459 and this subdivision that are authorized
2.18under:
2.19(1) chapters 97A, 97B, and 97C to set open seasons and areas, to close seasons and
2.20areas, to select hunters for areas, to provide for tagging and registration of game and fish, to
2.21prohibit or allow taking of wild animals to protect a species, to prevent or control wildlife
2.22disease, to open or close bodies of water or portions of bodies of water for night bow
2.23fishing, and to prohibit or allow importation, transportation, or possession of a wild animal;
2.24(2) sections 84.093, 84.15, and 84.152 to set seasons for harvesting wild ginseng
2.25roots and wild rice and to restrict or prohibit harvesting in designated areas; and
2.26(3) section 84D.12 to designate prohibited invasive species, regulated invasive
2.27species, unregulated nonnative species, and infested waters.
2.28(b) If conditions exist that do not allow the commissioner to comply with sections
2.2997A.0451 to 97A.0459, the commissioner may adopt a rule under this subdivision
2.30by submitting the rule to the attorney general for review under section 97A.0455,
2.31publishing a notice in the State Register and filing the rule with the secretary of state and
2.32the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and complying with section 97A.0459, and
2.33including a statement of the emergency conditions and a copy of the rule in the notice. The
2.34emergency conditions for opening a water body or portion of a water body for night bow
2.35fishing under this section may include the need to temporarily open the area to evaluate
3.1compatibility of the activity on that body of water prior to permanent rulemaking. The
3.2notice may be published after it is received from the attorney general or five business days
3.3after it is submitted to the attorney general, whichever is earlier.
3.4(c) Rules adopted under paragraph (b) are effective upon publishing in the State
3.5Register and may be effective up to seven days before publishing and filing under
3.6paragraph (b), if:
3.7(1) the commissioner of natural resources determines that an emergency exists;
3.8(2) the attorney general approves the rule; and
3.9(3) for a rule that affects more than three counties the commissioner publishes the
3.10rule once in a legal newspaper published in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth, or for a
3.11rule that affects three or fewer counties the commissioner publishes the rule once in a legal
3.12newspaper in each of the affected counties.
3.13(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), a rule published under paragraph (c), clause
3.14(3), may not be effective earlier than seven days after publication.
3.15(e) A rule published under paragraph (c), clause (3), may be effective the day the
3.16rule is published if the commissioner gives notice and holds a public hearing on the rule
3.17within 15 days before publication.
3.18(f) The commissioner shall attempt to notify persons or groups of persons affected
3.19by rules adopted under paragraphs (b) and (c) by public announcements, posting, and
3.20other appropriate means as determined by the commissioner.
3.21(g) Notwithstanding section 97A.0458, a rule adopted under this subdivision is
3.22effective for the period stated in the notice but not longer than 18 months after the rule is
3.23adopted.

3.24    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.788, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
3.25    Subd. 11. Refunds. The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not
3.26including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 3, paragraph (e), or section 84.027,
3.27subdivision 15 , paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12
3.28months 60 days of the original registration, the registration is not used or transferred, and:
3.29(1) the off-highway motorcycle was registered incorrectly by the commissioner
3.30or the deputy registrar; or
3.31(2) the off-highway motorcycle was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by
3.32the customer.

3.33    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.798, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
3.34    Subd. 10. Refunds. The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not
3.35including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or section 84.027,
4.1subdivision 15 , paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12
4.2months 60 days of the original registration and the vehicle was registered incorrectly by
4.3the commissioner or the deputy registrar., the registration is not used or transferred, and:
4.4(1) the off-road vehicle was registered incorrectly; or
4.5(2) the off-road vehicle was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by the
4.6customer.

4.7    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
4.8    Subd. 11. Refunds. The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not
4.9including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 2, paragraph (e), or section 84.027,
4.10subdivision 15 , paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12
4.11months 60 days of the original registration, the registration is not used or transferred, and:
4.12(1) the snowmobile was registered incorrectly by the commissioner or the deputy
4.13registrar; or
4.14(2) the snowmobile was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by the
4.15customer.

4.16    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
4.17    Subd. 12. Refunds. The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not
4.18including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 2, paragraph (e), or section 84.027,
4.19subdivision 15 , paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12
4.20months 60 days of the original registration, the registration is not used or transferred, and:
4.21(1) the vehicle was registered incorrectly by the commissioner or the deputy
4.22registrar; or
4.23(2) the vehicle was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by the customer.

4.24    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.415, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
4.25    Subd. 11. Refunds. The commissioner may issue a refund on a license or title, not
4.26including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 8 or section 84.027, subdivision 15,
4.27paragraph (a), clause (3), or 86B.870, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), if the refund request
4.28is received within 12 months 60 days of the original license or title, the license or title
4.29is not used or transferred, and:
4.30(1) the watercraft was licensed or titled incorrectly by the commissioner or the
4.31deputy registrar;
4.32(2) the customer was incorrectly charged a title fee; or
4.33(3) the watercraft was licensed or titled twice, once by the dealer and once by the
4.34customer.

5.1    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.2    Subdivision 1. Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this
5.3subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2,
5.4clauses (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (14), and (15), (16), and (17), and 3, clauses (2), (3), (4),
5.5(9) (10), (11), and (12), and (13), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
5.6    (b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and
5.7wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under section
5.897A.473, subdivision 4 , shall be credited to the deer management account and shall be
5.9used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.
5.10    (c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from
5.11the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license
5.12issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear
5.13management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including
5.14a computerized licensing system.
5.15    (d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding
5.16and wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer
5.17feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency
5.18deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When
5.19the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild
5.20cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first
5.21time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund.
5.22The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance
5.23committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild
5.24cervidae health management has been spent.
5.25    Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer
5.26feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal
5.27year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer
5.28and bear management programs and computerized licensing.

5.29    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.095, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.30    Subd. 2. Waterfowl feeding and resting areas. The commissioner may, by rule,
5.31designate any part of a lake as a migratory feeding and resting area. Before designation,
5.32the commissioner must receive a petition signed by at least ten local resident licensed
5.33hunters describing the area of a lake that is a substantial feeding or resting area for
5.34migratory waterfowl, and find that the statements in the petition are correct, and that
5.35adequate, free public access to the lake exists near the designated area. The commissioner
6.1shall post the area as a migratory waterfowl feeding and resting area. Except as authorized
6.2in rules adopted by the commissioner, a person may not enter a posted migratory waterfowl
6.3feeding and resting area, during a period when hunting of migratory waterfowl is allowed,
6.4with watercraft or aircraft propelled by a motor, other than an electric motor of less than
6.530 pounds thrust with battery power of 12 volts or less. The commissioner may, by rule,
6.6further restrict the use of electric motors in migratory waterfowl feeding and resting areas.

6.7    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.137, is amended by adding a
6.8subdivision to read:
6.9    Subd. 4. Exemption from certain local ordinances. (a) Wildlife management
6.10areas that are established according to section 86A.05, subdivision 8; designated under
6.11section 97A.133 or 97A.145; and 160 contiguous acres or larger are exempt from local
6.12ordinances that limit the taking of game and fish or vegetation management in the unit as
6.13authorized by state law.
6.14(b) Wildlife management areas that are established according to section 86A.05,
6.15subdivision 8; designated under section 97A.133 or 97A.145; and at least 40 contiguous
6.16acres and less than 160 contiguous acres are exempt from local ordinances that:
6.17(1) restrict trapping;
6.18(2) restrict the discharge of archery equipment;
6.19(3) restrict the discharge of shotguns with shot sizes of F or .22 inch diameter,
6.20or smaller diameter shot;
6.21(4) restrict noise;
6.22(5) require dogs on a leash; or
6.23(6) would in any manner restrict the management of vegetation in the unit as
6.24authorized by state law.
6.25(c) Existing wildlife management area restrictions in place as of May 1, 2009, under
6.26Minnesota Rules, part 6230.0200, or under local ordinance, are not superseded by this
6.27section.

6.28    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.137, is amended by adding a
6.29subdivision to read:
6.30    Subd. 5. Portable stands. Prior to the Saturday on or nearest September 16, a
6.31portable stand may be left overnight in a wildlife management area by a person with a
6.32valid bear license who is hunting within 100 yards of a bear bait site that is legally tagged
6.33and registered as prescribed under section 97B.425. Any person leaving a portable stand
6.34overnight under this subdivision must affix the person's name and address to the stand in
6.35such a manner that it can be read from the ground.

7.1    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.2    Subd. 4. Replacement licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer
7.3hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a
7.4replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that
7.5are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and
7.6the replacement license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a person
7.7changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. When a person submits both
7.8an archery and a firearms license for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value
7.9of both licenses towards the replacement license fee.
7.10    (b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any
7.11tag from the original license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The
7.12original license or licenses and all unused tags for the licenses being replaced must be
7.13submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement license is issued.
7.14    (c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as
7.15otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:
7.16    (1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or
7.17    (2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to
7.18an all season deer license;
7.19    (3) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms license to a multizone
7.20deer license; or
7.21    (4) when the person is changing from a regular firearms deer license to a youth
7.22deer license.
7.23    (d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid
7.24immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.

7.25    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.421, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.26    Subdivision 1. General. (a) The annual license of a person convicted of a violation
7.27of the game and fish laws relating to the license or wild animals covered by the license
7.28is void when:
7.29(1) a second conviction occurs within three years under a license to trap fur-bearing
7.30animals, take small game or to take fish by angling or spearing;
7.31(2) a third conviction occurs within one year under a minnow dealer's license;
7.32(3) a second conviction occurs within three years for violations of section 97A.425
7.33that do not involve falsifications or intentional omissions of information required to be
7.34recorded, or attempts to conceal unlawful acts within the records;
8.1(4) two or more misdemeanor convictions occur within a three-year period under a
8.2private fish hatchery license;
8.3(5) the conviction occurs under a license not described in clause (1), (2), or (4) or is
8.4for a violation of section 97A.425 not described in clause (3); or
8.5(6) the conviction is related to assisting a person in the illegal taking, transportation,
8.6or possession of wild animals, when acting as a hunting or angling guide.
8.7(b) Except for big game licenses and as otherwise provided in this section, for one
8.8year after the conviction the person may not obtain the kind of license or take wild
8.9animals under a lifetime license, issued under section 97A.473 or 97A.474, relating to
8.10the game and fish law violation.

8.11    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
8.12    Subd. 7. Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may
8.13issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a resident who is an owner or
8.14tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, as
8.15defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to take
8.16additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only one
8.17license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, only
8.18one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The
8.19license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes
8.20or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land
8.21is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or
8.22dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision
8.232 , the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may
8.24take an additional deer under that license.
8.25    (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer
8.26hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first
8.27Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under
8.28section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13) clause (5).

8.29    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.445, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.30    Subdivision 1. Angling; Take a Kid Fishing Weekends. A resident over age 18 age
8.3116 years or older may take fish by angling without an angling or fish house license during
8.32one three-day consecutive period of the open water angling season and one three-day
8.33consecutive period of the ice angling season designated by rule of the commissioner
8.34if accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The commissioner shall publicize the
9.1three-day periods as "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" for the open water angling season and
9.2"Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend" for the ice angling season.

9.3    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.451, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.4    Subd. 2. Residents under age 16; fishing. (a) A resident under the age of 16 years
9.5may take fish without a license.
9.6(b) A resident under the age of 16 may net ciscoes and whitefish for personal
9.7consumption without the license required under section 97A.475, subdivision 13. A
9.8resident netting ciscoes and whitefish under this paragraph must follow all other applicable
9.9requirements for netting ciscoes and whitefish for personal consumption.
9.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

9.11    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a
9.12subdivision to read:
9.13    Subd. 8. Residents 90 years of age or older; fishing. A resident age 90 or older
9.14may take fish without a license.

9.15    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.465, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
9.16    Subd. 1b. Residents discharged from active service. (a) A resident who has served
9.17at any time during the preceding 24 months in federal active service, as defined in section
9.18190.05, subdivision 5c , outside the United States as a member of the National Guard, or as
9.19a reserve component or active duty member of the United States armed forces and has
9.20been discharged from active service may take small game and fish without a license if the
9.21resident possesses official military discharge papers. The resident must obtain the seals,
9.22tags, and coupons required of a licensee, which must be furnished without charge.
9.23    (b) The commissioner shall issue, without fee, a deer license, valid for a deer of
9.24either sex, to a resident who has served at any time during the preceding 24 months in
9.25federal active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5c, outside the United
9.26States as a member of the National Guard, or as a reserve component or active duty
9.27member of the United States armed forces and has been discharged from active service.
9.28Eligibility under this paragraph is limited to one license per resident.

9.29    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.30    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents
9.31only, are:
9.32    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
9.33    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
10.1    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $23;
10.2    (4) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
10.3    (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms
10.4season, $26;
10.5    (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
10.6    (7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
10.7season, $26;
10.8    (8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
10.9    (9) to take bear, $38;
10.10    (10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
10.11    (11) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
10.12    (12) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
10.13    (13) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer
10.14season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
10.15    (14) (12) to take prairie chickens, $20;
10.16    (15) (13) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular
10.17firearms season, $13;
10.18    (16) (14) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and
10.19    (17) (15) for persons under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during the
10.20muzzleloader season, $13.

10.21    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
10.22    Subd. 3. Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued
10.23to nonresidents, are:
10.24    (1) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $73;
10.25    (2) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms
10.26season, $135;
10.27    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $135;
10.28    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
10.29season, $135;
10.30    (5) to take bear, $195;
10.31    (6) for persons age 18 and older to take turkey, $78;
10.32    (7) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
10.33    (8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;
10.34    (9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270;
10.35    (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
11.1    (11) (10) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular
11.2firearms season in any open season option or time period, $13;
11.3    (12) (11) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and
11.4    (13) (12) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.
11.5    (b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under
11.6paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9) (8). An additional commission may not be assessed
11.7on this surcharge.

11.8    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
11.9    Subd. 7. Nonresident fishing. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued
11.10to nonresidents, are:
11.11    (1) to take fish by angling, $37.50;
11.12    (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive days selected by the licensee,
11.13$26.50;
11.14    (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected by the licensee, $22;
11.15    (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a family for one or both parents
11.16and dependent children under the age of 16, $50.50;
11.17    (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected by the licensee, $8.50; and
11.18    (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a married couple, limited to 14
11.19consecutive days selected by one of the licensees, $38.50.; and
11.20(7) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $37.50.
11.21    (b) A $2 surcharge shall be added to all nonresident fishing licenses, except licenses
11.22issued under paragraph (a), clause (5). An additional commission may not be assessed
11.23on this surcharge.

11.24    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.25    Subd. 11. Fish houses and, dark houses, and shelters; residents. Fees for the
11.26following licenses are:
11.27    (1) annual for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is not rented, $11.50;
11.28    (2) annual for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is rented, $26;
11.29    (3) three-year for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is not rented, $34.50; and
11.30    (4) three-year for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is rented, $78.

11.31    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
11.32    Subd. 12. Fish houses, dark houses, and shelters; nonresident. Fees for fish
11.33house, dark house, and shelter licenses for a nonresident are:
11.34    (1) annual, $33;
12.1    (2) seven consecutive days, $19; and
12.2    (3) three-year, $99.

12.3    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
12.4    Subd. 29. Private fish hatcheries. The fees for the following licenses to be issued
12.5to residents and nonresidents are:
12.6    (1) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales under $200, $70;
12.7    (2) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales of $200 or more, $210 for the base
12.8license. The commissioner must establish an additional fee based on the acreage of the
12.9operation. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order
12.10published in the State Register, establish the additional fee required by this subdivision.
12.11The fee is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386
12.12does not apply; and
12.13    (3) to take sucker eggs from public waters for a private fish hatchery, $400, plus
12.14$6 for each quart in excess of 100 quarts.

12.15    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.525, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.16    Subdivision 1. Residents Generally. A resident person may transport wild animals
12.17within the state by common carrier without being in the vehicle if the resident person
12.18has the license required to take the animals and they are shipped to the resident. The
12.19wild animals that may be transported by common carrier are: person or to a licensed
12.20taxidermist, tanner, or fur buyer.
12.21(1) deer, bear, elk, and moose;
12.22(2) undressed game birds; and
12.23(3) fish.

12.24    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.035, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.25    Subd. 2. Possession of crossbows. A person may not possess a crossbow outdoors
12.26or in a motor vehicle during the open season for any game, unless the crossbow is unstrung,
12.27and in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle not armed with a bolt or arrow.

12.28    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.045, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.29    Subd. 2. Exception for disabled persons. The restrictions in subdivision 1 do
12.30not apply to a disabled person if:
12.31(1) the person possesses a permit under section 97B.055, subdivision 3; and
12.32(2) the person is participating in a hunt sponsored by a nonprofit organization under a
12.33permit from the commissioner or is hunting on property owned or leased by the person; and
13.1(3) (2) the firearm is not loaded in the chamber until the vehicle is stationary, or is a
13.2hinge action firearm with the action open until the vehicle is stationary.

13.3    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.045, is amended by adding a
13.4subdivision to read:
13.5    Subd. 3. Exceptions; hunting and shooting ranges. (a) Notwithstanding chapter
13.697B, a person may transport an unloaded, uncased firearm, excluding a pistol as defined
13.7in paragraph (b), in a motor vehicle while at a shooting range, as defined under section
13.887A.01, subdivision 3, where the person has received permission from the lawful owner
13.9or possessor to discharge firearms; lawfully hunting on private or public land; or travelling
13.10to or from a site the person intends to hunt lawfully that day or has hunted lawfully that
13.11day, unless:
13.12(1) within the seven-county metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121,
13.13subdivision 4;
13.14(2) within an area where the discharge of a firearm has been prohibited under section
13.15471.633;
13.16(3) within the boundaries of a home rule charter or statutory city with a population
13.17of 2,500 or more;
13.18(4) on school grounds; or
13.19(5) otherwise restricted under section 97A.091, 97B.081, or 97B.086.
13.20(b) For the purposes of this section, a "pistol" includes a weapon designed to be fired
13.21by the use of a single hand and with an overall length less than 26 inches, or having a
13.22barrel or barrels of a length less than 18 inches in the case of a shotgun or having a barrel
13.23of a length less than 16 inches in the case of a rifle:
13.24(1) from which may be fired or ejected one or more solid projectiles by means
13.25of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or
13.26explosive substances; or
13.27(2) for which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, air or
13.28other gas, or vapor.
13.29"Pistol" does not include a device firing or ejecting a shot measuring .18 of an inch, or
13.30less, in diameter and commonly known as a "BB gun," a scuba gun, a stud gun, or nail gun
13.31used in the construction industry or children's pop guns or toys.

13.32    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.051, is amended to read:
13.3397B.051 TRANSPORTATION OF ARCHERY BOWS.
13.34Except as specified under section 97B.055, subdivision 2, a person may not transport
13.35an archery bow in a motor vehicle unless the bow is: not armed with a bolt or arrow.
14.1(1) unstrung;
14.2(2) completely contained in a case; or
14.3(3) in the closed trunk or rear-most enclosed portion of a motor vehicle that is not
14.4accessible from the passenger compartment.

14.5    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.055, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.6    Subd. 3. Hunting from vehicle by disabled hunters. (a) The commissioner may
14.7issue a special permit, without a fee, to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from a
14.8stationary motor vehicle to a person who obtains the required licenses and who has a
14.9permanent physical disability that is more substantial than discomfort from walking. The
14.10permit recipient must be:
14.11(1) unable to step from a vehicle without aid of a wheelchair, crutches, braces, or
14.12other mechanical support or prosthetic device; or
14.13(2) unable to walk any distance because of a permanent lung, heart, or other internal
14.14disease that requires the person to use supplemental oxygen to assist breathing.
14.15(b) The permanent physical disability must be established by medical evidence
14.16verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor. The commissioner may
14.17request additional information from the physician or chiropractor if needed to verify the
14.18applicant's eligibility for the permit. Notwithstanding section 97A.418, the commissioner
14.19may, in consultation with appropriate advocacy groups, establish reasonable minimum
14.20standards for permits to be issued under this section. In addition to providing the medical
14.21evidence of a permanent disability, the applicant must possess a valid disability parking
14.22certificate authorized by section 169.345 or license plates issued under section 168.021.
14.23(c) A person issued a special permit under this subdivision and hunting deer may
14.24take a deer of either sex, except in those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no
14.25antlerless permits are offered. This subdivision does not authorize another member of a
14.26party to take an antlerless deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 3.
14.27(d) A permit issued under this subdivision is valid for five years.
14.28(e) The commissioner may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit issued under
14.29this section for cause, including a violation of the game and fish laws or rules.
14.30(f) A person who knowingly makes a false application or assists another in making a
14.31false application for a permit under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A physician or
14.32chiropractor who fraudulently certifies to the commissioner that a person is permanently
14.33disabled as described in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
14.34(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), the commissioner may issue a permit valid for
14.35the entire life of the applicant if the commissioner determines that there is no chance
15.1that an applicant will become ineligible for a permit under this section and the applicant
15.2requests a lifetime permit.

15.3    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.086, is amended to read:
15.497B.086 POSSESSION OF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.
15.5    (a) A person may not possess night vision goggle equipment while taking wild
15.6animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons,
15.7a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
15.8    (b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
15.9    (1) unloaded;
15.10    (2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm
15.11by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of
15.12the firearm exposed; and
15.13    (3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
15.14    (c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
15.15    (1) completely encased or unstrung; and
15.16    (2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
15.17    (d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm
15.18or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
15.19    (e) This section does not apply to night vision goggle equipment possessed by peace
15.20officers or military personnel while exercising their duties.

15.21    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.111, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.22    Subdivision 1. Establishment; requirements. The commissioner may establish
15.23criteria, special seasons, and limits for persons who have a physical disability to take big
15.24game and small game with firearms and by archery in designated areas. A person hunting
15.25under this section who has a physical disability must have a verified statement of the
15.26disability by a licensed physician and must be participating in a program for physically
15.27disabled hunters sponsored by a nonprofit organization that is permitted under subdivision
15.282. Notwithstanding section 97B.055, subdivision 3, the commissioner may authorize hunt
15.29participants to shoot from a stationary motor vehicle. A license is not required for a person
15.30to assist a physically disabled person hunting during a special season under this section.

15.31    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.328, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.32    Subd. 3. Definition. For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains,
15.33fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer
15.34and that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, and minerals, and bird feeders
16.1containing grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed.
16.2Food that has not been placed by a person and resulting from normal or accepted farming,
16.3forest management, wildlife food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land
16.4management activities is not bait or feed.

16.5    Sec. 35. [97B.4251] BAITING BEAR; USE OF DRUM.
16.6Notwithstanding section 97B.425, a private landowner or person authorized by the
16.7private landowner may use a drum to bait bear on the person's private land. The drum
16.8must be securely chained or cabled to a tree so that it cannot be moved from the site by a
16.9bear and the drum may not include a mechanical device for dispensing feed. The drum
16.10must be marked with the name and address of the person who registered the bait site. For
16.11purposes of this paragraph, "drum" means a 30 gallon or larger drum.

16.12    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.651, is amended to read:
16.1397B.651 UNPROTECTED MAMMALS AND BIRDS.
16.14    Subdivision 1. Taking unprotected mammals and birds. Mammals that are
16.15unprotected wild animals and unprotected birds may be taken at any time and in any
16.16manner, except with artificial lights, or by using a motor vehicle in violation of section
16.1797B.091 . Poison may not be used to take unprotected mammals or unprotected birds
16.18unless the safety of humans and domestic livestock is ensured. Unprotected mammals and
16.19unprotected birds may be possessed, bought, sold, or transported in any quantity, except
16.20importation or exportation is restricted as provided in subdivision 2.
16.21    Subd. 2. Taking and possessing live coyotes. A person may not export a live
16.22coyote out of the state or import a live coyote into the state unless authorized under a
16.23permit from the commissioner.

16.24    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.811, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.25    Subd. 2. Hours for placing decoys. Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4,
16.26a person may not place decoys in public waters or on public lands more than one hour
16.27two hours before lawful shooting hours for waterfowl.

16.28    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.811, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.29    Subd. 3. Restrictions on leaving decoys unattended. During the open season
16.30for waterfowl, a person may not leave decoys in public waters between sunset and one
16.31hour before lawful shooting hours or leave decoys unattended during other times for
16.32more than four consecutive hours unless:
17.1(1) the decoys are in waters adjacent to completely surrounded by private land under
17.2the control of the hunter; and and there is no public access to the water.
17.3(2) there is not natural vegetation growing in water sufficient to partially conceal
17.4a hunter.

17.5    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.931, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.6    Subdivision 1. Restrictions. A person may not tend a trap set for wild animals
17.7between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. a person on foot
17.8may use a portable artificial light to tend traps. While using a light in the field, the person
17.9may not possess or use a firearm other than a handgun or rifle capable of firing only
17.10rimfire cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber including .22 magnum.

17.11    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.315, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.12    Subdivision 1. Lines. An angler may not use more than one line except two lines
17.13may be used to take fish:
17.14(1) two lines may be used to take fish through the ice; and through the ice; or
17.15(2) the commissioner may, by rule, authorize the use of two lines in areas designated
17.16by the commissioner in Lake Superior if the angler purchases a second line endorsement
17.17for $10.

17.18    Sec. 41. [97C.346] PROHIBITION ON RETURNING CERTAIN NETTED
17.19ROUGH FISH TO WATERS.
17.20A person may not release carp or buffalo taken by netting back into the water.

17.21    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.355, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.22    Subd. 2. License required. A person may not leave a dark house or, fish house, or
17.23shelter unattended on the ice at any time between midnight and one hour before sunrise
17.24unless the house or shelter is licensed and has a the license tag attached to the exterior in a
17.25readily visible location, except as provided in this subdivision. The commissioner must
17.26issue a tag with a dark house or, fish house, or shelter license, marked with a number to
17.27correspond with the license and the year of issue. A dark house or, fish house, or shelter
17.28license is not required of a resident on boundary waters where the adjacent state does not
17.29charge a fee for the same activity.

17.30    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.371, is amended by adding a
17.31subdivision to read:
17.32    Subd. 5. Nonresidents. Nonresidents may spear from a fish house or dark house.

18.1    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.385, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.2    Subd. 2. Summer Angling limits must be same as and spearing limits. (a) If the
18.3commissioner reduces the limit of a species of game fish taken by spearing in any waters
18.4under section 97A.045, subdivision 2, the commissioner must reduce the limit for taking
18.5of the species by angling in the waters during the following open season for angling.
18.6(b) The commissioner shall not limit the size of a northern pike allowed to be taken
18.7by spear.

18.8    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.9    Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by
18.10angling are as follows:
18.11    (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and
18.12smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend
18.13to the last Sunday in February;
18.14    (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
18.15    (3) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes located outside or partially within
18.16the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 15 to March 31;
18.17    (4) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes located entirely within the
18.18Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 1 to March 31;
18.19(5) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to
18.20October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section
18.2197C.415, subdivision 2 ;
18.22    (5) (6) for the winter season for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake
18.23on all lakes, from January 15 to March 31; and
18.24    (6) (7) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
18.25    (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are
18.26spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.

18.27    Sec. 46. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 2, section 25, the effective date, is amended to
18.28read:
18.29EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to paragraph (a) are effective March 1,
18.302009 2010.
18.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively from March 1, 2009.

18.32    Sec. 47. ELK MANAGEMENT PLAN.
19.1(a) Within 90 days of the effective date of this section, the commissioner of natural
19.2resources shall:
19.3(1) develop an elk management plan consistent with the requirements under
19.4Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.516;
19.5(2) present the elk management plan to the Kittson, Marshall, and Roseau County
19.6Boards; and
19.7(3) begin implementing the plan.
19.8(b) If the commissioner fails to meet all the requirements in paragraph (a), the
19.9commissioner shall establish an open season for elk in Kittson, Marsha1l, and Roseau
19.10Counties to begin in 2009 and continue until the elk population reaches 30 or less in
19.11Marshall County and 30 or less in Kittson County.
19.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

19.13    Sec. 48. RULEMAKING.
19.14(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt or amend rules to establish
19.15minimum size limits for muskellunge on inland waters consistent with the provisions
19.16of this section. The commissioner must:
19.17(1) establish a 48-inch statewide minimum size restriction for muskellunge and
19.18muskellunge-northern pike hybrids in inland waters, except for the lakes listed in clause
19.19(2) that are managed specifically for muskellunge-northern pike hybrids in Carver, Dakota,
19.20Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties; and
19.21(2) establish a 40-inch minimum size restriction for muskellunge-northern pike
19.22hybrids in the following lakes in Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
19.23Washington Counties:

19.24		LAKE	COUNTY
19.25		Bryant	Hennepin
19.26		Bush	Hennepin
19.27		Calhoun	Hennepin
19.28		Cedar	Hennepin
19.29		Cedar	Scott
19.30		Clear	Washington
19.31		Crystal	Dakota
19.32		Crystal	Hennepin
19.33		Eagle	Carver
19.34		Elmo	Washington
19.35		Gervais	Ramsey
19.36		Island	Ramsey
19.37		Isles	Hennepin
20.1		Johanna	Ramsey
20.2		Nokomis	Hennepin
20.3		Orchard	Dakota
20.4		Phalen	Ramsey
20.5		Pierson	Carver
20.6		Silver	Ramsey
20.7		Wasserman	Carver
20.8		Weaver	Hennepin

20.9(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes,
20.10section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section
20.1114.386, does not apply except as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

20.12    Sec. 49. LET'S GO FISHING.
20.13$150,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2011 are appropriated
20.14from the game and fish fund to the commissioner of natural resources for grants to Let's
20.15Go Fishing of Minnesota to provide community outreach to senior citizens, youth and
20.16veterans, and for the costs associated with the establishment and recruitment of new
20.17chapters. The grants must be matched with cash or in-kind contributions from nonstate
20.18sources.

20.19    Sec. 50. REPEALER.
20.20Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 97A.525, subdivision 2; 97B.301, subdivisions 7
20.21and 8; and 97C.405, are repealed.


20.24    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0273, is amended to read:
20.2584.0273 ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARY LINES RELATING TO
20.26CERTAIN STATE LANDHOLDINGS.
20.27(a) In order to resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the
20.28state and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the name
20.29of the state upon terms the commissioner deems appropriate, convey, by a boundary line
20.30agreement, quitclaim deed, or management agreement in such form as the attorney general
20.31approves, such rights, titles, and interests of the state in state lands for such rights, titles
20.32and interests in adjacent lands as are necessary for the purpose of establishing boundaries.
20.33A notice of the proposed conveyance and a brief statement of the reason therefor shall be
20.34published once in the State Register by the commissioner between 15 and 30 days prior
21.1to conveyance. The provisions of this section paragraph are not intended to replace or
21.2supersede laws relating to land exchange or disposal of surplus state property.
21.3(b) In order to resolve trespass issues affecting the ownership interests of the state
21.4and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources, in the name of the state,
21.5may sell surplus lands not needed for natural resource purposes at private sale to adjoining
21.6property owners and leaseholders. The conveyance must be by quitclaim in a form
21.7approved by the attorney general for a consideration not less than the value determined
21.8according to section 94.10, subdivision 1.
21.9(c) Paragraph (b) applies to all state-owned lands managed by the commissioner of
21.10natural resources, except school trust land as defined in section 92.025. For acquired lands,
21.11the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding
21.12the offering to public entities, public sale, and related notice and publication requirements
21.13of sections 94.09 to 94.165. For consolidated conservation lands, the commissioner may
21.14sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the classification and
21.15public sale provisions of chapters 84A and 282.

21.16    Sec. 2. [84.0277] CAMP RIPLEY BUFFER EASEMENTS.
21.17    Subdivision 1. Acquisition authorized. The commissioner may acquire, from
21.18willing sellers, perpetual conservation easements on behalf of the state and federal
21.19government consistent with Camp Ripley's Army compatible use buffer project. This
21.20project is geographically defined as a three-mile zone around Camp Ripley in central
21.21Minnesota.
21.22    Subd. 2. Payments; terms. Notwithstanding sections 84.0272, subdivision 1,
21.23and 84.0274, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), the commissioner may make payments to a
21.24landowner under this subdivision to acquire a perpetual conservation easement according
21.25to subdivision 1. The onetime payment may be based on the following:
21.26(1) if the easement prohibits the construction of any new buildings or permanent
21.27structures upon the land, the commissioner may pay 60 percent of the most recent assessed
21.28market value of the land as determined by the county assessor of the county in which the
21.29land is located; or
21.30(2) if the easement prohibits the construction of any new buildings or permanent
21.31structures upon the land and grants the public the right to access the land for natural
21.32resource-based outdoor recreation, the commissioner may pay 70 percent of the most
21.33recent assessed market value of the land as determined by the county assessor of the
21.34county in which the land is located.

21.35    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
22.1    Subd. 13. Arrowhead Region Trails, in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine, Carlton,
22.2Koochiching, and Itasca Counties. (a)(1) The Taconite Trail shall originate at Ely in St.
22.3Louis County and extend southwesterly to Tower in St. Louis County, thence westerly to
22.4McCarthy Beach State Park in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly to Grand Rapids in
22.5Itasca County and there terminate;
22.6(2) The Northshore C. J. Ramstad Memorial Trail shall originate in Duluth in
22.7St. Louis County and extend northeasterly to Two Harbors in Lake County, thence
22.8northeasterly to Grand Marais in Cook County, thence northeasterly to the international
22.9boundary in the vicinity of the north shore of Lake Superior, and there terminate;
22.10(3) The Grand Marais to International Falls Trail shall originate in Grand Marais
22.11in Cook County and extend northwesterly, outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area,
22.12to Ely in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly along the route of the Taconite Trail to
22.13Tower in St. Louis County, thence northwesterly through the Pelican Lake area in St.
22.14Louis County to International Falls in Koochiching County, and there terminate.
22.15(b) The trails shall be developed primarily for riding and hiking.
22.16(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands
22.17for the Arrowhead Region trails may be acquired by eminent domain. Before acquiring
22.18any land or interest in land by eminent domain the commissioner of administration shall
22.19obtain the approval of the governor. The governor shall consult with the Legislative
22.20Advisory Commission before granting approval. Recommendations of the Legislative
22.21Advisory Commission shall be advisory only. Failure or refusal of the commission to
22.22make a recommendation shall be deemed a negative recommendation.

22.23    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 282.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.24    Subdivision 1. Timber sales; land leases and uses. (a) The county auditor may
22.25sell timber upon any tract that may be approved by the natural resources commissioner.
22.26The sale of timber shall be made for cash at not less than the appraised value determined
22.27by the county board to the highest bidder after not less than one week's published notice
22.28in an official paper within the county. Any timber offered at the public sale and not sold
22.29may thereafter be sold at private sale by the county auditor at not less than the appraised
22.30value thereof, until the time as the county board may withdraw the timber from sale. The
22.31appraised value of the timber and the forestry practices to be followed in the cutting of
22.32said timber shall be approved by the commissioner of natural resources.
22.33    (b) Payment of the full sale price of all timber sold on tax-forfeited lands shall be
22.34made in cash at the time of the timber sale, except in the case of oral or sealed bid auction
22.35sales, the down payment shall be no less than 15 percent of the appraised value, and the
23.1balance shall be paid prior to entry. In the case of auction sales that are partitioned and
23.2sold as a single sale with predetermined cutting blocks, the down payment shall be no less
23.3than 15 percent of the appraised price of the entire timber sale which may be held until the
23.4satisfactory completion of the sale or applied in whole or in part to the final cutting block.
23.5The value of each separate block must be paid in full before any cutting may begin in that
23.6block. With the permission of the county contract administrator the purchaser may enter
23.7unpaid blocks and cut necessary timber incidental to developing logging roads as may
23.8be needed to log other blocks provided that no timber may be removed from an unpaid
23.9block until separately scaled and paid for. If payment is provided as specified in this
23.10paragraph as security under paragraph (a) and no cutting has taken place on the contract,
23.11the county auditor may credit the security provided, less any down payment required for
23.12an auction sale under this paragraph, to any other contract issued to the contract holder
23.13by the county under this chapter to which the contract holder requests in writing that it
23.14be credited, provided the request and transfer is made within the same calendar year as
23.15the security was received.
23.16    (c) The county board may sell any timber, including biomass, as appraised or scaled.
23.17Any parcels of land from which timber is to be sold by scale of cut products shall be so
23.18designated in the published notice of sale under paragraph (a), in which case the notice
23.19shall contain a description of the parcels, a statement of the estimated quantity of each
23.20species of timber, and the appraised price of each species of timber for 1,000 feet, per cord
23.21or per piece, as the case may be. In those cases any bids offered over and above the
23.22appraised prices shall be by percentage, the percent bid to be added to the appraised price
23.23of each of the different species of timber advertised on the land. The purchaser of timber
23.24from the parcels shall pay in cash at the time of sale at the rate bid for all of the timber
23.25shown in the notice of sale as estimated to be standing on the land, and in addition shall
23.26pay at the same rate for any additional amounts which the final scale shows to have been
23.27cut or was available for cutting on the land at the time of sale under the terms of the sale.
23.28Where the final scale of cut products shows that less timber was cut or was available
23.29for cutting under terms of the sale than was originally paid for, the excess payment
23.30shall be refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the purchaser, to be
23.31audited and allowed by the county board as in case of other claims against the county. No
23.32timber, except hardwood pulpwood, may be removed from the parcels of land or other
23.33designated landings until scaled by a person or persons designated by the county board
23.34and approved by the commissioner of natural resources. Landings other than the parcel
23.35of land from which timber is cut may be designated for scaling by the county board by
23.36written agreement with the purchaser of the timber. The county board may, by written
24.1agreement with the purchaser and with a consumer designated by the purchaser when the
24.2timber is sold by the county auditor, and with the approval of the commissioner of natural
24.3resources, accept the consumer's scale of cut products delivered at the consumer's landing.
24.4No timber shall be removed until fully paid for in cash. Small amounts of timber not
24.5exceeding $3,000 in appraised valuation may be sold for not less than the full appraised
24.6value at private sale to individual persons without first publishing notice of sale or calling
24.7for bids, provided that in case of a sale involving a total appraised value of more than $200
24.8the sale shall be made subject to final settlement on the basis of a scale of cut products in
24.9the manner above provided and not more than two of the sales, directly or indirectly to any
24.10individual shall be in effect at one time.
24.11    (d) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land
24.12to individuals, corporations or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private sale,
24.13and at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for use as cottage
24.14and camp sites and for agricultural purposes and for the purpose of taking and removing of
24.15hay, stumpage, sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, and black dirt from the land, and for garden
24.16sites and other temporary uses provided that no leases shall be for a period to exceed ten
24.17years; provided, further that any leases involving a consideration of more than $12,000 per
24.18year, except to an organized subdivision of the state shall first be offered at public sale in
24.19the manner provided herein for sale of timber. Upon the sale of any leased land, it shall
24.20remain subject to the lease for not to exceed one year from the beginning of the term of the
24.21lease. Any rent paid by the lessee for the portion of the term cut off by the cancellation
24.22shall be refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the lessee, to be
24.23audited and allowed by the county board as in case of other claims against the county.
24.24    (e) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land
24.25to individuals, corporations, or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private sale,
24.26at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for the purpose
24.27of taking and removing for use for road construction and other purposes tax-forfeited
24.28stockpiled iron-bearing material. The county auditor must determine that the material is
24.29needed and suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of a road, tailings basin,
24.30settling basin, dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and
24.31that the use would be in the best interests of the public. No lease shall exceed ten years.
24.32The use of a stockpile for these purposes must first be approved by the commissioner of
24.33natural resources. The request shall be deemed approved unless the requesting county
24.34is notified to the contrary by the commissioner of natural resources within six months
24.35after receipt of a request for approval for use of a stockpile. Once use of a stockpile has
25.1been approved, the county may continue to lease it for these purposes until approval is
25.2withdrawn by the commissioner of natural resources.
25.3    (f) The county auditor, with the approval of the county board is authorized to grant
25.4permits, licenses, and leases to tax-forfeited lands for the depositing of stripping, lean ores,
25.5tailings, or waste products from mines or ore milling plants, or to use for facilities needed
25.6to recover iron-bearing oxides from tailings basins or stockpiles, or for a buffer area needed
25.7for a mining operation, upon the conditions and for the consideration and for the period
25.8of time, not exceeding 15 25 years, as the county board may determine. The permits,
25.9licenses, or leases are subject to approval by the commissioner of natural resources.
25.10    (g) Any person who removes any timber from tax-forfeited land before said
25.11timber has been scaled and fully paid for as provided in this subdivision is guilty of a
25.12misdemeanor.
25.13    (h) The county auditor may, with the approval of the county board, and without first
25.14offering at public sale, grant leases, for a term not exceeding 25 years, for the removal
25.15of peat and for the production or removal of farm-grown closed-loop biomass as defined
25.16in section 216B.2424, subdivision 1, or short-rotation woody crops from tax-forfeited
25.17lands upon the terms and conditions as the county board may prescribe. Any lease for
25.18the removal of peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops
25.19from tax-forfeited lands must first be reviewed and approved by the commissioner of
25.20natural resources if the lease covers 320 or more acres. No lease for the removal of
25.21peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops shall be made by
25.22the county auditor pursuant to this section without first holding a public hearing on the
25.23auditor's intention to lease. One printed notice in a legal newspaper in the county at least
25.24ten days before the hearing, and posted notice in the courthouse at least 20 days before
25.25the hearing shall be given of the hearing.
25.26    (i) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (c) to the contrary, the St. Louis
25.27County auditor may, at the discretion of the county board, sell timber to the party who
25.28bids the highest price for all the several kinds of timber, as provided for sales by the
25.29commissioner of natural resources under section 90.14. Bids offered over and above the
25.30appraised price need not be applied proportionately to the appraised price of each of
25.31the different species of timber.
25.32    (j) In lieu of any payment or deposit required in paragraph (b), as directed by the
25.33county board and under terms set by the county board, the county auditor may accept an
25.34irrevocable bank letter of credit in the amount equal to the amount otherwise determined
25.35in paragraph (b). If an irrevocable bank letter of credit is provided under this paragraph,
25.36at the written request of the purchaser, the county may periodically allow the bank letter
26.1of credit to be reduced by an amount proportionate to the value of timber that has been
26.2harvested and for which the county has received payment. The remaining amount of
26.3the bank letter of credit after a reduction under this paragraph must not be less than 20
26.4percent of the value of the timber purchased. If an irrevocable bank letter of credit or
26.5cash deposit is provided for the down payment required in paragraph (b), and no cutting
26.6of timber has taken place on the contract for which a letter of credit has been provided,
26.7the county may allow the transfer of the letter of credit to any other contract issued to the
26.8contract holder by the county under this chapter to which the contract holder requests in
26.9writing that it be credited.

26.10    Sec. 5. Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
26.11    Subd. 3. Acquisition and management. The commissioner of natural resources is
26.12authorized to acquire by gift, lease, or purchase the lands for the Iron Range off-highway
26.13vehicle recreation area. Any lease with local government units shall be for at least ten
26.14years and may be paid up front at the request of either party. The commissioner shall
26.15manage the unit as a state recreation area as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section
26.1686A.05, subdivision 3 . The commissioner or the commissioner's designee in the trails and
26.17waterways division of the department of natural resources shall develop and manage the
26.18area for off-highway vehicle recreational use.

26.19    Sec. 6. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.20    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 38.] Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The
26.21following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
26.22    (1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the
26.23Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
26.24    (2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the
26.25Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
26.26    (3) that part of Government Lot 6 and, that part of Government Lot 7, and that part
26.27of Government Lot 8 of Section 6, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of
26.28Government Lot 1 and that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North,
26.29Range 40 West, Murray County, Minnesota, described as follows:
26.30    Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 6; thence on a bearing based
26.31on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 Adjustment), of South 00 degrees
26.3222 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 17 minutes 23 seconds East 1247.75 feet along the
26.33east line of said Section 6; thence North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39
26.34South 88 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds West 1942.74 feet; thence South 03 degrees 33
26.35minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of Block 5 of FORMAN
27.1ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County
27.2Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds West 525.30 feet along
27.3the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the Private Roadway of
27.4FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private Roadway and the POINT
27.5OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 796.30 feet along
27.6the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and an existing
27.71/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds West 100.06
27.8feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and
27.9an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West
27.10279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line;
27.11thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly line
27.12of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR
27.13LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West 470.40
27.14feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 feet to
27.15a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR
27.16MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east line of
27.17Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT 1, OF
27.18SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record
27.19in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees 28
27.20minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line of said Lot A to the northerly most
27.21corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to the record plat thereof on file and of
27.22record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and an existing steel fence post; thence
27.23South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly line of
27.24said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON ACRES to
27.25an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of Lot 32
27.26and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 degrees
27.2733 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31A to an
27.28existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner thereof and
27.29the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 degrees 53
27.30minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 and along
27.31the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch
27.32inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and the most
27.33northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS HUDSON ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23
27.34minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along
27.35the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch
27.36inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 24 and the most
28.1northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes
28.253 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 23 and along the
28.3northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside
28.4diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 21 and the most northerly
28.5corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds
28.6East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 and along the northeasterly
28.7line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside
28.8diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 and the most northerly
28.9corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds
28.10East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and along the northeasterly
28.11line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron
28.12pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the northwest corner of Lot 10
28.13of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds East 224.90 feet
28.14along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON
28.15ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner
28.16of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON ACRES; thence North 84
28.17degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north line of said Lot 7 and
28.18along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch
28.19inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of HUDSON ACRES;
28.20thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential curve concave to the
28.21north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 minutes 58 seconds 42
28.22minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12
28.23seconds East; thence continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described
28.24curve concave to the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42
28.25minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47
28.26seconds West and a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not
28.27tangent to said curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40
28.28seconds West 201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds
28.29West 196.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West
28.30530.34 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01
28.31feet to a DNR MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet to
28.32a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 30 seconds West 226.66 feet to a
28.33DNR MON; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR
28.34MON; thence North 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON;
28.35thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 58 57 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON;
28.36thence North 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence
29.1North 76 degrees 04 minutes 53 52 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence
29.2North 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North
29.364 degrees 28 minutes 25 26 seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82
29.4degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees
29.545 minutes 07 seconds East 26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.

29.6    Sec. 7. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.7    Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The
29.8following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range
29.919 West, Carlton County:
29.10    (1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
29.11of Section 28;
29.12    (2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
29.13of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the
29.14centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a
29.15100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
29.16    (3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
29.17of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the
29.18centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a
29.19road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County
29.20Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at
29.21the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
29.22    (4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 2 of Section 28, which lies northerly
29.23of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast
29.24Quarter of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of
29.25the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
29.26    (5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
29.27Quarter of Section 28;
29.28    (6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except
29.29the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
29.30    (7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28,
29.31described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the
29.32Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north
29.33line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east
29.34line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual
29.35point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along
30.1the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to
30.2the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
30.3thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North
30.4One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way
30.5of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate
30.6Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast,
30.7having a radius of 1,0 54.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and
30.8a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees
30.944 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35
30.10a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73;
30.11thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on
30.12a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1, 984.88 feet, a central
30.13angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39
30.14minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of
30.15the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of
30.161, 305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

30.17    Sec. 8. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
30.18    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 18.] Fort Snelling State Park, Ramsey, Hennepin
30.19and Dakota Counties. The following area is added to Fort Snelling State Park, Hennepin
30.20County: that part of Section 20, Township 29 North, Range 23 West, described as follows:
30.21From monument number 2, located on the westerly extension of the south boundary
30.22of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines; thence South 89 degrees 52
30.23minutes 00 seconds East along said south boundary of the Bureau of Mines, 478.97 feet to
30.24reference point 1 on the easterly right-of-line of Trunk Highway No. 55 and the point of
30.25beginning; thence South 48 degrees 48 minutes 53 seconds East, 458.74 feet along the
30.26easterly right-of-way line of said Trunk Highway No. 55; thence North 23 degrees 48
30.27minutes 00 seconds East, 329.00 feet to the south boundary of the Bureau of Mines; thence
30.28North 89 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds West, 478.07 feet along said south boundary of
30.29the Bureau of Mines to the point of beginning.
30.30    Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 42.] Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Mille Lacs County.
30.31The following areas are added to Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Mille Lacs County:
30.32(1) Government Lot 4 of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; all
30.33in Section 25, Township 42, Range 27, less a tract to highway described as follows:
30.34Commencing at a point approximately 270.0 feet East of the southwest corner of
30.35Government Lot 4, Section 25, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, Engineers Station
31.171+00; thence North 26 degrees 56 minutes West to the west line of Section 25 at
31.2Engineers Station 77+07.4 a distance of 607.4 feet and there terminating. The above
31.3describes the center line of an 82.5-foot right-of-way for the reconstruction of County
31.4State-Aid Highway No. 26 and contains 0.23 acres in addition to the present 66-foot
31.5right-of-way, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota;
31.6(2) Government Lot 5, Section 25, Township 42, Range 27;
31.7(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 42 North, Range 27
31.8West, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, EXCEPT that part of Government Lot 1, Section
31.926, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, described as
31.10follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said Government Lot 1; thence North 89
31.11degrees 09 minutes 54 seconds West, bearing based on Mille Lacs County Coordinate
31.12System, along the north line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 665.82 feet to a
31.133/4 inch iron rod with survey cap stamped "MN DNR LS 16098" (DNR monument);
31.14thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 241.73 feet to a DNR
31.15monument; thence continuing South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of
31.1642.18 feet to a P.K. nail in the centerline of County Road 26; thence southeasterly along
31.17the centerline of County Road 26 a distance of 860 feet, more or less, to the east line of
31.18said Government Lot 1; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 38 seconds East along the
31.19east line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 763 feet, more or less, to the point of
31.20beginning, containing 6.6 acres, more or less. AND EXCEPT, that part of Government
31.21Lot 1, Section 26, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, described as follows: Commencing
31.22at a point where the west line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section
31.2325, Township 42, Range 27, intersects the meander line of lake commonly known and
31.24designated as "Warren Lake"; thence North along the west line of said forty a distance
31.25of 20 rods; thence West at right angles to the meander line of said Warren Lake; thence
31.26in a southeasterly direction to the point of beginning; and
31.27(4) Government Lot 2, Section 26, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, Mille Lacs
31.28County, Minnesota.

31.29    Sec. 9. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
31.30    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 21.] Lake Bemidji State Park, Beltrami County.
31.31The following area is deleted from Lake Bemidji State Park, all in Beltrami County: that
31.32part of Government Lot 5, Section 24, Township 147 North, Range 33 West, Beltrami
31.33County, Minnesota described as follows: Commencing at the most easterly corner of Lot
31.342, Block 1, Shady Cove, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence northeasterly
31.35along the northeasterly extension of the line between Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 in said plat,
32.1a distance of 66.00 feet, to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence
32.2continuing along last described course a distance of 150.00 feet; thence deflecting to the
32.3left 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 607.70 feet; thence westerly along a
32.4line perpendicular to the westerly boundary of said Government Lot 5 to the west line of
32.5said Government Lot 5; thence South along the westerly boundary of said Government
32.6Lot 5 to intersect a line 66.00 feet northeasterly of, as measured at a right angle to and
32.7parallel with the northeasterly line of Block 1, said Shady Cove; thence southeasterly
32.8along said parallel line to the point of beginning.
32.9    Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 24a.] Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County.
32.10The following areas are deleted from Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County:
32.11(1) beginning at a point 200 feet West from the southeast corner of Lot 2, Section 26,
32.12Township 106 North, Range 5 West; thence West on lot line between Lots 2 and 3, 380
32.13feet; thence North 58 degrees East, 320 feet; thence South 32 degrees East, 205 feet to
32.14place of beginning, containing 85/100 of an acre, more or less, Winona County, Minnesota;
32.15(2) commencing at a point 200 feet West from the northeast corner of Lot 3, Section
32.1626, Township 106 North, Range 5 West; thence South 33 degrees East 300 feet; thence
32.17South 58 degrees West 290 feet; thence North 32 degrees West, 490 feet to the lot line
32.18between Lots 2 and 3; thence East 350 feet to the place of beginning, containing 3 acres,
32.19more or less, Winona County, Minnesota;
32.20(3) that part of the recorded plat of East Richmond, Winona County, Minnesota,
32.21lying within Section 27, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, that lies northwesterly of the
32.22southeasterly line of Jefferson Street, as dedicated in said plat and that lies southwesterly
32.23of the southwesterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61;
32.24(4) Lots 7 and 8, Block B, of Fern Glen Acres, the same being located upon and
32.25forming a part of Government Lot 1, Section 35; Lot 9 in Block B of Fern Glen Acres,
32.26township of Richmond, according to the recorded plat thereof; beginning at the southeast
32.27corner of Lot 9, Block B, Fern Glen Acres, South 33 degrees East 140 feet; thence South
32.2870 degrees West 208 feet; thence North 33 degrees West 140 feet to the southwest line of
32.29Lot 9, Block B, Fern Glen Acres; thence North 57 degrees East on the southwest line of
32.30Lot 9, Block B, Fern Glen Acres, to place of beginning, all in Government Lot 1, Section
32.3135, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, containing 3/4 acre more or less;
32.32(5) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 106, Range 5, Winona
32.33County, Minnesota, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:
32.34Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 9 of Block "B" of the Plat of Fern Glen Acres;
32.35thence in a northeasterly direction and along the southerly line of said Lot 9 for a distance
32.36of 36.0 feet; thence deflect to the right 90 degrees 00 minutes, for a distance of 107.81 feet
33.1to an iron pipe which marks the point of beginning; thence continue in a southeasterly
33.2direction along the last described course for a distance of 73.78 feet; thence deflect to
33.3the left 9 degrees 04 minutes, for a distance of 32.62 feet; thence deflect to the right 90
33.4degrees 00 minutes, for a distance of 73.23 feet; thence deflect to the right 89 degrees 20
33.5minutes, for a distance of 104.04 feet; thence deflect to the right 9 degrees 44 minutes, for
33.6a distance of 35.00 feet; thence deflect to the right 90 degrees 00 minutes, for a distance of
33.764.75 feet; thence deflect to the right on a curve (Delta angle 90 degrees 00 minutes, radius
33.820.00 minutes) for an arc distance of 31.42 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
33.9(6) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 106, Range 5, Winona
33.10County, Minnesota, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows:
33.11Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 9 of Block "B" of Fern Glen Acres; thence in
33.12a northeasterly direction along the southerly line of said Lot 9, a distance of 56.00 feet;
33.13thence at a deflection angle to the right of 90 degrees 00 minutes a distance of 180.00 feet
33.14to an iron pipe monument which marks the point of beginning; thence at a deflection angle
33.15to the left of 80 degrees 56 minutes 00 seconds a distance of 113.20 feet to the southerly
33.16right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence at a deflection angle to the right of 84
33.17degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds and southeasterly along the southerly right-of-way line of
33.18said U.S. Highway No. 61 a distance of 147.73 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the
33.19right of 87 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 193.87 feet; thence at a deflection
33.20angle to the right of 88 degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 132.18 feet; thence at
33.21a deflection angle to the right of 90 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds a distance of 93.23
33.22feet; thence at a deflection angle to the left of 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds a distance
33.23of 30.35 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
33.24(7) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West,
33.25Winona County, Minnesota, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows:
33.26Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 9 of Block "B" of the Plat of Fern Glen
33.27Acres; thence in a northeasterly direction along the southerly line of said Lot 9 a distance
33.28of 56.00 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the right of 90 degrees 00 minutes a distance
33.29of 180.00 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the left of 9 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds a
33.30distance of 164.29 feet to an iron pipe monument which marks the point of beginning;
33.31thence at a deflection angle to the left of 89 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds a distance
33.32of 102.19 feet to the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence at a
33.33deflection angle to the right of 92 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds and southeasterly along
33.34the southerly right-of-way line of said U.S. highway a distance of 85.10 feet; thence at a
33.35deflection angle to the right of 87 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 187.89 feet;
33.36thence at a deflection angle to the right of 88 degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds a distance of
34.185.02 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the right of 91 degrees 14 minutes 30 seconds a
34.2distance of 91.68 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
34.3(8) that part of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 35, Township 106, Range 5,
34.4Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of
34.5Lot 8 of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North 57 degrees
34.6East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66 feet to an iron
34.7pipe in place; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron pipe and the
34.8point of beginning; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 107.35 feet to
34.9an iron pipe; thence continuing South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 12.11
34.10feet; thence South 40 degrees 29 minutes 30 seconds East 100.7 feet; thence North 48
34.11degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 17.83 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing North
34.1248 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 111.83 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing
34.13North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 70.61 feet to an iron pipe at a point on the
34.14southerly boundary line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence along
34.15said southerly boundary line a chord distance of 100.7 feet on a bearing North 40 degrees
34.1629 minutes 30 seconds West to an iron pipe; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30
34.17seconds West 80.54 feet to the point of beginning;
34.18(9) that part of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5
34.19West, Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest
34.20corner of Lot 8 of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North
34.2157 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66
34.22feet to an iron pipe in place; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron
34.23pipe; thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 101.05 feet to an iron pipe being
34.24the point of beginning; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 111.83 feet to
34.25an iron pipe; thence continuing South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 17.56 feet;
34.26thence South 41 degrees 53 minutes East 192.4 feet; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes
34.2730 seconds East 94.05 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing North 48 degrees 30 minutes
34.2830 seconds East 105.95 feet to an iron pipe at a point on the southerly boundary line of
34.29U.S. Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence along said southerly boundary line a chord
34.30distance of 192.4 feet on a bearing of North 41 degrees 53 minutes West to an iron pipe;
34.31thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 70.61 feet to the point of beginning;
34.32(10) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West,
34.33Winona County, Minnesota described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of
34.34Lot 8 of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North 57 degrees
34.35East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66 feet to an
34.36iron pipe in place; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet; thence South 46
35.1degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 371.05 feet to an iron pipe, the point of beginning;
35.2thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 52.45 feet to an iron pipe at a point
35.3on the southerly boundary line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence
35.4along said southerly boundary line a chord distance of 76.80 feet on a bearing of North
35.543 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West to an iron pipe; thence South 48 degrees 30
35.6minutes 30 seconds West 105.95 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing South 48 degrees
35.730 minutes 30 seconds West 94.05 feet; thence South 43 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds
35.8East 76.80 feet; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 55.93 feet to an iron
35.9pipe; thence continuing North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 91.62 feet to the
35.10point of beginning;
35.11(11) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West,
35.12Winona County, Minnesota described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of
35.13Lot 8 of the Plat of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North
35.1457 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66
35.15feet to an iron pipe; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron pipe;
35.16thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 371.05 feet to an iron pipe which is
35.17the point of beginning; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West and along the
35.18south line of the property heretofore conveyed by Deed in Book 237 of Deeds on Page
35.19693, for a distance of 147.55 feet; thence South 44 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds East
35.20127.91 feet; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East and along the northerly
35.21line of the property heretofore conveyed by Deed to Vincent Zanon in Book 252 of Deeds
35.22on page 663, for a distance of 200 feet, more or less, to the southerly right-of-way line of
35.23U.S. Highway No. 61; thence North 44 degrees 38 minutes 48 seconds West and along
35.24said southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61 for a distance of 111.94 feet to an
35.25iron pipe in place at the southeast corner of the property heretofore conveyed by Deed in
35.26Book 237 of Deeds on page 693; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West
35.2752.45 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
35.28(12) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5
35.29West, Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest
35.30corner of Lot 8 of the Plat of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet;
35.31thence North 57 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds
35.32East 217.66 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to
35.33an iron pipe; thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 371.05 feet to an iron
35.34pipe; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West and along the south line of the
35.35property heretofore conveyed by Deed in Book 237 of Deeds on page 693, for a distance
35.36of 147.55 feet; thence South 44 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds East 127.91 feet to the
36.1point of beginning; thence continuing South 44 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds East 112
36.2feet; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East and along the north line of the
36.3property heretofore conveyed by Deed in Book 240 of Deeds on page 367, for a distance
36.4of 200 feet to the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence North 44
36.5degrees 38 minutes 48 seconds West and along the said southerly right-of-way line of
36.6U.S. Highway No. 61 for a distance of 112 feet; thence South 43 degrees 53 minutes 30
36.7seconds West for a distance of 200 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
36.8(13) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West,
36.9Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner
36.10of Lot 8, Block "B" of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence
36.11North 57 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East
36.12217.66 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron
36.13pipe; thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 599.10 feet to an iron pipe, the
36.14point of beginning; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 46.54 feet to a
36.15point on the southerly boundary line of Trunk Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence along
36.16said southerly boundary line a chord distance of 73.05 feet, bearing South 46 degrees 00
36.17minutes East; thence continuing along said southerly boundary line South 43 degrees 33
36.18minutes West 10.0 feet; thence continuing along said southerly boundary line a chord
36.19distance of 28.50 feet bearing South 46 degrees 30 minutes East; thence South 45 degrees
36.2000 minutes West 41.95 feet to an iron pipe in place; thence South 33 degrees 32 minutes
36.21West 255.0 feet; thence North 43 degrees 30 minutes 22 seconds West 146.84 feet; thence
36.22North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 184.1 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 43
36.23degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 65.9 feet to the point of beginning.

36.24    Sec. 10. RUM RIVER WILD AND SCENIC RIVER AREA.
36.25(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall remove the following land within
36.26the Rum River Wild and Scenic River Area in Mille Lacs County from the Minnesota
36.27wild and scenic rivers program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.301 to 103F.345:
36.28the West Half of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 38,
36.29Range 27, and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
36.30said section, township, and range.
36.31(b) The commissioner shall amend Minnesota Rules, chapter 6105, and the
36.32management plan for the area to reflect this change. The commissioner may use the good
36.33cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to
36.34amend rules under this section. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except
36.35as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

37.1    Sec. 11. WIND ENERGY LEASE.
37.2By June 30, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources must enter a 30-year
37.3lease of state land, according to Minnesota Statutes, section 92.502, paragraph (b), with
37.4the Mountain Iron Economic Development Authority for installation of up to four wind
37.5turbines and access roads. The land covered by the lease is located in St. Louis County
37.6and is described as: the South Half of Section 16, Township 59 North, Range 15 West.
37.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

37.8    Sec. 12. VETERANS CEMETERY.
37.9The commissioner of natural resources shall work with the commissioner of
37.10veterans affairs to locate sites throughout the state that would be appropriate for a new
37.11veterans cemetery.

37.12    Sec. 13. LAKE VERMILION EASEMENTS.
37.13By July 30, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall grant easements
37.14across state land administered by the commissioner to private landowners on Bass Bay on
37.15the north shore of Lake Vermilion to access Mud Creek Road (County Highway 408).
37.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

37.17    Sec. 14. SIGNS.
37.18The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt a suitable marking design to
37.19mark the C. J. Ramstad Memorial Trail and shall erect the appropriate signs after the
37.20commissioner has been assured of the availability of funds from nonstate sources sufficient
37.21to pay all costs related to designing, erecting, and maintaining the signs.


37.24    Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 131, article 2, section 38, is amended to read:
37.25    Sec. 38. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND
37.26BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
37.27    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the
37.28commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land
37.29bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
37.30    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
37.31attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
37.32and ensure accuracy. If sold by private sale, the commissioner may only sell the land to a
37.33governmental subdivision of the state. If sold by private sale, the conveyance may be for
38.1less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance
38.2must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the governmental
38.3subdivision fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
38.4    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as
38.5follows, Parcels A and B containing altogether 31.55 acres, more or less:
38.6    (1) Parcel A: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section
38.730, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines:
38.8commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing
38.9of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 399.98 feet on and along the east-west
38.10quarter line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 13
38.11minutes 48 seconds West, 504.57 feet on and along the said east-west quarter line; thence
38.12South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16
38.13line of said Section 30; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds East, 504.44 feet
38.14on and along the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence North 17 degrees 54 minutes
38.1526 seconds East, 1378.11 feet to the point of beginning; and
38.16    (2) Parcel B: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section
38.1730, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines:
38.18commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing
38.19of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 904.55 feet along the east-west quarter
38.20line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26
38.21seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence
38.22North 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds West, 369.30 feet along said south 1/16 line;
38.23thence North 42 degrees 24 minutes 47 seconds West, 248.00 feet; thence North 02
38.24degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East, 488.11 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 19
38.25seconds East, 944.68 feet to a point on the east-west quarter line of said Section 30;
38.26thence South 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds East, 236.03 feet along said east-west
38.27quarter line to the point of beginning.
38.28    (d) The land borders Long Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
38.29land was donated to the state with the understanding that the land would be used as a
38.30wildlife sanctuary. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is
38.31not needed for natural resource purposes.

38.32    Sec. 2. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 34, is amended to read:
38.33    Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN
38.34COUNTY.
38.35    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10 to 94.16, the
38.36commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale shall sell to the city of Wayzata
39.1the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c) upon verification that the city has
39.2acquired the adjacent parcel, currently occupied by a gas station.
39.3    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
39.4attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
39.5ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land described in paragraph (c) to the
39.6city of Wayzata, for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner
39.7no more than $100,000 plus transaction costs, but the conveyance must provide that
39.8the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the a public road and reverts to the state
39.9if the city of Wayzata fails to provide for public use of the land as a road or abandons
39.10the public use of the land.
39.11    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as:
39.12Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
39.13    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
39.14management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of
39.15Wayzata.
39.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

39.17    Sec. 3. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
39.18WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
39.19(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
39.20resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
39.21in paragraph (c).
39.22(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
39.23attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
39.24and ensure accuracy.
39.25(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as:
39.26(1) parts of Government Lot 3, Section 33, and the Southeast Quarter of the
39.27Southwest Quarter, Section 28, all in Township 50 North, Range 23 West, Aitkin County,
39.28Minnesota, described as follows:
39.29Commencing at the north quarter corner of said Section 33; thence South 88 degrees
39.3007 minutes 19 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the northerly line of said
39.31Government Lot 3, a distance of 1020.00 feet to the point of beginning of the tract to
39.32herein be described; thence North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds West 660.00 feet;
39.33thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 19 seconds West 300 feet; thence South 1 degree
39.3452 minutes 41 seconds East 660.00 feet to the northerly line of said Government Lot
39.353; thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 19 seconds West 15.08 feet to the northwest
40.1corner of said Government Lot 3; thence South 1 degree 08 minutes 57 seconds East
40.2326.00 feet, more or less, to the shoreline of Big Sandy Lake Reservoir; thence
40.3easterly along the said shoreline to a point which bears South 1 degree 52 minutes
40.441 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 1 degree 52 minutes 41
40.5seconds West 330.00 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning of the tract to
40.6herein be described and there terminating, containing 3.89 acres, more or less; and
40.7(2) those parts of Government Lot 3, Section 33 and the Southeast Quarter of the
40.8Southwest Quarter, Section 28, all in Township 50 North, Range 23 West, described
40.9as follows:
40.10Commencing at the north quarter corner of said Section 33; thence South 88 degrees
40.1107 minutes 19 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the northerly line of said
40.12Government Lot 3, a distance of 920.00 feet to the point of beginning of the tract
40.13to herein be described; thence North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds West 660.00
40.14feet; thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 19 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence South
40.151 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds East 990.00 feet, more or less, to the shoreline of
40.16Big Sandy Lake Reservoir; thence easterly along the said shoreline to a point which
40.17bears South 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence
40.18North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds West 341.60 feet, more or less, to the point of
40.19beginning of the tract to herein be described and there terminating.
40.20(d) The land borders Big Sandy Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has
40.21determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

40.22    Sec. 4. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.
40.23(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
40.24of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Ham Lake the surplus land
40.25that is described in paragraph (c).
40.26(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
40.27attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
40.28and ensure accuracy.
40.29(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as:
40.30That part of Government Lot 1, Section 20, Township 32 North, Range 23 West,
40.31described as follows: beginning at the quarter corner on the east line of Section
40.3220, thence northerly along the east line of said Section 20, a distance of 1,250
40.33feet; thence westerly and parallel to the east and west quarter line of Section 20, a
40.34distance of 400 feet; thence southerly and parallel to the east line of Section 20, a
40.35distance of 750 feet; thence westerly and parallel to the east and west quarter line
40.36of Section 20, a distance of 750 feet; thence southerly and parallel to the east line
41.1of Section 20, a distance of 500 feet, to the east and west quarter line of Section
41.220; thence easterly along the quarter line a distance of 1,150 feet to the point of
41.3beginning, containing 20 acres, more or less.
41.4(d) The city of Ham Lake currently leases the state land for a hiking trail in
41.5connection with Anoka County's management of adjacent public lands used for a
41.6county park. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
41.7management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of Ham
41.8Lake.

41.9    Sec. 5. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
41.10WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.
41.11(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
41.12resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
41.13in paragraph (c).
41.14(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
41.15attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
41.16and ensure accuracy.
41.17(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as: the
41.18Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 24
41.19West, containing 40 acres, more or less.
41.20(d) The land borders Sand Shore Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands.
41.21The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for
41.22natural resource purposes.

41.23    Sec. 6. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
41.24WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
41.25(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
41.26resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
41.27in paragraph (c).
41.28(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
41.29attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
41.30and ensure accuracy.
41.31(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as:
41.32Government Lot 7, Section 25, Township 149 North, Range 33 West, containing 22 acres,
41.33more or less.
41.34(d) The land borders Bass Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has
41.35determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

42.1    Sec. 7. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
42.2WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
42.3(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
42.4resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
42.5in paragraph (c).
42.6(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
42.7attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
42.8and ensure accuracy.
42.9(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the
42.10West Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 29, Township 147 North, Range 34 West,
42.11containing 80 acres, more or less.
42.12(d) The land borders Grant Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has
42.13determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

42.14    Sec. 8. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
42.15WATER; CASS COUNTY.
42.16(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
42.17resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
42.18in paragraph (c).
42.19(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
42.20attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
42.21and ensure accuracy.
42.22(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 21
42.23of Longwood Point, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the Office
42.24of the County Recorder in and for Cass County, Minnesota, in Section 5, Township 139
42.25North, Range 26 West, containing 3.03 acres, more or less.
42.26(d) The land borders Washburn Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has
42.27determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

42.28    Sec. 9. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
42.29WATER; CASS COUNTY.
42.30(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
42.31resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
42.32in paragraph (c).
42.33(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
42.34attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
42.35and ensure accuracy.
43.1(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
43.2Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 3, Township 141 North, Range 27 West, containing
43.381.15 acres, more or less.
43.4(d) The land borders Mable Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
43.5Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
43.6resource purposes.

43.7    Sec. 10. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
43.8WATER; CASS COUNTY.
43.9(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
43.10resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
43.11in paragraph (c).
43.12(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
43.13attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
43.14and ensure accuracy.
43.15(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: that
43.16part of Government Lot 4, Section 8, Township 140 North, Range 31 West, Cass County,
43.17Minnesota, lying southerly and westerly of the following described lines: Commencing at
43.18the southeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence North 01 degree 39 minutes 59
43.19seconds West on an assumed bearing along the east line of said Government Lot 4 a
43.20distance of 420.54 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 87 degrees 57
43.21minutes 14 seconds West a distance of 481.15 feet; thence southwesterly along a tangential
43.22curve concave to the southeast having a radius of 145.00 feet, a central angle of 69
43.23degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, for a distance of 174.61 feet; thence South 23 degrees 02
43.24minutes 46 seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 255 feet, more or less, to the
43.25centerline of the old County Road; thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly a
43.26distance of 520 feet along said centerline to the point of intersection with the centerline of
43.27County State-Aid Highway No. 6; thence northwesterly a distance of 414.53 feet along
43.28the centerline of said County State-Aid Highway No. 6 to the point of intersection with
43.29the west line of said Government Lot 4 and there terminating. Containing 11.16 acres,
43.30more or less.
43.31(d) The land borders Ten Mile Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has
43.32determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

43.33    Sec. 11. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
44.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
44.2of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
44.3(c).
44.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
44.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
44.6ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe
44.7for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance
44.8must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the band fails
44.9to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The conveyance may
44.10reserve an easement for ingress and egress.
44.11(c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as:
44.12the West 400 feet of the South 750 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 31, Township 145
44.13North, Range 38 West, containing 6.89 acres, more or less.
44.14(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land and building
44.15are no longer needed for natural resource purposes.

44.16    Sec. 12. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
44.17WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
44.18(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
44.19resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
44.20in paragraph (c).
44.21(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
44.22attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
44.23and ensure accuracy.
44.24(c) The land that may be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:
44.25(1) Government Lot 3, Section 9, Township 136 North, Range 28 West, containing
44.2639.25 acres, more or less; and
44.27(2) Government Lot 2, Section 9, Township 136 North, Range 28 West, containing
44.2825.3 acres, more or less.
44.29(d) The land borders Shaffer Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
44.30Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
44.31resource purposes.

44.32    Sec. 13. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
44.33WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
45.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
45.2resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
45.3in paragraph (c).
45.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
45.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
45.6and ensure accuracy.
45.7(c) The land that may be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described
45.8as: the North 1,000 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 25, Township 136 North, Range
45.927 West, excepting that portion which lies North and East of F.A.S #11, containing 32
45.10acres, more or less.
45.11(d) The land borders the Pine River. The Department of Natural Resources has
45.12determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

45.13    Sec. 14. CITY OF EAGAN; AUTHORITY TO EXCHANGE LAND; DAKOTA
45.14COUNTY.
45.15The portion of land conveyed to the city of Eagan under Laws 1995, chapter 159,
45.16now described as Parcel No. 10-30601-090-00, Outlot I, Gopher Eagan Industrial Park 2nd
45.17Addition, may be used for a colocation facility that provides secured space for public and
45.18private Internet and telecommunications network equipment and servers, notwithstanding
45.19the provision that the land reverts to the state if it is not used for public park or open space
45.20purposes. The commissioner of revenue is authorized to issue a state deed that provides
45.21for the land described above to be used for this purpose. The colocation facility must not
45.22be used by the municipality to provide voice, video, or Internet access services to the
45.23residents or businesses located in the city of Eagan. Nothing in this section is intended to
45.24restrict or limit the city of Eagan from communicating with its residents and businesses
45.25regarding governmental information and providing for the delivery of electronic services.

45.26    Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; FILLMORE COUNTY.
45.27(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
45.28of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
45.29(c).
45.30(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
45.31attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
45.32and ensure accuracy.
45.33(c) The land that may be sold is located in Fillmore County and is described as:
45.34That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township
45.35103 North, Range 10 West, described as follows: commencing at the northeast
46.1corner of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence on
46.2an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 22 minutes 48 seconds West, along the
46.3north line of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter, 500.09 feet; thence South
46.433 degrees 21 minutes 11 seconds West, 1,520.38 feet; thence North 00 degrees
46.537 minutes 12 seconds West, 540.85 feet; thence south 89 degrees 22 minutes 48
46.6seconds West, 630.00 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described;
46.7thence North 00 degrees 37 minutes 12 seconds West, 551.74 feet to the center line
46.8of Goodview Drive; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West, along
46.9said center line 77.26 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds West,
46.10along said center line, 162.78 feet; thence South 25 degrees 32 minutes 45 seconds
46.11West, 82.13 feet; thence South 20 degrees 17 minutes 19 seconds West, 169.57
46.12feet; thence South 18 degrees 48 minutes 07 seconds West, 143.54 feet; thence
46.13South 26 degrees 31 minutes 49 seconds West, 211.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees
46.1422 minutes 48 seconds East, 480.75 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the
46.15right-of-way of said Goodview Drive. Containing 4.53 acres, more or less.
46.16(d) The sale would be to the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center for
46.17installation of a geothermal heating system for the center's adjacent educational facilities.
46.18The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for
46.19natural resource purposes.

46.20    Sec. 16. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
46.21WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
46.22(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the
46.23commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of St. Louis Park the
46.24surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
46.25(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
46.26attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
46.27ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of St. Louis Park for less than the
46.28value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide
46.29that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the
46.30city of St. Louis Park fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
46.31(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as:
46.32A strip of land 130 feet wide in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
46.33Section 20, Township 117 North, Range 21 West, the center line of which strip
46.34has its beginning at a point on the west boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the
46.35Northwest Quarter, and 753.8 feet distant from the south boundary line of said
46.36Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and continued thence east on a line
47.1parallel with the south boundary line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
47.2Quarter for a distance of 1,012 feet, containing 3.02 acres, more or less.
47.3(d) The land is adjacent to Minnehaha Creek and adjacent to other lands managed
47.4by the city of St. Louis Park. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that
47.5the state's land management interest would best be served if the land were conveyed to
47.6the city of St. Louis Park.

47.7    Sec. 17. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
47.8WATER; HUBBARD COUNTY.
47.9(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
47.10resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
47.11in paragraph (c).
47.12(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
47.13attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
47.14and ensure accuracy.
47.15(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County and is described as: those
47.16parts of Government Lot 4 and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
47.1716, Township 143 North, Range 34 West, Hubbard County, Minnesota, lying southerly
47.18and easterly of Minnesota Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plat Numbered
47.1929-18 and Minnesota Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plat Numbered 29-2
47.20as the same is on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder for Hubbard
47.21County, Minnesota, and lying westerly of the East 600 feet of said Government Lot 4,
47.22containing 14.6 acres, more or less.
47.23(d) The land borders Lake Paine. The Department of Natural Resources has
47.24determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

47.25    Sec. 18. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
47.26WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
47.27(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
47.28resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
47.29in paragraph (c).
47.30(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
47.31attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
47.32and ensure accuracy.
47.33(c) The land that may be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: Lot
47.3423, Eagle Point Plat, Section 11, Township 59 North, Range 25 West, containing 0.31
47.35acres, more or less.
48.1(d) The land borders Eagle Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
48.2Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
48.3resource purposes.

48.4    Sec. 19. APPORTIONMENT OF PROCEEDS; TAX-FORFEITED LANDS;
48.5ITASCA COUNTY.
48.6Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other
48.7law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited land, Itasca
48.8County may deposit proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited lands into a tax-forfeited
48.9land replacement trust fund created in Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, as
48.10amended by Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 18. The principal and interest from
48.11these proceeds may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the tax-forfeited
48.12lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries or for lands better suited for retention by Itasca
48.13County. Lands purchased with the land replacement fund must:
48.14(1) become subject to a trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they
48.15lie and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and
48.16(2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under
48.17Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2.

48.18    Sec. 20. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
48.19WATER; KITTSON COUNTY.
48.20(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
48.21Kittson County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
48.22paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
48.23(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
48.24general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
48.25(c) The land to be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as: that certain
48.26parcel situate in the Southwest Quarter of Section 10; Township 163 North, Range 48
48.27West, described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of said Southwest Quarter
48.28of said Section 10; thence West along the south boundary line of said Southwest Quarter
48.29a distance of 1,900 feet; thence North and parallel to the east boundary line of said
48.30Southwest Quarter a distance of 1,050 feet; thence East and parallel to the south boundary
48.31line of said Southwest Quarter a distance of 750 feet; thence southeasterly in a straight
48.32line to the point of beginning.

48.33    Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MURRAY COUNTY.
49.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
49.2of natural resources may sell by private sale to the township of Murray the surplus land
49.3that is described in paragraph (c).
49.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and may be
49.5for consideration less than the appraised value of the land. The attorney general may make
49.6necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
49.7(c) The land to be sold is located in Murray County and is described as: that part of
49.8Government Lot 6, that part of Government Lot 7, and that part of Government Lot 8 of
49.9Section 6, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and
49.10that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray
49.11County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the east quarter corner of said
49.12Section 6; thence on a bearing based on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996
49.13Adjustment), of South 00 degrees 17 minutes 23 seconds East 1247.75 feet along the east
49.14line of said Section 6; thence South 88 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds West 1942.74 feet;
49.15thence South 03 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of
49.16Block 5 of FORMAN ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record
49.17in the Murray County Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds
49.18West 525.30 feet along the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the
49.19private roadway of FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said private roadway
49.20and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West
49.21796.30 feet along the southerly line of said private roadway to an angle point on said line
49.22and an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds
49.23West 100.06 feet along the southerly line of said private roadway to an angle point on said
49.24line and an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds
49.25West 279.60 feet along the southerly line of said private roadway to an angle point on said
49.26line; thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly
49.27line of said private roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN
49.28DNR LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West
49.29470.40 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69
49.30feet to a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to
49.31a DNR MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east
49.32line of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOVERNMENT LOT 8, OF SECTION 6 AND LOT
49.33A OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1, OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 107, RANGE 40, according
49.34to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office
49.35and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along
49.36the east line of said Lot A to the northerly most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES,
50.1according to the record plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's
50.2Office and an existing steel fence post; thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds
50.3East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line
50.4of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1-inch inside diameter iron
50.5pipe marking the easterly most corner of Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A
50.6of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet
50.7along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31A to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron
50.8pipe marking the easterly most corner thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of
50.9HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 degrees 53 minute 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along
50.10the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of
50.11HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly
50.12most corner of said Lot 29 and the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSON ACRES;
50.13thence South 45 degrees 23 minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly
50.14line of said Lot 28 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON
50.15ACRES to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most
50.16corner of said Lot 24 and the most northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES;
50.17thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes 53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly
50.18line of said Lot 23 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES
50.19to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said
50.20Lot 21 and the most northerly corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39
50.21degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20
50.22and along the northeasterly line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to
50.23an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said
50.24Lot 14 and the most northerly corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55
50.25degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13
50.26and along the northeasterly line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1
50.271/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the
50.28northwest corner of Lot 10 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes
50.2949 seconds East 224.90 feet along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line
50.30of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe
50.31marking the northeast corner of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON
50.32ACRES; thence North 84 degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north
50.33line of said Lot 7 and along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to
50.34an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1
50.35of HUDSON ACRES; thence southeasterly, easterly, and northerly along a nontangential
50.36curve concave to the North having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42
51.1minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12
51.2seconds East; thence continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described
51.3curve concave to the South having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42
51.4minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47
51.5seconds West and a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not
51.6tangent to said curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40
51.7seconds West 201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds
51.8West 196.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West
51.9530.34 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01
51.10feet to a DNR MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet
51.11to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds West 226.66 feet to a
51.12DNR MON; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR
51.13MON; thence North 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON;
51.14thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence
51.15North 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North
51.1676 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33
51.17degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees
51.1828 minutes 26 seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15
51.19minutes 00 seconds East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes
51.2007 seconds East 26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.
51.21(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
51.22management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the township
51.23of Murray.

51.24    Sec. 22. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
51.25WATER; RED LAKE COUNTY.
51.26(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
51.27and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Red Lake County may
51.28convey to the city of Red Lake Falls for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering
51.29public water that is described in paragraph (c).
51.30(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
51.31that the land reverts to the state if the city of Red Lake Falls fails to provide for the public
51.32use described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. The attorney general
51.33may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
51.34(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Red Lake County and is described as
51.35follows: all that part of Block 5 which lies North of Block 6 and West of a line which
52.1is a projection northerly of the west line of Lot 11 of said Block 6, all in Mill Reserve
52.2Addition, containing approximately 500 feet frontage on the Clearwater River.
52.3(d) The city will use the land to establish a public park.

52.4    Sec. 23. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
52.5WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
52.6(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
52.7resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
52.8in paragraph (c).
52.9(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
52.10attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
52.11and ensure accuracy.
52.12(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
52.13Government Lot 4, Section 36, Township 58 North, Range 16 West, St. Louis County,
52.14Minnesota, EXCEPTING therefrom that part platted as SILVER LAKE SHORES
52.15according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for St. Louis
52.16County, Minnesota, containing 7.88 acres, more or less.
52.17(d) The land borders Silver Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
52.18Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
52.19resource purposes.

52.20    Sec. 24. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
52.21WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
52.22(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
52.23resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
52.24in paragraph (c).
52.25(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
52.26attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
52.27and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may not sell any part of the land described in
52.28paragraph (c) that is being used for airport purposes by the city of Eveleth or is proposed
52.29to be used for airport purposes by the city of Eveleth.
52.30(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
52.31the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 North, Range
52.3217 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, except that part of the North 10 feet thereof lying
52.33East of St. Mary's Lake and also except that part lying East of County State-Aid Highway
52.34132, containing 26.5 acres, more or less.
53.1(d) The land borders St. Mary's Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
53.2Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
53.3resource purposes.

53.4    Sec. 25. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
53.5(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
53.6or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County shall sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
53.7land described in paragraph (c) to the nearest private landowner who has owned proximate
53.8land for at least 70 years.
53.9(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
53.10general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
53.11(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lots 150
53.12and 151, NE NA MIK KA TA, town of Breitung, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range
53.1315 West.
53.14(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
53.15best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

53.16    Sec. 26. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
53.17WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
53.18(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
53.19St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
53.20in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
53.21(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
53.22attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
53.23accuracy. The conveyances must include any easements or deed restrictions specified in
53.24paragraph (c).
53.25(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
53.26(1) the East Half of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter,
53.27Section 5, Township 50 North, Range 14 West. Conveyance of this land must provide,
53.28for no consideration, an easement to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the
53.29centerline of East Branch Chester Creek, to provide riparian protection and angler access;
53.30(2) the East Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter,
53.31Section 5, Township 50 North, Range 14 West. Conveyance of this land must provide,
53.32for no consideration, an easement to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the
53.33centerline of East Branch Chester Creek, to provide riparian protection and angler access;
53.34(3) the West Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter,
53.35Section 5, Township 50 North, Range 14 West. Conveyance of this land must provide,
54.1for no consideration, an easement to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the
54.2centerline of East Branch Chester Creek, to provide riparian protection and angler access;
54.3(4) the West Half of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
54.4and the West Half of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter,
54.5Section 4, Township 51 North, Range 17 West;
54.6(5) all that part or strip lying North of the Savanna River, about 3 to 4 acres of the
54.7Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 51 North, Range 20 West;
54.8(6) Government Lot 1, Section 18, Township 53 North, Range 18 West;
54.9(7) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 34, Township 53 North,
54.10Range 19 West;
54.11(8) Lot 2, Jingwak Beach 1st Addition, town of Cotton, Section 20, Township 54
54.12North, Range 16 West;
54.13(9) Lot 4, Jingwak Beach 1st Addition, town of Cotton, Section 20, Township 54
54.14North, Range 16 West;
54.15(10) Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, 1st Addition to Strand Lake, Section 20, Township 54
54.16North, Range 16 West;
54.17(11) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 1, Township 55 North,
54.18Range 20 East. Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, an easement
54.19to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of East Swan River, to
54.20provide riparian protection and angler access;
54.21(12) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter beginning at the
54.22intersection of the east line of Highway 4 with the north line of the Northeast Quarter of
54.23the Northwest Quarter; thence South 500 feet; thence East 350 feet; thence North 500 feet;
54.24thence West 350 feet to the point of beginning, Section 19, Township 57 North, Range
54.2515 West. Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, an easement to the
54.26state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the unnamed stream, to
54.27provide riparian protection and angler access. Where there is less than 75 feet from the
54.28centerline of the stream channel to the north property line, the easement shall be granted to
54.29the north property line;
54.30(13) the West Half of Lot 1, Section 22, Township 58 North, Range 16 West.
54.31Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, a 33-foot road easement to the
54.32state for access to Black Lake. The conveyance must include a deed restriction prohibiting
54.33buildings, structures, tree cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations across
54.34a 75-foot strip from the ordinary high water mark, except a 15-foot strip is allowed for
54.35lake access and a dock; and
55.1(14) the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the
55.2North Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 32, Township 62 North, Range 18 West.
55.3Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, an easement to the state
55.4that is 105 feet in width on each side of the centerline of Rice River, to provide riparian
55.5protection and angler access.
55.6(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
55.7best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

55.8    Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
55.9WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
55.10(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
55.111, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
55.12shall sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
55.13paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
55.14(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
55.15general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
55.16(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: the
55.17easterly 200 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 21, Township
55.1858 North, Range 15 West, except that part North of the St. Louis River.
55.19(d) The county shall sell the land to the adjoining landowner to remedy an
55.20inadvertent trespass.

55.21    Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
55.22WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
55.23(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
55.241, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
55.25may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
55.26paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
55.27(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
55.28attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
55.29accuracy. The conveyances must include any easements or deed restrictions specified in
55.30paragraph (c).
55.31(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
55.32(1) an undivided 1369/68040 interest, Lot 8, Section 16, Township 50 North, Range
55.3317 West;
55.34(2) an undivided 1470/10080 interest, Lot 5, Section 17, Township 50 North, Range
55.3517 West;
56.1(3) an undivided 23/288 interest, Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section
56.221, Township 50 North, Range 17 West;
56.3(4) an undivided 23/288 interest, Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter,
56.4Section 21, Township 50 North, Range 17 West; and
56.5(5) that part of Lot 7 beginning at a point 530 feet East of the southwest corner;
56.6thence North 30 degrees East 208 feet; thence North 55 degrees East 198 feet; thence 10
56.7feet more or less on the same line to the waters edge; thence South along the waters
56.8edge to the south boundary line of Lot 7; thence 10 feet West; thence West on the same
56.9line 198 feet to the point of beginning, Section 5, Township 62 North, Range 16 West.
56.10The conveyance must include a deed restriction prohibiting buildings, structures, tree
56.11cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations across a 75-foot strip from the
56.12ordinary high water mark.
56.13(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
56.14best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

56.15    Sec. 29. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND
56.16BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
56.17(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
56.18and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may
56.19sell by public or private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
56.20in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
56.21(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
56.22general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
56.23(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 5,
56.24Block 1, Williams Lakeview, town of Great Scott, Section 34, Township 60 North, Range
56.2519 West.
56.26(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
56.27best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

56.28    Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
56.29WATER; SHERBURNE COUNTY.
56.30(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
56.31resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
56.32in paragraph (c).
56.33(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
56.34attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
56.35and ensure accuracy.
57.1(c) The land that may be sold is located in Sherburne County and is described as: the
57.2Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 33 North, Range 27
57.3West, containing 40 acres, more or less.
57.4(d) The land borders Elk River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The
57.5Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
57.6resource purposes.

57.7    Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER;
57.8TODD COUNTY.
57.9(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the
57.10commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is
57.11described in paragraph (c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.135,
57.12subdivision 2a, the surplus land described in paragraph (c) is vacated from the Grey
57.13Eagle Wildlife Management Area upon sale.
57.14(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
57.15attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
57.16and ensure accuracy.
57.17(c) The land that may be sold is located in Todd County and is described as: the
57.18East 50.00 feet of the South 165.00 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 16, Township 127
57.19North, Range 33 West, Todd County, Minnesota, containing 0.19 acres, more or less.
57.20(d) The sale would resolve an unintentional trespass by the adjacent owner. While
57.21Lot 3 of Section 16, Township 127 North, Range 33 West, borders Bunker Lake, the
57.22portion of Lot 3 to be sold does not border public waters. The Department of Natural
57.23Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

57.24    Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON
57.25COUNTY.
57.26(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
57.27of natural resources may sell by private sale to Afton Alps the surplus land that is
57.28described in paragraph (c).
57.29(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and may be
57.30for consideration less than the appraised value of the land. The attorney general may make
57.31necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
57.32(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
57.33(1) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 3,
57.34Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota that lies South of the North 800
57.35feet thereof and North of the following described line: Commencing at a point 800 feet
58.1South of the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence
58.2154 feet East; thence 228 feet East; thence South 430 feet; thence East 930.58 feet; thence
58.3North 430 feet, to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence West to the
58.4point of commencement and said line there terminating; and
58.5(2) that part of the North 208 feet of the South 866 feet of the East 208 feet of
58.6the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 27, Range 20,
58.7Washington County, Minnesota that lies northwesterly of the following described line:
58.8Commencing at the northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of
58.9said Section 3; thence South along the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast
58.10Quarter, a distance of 900 feet; thence easterly, at a right angle, a distance of 660 feet, to
58.11the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence northeasterly to a point on the
58.12east line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter distant 275 feet South of the
58.13northeast corner thereof, and said line there terminating.
58.14(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
58.15management interests would best be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent
58.16landowner.

58.17    Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.
58.18Sections 1 to 32 are effective the day following final enactment.


58.21    Section 1. APPRAISED VOLUME TIMBER SALES; FISCAL YEARS 2010
58.22AND 2011.
58.23(a) During fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the commissioner of natural resources shall
58.24increase the amount of timber products sold from state lands under permits based solely
58.25on the appraiser's estimate of the timber volume described in the permit, as provided in
58.26Minnesota Statutes, section 90.14, paragraph (c).
58.27(b) The commissioner shall evaluate sales of timber under paragraph (a) and other
58.28methods used to sell timber from state lands to identify the method, or combination of
58.29methods, that is most efficient and effective in protecting the fiduciary interest of the
58.30state, including the permanent school fund.
58.31(c) By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the house of representatives
58.32and senate natural resources policy and finance committees and divisions on the findings
58.33of the evaluation process completed under paragraph (b).

58.34    Sec. 2. FOREST MANAGEMENT LEASE PILOT PROJECT.
59.1(a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, the
59.2commissioner of natural resources may on a pilot basis lease state-owned forest lands for
59.3forest management purposes. The lease shall:
59.4(1) require that the lessee comply with timber harvesting and forest management
59.5guidelines developed under Minnesota Statutes, section 89A.05, adopted by the Minnesota
59.6Forest Resources Council, and in effect at the time that the lease is issued; and
59.7(2) provide for public access for hunting, fishing, and motorized and nonmotorized
59.8recreation to the leased land that is the same as would be available under state management.
59.9(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "state-owned forest lands" may include
59.10school trust lands as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.025, or university land
59.11granted to the state by Acts of Congress.
59.12(c) By December 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall provide a
59.13report to the house or representatives and senate natural resources policy and finance
59.14committees and divisions on the pilot project. The report must detail a plan for
59.15implementation of the pilot project with a starting date that is no later than July 1, 2010.
59.16(d) Upon implementation of the pilot project, the commissioner shall provide an
59.17annual report to the house of representatives and senate natural resources policy and
59.18finance committees and divisions on the progress of the project, including the acres leased,
59.19a breakdown of the types of forest land, and amounts harvested by species. The report
59.20shall include a net revenue analysis comparing the lease revenue with the estimated net
59.21revenue that would be obtained through state management and silvicultural practices cost
59.22savings the state realizes through leasing."
59.23Delete the title and insert:
59.25relating to natural resources; modifying refund provisions; modifying
59.26commissioner's authority; modifying publication requirements; modifying
59.27restrictions in migratory feeding and resting areas; providing certain exemptions
59.28from local law; modifying wild animal and fish taking, possession, and licensing
59.29requirements; modifying provisions relating to the possession of certain
59.30weapons; removing bow and gun case requirements; authorizing certain fees;
59.31authorizing acquisition of certain easements; modifying management authority
59.32for tax-forfeited lands; adding to and deleting from certain state parks; removing
59.33land from the Minnesota wild and scenic rivers program; authorizing public and
59.34private sales and exchanges of state land; requiring wind energy lease; modifying
59.35previous sales authorization and land description; requiring location of sites for
59.36veterans cemetery; requiring increase in appraised estimates for timber sales;
59.37requiring forest lease pilot project; requiring rulemaking; requiring reports;
59.38appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 17.4981;
59.3917.4988, subdivision 3; 84.027, subdivision 13; 84.0273; 84.788, subdivision
59.4011; 84.798, subdivision 10; 84.82, subdivision 11; 84.922, subdivision 12;
59.4185.015, subdivision 13; 86B.415, subdivision 11; 97A.075, subdivision 1;
59.4297A.095, subdivision 2; 97A.137, by adding subdivisions; 97A.405, subdivision
59.434; 97A.421, subdivision 1; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.445, subdivision 1;
59.4497A.451, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 97A.465, subdivision 1b;
60.197A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 29; 97A.525, subdivision 1; 97B.035,
60.2subdivision 2; 97B.045, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 97B.051;
60.397B.055, subdivision 3; 97B.086; 97B.111, subdivision 1; 97B.328, subdivision
60.43; 97B.651; 97B.811, subdivisions 2, 3; 97B.931, subdivision 1; 97C.315,
60.5subdivision 1; 97C.355, subdivision 2; 97C.371, by adding a subdivision;
60.697C.385, subdivision 2; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 282.04, subdivision 1; Laws
60.71996, chapter 407, section 32, subdivision 3; Laws 2007, chapter 131, article 2,
60.8section 38; Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, sections 21, subdivisions 4, 5;
60.934; article 2, section 25; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
60.10chapters 84; 97B; 97C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 97A.525,
60.11subdivision 2; 97B.301, subdivisions 7, 8; 97C.405."