1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; clarifying the use of certain payments to counties for 
1.3 	consolidated conservation lands;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
1.4 	84A.51, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84A.51, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.County's use of funds. The funds received by each county must be 
1.8 	apportioned by the county auditor as follows:
1.9 	(1) 30 percent to a county development fund, which is created, to be spent under the 
1.10 	direction of the county board for the rehabilitation and development of the portion of the 
1.11 	county within the conservation area. Funds apportioned under this clause shall not be spent 
1.12 	on traditional services provided by the county or township, including, but not limited to, 
1.13 	road, bridge, or culvert maintenance or law enforcement and other public safety services;
1.14 	(2) 40 percent to the general fund of the school district from which derived;
1.15 	(3) 20 percent to the county revenue fund; and
1.16 	(4) ten percent to the township road and bridge fund of the township from which 
1.17 	derived.
1.18 	If the proceeds are derived from an unorganized township with no levy for road and 
1.19 	bridge purposes, the township portion must be credited to the county revenue fund.