Relating to natural resources; creating a forest management +investment account in the natural resources fund for the deposit of timber sales +receipts be used by the department of natural resources (DNR) for reforestation and +timber stand improvement, timber sales administration and state forest road +maintenance costs; modifying the forest resources interagency information +cooperative, transferring jurisdiction from the commissioner of natural resources +to the university of Minnesota and requiring university representation on +the cooperative, encouraging the dean of the university of Minnesota +college of natural resources to coordinate the establishment of the cooperative;+ modifying certain provisions under the state timber act; requiring the +commissioner of the DNR to establish specific timber sale allocation standards, +requiring inclusion in the timber sales manual; eliminating a certain cord +volume restriction on the sale of timber by public auction; clarifying the +procedure for issuance of timber cutting and removal permits; transferring +jurisdiction over delinquent deferred sold timber payments from the attorney +general to the commissioner of revenue for state debt collection purposes; modifying+ the time frame for the removal of cut timber; designating the informal sale +procedure as an additional alternative timber sale procedure; requiring attorney +general approval of the form and content of consumer scaling agreements; +authorizing the commissioner to enter into agreements with owners or operators of inspected, tested and approved weight scales to provide weight +measurements for the scaling of state timber, specifying certain agreement +requirements and requiring costs to be paid by permit holders; modifying certain +provisions relating to timber sales on tax-forfeited lands; authorizing county +auditors to credit security provided for payment to other contracts issued to the+ contract holder by the county upon request of the contract holder under +certain conditions and to accept irrevocable bank letters of credit, +authorizing reduction proportionate to the value of the timber and transfer to +other contracts; redirecting a certain prior appropriation to the +commissioner to the forest management investment account; repealing certain scaling and +marking requirements for informal timber sales (Ch. 241, 2004)