1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for
1.3 	evaluation of construction aggregate located on school
1.4 	trust lands; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, section 16A.125, subdivision 5, by
1.6 	adding a subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.125,
1.9 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 5.Forest trust lands.  The term "state forest
1.11 	trust fund lands" as used in this subdivision, means public land
1.12 	in trust under the Constitution set apart as "forest lands under
1.13 	the authority of the commissioner" of natural resources as
1.14 	defined by section 89.001, subdivision 13.
1.15 	The commissioner of finance shall credit the revenue from
1.16 	the forest trust fund lands to the forest suspense account.  The
1.17 	account must specify the trust funds interested in the lands and
1.18 	the respective receipts of the lands.
1.19 	After a fiscal year, the commissioner of finance shall
1.20 	certify the total costs incurred for forestry during that year
1.21 	under appropriations for the protection, improvement,
1.22 	administration, and management of state forest trust fund lands
1.23 	and construction and improvement of forest roads to enhance the
1.24 	forest value of the lands.  The certificate must specify the
1.25 	trust funds interested in the lands.  The commissioner of
1.26 	natural resources shall supply the commissioner of finance with
2.1 	the information needed for the certificate.
2.2 	After a fiscal year and after the appropriation under
2.3 	subdivision 11, the commissioner shall distribute the receipts
2.4 	credited to the suspense account during that fiscal year as
2.5 	follows:
2.6 	(a) The amount of the certified costs incurred by the state
2.7 	for forest management during the fiscal year shall be
2.8 	transferred to the general fund.
2.9 	(b) The balance of the receipts shall then be returned
2.10 	prorated to the trust funds in proportion to their respective
2.11 	interests in the lands which produced the receipts.

2.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.125, is
2.13 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
2.14 		Subd. 11.Appropriation to evaluate construction
2.15 	aggregate potential. $50,000 is annually appropriated from
2.16 	money accruing and credited to the forest suspense account for
2.17 	school trust lands to the Division of Lands and Minerals in the
2.18 	Department of Natural Resources to identify, evaluate, and lease
2.19 	construction aggregates located on school trust lands.  The
2.20 	appropriation is supervised and controlled by the commissioner
2.21 	of natural resources.

2.22 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION TO ACCELERATE LAND EXCHANGES.
 2.23 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $300,000 in fiscal year
2.24 	2007 are appropriated from the state forest suspense account for
2.25 	school trust lands to the commissioner of natural resources to
2.26 	accelerate land exchanges, land sales, and commercial leasing of
2.27 	school trust lands.  This appropriation is to be used toward
2.28 	meeting the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 92.121, to
2.29 	exchange school trust lands or put alternatives in effect when
2.30 	management practices have diminished or prohibited revenue
2.31 	generation, and the direction of Minnesota Statutes, section
2.32 	127A.31, to secure maximum long-term economic return from the
2.33 	school trust lands consistent with fiduciary responsibilities
2.34 	and sound natural resources conservation and management
2.35 	principles.

2.36 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION TO ENHANCE MINERALS REVENUE
3.1 	GENERATION.
 3.2 	$252,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $252,000 in fiscal year
3.3 	2007 are appropriated from the permanent school fund to the
3.4 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance minerals
3.5 	activities.  This appropriation is to be used to inventory
3.6 	school lands and analyze how best to expand income
3.7 	opportunities.  The commissioner must report to the education
3.8 	finance committees of the legislature on the expenditure of the
3.9 	appropriations under this section upon request.