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. In fiscal years 2006 and 2007, $50,000 is
2.16 	annually appropriated from money accruing and credited to the
2.17 	forest suspense account for school trust lands to the
2.18 	commissioner of natural resources to identify, evaluate, and
2.19 	lease construction aggregates located on school trust lands.