1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for an outdoor lighting fixture model 
1.3 	ordinance; modifying land acquisition requirements; modifying land owners' bill 
1.4 	of rights; modifying requirements for certain recreational vehicles; modifying 
1.5 	certain state trails and parks; modifying state park permit provisions; modifying 
1.6 	definitions; modifying license provisions; modifying possession and taking 
1.7 	restrictions; providing for apprentice hunter validation; modifying commercial 
1.8 	fishing provisions; providing for crossbow deer hunting; providing for an Appeals 
1.9 	Board of Zoning Adjustment; modifying certain county powers; modifying 
1.10 	recordation requirements for mineral interests; modifying requirements for 
1.11 	certain contested case hearings; modifying water supply plan requirements; 
1.12 	modifying wetlands provisions; adopting the Uniform Environmental Covenants 
1.13 	Act; modifying individual sewage treatment system provisions; extending 
1.14 	exemptions to noise standards; restricting the use of phosphorous in household 
1.15 	dishwasher detergent; authorizing public and private sales, conveyances, 
1.16 	and exchanges of certain state lands; providing for status of certain land in 
1.17 	St. Louis County; providing for temporary suspension of apportionment of 
1.18 	certain proceeds from tax-forfeited lands; providing for a walk-in access plan 
1.19 	and travel green program; modifying authority for and requiring rulemaking; 
1.20 	requiring reports and studies; requiring public meetings; providing for renaming 
1.21 	Big Island; providing criminal and civil penalties; providing appointments; 
1.22 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.0272, 
1.23 	subdivision 3; 84.0274, subdivision 5; 84.029, subdivision 2; 84.777, as 
1.24 	amended; 84.788, subdivision 1; 84.82, subdivision 6; 84.8205, subdivision 
1.25 	1; 84.925, subdivision 5; 84.9256, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 
1.26 	84.9257; 84.926, by adding subdivisions; 84.928, subdivision 1; 84.929; 85.015, 
1.27 	subdivisions 14, 22; 85.053, subdivisions 2, 8; 93.55, subdivision 1, by adding 
1.28 	a subdivision; 97A.015, subdivision 24, by adding a subdivision; 97A.401, 
1.29 	subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivisions 2, 4; 97A.411, subdivision 1; 97A.421, by 
1.30 	adding a subdivision; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.445, subdivision 1; 97A.451, 
1.31 	subdivision 3; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 16; 97A.505, subdivision 4; 97A.511; 
1.32 	97B.015, by adding a subdivision; 97B.020; 97B.031, subdivision 1; 97B.035, 
1.33 	by adding a subdivision; 97B.075; 97B.085, subdivision 3; 97B.301, subdivision 
1.34 	7; 97B.311; 97B.318, subdivision 1; 97B.928, subdivision 1; 97C.325; 97C.335; 
1.35 	97C.355, subdivision 8; 97C.835, subdivisions 1, 3, 8; 103G.2241, subdivision 
1.36 	4; 103G.2242, subdivision 15, as amended; 103G.291, subdivision 3; 103G.311, 
1.37 	subdivision 2; 115.072; 115.56, subdivision 2; 115B.17, subdivision 15; 116.07, 
1.38 	subdivision 2a; 116.23; 169A.35, subdivision 1; 373.01, subdivision 1; 473.1565, 
1.39 	subdivision 1; 473.859, subdivision 3; Laws 2006, chapter 251, section 16; Laws 
2.1 	2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new 
2.2 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 97B; 97C; proposing coding for new 
2.3 	law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
2.4 	sections 84.928, subdivision 8; 85.015, subdivision 11; 97A.475, subdivision 38; 
2.5 	97C.365; Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 2.
2.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.7 	ARTICLE 1
2.8 	NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY

2.9 	Section 1. [16B.328] OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURES MODEL ORDINANCE.
2.10 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
2.11 	the meanings given:
2.12 	(1) "energy conservation" means reducing energy use and includes: (i) using a light 
2.13 	with lower wattage; and (ii) using devices such as time controls, motion detectors, or on 
2.14 	and off switches that limit unnecessary use of lighting;
2.15 	(2) "cutoff luminaire" means a luminaire in which 2.5 percent or less of the lamp 
2.16 	lumens are emitted above a horizontal plane through the luminaire's lowest part and ten 
2.17 	percent or less of the lamp lumens are emitted at a vertical angle 80 degrees above the 
2.18 	luminaire's lowest point;
2.19 	(3) "light pollution" means the shining of light produced by a luminaire above the 
2.20 	height of the luminaire and into the sky;
2.21 	(4) "lumen" means a unit of luminous flux. One footcandle is one lumen per square 
2.22 	foot. For purposes of this section, the lumen-output values are the initial lumen-output 
2.23 	rating of the lamp;
2.24 	(5) "luminaire" means a complete lighting unit consisting of a light source and all 
2.25 	necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative parts; and
2.26 	(6) "outdoor lighting fixture" means any type of fixed or movable lighting equipment 
2.27 	that is designed or used for illumination outdoors. The term includes billboard lighting, 
2.28 	streetlights, searchlights, and other lighting used for advertising purposes and area 
2.29 	lighting. The term does not include lighting equipment that is required by law to be 
2.30 	installed on motor vehicles or lighting required for the safe operation of aircraft.
2.31 		Subd. 2.Model ordinance. The commissioner of administration, in consultation 
2.32 	with the commissioner of commerce, associations for local governments, and any other 
2.33 	interested person, shall develop a model ordinance that can be adapted for use by cities, 
2.34 	counties, and towns, governing outdoor lighting to reduce light pollution. The model 
2.35 	ordinance must address:
3.1 	(1) standards for lighting on private property, outdoor advertising, lighting on 
3.2 	commercial, industrial, or institutional property, canopies covering fueling stations, and 
3.3 	public streets, sidewalks, and alleys;
3.4 	(2) how illumination levels should be measured;
3.5 	(3) possible exemptions, such as for temporary emergency or hazard lighting;
3.6 	(4) recommended elements for an exterior lighting plan for a development;
3.7 	(5) treatment of nonconforming lighting;
3.8 	(6) lighting standards that might apply in special subdistricts;
3.9 	(7) light pole maximum heights; and
3.10 	(8) light trespass.

3.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.029, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.12 		Subd. 2.Acquisition of land for trails. The commissioner may acquire, by gift, 
3.13 	purchase, or lease, easements or other interests in land for trails, and recreational uses 
3.14 	related to trails, where necessary to complete trails established primarily in state forests, 
3.15 	state parks, or other public land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, when railroad 
3.16 	rights-of-way are abandoned, when the use of township roads is compatible with vehicular 
3.17 	travel, andor when needed to complete trails established by the legislature.

3.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.777, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 
3.19 	57, article 1, section 24, is amended to read:
3.20 	84.777 OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE USE OF STATE LANDS RESTRICTED.
3.21 		Subdivision 1.Designated trails. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by law or rules 
3.22 	adopted by the commissioner, effective June 1, 2003, notwithstanding sections 84.787
3.23 	to 84.805 and 84.92 to 84.929, the use of off-highway vehicles is prohibited on state 
3.24 	land administered by the commissioner of natural resources, and on county-administered 
3.25 	forest land within the boundaries of a state forest, except on roads and trails specifically 
3.26 	designated and posted by the commissioner for use by off-highway vehicles. 
3.27 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to county-administered land within a state forest if 
3.28 	the county board adopts a resolution that modifies restrictions on the use of off-highway 
3.29 	vehicles on county-administered land within the forest.
3.30 		Subd. 2.Off-highway vehicle seasons. (a) The commissioner shall prescribe 
3.31 	seasons for off-highway vehicle use on state forest lands. Except for designated forest 
3.32 	roads, a person must not operate an off-highway vehicle on state forest lands outside of 
3.33 	the seasons prescribed under this paragraph.
4.1 	(b) The commissioner may designate and post winter trails on state forest lands 
4.2 	for use by off-highway vehicles.
4.3 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "state forest lands" means forest lands under 
4.4 	the authority of the commissioner as defined in section 89.001, subdivision 13, and lands 
4.5 	managed by the commissioner under section 282.011.
4.6 		Subd. 3.Mapped trails. (a) Except as provided in sections 84.926 and 84.928, 
4.7 	after completion of official department off-highway vehicle maps for the area, a person 
4.8 	must not operate an off-highway vehicle on state land that is not mapped for the type of 
4.9 	off-highway vehicle. This paragraph does not apply to state forest land north of U.S. 
4.10 	Highway 2 until after June 30, 2009.
4.11 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to a forest access route in a managed forest north 
4.12 	of U.S. Highway 2 that the commissioner has not designated as a road or trail. Forest 
4.13 	access routes will not be signed or maintained and will not be included on published user 
4.14 	maps of the forest. Off-highway vehicle operation on forest access routes is subject to 
4.15 	the prohibitions on causing erosion, rutting, damage to trees or crops, and construction of 
4.16 	unauthorized trails contained in Minnesota Rules. Damaged routes are subject to closure 
4.17 	to off-highway vehicle use.
4.18 		Subd. 4.Exemption from rulemaking. Determinations of the commissioner under 
4.19 	this section may be by written order published in the State Register and are exempt from 
4.20 	the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. Section 14.386 does not apply.

4.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.788, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.22 		Subdivision 1.General requirements. Unless exempted in subdivision 2, after 
4.23 	January 1, 1994, a person may not operate and an owner may not give permission for 
4.24 	another to operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless the vehicle 
4.25 	has been registered under this section.

4.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.82, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
4.27 		Subd. 6.Exemptions. Registration is not required under this section for:
4.28 	(1) a snowmobile owned and used by the United States, another state, or a political 
4.29 	subdivision thereof;
4.30 	(2) a snowmobile registered in a country other than the United States temporarily 
4.31 	used within this state;
4.32 	(3) a snowmobile that is covered by a valid license of another state and has not been 
4.33 	within this state for more than 30 consecutive days;
4.34 	(4) a snowmobile used exclusively in organized track racing events;
5.1 	(5) a snowmobile in transit by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer; or
5.2 	(6) a snowmobile at least 15 years old in transit by an individual for use only on 
5.3 	land owned or leased by the individual; or
5.4 	(7) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail.

5.5 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.8205, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.6 		Subdivision 1.Sticker required; fee.  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a 
5.7 	person may not operate a snowmobile on a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a 
5.8 	snowmobile state trail sticker is affixed to the snowmobile. The commissioner of natural 
5.9 	resources shall issue a sticker upon application and payment of a $15 fee. The fee for a 
5.10 	three-year snowmobile state trail sticker that is purchased at the time of snowmobile 
5.11 	registration is $30. In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, a person in violation 
5.12 	of this subdivision must purchase an annual state trail sticker for a fee of $30. The sticker 
5.13 	is valid from November 1 through April 30. Fees collected under this section, except for 
5.14 	the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
5.15 	to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and, 
5.16 	except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner 
5.17 	under section 84.027, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid, trail maintenance, 
5.18 	grooming, and easement acquisition.
5.19 	(b) A state trail sticker is not required under this section for:
5.20 	(1) a snowmobile owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is 
5.21 	registered under section 84.82, subdivision 5;
5.22 	(2) a snowmobile that is owned and used by the United States, another state, or 
5.23 	a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from registration under section 84.82, 
5.24 	subdivision 6;
5.25 	(3) a collector snowmobile that is operated as provided in a special permit issued for 
5.26 	the collector snowmobile under section 84.82, subdivision 7a; or
5.27 	(4) a person operating a snowmobile only on the portion of a trail that is owned by 
5.28 	the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent; or
5.29 	(5) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail.

5.30 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.925, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.31 		Subd. 5.Training requirements. (a) An individual who was born after July 1, 
5.32 	1987, and who is 16 years of age or older, must successfully complete the independent 
5.33 	study course component of all-terrain vehicle safety training before operating an all-terrain 
5.34 	vehicle on public lands or waters, public road rights-of-way, or state or grant-in-aid trails.
6.1 	(b) An individual who is convicted of violating a law related to the operation of an 
6.2 	all-terrain vehicle must successfully complete the independent study course component of 
6.3 	all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
6.4 	(c) An individual who is convicted for a second or subsequent excess speed, trespass, 
6.5 	or wetland violation in an all-terrain vehicle season, or any conviction for careless or 
6.6 	reckless operation of an all-terrain vehicle, must successfully complete the independent 
6.7 	study and the testing and operating course components of all-terrain vehicle safety training 
6.8 	before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
6.9 	(d) An individual who receives three or more citations and convictions for violating a 
6.10 	law related to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in a two-year period must successfully 
6.11 	complete the independent study and the testing and operating course components of 
6.12 	all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.
6.13 	(e) An individual must present evidence of compliance with this subdivision before 
6.14 	an all-terrain vehicle registration is issued or renewed.

6.15 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.9256, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.16 		Subd. 2.Helmet and seat belts required. (a) A person less than 18 years of age 
6.17 	shall not operate ride as a passenger or as an operator of an all-terrain vehicle on public 
6.18 	land, public waters, or on a public road right-of-way unless wearing a safety helmet 
6.19 	approved by the commissioner of public safety.
6.20 	(b) A person less than 18 years of age shall not ride as a passenger or as an operator of 
6.21 	a class 2 all-terrain vehicle without wearing a seat belt when provided by the manufacturer.

6.22 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.9256, is amended by adding a subdivision 
6.23 	to read:
6.24 		Subd. 2a.Parent or guardian authorization. A person under age 16 shall not 
6.25 	operate and a person shall not allow a person under age 16 to operate an all-terrain vehicle, 
6.26 	unless the parent or guardian of the person under age 16 authorizes the operation. For 
6.27 	purposes of this subdivision, "guardian" means the legal guardian of the person under age 
6.28 	16 or a person age 18 or older who has been authorized by the parent or legal guardian to 
6.29 	supervise the person under age 16.

6.30 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.9257, is amended to read:
6.31 	84.9257 PASSENGERS.
7.1 	(a) A parent or guardian may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle carrying one 
7.2 	passenger who is under 16 years of age and who wears a safety helmet approved by the 
7.3 	commissioner of public safety.
7.4 	(b) For the purpose of this section, "guardian" means a legal guardian of a person 
7.5 	under age 16, or a person 18 or older who has been authorized by the parent or legal 
7.6 	guardian to supervise the person under age 16.
7.7 	(c) A person 18 years of age or older may operate an a class 1 all-terrain vehicle 
7.8 	carrying one passenger who is 16 or 17 years of age and wears a safety helmet approved 
7.9 	by the commissioner of public safety.
7.10 	(d) (b) A person 18 years of age or older may operate an all-terrain vehicle carrying 
7.11 	one passenger who is 18 years of age or older.
7.12 	(e) An operator of a class 2 all-terrain vehicle may carry two passengers while 
7.13 	carrying a passenger, or up to the number of passengers for which the vehicle was 
7.14 	designed, whichever is greater.

7.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.926, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.16 	to read:
7.17 		Subd. 6.Operation; class 2 vehicles. Except as provided in subdivision 4, 
7.18 	operation of class 2 all-terrain vehicles on lands administered by the commissioner is 
7.19 	limited to forest roads, minimum maintenance roads, and trails designated or signed for 
7.20 	class 2 all-terrain vehicles.

7.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.926, is amended by adding a subdivision 
7.22 	to read:
7.23 		Subd. 7.Snowmobiles; closed forests; off trail. Forests classified as closed forests 
7.24 	are open to off-trail snowmobile use unless prohibited, as determined by the commissioner 
7.25 	by written order published in the State Register. The determination is not subject to the 
7.26 	rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

7.27 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.928, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
7.28 		Subdivision 1.Operation on roads and rights-of-way; class 1 vehicles. (a) Unless 
7.29 	otherwise allowed in sections 84.92 to 84.929, a person shall not operate a class 1 an
7.30 	all-terrain vehicle in this state along or on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope 
7.31 	of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway other than.
8.1 	(b) A person may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle in the ditch or the outside 
8.2 	bank or slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway unless prohibited under 
8.3 	paragraph (b) (d) or (f).
8.4 	(c) A person may operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
8.5 	right-of-way of a county state-aid or county highway on the extreme right-hand side of 
8.6 	the road and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under 
8.7 	the prevailing conditions, unless prohibited under paragraph (d) or (f). A person may 
8.8 	operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on the bank or ditch of a public road right-of-way on a 
8.9 	designated class 2 all-terrain vehicle trail.
8.10 	(b) (d) A road authority as defined under section 160.02, subdivision 25, may after a 
8.11 	public hearing restrict the use of class 1 all-terrain vehicles in the ditch or outside bank or 
8.12 	slope of a public road right-of-way under its jurisdiction.
8.13 	(c) (e) The restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b), (g), (d), (h), and (i), and (j) do not 
8.14 	apply to the operation of a class 1 an all-terrain vehicle on the shoulder, inside bank or 
8.15 	slope, ditch, or outside bank or slope of a trunk, interstate, county state-aid, or county 
8.16 	highway when the class 1 all-terrain vehicle is:
8.17 	(1) owned by or operated under contract with a publicly or privately owned utility 
8.18 	or pipeline company; and
8.19 	(2) used for work on utilities or pipelines.
8.20 	(d) (f) The commissioner may limit the use of a right-of-way for a period of time if 
8.21 	the commissioner determines that use of the right-of-way causes:
8.22 	(1) degradation of vegetation on adjacent public property;
8.23 	(2) siltation of waters of the state;
8.24 	(3) impairment or enhancement to the act of taking game; or
8.25 	(4) a threat to safety of the right-of-way users or to individuals on adjacent public 
8.26 	property.
8.27 	(e) The commissioner must notify the road authority as soon as it is known that a 
8.28 	closure will be ordered. The notice must state the reasons and duration of the closure.
8.29 	(f) (g) A person may operate a class 1an all-terrain vehicle registered for private 
8.30 	use and used for agricultural purposes or a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on a public road 
8.31 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway in this state if the class 1
8.32 	or class 2 all-terrain vehicle is operated on the extreme right-hand side of the road, and 
8.33 	left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under the prevailing 
8.34 	conditions.
8.35 	(g) (h) A person shall not operate a class 1an all-terrain vehicle within the public 
8.36 	road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 
9.1 	in the agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively as transportation to and 
9.2 	from work on agricultural lands. This paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee 
9.3 	of a road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, or the Department of 
9.4 	Natural Resources when performing or exercising official duties or powers.
9.5 	(h) (i) A person shall not operate a class 1 an all-terrain vehicle within the public 
9.6 	road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of 
9.7 	one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side 
9.8 	of the right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane 
9.9 	of the adjacent roadway.
9.10 	(i) (j) A person shall not operate a class 1 an all-terrain vehicle at any time within the 
9.11 	right-of-way of an interstate highway or freeway within this state.

9.12 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.929, is amended to read:
9.13 	84.929 PENALTIES.
9.14 	Any person who violates any provision of sections 84.773, 84.777, and 84.92 to 
9.15 	84.928 or rules of the commissioner is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

9.16 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.015, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
9.17 		Subd. 14.Gateway Trail Willard Munger Trail System, Chisago, Ramsey,
9.18 	Pine, St. Louis, Carlton, and Washington Counties. (a) The trail shall consist of six 
9.19 	segments. One segment shall be known as the Gateway Trail and shall originate at the 
9.20 	State Capitol and shall extend northerly and northeasterly to William O'Brien State Park, 
9.21 	thence northerly to Taylors Falls in Chisago County, and there terminate. One segment 
9.22 	shall be known as the Boundary Trail and shall originate in Chisago County and extend 
9.23 	into Duluth in St. Louis County. One segment shall be known as the Browns Creek Trail 
9.24 	and shall originate at Duluth Junction and extend into Stillwater in Washington County. 
9.25 	One segment shall be known as the Munger Trail and shall originate at Hinckley in Pine 
9.26 	County and extend through Moose Lake in Carlton County to Duluth in St. Louis County. 
9.27 	One segment shall be known as the Alex Laveau Trail and shall originate in Carlton 
9.28 	County at Carlton and extend through Wrenshall to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. One 
9.29 	segment shall be established that extends the trail to include the cities of Proctor, Duluth, 
9.30 	and Hermantown in St. Louis County.
9.31 	(b) The trail Gateway and Browns Creek trails shall be developed primarily for 
9.32 	hiking and nonmotorized riding and the remaining trails shall be developed primarily for 
9.33 	riding and hiking.
10.1 	(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands 
10.2 	for the trailGateway and Browns Creek trails may be acquired by eminent domain.
10.3 	(d) The commissioner of natural resources, after consulting with all local units of 
10.4 	government affected by the trail, and with the commissioner of transportation and the 
10.5 	Metropolitan Council, shall prepare a master plan for the trail. After completion of the 
10.6 	master plan, any land or interest in land not needed for the trail may be disposed of by the 
10.7 	commissioner of natural resources as follows:
10.8 	(1) by transfer to the Department of Transportation, the Historical Society, or 
10.9 	another state agency;
10.10 	(2) by sale at not less than the purchase price to a city, town, school district, park 
10.11 	district, or other political subdivision whose boundaries include or are adjacent to the land, 
10.12 	for public purposes only, after written notice to each of these political subdivisions; or
10.13 	(3) if no offer to purchase is received from any political subdivision within one year 
10.14 	after the completion of the master plan, then by public sale, at not less than the purchase 
10.15 	price, upon notice published in the manner provided in section 92.14, and otherwise in the 
10.16 	same manner as trust fund lands are sold, so far as applicable. 
10.17 	All proceeds derived from sales of unneeded land and interest in land shall be 
10.18 	deposited in the state bond fund. For the purposes of United States Code, title 23, section 
10.19 	138, and title 49, section 1653(f), any land or interest in land not needed for the trail and 
10.20 	transferred to another state agency, or sold, does not constitute permanent park, recreation 
10.21 	area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge facility land.

10.22 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.015, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
10.23 		Subd. 22.Minnesota River Trail. The trail shall originate at the entrance to Big 
10.24 	Stone Lake State Park and extend along the Minnesota River Valley to connect to the 
10.25 	Minnesota Valley Trail at the city of Le Sueur. The trail shall include a loop between Fort 
10.26 	Ridgely State Park and the cities of Redwood Falls and Sleepy Eye. A segment shall be 
10.27 	established connecting the cities of Granite Falls and Montevideo.

10.28 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.29 		Subd. 2.Requirement. Except as provided in section 85.054, a motor vehicle 
10.30 	may not enter a state park, state recreation area, or state wayside over 50 acres in area, 
10.31 	without a state park permit issued under this section. Except for vehicles permitted under 
10.32 	subdivisions 7, paragraph (a), clause (2), and 8, the state park permit must be affixed to the 
10.33 	lower right corner windshield of the motor vehicle and must be completely affixed by its 
11.1 	own adhesive to the windshield, or the commissioner may, by written order, provide an 
11.2 	alternative means to display and validate annualstate park permits.

11.3 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.053, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
11.4 		Subd. 8.Military personnel on leave; exemption. (a) The provisions of this 
11.5 	section requiring a state park permit and regulating its display do not apply to A one-day 
11.6 	permit, under subdivision 4, shall be issued without a fee for a motor vehicle being used 
11.7 	by a person who is serving in active military service in any branch or unit of the United 
11.8 	States armed forces and who is stationed outside Minnesota, during the period of active 
11.9 	service and for 90 days immediately thereafter, if the person notifiespresents the person's 
11.10 	current military orders to the park attendant on duty or other designee of the commissioner 
11.11 	of the person's military status at the time of usage. It is sufficient notice for the eligible 
11.12 	person to temporarily affix to the inside of the windshield of the vehicle in a visible 
11.13 	manner the person's current military orders and to carry in the person's possession current 
11.14 	military identification attesting to the person's active or recent military status.
11.15 	(b) For purposes of this section, "active service" has the meaning given under section 
11.16 	190.05, subdivision 5c, when performed outside Minnesota.

11.17 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 24, is amended to read:
11.18 		Subd. 24.Game birds. "Game birds" means migratory waterfowl, ring-necked 
11.19 	pheasant, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, Canada spruce grouse, prairie chickens, 
11.20 	gray partridge, bob-white quail, wild turkeys, coots, gallinules, sora and Virginia rails, 
11.21 	mourning dove, American woodcock, and common snipe.

11.22 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
11.23 	subdivision to read:
11.24 		Subd. 26c.Immediately released or immediately returned to the water.
 11.25 	"Immediately released" or "immediately returned to the water" means that a fish must not 
11.26 	be retained longer than is needed at the site of capture to unhook, identify, measure, or 
11.27 	photograph the fish. Placing a fish on a stringer, in a live well, or in a cooler, bucket, or 
11.28 	other container is not "immediately released" or "immediately returned to the water."

11.29 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.401, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
11.30 		Subd. 5.Wild animals damaging property. Special permits may be issued with 
11.31 	or without a fee to take protected wild animals that are damaging property or to remove 
11.32 	or destroy their dens, nests, eggs, houses, or dams for the purpose of preventing or 
12.1 	reducing damage or injury to people, property, agricultural crops, or other interests. The 
12.2 	commissioner may prescribe rules for taking Canada geese and their nests and eggs, with 
12.3 	or without a permit, consistent with federal regulations. A special permit issued under this 
12.4 	subdivision to take beaver must state the number to be taken.

12.5 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.6 		Subd. 2.Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from 
12.7 	an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either: 
12.8 	(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) 
12.9 	the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to 
12.10 	the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
12.11 	(b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person 
12.12 	must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper 
12.13 	license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper 
12.14 	license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state 
12.15 	identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the 
12.16 	license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been 
12.17 	issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement 
12.18 	shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer, 
12.19 	the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest, 
12.20 	or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon 
12.21 	request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name 
12.22 	in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
12.23 	(c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a 
12.24 	copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license 
12.25 	identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights 
12.26 	or privileges conferred by a license.
12.27 	(d) A license or stamp issued electronically and not immediately provided to the 
12.28 	licensee shall be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license or stamp 
12.29 	validation, except for a pictorial turkey stamp or a pictorial trout and salmon stamp. A 
12.30 	pictorial turkey stamp or a pictorial trout and salmon stamp shall be mailed to the licensee 
12.31 	after purchase of a license or stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2 fee.

12.32 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
12.33 		Subd. 4.Replacement licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer 
12.34 	hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a 
13.1 	replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that 
13.2 	are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and 
13.3 	the replacement license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a person 
13.4 	changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. When a person submits both 
13.5 	an archery and a firearms license for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value 
13.6 	of both licenses towards the replacement license fee.
13.7 	(b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any tag 
13.8 	from the original license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The original 
13.9 	license or licenses and all unused tags for that licensefor the licenses being replaced must 
13.10 	be submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement license is issued.
13.11 	(c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as 
13.12 	otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:
13.13 	(1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or
13.14 	(2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to 
13.15 	a multizone or an all season deer license.;
13.16 	(3) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms license to a multizone 
13.17 	deer license; or
13.18 	(4) when the person is changing from a regular firearms deer license to a youth 
13.19 	deer license.
13.20 	(d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid 
13.21 	immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.

13.22 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.23 		Subdivision 1.License period. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and 
13.24 	(d), a license is valid during the lawful time within the license year that the licensed 
13.25 	activity may be performed. Except as provided in paragraph (c), a license year begins on 
13.26 	the first day of March and ends on the last day of February.
13.27 	(b) A license issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 6, clause (5), 97A.475, 
13.28 	subdivision 7, clause (2), (3), (5), or (6), or 97A.475, subdivision 12, clause (2), is valid 
13.29 	for the full license period even if this period extends into the next license year, provided 
13.30 	that the license period selected by the licensee begins at the time of issuance. 
13.31 	(c) When the last day of February falls on a Saturday, an annual resident or 
13.32 	nonresident fish house or dark house license, including a rental fish house or dark house 
13.33 	license, obtained for the license year covering the last day of February, is valid through 
13.34 	Sunday, March 1 and the angling license of the fish house licensee is extended through 
13.35 	March 1. The license year for resident fishing, the angling portion of a sporting license, 
14.1 	nonresident fishing, resident fish house, resident dark house, and nonresident fish house 
14.2 	begins on March 1 and ends on April 30 of the following year.
14.3 	(d) A lifetime license issued under section 97A.473 or 97A.474 is valid during the 
14.4 	lawful time within the license year that the licensed activity may be performed for the 
14.5 	lifetime of the licensee. 

14.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.421, is amended by adding a 
14.7 	subdivision to read:
14.8 		Subd. 7.Taking wild animals while privileges are suspended. A person who 
14.9 	takes a protected wild animal during the time the person is prohibited from obtaining a 
14.10 	license to take that animal under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

14.11 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
14.12 		Subd. 7.Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may 
14.13 	issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person who is an owner or 
14.14 	tenant and is living and actively farming onof at least 80 acres of agricultural land, as 
14.15 	defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to take 
14.16 	additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only one 
14.17 	license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, only 
14.18 	one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The 
14.19 	license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes 
14.20 	or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land 
14.21 	is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or 
14.22 	dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision 
14.23 	2, the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may 
14.24 	take an additional deer under that license.
14.25 	(b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer 
14.26 	hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first 
14.27 	Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under 
14.28 	section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13).

14.29 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.445, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.30 		Subdivision 1.Angling; Take a Kid Fishing Weekend Weekends. A resident 
14.31 	over age 18 may take fish by angling without a an angling or fish house license during 
14.32 	one three-day consecutive period of the open water angling season and one three-day 
14.33 	consecutive period of the ice angling season designated by rule of the commissioner 
15.1 	if accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The commissioner shall publicize the 
15.2 	three-day period periods as "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" for the open water angling 
15.3 	season and "Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend" for the ice angling season.

15.4 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.5 		Subd. 3.Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 may 
15.6 	not obtain a small game license but may take small game by firearms or bow and arrow 
15.7 	without a license if the resident is:
15.8 	(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
15.9 	(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent 
15.10 	or guardian; or
15.11 	(3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied 
15.12 	by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an 
15.13 	apprentice hunter validation; or
15.14 	(3) (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
15.15 	(b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game 
15.16 	license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident 
15.17 	under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, 
15.18 	bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, 
15.19 	or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the 
15.20 	accompanying parent or guardian.
15.21 	(c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey 
15.22 	without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or 
15.23 	guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

15.24 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.25 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
15.26 	only, are:
15.27 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
15.28 	(2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
15.29 	(3) to take turkey, $18;
15.30 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms, $26;
15.31 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
15.32 	(6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
15.33 	(7) to take bear, $38;
15.34 	(8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
16.1 	(9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
16.2 	(10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
16.3 	(11) all season license to take twothree deer throughout the state in any open deer 
16.4 	season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78; 
16.5 	(12) to take prairie chickens, $20;
16.6 	(13) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 
16.7 	the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and
16.8 	(14) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.

16.9 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
16.10 		Subd. 16.Resident hunting guides. The fee for a resident license to guide bear 
16.11 	hunters is $82.50 and is available only to a Minnesota resident individual.

16.12 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.505, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
16.13 		Subd. 4.Storage of protected wild animals. A person that stores protected wild 
16.14 	animals for others must plainly mark the package, in ink, with the name and address of the 
16.15 	owner, the license number of the person taking the animal, and the number and species in 
16.16 	the package. A person may not use a commercial cold storage warehouse for protected 
16.17 	wild animals, except lawfully taken fish and furs.

16.18 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.511, is amended to read:
16.19 	97A.511 FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.
16.20 	The skins of fur-bearing animals and the flesh of beaver, muskrat, raccoon, rabbits 
16.21 	and hares, legally taken and bearing the required seals or tags required by the game and 
16.22 	fish laws, may be bought, sold, and transported at any time. The flesh of beaver, raccoon, 
16.23 	rabbits, and hare may not be transported out of the state.

16.24 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, is amended by adding a 
16.25 	subdivision to read:
16.26 		Subd. 5a.Exemption for military personnel. Notwithstanding subdivision 5, a 
16.27 	person who has successfully completed basic training in the United States armed forces is 
16.28 	exempt from the range and shooting exercise portion of the required course of instruction 
16.29 	for the firearms safety certificate. The commissioner may require written proof of the 
16.30 	person's military training, as deemed appropriate for implementing this subdivision. 
16.31 	The commissioner shall publicly announce this exemption from the range and shooting 
16.32 	exercise requirement and the availability of the department's online, remote study option 
17.1 	for adults seeking firearms safety certification. Military personnel are not exempt from 
17.2 	any other requirement of this section for obtaining a firearms safety certificate.

17.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
17.4 	and applies to applications for certificates made on or after that date.

17.5 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.020, is amended to read:
17.6 	97B.020 FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
17.7 	(a) Except as provided in this section and section 97A.451, subdivision 3a, a person 
17.8 	born after December 31, 1979, may not obtain an annual license to take wild animals by 
17.9 	firearms unless the person has:
17.10 	(1) a firearms safety certificate or equivalent certificate;
17.11 	(2) a driver's license or identification card with a valid firearms safety qualification 
17.12 	indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 13;
17.13 	(3) a previous hunting license with a valid firearms safety qualification indicator; or
17.14 	(4) an apprentice hunter validation issued under section 97B.022; or
17.15 	(4) (5) other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this state or in 
17.16 	another state a hunter safety course recognized by the department under a reciprocity 
17.17 	agreement or certified by the department as substantially similar.
17.18 	(b) A person who is on active duty and has successfully completed basic training 
17.19 	in the United States armed forces, reserve component, or National Guard may obtain a 
17.20 	hunting license or approval authorizing hunting regardless of whether the person is issued 
17.21 	a firearms safety certificate.
17.22 	(c) A person born after December 31, 1979, may not use a lifetime license to take 
17.23 	wild animals by firearms, unless the person meets the requirements for obtaining an annual 
17.24 	license under paragraph (a) or (b).

17.25 	Sec. 35. [97B.022] APPRENTICE HUNTER VALIDATION.
17.26 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purpose of this section, "accompanied" means 
17.27 	to stay within a distance of another person that permits uninterrupted visual contact and 
17.28 	unaided verbal communication.
17.29 		Subd. 2.Apprentice hunter validation requirements. A resident born after 
17.30 	December 31, 1979, who is age 12 or older and who does not possess a firearms safety 
17.31 	certificate may be issued an apprentice hunter validation. An apprentice hunter validation 
17.32 	is valid for only one license year in a lifetime. An individual in possession of an apprentice 
17.33 	hunter validation may hunt small game and deer only when accompanied by an adult 
18.1 	licensed to hunt in Minnesota whose license was not obtained using an apprentice hunter 
18.2 	validation. An apprentice hunter validation holder must obtain all required licenses and 
18.3 	stamps.

18.4 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.5 		Subdivision 1.Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game. (a) 
18.6 	A person may take big game with a firearm only if:
18.7 	(1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 inches;
18.8 	(2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
18.9 	(3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 inches and has a soft point or is 
18.10 	an expanding bullet type;
18.11 	(4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 inches;
18.12 	(5) the muzzle-loader used is incapable of being loaded at the breech;
18.13 	(6) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least .45 inches; and
18.14 	(7) the rifled muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.
18.15 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a 
18.16 	ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum 
18.17 	cartridge, or a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50 
18.18 	Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.

18.19 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.035, is amended by adding a 
18.20 	subdivision to read:
18.21 		Subd. 1a.Minimum draw weight. A bow used to take big game must have a pull 
18.22 	that meets or exceeds 30 pounds at or before full draw.

18.23 	Sec. 38. [97B.036] CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS DEER 
18.24 	SEASON.
18.25 	Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer by 
18.26 	crossbow during the regular firearms deer season. The transportation requirements of 
18.27 	section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular firearms deer season. Crossbows 
18.28 	must meet the requirements of section 97B.106, subdivision 2. A person taking deer by 
18.29 	crossbow under this section must have a valid firearms deer license.

18.30 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.075, is amended to read:
18.31 	97B.075 HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING.
19.1 	(a) A person may not take protected wild animals, except raccoon and fox, with 
19.2 	a firearm between the evening and morning times established by commissioner's rule, 
19.3 	except as provided in this section.
19.4 	(b) Big game may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour 
19.5 	after sunset.
19.6 	(c) Except as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner on or before the Saturday 
19.7 	nearest October 8, waterfowl may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset 
19.8 	during the entire season prescribed by the commissioner. On the opening day of the duck 
19.9 	season, shooting hours for migratory game birds, except woodcock, begin at 9:00 a.m.

19.10 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.085, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.11 		Subd. 3.Communication excepted. This section does not prohibit the use of:
19.12 	(1) one-way radio communication between a handler and a dog.; or
19.13 	(2) a remote-controlled animal noise caller for taking crows, fur-bearing animals, 
19.14 	and unprotected animals.

19.15 	Sec. 41. [97B.086] POSSESSION OF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.
19.16 	(a) A person may not possess night vision goggle equipment while taking wild 
19.17 	animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, 
19.18 	a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
19.19 	(b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
19.20 	(1) unloaded;
19.21 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm 
19.22 	by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of 
19.23 	the firearm exposed; and
19.24 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
19.25 	(c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
19.26 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
19.27 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
19.28 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm 
19.29 	or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
19.30 	(e) This section does not apply to night vision goggle equipment possessed by peace 
19.31 	officers or military personnel while exercising their duties.

19.32 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
20.1 		Subd. 7.All season deer license. (a) A resident may obtain an all season deer 
20.2 	license that authorizes the resident to hunt during the archery, regular firearms, and 
20.3 	muzzle-loader seasons. The all season license is valid for taking three deer, no more 
20.4 	than one of which may be a legal buck.
20.5 	(b) The all season deer license is valid for taking antlerless deer as follows:
20.6 	(1) up to two antlerless deer may be taken during the archery or muzzle-loader 
20.7 	seasons in any open area or during the regular firearms season in managed or intensive 
20.8 	deer areas; and
20.9 	(2) one antlerless deer may be taken during the regular firearms season in a lottery 
20.10 	deer area, only with an either-sex permit or statutory exemption from an either-sex permit.
20.11 	prescribed by the commissioner.
20.12 	(c) The commissioner shall issue three tags when issuing a license under this 
20.13 	subdivision.

20.14 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.311, is amended to read:
20.15 	97B.311 DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
20.16 	(a) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe restrictions and designate areas where 
20.17 	deer may be taken, including hunter selection criteria for special hunts established under 
20.18 	section 97A.401, subdivision 4. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open 
20.19 	seasons for deer within the following periods: 
20.20 	(1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading firearms, between November 1 
20.21 	and December 15;
20.22 	(2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 and December 31; and
20.23 	(3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31.
20.24 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may establish special seasons 
20.25 	within designated areas at any time of year.
20.26 	(c) Smokeless gunpowder may not be used in a muzzle-loader during the 
20.27 	muzzle-loader season.

20.28 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.318, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.29 		Subdivision 1.Shotgun use area. During the regular firearms season in the shotgun 
20.30 	use area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading 
20.31 	long guns, and legal handguns may be used for taking deer. Legal shotguns include 
20.32 	those with rifled barrels. The shotgun use area is that portion of the state lying within 
20.33 	the following described boundary: Beginning on the west boundary of the state at U.S. 
20.34 	Highway 10; thence along U.S. Highway 10 the northern boundary of Clay County; thence 
21.1 	along the northern boundary of Clay County to State Trunk Highway (STH) 32; thence 
21.2 	along STH 32 to STH 34; thence along STH 34 to Interstate Highway 94 (I-94); thence 
21.3 	along I-94 to County State-Aid Highway (CSAH) 40, Douglas County; thence along 
21.4 	CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 82 to CSAH 22, Douglas 
21.5 	County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH 6, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 6 to 
21.6 	CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 14 to STH 29; thence along STH 29 to 
21.7 	CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence along CSAH 46, Otter Tail County, to CSAH 22, 
21.8 	Todd County; thence along CSAH 22 to U.S. Highway 71; thence along U.S. Highway 71 
21.9 	to STH 27; thence along STH 27 to the Mississippi River; thence along the east bank of 
21.10 	the Mississippi River to STH 23; thence along STH 23 to STH 95; thence along STH 95 to 
21.11 	U.S. Highway 8; thence along U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence 
21.12 	along the east, south, and west boundaries of the state to the point of beginning.

21.13 	Sec. 45. [97B.328] BAITING PROHIBITED.
21.14 	(a) A person may not hunt deer:
21.15 	(1) with the aid or use of bait;
21.16 	(2) in the vicinity of bait if the person knows or has reason to know that bait is 
21.17 	present; or
21.18 	(3) in the vicinity of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed 
21.19 	within the previous ten days.
21.20 	(b) This restriction does not apply to:
21.21 	(1) food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife 
21.22 	food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities; or
21.23 	(2) a person hunting on the person's own property, when the person has not 
21.24 	participated in, been involved with, or agreed to feeding wildlife on adjacent land owned 
21.25 	by another person.

21.26 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.928, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.27 		Subdivision 1.Information required. (a) A person may not set or place a trap or 
21.28 	snare, other than on property owned or occupied by the person, unless the following 
21.29 	information is affixed to the trap or snare in a manner that ensures that the information 
21.30 	remains legible while the trap or snare is on the lands or waters:
21.31 	(1) the number and state of the person's driver's license;
21.32 	(2) the person's Minnesota identification card number; or
21.33 	(3) the person's name and mailing address.; or
21.34 	(4) the license identification number issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
22.1 	(b) The commissioner may not prescribe additional requirements for identification 
22.2 	of traps or snares.
22.3 	(c) Until March 1, 2013, the driver's license number under paragraph (a), clause (1), 
22.4 	may be the person's previously issued Minnesota driver's license number.

22.5 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.325, is amended to read:
22.6 	97C.325 PROHIBITED METHODS OF RESTRICTIONS ON TAKING FISH.
22.7 	(a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not take fish with:
22.8 	(1) explosives, chemicals, drugs, poisons, lime, medicated bait, fish berries, or 
22.9 	other similar substances;
22.10 	(2) substances or devices that kill, stun, or affect the nervous system of fish;
22.11 	(3) nets, traps, trot lines, or snares; or
22.12 	(4) spring devices that impale, hook, or capture fish.
22.13 	(b) If a person possesses a substance or device listed in paragraph (a) on waters, 
22.14 	shores, or islands, it is presumptive evidence that the person is in violation of this section.
22.15 	(c) The commissioner may, by rule, allow the use of a nonmotorized device with a 
22.16 	recoil mechanism to take fish through the ice.
22.17 	(d) To protect water quality or improve habitat for fish or wildlife, the commissioner 
22.18 	may prescribe restrictions on fishing seasons, limits, or methods on specific bodies of 
22.19 	water.

22.20 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.335, is amended to read:
22.21 	97C.335 USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO TAKE FISH PROHIBITED.
22.22 	A person may not use artificial lights to lure or attract fish or to see fish in the water 
22.23 	while spearing, except that while angling or spearing, a person may:
22.24 	(1) affix to the end of a fishing line a lighted artificial bait with hooks attached to the 
22.25 	end of a fishing line; or
22.26 	(2) use a lighted decoy for spearing. 
22.27 	Any battery that is used in lighted fishing lures cannot contain any intentionally 
22.28 	introduced mercury.

22.29 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
22.30 		Subd. 8.Confiscation of unlawful structures; civil penalty. (a) Structures on the 
22.31 	ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division, 
22.32 	or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
23.1 	(b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the 
23.2 	ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 115A.99.

23.3 	Sec. 50. [97C.417] REPORTING ASIAN CARP.
23.4 	A person who takes any of the following Asian carp species must report the type of 
23.5 	carp taken to the commissioner within seven days of taking:
23.6 	(1) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);
23.7 	(2) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis); or
23.8 	(3) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).

23.9 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.10 		Subdivision 1.Commercial fishing license for Lake Superior. (a) A license to 
23.11 	fish commercially in Lake Superior shall be issued to a maximum of 50 25 residents. To 
23.12 	qualify for licensing, a resident must have landed fish in the previous year with a value of 
23.13 	at least $1,500, and must have engaged in commercial fishing for at least 30 days of the 
23.14 	previous year. An applicant may be issued a license, at the discretion of the commissioner, 
23.15 	if failure to meet the requirements for the dollar value of fish landed or number of days 
23.16 	fished resulted from illness or other mitigating circumstances, or the applicant has reached 
23.17 	the age of 65 and has been licensed at least five of the previous ten years.
23.18 	(b) A license may be issued to a resident who has not previously fished commercially 
23.19 	on Lake Superior and has not been convicted of a game and fish law violation in the 
23.20 	preceding three years, if the applicant:
23.21 	(1) shows a bill of sale indicating the purchase of gear and facilities connected 
23.22 	with an existing license;
23.23 	(2) shows proof of inheritance of all the gear and facilities connected with an 
23.24 	existing license; or
23.25 	(3) has served at least two years as an apprentice in a Minnesota Lake Superior 
23.26 	licensed commercial fishing operation.

23.27 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.28 		Subd. 3.Pound nets and trap nets. Pound or trap nets may be used to take lake 
23.29 	whitefish, round whitefish, pygmy whitefish, ciscoes, chubs, alewives, rainbow smelt, and 
23.30 	rough fish in Lake Superior, including St. Louis Bay east of the U.S. Highway 53 bridge, 
23.31 	under the rules prescribed by the commissioner.

23.32 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
24.1 		Subd. 8.Special permits. The commissioner may issue special permits to duly 
24.2 	licensed commercial fishing operators not exceeding 20 in number, for the purpose 
24.3 	of taking lake trout, ciscoes, and lake whitefish spawn during the closed season for the 
24.4 	propagation of trout in Lake Superior and adjacent waters under rules prescribed by the 
24.5 	commissioner.

24.6 	Sec. 54. [97C.836] LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE TROUT EXPANDED 
24.7 	ASSESSMENT HARVEST.
24.8 	The commissioner shall provide for taking of lake trout by licensed commercial 
24.9 	operators in Lake Superior management zones MN-3 and MN-2 for expanded assessment 
24.10 	and sale. The commissioner shall authorize expanded assessment taking and sale of lake 
24.11 	trout in Lake Superior management zone MN-3 beginning annually in 2007 and zone 
24.12 	MN-2 beginning annually in 2010. Total assessment taking and sale may not exceed 3,000 
24.13 	lake trout in zone MN-3 and 2,000 lake trout in zone MN-2 and may be reduced when 
24.14 	necessary to protect the lake trout population or to manage the effects of invasive species 
24.15 	or fish disease. Taking lake trout for expanded assessment and sale shall be allowed from 
24.16 	June 1 to September 30, but may end earlier in the respective zones if the quotas are 
24.17 	reached. The quotas must be reassessed at the expiration of the current ten-year Fisheries 
24.18 	Management Plan for the Minnesota Waters of Lake Superior dated September 2006.

24.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

24.20 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 4, is amended to 
24.21 	read:
24.22 		Subd. 4.Wetland restoration. A replacement plan for wetlands is not required for:
24.23 	(1) activities in a wetland restored or created for conservation purposes under a 
24.24 	contract or easement providing the landowner with the right to drain the restored or 
24.25 	created wetland; or
24.26 	(2) activities in a wetland restored or created by a landowner without any assistance 
24.27 	or financing from public agencies or private entities other than the landowner and the 
24.28 	wetland has not been used for wetland replacement or deposited in the state wetland bank.

24.29 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2242, subdivision 15, as amended by 
24.30 	Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 132, is amended to read:
24.31 		Subd. 15.Fees paid to board. All fees established in subdivisions 9 and 14 must be 
24.32 	paid to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to be used and are annually appropriated to 
25.1 	the board for the purpose of administration of the wetland bank and to process appeals 
25.2 	under section 103G.2242, subdivision 9.

25.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

25.4 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.291, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
25.5 		Subd. 3.Emergency Water supply plans; demand reduction. (a) Every 
25.6 	public water supplier serving more than 1,000 people must submit an emergency and 
25.7 	conservation a water supply plan to the commissioner for approval by January 1, 1996. 
25.8 	In accordance with guidelines developed by the commissioner, the plan must address 
25.9 	projected demands, adequacy of the water supply system and planned improvements, 
25.10 	existing and future water sources, natural resource impacts or limitations, emergency 
25.11 	preparedness, water conservation, supply and demand reduction measures, and allocation 
25.12 	priorities and must identify alternative sources of water for use in an emergency that are 
25.13 	consistent with section 103G.261. Public water suppliers must update the their plan and, 
25.14 	upon notification, submit it to the commissioner for approval every ten years.
25.15 	(b) The water supply plan in paragraph (a) is required for all communities in the 
25.16 	metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, with a municipal water supply system 
25.17 	and is a required element of the local comprehensive plan required under section 473.859. 
25.18 	Water supply plans or updates submitted after December 31, 2008, must be consistent 
25.19 	with the metropolitan area master water supply plan required under section 473.1565, 
25.20 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2).
25.21 	(b) (c) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must employ water use 
25.22 	demand reduction measures before requesting approval from the commissioner of health 
25.23 	under section 144.383, paragraph (a), to construct a public water supply well or requesting 
25.24 	an increase in the authorized volume of appropriation. Demand reduction measures must 
25.25 	include evaluation of conservation rate structures and a public education program that 
25.26 	may include a toilet and showerhead retrofit program. 
25.27 	(c) (d) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must submit records 
25.28 	that indicate the number of connections and amount of use by customer category and 
25.29 	volume of water unaccounted for with the annual report of water use required under 
25.30 	section 103G.281, subdivision 3. 
25.31 	(d) (e) For the purposes of this subdivision, "public water supplier" means an entity 
25.32 	that owns, manages, or operates a public water supply, as defined in section 144.382, 
25.33 	subdivision 4. 

25.34 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.311, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.1 		Subd. 2.Hearing notice. (a) The hearing notice on an application must state
26.2 	include:
26.3 	(1) the date, place, and time fixed by the commissioner for the hearing; and
26.4 	(2) the waters affected, the water levels sought to be established, or control structures 
26.5 	proposed; and
26.6 	(3) the matters prescribed by sections 14.57 to 14.59 and rules adopted thereunder.
26.7 	(b) A summary of the hearing notice must be published by the commissioner at the 
26.8 	expense of the applicant or, if the proceeding is initiated by the commissioner in the 
26.9 	absence of an applicant, at the expense of the commissioner.
26.10 	(c) The summary of the hearing notice must be:
26.11 	(1) published once a week for two successive weeks before the day of hearing 
26.12 	in a legal newspaper published in the county where any part of the affected waters is 
26.13 	located; and
26.14 	(2) mailed by the commissioner to the county auditor, the mayor of a municipality, 
26.15 	the watershed district, and the soil and water conservation district affected by the 
26.16 	application; and
26.17 	(3) made under requirements prescribed by sections 14.57 to 14.59 and rules of the 
26.18 	chief administrative law judge.

26.19 	Sec. 59. [114E.01] SHORT TITLE.
26.20 	This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.

26.21 	Sec. 60. [114E.05] DEFINITIONS.
26.22 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the definitions in this 
26.23 	subdivision have the meanings given.
26.24 		Subd. 2.Activity and use limitations. "Activity and use limitations" means 
26.25 	restrictions or obligations with respect to real property that are associated with an 
26.26 	environmental response project.
26.27 		Subd. 3.Common interest community. "Common interest community" means a 
26.28 	common interest community as defined in chapter 515B.
26.29 		Subd. 4.Environmental agency. "Environmental agency" means the Pollution 
26.30 	Control Agency, Agriculture Department, or another state or federal agency that 
26.31 	determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the 
26.32 	environmental covenant is created.
26.33 		Subd. 5.Environmental covenant. "Environmental covenant" means a servitude 
26.34 	created under this chapter that imposes activity and use limitations.
27.1 		Subd. 6.Environmental response project. "Environmental response project" 
27.2 	means a plan or work performed to clean up, eliminate, investigate, minimize, mitigate, or 
27.3 	prevent the release or threatened release of contaminants affecting real property in order to 
27.4 	protect public health or welfare or the environment, including: 
27.5 	(1) response or corrective actions under federal or state law, including chapters 115B, 
27.6 	115C, 115E, and 116, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation 
27.7 	and Liability Act, United States Code, title 44, section 9601, et seq.;
27.8 	(2) corrective actions or response to agricultural chemical incidents under chapters 
27.9 	18B, 18C, 18D, and 18E; and 
27.10 	(3) closure, contingency, or corrective actions required under rules or regulations 
27.11 	applicable to waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities or to above or below ground 
27.12 	tanks. 
27.13 		Subd. 7.Holder. "Holder" means any person identified as a holder of an 
27.14 	environmental covenant as specified in section 114E.10, paragraph (a).
27.15 		Subd. 8.Person. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, 
27.16 	trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, 
27.17 	political subdivision or special purpose unit of government, agency, or instrumentality of 
27.18 	the state or federal government, or any other legal or commercial entity.
27.19 		Subd. 9.Record. "Record," used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on 
27.20 	a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable 
27.21 	in perceivable form. 
27.22 		Subd. 10.Recorded. "Recorded" means recorded with the county recorder or 
27.23 	registrar of title, as applicable, in each county where the real property is located.
27.24 		Subd. 11.State. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
27.25 	Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject 
27.26 	to the jurisdiction of the United States.

27.27 	Sec. 61. [114E.10] NATURE OF RIGHTS; ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
27.28 	AGENCY; SUBORDINATION OF INTERESTS.
27.29 	(a) Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property subject to 
27.30 	the environmental convenant, the environmental agency, or any other political subdivision 
27.31 	or unit of local government, may be a holder.  An environmental covenant may identify 
27.32 	more than one holder.  The interest of a holder is an interest in real property. The holder is 
27.33 	the grantee of the real property interest conveyed under an environmental covenant.
27.34 	(b) Unless an environmental agency is a holder, any right that the agency may have 
27.35 	with respect to an environmental covenant does not constitute an interest in real property. 
28.1 	Approval of an environmental covenant does not make the environmental agency a holder 
28.2 	unless it has authority under law other than this chapter to acquire an interest in real 
28.3 	property for purposes related to an environmental response project and it is expressly 
28.4 	identified as a holder in the environmental covenant. 
28.5 	(c) An environmental agency is bound by any obligation it assumes in an 
28.6 	environmental covenant, but an environmental agency does not assume obligations merely 
28.7 	by signing an environmental covenant. As provided in section 114E.15, an environmental 
28.8 	covenant is not valid unless signed by the environmental agency and the environmental 
28.9 	agency may set reasonable conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant. 
28.10 	When the environmental agency is a federal agency, the covenant must also be approved 
28.11 	and signed by the state environmental agency that has authority under state law to address 
28.12 	the release or threatened release involved in the environmental response project. Any 
28.13 	other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person 
28.14 	expressly assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, 
28.15 	rights, or protections granted or imposed under law other than this chapter except as 
28.16 	provided in the covenant.
28.17 	(d) The following rules apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an 
28.18 	environmental covenant is created or amended:
28.19 	(1) an interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental 
28.20 	covenant unless the person that owns the interest subordinates that interest to the covenant;
28.21 	(2) this chapter does not require a person that owns a prior interest to subordinate 
28.22 	that interest to an environmental covenant or to agree to be bound by the covenant;
28.23 	(3) a subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant or 
28.24 	in a separate record that is recorded.  If the environmental covenant covers commonly 
28.25 	owned property in a common interest community, the environmental covenant or the 
28.26 	subordination agreement may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board 
28.27 	of the owners' association; and 
28.28 	(4) an agreement by a person to subordinate a prior interest to an environmental 
28.29 	covenant affects the priority of that person's interest but does not by itself impose any 
28.30 	affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant.

28.31 	Sec. 62. [114E.15] CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT.
28.32 	(a) An environmental covenant must:
28.33 	(1) state on its first page that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed 
28.34 	pursuant to this chapter;
28.35 	(2) contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant;
29.1 	(3) describe the activity and use limitations on the real property;
29.2 	(4) identify every holder;
29.3 	(5) be signed and acknowledged by the environmental agency, every holder, and 
29.4 	every owner of the fee simple title to the real property subject to the covenant; and 
29.5 	(6) identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental 
29.6 	response project reflected in the environmental covenant.
29.7 	(b) In addition to the information required by paragraph (a), an environmental 
29.8 	covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by 
29.9 	the persons who signed it, including any:
29.10 	(1) requirements for notice of any transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning 
29.11 	proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any 
29.12 	site work affecting the contamination or the environmental response project on, the real 
29.13 	property subject to the covenant;
29.14 	(2) requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant;
29.15 	(3) rights of access to the real property granted in connection with implementation 
29.16 	or enforcement of the covenant;
29.17 	(4) a brief narrative description of the contamination and environmental response 
29.18 	project, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on 
29.19 	exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination;
29.20 	(5) limitation on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those 
29.21 	contained in sections 114E.40 and 114E.45;
29.22 	(6) rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant 
29.23 	to section 114E.50; and
29.24 	(7) waiver of a party's right to consent to the amendment or termination of a 
29.25 	covenant under section 114E.45, paragraph (a), clause (3).
29.26 	(c) The environmental agency may set reasonable conditions for its approval of an 
29.27 	environmental covenant, including:
29.28 	(1) requiring that persons specified by the agency that have interests in the real 
29.29 	property also sign the covenant;
29.30 	(2) requiring that a person who holds a prior interest in the real property subject to 
29.31 	the covenant agree to subordinate that interest where applicable; and
29.32 	(3) requiring the inclusion within the text of the covenant information, restrictions, 
29.33 	or requirements as described in paragraph (b).

29.34 	Sec. 63. [114E.20] VALIDITY; EFFECT ON OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
29.35 	(a) An environmental covenant created under this chapter runs with the land.
30.1 	(b) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable 
30.2 	even if:
30.3 	(1) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;
30.4 	(2) it can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder;
30.5 	(3) it is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;
30.6 	(4) it imposes a negative burden;
30.7 	(5) it imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real 
30.8 	property or on the holder;
30.9 	(6) the benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property;
30.10 	(7) there is no privity of estate or contract;
30.11 	(8) the holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is replaced; or 
30.12 	(9) the owner of an interest in the real property subject to the environmental 
30.13 	covenant and the holder are the same person.
30.14 	(c) Any instrument that imposes activity and use limitations, including any 
30.15 	conservation easement, declaration, restrictive covenant, or similar instrument created 
30.16 	before the effective date of this chapter remains valid and enforceable as provided in 
30.17 	the law under which it was created. This chapter does not apply in any other respect to 
30.18 	such an instrument.
30.19 	(d) This chapter does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether 
30.20 	designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, that is otherwise enforceable 
30.21 	under the law of this state.

30.22 	Sec. 64. [114E.25] RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAND USE LAW.
30.23 	(a) This chapter does not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited 
30.24 	by zoning, by law other than this chapter regulating use of real property, or by a recorded 
30.25 	instrument that has priority over the environmental covenant. 
30.26 	(b) An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property which 
30.27 	are authorized by zoning or by law other than this chapter.
30.28 	(c) An environmental agency that exercises authority under law other than this 
30.29 	chapter to require as part of an environmental response project the performance of a 
30.30 	response or corrective action that would not otherwise be an authorized use of real 
30.31 	property under zoning or other real property law or prior recorded instruments may 
30.32 	include such requirement as an affirmative obligation in an environmental covenant.

30.33 	Sec. 65. [114E.30] NOTICE.
31.1 	(a) A copy of an environmental covenant, and any amendments or notices of 
31.2 	termination thereof, must be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the 
31.3 	environmental agency to:
31.4 	(1) each person that signed the covenant or their successor or assign;
31.5 	(2) each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the 
31.6 	covenant;
31.7 	(3) each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant;
31.8 	(4) each political subdivision in which real property subject to the covenant is 
31.9 	located; and 
31.10 	(5) any other person the environmental agency requires.
31.11 	(b) The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the 
31.12 	covenant as required under this section.

31.13 	Sec. 66. [114E.35] RECORDING.
31.14 	(a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant 
31.15 	must be recorded with the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, in every 
31.16 	county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located.  For 
31.17 	purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.
31.18 	(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 114E.40, paragraph (f), an environmental 
31.19 	covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interests in 
31.20 	real property.

31.21 	Sec. 67. [114E.40] DURATION; MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION BY 
31.22 	ADMINISTRATIVE OR COURT ACTION.
31.23 	(a) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is:
31.24 	(1) by its terms limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a 
31.25 	specific event;
31.26 	(2) terminated by consent pursuant to section 114E.45;
31.27 	(3) terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) or (e);
31.28 	(4) terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental 
31.29 	covenant; or 
31.30 	(5) terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if:
31.31 	(i) the environmental agency that signed the covenant is a party to the proceeding;
31.32 	(ii) all persons identified in paragraph (c) are given notice of the pendency of the 
31.33 	proceeding; and 
32.1 	(iii) the court determines, after hearing, that the activity and use limitations subject 
32.2 	to termination or modification are no longer required to protect public health or welfare 
32.3 	or the environment.
32.4 	(b) The environmental agency that approved an environmental covenant may 
32.5 	determine whether to terminate or reduce the burden on the real property of the covenant 
32.6 	if the agency determines that some or all of the activity and use limitations under the 
32.7 	covenant are no longer required to protect public health or welfare or the environment or 
32.8 	modify the covenant if the agency determines that modification is required to adequately 
32.9 	protect public health or welfare or the environment.
32.10 	(c) The environmental agency shall provide notice of any proposed action under 
32.11 	paragraph (b) to each person with a current recorded interest in the real property subject 
32.12 	to the environmental covenant, each holder, all other persons who originally signed the 
32.13 	environmental covenant, or their successors or assigns, and any other person with rights 
32.14 	or obligations under the covenant. The environmental agency shall provide 30 days for 
32.15 	comment on the proposed action by parties entitled to notice. Any person entitled to notice 
32.16 	under this paragraph may request a contested case under chapter 14 by making the request 
32.17 	in writing within the 30-day comment period. A determination by an environmental 
32.18 	agency under this paragraph is a final agency decision subject to judicial review in the 
32.19 	same manner as provided in sections 14.63 to 14.68 or under applicable federal law.
32.20 	(d) Any person entitled to notice under paragraph (c) may apply in writing to the 
32.21 	environmental agency for a determination under paragraph (b) that an existing covenant 
32.22 	be terminated, that the burden of a covenant be reduced, or that covenant be modified. 
32.23 	The application must specify the determination sought by the applicant, the reasons why 
32.24 	the environmental agency should make the determination, and the information which 
32.25 	would support it. If the environmental agency fails to commence a proceeding under 
32.26 	paragraph (b) within 60 days of receipt of the application, the applicant may bring a de 
32.27 	novo action in the district court for termination, reduction of burden, or modification of 
32.28 	the environmental covenant pursuant to paragraph (e).
32.29 	(e) The district court for the county in which the real property subject to an 
32.30 	environmental covenant is located may, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, 
32.31 	terminate the covenant, reduce its burden on the real property, or modify its terms in a de 
32.32 	novo action if an environmental agency fails to commence a proceeding within 60 days 
32.33 	as provided under paragraph (d). The applicant under paragraph (d), any party to the 
32.34 	environmental covenant, or any other person identified in paragraph (c) may commence an 
32.35 	action under this paragraph. The person commencing the action shall serve notice of the 
32.36 	action on the environmental agency and any person entitled to notice under paragraph (c). 
33.1 	The court shall terminate, reduce the burden of, or modify the environmental covenant 
33.2 	if the court determines that the person bringing the action shows that some or all of the 
33.3 	activity and use limitations under the covenant do not, or are no longer required to, protect 
33.4 	public health or welfare or the environment.
33.5 	(f) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired 
33.6 	through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine 
33.7 	of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or 
33.8 	acquiescence, or a similar doctrine.
33.9 	(g) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by 
33.10 	application of section 500.20 or 541.023.

33.11 	Sec. 68. [114E.45] AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION BY CONSENT.
33.12 	(a) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if 
33.13 	the amendment or termination is signed by:
33.14 	(1) the environmental agency;
33.15 	(2) the current owner of the fee simple title to the real property subject to the 
33.16 	covenant;
33.17 	(3) every other original signatory to the covenant, or their successor or assign, unless:
33.18 	(i) the person waived the right to consent to termination or modification in the 
33.19 	environmental covenant or another signed and acknowledged record that is recorded;
33.20 	(ii) the person fails to object to the amendment or termination within 60 days after 
33.21 	a notice requesting the person's consent to amendment or termination was mailed by 
33.22 	certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address, as obtained 
33.23 	from the United States Postal Service; or
33.24 	(iii) a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified 
33.25 	with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and 
33.26 	(4) each holder, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d).
33.27 	Any person may establish that the notice described in clause (3), item (ii), was properly 
33.28 	mailed by recording an affidavit to that effect from a person having knowledge of the 
33.29 	facts, and a certified copy of the recorded affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the 
33.30 	facts stated therein.
33.31 	(b) If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest 
33.32 	is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest 
33.33 	consents to the amendment or has waived in the environmental covenant or other signed 
33.34 	record the right to consent to amendments.
34.1 	(c) Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, 
34.2 	or as otherwise provided in the environmental covenant, assignment of an environmental 
34.3 	covenant to a new holder is an amendment.
34.4 	(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) or in an environmental covenant:
34.5 	(1) a holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties specified 
34.6 	in paragraph (a);
34.7 	(2) a holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties 
34.8 	specified in paragraph (a); and 
34.9 	(3) a court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.

34.10 	Sec. 69. [114E.50] ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT.
34.11 	(a) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an 
34.12 	environmental covenant may be maintained by:
34.13 	(1) a party to the covenant, including all holders;
34.14 	(2) the environmental agency that signed the covenant;
34.15 	(3) any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce;
34.16 	(4) a person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may 
34.17 	be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant; or 
34.18 	(5) a political subdivision in which the real property subject to the covenant is 
34.19 	located.
34.20 	(b) The state environmental agency that signed the covenant may use any remedy 
34.21 	or enforcement measure provided in section 115.071, subdivisions 3 to 5, or 116.072 to 
34.22 	remedy violations of a covenant. This paragraph does not limit the state environmental 
34.23 	agency from taking action to enforce the terms of a covenant against a person required to 
34.24 	comply with the covenant in connection with that person's obligation to perform response 
34.25 	actions or as a condition of receiving a liability assurance with respect to a release or 
34.26 	threatened release of contaminants.
34.27 	(c) This chapter does not limit the regulatory authority of the environmental agency 
34.28 	under law other than this chapter with respect to an environmental response project.
34.29 	(d) A person is not responsible for or subject to liability arising from a release 
34.30 	or threatened release of contamination into the environment, or for remediation costs 
34.31 	attendant thereto, solely because it has signed, holds rights to, or otherwise has the right to 
34.32 	enforce an environmental covenant.

34.33 	Sec. 70. [114E.60] UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
35.1 	In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to 
35.2 	promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

35.3 	Sec. 71. [114E.65] RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL 
35.4 	AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
35.5 	This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in 
35.6 	Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001 et seq., but 
35.7 	does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 of that act, United States Code, title 15, 
35.8 	section 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 
35.9 	103 of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7003(b).

35.10 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.072, is amended to read:
35.11 	115.072 RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS AND EXPENSES.
35.12 	In any action brought by the attorney general, in the name of the state, pursuant 
35.13 	to the provisions of this chapter and chapters 114C, 114E, and 116, for civil penalties, 
35.14 	injunctive relief, or in an action to compel compliance, if the state shall finally prevail, 
35.15 	and if the proven violation was willful, the state, in addition to other penalties provided 
35.16 	in this chapter, may be allowed an amount determined by the court to be the reasonable 
35.17 	value of all or a part of the litigation expenses incurred by the state. In determining the 
35.18 	amount of such litigation expenses to be allowed, the court shall give consideration to the 
35.19 	economic circumstances of the defendant.
35.20 	Amounts recovered under the provisions of this section and section 115.071, 
35.21 	subdivisions 3 to 5, shall be paid into the environmental fund in the state treasury to the 
35.22 	extent provided in section 115.073. 

35.23 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
35.24 		Subd. 2.License required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), after March 31, 
35.25 	1996, a person may not design, install, maintain, pump, or inspect an individual sewage 
35.26 	treatment system without a license issued by the commissioner.
35.27 	(b) A license is not required for a person who complies with the applicable 
35.28 	requirements if the person is:
35.29 	(1) a qualified employee of state or local government who has passed the 
35.30 	examination described in paragraph (d) or a similar examination;
35.31 	(2) an individual who constructs an individual sewage treatment system on land that 
35.32 	is owned or leased by the individual and functions solely as the individual's dwelling or 
35.33 	seasonal dwelling;
36.1 	(3) a farmer who pumps and disposes of sewage waste from individual sewage 
36.2 	treatment systems, holding tanks, and privies on land that is owned or leased by the 
36.3 	farmer; or
36.4 	(4) an individual who performs labor or services for a person licensed under this 
36.5 	section in connection with the design, installation, maintenance, pumping, or inspection of 
36.6 	an individual sewage treatment system at the direction and under the personal supervision 
36.7 	of a person licensed under this section.
36.8 	A person constructing an individual sewage treatment system under clause (2) must 
36.9 	consult with a site evaluator or designer before beginning construction. In addition, the 
36.10 	system must be inspected before being covered and a compliance report must be provided 
36.11 	to the local unit of government after the inspection.
36.12 	(c) The commissioner, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Extension 
36.13 	Service or another higher education institution, shall ensure adequate training exists for 
36.14 	individual sewage treatment system professionals.
36.15 	(d) The commissioner shall conduct examinations to test the knowledge of applicants 
36.16 	for licensing and shall issue documentation of licensing.
36.17 	(e) Licenses may be issued only upon successful completion of the required 
36.18 	examination and submission of proof of sufficient experience, proof of general liability 
36.19 	insurance, and a corporate surety bond in the amount of at least $10,000.
36.20 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the examination and proof of experience are not 
36.21 	required for an individual sewage treatment system professional who, on the effective date 
36.22 	of the rules adopted under subdivision 1, holds a certification attained by examination and 
36.23 	experience under a voluntary certification program administered by the agency.
36.24 	(g) Local units of government may not require additional local licenses for individual 
36.25 	sewage treatment system professionals.
36.26 	(h) A pumper whose annual gross revenue from pumping systems is $9,000 or 
36.27 	less and whose gross revenue from pumping systems during the year ending May 11, 
36.28 	1994, was at least $1,000 is not subject to training requirements in rules adopted under 
36.29 	subdivision 1, except for any training required for initial licensure.
36.30 	(i) Until December 31, 2010, no other professional license is required to: 
36.31 	(1) design, install, maintain, or inspect an individual sewage treatment system with a 
36.32 	flow of 10,000 gallons of water per day or less if the system designer, installer, maintainer, 
36.33 	or inspector is licensed under this subdivision and the local unit of government has not 
36.34 	adopted additional requirements; and
36.35 	(2) operate an individual sewage treatment system with a flow of 10,000 gallons 
36.36 	of water per day or less if the system operator is licensed as a system designer, installer, 
37.1 	maintainer, or inspector under this subdivision and the local unit of government has not 
37.2 	adopted additional requirements.

37.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

37.4 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115B.17, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
37.5 		Subd. 15.Acquisition of property. The agency may acquire, by purchase 
37.6 	or donation, an interest interests in real property, including easements, restrictive
37.7 	environmental covenants under chapter 114E, and leases, that the agency determines 
37.8 	is are necessary for response action. The validity and duration of a restrictive covenant 
37.9 	or nonpossessory easement acquired under this subdivision shall be determined in the 
37.10 	same manner as the validity and duration of a conservation easement under chapter 84C, 
37.11 	unless the duration is otherwise provided in the agreement. The agency may acquire 
37.12 	an easement by condemnation only if the agency is unable, after reasonable efforts, to 
37.13 	acquire an interest in real property by purchase or donation. The provisions of chapter 117 
37.14 	govern condemnation proceedings by the agency under this subdivision. A donation of an 
37.15 	interest in real property to the agency is not effective until the agency executes a certificate 
37.16 	of acceptance. The state is not liable under this chapter solely as a result of acquiring an 
37.17 	interest in real property under this subdivision. Agency approval of an environmental 
37.18 	convenant under chapter 114E is sufficient evidence of acceptance of an interest in real 
37.19 	property where the agency is expressly identified as a holder in the covenant.

37.20 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.07, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
37.21 		Subd. 2a.Exemptions from standards. No standards adopted by any state agency 
37.22 	for limiting levels of noise in terms of sound pressure which may occur in the outdoor 
37.23 	atmosphere shall apply to (1) segments of trunk highways constructed with federal 
37.24 	interstate substitution money, provided that all reasonably available noise mitigation 
37.25 	measures are employed to abate noise, (2) an existing or newly constructed segment of a 
37.26 	highway, provided that all reasonably available noise mitigation measures, as approved by 
37.27 	the commissioners of the Department of Transportation and Pollution Control Agency, are 
37.28 	employed to abate noise, (3) except for the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, an existing 
37.29 	or newly constructed segment of a road, street, or highway under the jurisdiction of a road 
37.30 	authority of a town, statutory or home rule charter city, or county, except for roadways for 
37.31 	which full control of access has been acquired, (4) skeet, trap or shooting sports clubs, or 
37.32 	(5) motor vehicle race events conducted at a facility specifically designed for that purpose 
37.33 	that was in operation on or before July 1, 1983 1996. Nothing herein shall prohibit a 
37.34 	local unit of government or a public corporation with the power to make rules for the 
38.1 	government of its real property from regulating the location and operation of skeet, trap 
38.2 	or shooting sports clubs, or motor vehicle race events conducted at a facility specifically 
38.3 	designed for that purpose that was in operation on or before July 1, 1983 1996.

38.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

38.5 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.23, is amended to read:
38.6 	116.23 PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTIONS.
38.7 		Subdivision 1.Nutrient concentrations. No person shall manufacture for use or 
38.8 	sale in Minnesota or import into Minnesota for resale any cleaning agent or chemical 
38.9 	water conditioner which contains a prescribed nutrient in a concentration that is greater 
38.10 	than the prescribed maximum permissible concentration of that nutrient in that cleaning 
38.11 	agent or chemical water conditioner.
38.12 		Subd. 2.Residential dishwasher detergent. No person shall sell, distribute, offer, 
38.13 	or expose for sale at retail any household dishwasher detergent that contains more than 0.5 
38.14 	percent phosphorus by weight. This subdivision does not apply to the sale or distribution 
38.15 	of detergents for commercial or institutional dishwashing purposes.

38.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

38.17 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169A.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.18 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section:
38.19 	(1) "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning given it in section 340A.101, subdivision 2; 
38.20 	(2) "distilled spirits" has the meaning given it in section 340A.101, subdivision 9; 
38.21 	(3) "motor vehicle" does not include motorboats in operation, or off-road recreational 
38.22 	vehicles except when being operated on a roadway or shoulder of a roadway that is not 
38.23 	part of a grant-in-aid trail or trail designated for that vehicle by the commissioner of 
38.24 	natural resources;
38.25 	(4) "possession" means either that the person had actual possession of the bottle or 
38.26 	receptacle or that the person consciously exercised dominion and control over the bottle 
38.27 	or receptacle; and
38.28 	(5) "3.2 percent malt liquor" has the meaning given it in section 340A.101, 
38.29 	subdivision 19. 

38.30 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 373.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.31 		Subdivision 1.Public corporation; listed powers. (a) Each county is a body politic 
38.32 	and corporate and may:
39.1 	(1) Sue and be sued.
39.2 	(2) Acquire and hold real and personal property for the use of the county, and lands 
39.3 	sold for taxes as provided by law.
39.4 	(3) Purchase and hold for the benefit of the county real estate sold by virtue of 
39.5 	judicial proceedings, to which the county is a party.
39.6 	(4) Sell, lease, and convey real or personal estate owned by the county, and give 
39.7 	contracts or options to sell, lease, or convey it, and make orders respecting it as deemed 
39.8 	conducive to the interests of the county's inhabitants.
39.9 	(5) Make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns 
39.10 	of the county necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
39.11 	(b) No sale, lease, or conveyance of real estate owned by the county, except the lease 
39.12 	of a residence acquired for the furtherance of an approved capital improvement project, nor 
39.13 	any contract or option for it, shall be valid, without first advertising for bids or proposals in 
39.14 	the official newspaper of the county for three consecutive weeks and once in a newspaper 
39.15 	of general circulation in the area where the property is located. The notice shall state the 
39.16 	time and place of considering the proposals, contain a legal description of any real estate, 
39.17 	and a brief description of any personal property. Leases that do not exceed $15,000 for any 
39.18 	one year may be negotiated and are not subject to the competitive bid procedures of this 
39.19 	section. All proposals estimated to exceed $15,000 in any one year shall be considered at 
39.20 	the time set for the bid opening, and the one most favorable to the county accepted, but the 
39.21 	county board may, in the interest of the county, reject any or all proposals.
39.22 	(c) Sales of personal property the value of which is estimated to be $15,000 or 
39.23 	more shall be made only after advertising for bids or proposals in the county's official 
39.24 	newspaper, on the county's Web site, or in a recognized industry trade journal. At the same 
39.25 	time it posts on its Web site or publishes in a trade journal, the county must publish in the 
39.26 	official newspaper, either as part of the minutes of a regular meeting of the county board 
39.27 	or in a separate notice, a summary of all requests for bids or proposals that the county 
39.28 	advertises on its Web site or in a trade journal. After publication in the official newspaper, 
39.29 	on the Web site, or in a trade journal, bids or proposals may be solicited and accepted by 
39.30 	the electronic selling process authorized in section 471.345, subdivision 17. Sales of 
39.31 	personal property the value of which is estimated to be less than $15,000 may be made 
39.32 	either on competitive bids or in the open market, in the discretion of the county board. 
39.33 	"Web site" means a specific, addressable location provided on a server connected to the 
39.34 	Internet and hosting World Wide Web pages and other files that are generally accessible 
39.35 	on the Internet all or most of a day. 
40.1 	(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the county may, when acquiring 
40.2 	real property for county highway right-of-way, exchange parcels of real property of 
40.3 	substantially similar or equal value without advertising for bids. The estimated values for 
40.4 	these parcels shall be determined by the county assessor.
40.5 	(e) If real estate or personal property remains unsold after advertising for and 
40.6 	consideration of bids or proposals the county may employ a broker to sell the property. 
40.7 	The broker may sell the property for not less than 90 percent of its appraised market value 
40.8 	as determined by the county. The broker's fee shall be set by agreement with the county but 
40.9 	may not exceed ten percent of the sale price and must be paid from the proceeds of the sale.
40.10 	(f) A county or its agent may rent a county-owned residence acquired for the 
40.11 	furtherance of an approved capital improvement project subject to the conditions set 
40.12 	by the county board and not subject to the conditions for lease otherwise provided by 
40.13 	paragraph (a), clause (4), and paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g).
40.14 	(g) In no case shall lands be disposed of without there being reserved to the county 
40.15 	all iron ore and other valuable minerals in and upon the lands, with right to explore for, 
40.16 	mine and remove the iron ore and other valuable minerals, nor shall the minerals and 
40.17 	mineral rights be disposed of, either before or after disposition of the surface rights, 
40.18 	otherwise than by mining lease, in similar general form to that provided by section 93.20
40.19 	for mining leases affecting state lands. The lease shall be for a term not exceeding 50 
40.20 	years, and be issued on a royalty basis, the royalty to be not less than 25 cents per ton of 
40.21 	2,240 pounds, and fix a minimum amount of royalty payable during each year, whether 
40.22 	mineral is removed or not. Prospecting options for mining leases may be granted for 
40.23 	periods not exceeding one year. The options shall require, among other things, periodical 
40.24 	showings to the county board of the results of exploration work done.
40.25 	(h) Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the contrary, the county may, 
40.26 	when selling real property owned in fee simple that cannot be improved because of 
40.27 	noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access, 
40.28 	proceed to sell the nonconforming parcel without advertising for bid. At the county's 
40.29 	discretion, the real property may be restricted to sale to adjoining landowners or may be 
40.30 	sold to any other interested party. The property shall be sold to the highest bidder, but 
40.31 	in no case shall the property be sold for less than 90 percent of its fair market value as 
40.32 	determined by the county assessor. All owners of land adjoining the land to be sold shall 
40.33 	be given a written notice at least 30 days before the sale. This paragraph shall be liberally 
40.34 	construed to encourage the sale of nonconforming real property and promote its return to 
40.35 	the tax roles.

41.1 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1565, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.2 		Subdivision 1.Planning activities. (a) The Metropolitan Council must carry out 
41.3 	planning activities addressing the water supply needs of the metropolitan area as defined 
41.4 	in section 473.121, subdivision 2. The planning activities must include, at a minimum:
41.5 	(1) development and maintenance of a base of technical information needed for 
41.6 	sound water supply decisions including surface and groundwater availability analyses, 
41.7 	water demand projections, water withdrawal and use impact analyses, modeling, and 
41.8 	similar studies;
41.9 	(2) development and periodic update of a metropolitan area master water supply 
41.10 	plan, prepared in cooperation with and subject to the approval of the commissioner 
41.11 	of natural resources, that:
41.12 	(i) provides guidance for local water supply systems and future regional investments;
41.13 	(ii) emphasizes conservation, interjurisdictional cooperation, and long-term 
41.14 	sustainability; and
41.15 	(iii) addresses the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of the metropolitan area 
41.16 	water supply system and its local and subregional components;
41.17 	(3) recommendations for clarifying the appropriate roles and responsibilities of 
41.18 	local, regional, and state government in metropolitan area water supply;
41.19 	(4) recommendations for streamlining and consolidating metropolitan area water 
41.20 	supply decision-making and approval processes; and
41.21 	(5) recommendations for the ongoing and long-term funding of metropolitan area 
41.22 	water supply planning activities and capital investments.
41.23 	(b) The council must carry out the planning activities in this subdivision in 
41.24 	consultation with the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee established in 
41.25 	subdivision 2.

41.26 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.859, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
41.27 		Subd. 3.Public facilities plan. A public facilities plan shall describe the character, 
41.28 	location, timing, sequence, function, use and capacity of existing and future public 
41.29 	facilities of the local governmental unit. A public facilities plan must be in at least such 
41.30 	detail as may be necessary to establish existing or potential effects on or departures from 
41.31 	metropolitan system plans and to protect metropolitan system plans. A public facilities 
41.32 	plan shall contain at least the following parts:
41.33 	(1) a transportation plan describing, designating and scheduling the location, extent, 
41.34 	function and capacity of existing and proposed local public and private transportation 
41.35 	services and facilities;
42.1 	(2) a sewer policy plan describing, designating and scheduling the areas to be 
42.2 	sewered by the public system, the existing and planned capacities of the public system, the 
42.3 	standards and conditions under which the installation of private sewer systems will be 
42.4 	permitted, and to the extent practicable, the areas not suitable for public or private systems 
42.5 	because of public health, safety and welfare considerations;
42.6 	(3) a parks and open space plan describing, designating and scheduling the existing 
42.7 	and proposed parks and recreation open spaces within the jurisdiction; and
42.8 	(4) a water supply plan including: as described in section 103G.291, subdivision 3.
42.9 	(i) a description of the existing water supply system, including the source of water, 
42.10 	well and treatment plant locations, and major supply lines; an inventory of commercial 
42.11 	and industrial users; an indication of the community's intent to make future changes 
42.12 	or additions to the system, including projections for population and industrial and 
42.13 	commercial use and the methods by which this growth will be served;
42.14 	(ii) a statement of the community's objectives, policies, and standards for operating 
42.15 	the water supply system;
42.16 	(iii) a conservation program that contains the goals of the program, demand and 
42.17 	supply conservation techniques to be used, an evaluation of pricing methods that could be 
42.18 	used to reduce demand, the conditions under which conservation actions would occur, 
42.19 	a process for reducing nonessential uses according to the priority system under section 
42.20 	103G.261, and the education program that will be used to inform the public of the need to 
42.21 	conserve and the methods available to achieve conservation; 
42.22 	(iv) an emergency preparedness or contingency plan, as described in section 
42.23 	103G.291, subdivision 3; 
42.24 	(v) an indication of the possibility for joint efforts with neighboring communities or 
42.25 	other public entities for sharing water sources and treatment, interconnection for routine or 
42.26 	emergency supply, pursuit of alternative supplies, and water source protection;
42.27 	(vi) a statement of the water supply problems that the community experiences or 
42.28 	expects to experience and any proposed solutions, especially those that would impact 
42.29 	other communities or the region; and
42.30 	(vii) a wellhead protection plan prepared in accordance with rules adopted by the 
42.31 	commissioner of health under section 103I.101, subdivision 5, clause (9). 

42.32 	Sec. 81. Laws 2006, chapter 251, section 16, is amended to read:
42.33 	Sec. 16. PHOSPHORUS RULE; REPORT.
 43.1 	(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a provision of a Minnesota Pollution 
43.2 	Control Agency rule establishing new or changed limits on phosphorus discharges from a 
43.3 	new or existing wastewater facility must not take effect until July 1, 2007 May 1, 2008.
43.4 	(b) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency must report to the legislature by 
43.5 	February 1, 2007, on a proposed or adopted rule changing limits on phosphorus discharges. 
43.6 	The report must address scientific justification for the new rule and the impact the proposed 
43.7 	or adopted rule will have on needed funding to implement the Clean Water Legacy Act.

43.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

43.9 	Sec. 82. Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

43.10	Subd. 8.Ecological Services
 		16,175,000
		14,476,000

43.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
43.12	General
	8,597,000
	6,531,000
	
43.13	Natural Resources
	3,696,000
	3,994,000
	
43.14	Game and Fish
	3,882,000
	3,951,000
	
43.15 	$1,194,000 $1,157,000 the first year and 
43.16 	$1,227,000 $1,187,000 the second year are 
43.17 	from the nongame wildlife management 
43.18 	account in the natural resources fund for the 
43.19 	purpose of nongame wildlife management.
43.20 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
43.21 	section 290.431, $100,000 the first year 
43.22 	and $100,000 the second year may be used 
43.23 	for nongame information, education, and 
43.24 	promotion.
43.25 	$1,612,000 the first year and $1,636,000 
43.26 	the second year are from the heritage 
43.27 	enhancement account in the game and 
43.28 	fish fund for only the purposes specified 
43.29 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
43.30 	paragraph (e), clause (1).
43.31 	The commissioner must report to the 
43.32 	legislative chairs on environmental finance 
43.33 	for money appropriated in this subdivision on 
43.34 	grassland/wetland complexes with specific 
44.1 	outcomes, including acres of wetlands and 
44.2 	prairie grasses and forbs of a local ecotype 
44.3 	preserved, restored, and enhanced during the 
44.4 	2008-2009 biennium.
44.5 	$2,938,000 in the first year and $4,385,000 in 
44.6 	the second year, of which $1,968,000 the first 
44.7 	year and $2,195,000 the second year are from 
44.8 	the invasive species account in the natural 
44.9 	resources fund for management, public 
44.10 	awareness, assessment and monitoring, 
44.11 	research, law enforcement, and water access 
44.12 	inspection to prevent the spread of invasive 
44.13 	species, grants to manage invasive plants 
44.14 	in public waters, technical assistance to 
44.15 	grant applicants for improving lake quality, 
44.16 	and management of terrestrial invasive 
44.17 	species on state-administered lands. Priority 
44.18 	shall be given to preventing the spread of 
44.19 	aquatic invertebrates, including, but not 
44.20 	limited to, zebra mussels, spiny waterflea, 
44.21 	and round goby. An applicant for a grant 
44.22 	to manage invasive plants in public waters 
44.23 	must have a workable plan for improving 
44.24 	water quality and reducing the need for 
44.25 	additional treatment. Grants may not be 
44.26 	made for chemicals that are likely endocrine 
44.27 	disruptors. A plan to prevent the introduction 
44.28 	of asian carp into Minnesota waters must be 
44.29 	made available to the public by November 
44.30 	1, 2007.
44.31 	$125,000 the first year is to support a 
44.32 	technical advisory committee and for land 
44.33 	management units that manage grass lands 
44.34 	in order to develop plans to optimize 
44.35 	native prairie seed harvest and replanting 
44.36 	on state-owned lands. The work must 
45.1 	use best management practices with an 
45.2 	outcome of ensuring the survival of the 
45.3 	native prairie remaining in Minnesota and to 
45.4 	estimate the value of the seeds. Maximizing 
45.5 	seed harvest may include allowing seed 
45.6 	producers to keep a portion of the seed as 
45.7 	compensation for supplying equipment and 
45.8 	labor. The Department of Natural Resources 
45.9 	in cooperation with the Department of 
45.10 	Agriculture and the Board of Water and 
45.11 	Soil Resources shall establish the technical 
45.12 	advisory committee which has the expertise 
45.13 	to develop (1) criteria to identify public 
45.14 	and private marginal lands which could be 
45.15 	used to produce native prairie seeds of a 
45.16 	local eco-type or restore native prairies that 
45.17 	could be used to produce clean energy, (2) 
45.18 	guidelines for production that ensure high 
45.19 	carbon sequestration, protection of wildlife 
45.20 	and waters, and minimization of inputs and 
45.21 	that do not compromise the survival of the 
45.22 	native prairie remaining in Minnesota, and 
45.23 	(3) recommendations for incentives that will 
45.24 	result in the production of native prairie seeds 
45.25 	of a local eco-type or restore native prairies. 
45.26 	In addition to agency members, the advisory 
45.27 	committee shall have one member from 
45.28 	each of two statewide farm organizations, 
45.29 	one member from a statewide sustainable 
45.30 	farmer organization, one member each from 
45.31 	three statewide rural economic development 
45.32 	organizations, one member each from three 
45.33 	statewide environmental organizations, and 
45.34 	one member each from three statewide 
45.35 	wildlife or conservation organizations. 
45.36 	No person registered as a lobbyist under 
46.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.03, may 
46.2 	serve on the technical advisory committee. 
46.3 	The technical committee shall work with the 
46.4 	NextGen Energy Board to develop a clean 
46.5 	energy program. A report on outcomes from 
46.6 	the technical committee is due December 
46.7 	15, 2007, to the legislative finance chairs on 
46.8 	environment and natural resources.
46.9 	$50,000 in the first year is for the 
46.10 	commissioner, in consultation with the 
46.11 	Environmental Quality Board, to report to 
46.12 	the house and senate committees having 
46.13 	jurisdiction over environmental policy 
46.14 	and finance by February 1, 2008, on the 
46.15 	Mississippi River critical area program. The 
46.16 	report shall include the status of critical 
46.17 	area plans, zoning ordinances, the number 
46.18 	and types of revisions anticipated, and the 
46.19 	nature and number of variances sought. The 
46.20 	report shall include recommendations that 
46.21 	adequately protect and manage the aesthetic 
46.22 	integrity and natural environment of the river 
46.23 	corridor.
46.24 	$2,250,000 the first year is to support the 
46.25 	identification of impaired waters and develop 
46.26 	plans to address those impairments, as 
46.27 	required by the federal Clean Water Act, in 
46.28 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
46.29 	114D. This is a onetime appropriation.
46.30 	$477,000 the first year and $477,000 the 
46.31 	second year are for the reinvest in Minnesota 
46.32 	programs of game and fish, critical habitat, 
46.33 	and wetlands established under Minnesota 
46.34 	Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 2.
47.1 	$350,000 the first year is for a grant to 
47.2 	the International Wolf Center for building 
47.3 	renovations.
47.4 	$500,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
47.5 	city of Wabasha for programming at the 
47.6 	National Bald Eagle Center.
47.7 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
47.8 	Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota 
47.9 	to retire loans incurred by the center for 
47.10 	construction of its facility in the city of 
47.11 	Roseville and to complete educational 
47.12 	technology infrastructure at the center.
47.13 	$115,000 in the first year and $116,000 in the 
47.14 	second year is for the Project Wild program. 
47.15 	Of this amount, $35,000 in the first year 
47.16 	and $36,000 in the second year are from the 
47.17 	natural resources fund, and $40,000 in the 
47.18 	first year and $40,000 in the second year are 
47.19 	from the game and fish fund.
47.20 	$110,000 in the first year and $150,000 each
47.21 	in the second year is from the all-terrain 
47.22 	vehicle account in the natural resources fund 
47.23 	for developing and maintaining all-terrain 
47.24 	vehicle trails and environmental review.
47.25 	The appropriations under this section to 
47.26 	assess and address impaired waters in 
47.27 	accordance with the federal Clean Water Act 
47.28 	and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D, are 
47.29 	available until June 30, 2009.

47.30 	Sec. 83. RULE AMENDMENTS.
 47.31 	The commissioner of natural resources may use the good cause exemption under 
47.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend rules to conform 
47.33 	to sections 27 and 51 to 54. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply to the 
48.1 	rulemaking under this section except to the extent provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
48.2 	section 14.388.

48.3 	Sec. 84. LAKE TROUT REPORT.
 48.4 	By February 1, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources must review and report 
48.5 	to the legislative policy committees with jurisdiction over natural resources on the pros 
48.6 	and cons of changing the winter lake trout season so that it would be open from the 
48.7 	Saturday nearest January 1 to March 31.

48.8 	Sec. 85. ACCESS TO MINNESOTA OUTDOORS PLAN.
 48.9 		Subdivision 1.Walk-in access plan. (a) The commissioner of natural resources 
48.10 	shall prepare a plan for a walk-in public access program under which the commissioner 
48.11 	may encourage owners and operators of privately held land to voluntarily make that 
48.12 	land available for walk-in access by the public for hunting and fishing under programs 
48.13 	administered by the commissioner.
48.14 	(b) As part of the plan, the commissioner shall explore entering into contracts with 
48.15 	the owners or lessees of land to establish voluntary walk-in public access for hunting, 
48.16 	fishing, or other wildlife-dependent recreational activities.
48.17 	(c) In the plan, the commissioner must describe:
48.18 	(1) the costs and benefits that private land access will provide the public, such as 
48.19 	hunting, fishing, bird watching, and related outdoor activities; and 
48.20 	(2) the types of game, fish, and wildlife habitat improvements made to the land that 
48.21 	will enhance public uses.
48.22 	(d) The commissioner shall explore the effectiveness and public and private cost of 
48.23 	walk-in public access programs in other states and recommend walk-in program options 
48.24 	for public access to private lands for hunting, fishing, and related recreational activities.  
48.25 		Subd. 2.Other law. Nothing in the plan may preempt trespass and liability laws. 
48.26 	Recommendations submitted by the commissioner of natural resources under subdivision 
48.27 	3 shall include any changes to Minnesota Statutes, sections 604A.20 to 604A.27, 
48.28 	necessary to ensure that landowners are not exposed to additional liability as a result 
48.29 	of the walk-in access program.
48.30 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner must present the walk-in public access plan 
48.31 	to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over natural resources policy and 
48.32 	finance, with recommendations on program implementation, by January 15, 2008.

48.33 	Sec. 86. RULE AMENDMENTS.
 49.1 	The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, parts 
49.2 	6262.0100, subpart 5, item D, and 6266.0700, subpart 3, to allow an angler in a fish house 
49.3 	or dark house to possess fillets of a fish with size restrictions if the angler is preparing and 
49.4 	using the fish for a meal. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under 
49.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules according to 
49.6 	this section and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided 
49.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

49.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

49.9 	Sec. 87. CORMORANT DIETARY STUDY.
 49.10 	The Department of Natural Resources shall conduct a dietary study of the cormorant 
49.11 	population on Lake of the Woods, in consultation with local units of governments 
49.12 	bordering Lake of the Woods. The cost of the study shall be paid by local units of 
49.13 	government associated with the study.

49.14 	Sec. 88. PUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIRED; CONSTRUCTION OF MOORING 
49.15 	FACILITIES.
 49.16 	The commissioner of natural resources shall hold at least two public meetings in 
49.17 	the north central lakes area of the state to inform the public of and gather public input 
49.18 	regarding the conditions and criteria under Minnesota Rules, part 6115.0211, subpart 4a, 
49.19 	item C, for permitted mooring facilities and docks.

49.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

49.21 	Sec. 89. GAME AND FISH BUDGETARY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
 49.22 	The senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and 
49.23 	Administration and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint one 
49.24 	member of their respective bodies to serve as a member of the Game and Fish Budgetary 
49.25 	Oversight Committee appointed under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.055, subdivision 
49.26 	4b, paragraph (c). The appointments must be made no later than September 1, 2007. The 
49.27 	terms of the members appointed under this section expire June 30, 2009.

49.28 	Sec. 90. LEECH LAKE FISHERY.
 49.29 	By January 15, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources must report to the 
49.30 	chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over 
49.31 	environment and natural resource policy on the status of the Leech Lake fishery.

50.1 	Sec. 91. AQUATIC PLANT RULEMAKING.
 50.2 	By January 15, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources shall report to the 
50.3 	senate and house of representatives committees on natural resource policy on proposed 
50.4 	aquatic plant management rule changes. The rule changes must not be finally adopted 
50.5 	before April 1, 2008.

50.6 	Sec. 92. BIG ISLAND.
 50.7 	In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 83A.02, the commissioner of natural 
50.8 	resources shall initiate a process to rename Big Island on Pelican Lake in St. Louis County.

50.9 	Sec. 93. MINNESOTA TRAVEL GREEN PROGRAM.
 50.10 	(a) The director of Explore Minnesota Tourism shall develop a Minnesota travel 
50.11 	green program to recognize tourism businesses that have made a commitment to reduce 
50.12 	their environmental impact. A Minnesota travel green program must be a voluntary 
50.13 	program designed to promote the Explore Minnesota brand and give the state and 
50.14 	hospitality business participants a marketing edge, promote smart business practices, 
50.15 	reduce costs, educate travelers, promote Minnesota travel, and protect the environment.
50.16 	(b) In developing the program, the director shall actively seek the ideas, advice, 
50.17 	and participation of:
50.18 	(1) the Minnesota travel and tourism industry;
50.19 	(2) the Explore Minnesota Tourism Council;
50.20 	(3) the University of Minnesota Tourism Center;
50.21 	(4) the commissioner of natural resources;
50.22 	(5) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency;
50.23 	(6) the Minnesota Environmental Initiative;
50.24 	(7) the International Ecotourism Society;
50.25 	(8) Renewing The Countryside organization; 
50.26 	(9) statewide lodging and hospitality associations;
50.27 	(10) private industry sponsors; and
50.28 	(11) other interested organizations.
50.29 	(c) The director shall:
50.30 	(1) research other states' similar programs;
50.31 	(2) determine criteria that must be met in order for a business to participate in the 
50.32 	program;
50.33 	(3) determine who will evaluate the criteria in relation to a particular business;
50.34 	(4) estimate the level of private sector partnership participation;
51.1 	(5) determine the marketing techniques that will have the most impact; and
51.2 	(6) establish a timeline and budget to get the program up and running.
51.3 	(d) The director shall present the recommendations to the legislative committees 
51.4 	with jurisdiction over the environment and tourism, along with draft legislation to codify 
51.5 	the program.

51.6 	Sec. 94. APPEALS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
 51.7 	(a) A county, with a city of the first class, encompassing over 5,000 square miles 
51.8 	must establish as a pilot program an Appeals Board of Zoning Adjustment to review 
51.9 	determinations made by the Board of Zoning Adjustment. The Appeals Board of Zoning 
51.10 	Adjustment shall be an intermediary appeal process that may be accessed prior to 
51.11 	appealing a decision to the district court. Members shall serve a three-year term.
51.12 	(b) Paragraph (a) expires two years after the effective date of this section.

51.13 	Sec. 95. ISTS LICENSING REPORT.
 51.14 	The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report to the legislative 
51.15 	committees with jurisdiction on environmental policy by February 15, 2008, after 
51.16 	consulting with officials from the Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association; the 
51.17 	Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers; the American Council of Engineering 
51.18 	Companies; the Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists; the Minnesota 
51.19 	Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, 
51.20 	Geoscience, and Interior Design; the Geoscience Professional Organization; the University 
51.21 	of Minnesota Water Resources Center; the Association of Minnesota Counties; the League 
51.22 	of Minnesota Cities; the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities; the Minnesota Association 
51.23 	of Small Cities; and the Minnesota Association of Townships, on further issues relating 
51.24 	to the licensing of individual sewage treatment systems.

51.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

51.26 	Sec. 96.  REPEALER.
 51.27 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.928, subdivision 8; 85.015, subdivision 11; 
51.28 	97A.475, subdivision 38; and 97C.365; and Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 
51.29 	2, are repealed.

52.1 	ARTICLE 2
52.2 	STATE LANDS

52.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0272, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
52.4 		Subd. 3.Minimal value acquisition. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, if the 
52.5 	commissioner determines that lands or interests in land have a value less than $5,000
52.6 	$100,000, the commissioner may acquire the lands for the value determined by the 
52.7 	commissioner without an appraisal. The commissioner shall make the determination based 
52.8 	upon available information including, but not limited to:
52.9 	(1) up to the most recent assessed market value of the land or interests in land as 
52.10 	determined by the county assessor of the county in which the land or interests in land is 
52.11 	located, plus ten percent;
52.12 	(2) a sale price of the land or interests in land, provided the sale occurred within 
52.13 	the past year;
52.14 	(3) the sale prices of comparable land or Department of Natural Resources land sales 
52.15 	or acquisitions of  interests in land located in the vicinity and sold within the past year; or
52.16 	(4) an appraisal of the land or interests in land conducted within the past year.
52.17 	(b) In the event the value is minimal less than $1,000, the commissioner may add a 
52.18 	transaction incentive, provided that the sum of the incentive plus the value of the land 
52.19 	does not exceed $1,000.

52.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0274, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.21 		Subd. 5.Owner's rights. When the state proposes to purchase in fee or any lesser 
52.22 	interest in land which will be administered by the commissioner of natural resources, the 
52.23 	landowner shall have the following rights:
52.24 	(a) The right to be informed of the specific intended use of the property and of any 
52.25 	change in the intended use of the property which occurs during the acquisition process. 
52.26 	The owner shall also be informed that the documents regarding the purchase will be public 
52.27 	records if the land is purchased by the state;
52.28 	(b) The right to be paid a fair price for the property. The price shall include the 
52.29 	fair market value of the land plus:
52.30 	(1) All necessary incidental costs such as abstracting and recording fees related 
52.31 	to the sale. The costs of clearing title defects, paying taxes, and attorney's fees are not 
52.32 	reimbursable; and
53.1 	(2) Any penalties incurred by the owner where the property is security for a loan 
53.2 	or advance of credit that contains a provision requiring or permitting the imposition of a 
53.3 	penalty if the loan or advance of credit is prepaid;
53.4 	(c) The right to payment, at the owner's election, in a lump sum or in up to four 
53.5 	annual installments;
53.6 	(d) The right to have the property fairly appraised by the state. The state's appraiser 
53.7 	shall physically inspect the property and shall allow the owner alongthe owner shall be 
53.8 	allowed to accompany the appraiser when the appraisal is made. The state's appraiser shall 
53.9 	certify in the appraisal report to having physically inspected the property and having 
53.10 	given the landowner an opportunity to go alongaccompany the appraiser on inspections. 
53.11 	Notwithstanding section 13.44, subdivision 3, before an offer is made,  the landowner 
53.12 	shall be given a resume of the state's certified appraisal. The resume shall include the 
53.13 	appraiser's conclusions as to value, acreage and type of land, value of buildings and 
53.14 	other improvements, value of timber, special damages and any special elements of value
53.15 	informed of the value determined pursuant to section 84.0272;
53.16 	(e) The right to retain a qualified independent appraiser to conduct an appraisal at any 
53.17 	time prior to certification of the state's appraisal of the property and to be reimbursed for 
53.18 	appraisal fees as provided in section 117.232, subdivision 1, if the land is sold to the state 
53.19 	and to have that appraisal considered along with the state's in certifying the selling price; 
53.20 	(f) The right to have the state acquire the property by means of condemnation upon 
53.21 	the owner's request with the agreement of the commissioner;
53.22 	(g) The right to receive or waive relocation assistance, services, payments and 
53.23 	benefits as provided in sections 117.52 and 117.521; 
53.24 	(h) The right to accept the state's offer for the property and contest the state's offer 
53.25 	for relocation and moving expenses;
53.26 	(i) The right to continue occupancy of the property until full payment is received, 
53.27 	provided that when the owner elects to receive payment in annual installments pursuant to 
53.28 	clause (c), the owner may retain occupancy until the first payment is made; and
53.29 	(j) The right to seek the advice of counsel regarding any aspect of the land 
53.30 	transaction.

53.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 93.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.32 		Subdivision 1.Forfeiture; failure to record. If the owner of a mineral interest fails 
53.33 	to record the verified statement required by section 93.52, before January 1, 1975, as to 
53.34 	any interests owned on or before December 31, 1973, or within one year after acquiring 
53.35 	suchthe interests as to interests acquired after December 31, 1973, and not previously 
54.1 	recorded under section 93.52, the mineral interest shall forfeit to the state after notice and 
54.2 	opportunity for hearing as provided in this section. However, before completing the 
54.3 	procedures set forth in subdivision 2, the commissioner of natural resources may lease the 
54.4 	severed mineral interest as provided in subdivisions 1a and 3.

54.5 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 93.55, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
54.6 	read:
54.7 		Subd. 1b.Exemption for forfeiture. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a severed 
54.8 	mineral interest for which a statement was recorded as required under section 93.52, but 
54.9 	for which no new statement was recorded when the interest was subsequently conveyed 
54.10 	on or after December 31, 1969, but before July 1, 2007, is not subject to forfeiture if: (1) 
54.11 	substantial compliance can be shown as provided in subdivision 2, and (2) a new statement 
54.12 	is recorded within one year of any conveyance of ownership on or after July 1, 2007.

54.13 	Sec. 5. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 54.14 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 16.] Flandrau State Park, Brown County. The 
54.15 	following area is added to Flandrau State Park, Brown County: that part of Lot 2, Block 
54.16 	One, Conklin Addition in the city of New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, according to the 
54.17 	plat of record in the Office of the County Recorder, Brown County, Minnesota, described 
54.18 	as follows: beginning at the southerly most corner of Lot 2, Block One, Conklin Addition 
54.19 	in the city of New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota; thence North 55 degrees 29 minutes 
54.20 	26 seconds East (assumed bearing) along the southeasterly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 
54.21 	107.92 feet; thence South 60 degrees 45 minutes 57 seconds West a distance of 102.48 feet 
54.22 	to the westerly line of Lot 2; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 23 seconds East along 
54.23 	said westerly line of Lot 2 a distance of 11.10 feet to the point of beginning; containing 
54.24 	508 square feet, more or less, and subject to easements of record in said County and State.
54.25 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 59.] Whitewater State Park, Winona County. The 
54.26 	following area is added to Whitewater State Park, Winona County: that part of the 
54.27 	Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 107 North, Range 10 West, Winona County, 
54.28 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest 
54.29 	Quarter of Section 17, Township 107 North, Range 10 West; thence on an assumed 
54.30 	bearing of South 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds East along the south line of said 
54.31 	Northwest Quarter, 303.04 feet; thence continue South 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds 
54.32 	East along said south line 1327.79 feet; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 21 seconds 
54.33 	West, 300.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds West parallel with said 
54.34 	south line, 1027.83 feet; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 21 seconds West, 300.00 
55.1 	feet; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds West parallel with said south line, 
55.2 	597 feet, more or less, to the intersection with the east line of the Southeast Quarter of said 
55.3 	Section 18 being also the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 
55.4 	39 seconds West parallel with said south line, 330 feet, more or less, to the centerline of a 
55.5 	township road; thence North 16 degrees 01 minutes 55 seconds West along said centerline, 
55.6 	170.44 feet; thence northwesterly along said centerline on a tangential curve concave 
55.7 	southwesterly, having a central angle of 10 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds, radius of 
55.8 	2426.00 feet, for an arc length of 464.25 feet to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of 
55.9 	Section 18; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 48 seconds East along the north line of 
55.10 	said Southeast Quarter, 547.06 feet to the southwest corner of said Northwest Quarter; 
55.11 	thence South 00 degrees East, a distance of 600 feet, more or less, along the said east line 
55.12 	to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 5.78 acres, more or less.

55.13 	Sec. 6. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 55.14 	[85.012] [Subd. 16.] Flandrau State Park, Brown County. The following area is 
55.15 	deleted from Flandrau State Park, Brown County: that part of Outlot 293 in the city of 
55.16 	New Ulm, according to the Plat of the City of New Ulm, of record in the Office of the 
55.17 	County Recorder, Brown County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the 
55.18 	southerly most corner of Lot 2, Block One, Conklin Addition in the city of New Ulm, 
55.19 	Brown County, Minnesota; thence North 55 degrees 29 minutes 26 seconds East (assumed 
55.20 	bearing), along the southeasterly line of said Lot 2, a distance of 107.92 feet to the point of 
55.21 	beginning; thence continuing North 55 degrees 29 minutes 26 seconds East, along said 
55.22 	southerly line of Lot 2, a distance of 80.95 feet, to the easterly most corner of said Lot 2; 
55.23 	thence South 19 degrees 33 minutes 58 seconds East, along the southeasterly prolongation 
55.24 	of the easterly line of said Lot 2, a distance of 10.0 feet; thence South 62 degrees 31 
55.25 	minutes 07 seconds West, 78.97 feet to the point of beginning, containing 391 square feet, 
55.26 	more or less, and subject to easement of record in said county and state.

55.27 	Sec. 7. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
55.28 	WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 55.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
55.30 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
55.31 	in paragraph (c). 
55.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
55.33 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
55.34 	and ensure accuracy. 
56.1 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as follows:
56.2 	(1) Government Lot 3, Section 24, Township 50 North, Range 25 West, containing 
56.3 	5.8 acres, more or less; and 
56.4 	(2) Government Lot 4, Section 24, Township 50 North, Range 25 West, containing 
56.5 	0.9 acres, more or less.
56.6 	(d) The land borders the Willow River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
56.7 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
56.8 	natural resource purposes.

56.9 	Sec. 8. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
56.10 	WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 56.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
56.12 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
56.13 	in paragraph (c). 
56.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
56.15 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
56.16 	and ensure accuracy. 
56.17 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as 
56.18 	follows: Government Lot 2, Section 8, Township 48 North, Range 25 West, containing 
56.19 	34.6 acres, more or less.
56.20 	(d) The land borders Gun Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
56.21 	determined that school trust management interests would best be served if the land was 
56.22 	sold.

56.23 	Sec. 9. PUBLIC SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND 
56.24 	BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 56.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification 
56.26 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by 
56.27 	public sale the consolidated conservation land bordering public water that is described in 
56.28 	paragraph (c).
56.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
56.30 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
56.31 	and ensure accuracy. 
56.32 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as 
56.33 	follows: Government Lot 1, Section 7, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, containing 
56.34 	1.25 acres, more or less.
57.1 	(d) The land borders the Mississippi River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
57.2 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
57.3 	natural resource purposes.

57.4 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
57.5 	AITKIN COUNTY.
 57.6 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
57.7 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
57.8 	sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
57.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
57.10 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
57.11 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
57.12 	appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
57.13 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. 
57.14 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as follows: 
57.15 	the North 370 feet of the East 590 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
57.16 	Section 24, Township 48 North, Range 24 West, containing 5.0 acres, more or less.
57.17 	(d) The land will be sold "as is" to the current leaseholder who will assume 
57.18 	responsibility for any site cleanup needed due to the use of the land for a concrete plant by 
57.19 	the previous leaseholder. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the 
57.20 	land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

57.21 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
57.22 	AITKIN COUNTY.
 57.23 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 
57.24 	84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public sale the consolidated conservation land 
57.25 	that is described in paragraph (c).
57.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
57.27 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
57.28 	and ensure accuracy. 
57.29 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as follows: 
57.30 	the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 21, Township 47 North, Range 26 
57.31 	West, containing 40 acres, more or less.
57.32 	(d) The land is not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural 
57.33 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

58.1 	Sec. 12. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
58.2 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 58.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
58.4 	commissioner of natural resources may convey to a governmental subdivision of the state 
58.5 	for no payment the surplus land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
58.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
58.7 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
58.8 	and ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph 
58.9 	(c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to 
58.10 	provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
58.11 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Beltrami County and is described as 
58.12 	follows: that part of Government Lot 3, Section 4, Township 146 North, Range 34 West, 
58.13 	described as follows: starting from meander corner number 4, which is located on the 
58.14 	north section line of Section 4, Township 146 North, Range 34 West, 1518.0 feet in an 
58.15 	easterly direction from the northwest corner of said section; thence South 16 degrees 17 
58.16 	minutes East a distance of 131.6 feet; thence South 46 degrees 35 minutes East a distance 
58.17 	of 206.8 feet; thence South 6 degrees 37 minutes East a distance of 89.4 feet; thence South 
58.18 	14 degrees 32 minutes East a distance of 139.0 feet; thence South 10 degrees 34 minutes 
58.19 	West a distance of 221.5 feet; thence South 83 degrees 46 minutes West a distance of 
58.20 	178.5 feet to the starting point; thence South 47 degrees 15 minutes West a distance of 
58.21 	275.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 53 minutes East a distance of 285.7 feet; thence North 
58.22 	61 degrees 27 minutes East a distance of 122.0 feet; thence North 73 degrees 47 minutes 
58.23 	East a distance of 300.0 feet; thence North 12 degrees 40 minutes West a distance of 37.6 
58.24 	feet; thence North 20 degrees 30 minutes West a distance of 113.5 feet; thence North 51 
58.25 	degrees 15 minutes West a distance of 320.7 feet; thence South 38 degrees 15 minutes 
58.26 	West a distance of 116.8 feet to the starting point, containing 3.5 acres, more or less.
58.27 	(d) The land borders Grant Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The land 
58.28 	was donated to the state for use as a public campground and is used by local residents 
58.29 	as a day-use park. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's 
58.30 	land management interests would best be served if the land were conveyed to a local 
58.31 	unit of government.

58.32 	Sec. 13. LAND EXCHANGE; LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATERS IN 
58.33 	BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 58.34 	(a) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 3, the commissioner 
58.35 	of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as required 
59.1 	under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to Minnesota 
59.2 	Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange with Beltrami County the land bordering 
59.3 	public waters that is described in paragraph (b) for land of substantially equal value that 
59.4 	borders public water.
59.5 	(b) The land to be conveyed is located in Beltrami County and is described as:
59.6 	(1) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter west of County 
59.7 	State-Aid Highway 14, Section 32, Township 147 North, Range 34 West;
59.8 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
59.9 	32, Township 147 North, Range 34 West; and
59.10 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter west of County 
59.11 	State-Aid Highway 14 and north of the haul road, Section 5, Township 146 North, Range 
59.12 	34 West.

59.13 	Sec. 14. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
59.14 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 59.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
59.16 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
59.17 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
59.18 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
59.19 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
59.20 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 
59.21 	for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance 
59.22 	must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the band fails 
59.23 	to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The commissioner 
59.24 	may include conservation restrictions in the conveyance deed to ensure the property is 
59.25 	maintained as open space.
59.26 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as follows: 
59.27 	(1) Government Lot 3, Section 14, Township 142 North, Range 29 West, containing 
59.28 	35.54 acres, more or less; and 
59.29 	(2) Government Lot 6, Section 14, Township 142 North, Range 29 West, containing 
59.30 	2.06 acres, more or less.
59.31 	(d) The land is located on Bear Island in Leech Lake and is not contiguous to other 
59.32 	state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not 
59.33 	needed for natural resource purposes.

60.1 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
60.2 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 60.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
60.4 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
60.5 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
60.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
60.7 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
60.8 	and ensure accuracy.
60.9 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as follows: 
60.10 	that part of Government Lot 7, Section 28, Township 142 North, Range 26 West, described 
60.11 	as follows: commencing at the south quarter corner of said Section 28, from which the 
60.12 	southwest corner of said Section 28 bears, based on the Cass County Coordinate System of 
60.13 	NAD 1983, South 89 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds West, 2775.06 feet; thence North 52 
60.14 	degrees 48 minutes 53 seconds West, 1326.13 feet to the southeast corner of that particular 
60.15 	tract of land conveyed to the state of Minnesota and filed for record on November 9, 1961, 
60.16 	in Book 121 of Deeds, Page 598, and to a railroad spike on the centerline of County 
60.17 	State-Aid Highway 4; thence North 52 degrees 12 minutes 27 seconds West, 221.06 
60.18 	feet along the southwesterly line of said particular tract of land conveyed to the state of 
60.19 	Minnesota and the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 4 to a spike; thence North 
60.20 	51 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds West, 111.72 feet along the southwesterly line of said 
60.21 	particular tract of land conveyed to the state of Minnesota and the centerline of County 
60.22 	State-Aid Highway 4 to a mag nail and the point of beginning of the land to be described; 
60.23 	thence continuing North 51 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds West, 41.42 feet along the 
60.24 	southwesterly line of said particular tract of land conveyed to the state of Minnesota and 
60.25 	the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 4 to a mag nail; thence North 13 degrees 19 
60.26 	minutes 36 seconds East, 144.63 feet to a 3/4" x 24" rebar with plastic cap stamped "MN 
60.27 	DNR LS 17005" (DNR MON); thence continuing North 13 degrees 19 minutes 36 seconds 
60.28 	East, 5 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Little Sand Lake; thence southeasterly, a 
60.29 	distance of 50 feet, more or less, along said water's edge to a line which bears North 13 
60.30 	degrees 19 minutes 36 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence South 13 degrees 
60.31 	19 minutes 36 seconds West, 5 feet, more or less, to a DNR MON, thence continuing 
60.32 	South 13 degrees 19 minutes 36 seconds West, 129.22 feet to the point of beginning and 
60.33 	there terminating. Containing 0.12 acres, more or less, subject to existing road easements.
60.34 	(d) The land is located on Little Sand Lake. The sale will be to the adjoining 
60.35 	landowner in conjunction with an acquisition to resolve an unintentional trespass by the 
61.1 	state which occurred when the Department of Natural Resources constructed a water 
61.2 	access site.

61.3 	Sec. 16. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
61.4 	WATER; COOK COUNTY.
 61.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
61.6 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
61.7 	in paragraph (c).
61.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
61.9 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
61.10 	and ensure accuracy.
61.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as follows: 
61.12 	the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 33, Township 63 North, Range 
61.13 	3 East, containing 40 acres, more or less. 
61.14 	(d) The land borders Mons Creek and was acquired in a land exchange in 2003. The 
61.15 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that school trust management interests 
61.16 	would best be served if the land was sold.

61.17 	Sec. 17. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
61.18 	WATER; COOK COUNTY.
 61.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
61.20 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
61.21 	in paragraph (c).
61.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
61.23 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
61.24 	and ensure accuracy. 
61.25 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as follows:
61.26 	(1) Outlot A & Caribou Backlot, Cook County. Outlot A of White Sky, according to 
61.27 	the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Cook County, Minnesota, 
61.28 	containing 0.74 acres, more or less; and 
61.29 	(2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 60 North, Range 3 West, 
61.30 	lying northerly of Cook County Road 4, southerly of the plat of White Sky, and westerly 
61.31 	of Lot 1, Block 1 of White Sky First Addition, according to the plats on file and of record 
61.32 	in the Office of the Recorder for Cook County, containing 1.02 acres, more or less.
62.1 	(d) The land borders Caribou Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
62.2 	determined that school trust management interests would best be served if the lands were 
62.3 	sold.

62.4 	Sec. 18. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
62.5 	WATER; COOK COUNTY.
 62.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
62.7 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
62.8 	in paragraph (c). 
62.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
62.10 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
62.11 	and ensure accuracy. 
62.12 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as follows: 
62.13 	that part of Government Lot 10, Section 35, Township 65 North, Range 1 West, more fully 
62.14 	described as follows: being the easterly 863.9 feet of Government Lot 10, EXCEPT the 
62.15 	southerly 40.3 feet thereof. The west and south boundary lines being perpendicular to 
62.16 	and parallel with the south boundary of Government Lot 10, respectively. Containing 
62.17 	3.3 acres, more or less.
62.18 	(d) The land borders West Bearskin Lake, was acquired in a land exchange in 
62.19 	2000, and is not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural Resources 
62.20 	has determined that school trust management interests would best be served if the land 
62.21 	was sold.

62.22 	Sec. 19. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
62.23 	WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
 62.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
62.25 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing County 
62.26 	may sell by private sale, under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a, the 
62.27 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
62.28 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
62.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
62.30 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
62.31 	accuracy. Prior to the sale, the commissioner of revenue shall grant a permanent 
62.32 	conservation easement according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to protect aquatic 
62.33 	habitat. The easement must be approved by the Crow Wing County Board and the 
62.34 	commissioner of natural resources.
63.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as: 
63.2 	Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 138 North, Range 27 West, city of Fifty Lakes.
63.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
63.4 	best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

63.5 	Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
63.6 	WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
 63.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
63.8 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing County may 
63.9 	sell to the city of Crosby the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
63.10 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
63.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
63.12 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
63.13 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:
63.14 	Of a tract of land lying south of the herein described line and being out of and 
63.15 	part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 11, Township 46 North, 
63.16 	Range 29 West, except part to the city of Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, said line 
63.17 	described as follows: Commencing at the center of Section 11, thence South 88 degrees 
63.18 	59 minutes 19 seconds West, coincident with the south line of said Southeast Quarter of 
63.19 	the Northwest Quarter, 1291.01 feet to the southwest corner of said Southeast Quarter of 
63.20 	the Northwest Quarter; thence North 02 degrees 09 minutes 21 seconds East, coincident 
63.21 	with the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 531.93 feet to the 
63.22 	point of beginning of the line herein described; thence through and across said Southeast 
63.23 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the following 21 courses and distances: 
63.24 	(1) South 71 degrees 26 minutes 55 seconds East, 27.36 feet;
63.25 	(2) South 33 degrees 07 minutes 48 seconds East, 34.76 feet;
63.26 	(3) South 87 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, 64.17 feet;
63.27 	(4) South 61 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds East, 45.74 feet;
63.28 	(5) South 72 degrees 07 minutes 59 seconds East, 112.59 feet;
63.29 	(6) South 77 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds East, 56.34 feet;
63.30 	(7) North 70 degrees 49 minutes 46 seconds East, 83.42 feet;
63.31 	(8) South 76 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds East, 94.57 feet;
63.32 	(9) North 80 degrees 41 minutes 54 seconds East, 33.03 feet;
63.33 	(10) North 83 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds East, 41.90 feet;
63.34 	(11) North 68 degrees 51 minutes 01 seconds East, 175.87 feet;
63.35 	(12) South 58 degrees 17 minutes 34 seconds East, 54.35 feet;
64.1 	(13) South 80 degrees 01 minutes 47 seconds East, 43.42 feet;
64.2 	(14) North 36 degrees 43 minutes 03 seconds East, 84.81 feet;
64.3 	(15) North 60 degrees 06 minutes 12 seconds East, 57.47 feet;
64.4 	(16) South 83 degrees 31 minutes 42 seconds East, 90.21 feet;
64.5 	(17) North 73 degrees 59 minutes 37 seconds East, 57.44 feet;
64.6 	(18) South 65 degrees 21 minutes 29 seconds East, 81.38 feet;
64.7 	(19) North 86 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East, 75.46 feet;
64.8 	(20) North 47 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds East, 52.07 feet; and 
64.9 	(21) North 63 degrees 13 minutes 46 seconds East, 48.20 feet 
64.10 	to the point of termination from which the point of commencing bears South 01 degrees 
64.11 	27 minutes 31 seconds West, 572.34 feet.
64.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
64.13 	best be served if the land was sold to the city of Crosby.

64.14 	Sec. 21. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
64.15 	WATER; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 64.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
64.17 	subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
64.18 	Dakota County may sell or convey to the township of Ravenna for no consideration the 
64.19 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
64.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
64.21 	that the land reverts to the state if the township of Ravenna stops using the land for the 
64.22 	public purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions 
64.23 	imposed by the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make 
64.24 	changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
64.25 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as: 
64.26 	Unplatted, Section 21, Township 114, Range 16, Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
64.27 	Quarter, less various tracts, except West 870 feet of South 729.29 feet, except part of 
64.28 	North 594 feet lying west of Ravenna Trail, except South 480 feet lying east of West 870 
64.29 	feet, except beginning at the northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
64.30 	Quarter East 22R South 20R southwest to point on west line 22R South of beginning North 
64.31 	22R to beginning, except parcels 33-02100-030-53, 33-02100-040-53, 33-02100-050-53, 
64.32 	33-02100-060-53, and 33-02100-080-53. (Dakota County tax identification number 
64.33 	33-02100-018-54).
64.34 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the township of Ravenna 
64.35 	for drainage and access to culverts.

65.1 	Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 65.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
65.3 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to a governmental subdivision the surplus 
65.4 	land that is described in paragraph (c). 
65.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
65.6 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
65.7 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a governmental subdivision of 
65.8 	the state for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the 
65.9 	conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public 
65.10 	and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to provide for public use 
65.11 	or abandons the public use of the land. The commissioner may include conservation 
65.12 	restrictions in the conveyance deed to ensure the property is maintained as open space.
65.13 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described 
65.14 	as follows: 
65.15 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of Southwest Quarter, Section 36, Township 120 North, 
65.16 	Range 22 West, less road right-of-way, containing 39 acres, more or less;
65.17 	(2) the east six and two-thirds acres of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter 
65.18 	of the Southwest Quarter, Section 36, Township 120 North, Range 22 West, less road 
65.19 	right-of-way, containing 6.67 acres, more or less; and 
65.20 	(3) the West Quarter of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
65.21 	Quarter, Section 36, Township 120 North, Range 22 West, less road right-of-way, 
65.22 	containing 4.87 acres, more or less. 
65.23 	(d) The land was conveyed to the state for wild game reservation purposes. Due 
65.24 	to adjacent residential use and local zoning restrictions, the land is no longer available 
65.25 	for hunting purposes. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the 
65.26 	state's land management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a 
65.27 	local unit of government.

65.28 	Sec. 23. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
65.29 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 65.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
65.31 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale to a governmental subdivision 
65.32 	the surplus land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
65.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
65.34 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
65.35 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a governmental subdivision of 
66.1 	the state for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the 
66.2 	conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public 
66.3 	and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to provide for public use or 
66.4 	abandons the public use of the land.
66.5 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as 
66.6 	follows: all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government 
66.7 	Lot 2, Section 25, Township 120 North, Range 22 West, lying north and westerly of the 
66.8 	following described line: beginning at a point on the west line of said section 830.19 feet 
66.9 	South of the west 1/4 corner thereof; thence North 36 degrees 55 minutes East, 109.88 
66.10 	feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes, 1217.3 feet more or less to the water's edge of 
66.11 	Haydens Lake. Subject to existing road easements. Containing 1.9 acres, more or less.
66.12 	(d) The land was purchased by the state for a water access site but has never been 
66.13 	used as a water access site. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that 
66.14 	the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a 
66.15 	local unit of government.

66.16 	Sec. 24. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
66.17 	BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; KITTSON COUNTY.
 66.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
66.19 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land 
66.20 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
66.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
66.22 	general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
66.23 	accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a governmental subdivision of the state 
66.24 	for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance 
66.25 	must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the governmental 
66.26 	subdivision fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
66.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as follows:
66.28 	(1) Parcel 1: Lot 7, Block 4, Park Addition to Bronson, lying in the Southwest 
66.29 	Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 161 North, Range 46 West, 
66.30 	containing 0.92 acres, more or less; 
66.31 	(2) Parcel 2: that part of Lots 5 and 6, Block 4, Park Addition to Bronson, lying in 
66.32 	the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 161 North, Range 
66.33 	46 West, more particularly described as follows: commencing at the midpoint of the west 
66.34 	line of said Lot 5, which point is 33 feet East of the west line of said Southwest Quarter of 
66.35 	the Southwest Quarter of Section 30; thence East and parallel to the south line of said Lot 
67.1 	5, a distance of 157 feet; thence South on a straight line at right angles to the immediately 
67.2 	preceding line of this description to the center of the south branch of Two Rivers; thence 
67.3 	northwesterly along the center line of said south branch of Two Rivers to its intersection 
67.4 	with a north and south line parallel to the west line of said Southwest Quarter of the 
67.5 	Southwest Quarter of Section 30, and distant 33 feet East therefrom, which line is also 
67.6 	the west line of said Block 4; thence North along said west line of said Block 4, to the 
67.7 	point of beginning, containing 0.39 acres, more or less; 
67.8 	(3) Parcel 12: that part of Block 4, of the Park Addition to the village of Bronson, 
67.9 	Kittson County, Minnesota, which may be more particularly described as follows: Lot 6, 
67.10 	Block 4, with the exception of a tract consisting of the westerly 157 feet of said Lot 6, 
67.11 	deeded to the Olof Locken Post, No. 315, of the American Legion, containing 0.68 acres, 
67.12 	more or less; ALSO the following described portion of Lot 8 of said Block 4: commencing 
67.13 	at a point on the west line of said Lot 8, 140 feet North of the southwest corner of said Lot 
67.14 	8; thence North along said west line of Lot 8, a distance of 68 feet; thence East at right 
67.15 	angles to the said west line of Lot 8 to the east line of said Lot 8; thence South along the 
67.16 	east line of said Lot 8, a distance of 68 feet; thence West at right angles to said east line 
67.17 	of Lot 8 to the point of beginning, containing 0.05 acres, more or less; EXCEPTING 
67.18 	therefrom the following described tract of land: commencing at the northeast corner of 
67.19 	Block 4 in Park Addition to the village of Lake Bronson; thence South at right angles a 
67.20 	distance of 265 feet to the point of beginning; thence West at right angles a distance of 143 
67.21 	feet; thence South at right angles a distance of 111 feet to the center of the Two Rivers; 
67.22 	thence East at right angles a distance of 143 feet to the east line of Lot 8; thence North at 
67.23 	right angles a distance of 111 feet to the point of beginning, being a part of Lot 6 and Lot 8 
67.24 	of Block 4, containing altogether 0.75 acres, more or less; and 
67.25 	(4) Parcel 13: that part of Lot 8, Block 4 of the Park Addition to the village of 
67.26 	Bronson, Kittson County, Minnesota, which may be more particularly described as 
67.27 	follows: the South 140 feet of said Lot 8, Block 4, containing 0.10 acres, more or less; 
67.28 	ALSO the following portion of said Lot 8: commencing at a point on the west line of said 
67.29 	Lot 8, 208 feet North of the southwest corner of said Lot 8; thence North along said west 
67.30 	line of Lot 8, a distance of 5.6 feet; thence East at right angles to said west line of Lot 8 to 
67.31 	the east line of said Lot 8, thence South along said east line of Lot 8, a distance of 5.8 feet; 
67.32 	thence West at right angles to said east line of Lot 8, to the point of beginning, containing 
67.33 	0.004 acres, more or less; containing altogether 0.104 acres, more or less.
67.34 	(d) The land borders South Branch Two Rivers and is not contiguous to other state 
67.35 	lands. The land was acquired for park purposes but was not included in a state park. The 
68.1 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
68.2 	resource purposes.

68.3 	Sec. 25. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; KITTSON COUNTY.
 68.4 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
68.5 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
68.6 	(c). 
68.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
68.8 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
68.9 	and ensure accuracy. 
68.10 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as 
68.11 	follows: a parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, 
68.12 	Township 161 North, Range 46 West, more particularly described as follows: beginning at 
68.13 	a point which is 33 feet North of the south line and 422 feet East of the west line of said 
68.14 	Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence East parallel to said south line, 726 
68.15 	feet; thence North parallel to said west line, 300 feet; thence West parallel to said south 
68.16 	line, 726 feet; thence South parallel to said west line, 300 feet to the point of beginning. 
68.17 	Containing 5.00 acres, more or less. 
68.18 	(d) The sale may be to multiple parties, including the county for the county 
68.19 	highway right-of-way, the township for the township road, and adjoining landowners to 
68.20 	resolve unintentional agricultural trespasses. The Department of Natural Resources has 
68.21 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

68.22 	Sec. 26. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; LAKE COUNTY.
 68.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
68.24 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
68.25 	(c). 
68.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
68.27 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
68.28 	and ensure accuracy. 
68.29 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and is described as follows: 
68.30 	that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 
68.31 	North, Range 6 West, described as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of said 
68.32 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter marked by a DNR survey marker (3/4 inch x 
68.33 	18 inch rebar with an orange cap marked MN DNR LS 16098); thence North 89 degrees 
68.34 	11 minutes 24 seconds West based on the Lake County Coordinate System North Shore 
69.1 	Zone, NAD83, 1986 adjustment, along the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
69.2 	Southwest Quarter, 439.78 feet to a DNR survey marker on the westerly right-of-way of 
69.3 	Trunk Highway 61 and the point of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 11 
69.4 	minutes 24 seconds West along said south line 426.27 feet to a DNR survey marker; 
69.5 	thence North 00 degrees 48 minutes 36 seconds East 100.00 feet to a DNR survey marker; 
69.6 	thence South 89 degrees 11 minutes 24 seconds East 494.20 feet to a DNR survey marker 
69.7 	on said westerly right-of-way; thence South 34 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds West along 
69.8 	said westerly right-of-way 120.89 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Containing 
69.9 	1.06 acres, more or less.
69.10 	(d) The sale would be to the adjoining landowner and resolve an unintentional 
69.11 	trespass that occurred when a garage was constructed on state-owned land. The 
69.12 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
69.13 	resource purposes.

69.14 	Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; LAKE COUNTY.
 69.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
69.16 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
69.17 	(c).
69.18 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
69.19 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
69.20 	and ensure accuracy.
69.21 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and is described as follows: 
69.22 	that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 
69.23 	North, Range 6 West, described as follows: commencing at the northwest corner of said 
69.24 	Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter marked by a DNR survey marker (3/4 inch x 
69.25 	18 inch rebar with an orange cap marked MN DNR LS 16098); thence South 89 degrees 
69.26 	14 minutes 10 seconds East based on the Lake County Coordinate System North Shore 
69.27 	Zone, NAD83, 1986 adjustment, along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of the 
69.28 	Southeast Quarter, 191.15 feet to a DNR survey marker and the point of beginning; thence 
69.29 	continuing South 89 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds East along said north line 264.92 feet 
69.30 	to a DNR survey marker on the westerly right-of-way of Trunk Highway 61; thence 
69.31 	South 34 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way 200.00 
69.32 	feet; thence North 41 degrees 54 minutes 07 seconds West 224.87 feet, more or less, to the 
69.33 	point of beginning. Containing 0.50 acres, more or less. 
69.34 	(d) The sale would be to the adjoining landowner and resolve an unintentional 
69.35 	trespass that occurred when a garage and house were constructed on state-owned land. 
70.1 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
70.2 	natural resource purposes.

70.3 	Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
70.4 	WATER; LAKE COUNTY.
 70.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
70.6 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Lake County may sell 
70.7 	by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
70.8 	(c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
70.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for a 
70.10 	consideration of $1 and relinquishment of a four-acre parcel of land that Lake County has 
70.11 	used for road relocation.
70.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Lake County and is described as: that part of 
70.13 	the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, north of County State-Aid Highway 14, 
70.14 	Section 20, Township 55 North, Range 11 West.
70.15 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
70.16 	best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

70.17 	Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
70.18 	WATER; NICOLLET COUNTY.
 70.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
70.20 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
70.21 	in paragraph (c). 
70.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
70.23 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
70.24 	and ensure accuracy.
70.25 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Nicollet County and is described as 
70.26 	follows:
70.27 	(1) that part of the Southwest Quarter and that part of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
70.28 	8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, being described as a strip of land 300.0 feet in 
70.29 	width lying adjacent to and northerly of the following described centerline of proposed 
70.30 	channel change: commencing at the center of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 
70.31 	20 West, from which the north quarter corner of said Section 8 bears North 0 degrees 
70.32 	00 minutes East, thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes East for 1280 feet on said quarter 
70.33 	line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes East for 54.9 feet to road station 40+40 on the 
70.34 	centerline of County State-Aid Highway 24 which is the true point of beginning for the 
71.1 	centerline of channel change; thence South 75 degrees 58 minutes East for a distance of 
71.2 	553.5 feet on centerline of channel change; thence South 75 degrees 58 minutes East for 
71.3 	a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating; and from the true point of beginning 
71.4 	North 77 degrees 58 minutes West for a distance of 770 feet and there terminating; SAID 
71.5 	LANDS ALSO DESCRIBED AS: a strip of land lying and being 300.0 feet each side of 
71.6 	the following described centerline of proposed channel change: beginning at a point 
71.7 	1280.0 feet South and 54.9 feet East of the center of Section 8, Township 109 North, 
71.8 	Range 29 West; thence easterly on a bearing of South 77 degrees 00 minutes East for a 
71.9 	distance of 553.5 feet; thence easterly on a bearing of South 75 degrees 00 minutes East 
71.10 	for a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating. This includes 3.005 acres in part of the 
71.11 	North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, 
71.12 	and 10.932 acres in part of Government Lot 2 of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 
71.13 	29 West. Also from the point of beginning, westerly on a bearing of North 77 degrees 
71.14 	00 minutes West for a distance of 770.0 feet and there terminating. This includes 4.098 
71.15 	acres in part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West. 
71.16 	Containing 3.01 acres, more or less; and 
71.17 	(2) that part of the Southwest Quarter and that part of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
71.18 	8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, Nicollet County, Minnesota, being described 
71.19 	as a strip of land 300.0 feet in width lying adjacent to and southerly of the following 
71.20 	described centerline of proposed channel change: commencing at the center of Section 
71.21 	8, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, from which the north quarter corner of said 
71.22 	Section 8 bears North 0 degrees 00 minutes East; thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes East 
71.23 	for 1280 feet on said quarter line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes East for 54.9 
71.24 	feet to road station 40+40 on the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 24 which is 
71.25 	the true point of beginning for the centerline of channel change; thence South 75 degrees 
71.26 	58 minutes East for a distance of 553.5 feet on centerline of channel change; thence 
71.27 	South 75 degrees 58 minutes East for a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating; and 
71.28 	from the true point of beginning North 77 degrees 58 minutes West for a distance of 
71.29 	770 feet and there terminating; SAID LANDS ALSO DESCRIBED AS: a strip of land 
71.30 	lying and being 300.0 feet each side of the following described centerline of proposed 
71.31 	channel change: beginning at a point 1280.0 feet South and 54.9 feet East of the center of 
71.32 	Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West; thence easterly on a bearing of South 
71.33 	77 degrees 00 minutes East for a distance of 553.5 feet; thence easterly on a bearing of 
71.34 	South 75 degrees 00 minutes East for a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating. 
71.35 	This includes 3.005 acres in part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 
71.36 	8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, and 10.932 acres in part of Government Lot 2 
72.1 	of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West. Also, from the point of beginning, 
72.2 	westerly on a bearing of North 77 degrees 00 minutes West for a distance of 770.0 feet and 
72.3 	there terminating. This includes 4.098 acres in part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, 
72.4 	Township 109 North, Range 29 West. Containing 4.10 acres, more or less. 
72.5 	(d) The land borders the Minnesota River. It was acquired when a new bridge was 
72.6 	installed across the river resulting in a realignment of the river channel. The Department of 
72.7 	Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

72.8 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
72.9 	WATER; RED LAKE COUNTY.
 72.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
72.11 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
72.12 	in paragraph (c).
72.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
72.14 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
72.15 	and ensure accuracy. 
72.16 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Red Lake County and is described 
72.17 	as follows: 
72.18 	(1) Government Lot 10, Section 31, Township 152 North, Range 40 West, containing 
72.19 	20.17 acres, more or less; and 
72.20 	(2) Government Lot 3, Section 34, Township 152 North, Range 40 West, containing 
72.21 	21.7 acres, more or less. 
72.22 	(d) The land borders the Clearwater River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
72.23 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
72.24 	natural resource purposes.

72.25 	Sec. 31. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
72.26 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 72.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
72.28 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
72.29 	in paragraph (c).
72.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
72.31 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
72.32 	and ensure accuracy.
73.1 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as 
73.2 	follows: Government Lot 2, except the Northwest Quarter of Lot 2, Section 19, Township 
73.3 	58 North, Range 18 West, containing 30.84 acres, more or less.
73.4 	(d) The land borders an unnamed tributary to the West Two Rivers Reservoir. The 
73.5 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
73.6 	resource purposes.

73.7 	Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 73.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
73.9 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
73.10 	(c). 
73.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
73.12 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
73.13 	and ensure accuracy. 
73.14 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as 
73.15 	follows: Government Lot 3, Section 18, Township 68 North, Range 19 West, containing 
73.16 	23.22 acres, more or less.
73.17 	(d) The sale will be to the University of Minnesota for the off axis NOvA detector 
73.18 	project. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
73.19 	for natural resource purposes.

73.20 	Sec. 33. LAND EXCHANGE; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 73.21 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall, with the approval of the Land 
73.22 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
73.23 	according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange the land described 
73.24 	in paragraph (b). The commissioner shall offer to exchange the land with the holder of 
73.25 	Department of Natural Resources lease number 144-011-0587 by December 31, 2007.
73.26 	(b) The land to be exchanged is located in St. Louis County and is described as 
73.27 	follows: that part of Government Lot 1, Section 6, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, 
73.28 	containing 1.98 acres more or less, that is subject to Department of Natural Resources 
73.29 	lease number 144-011-0587.

73.30 	Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
73.31 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 73.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
73.33 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
74.1 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
74.2 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
74.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
74.4 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
74.5 	accuracy. The conveyance must reserve to the state a 100-foot easement along the 
74.6 	shoreline to protect vegetation and allow angling by the public and a 15-foot easement 
74.7 	from the public road right-of-way to allow angler walk-in access.
74.8 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lots 7, 8, 
74.9 	and 9, Block 2, Wonderland 1st Addition.
74.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
74.11 	best be served if the land was sold to an adjoining landowner.

74.12 	Sec. 35. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
74.13 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 74.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
74.15 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
74.16 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
74.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
74.18 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
74.19 	accuracy. The conveyance must reserve to the state a 150-foot easement of 75 feet on each 
74.20 	side of the centerline of the East Branch of Chester Creek and a 100-foot easement of 50 
74.21 	feet on each side of the centerline of tributaries of Chester Creek.
74.22 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
74.23 	(1) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 9, Township 50 
74.24 	North, Range 14 West; and
74.25 	(2) Lots 7, 8, 9, 34, 35, 36, 37, 58, 59, 60, and 61 and part of Lot 10, Englewood 
74.26 	Farms.
74.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
74.28 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

74.29 	Sec. 36. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 74.30 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
74.31 	St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
74.32 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
74.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
74.34 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
75.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
75.2 	(1) part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 1, Township 
75.3 	63 North, Range 18 West;
75.4 	(2) part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 28, Township 53 
75.5 	North, Range 13 West; and 
75.6 	(3) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 9, Township 
75.7 	58 North, Range 16 West.
75.8 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
75.9 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

75.10 	Sec. 37. SPARTA BEACH IN CITY OF GILBERT; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 75.11 	(a) This section applies to the land described in paragraph (b), which is owned by 
75.12 	the city of Gilbert. The legislature finds that any fill placed along the shoreline below the 
75.13 	historical high watermark prior to the effective date of this section does not extend beyond 
75.14 	the ordinary low watermark and does not interfere with the public right of navigation or 
75.15 	any other public right. Consistent with the common law of the state, the state shall not 
75.16 	dispute the right of the owner of the land, or the owner's successors, to enjoy exclusive use 
75.17 	of filled land in shallow waters abutting the land, subject only to the limitation that the 
75.18 	owner or owner's successors shall not interfere with the public right of navigation.
75.19 	(b) The land referred to in this section is described as follows:
75.20 	That part of the North Half of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 58 North, 
75.21 	Range 17 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described 
75.22 	as follows: Starting at a pipe that is on the east side of Differding Road on the north line of 
75.23 	the plat of Birch View and assuming that the north line is East and West, thence running 
75.24 	North 49 degrees 56 minutes West a distance of 291.00 feet to the place of beginning; 
75.25 	thence running South 55 degrees 19 minutes West a distance of 135 feet to the shore of 
75.26 	Ely Lake; Starting from the place of beginning, thence running North 29 degrees 01 
75.27 	minutes West a distance of 436.50 feet; thence running North 87 degrees 24 minutes 
75.28 	West a distance of 302 feet to the shore of Ely Lake; thence running along the shore to 
75.29 	the intersection with the first described.

75.30 	Sec. 38. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
75.31 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 75.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
75.33 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
75.34 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
76.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
76.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
76.3 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may only sell the land to a governmental subdivision 
76.4 	of the state. The conveyance may be for less than the value of the land as determined by 
76.5 	the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the land be used for the public 
76.6 	and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to provide for public use or 
76.7 	abandons the public use of the land.
76.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as 
76.9 	follows, Parcels A and B containing altogether 31.55 acres, more or less:
76.10 	(1) Parcel A: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
76.11 	30, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines: 
76.12 	commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing 
76.13 	of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 399.98 feet on and along the east-west 
76.14 	quarter line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 13 
76.15 	minutes 48 seconds West, 504.57 feet on and along the said east-west quarter line; thence 
76.16 	South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 
76.17 	line of said Section 30; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds East, 504.44 feet 
76.18 	on and along the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence North 17 degrees 54 minutes 
76.19 	26 seconds East, 1378.11 feet to the point of beginning; and 
76.20 	(2) Parcel B: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
76.21 	30, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines: 
76.22 	commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing 
76.23 	of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 904.55 feet along the east-west quarter 
76.24 	line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 
76.25 	seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence 
76.26 	North 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds West, 369.30 feet along said south 1/16 line; 
76.27 	thence North 42 degrees 24 minutes 47 seconds West, 248.00 feet; thence North 02 
76.28 	degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East, 488.11 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 
76.29 	19 seconds East, 944.68 feet to a point on the east-west quarter line of said Section 30; 
76.30 	thence South 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds East, 236.03 feet along said east-west 
76.31 	quarter line to the point of beginning. 
76.32 	(d) The land borders Long Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
76.33 	land was donated to the state with the understanding that the land would be used as a 
76.34 	wildlife sanctuary. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is 
76.35 	not needed for natural resource purposes.

77.1 	Sec. 39. CLAIR A. NELSON MEMORIAL FOREST, LAKE COUNTY; 
77.2 	TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF APPORTIONMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM 
77.3 	TAX-FORFEITED LANDS.
 77.4 	(a) Upon approval of an affected political subdivision within Lake County, the 
77.5 	Lake County Board may suspend the apportionment of the balance of net proceeds from 
77.6 	tax-forfeited lands within the affected political subdivision under Minnesota Statutes, 
77.7 	section 282.08, clause (4), item (iii), and retain the net proceeds. The authority under this 
77.8 	paragraph is available until Lake County suspends the apportionment of  net proceeds 
77.9 	subject to item (iii), in the amount of $2,200,000, plus any interest costs incurred by the 
77.10 	county to purchase land described in this section. The money received by Lake County is 
77.11 	to reimburse the county for the purchase in 2006 of 6,085 acres of forest land named the 
77.12 	Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest.
77.13 	(b) Any revenue derived from acquired land that was reimbursed under paragraph 
77.14 	(a) is subject to apportionment as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.08.

77.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006.

77.16 	Sec. 40. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 77.17 	Sections 1 to 38 are effective the day following final enactment.