<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>modifying land acquisition requirements; modifying land owners' bill of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>rights; modifying requirements for certain recreational vehicles; establishing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>an off-highway vehicle safety and conservation program; modifying certain <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>state trails, parks, and wildlife management areas; modifying state park permit <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>provisions; modifying definitions; providing for and modifying certain fees; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>modifying license and stamp provisions; modifying possession and taking <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>restrictions; providing for apprentice hunter validation; modifying commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>fishing provisions; providing for a crossbow deer season; providing for an <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Appeals Board of Zoning Adjustment; requiring cormorant control; providing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>for certain walleye stocking prioritization; modifying certain county powers; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>providing for timber sales; extending expiration of the Minerals Coordinating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Committee; modifying recordation requirements for mineral interests; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>requirements for certain contested case hearings; modifying water supply <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>plan requirements; providing for regulation of shoreland resorts; adopting the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>Uniform Environmental Covenants Act; modifying individual sewage treatment <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>system provisions; extending exemptions to noise standards; restricting the use <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>of phosphorus in household dishwasher detergent; exempting certain exchanged <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>land from the tax-forfeited land assurance fee; authorizing public and private <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>sales, conveyances, exchanges, and leases of certain state lands; providing for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>status of certain land in St. Louis County; providing for temporary suspension <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>of apportionment of certain proceeds from tax-forfeited lands; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>authority for and requiring rulemaking; requiring reports and studies; requiring <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>public meetings; providing for renaming Big Island; providing for Public <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>Facilities Authority funding; providing civil penalties;amending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>Statutes 2006, sections 84.027, by adding a subdivision; 84.0272, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>3; 84.0274, subdivision 5; 84.029, subdivision 2; 84.788, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>84.82, subdivision 6; 84.8205, subdivision 1; 84.925, subdivision 5; 84D.03, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivision 1; 84D.12, subdivisions 1, 3; 85.015, subdivision 14; 85.053, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>subdivisions 2, 8; 93.0015, subdivision 3; 93.55, subdivision 1, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>subdivision; 97A.015, subdivision 24, by adding a subdivision; 97A.045, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>adding a subdivision; 97A.133, by adding a subdivision; 97A.401, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>5; 97A.405, subdivisions 2, 4; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.445, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>subdivision; 97A.451, subdivisions 3, 3a; 97A.465, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>97A.473, subdivisions 3, 5; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 16; 97A.505, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>4; 97A.511; 97B.015, by adding a subdivision; 97B.020; 97B.031, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>97B.035, by adding a subdivision; 97B.055, subdivision 3; 97B.075; 97B.085, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>subdivision 3; 97B.301, subdivision 7; 97B.311; 97B.318, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>97B.327; 97B.715, subdivision 1; 97B.801; 97B.928, subdivision 1; 97C.325; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>97C.335; 97C.355, subdivision 8; 97C.371, by adding a subdivision; 97C.835, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 8; 103F.205, subdivision 1; 103G.291, subdivision 3; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>103G.311, subdivision 2; 115.072; 115.55, subdivision 6; 115.56, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>115B.17, subdivision 15; 116.07, subdivision 2a; 116.23; 282.04, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>1; 373.01, subdivision 1; 473.1565, subdivision 1; 473.859, subdivision 3; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 21; proposing coding for new law in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 97B; 97C; 103F; proposing coding for new law <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>85.015, subdivision 11; 97A.475, subdivision 38; 97C.365; Laws 2006, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>236, article 1, section 2; 2007, S.F. No. 2096, article 1, section 24, if enacted.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.027, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    Subd. 13a. <b>Game and fish expedited permanent rules.</b> In addition to the authority <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>granted in Subdivision 13, the commissioner of natural resources may adopt rules under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>section 14.389 that are authorized under:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    (1) chapters 97A, 97B, and 97C to describe zone or permit area boundaries, to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>designate fish spawning beds or fish preserves, to select hunters or anglers for areas, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>to provide for registration of game or fish, to prevent or control wildlife disease, or to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>correct errors or omissions in rules that do not have a substantive effect on the intent or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>application of the original rule; or<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>    (2) section 84D.12 to designate prohibited invasive species, regulated invasive <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>species, and unregulated nonnative species.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0272, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Minimal value acquisition.</b> (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>commissioner determines that lands or interests in land have a value less than $5,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>$50,000, the commissioner may acquire the lands for the value determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>commissioner without an appraisal. The commissioner shall make the determination based <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>upon available information including, but not limited to:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>    (1) up to the most recent assessed market value of the land or interests in land as <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>determined by the county assessor of the county in which the land or interests in land is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>located, plus ten percent;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>    (2) a sale price of the land or interests in land, provided the sale occurred within <br/>
<a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var>the past year;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    (3) the sale prices of comparable land or Department of Natural Resources land sales <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>or acquisitions of interests in land located in the vicinity and sold within the past year; or<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    (4) an appraisal of the land or interests in land conducted within the past year.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>    (b) In the event the value is minimal less than $1,000, the commissioner may add a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>transaction incentive, provided that the sum of the incentive plus the value of the land <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>does not exceed $1,000.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0274, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Owner's rights.</b> When the state proposes to purchase in fee or any lesser <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>interest in land which will be administered by the commissioner of natural resources, the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>landowner shall have the following rights:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    (a) The right to be informed of the specific intended use of the property and of any <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>change in the intended use of the property which occurs during the acquisition process. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>The owner shall also be informed that the documents regarding the purchase will be public <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>records if the land is purchased by the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>    (b) The right to be paid a fair price for the property. The price shall include the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>fair market value of the land plus:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>    (1) All necessary incidental costs such as abstracting and recording fees related <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>to the sale. The costs of clearing title defects, paying taxes, and attorney's fees are not <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>reimbursable; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>    (2) Any penalties incurred by the owner where the property is security for a loan <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>or advance of credit that contains a provision requiring or permitting the imposition of a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>penalty if the loan or advance of credit is prepaid;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>    (c) The right to payment, at the owner's election, in a lump sum or in up to four <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>annual installments;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>    (d) The right to have the property fairly appraised by the state. The state's appraiser <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>shall physically inspect the property and shall allow the owner along when the appraisal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>is made. The state's appraiser shall certify in the appraisal report to having physically <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>inspected the property and having given the landowner an opportunity to go along on <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>inspections. Notwithstanding section 13.44, subdivision 3, before an offer is made,  the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>landowner shall be given a resume of the state's certified appraisal. The resume shall <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>include the appraiser's conclusions as to value, acreage and type of land, value of buildings <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>and other improvements, value of timber, special damages and any special elements of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>value informed of the value determined pursuant to section 84.0272;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>    (e) The right to retain a qualified independent appraiser to conduct an appraisal at any <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>time prior to certification of the state's appraisal of the property and to be reimbursed for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>appraisal fees as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>117.232, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, if the land is sold to the state <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>and to have that appraisal considered along with the state's in certifying the selling price; <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>    (f) The right to have the state acquire the property by means of condemnation upon <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>the owner's request with the agreement of the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>    (g) The right to receive or waive relocation assistance, services, payments and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>benefits as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>117.52</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>117.521</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    (h) The right to accept the state's offer for the property and contest the state's offer <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>for relocation and moving expenses;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>    (i) The right to continue occupancy of the property until full payment is received, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>provided that when the owner elects to receive payment in annual installments pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>clause (c), the owner may retain occupancy until the first payment is made; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>    (j) The right to seek the advice of counsel regarding any aspect of the land <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>transaction.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.029, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Acquisition of land for trails.</b> The commissioner may acquire, by gift, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>purchase, or lease, easements or other interests in land for trails, and recreational uses <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>related to trails, where necessary to complete trails established primarily in state forests, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>state parks, or other public land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, when railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>rights-of-way are abandoned, when the use of township roads is compatible with vehicular <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>travel, and or when needed to complete trails established by the legislature.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.788, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>General requirements.</b> Unless exempted in subdivision 2, after <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>January 1, 1994, a person may not operate and an owner may not give permission for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>another to operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>has been registered under this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.82, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Exemptions.</b> Registration is not required under this section for:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>    (1) a snowmobile owned and used by the United States, another state, or a political <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>subdivision thereof;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>    (2) a snowmobile registered in a country other than the United States temporarily <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>used within this state;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>    (3) a snowmobile that is covered by a valid license of another state and has not been <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>within this state for more than 30 consecutive days;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    (4) a snowmobile used exclusively in organized track racing events;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>    (5) a snowmobile in transit by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>    (6) a snowmobile at least 15 years old in transit by an individual for use only on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>land owned or leased by the individual; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>    (7) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.8205, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Sticker required; fee.</b>  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>person may not operate a snowmobile on a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>snowmobile state trail sticker is affixed to the snowmobile. The commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>resources shall issue a sticker upon application and payment of a $15 fee. The fee for a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>three-year snowmobile state trail sticker that is purchased at the time of snowmobile <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>registration is $30. In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, a person in violation <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>of this subdivision must purchase an annual state trail sticker for a fee of $30. The sticker <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>is valid from November 1 through April 30. Fees collected under this section, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027</statute_ref>, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid, trail maintenance, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>grooming, and easement acquisition.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>    (b) A state trail sticker is not required under this section for:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>    (1) a snowmobile owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>registered under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, subdivision 5;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>    (2) a snowmobile that is owned and used by the United States, another state, or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from registration under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>subdivision 6;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>    (3) a collector snowmobile that is operated as provided in a special permit issued for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>the collector snowmobile under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, subdivision 7a; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>    (4) a person operating a snowmobile only on the portion of a trail that is owned by <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>    (5) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>    Sec. 8. <b>[84.9011] OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE SAFETY AND CONSERVATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The commissioner of natural resources shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>a program to promote the safe and responsible operation of off-highway vehicles in a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>manner that does not harm the environment. The commissioner shall coordinate the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>program through the regional offices of the Department of Natural Resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Purpose.</b> The purpose of the program is to encourage off-highway vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>clubs to assist, on a volunteer basis, in improving, maintaining, and monitoring of trails on <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>state forest land and other public lands.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Agreements.</b> (a) The commissioner shall enter into informal agreements <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>with off-highway vehicle clubs for volunteer services to maintain, make improvements to, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>and monitor trails on state forest land and other public lands. The off-highway vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>clubs shall promote the operation of off-highway vehicles in a safe and responsible manner <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>that complies with the laws and rules that relate to the operation of off-highway vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>    (b) The off-highway vehicle clubs may provide assistance to the department in <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>locating, recruiting, and training instructors for off-highway vehicle training programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>    (c) The commissioner may provide assistance to enhance the comfort and safety <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>of volunteers and to facilitate the implementation and administration of the safety and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>conservation program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.925, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Training requirements.</b> (a) An individual who was born after July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>1987, and who is 16 years of age or older, must successfully complete the independent <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>study course component of all-terrain vehicle safety training before operating an all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>vehicle on public lands or waters, public road rights-of-way, or state or grant-in-aid trails.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>    (b) An individual who is convicted of violating a law related to the operation of an <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>all-terrain vehicle must successfully complete the independent study course component of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>    (c) An individual who is convicted for a second or subsequent excess speed, trespass, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>or wetland violation in an all-terrain vehicle season, or any conviction for careless or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>reckless operation of an all-terrain vehicle, must successfully complete the independent <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>study and the testing and operating course components of all-terrain vehicle safety training <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>    (d) An individual who receives three or more citations and convictions for violating a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>law related to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in a two-year period must successfully <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>complete the independent study and the testing and operating course components of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>all-terrain vehicle safety training before continuing operation of an all-terrain vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>    (e) An individual must present evidence of compliance with this subdivision before <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>an all-terrain vehicle registration is issued or renewed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Infested waters; restricted activities.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>designate a water of the state as an infested water if the commissioner determines that:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>    (1) the water contains a population of an aquatic invasive species that could spread to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>other waters if use of the water and related activities are not regulated to prevent this.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>    (2) the water is highly likely to be infested by an aquatic invasive species because it <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>is connected to a water that contains a population of an aquatic invasive species.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>    (b) When determining which invasive species comprise infested waters, the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>commissioner shall consider:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>    (1) the extent of a species distribution within the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>    (2) the likely means of spread for a species; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>    (3) whether regulations specific to infested waters containing a specific species <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>will effectively reduce that species' spread.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>    (c) The presence of common carp and curly-leaf pondweed shall not be the basis for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>designating a water as infested.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>    (d) The designation of infested waters by the commissioner shall be by written order <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>published in the State Register. Designations are not subject to the rulemaking provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Required rules.</b> The commissioner shall adopt rules:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>    (1) designating infested waters, prohibited invasive species, regulated invasive <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>species, and unregulated nonnative species of aquatic plants and wild animals;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>    (2) governing the application for and issuance of permits under this chapter, which <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>rules may include a fee schedule; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>    (3) governing notification under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.08</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Expedited rules.</b> The commissioner may adopt rules under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>subdivision 13
         </statute_ref>, that designate: <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>    (1) prohibited invasive species of aquatic plants and wild animals;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>    (2) regulated invasive species of aquatic plants and wild animals; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>    (3) unregulated nonnative species of aquatic plants and wild animals; and.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>    (4) infested waters.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.015, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Gateway Trail</b><b> Willard Munger Trail System</b><b>, Chisago, Ramsey,</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var><b>Pine, St. Louis, Carlton,</b><b> and Washington Counties.</b> (a) The trail shall consist of six <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>segments. One segment shall be known as the Gateway Trail and shall originate at the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>State Capitol and shall extend northerly and northeasterly to William O'Brien State Park, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>thence northerly to Taylors Falls in Chisago County, and there terminate. One segment <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>shall be known as the Boundary Trail and shall originate in Chisago County and extend <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>into Duluth in St. Louis County. One segment shall be known as the Browns Creek Trail <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>and shall originate at Duluth Junction and extend into Stillwater in Washington County. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>One segment shall be known as the Munger Trail and shall originate at Hinckley in Pine <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>County and extend through Moose Lake in Carlton County to Duluth in St. Louis County. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>One segment shall be known as the Alex Laveau Trail and shall originate in Carlton <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>County at Carlton and extend through Wrenshall to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. One <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>segment shall be established that extends the trail to include the cities of Proctor, Duluth, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>and Hermantown in St. Louis County.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>    (b) The trail system shall be developed primarily for hiking and nonmotorized riding.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>    (c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>for the trail Gateway and Browns Creek Trails may be acquired by eminent domain.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>    (d) The commissioner of natural resources, after consulting with all local units of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>government affected by the trail, and with the commissioner of transportation and the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>Metropolitan Council, shall prepare a master plan for the trail. After completion of the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>master plan, any land or interest in land not needed for the trail may be disposed of by the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>commissioner of natural resources as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>    (1) by transfer to the Department of Transportation, the Historical Society, or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>another state agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>    (2) by sale at not less than the purchase price to a city, town, school district, park <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>district, or other political subdivision whose boundaries include or are adjacent to the land, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>for public purposes only, after written notice to each of these political subdivisions; or<br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>    (3) if no offer to purchase is received from any political subdivision within one year <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>after the completion of the master plan, then by public sale, at not less than the purchase <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>price, upon notice published in the manner provided in section 
<statute_ref>92.14</statute_ref>, and otherwise in the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>same manner as trust fund lands are sold, so far as applicable. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>    All proceeds derived from sales of unneeded land and interest in land shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>deposited in the state bond fund. For the purposes of United States Code, title 23, section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>138, and title 49, section 1653(f), any land or interest in land not needed for the trail and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>transferred to another state agency, or sold, does not constitute permanent park, recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.8.36"></a><var>8.36</var>area, or wildlife or waterfowl refuge facility land.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Requirement.</b> Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>85.054</statute_ref>, a motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>may not enter a state park, state recreation area, or state wayside over 50 acres in area, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>without a state park permit issued under this section. Except for vehicles permitted under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>subdivisions 7, paragraph (a), clause (2), and 8, the state park permit must be affixed to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>lower right corner windshield of the motor vehicle and must be completely affixed by its <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>own adhesive to the windshield, or the commissioner may, by written order, provide an <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>alternative means to display and validate annual state park permits.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.053, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Military personnel on leave; exemption.</b> (a) The provisions of this <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>section requiring a state park permit and regulating its display do not apply to A one-day <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>permit, under subdivision 4, shall be issued without a fee for a motor vehicle being used <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>by a person who is serving in active military service in any branch or unit of the United <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>States armed forces and who is stationed outside Minnesota, during the period of active <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>service and for 90 days immediately thereafter, if the person notifies presents the person's <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>current military orders to the park attendant on duty or other designee of the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>of the person's military status at the time of usage. It is sufficient notice for the eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>person to temporarily affix to the inside of the windshield of the vehicle in a visible <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>manner the person's current military orders and to carry in the person's possession current <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>military identification attesting to the person's active or recent military status.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>    (b) For purposes of this section, "active service" has the meaning given under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>190.05
         </statute_ref>, subdivision 5c, when performed outside Minnesota.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 93.0015, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Expiration.</b> Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>15.059, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, or other law to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>the contrary, the committee expires June 30, 2007 2011. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 93.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Forfeiture; failure to record.</b> If the owner of a mineral interest fails <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>to record the verified statement required by section 
         <statute_ref>93.52</statute_ref>, before January 1, 1975, as to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>any interests owned on or before December 31, 1973, or within one year after acquiring <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>such interests as to interests acquired after December 31, 1973, and not previously <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>recorded under section 
<statute_ref>93.52</statute_ref>, the mineral interest shall forfeit to the state after notice and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>opportunity for hearing as provided in this section. However, before completing the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>procedures set forth in subdivision 2, the commissioner of natural resources may lease the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>severed mineral interest as provided in subdivisions 1a and 3.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 93.55, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Exemption for forfeiture.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a severed <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>mineral interest for which a statement was recorded as required under section 93.52, but <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>for which no new statement was recorded when the interest was subsequently conveyed <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>on or after December 31, 1969, but before July 1, 2007, is not subject to forfeiture if: (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>substantial compliance can be shown as provided in subdivision 2, and (2) a new statement <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>is recorded within one year of any conveyance of ownership on or after July 1, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>    Subd. 24. <b>Game birds.</b> "Game birds" means migratory waterfowl, ring-necked <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>pheasant, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, Canada spruce grouse, prairie chickens, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>gray partridge, bob-white quail, wild turkeys, coots, gallinules, sora and Virginia rails, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>mourning dove, American woodcock, and common snipe.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>    Subd. 26c. <b>Immediately released or immediately returned to the water.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>    "Immediately released" or "immediately returned to the water" means that a fish must not <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>be retained longer than is needed at the site of capture to unhook, identify, measure, or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>photograph the fish. Placing a fish on a stringer, in a live well, or in a cooler, bucket, or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>other container is not "immediately released" or "immediately returned to the water."<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Establishing fees.</b> Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees providing for the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>use of state wildlife management area or aquatic management area lands for specific <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>purposes, including dog trials and special events. The fees must be set in an amount that <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs. The fees are not subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.133, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>    Subd. 66. Vermillion Highlands Wildlife Management Area, Dakota County.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.401, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Wild animals damaging property.</b> Special permits may be issued with or <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>without a fee to take protected wild animals that are damaging property or to remove or <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>destroy their dens, nests, eggs, houses, or dams for the purpose of preventing or reducing <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>damage or injury to people, property, and agricultural crops. The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>prescribe rules for taking Canada geese and their nests and eggs, with or without a permit, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>consistent with federal regulations. A special permit issued under this subdivision to take <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>beaver must state the number to be taken.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Personal possession.</b> (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either: <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>    (b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>proper license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>proper license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>state identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>if the license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>not been issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>requirement shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>arresting enforcement officer the actual license previously issued to that person, which <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>was valid at the time of arrest, or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>was validly licensed. Upon request of an enforcement officer, a licensee shall write the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>licensee's name in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>    (c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>or privileges conferred by a license.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    (d) A license or stamp issued electronically and not immediately provided to the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>licensee shall be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license or stamp <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>validation, except for a pictorial turkey stamp or a pictorial trout and salmon stamp. A <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>pictorial turkey stamp or a pictorial, migratory waterfowl, pheasant, or trout and salmon <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>stamp shall be mailed provided to the licensee after purchase of a license or stamp <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2 fee.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Replacement licenses.</b> (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>the replacement license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a person <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. When a person submits both <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>an archery and a firearms license for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>of both licenses towards the replacement license fee.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>    (b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any tag <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>from the original license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The original <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>license or licenses and all unused tags for that license for the licenses being replaced must <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>be submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement license is issued.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>    (c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>    (1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>    (2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>a multizone or an all season deer license.;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>    (3) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms license to a multizone <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>deer license; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>    (4) when the person is changing from a regular firearms deer license to a youth <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>deer license.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>    (d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>97A.411, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, a replacement license is valid <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Owners or tenants of agricultural land.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person who is an owner or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>tenant and is living and actively farming on of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, as <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>97B.001</statute_ref>, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to take <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>additional deer under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. A person may receive only one <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, only <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>dependent. Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>97A.415, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>2
         </statute_ref>, the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>take an additional deer under that license.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>    (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clauses (4) and (13).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.445, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Angling; Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Ice Fishing Weekend.</b> A resident <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>over age 18 may take fish by angling without a license during one three-day consecutive <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>period of the winter angling season designated by the commissioner if accompanied <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>by a Boy Scout troop or troops or Girl Scout troop or troops whose active members <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>participating in the ice fishing weekend are each under age 16. The resident must obtain a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>certificate from the commissioner signifying permission for the group to angle in a named <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>body of water. During the first day of the three-day consecutive period, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>must designate an authorized representative to visit each Boy Scout troop or troops and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>Girl Scout troop or troops at the named body of water and provide educational information, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>including ice safety information and angling instruction. A resident in possession of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>certificate is also exempt from any fish house and dark house licensing fees levied under <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>section 97A.475, subdivision 11, during the three-day period. The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>publicize the three-day period as "Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Ice Fishing Weekend."<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Residents under age 16; small game.</b> (a) A resident under age 16 may <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>not obtain a small game license but may take small game by firearms or bow and arrow <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>without a license if the resident is:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>or guardian; or<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>apprentice hunter validation; or<br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>    (3) (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>accompanying parent or guardian.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Nonresidents under age </b><b>16</b><b> 18</b><b>; small game.</b> (a) A nonresident under <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>age 16 18 may obtain a small game license at the resident fee under section 97A.475, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>subdivision 2, clause (2), if the nonresident:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>    (1) possesses a firearms safety certificate; or<br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>    (2) if age 13 or under, is accompanied by a parent or guardian when purchasing <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>the license.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>    (b) A nonresident age 13 or under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>to take small game. A nonresident age 12 or under is not required to possess a firearms <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>safety certificate under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.020</statute_ref> to take small game. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.465, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Spouses of residents on active military duty.</b> Notwithstanding section <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>97A.405, subdivision 5, the spouse of a resident who is on active military duty may obtain <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>resident hunting and fishing licenses.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.473, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Lifetime small game hunting license; fee.</b> (a) A resident lifetime small <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>game hunting license authorizes a person to hunt and trap small game in the state. The <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>license authorizes those hunting and trapping activities authorized by the annual resident <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>small game hunting license and trapping licenses. The license does not include a turkey <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>stamp validation or any other hunting stamps required by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime small game hunting license are:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>    (1) age 3 and under, $217;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>    (2) age 4 to age 15, $290;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>    (3) age 16 to age 50, $363; and<br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>    (4) age 51 and over, $213.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>retroactively to licenses issued after February 28, 2001.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Lifetime sporting license; fee.</b> (a) A resident lifetime sporting license <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game in the state. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling and, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>resident small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>a trout and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, or any other hunting <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>stamps required by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>    (1) age 3 and under, $357;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>    (2) age 4 to age 15, $480;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>    (3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and<br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>    (4) age 51 and over, $413.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007, and applies <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>retroactively to licenses issued after February 28, 2001.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Resident hunting.</b> Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>only, are:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>    (3) to take turkey, $18;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms, $26;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>    (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>    (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>    (7) to take bear, $38;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>    (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>    (9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>    (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>    (11) all season license to take two three deer throughout the state in any open deer <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>season, except as restricted under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.305</statute_ref>, $78; <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>    (12) to take prairie chickens, $20;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>    (13) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>    (14) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Nonresident hunting.</b> Fees for the following licenses, to be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>to nonresidents, are:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>    (1) for persons age 18 and older to take small game, $73;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>    (2) for persons age 18 and older to take deer with firearms, $135;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>    (3) for persons age 18 and older to take deer by archery, the greater of:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>    (i) an amount equal to the total amount of license fees and surcharges charged to a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>Minnesota resident to take deer by archery in the person's state or province of residence; or<br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>    (ii) $135;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>    (4) to take bear, $195;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>    (5) to take turkey, $73;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>    (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, or coyote, $155;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>    (7) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>    (8) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4.;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>    (9) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>    (10) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Resident hunting guides.</b> The fee for a resident license to guide bear <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>hunters is $82.50 and is available only to a Minnesota resident individual.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.505, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Storage of protected wild animals.</b> A person that stores protected wild <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>animals for others must plainly mark the package, in ink, with the name and address of the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>owner, the license number of the person taking the animal, and the number and species in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>the package. A person may not use a commercial cold storage warehouse for protected <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>wild animals, except lawfully taken fish and furs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.511, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var><b>97A.511 FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>    The skins of fur-bearing animals and the flesh of beaver, muskrat, raccoon, rabbits <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>and hares, legally taken and bearing the required seals or tags required by the game and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>fish laws, may be bought, sold, and transported at any time. The flesh of beaver, raccoon, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>rabbits, and hare may not be transported out of the state.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>    Subd. 5a. <b>Exemption for military personnel.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 5, a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>person who has successfully completed basic training in the United States armed forces is <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>exempt from the range and shooting exercise portion of the required course of instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>for the firearms safety certificate. The commissioner may require written proof of the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>person's military training, as deemed appropriate for implementing this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>The commissioner shall publicly announce this exemption from the range and shooting <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>exercise requirement and the availability of the department's online, remote study option <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>for adults seeking firearms safety certification. Military personnel are not exempt from <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>any other requirement of this section for obtaining a firearms safety certificate.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>and applies to applications for certificates made on or after that date.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.020, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var><b>97B.020 FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>    (a) Except as provided in this section and section 
         <statute_ref>97A.451, subdivision 3a</statute_ref>, a person <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>born after December 31, 1979, may not obtain an annual license to take wild animals by <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>firearms unless the person has:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>    (1) a firearms safety certificate or equivalent certificate;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>    (2) a driver's license or identification card with a valid firearms safety qualification <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>indicator issued under section 
         <statute_ref>171.07, subdivision 13</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>    (3) a previous hunting license with a valid firearms safety qualification indicator; or<br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>    (4) an apprentice hunter validation issued under section 97B.022; or<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    (4) (5) other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this state or in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>another state a hunter safety course recognized by the department under a reciprocity <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>agreement or certified by the department as substantially similar.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>    (b) A person who is on active duty and has successfully completed basic training <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>in the United States armed forces, reserve component, or National Guard may obtain a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>hunting license or approval authorizing hunting regardless of whether the person is issued <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>a firearms safety certificate.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>    (c) A person born after December 31, 1979, may not use a lifetime license to take <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>wild animals by firearms, unless the person meets the requirements for obtaining an annual <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>license under paragraph (a) or (b).<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>    Sec. 40. <b>[97B.022] APPRENTICE HUNTER VALIDATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For the purpose of this section, "accompanied" means <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>to stay within a distance of another person that permits uninterrupted visual contact and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>unaided verbal communication.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Apprentice hunter validation requirements.</b> A resident born after <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>December 31, 1979, who is age 12 or older and who does not possess a firearms safety <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>certificate may be issued an apprentice hunter validation. An apprentice hunter validation <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>is valid for only one license year in a lifetime. An individual in possession of an apprentice <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>hunter validation may hunt small game and deer only when accompanied by an adult <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>licensed to hunt in Minnesota whose license was not obtained using an apprentice hunter <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>validation. An apprentice hunter validation holder must obtain all required licenses and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>stamps.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>A person may take big game with a firearm only if:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>    (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 inches;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>    (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 inches and has a soft point or is <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>an expanding bullet type;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>    (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 
         <statute_ref>1.285</statute_ref> inches;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    (5) the muzzle-loader used is incapable of being loaded at the breech;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>    (6) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least .45 inches; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>    (7) the rifled muzzle-loader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum <br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>cartridge, or a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50 <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.035, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Minimum draw weight.</b> A bow used to take big game must have a pull <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>that meets or exceeds 30 pounds at or before full draw.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.055, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Hunting from vehicle by disabled hunters.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>issue a special permit, without a fee, to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>stationary motor vehicle to a person who obtains the required licenses and who has a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>permanent or chronic physical disability that is more substantial than discomfort from <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>walking. The permit recipient must be:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>    (1) unable to step from a vehicle without aid of a wheelchair, crutches, braces, or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>other mechanical support or prosthetic device; or<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>    (2) unable to walk any distance because of a permanent or chronic lung, heart, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>or other internal disease that requires the person to use supplemental oxygen to assist <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>breathing.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>    (b) The permanent or chronic physical disability must be established by medical <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>evidence verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>may request additional information from the physician or chiropractor if needed to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>verify the applicant's eligibility for the permit. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>97A.418</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>the commissioner may, in consultation with appropriate advocacy groups, establish <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>reasonable minimum standards for permits to be issued under this section. In addition to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>providing the medical evidence of a permanent disability, the applicant must possess a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>valid disability parking certificate authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref> or license plates issued <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168.021</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>    (c) A person issued a special permit under this subdivision and hunting deer may <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>take a deer of either sex, except in those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>antlerless permits are offered. This subdivision does not authorize another member of a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>party to take an antlerless deer under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>    (d) A permit issued under this subdivision is valid for five years.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>    (e) The commissioner may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>this section for cause, including a violation of the game and fish laws or rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>    (f) A person who knowingly makes a false application or assists another in making a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>false application for a permit under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A physician or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>chiropractor who fraudulently certifies to the commissioner that a person is permanently <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>or chronically disabled as described in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.075, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var><b>97B.075 HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>    (a) A person may not take protected wild animals, except raccoon and fox, with <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>a firearm between the evening and morning times established by commissioner's rule, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>except as provided in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>    (b) Big game may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>after sunset.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>    (c) Except as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner on or before the Saturday <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>nearest October 8, waterfowl may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>during the entire season prescribed by the commissioner. On the opening day of the duck <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>season, shooting hours for migratory game birds, except woodcock, begin at 9:00 a.m.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.085, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Communication excepted.</b> This section does not prohibit the use of:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>    (1) one-way radio communication between a handler and a dog.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>    (2) a remote-controlled animal noise caller used for fox, crows, bobcat, raccoon, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>and coyote.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>    Sec. 46. <b>[97B.086] POSSESSION OF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>    (a) A person may not possess night vision goggle equipment while taking or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>attempting to take wild animals or while having in possession, either individually or as <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>wild animals.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>    (b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>    (1) unloaded;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>    (2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>the firearm exposed; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>    (3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>    (c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>    (1) completely encased or unstrung; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    (2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>    (d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>    (e) This section does not apply to night vision goggle equipment possessed by peace <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>officers or military personnel while exercising their duties.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>    Subd. 7. <b>All season deer license.</b> (a) A resident may obtain an all season deer <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>license that authorizes the resident to hunt during the archery, regular firearms, and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>muzzle-loader seasons. The all season license is valid for taking three deer, no more <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>than one of which may be a legal buck.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>    (b) The all season deer license is valid for taking antlerless deer as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>    (1) up to two antlerless deer may be taken during the archery or muzzle-loader <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>seasons in any open area or during the regular firearms season in managed or intensive <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>deer areas; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    (2) one antlerless deer may be taken during the regular firearms season in a lottery <br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>deer area, only with an either-sex permit or statutory exemption from an either-sex permit. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>    (c) The commissioner shall issue three tags when issuing a license under this <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>subdivision.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.311, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var><b>97B.311 DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>    (a) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe restrictions and designate areas where <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>deer may be taken, including hunter selection criteria for special hunts established under <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>section 
         <statute_ref>97A.401, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>seasons for deer within the following periods: <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>    (1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading firearms, between November 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>and December 15;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>    (2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 and December 31; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>    (3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may establish special seasons <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>within designated areas at any time of year.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    (c) Smokeless gunpowder may not be used in a muzzle-loader during the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>muzzle-loader season.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.318, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Shotgun use area.</b> During the regular firearms season in the shotgun <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>use area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>long guns, and legal handguns may be used for taking deer. Legal shotguns include <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>those with rifled barrels. The shotgun use area is that portion of the state lying within <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>the following described boundary: Beginning on the west boundary of the state at U.S. <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>Highway 10; thence along U.S. Highway 10 the northern boundary of Clay County; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>along the northern boundary of Clay County to State Trunk Highway (STH) 32; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>along STH 32 to STH 34; thence along STH 34 to Interstate Highway 94 (I-94); thence <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>along I-94 to County State-Aid Highway (CSAH) 40, Douglas County; thence along <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 82 to CSAH 22, Douglas <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH 6, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 6 to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 14 to STH 29; thence along STH 29 to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence along CSAH 46, Otter Tail County, to CSAH 22, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>Todd County; thence along CSAH 22 to U.S. Highway 71; thence along U.S. Highway 71 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>to STH 27; thence along STH 27 to the Mississippi River; thence along the east bank of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>the Mississippi River to STH 23; thence along STH 23 to STH 95; thence along STH 95 to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>U.S. Highway 8; thence along U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>along the east, south, and west boundaries of the state to the point of beginning.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.327, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var><b>97B.327 REPORT; DEER OTHER THAN WHITE-TAILED OR MULE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>    A hunter legally taking a deer that is not a white-tailed or mule deer must report <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>the type of deer taken to the commissioner of natural resources within seven days of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>taking. Violation of this section shall not result in a penalty and is not subject to section <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var><statute_ref>97A.301</statute_ref> will result in a civil penalty of $100.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>    Sec. 51. <b>[97B.328] BAITING PROHIBITED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>    A person may not hunt deer (1) with the aid or use of bait, (2) in the vicinity of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>bait if the person knows or has reason to know that bait is present, or (3) in the vicinity <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed within the previous ten <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>days. This restriction does not apply to food resulting from normal or accepted farming, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>forest management, wildlife food plantings, orchard management, or other similar <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>land management activities, and does not prohibit an adjacent landowner, who has not <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>participated in or agreed to feeding wildlife on the adjacent land, from taking a deer <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>during the hunting season on the adjacent landowner's land.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.715, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Stamp required.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>97A.405, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, a person required to possess a small game license may not hunt <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>pheasants without: <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>    (1) a pheasant stamp in possession; and<br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    (2) a pheasant stamp validation on the small game license when issued electronically.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>    (b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>    (1) residents under age 18 or over age 65;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>    (2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves; and<br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>    (3) resident disabled veterans with a license issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.441, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>subdivision 6a
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.801, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var><b>97B.801 MINNESOTA MIGRATORY WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>    (a) Except as provided in this section or section 
         <statute_ref>97A.405, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, a person <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>required to possess a small game license may not take migratory waterfowl without: <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>    (1) a Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp in possession; and<br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>    (2) a migratory waterfowl stamp validation on the small game license when issued <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>electronically.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>    (b) Residents under age 18 or over age 65; resident disabled veterans with a license <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.441, subdivision 6a</statute_ref>; and persons hunting on their own property <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>are not required to possess a stamp or a license validation under this section. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.928, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Information required.</b> (a) A person may not set or place a trap or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>snare, other than on property owned or occupied by the person, unless the following <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>information is affixed to the trap or snare in a manner that ensures that the information <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>remains legible while the trap or snare is on the lands or waters:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>    (1) the number and state of the person's driver's license;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>    (2) the person's Minnesota identification card number; or<br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>    (3) the person's name and mailing address.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>    (4) the license identification number issued by the Department of Natural Resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    (b) The commissioner may not prescribe additional requirements for identification <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>of traps or snares.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>    (c) Until March 1, 2013, the driver's license number under paragraph (a), clause (1), <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>may be the person's previously issued Minnesota driver's license number.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.325, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var><b>97C.325 </b><b>PROHIBITED METHODS OF</b><b> RESTRICTIONS ON</b><b> TAKING FISH.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>    (a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not take fish with:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>    (1) explosives, chemicals, drugs, poisons, lime, medicated bait, fish berries, or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>other similar substances;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>    (2) substances or devices that kill, stun, or affect the nervous system of fish;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>    (3) nets, traps, trot lines, or snares; or<br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>    (4) spring devices that impale, hook, or capture fish.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>    (b) If a person possesses a substance or device listed in paragraph (a) on waters, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>shores, or islands, it is presumptive evidence that the person is in violation of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>    (c) The commissioner may, by rule, allow the use of a nonmotorized device with a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>recoil mechanism to take fish through the ice.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>    (d) To protect water quality or improve habitat for fish or wildlife, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>may prescribe restrictions on fishing seasons, limits, or methods on specific bodies of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>water.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.335, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var><b>97C.335 USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO TAKE FISH PROHIBITED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>    A person may not use artificial lights to lure or attract fish or to see fish in the water <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>while spearing, except that while angling or spearing, a person may:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>    (1) affix to the end of a fishing line a lighted artificial bait with hooks attached to the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>end of a fishing line; or<br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>    (2) use a lighted decoy for spearing. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>    Any battery that is used in lighted fishing lures cannot contain any intentionally <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>introduced mercury.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.57.0"></a><a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Confiscation of unlawful structures</b><b>; civil penalty</b><b>.</b> (a) Structures on the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    (b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 115A.99.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.58.0"></a><a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Sucker season.</b> Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>commissioner may allow spearing and dip netting of sucker before May 1 when weather <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>conditions warrant it and the earlier season would not interfere with spawning of other <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>fish. The commissioner must post notice of the earlier spring opening by both print <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>and electronic means. Regional fisheries chiefs in any of the department's regions <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>may recommend the earlier spring opening for sucker spearing and dip netting to the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.59.0"></a><a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>    Sec. 59. <b>[97C.417] REPORTING ASIAN CARP.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>    A person who takes any of the following Asian carp species must report the type of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>carp taken to the commissioner within seven days of taking:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>    (1) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);<br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>    (2) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis); or<br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>    (3) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.60.0"></a><a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>    Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Commercial fishing license for Lake Superior.</b> (a) A license to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>fish commercially in Lake Superior shall be issued to a maximum of 50 25 residents. To <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>qualify for licensing, a resident must have landed fish in the previous year with a value of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>at least $1,500, and must have engaged in commercial fishing for at least 30 days of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>previous year. An applicant may be issued a license, at the discretion of the commissioner, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>if failure to meet the requirements for the dollar value of fish landed or number of days <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>fished resulted from illness or other mitigating circumstances, or the applicant has reached <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>the age of 65 and has been licensed at least five of the previous ten years.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>    (b) A license may be issued to a resident who has not previously fished commercially <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>on Lake Superior and has not been convicted of a game and fish law violation in the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>preceding three years, if the applicant:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>    (1) shows a bill of sale indicating the purchase of gear and facilities connected <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>with an existing license;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>    (2) shows proof of inheritance of all the gear and facilities connected with an <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>existing license; or<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    (3) has served at least two years as an apprentice in a Minnesota Lake Superior <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>licensed commercial fishing operation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.61.0"></a><a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Types of fish permitted.</b> Lake trout, ciscoes, chubs, alewives, lake <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>whitefish, round whitefish, pygmy whitefish, rainbow smelt, and rough fish may be <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>taken by licensed commercial fishing operators from Lake Superior, in accordance with <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.62.0"></a><a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>    Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Pound nets and trap nets.</b> Pound or trap nets may be used to take lake <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>whitefish, round whitefish, pygmy whitefish, ciscoes, chubs, alewives, rainbow smelt, and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>rough fish in Lake Superior, including St. Louis Bay east of the U.S. Highway 53 bridge, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>under the rules prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.63.0"></a><a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.835, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Special permits.</b> The commissioner may issue special permits to duly <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>licensed commercial fishing operators not exceeding 20 in number, for the purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>of taking lake trout, ciscoes, and lake whitefish spawn during the closed season for the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>propagation of trout in Lake Superior and adjacent waters under rules prescribed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.64.0"></a><a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>    Sec. 64. <b>[97C.836] LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE TROUT EXPANDED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var><b>ASSESSMENT HARVEST.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>    The commissioner shall provide for taking of lake trout by licensed commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>operators in Lake Superior management zones MN-3 and MN-2 for expanded assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>and sale. The commissioner shall authorize expanded assessment taking and sale of lake <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>trout in Lake Superior management zone MN-3 beginning in 2007 and zone MN-2 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>beginning in 2010. Total assessment taking and sale may not exceed 3,000 lake trout in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>zone MN-3 and 2,000 lake trout in zone MN-2 and may be reduced when necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>to protect the lake trout population or to manage the effects of invasive species or fish <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>disease. Taking lake trout for expanded assessment and sale shall be allowed from June 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>to September 30, but may end earlier in the respective zones if the quotas are reached. The <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>quotas must be reassessed at the expiration of the current ten-year Fisheries Management <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>Plan for the Minnesota Waters of Lake Superior dated September 2006.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.65.0"></a><a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.291, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Emergency</b><b> Water supply</b><b> plans; demand reduction.</b> (a) Every <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>public water supplier serving more than 1,000 people must submit an emergency and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>conservation a water supply plan to the commissioner for approval by January 1, 1996. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>In accordance with guidelines developed by the commissioner, the plan must address <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>projected demands, adequacy of the water supply system and planned improvements, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>existing and future water sources, natural resource impacts or limitations, emergency <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>preparedness, water conservation, supply and demand reduction measures, and allocation <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>priorities and must identify alternative sources of water for use in an emergency that are <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>consistent with section 103G.261. Public water suppliers must update the their plan and, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>upon notification, submit it to the commissioner for approval every ten years.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>    (b) The water supply plan in paragraph (a) is required for all communities in the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, with a municipal water supply system <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>and is a required element of the local comprehensive plan required under section 473.859. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>Water supply plans or updates submitted after December 31, 2008, must be consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>with the metropolitan area master water supply plan required under section 473.1565, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>    (b) (c) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must employ water use <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>demand reduction measures before requesting approval from the commissioner of health <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>144.383, paragraph (a)</statute_ref>, to construct a public water supply well or requesting <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>an increase in the authorized volume of appropriation. Demand reduction measures must <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>include evaluation of conservation rate structures and a public education program that <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>may include a toilet and showerhead retrofit program. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>    (c) (d) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must submit records <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>that indicate the number of connections and amount of use by customer category and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>volume of water unaccounted for with the annual report of water use required under <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103G.281, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>    (d) (e) For the purposes of this subdivision, "public water supplier" means an entity <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>that owns, manages, or operates a public water supply, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>144.382, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.66.0"></a><a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>    Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.311, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Hearing notice.</b> (a) The hearing notice on an application must state <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>include:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>    (1) the date, place, and time fixed by the commissioner for the hearing; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    (2) the waters affected, the water levels sought to be established, or control structures <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>proposed; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>    (3) the matters prescribed by sections 14.57 to 14.59 and rules adopted thereunder.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>    (b) A summary of the hearing notice must be published by the commissioner at the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>expense of the applicant or, if the proceeding is initiated by the commissioner in the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>absence of an applicant, at the expense of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>    (c) The summary of the hearing notice must be:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>    (1) published once a week for two successive weeks before the day of hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>in a legal newspaper published in the county where any part of the affected waters is <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>located; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    (2) mailed by the commissioner to the county auditor, the mayor of a municipality, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>the watershed district, and the soil and water conservation district affected by the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>application; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>    (3) made under requirements prescribed by sections 
<statute_ref>14.57</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>14.59</statute_ref> and rules of the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>chief administrative law judge.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.67.0"></a><a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>    Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 282.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Timber sales; land leases and uses.</b> (a) The county auditor may <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>sell timber upon any tract that may be approved by the natural resources commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>The sale of timber shall be made for cash at not less than the appraised value determined <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>by the county board to the highest bidder after not less than one week's published notice <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>in an official paper within the county. Any timber offered at the public sale and not sold <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>may thereafter be sold at private sale by the county auditor at not less than the appraised <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>value thereof, until the time as the county board may withdraw the timber from sale. The <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>appraised value of the timber and the forestry practices to be followed in the cutting of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>said timber shall be approved by the commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>    (b) Payment of the full sale price of all timber sold on tax-forfeited lands shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>made in cash at the time of the timber sale, except in the case of oral or sealed bid auction <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>sales, the down payment shall be no less than 15 percent of the appraised value, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>balance shall be paid prior to entry. In the case of auction sales that are partitioned and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>sold as a single sale with predetermined cutting blocks, the down payment shall be no less <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>than 15 percent of the appraised price of the entire timber sale which may be held until the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>satisfactory completion of the sale or applied in whole or in part to the final cutting block. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>The value of each separate block must be paid in full before any cutting may begin in that <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>block. With the permission of the county contract administrator the purchaser may enter <br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>unpaid blocks and cut necessary timber incidental to developing logging roads as may <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>be needed to log other blocks provided that no timber may be removed from an unpaid <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>block until separately scaled and paid for. If payment is provided as specified in this <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>paragraph as security under paragraph (a) and no cutting has taken place on the contract, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>the county auditor may credit the security provided, less any down payment required for <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>an auction sale under this paragraph, to any other contract issued to the contract holder <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>by the county under this chapter to which the contract holder requests in writing that it <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>be credited, provided the request and transfer is made within the same calendar year as <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>the security was received.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>    (c) The county board may require final settlement on the basis of a scale of cut <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>products sell any timber, including biomass, as appraised or scaled. Any parcels of land <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>from which timber is to be sold by scale of cut products shall be so designated in the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>published notice of sale under paragraph (a), in which case the notice shall contain a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>description of the parcels, a statement of the estimated quantity of each species of timber, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>and the appraised price of each species of timber for 1,000 feet, per cord or per piece, as <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>the case may be. In those cases any bids offered over and above the appraised prices shall <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>be by percentage, the percent bid to be added to the appraised price of each of the different <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>species of timber advertised on the land. The purchaser of timber from the parcels shall <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>pay in cash at the time of sale at the rate bid for all of the timber shown in the notice of <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>sale as estimated to be standing on the land, and in addition shall pay at the same rate for <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>any additional amounts which the final scale shows to have been cut or was available for <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>cutting on the land at the time of sale under the terms of the sale. Where the final scale <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>of cut products shows that less timber was cut or was available for cutting under terms <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>of the sale than was originally paid for, the excess payment shall be refunded from the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the purchaser, to be audited and allowed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>county board as in case of other claims against the county. No timber, except hardwood <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>pulpwood, may be removed from the parcels of land or other designated landings until <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>scaled by a person or persons designated by the county board and approved by the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>commissioner of natural resources. Landings other than the parcel of land from which <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>timber is cut may be designated for scaling by the county board by written agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>with the purchaser of the timber. The county board may, by written agreement with the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>purchaser and with a consumer designated by the purchaser when the timber is sold by the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>county auditor, and with the approval of the commissioner of natural resources, accept the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>consumer's scale of cut products delivered at the consumer's landing. No timber shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>removed until fully paid for in cash. Small amounts of timber not exceeding $3,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>appraised valuation may be sold for not less than the full appraised value at private sale <br/>
<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>to individual persons without first publishing notice of sale or calling for bids, provided <br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>that in case of a sale involving a total appraised value of more than $200 the sale shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>made subject to final settlement on the basis of a scale of cut products in the manner above <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>provided and not more than two of the sales, directly or indirectly to any individual shall <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>be in effect at one time.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>    (d) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>to individuals, corporations or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private sale, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>and at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for use as cottage <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>and camp sites and for agricultural purposes and for the purpose of taking and removing of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>hay, stumpage, sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, and black dirt from the land, and for garden <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>sites and other temporary uses provided that no leases shall be for a period to exceed ten <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>years; provided, further that any leases involving a consideration of more than $12,000 per <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>year, except to an organized subdivision of the state shall first be offered at public sale in <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>the manner provided herein for sale of timber. Upon the sale of any leased land, it shall <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>remain subject to the lease for not to exceed one year from the beginning of the term of the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>lease. Any rent paid by the lessee for the portion of the term cut off by the cancellation <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>shall be refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the lessee, to be <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>audited and allowed by the county board as in case of other claims against the county.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>    (e) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>to individuals, corporations, or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private sale, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for the purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>of taking and removing for use for road construction and other purposes tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>stockpiled iron-bearing material. The county auditor must determine that the material is <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>needed and suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of a road, tailings basin, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>settling basin, dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>that the use would be in the best interests of the public. No lease shall exceed ten years. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>The use of a stockpile for these purposes must first be approved by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>natural resources. The request shall be deemed approved unless the requesting county <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>is notified to the contrary by the commissioner of natural resources within six months <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>after receipt of a request for approval for use of a stockpile. Once use of a stockpile has <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>been approved, the county may continue to lease it for these purposes until approval is <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>withdrawn by the commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>    (f) The county auditor, with the approval of the county board is authorized to grant <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>permits, licenses, and leases to tax-forfeited lands for the depositing of stripping, lean <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>ores, tailings, or waste products from mines or ore milling plants, upon the conditions and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>for the consideration and for the period of time, not exceeding 15 years, as the county <br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>board may determine. The permits, licenses, or leases are subject to approval by the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>    (g) Any person who removes any timber from tax-forfeited land before said <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>timber has been scaled and fully paid for as provided in this subdivision is guilty of a <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>    (h) The county auditor may, with the approval of the county board, and without first <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>offering at public sale, grant leases, for a term not exceeding 25 years, for the removal <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>of peat and for the production or removal of farm-grown closed-loop biomass as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>216B.2424, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or short-rotation woody crops from tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>lands upon the terms and conditions as the county board may prescribe. Any lease for <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>the removal of peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>from tax-forfeited lands must first be reviewed and approved by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>natural resources if the lease covers 320 or more acres. No lease for the removal of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops shall be made by <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>the county auditor pursuant to this section without first holding a public hearing on the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>auditor's intention to lease. One printed notice in a legal newspaper in the county at least <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>ten days before the hearing, and posted notice in the courthouse at least 20 days before <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>the hearing shall be given of the hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>    (i) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (c) to the contrary, the St. Louis <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>County auditor may, at the discretion of the county board, sell timber to the party who <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>bids the highest price for all the several kinds of timber, as provided for sales by the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>commissioner of natural resources under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref>. Bids offered over and above the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>appraised price need not be applied proportionately to the appraised price of each of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>the different species of timber.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    (j) In lieu of any payment or deposit required in paragraph (b), as directed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>county board and under terms set by the county board, the county auditor may accept an <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>irrevocable bank letter of credit in the amount equal to the amount otherwise determined <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>in paragraph (b). If an irrevocable bank letter of credit is provided under this paragraph, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>at the written request of the purchaser, the county may periodically allow the bank letter <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>of credit to be reduced by an amount proportionate to the value of timber that has been <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>harvested and for which the county has received payment. The remaining amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>the bank letter of credit after a reduction under this paragraph must not be less than 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>percent of the value of the timber purchased. If an irrevocable bank letter of credit or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>cash deposit is provided for the down payment required in paragraph (b), and no cutting <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>of timber has taken place on the contract for which a letter of credit has been provided, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.36"></a><var>31.36</var>the county may allow the transfer of the letter of credit to any other contract issued to the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>contract holder by the county under this chapter to which the contract holder requests in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>writing that it be credited.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.68.0"></a><a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>    Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 373.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Public corporation; listed powers.</b> (a) Each county is a body politic <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>and corporate and may:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>    (1) Sue and be sued.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>    (2) Acquire and hold real and personal property for the use of the county, and lands <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>sold for taxes as provided by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>    (3) Purchase and hold for the benefit of the county real estate sold by virtue of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>judicial proceedings, to which the county is a party.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>    (4) Sell, lease, and convey real or personal estate owned by the county, and give <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>contracts or options to sell, lease, or convey it, and make orders respecting it as deemed <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>conducive to the interests of the county's inhabitants.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>    (5) Make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>of the county necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>    (b) No sale, lease, or conveyance of real estate owned by the county, except the lease <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>of a residence acquired for the furtherance of an approved capital improvement project, nor <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>any contract or option for it, shall be valid, without first advertising for bids or proposals in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>the official newspaper of the county for three consecutive weeks and once in a newspaper <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>of general circulation in the area where the property is located. The notice shall state the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>time and place of considering the proposals, contain a legal description of any real estate, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>and a brief description of any personal property. Leases that do not exceed $15,000 for any <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>one year may be negotiated and are not subject to the competitive bid procedures of this <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>section. All proposals estimated to exceed $15,000 in any one year shall be considered at <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>the time set for the bid opening, and the one most favorable to the county accepted, but the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>county board may, in the interest of the county, reject any or all proposals.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>    (c) Sales of personal property the value of which is estimated to be $15,000 or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>more shall be made only after advertising for bids or proposals in the county's official <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>newspaper, on the county's Web site, or in a recognized industry trade journal. At the same <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>time it posts on its Web site or publishes in a trade journal, the county must publish in the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>official newspaper, either as part of the minutes of a regular meeting of the county board <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>or in a separate notice, a summary of all requests for bids or proposals that the county <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>advertises on its Web site or in a trade journal. After publication in the official newspaper, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>on the Web site, or in a trade journal, bids or proposals may be solicited and accepted by <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>the electronic selling process authorized in section 
         <statute_ref>471.345, subdivision 17</statute_ref>. Sales of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>personal property the value of which is estimated to be less than $15,000 may be made <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>either on competitive bids or in the open market, in the discretion of the county board. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>"Web site" means a specific, addressable location provided on a server connected to the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>Internet and hosting World Wide Web pages and other files that are generally accessible <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>on the Internet all or most of a day. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>    (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the county may, when acquiring <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>real property for county highway right-of-way, exchange parcels of real property of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>substantially similar or equal value without advertising for bids. The estimated values for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>these parcels shall be determined by the county assessor.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    (e) If real estate or personal property remains unsold after advertising for and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>consideration of bids or proposals the county may employ a broker to sell the property. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>The broker may sell the property for not less than 90 percent of its appraised market value <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>as determined by the county. The broker's fee shall be set by agreement with the county but <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>may not exceed ten percent of the sale price and must be paid from the proceeds of the sale.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>    (f) A county or its agent may rent a county-owned residence acquired for the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>furtherance of an approved capital improvement project subject to the conditions set <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>by the county board and not subject to the conditions for lease otherwise provided by <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>paragraph (a), clause (4), and paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g).<br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>    (g) In no case shall lands be disposed of without there being reserved to the county <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>all iron ore and other valuable minerals in and upon the lands, with right to explore for, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>mine and remove the iron ore and other valuable minerals, nor shall the minerals and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>mineral rights be disposed of, either before or after disposition of the surface rights, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>otherwise than by mining lease, in similar general form to that provided by section 
         <statute_ref>93.20</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>for mining leases affecting state lands. The lease shall be for a term not exceeding 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>years, and be issued on a royalty basis, the royalty to be not less than 25 cents per ton of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>2,240 pounds, and fix a minimum amount of royalty payable during each year, whether <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>mineral is removed or not. Prospecting options for mining leases may be granted for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>periods not exceeding one year. The options shall require, among other things, periodical <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>showings to the county board of the results of exploration work done.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>    (h) Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the contrary, the county may, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>when selling real property owned in fee simple that cannot be improved because of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>proceed to sell the nonconforming parcel without advertising for bid. At the county's <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>discretion, the real property may be restricted to sale to adjoining landowners or may be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>sold to any other interested party. The property shall be sold to the highest bidder, but <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>in no case shall the property be sold for less than 90 percent of its fair market value as <br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>determined by the county assessor. All owners of land adjoining the land to be sold shall <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>be given a written notice at least 30 days before the sale. This paragraph shall be liberally <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>construed to encourage the sale of nonconforming real property and promote its return to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>the tax roles.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.69.0"></a><a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>    Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1565, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Planning activities.</b> (a) The Metropolitan Council must carry out <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>planning activities addressing the water supply needs of the metropolitan area as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. The planning activities must include, at a minimum:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>    (1) development and maintenance of a base of technical information needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>sound water supply decisions including surface and groundwater availability analyses, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>water demand projections, water withdrawal and use impact analyses, modeling, and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>similar studies;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>    (2) development and periodic update of a metropolitan area master water supply <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>plan, prepared in cooperation with and subject to the approval of the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>of natural resources, that:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>    (i) provides guidance for local water supply systems and future regional investments;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>    (ii) emphasizes conservation, interjurisdictional cooperation, and long-term <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>sustainability; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>    (iii) addresses the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of the metropolitan area <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>water supply system and its local and subregional components;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>    (3) recommendations for clarifying the appropriate roles and responsibilities of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>local, regional, and state government in metropolitan area water supply;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>    (4) recommendations for streamlining and consolidating metropolitan area water <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>supply decision-making and approval processes; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>    (5) recommendations for the ongoing and long-term funding of metropolitan area <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>water supply planning activities and capital investments.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>    (b) The council must carry out the planning activities in this subdivision in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>consultation with the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee established in <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.70.0"></a><a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>    Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.859, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Public facilities plan.</b> A public facilities plan shall describe the character, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>location, timing, sequence, function, use and capacity of existing and future public <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>facilities of the local governmental unit. A public facilities plan must be in at least such <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>detail as may be necessary to establish existing or potential effects on or departures from <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>metropolitan system plans and to protect metropolitan system plans. A public facilities <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>plan shall contain at least the following parts:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>    (1) a transportation plan describing, designating and scheduling the location, extent, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>function and capacity of existing and proposed local public and private transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>services and facilities;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>    (2) a sewer policy plan describing, designating and scheduling the areas to be <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>sewered by the public system, the existing and planned capacities of the public system, the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>standards and conditions under which the installation of private sewer systems will be <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>permitted, and to the extent practicable, the areas not suitable for public or private systems <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>because of public health, safety and welfare considerations;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>    (3) a parks and open space plan describing, designating and scheduling the existing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>and proposed parks and recreation open spaces within the jurisdiction; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>    (4) a water supply plan including: as described in section 103G.291, subdivision 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>    (i) a description of the existing water supply system, including the source of water, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>well and treatment plant locations, and major supply lines; an inventory of commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>and industrial users; an indication of the community's intent to make future changes <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>or additions to the system, including projections for population and industrial and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>commercial use and the methods by which this growth will be served;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>    (ii) a statement of the community's objectives, policies, and standards for operating <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>the water supply system;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>    (iii) a conservation program that contains the goals of the program, demand and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>supply conservation techniques to be used, an evaluation of pricing methods that could be <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>used to reduce demand, the conditions under which conservation actions would occur, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>a process for reducing nonessential uses according to the priority system under section <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var><statute_ref>103G.261</statute_ref>, and the education program that will be used to inform the public of the need to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>conserve and the methods available to achieve conservation; <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>    (iv) an emergency preparedness or contingency plan, as described in section <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var><statute_ref>103G.291, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>    (v) an indication of the possibility for joint efforts with neighboring communities or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>other public entities for sharing water sources and treatment, interconnection for routine or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>emergency supply, pursuit of alternative supplies, and water source protection;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>    (vi) a statement of the water supply problems that the community experiences or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>expects to experience and any proposed solutions, especially those that would impact <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>other communities or the region; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>    (vii) a wellhead protection plan prepared in accordance with rules adopted by the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.36"></a><var>35.36</var>commissioner of health under section 
<statute_ref>103I.101, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, clause (9). <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.71.0"></a><a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>    Sec. 71. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 21, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>    Sec. 21. <b>EXCHANGE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; PRIVATE SALE; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var><b>ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>    (a) For the purpose of a land exchange for use in connection with a proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>steel mill in Itasca County referenced in Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>subdivision 3, title examination and approval of the land described in paragraph (b) <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>shall be undertaken as a condition of exchange of the land for class B land, and shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.344, subdivisions 9</statute_ref> and 10, and the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>of this section. Notwithstanding the evidence of title requirements in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>section 
         <statute_ref>94.344, subdivisions 9</statute_ref> and 10, the county attorney shall examine one or more title <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>reports or title insurance commitments prepared or underwritten by a title insurer licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>to conduct title insurance business in this state, regardless of whether abstracts were <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>created or updated in the preparation of the title reports or commitments. The opinion of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>the county attorney, and approval by the attorney general, shall be based on those title <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>reports or commitments.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>    (b) The land subject to this section is located in Itasca County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>    (1) Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, and 29, Township <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>56 North, Range 22 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>    (2) Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, and 14, Township 56 North, Range 23 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>    (3) Section 30, Township 57 North, Range 22 West; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>    (4) Sections 25, 26, 34, 35, and 36, Township 57 North, Range 23 West.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>    (c) Riparian land given in exchange by Itasca County for the purpose of the steel <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>mill referenced in paragraph (a), is exempt from the restrictions imposed by Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.342, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>    (d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>92.45</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>282.018, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>by private sale, any land received in exchange for the purpose of the steel mill referenced <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>in paragraph (a), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>sale must be in a form approved by the attorney general.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>    (e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 284.28, subdivision 8, or any other <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>law to the contrary, land acquired through an exchange under this section is exempt from <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>payment of three percent of the sales price required to be collected by the county auditor <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>at the time of sale for deposit in the state treasury.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.72.0"></a><a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>    Sec. 72. <b>ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 16.] Flandrau State Park, Brown County.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>following area is added to Flandrau State Park, Brown County: that part of Lot 2, Block <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>One, Conklin Addition in the city of New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, according to the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>plat of record in the Office of the County Recorder, Brown County, Minnesota, described <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>as follows: beginning at the southerly most corner of Lot 2, Block One, Conklin Addition <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>in the city of New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota; thence North 55 degrees 29 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>26 seconds East (assumed bearing) along the southeasterly line of said Lot 2 a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>107.92 feet; thence South 60 degrees 45 minutes 57 seconds West a distance of 102.48 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>to the westerly line of Lot 2; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 23 seconds East along <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>said westerly line of Lot 2 a distance of 11.10 feet to the point of beginning; containing <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>508 square feet, more or less, and subject to easements of record in said County and State.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 59.] Whitewater State Park, Winona County.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>following area is added to Whitewater State Park, Winona County: that part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 107 North, Range 10 West, Winona County, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>Quarter of Section 17, Township 107 North, Range 10 West; thence on an assumed <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>bearing of South 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds East along the south line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>Northwest Quarter, 303.04 feet; thence continue South 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>East along said south line 1327.79 feet; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 21 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>West, 300.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds West parallel with said <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>south line, 1027.83 feet; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 21 seconds West, 300.00 <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>feet; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds West parallel with said south line, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>597 feet, more or less, to the intersection with the east line of the Southeast Quarter of said <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>Section 18 being also the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>39 seconds West parallel with said south line, 330 feet, more or less, to the centerline of a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>township road; thence North 16 degrees 01 minutes 55 seconds West along said centerline, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>170.44 feet; thence northwesterly along said centerline on a tangential curve concave <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>southwesterly, having a central angle of 10 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds, radius of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>2426.00 feet, for an arc length of 464.25 feet to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>Section 18; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 48 seconds East along the north line of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>said Southeast Quarter, 547.06 feet to the southwest corner of said Northwest Quarter; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>thence South 00 degrees East, a distance of 600 feet, more or less, along the said east line <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 5.78 acres, more or less.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.73.0"></a><a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>    Sec. 73. <b>DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    [85.012] [Subd. 16.] Flandrau State Park, Brown County. The following area is <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>deleted from Flandrau State Park, Brown County: that part of Outlot 293 in the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>New Ulm, according to the Plat of the City of New Ulm, of record in the Office of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>County Recorder, Brown County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>southerly most corner of Lot 2, Block One, Conklin Addition in the city of New Ulm, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>Brown County, Minnesota; thence North 55 degrees 29 minutes 26 seconds East (assumed <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>bearing), along the southeasterly line of said Lot 2, a distance of 107.92 feet to the point of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>beginning; thence continuing North 55 degrees 29 minutes 26 seconds East, along said <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>southerly line of Lot 2, a distance of 80.95 feet, to the easterly most corner of said Lot 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>thence South 19 degrees 33 minutes 58 seconds East, along the southeasterly prolongation <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>of the easterly line of said Lot 2, a distance of 10.0 feet; thence South 62 degrees 31 <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>minutes 07 seconds West, 78.97 feet to the point of beginning, containing 391 square feet, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>more or less, and subject to easement of record in said county and state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.74.0"></a><a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>    Sec. 74. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var><b>WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>in paragraph (c). <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>    (1) Government Lot 3, Section 24, Township 50 North, Range 25 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>5.8 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>    (2) Government Lot 4, Section 24, Township 50 North, Range 25 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>0.9 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>    (d) The land borders the Willow River and is not contiguous to other state lands. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>natural resource purposes.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.75.0"></a><a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>    Sec. 75. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var><b>WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>in paragraph (c). <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>follows: Government Lot 2, Section 8, Township 48 North, Range 25 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>34.6 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (d) The land borders Gun Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>determined that school trust management interests would best be served if the land was <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>sold.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.76.0"></a><a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>    Sec. 76. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var><b>BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>public sale the consolidated conservation land bordering public water that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>follows: Government Lot 1, Section 7, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>1.25 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>    (d) The land borders the Mississippi River and is not contiguous to other state lands. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.77.0"></a><a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>    Sec. 77. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var><b>AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>    (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. <br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>the North 370 feet of the East 590 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>Section 24, Township 48 North, Range 24 West, containing 5.0 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>    (d) The land will be sold "as is" to the current leaseholder who will assume <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>responsibility for any site cleanup needed due to the use of the land for a concrete plant by <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>the previous leaseholder. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.78.0"></a><a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>    Sec. 78. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var><b>AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>    (a) Notwithstanding the classification provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public sale the consolidated conservation land <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 21, Township 47 North, Range 26 <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>West, containing 40 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>    (d) The land is not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.79.0"></a><a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>    Sec. 79. <b>CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var><b>WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>commissioner of natural resources may convey to a governmental subdivision of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>for no payment the surplus land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>and ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>(c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>    (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Beltrami County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>follows: that part of Government Lot 3, Section 4, Township 146 North, Range 34 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>described as follows: starting from meander corner number 4, which is located on the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>north section line of Section 4, Township 146 North, Range 34 West, 1518.0 feet in an <br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>easterly direction from the northwest corner of said section; thence South 16 degrees 17 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>minutes East a distance of 131.6 feet; thence South 46 degrees 35 minutes East a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>of 206.8 feet; thence South 6 degrees 37 minutes East a distance of 89.4 feet; thence South <br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>14 degrees 32 minutes East a distance of 139.0 feet; thence South 10 degrees 34 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>West a distance of 221.5 feet; thence South 83 degrees 46 minutes West a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>178.5 feet to the starting point; thence South 47 degrees 15 minutes West a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>275.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 53 minutes East a distance of 285.7 feet; thence North <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>61 degrees 27 minutes East a distance of 122.0 feet; thence North 73 degrees 47 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>East a distance of 300.0 feet; thence North 12 degrees 40 minutes West a distance of 37.6 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>feet; thence North 20 degrees 30 minutes West a distance of 113.5 feet; thence North 51 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>degrees 15 minutes West a distance of 320.7 feet; thence South 38 degrees 15 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>West a distance of 116.8 feet to the starting point, containing 3.5 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    (d) The land borders Grant Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The land <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>was donated to the state for use as a public campground and is used by local residents <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>as a day-use park. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>land management interests would best be served if the land were conveyed to a local <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>unit of government.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.80.0"></a><a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>    Sec. 80. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var><b>WATER; CASS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the band fails <br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>may include conservation restrictions in the conveyance deed to ensure the property is <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>maintained as open space.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>    (1) Government Lot 3, Section 14, Township 142 North, Range 29 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>35.54 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>    (2) Government Lot 6, Section 14, Township 142 North, Range 29 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var>2.06 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    (d) The land is located on Bear Island in Leech Lake and is not contiguous to other <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.81.0"></a><a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>    Sec. 81. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var><b>WATER; CASS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>that part of Government Lot 7, Section 28, Township 142 North, Range 26 West, described <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>as follows: commencing at the south quarter corner of said Section 28, from which the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>southwest corner of said Section 28 bears, based on the Cass County Coordinate System of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>NAD 1983, South 89 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds West, 2775.06 feet; thence North 52 <br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>degrees 48 minutes 53 seconds West, 1326.13 feet to the southeast corner of that particular <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>tract of land conveyed to the state of Minnesota and filed for record on November 9, 1961, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>in Book 121 of Deeds, Page 598, and to a railroad spike on the centerline of County <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>State-Aid Highway 4; thence North 52 degrees 12 minutes 27 seconds West, 221.06 <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>feet along the southwesterly line of said particular tract of land conveyed to the state of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>Minnesota and the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 4 to a spike; thence North <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>51 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds West, 111.72 feet along the southwesterly line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>particular tract of land conveyed to the state of Minnesota and the centerline of County <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>State-Aid Highway 4 to a mag nail and the point of beginning of the land to be described; <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>thence continuing North 51 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds West, 41.42 feet along the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>southwesterly line of said particular tract of land conveyed to the state of Minnesota and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 4 to a mag nail; thence North 13 degrees 19 <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>minutes 36 seconds East, 144.63 feet to a 3/4" x 24" rebar with plastic cap stamped "MN <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>DNR LS 17005" (DNR MON); thence continuing North 13 degrees 19 minutes 36 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>East, 5 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Little Sand Lake; thence southeasterly, a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>distance of 50 feet, more or less, along said water's edge to a line which bears North 13 <br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>degrees 19 minutes 36 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence South 13 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>19 minutes 36 seconds West, 5 feet, more or less, to a DNR MON, thence continuing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>South 13 degrees 19 minutes 36 seconds West, 129.22 feet to the point of beginning and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>there terminating. Containing 0.12 acres, more or less, subject to existing road easements.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>    (d) The land is located on Little Sand Lake. The sale will be to the adjoining <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>landowner in conjunction with an acquisition to resolve an unintentional trespass by the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>state which occurred when the Department of Natural Resources constructed a water <br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>access site.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.82.0"></a><a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>    Sec. 82. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var><b>WATER; COOK COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 33, Township 63 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>3 East, containing 40 acres, more or less. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>    (d) The land borders Mons Creek and was acquired in a land exchange in 2003. The <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that school trust management interests <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>would best be served if the land was sold.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.83.0"></a><a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>    Sec. 83. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var><b>WATER; COOK COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>    (1) Outlot A &amp; Caribou Backlot, Cook County. Outlot A of White Sky, according to <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Cook County, Minnesota, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>containing 0.74 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>    (2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 60 North, Range 3 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>lying northerly of Cook County Road 4, southerly of the plat of White Sky, and westerly <br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>of Lot 1, Block 1 of White Sky First Addition, according to the plats on file and of record <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>in the Office of the Recorder for Cook County, containing 1.02 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>    (d) The land borders Caribou Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>determined that school trust management interests would best be served if the lands were <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>sold.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.84.0"></a><a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>    Sec. 84. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var><b>WATER; COOK COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>in paragraph (c). <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>that part of Government Lot 10, Section 35, Township 65 North, Range 1 West, more fully <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>described as follows: being the easterly 863.9 feet of Government Lot 10, EXCEPT the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>southerly 40.3 feet thereof. The west and south boundary lines being perpendicular to <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>and parallel with the south boundary of Government Lot 10, respectively. Containing <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>3.3 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>    (d) The land borders West Bearskin Lake, was acquired in a land exchange in <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>2000, and is not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural Resources <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>has determined that school trust management interests would best be served if the land <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>was sold.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.85.0"></a><a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    Sec. 85. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var><b>WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing County <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>accuracy. Prior to the sale, the commissioner of revenue shall grant a permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>conservation easement according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to protect aquatic <br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>habitat. The easement must be approved by the Crow Wing County Board and the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>    (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 138 North, Range 27 West, city of Fifty Lakes.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.86.0"></a><a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>    Sec. 86. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var><b>WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing County may <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>sell to the city of Crosby the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>    Of a tract of land lying south of the herein described line and being out of and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 11, Township 46 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>Range 29 West, except part to the city of Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, said line <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>described as follows: Commencing at the center of Section 11, thence South 88 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>59 minutes 19 seconds West, coincident with the south line of said Southeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>the Northwest Quarter, 1291.01 feet to the southwest corner of said Southeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>the Northwest Quarter; thence North 02 degrees 09 minutes 21 seconds East, coincident <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>with the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 531.93 feet to the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>point of beginning of the line herein described; thence through and across said Southeast <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the following 21 courses and distances: <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>    (1) South 71 degrees 26 minutes 55 seconds East, 27.36 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>    (2) South 33 degrees 07 minutes 48 seconds East, 34.76 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>    (3) South 87 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, 64.17 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>    (4) South 61 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds East, 45.74 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>    (5) South 72 degrees 07 minutes 59 seconds East, 112.59 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>    (6) South 77 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds East, 56.34 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>    (7) North 70 degrees 49 minutes 46 seconds East, 83.42 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>    (8) South 76 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds East, 94.57 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>    (9) North 80 degrees 41 minutes 54 seconds East, 33.03 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>    (10) North 83 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds East, 41.90 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    (11) North 68 degrees 51 minutes 01 seconds East, 175.87 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>    (12) South 58 degrees 17 minutes 34 seconds East, 54.35 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>    (13) South 80 degrees 01 minutes 47 seconds East, 43.42 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>    (14) North 36 degrees 43 minutes 03 seconds East, 84.81 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>    (15) North 60 degrees 06 minutes 12 seconds East, 57.47 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>    (16) South 83 degrees 31 minutes 42 seconds East, 90.21 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>    (17) North 73 degrees 59 minutes 37 seconds East, 57.44 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>    (18) South 65 degrees 21 minutes 29 seconds East, 81.38 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>    (19) North 86 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East, 75.46 feet;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>    (20) North 47 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds East, 52.07 feet; and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>    (21) North 63 degrees 13 minutes 46 seconds East, 48.20 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>to the point of termination from which the point of commencing bears South 01 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>27 minutes 31 seconds West, 572.34 feet.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>best be served if the land was sold to the city of Crosby.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.87.0"></a><a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>    Sec. 87. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var><b>WATER; DAKOTA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>Dakota County may sell or convey to the township of Ravenna for no consideration the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>that the land reverts to the state if the township of Ravenna stops using the land for the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>public purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>imposed by the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>Unplatted, Section 21, Township 114, Range 16, Southeast Quarter of the Southwest <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>Quarter, less various tracts, except West 870 feet of South 729.29 feet, except part of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>North 594 feet lying west of Ravenna Trail, except South 480 feet lying east of West 870 <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>feet, except beginning at the northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>Quarter East 22R South 20R southwest to point on west line 22R South of beginning North <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>22R to beginning, except parcels 33-02100-030-53, 33-02100-040-53, 33-02100-050-53, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>33-02100-060-53, and 33-02100-080-53. (Dakota County tax identification number <br/>
<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>33-02100-018-54).<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the township of Ravenna <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>for drainage and access to culverts.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.88.0"></a><a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>    Sec. 88. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale to a governmental subdivision the surplus <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>land that is described in paragraph (c). <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a governmental subdivision of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>the state for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to provide for public use <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>or abandons the public use of the land. The commissioner may include conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>restrictions in the conveyance deed to ensure the property is maintained as open space.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    (1) the Northwest Quarter of Southwest Quarter, Section 36, Township 120 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>Range 22 West, less road right-of-way, containing 39 acres, more or less;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>    (2) the east six and two-thirds acres of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>of the Southwest Quarter, Section 36, Township 120 North, Range 22 West, less road <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>right-of-way, containing 6.67 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>    (3) the West Quarter of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>Quarter, Section 36, Township 120 North, Range 22 West, less road right-of-way, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>containing 4.87 acres, more or less. <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>    (d) The land was conveyed to the state for wild game reservation purposes. Due <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>to adjacent residential use and local zoning restrictions, the land is no longer available <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>for hunting purposes. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>state's land management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>local unit of government.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.89.0"></a><a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    Sec. 89. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var><b>WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale to a governmental subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>the surplus land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a governmental subdivision of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>the state for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to provide for public use or <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>follows: all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>Lot 2, Section 25, Township 120 North, Range 22 West, lying north and westerly of the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>following described line: beginning at a point on the west line of said section 830.19 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>South of the west 1/4 corner thereof; thence North 36 degrees 55 minutes East, 109.88 <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes, 1217.3 feet more or less to the water's edge of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>Haydens Lake. Subject to existing road easements. Containing 1.9 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>    (d) The land was purchased by the state for a water access site but has never been <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>used as a water access site. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>local unit of government.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.90.0"></a><a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>    Sec. 90. <b>TAX-FORFEITED LANDS LEASE; ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>the Itasca County auditor may lease tax-forfeited land to Minnesota Steel for a period of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>20 years, for use as a tailings basin and buffer area. A lease entered under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>is renewable.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.91.0"></a><a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>    Sec. 91. <b>PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var><b>BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; KITTSON COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a governmental subdivision of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>subdivision fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>    (1) Parcel 1: Lot 7, Block 4, Park Addition to Bronson, lying in the Southwest <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 161 North, Range 46 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>containing 0.92 acres, more or less; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>    (2) Parcel 2: that part of Lots 5 and 6, Block 4, Park Addition to Bronson, lying in <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 161 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>46 West, more particularly described as follows: commencing at the midpoint of the west <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>line of said Lot 5, which point is 33 feet East of the west line of said Southwest Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>the Southwest Quarter of Section 30; thence East and parallel to the south line of said Lot <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>5, a distance of 157 feet; thence South on a straight line at right angles to the immediately <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>preceding line of this description to the center of the south branch of Two Rivers; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>northwesterly along the center line of said south branch of Two Rivers to its intersection <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>with a north and south line parallel to the west line of said Southwest Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>Southwest Quarter of Section 30, and distant 33 feet East therefrom, which line is also <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>the west line of said Block 4; thence North along said west line of said Block 4, to the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>point of beginning, containing 0.39 acres, more or less; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>    (3) Parcel 12: that part of Block 4, of the Park Addition to the village of Bronson, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>Kittson County, Minnesota, which may be more particularly described as follows: Lot 6, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>Block 4, with the exception of a tract consisting of the westerly 157 feet of said Lot 6, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>deeded to the Olof Locken Post, No. 315, of the American Legion, containing 0.68 acres, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>more or less; ALSO the following described portion of Lot 8 of said Block 4: commencing <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>at a point on the west line of said Lot 8, 140 feet North of the southwest corner of said Lot <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>8; thence North along said west line of Lot 8, a distance of 68 feet; thence East at right <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>angles to the said west line of Lot 8 to the east line of said Lot 8; thence South along the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>east line of said Lot 8, a distance of 68 feet; thence West at right angles to said east line <br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>of Lot 8 to the point of beginning, containing 0.05 acres, more or less; EXCEPTING <br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>therefrom the following described tract of land: commencing at the northeast corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>Block 4 in Park Addition to the village of Lake Bronson; thence South at right angles a <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>distance of 265 feet to the point of beginning; thence West at right angles a distance of 143 <br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>feet; thence South at right angles a distance of 111 feet to the center of the Two Rivers; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>thence East at right angles a distance of 143 feet to the east line of Lot 8; thence North at <br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>right angles a distance of 111 feet to the point of beginning, being a part of Lot 6 and Lot 8 <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>of Block 4, containing altogether 0.75 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>    (4) Parcel 13: that part of Lot 8, Block 4 of the Park Addition to the village of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>Bronson, Kittson County, Minnesota, which may be more particularly described as <br/>
<a id="pl.49.36"></a><var>49.36</var>follows: the South 140 feet of said Lot 8, Block 4, containing 0.10 acres, more or less; <br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>ALSO the following portion of said Lot 8: commencing at a point on the west line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>Lot 8, 208 feet North of the southwest corner of said Lot 8; thence North along said west <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>line of Lot 8, a distance of 5.6 feet; thence East at right angles to said west line of Lot 8 to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>the east line of said Lot 8, thence South along said east line of Lot 8, a distance of 5.8 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>thence West at right angles to said east line of Lot 8, to the point of beginning, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>0.004 acres, more or less; containing altogether 0.104 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>    (d) The land borders South Branch Two Rivers and is not contiguous to other state <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>lands. The land was acquired for park purposes but was not included in a state park. The <br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.92.0"></a><a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>    Sec. 92. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; KITTSON COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>(c). <br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>follows: a parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>Township 161 North, Range 46 West, more particularly described as follows: beginning at <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>a point which is 33 feet North of the south line and 422 feet East of the west line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence East parallel to said south line, 726 <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>feet; thence North parallel to said west line, 300 feet; thence West parallel to said south <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>line, 726 feet; thence South parallel to said west line, 300 feet to the point of beginning. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>Containing 5.00 acres, more or less. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>    (d) The sale may be to multiple parties, including the county for the county <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>highway right-of-way, the township for the township road, and adjoining landowners to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>resolve unintentional agricultural trespasses. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.93.0"></a><a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>    Sec. 93. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; LAKE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>(c). <br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>North, Range 6 West, described as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of said <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter marked by a DNR survey marker (3/4 inch x <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>18 inch rebar with an orange cap marked MN DNR LS 16098); thence North 89 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>11 minutes 24 seconds West based on the Lake County Coordinate System North Shore <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>Zone, NAD83, 1986 adjustment, along the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>Southwest Quarter, 439.78 feet to a DNR survey marker on the westerly right-of-way of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>Trunk Highway 61 and the point of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 11 <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>minutes 24 seconds West along said south line 426.27 feet to a DNR survey marker; <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>thence North 00 degrees 48 minutes 36 seconds East 100.00 feet to a DNR survey marker; <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>thence South 89 degrees 11 minutes 24 seconds East 494.20 feet to a DNR survey marker <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>on said westerly right-of-way; thence South 34 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds West along <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>said westerly right-of-way 120.89 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Containing <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>1.06 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>    (d) The sale would be to the adjoining landowner and resolve an unintentional <br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>trespass that occurred when a garage was constructed on state-owned land. The <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.94.0"></a><a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>    Sec. 94. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; LAKE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>(c).<br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and is described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>North, Range 6 West, described as follows: commencing at the northwest corner of said <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter marked by a DNR survey marker (3/4 inch x <br/>
<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>18 inch rebar with an orange cap marked MN DNR LS 16098); thence South 89 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>14 minutes 10 seconds East based on the Lake County Coordinate System North Shore <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>Zone, NAD83, 1986 adjustment, along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>Southeast Quarter, 191.15 feet to a DNR survey marker and the point of beginning; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>continuing South 89 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds East along said north line 264.92 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>to a DNR survey marker on the westerly right-of-way of Trunk Highway 61; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>South 34 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way 200.00 <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>feet; thence North 41 degrees 54 minutes 07 seconds West 224.87 feet, more or less, to the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>point of beginning. Containing 0.50 acres, more or less. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>    (d) The sale would be to the adjoining landowner and resolve an unintentional <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>trespass that occurred when a garage and house were constructed on state-owned land. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.95.0"></a><a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>    Sec. 95. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var><b>WATER; LAKE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Lake County may sell <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>(c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for a <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>consideration of $1 and relinquishment of a four-acre parcel of land that Lake County has <br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>used for road relocation.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>    (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake County and is described as: that part of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, north of County State-Aid Highway 14, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>Section 20, Township 55 North, Range 11 West.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.96.0"></a><a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>    Sec. 96. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var><b>WATER; NICOLLET COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>in paragraph (c). <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Nicollet County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>    (1) that part of the Southwest Quarter and that part of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, being described as a strip of land 300.0 feet in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>width lying adjacent to and northerly of the following described centerline of proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>channel change: commencing at the center of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>20 West, from which the north quarter corner of said Section 8 bears North 0 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>00 minutes East, thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes East for 1280 feet on said quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes East for 54.9 feet to road station 40+40 on the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>centerline of County State-Aid Highway 24 which is the true point of beginning for the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>centerline of channel change; thence South 75 degrees 58 minutes East for a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>553.5 feet on centerline of channel change; thence South 75 degrees 58 minutes East for <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating; and from the true point of beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>North 77 degrees 58 minutes West for a distance of 770 feet and there terminating; SAID <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>LANDS ALSO DESCRIBED AS: a strip of land lying and being 300.0 feet each side of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>the following described centerline of proposed channel change: beginning at a point <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>1280.0 feet South and 54.9 feet East of the center of Section 8, Township 109 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>Range 29 West; thence easterly on a bearing of South 77 degrees 00 minutes East for a <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>distance of 553.5 feet; thence easterly on a bearing of South 75 degrees 00 minutes East <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>for a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating. This includes 3.005 acres in part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>and 10.932 acres in part of Government Lot 2 of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>29 West. Also from the point of beginning, westerly on a bearing of North 77 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>00 minutes West for a distance of 770.0 feet and there terminating. This includes 4.098 <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>acres in part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>Containing 3.01 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>    (2) that part of the Southwest Quarter and that part of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, Nicollet County, Minnesota, being described <br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>as a strip of land 300.0 feet in width lying adjacent to and southerly of the following <br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>described centerline of proposed channel change: commencing at the center of Section <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>8, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, from which the north quarter corner of said <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>Section 8 bears North 0 degrees 00 minutes East; thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes East <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>for 1280 feet on said quarter line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes East for 54.9 <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>feet to road station 40+40 on the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 24 which is <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>the true point of beginning for the centerline of channel change; thence South 75 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.53.36"></a><var>53.36</var>58 minutes East for a distance of 553.5 feet on centerline of channel change; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>South 75 degrees 58 minutes East for a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating; and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>from the true point of beginning North 77 degrees 58 minutes West for a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>770 feet and there terminating; SAID LANDS ALSO DESCRIBED AS: a strip of land <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>lying and being 300.0 feet each side of the following described centerline of proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>channel change: beginning at a point 1280.0 feet South and 54.9 feet East of the center of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West; thence easterly on a bearing of South <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>77 degrees 00 minutes East for a distance of 553.5 feet; thence easterly on a bearing of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>South 75 degrees 00 minutes East for a distance of 1540.0 feet and there terminating. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>This includes 3.005 acres in part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West, and 10.932 acres in part of Government Lot 2 <br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>of Section 8, Township 109 North, Range 29 West. Also, from the point of beginning, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>westerly on a bearing of North 77 degrees 00 minutes West for a distance of 770.0 feet and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>there terminating. This includes 4.098 acres in part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>Township 109 North, Range 29 West. Containing 4.10 acres, more or less. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>    (d) The land borders the Minnesota River. It was acquired when a new bridge was <br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>installed across the river resulting in a realignment of the river channel. The Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.97.0"></a><a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>    Sec. 97. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var><b>WATER; RED LAKE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Red Lake County and is described <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>    (1) Government Lot 10, Section 31, Township 152 North, Range 40 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>20.17 acres, more or less; and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>    (2) Government Lot 3, Section 34, Township 152 North, Range 40 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>21.7 acres, more or less. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>    (d) The land borders the Clearwater River and is not contiguous to other state lands. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.98.0"></a><a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>    Sec. 98. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>follows: Government Lot 2, except the Northwest Quarter of Lot 2, Section 19, Township <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>58 North, Range 18 West, containing 30.84 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>    (d) The land borders an unnamed tributary to the West Two Rivers Reservoir. The <br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.99.0"></a><a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>    Sec. 99. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>(c). <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>and ensure accuracy. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>follows: Government Lot 3, Section 18, Township 68 North, Range 19 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>23.22 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>    (d) The sale will be to the University of Minnesota for the off axis NOvA detector <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>project. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.100.0"></a><a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>    Sec. 100. <b>LAND EXCHANGE; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall, with the approval of the Land <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange the land described <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>in paragraph (b). The commissioner shall offer to exchange the land with the holder of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>Department of Natural Resources lease number 144-011-0587 by December 31, 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    (b) The land to be exchanged is located in St. Louis County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>follows: that part of Government Lot 1, Section 6, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>containing 1.98 acres more or less, that is subject to Department of Natural Resources <br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>lease number 144-011-0587.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.101.0"></a><a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>    Sec. 101. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>accuracy. The conveyance must reserve to the state a 100-foot easement along the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>shoreline to protect vegetation and allow angling by the public and a 15-foot easement <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>from the public road right-of-way to allow angler walk-in access.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lots 7, 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>and 9, Block 2, Wonderland 1st Addition.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>best be served if the land was sold to an adjoining landowner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.102.0"></a><a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>    Sec. 102. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>accuracy. The conveyance must reserve to the state a 150-foot easement of 75 feet on each <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>side of the centerline of the East Branch of Chester Creek and a 100-foot easement of 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>feet on each side of the centerline of tributaries of Chester Creek.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>    (1) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 9, Township 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>North, Range 14 West; and<br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>    (2) Lots 7, 8, 9, 34, 35, 36, 37, 58, 59, 60, and 61 and part of Lot 10, Englewood <br/>
<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>Farms.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.103.0"></a><a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>    Sec. 103. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>    (1) part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 1, Township <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>63 North, Range 18 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>    (2) part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 28, Township 53 <br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>North, Range 13 West; and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>    (3) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 9, Township <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>58 North, Range 16 West.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.104.0"></a><a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    Sec. 104. <b>SPARTA BEACH IN CITY OF GILBERT; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>    (a) This section applies to the land described in paragraph (b), which is owned by <br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>the city of Gilbert. The legislature finds that any fill placed along the shoreline below the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>historical high watermark prior to the effective date of this section does not extend beyond <br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>the ordinary low watermark and does not interfere with the public right of navigation or <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>any other public right. Consistent with the common law of the state, the state shall not <br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>dispute the right of the owner of the land, or the owner's successors, to enjoy exclusive use <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>of filled land in shallow waters abutting the land, subject only to the limitation that the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>owner or owner's successors shall not interfere with the public right of navigation.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>    (b) The land referred to in this section is described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>That part of the North Half of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 58 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>Range 17 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian, St. Louis County, Minnesota, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>described as follows: Starting at a pipe that is on the east side of Differding Road on <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>the north line of the plat of Birch View and assuming that the north line is East and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>West, thence running North 49 degrees 56 minutes West a distance of 291.00 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>the place of beginning; thence running South 55 degrees 19 minutes West a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>of 135 feet to the shore of Ely Lake; Starting from the place of beginning, thence <br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>running North 29 degrees 01 minutes West a distance of 436.50 feet; thence running <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>North 87 degrees 24 minutes West a distance of 302 feet to the shore of Ely Lake; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>thence running along the shore to the intersection with the first described.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.105.0"></a><a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>    Sec. 105. <b>LAND EXCHANGE; BELTRAMI COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall, with the approval of the Land <br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange the land described <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>in paragraph (b) for land of comparable value that borders public water.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>    (b) The land to be conveyed is located in Beltrami County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>    (1) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter west of County <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>State-Aid Highway 14, Section 32, Township 147 North, Range 34 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>    (2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>32, Township 147 North, Range 34 West; and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>    (3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter west of County <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>State-Aid Highway 14 and north of the haul road, Section 5, Township 146 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>34 West.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.106.0"></a><a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>    Sec. 106. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var><b>WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may only sell the land to a governmental subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>of the state. The conveyance may be for less than the value of the land as determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the land be used for the public <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>and reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision fails to provide for public use or <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>follows, Parcels A and B containing altogether 31.55 acres, more or less:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>    (1) Parcel A: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>30, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines: <br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing <br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 399.98 feet on and along the east-west <br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>quarter line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 13 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>minutes 48 seconds West, 504.57 feet on and along the said east-west quarter line; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>line of said Section 30; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds East, 504.44 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>on and along the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence North 17 degrees 54 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>26 seconds East, 1378.11 feet to the point of beginning; and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>    (2) Parcel B: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>30, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines: <br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing <br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 904.55 feet along the east-west quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>North 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds West, 369.30 feet along said south 1/16 line; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>thence North 42 degrees 24 minutes 47 seconds West, 248.00 feet; thence North 02 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East, 488.11 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>19 seconds East, 944.68 feet to a point on the east-west quarter line of said Section 30; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>thence South 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds East, 236.03 feet along said east-west <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>quarter line to the point of beginning. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>    (d) The land borders Long Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>land was donated to the state with the understanding that the land would be used as a <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>wildlife sanctuary. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.107.0"></a><a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>    Sec. 107. <b>VERMILLION HIGHLANDS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>    (a) The following area is established and designated as the Vermillion Highlands <br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>Wildlife Management Area, subject to the special permitted uses authorized in this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>    The approximately 2,840 acres owned by the University of Minnesota lying within <br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>the area legally described as approximately the southerly 3/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>Section 1, the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2, the East 1/2 of Section 10, Section 11, the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>West 1/2 of Section 12, Section 13, and Section 14, all in Township 114 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>19 West, Dakota County.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>    (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>(c), permitted uses in the Vermillion Highlands Wildlife Management Area include:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>    (1) education, outreach, and agriculture with the intent to eventually phase out <br/>
<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>agriculture leases and plant and restore native prairie;<br/>
<a id="pl.59.35"></a><var>59.35</var>    (2) research by the University of Minnesota or other permitted researchers;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>    (3) hiking, hunting, fishing, trapping, and other compatible wildlife-related <br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>recreation of a natural outdoors experience, without constructing new hard surface trails <br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>or roads, and supporting management and improvements;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>    (4) designated trails for hiking, horseback riding, biking, and cross-country skiing <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>and necessary trailhead support with minimal impact on the permitted uses in clause (3);<br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>    (5) shooting sports facilities for sporting clays, skeet,  trapshooting, and rifle and <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>pistol shooting, including sanctioned events and training for responsible handling and <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>use of firearms;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>    (6) grant-in-aid snowmobile trails; and<br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>    (7) leases for small-scale farms to market vegetable farming.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>    (c) With the concurrence of representatives of the University of Minnesota and <br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>Dakota County, the commissioner of natural resources may, by posting or rule, restrict the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>permitted uses as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>    (1) temporarily close areas or trails, by posting at the access points, to facilitate <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>hunting. When temporarily closing trails under this clause, the commissioner shall avoid <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>closing all trail loops simultaneously whenever practical; or<br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>    (2) limit other permitted uses to accommodate hunting and trapping after providing <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>advance public notice. Research conducted by the university may not be limited unless <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>mutually agreed by the commissioner and the University of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>    (d) Road maintenance within the wildlife management area shall be minimized, with <br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>the intent to abandon interior roads when no longer needed for traditional agriculture <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>    (e) Money collected on leases from lands within the wildlife management area <br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>must be kept in a separate account and spent within the wildlife management area under <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>direction of the representatives listed in paragraph (c). $200,000 of this money may be <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for a master planning process and <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>resource inventory of the land identified in Minnesota Statutes, section 137.50, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>6, in order to provide needed prairie and wetland restoration. The commissioner must work <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>with affected officials from the University of Minnesota and Dakota County to complete <br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>these requirements and inform landowners and lessees about the planning process.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>    (f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 97A.061 and 477A.11, the state <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>of Minnesota shall not provide payments in lieu of taxes for the lands described in <br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>paragraph (a).<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.108.0"></a><a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    Sec. 108. <b>CLAIR A. NELSON MEMORIAL FOREST, LAKE COUNTY; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var><b>TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF APPORTIONMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM </b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var><b>TAX-FORFEITED LANDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>    (a) Upon approval of an affected political subdivision within Lake County, the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>Lake County Board may suspend the apportionment of the balance of net proceeds from <br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>tax-forfeited lands within the affected political subdivision under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>section 282.08, clause (4), item (iii), and retain the net proceeds. The authority under this <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>paragraph is available until Lake County suspends the apportionment of  net proceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>subject to item (iii) in the amount of $2,200,000 plus any interest costs incurred by the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>county to purchase land described in this section. The money received by Lake County is <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>to reimburse the county for the purchase in 2006 of 6,085 acres of forest land named the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>    (b) Any revenue derived from acquired land that was reimbursed under paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>(a) is subject to apportionment as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.08.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.109.0"></a><a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>    Sec. 109. <b>RULE AMENDMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>    The commissioner of natural resources may use the good cause exemption under <br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend rules to conform <br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>to sections 60 to 64. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply to the rulemaking <br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>under this section except to the extent provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.110.0"></a><a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>    Sec. 110. <b>LAKE TROUT REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>    By February 1, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources must review and report <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>to the legislative policy committees with jurisdiction over natural resources on the pros <br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>and cons of changing the winter lake trout season so that it would be open from the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>Saturday nearest January 1 to March 31.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.111.0"></a><a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>    Sec. 111. <b>ACCESS TO MINNESOTA OUTDOORS PLAN.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Walk-in access plan.</b> (a) The commissioner of natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>shall prepare a plan for a walk-in public access program under which the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>may encourage owners and operators of privately held land to voluntarily make that <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>land available for walk-in access by the public for hunting and fishing under programs <br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>administered by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>    (b) As part of the plan, the commissioner shall explore entering into contracts with <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>the owners or lessees of land to establish voluntary walk-in public access for hunting, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>fishing, or other wildlife-dependent recreational activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>    (c) In the plan, the commissioner must describe:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>    (1) the costs and benefits that private land access will provide the public, such as <br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>hunting, fishing, bird watching, and related outdoor activities; and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>    (2) the types of game, fish, and wildlife habitat improvements made to the land that <br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>will enhance public uses.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>    (d) The commissioner shall explore the effectiveness and public and private cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>walk-in public access programs in other states and recommend walk-in program options <br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>for public access to private lands for hunting, fishing, and related recreational activities.  <br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Other law.</b> Nothing in the plan may preempt trespass and liability laws. <br/>
<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>Recommendations submitted by the commissioner of natural resources under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>3 shall include any changes to Minnesota Statutes, sections 604A.20 to 604A.27, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>necessary to ensure that landowners are not exposed to additional liability as a result <br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>of the walk-in access program.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The commissioner must present the walk-in public access plan <br/>
<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over natural resources policy and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>finance, with recommendations on program implementation, by January 15, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.112.0"></a><a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>    Sec. 112. <b>COCK PHEASANT BAG LIMIT; RULEMAKING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>6234.0400, subpart 2, to allow a person to take up to three cock pheasants per day and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>have 12 in possession after December 1 during the pheasant season. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>1, clause (3), to adopt the rule and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.113.0"></a><a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>    Sec. 113. <b>CROSSBOW DEER SEASON.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.035, or other law to the contrary, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>the commissioner of natural resources shall establish an open season for taking deer <br/>
<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>by crossbow during the regular firearm season each year. Crossbows must meet the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.106, subdivision 2. A person taking deer <br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>by crossbow must have a crossbow deer hunting license. The fee for a resident crossbow <br/>
<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>deer hunting license is $26 and the fee for a nonresident crossbow deer hunting license is <br/>
<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>$135. The commissioner may adopt exempt rules regulating the crossbow deer season <br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>section 14.386, a rule adopted under this section is effective until January 1, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>and expires January 1, 2009.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.114.0"></a><a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>    Sec. 114. <b>CROSSBOW SEASON REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>    By February 1, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall submit a report to <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>the chairs of the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>that includes the number of crossbow deer season licenses issued under section 113 and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>addresses whether there was an increase in hunting problems during the time a crossbow <br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>deer season was permitted.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.115.0"></a><a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>    Sec. 115. <b>RULE AMENDMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, parts <br/>
<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>6262.0100, subpart 5, item D, and 6266.0700, subpart 3, to allow an angler in an icehouse <br/>
<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>to possess fillets of a fish with size restrictions if the angler is preparing and using the <br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>fish for a meal. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules according to this <br/>
<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>section and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under <br/>
<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.116.0"></a><a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>    Sec. 116. <b>PUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIRED; CONSTRUCTION OF MOORING </b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var><b>FACILITIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall hold at least two public meetings in <br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>the north central lakes area of the state to inform the public of and gather public input <br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>regarding the conditions and criteria under Minnesota Rules, part 6115.0211, subpart 4a, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>item C, for permitted mooring facilities and docks.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.117.0"></a><a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>    Sec. 117. <b>LEECH LAKE STOCKING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall rank Leech Lake no lower than third <br/>
<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>in any prioritization of state lakes for walleye stocking in 2007, 2008, and 2009, or until <br/>
<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>Leech Lake shows sufficient natural production of walleye, whichever is later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.118.0"></a><a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>    Sec. 118. <b>CORMORANT CONTROL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall control cormorant in the state as <br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>allowed under federal law.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.119.0"></a><a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>    Sec. 119. <b>RUSTY CRAYFISH STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall continue to study the effects of rusty <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>crayfish on walleye reproduction in Leech Lake.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.120.0"></a><a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>    Sec. 120. <b>BIG ISLAND.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 83A.02, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>resources shall initiate a process to rename Big Island on Pelican Lake in St. Louis County.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.121.0"></a><a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>    Sec. 121. <b>APPEALS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>    (a) A county, with a city of the first class, encompassing over 5,000 square miles <br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>must establish as a pilot program an Appeals Board of Zoning Adjustment to review <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>determinations made by the Board of Zoning Adjustment. The Appeals Board of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>Zoning Adjustment shall be an intermediary appeal process that may be accessed prior <br/>
<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>to appealing a decision to the district court. The Appeals Board of Zoning Adjustment <br/>
<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>shall be comprised of the county board, two sitting members of the Board of Zoning <br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>Adjustment, and two member citizens who have had appeals within the past five years <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>before the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Members shall serve a three-year term.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>    (b) Paragraph (a) expires two years after the effective date of this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.122.0"></a><a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>    Sec. 122. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 85.015, subdivision 11; 97A.475, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>38; and 97C.365; and Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 2, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>(b) 2007, S.F. No. 2096, article 1, the amendments to Minnesota Statutes 2006, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>section 84.777 in section 24, if enacted, are repealed effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.123.0"></a><a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>    Sec. 123. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>    Sections 2, 3, 17, 18, and 71 to 106 are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103F.205, subdivision 1, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Applicability.</b> The definitions in this section apply to sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>103F.201
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref> 103F.221 103F.227</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>    Sec. 2. <b>[103F.227] SHORELAND DEVELOPMENT; EXISTING RESORTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Applicability.</b> This section applies statewide and preempts local <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>ordinances that are inconsistent with its terms.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Resort defined.</b> For purposes of this section, "resort" means a shoreland <br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>commercial establishment, existing on or before August 1, 2007, that includes buildings, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>lodges, structures, dwelling units, camping or recreational vehicle sites, or enclosures, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>or any part thereof kept, used, maintained, or advertised as or held out to the public to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public, primarily to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>those seeking recreation, for periods of one day or longer, and having for rent three or <br/>
<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>more cabins, rooms, campsites, or enclosures. These establishments must be primarily <br/>
<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>service oriented for transient lodging of guests. All cabins, rooms, dwelling units, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>camping or recreational vehicle sites, or enclosures must be included in the resort rental <br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>business. Resorts allow no residential use of a dwelling unit or site, except dwellings <br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>used as residences for the service providers or dwelling units or sites for renters. To <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>qualify as a resort under this section, a resort must be fully licensed and permitted under <br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>appropriate state and local regulations. The entire parcel of land must be controlled and <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>managed by the licensee.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Maintenance and replacement.</b> (a) So long as the establishment continues <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>to operate as a resort, a county or municipality must allow a resort owner to:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>    (1) maintain structures, which includes replacing aging or outdated components or <br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>systems of the structure that do not increase the structure footprint; and <br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>    (2) replace structures damaged or lost to fire or natural disaster.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>    (b) Paragraph (a), clause (2), applies only when an application for a building permit <br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>is made within 180 days of the damage or loss.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Expansion.</b> A county or municipality must allow a resort owner to increase <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>a structure footprint to minimally meet federal, state, or local dwelling standards or codes. <br/>
<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>To "minimally meet" such standards or codes means that the replacement structure does <br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>not add new architectural elements, such as more bedrooms, that the original structure did <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>not have. Structural expansion under this subdivision must not result in the structure being <br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>any larger than required to meet standards or codes or the structure or any portion thereof <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>being any closer to the shoreline than prior to the expansion.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Change in ownership.</b> A change in ownership of a resort shall not be <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>construed as a conversion to a different use so long as the new owner continues to use <br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>the property as a resort.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>    Sec. 3. <b>[114E.01] SHORT TITLE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>    This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>    Sec. 4. <b>[114E.05] DEFINITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> For the purposes of this chapter, the definitions in this <br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>subdivision have the meanings given.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Activity and use limitations.</b> "Activity and use limitations" means <br/>
<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>restrictions or obligations with respect to real property that are associated with an <br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>environmental response project.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Common interest community.</b> "Common interest community" means a <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>common interest community as defined in chapter 515B.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Environmental agency.</b> "Environmental agency" means the Pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>Control Agency, Agriculture Department, or another state or federal agency that <br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>environmental covenant is created.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Environmental covenant.</b> "Environmental covenant" means a servitude <br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>created under this chapter that imposes activity and use limitations.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Environmental response project.</b> "Environmental response project" <br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>means a plan or work performed to clean up, eliminate, investigate, minimize, mitigate, or <br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>prevent the release or threatened release of contaminants affecting real property in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>protect public health or welfare or the environment, including: <br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>    (1) response or corrective actions under federal or state law, including chapters 115B, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>115C, 115E, and 116, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation <br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>and Liability Act, United States Code, title 44, section 9601, et seq.;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>    (2) corrective actions or response to agricultural chemical incidents under chapters <br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>18B, 18C, 18D, and 18E; and <br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>    (3) closure, contingency, or corrective actions required under rules or regulations <br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>applicable to waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities or to above or below ground <br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>tanks. <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Holder.</b> "Holder" means any person identified as a holder of an <br/>
<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>environmental covenant as specified in section 
<statute_ref>114E.10</statute_ref>, paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Person.</b> "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>political subdivision or special purpose unit of government, agency, or instrumentality of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>the state or federal government, or any other legal or commercial entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Record.</b> "Record," used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on <br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable <br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>in perceivable form. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Recorded.</b> "Recorded" means recorded with the county recorder or <br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>registrar of title, as applicable, in each county where the real property is located.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>    Subd. 11. <b>State.</b> "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject <br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>to the jurisdiction of the United States.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>    Sec. 5. <b>[114E.10] NATURE OF RIGHTS; ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var><b>AGENCY; SUBORDINATION OF INTERESTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>    (a) Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>the environmental convenant, the environmental agency, or any other political subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>or unit of local government, may be a holder.  An environmental covenant may identify <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>more than one holder.  The interest of a holder is an interest in real property. The holder is <br/>
<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>the grantee of the real property interest conveyed under an environmental covenant.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>    (b) Unless an environmental agency is a holder, any right that the agency may have <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>with respect to an environmental covenant does not constitute an interest in real property. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>Approval of an environmental covenant does not make the environmental agency a holder <br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>unless it has authority under law other than this chapter to acquire an interest in real <br/>
<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>property for purposes related to an environmental response project and it is expressly <br/>
<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>identified as a holder in the environmental covenant. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>    (c) An environmental agency is bound by any obligation it assumes in an <br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>environmental covenant, but an environmental agency does not assume obligations merely <br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>by signing an environmental covenant. As provided in section 114E.15, an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>covenant is not valid unless signed by the environmental agency and the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>agency may set reasonable conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>When the environmental agency is a federal agency, the covenant must also be approved <br/>
<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>and signed by the state environmental agency that has authority under state law to address <br/>
<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>the release or threatened release involved in the environmental response project. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person <br/>
<a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var>expressly assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>rights, or protections granted or imposed under law other than this chapter except as <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>provided in the covenant.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>    (d) The following rules apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an <br/>
<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>environmental covenant is created or amended:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>    (1) an interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>covenant unless the person that owns the interest subordinates that interest to the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>    (2) this chapter does not require a person that owns a prior interest to subordinate <br/>
<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>that interest to an environmental covenant or to agree to be bound by the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>    (3) a subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant or <br/>
<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>in a separate record that is recorded.  If the environmental covenant covers commonly <br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>owned property in a common interest community, the environmental covenant or the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>subordination agreement may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board <br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>of the owners' association; and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>    (4) an agreement by a person to subordinate a prior interest to an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>covenant affects the priority of that person's interest but does not by itself impose any <br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>    Sec. 6. <b>[114E.15] CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>    (a) An environmental covenant must:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>    (1) state on its first page that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed <br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>pursuant to this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>    (2) contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>    (3) describe the activity and use limitations on the real property;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>    (4) identify every holder;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>    (5) be signed and acknowledged by the environmental agency, every holder, and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>every owner of the fee simple title to the real property subject to the covenant; and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>    (6) identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>response project reflected in the environmental covenant.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>    (b) In addition to the information required by paragraph (a), an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>the persons who signed it, including any:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>    (1) requirements for notice of any transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning <br/>
<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any <br/>
<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>site work affecting the contamination or the environmental response project on, the real <br/>
<a id="pl.68.34"></a><var>68.34</var>property subject to the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.35"></a><var>68.35</var>    (2) requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>    (3) rights of access to the real property granted in connection with implementation <br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>or enforcement of the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>    (4) a brief narrative description of the contamination and environmental response <br/>
<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>project, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on <br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>    (5) limitation on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>contained in sections 
<statute_ref>114E.40</statute_ref> and 
<statute_ref>114E.45</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>    (6) rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>to section 
<statute_ref>114E.50</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>    (7) waiver of a party's right to consent to the amendment or termination of a <br/>
<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>covenant under section 114E.45, paragraph (a), clause (3).<br/>
<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>    (c) The environmental agency may set reasonable conditions for its approval of an <br/>
<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>environmental covenant, including:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>    (1) requiring that persons specified by the agency that have interests in the real <br/>
<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>property also sign the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>    (2) requiring that a person who holds a prior interest in the real property subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>the covenant agree to subordinate that interest where applicable; and<br/>
<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>    (3) requiring the inclusion within the text of the covenant information, restrictions, <br/>
<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>or requirements as described in paragraph (b).<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>    Sec. 7. <b>[114E.20] VALIDITY; EFFECT ON OTHER INSTRUMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>    (a) An environmental covenant created under this chapter runs with the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>    (b) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable <br/>
<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>even if:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>    (1) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>    (2) it can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>    (3) it is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>    (4) it imposes a negative burden;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>    (5) it imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real <br/>
<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>property or on the holder;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>    (6) the benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>    (7) there is no privity of estate or contract;<br/>
<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>    (8) the holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is replaced; or <br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>    (9) the owner of an interest in the real property subject to the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>covenant and the holder are the same person.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>    (c) Any instrument that imposes activity and use limitations, including any <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>conservation easement, declaration, restrictive covenant, or similar instrument created <br/>
<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>before the effective date of this chapter remains valid and enforceable as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>the law under which it was created. This chapter does not apply in any other respect to <br/>
<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>such an instrument.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>    (d) This chapter does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether <br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, that is otherwise enforceable <br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>under the law of this state.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>    Sec. 8. <b>[114E.25] RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAND USE LAW.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>    (a) This chapter does not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited <br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>by zoning, by law other than this chapter regulating use of real property, or by a recorded <br/>
<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>instrument that has priority over the environmental covenant. <br/>
<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>    (b) An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property which <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>are authorized by zoning or by law other than this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>    (c) An environmental agency that exercises authority under law other than this <br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>chapter to require as part of an environmental response project the performance of a <br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>response or corrective action that would not otherwise be an authorized use of real <br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>property under zoning or other real property law or prior recorded instruments may <br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>include such requirement as an affirmative obligation in an environmental covenant.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>    Sec. 9. <b>[114E.30] NOTICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>    (a) A copy of an environmental covenant, and any amendments or notices of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>termination thereof, must be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>environmental agency to:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>    (1) each person that signed the covenant or their successor or assign;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>    (2) each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>    (3) each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>    (4) each political subdivision in which real property subject to the covenant is <br/>
<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>located; and <br/>
<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>    (5) any other person the environmental agency requires.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>    (b) The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>covenant as required under this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>    Sec. 10. <b>[114E.35] RECORDING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>    (a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>must be recorded with the county recorder or registrar of titles, as applicable, in every <br/>
<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located.  For <br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>    (b) Except as otherwise provided in section 
<statute_ref>114E.40</statute_ref>, paragraph (f), an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interests in <br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>real property.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[114E.40] DURATION; MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION BY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var><b>ADMINISTRATIVE OR COURT ACTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>    (a) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>    (1) by its terms limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>specific event;<br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>    (2) terminated by consent pursuant to section 
<statute_ref>114E.45</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>    (3) terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) or (e);<br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>    (4) terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>covenant; or <br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>    (5) terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>    (i) the environmental agency that signed the covenant is a party to the proceeding;<br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>    (ii) all persons identified in paragraph (c) are given notice of the pendency of the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>proceeding; and <br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>    (iii) the court determines, after hearing, that the activity and use limitations subject <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>to termination or modification are no longer required to protect public health or welfare <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>or the environment.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>    (b) The environmental agency that approved an environmental covenant may <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>determine whether to terminate or reduce the burden on the real property of the covenant <br/>
<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>if the agency determines that some or all of the activity and use limitations under the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>covenant are no longer required to protect public health or welfare or the environment or <br/>
<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>modify the covenant if the agency determines that modification is required to adequately <br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>protect public health or welfare or the environment.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>    (c) The environmental agency shall provide notice of any proposed action under <br/>
<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>paragraph (b) to each person with a current recorded interest in the real property subject <br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>to the environmental covenant, each holder, all other persons who originally signed the <br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>environmental covenant, or their successors or assigns, and any other person with rights <br/>
<a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var>or obligations under the covenant. The environmental agency shall provide 30 days for <br/>
<a id="pl.71.35"></a><var>71.35</var>comment on the proposed action by parties entitled to notice. Any person entitled to notice <br/>
<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>under this paragraph may request a contested case under chapter 14 by making the request <br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>in writing within the 30-day comment period. A determination by an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>agency under this paragraph is a final agency decision subject to judicial review in the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>same manner as provided in sections 14.63 to 14.68 or under applicable federal law.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>    (d) Any person entitled to notice under paragraph (c) may apply in writing to the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>environmental agency for a determination under paragraph (b) that an existing covenant <br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>be terminated, that the burden of a covenant be reduced, or that covenant be modified. <br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>The application must specify the determination sought by the applicant, the reasons why <br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>the environmental agency should make the determination, and the information which <br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>would support it. If the environmental agency fails to commence a proceeding under <br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>paragraph (b) within 60 days of receipt of the application, the applicant may bring a de <br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>novo action in the district court for termination, reduction of burden, or modification of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>the environmental covenant pursuant to paragraph (e).<br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>    (e) The district court for the county in which the real property subject to an <br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>environmental covenant is located may, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>terminate the covenant, reduce its burden on the real property, or modify its terms in a de <br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>novo action if an environmental agency fails to commence a proceeding within 60 days <br/>
<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>as provided under paragraph (d). The applicant under paragraph (d), any party to the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>environmental covenant, or any other person identified in paragraph (c) may commence an <br/>
<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>action under this paragraph. The person commencing the action shall serve notice of the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>action on the environmental agency and any person entitled to notice under paragraph (c). <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>The court shall terminate, reduce the burden of, or modify the environmental covenant <br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>if the court determines that the person bringing the action shows that some or all of the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>activity and use limitations under the covenant do not, or are no longer required to, protect <br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>public health or welfare or the environment.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>    (f) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired <br/>
<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine <br/>
<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or <br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>acquiescence, or a similar doctrine.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>    (g) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by <br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>application of section 
<statute_ref>500.20</statute_ref> or 
<statute_ref>541.023</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>    Sec. 12. <b>[114E.45] AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION BY CONSENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>    (a) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if <br/>
<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>the amendment or termination is signed by:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.35"></a><var>72.35</var>    (1) the environmental agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>    (2) the current owner of the fee simple title to the real property subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>    (3) every other original signatory to the covenant, or their successor or assign, unless:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>    (i) the person waived the right to consent to termination or modification in the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>environmental covenant or another signed and acknowledged record that is recorded;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>    (ii) the person fails to object to the amendment or termination within 60 days after <br/>
<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>a notice requesting the person's consent to amendment or termination was mailed by <br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address, as obtained <br/>
<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>from the United States Postal Service; or<br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>    (iii) a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified <br/>
<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>    (4) each holder, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d).<br/>
<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>Any person may establish that the notice described in clause (3), item (ii), was properly <br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>mailed by recording an affidavit to that effect from a person having knowledge of the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>facts, and a certified copy of the recorded affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>facts stated therein.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>    (b) If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>consents to the amendment or has waived in the environmental covenant or other signed <br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>record the right to consent to amendments.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>    (c) Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>or as otherwise provided in the environmental covenant, assignment of an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>covenant to a new holder is an amendment.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>    (d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) or in an environmental covenant:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>    (1) a holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties specified <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>in paragraph (a);<br/>
<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>    (2) a holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties <br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>specified in paragraph (a); and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>    (3) a court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>    Sec. 13. <b>[114E.50] ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>    (a) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an <br/>
<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>environmental covenant may be maintained by:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>    (1) a party to the covenant, including all holders;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>    (2) the environmental agency that signed the covenant;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.35"></a><var>73.35</var>    (3) any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce;<br/>
<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>    (4) a person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may <br/>
<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant; or <br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>    (5) a political subdivision in which the real property subject to the covenant is <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>located.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>    (b) The state environmental agency that signed the covenant may use any remedy <br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>or enforcement measure provided in section 115.071, subdivisions 3 to 5, or 116.072 to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>remedy violations of a covenant. This paragraph does not limit the state environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>agency from taking action to enforce the terms of a covenant against a person required to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>comply with the covenant in connection with that person's obligation to perform response <br/>
<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>actions or as a condition of receiving a liability assurance with respect to a release or <br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>threatened release of contaminants.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>    (c) This chapter does not limit the regulatory authority of the environmental agency <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>under law other than this chapter with respect to an environmental response project.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>    (d) A person is not responsible for or subject to liability arising from a release <br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>or threatened release of contamination into the environment, or for remediation costs <br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>attendant thereto, solely because it has signed, holds rights to, or otherwise has the right to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>enforce an environmental covenant.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>    Sec. 14. <b>[114E.60] UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>    In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>    Sec. 15. <b>[114E.65] RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var><b>AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>    This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in <br/>
<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001 et seq., but <br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 of that act, United States Code, title 15, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>section 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section <br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>103 of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7003(b).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.072, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var><b>115.072 RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS AND EXPENSES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>    In any action brought by the attorney general, in the name of the state, pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>to the provisions of this chapter and chapters 114C, 114E, and 116, for civil penalties, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>injunctive relief, or in an action to compel compliance, if the state shall finally prevail, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>and if the proven violation was willful, the state, in addition to other penalties provided <br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>in this chapter, may be allowed an amount determined by the court to be the reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>value of all or a part of the litigation expenses incurred by the state. In determining the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>amount of such litigation expenses to be allowed, the court shall give consideration to the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>economic circumstances of the defendant.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>    Amounts recovered under the provisions of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>115.071, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>subdivisions 3 to 5
         </statute_ref>, shall be paid into the environmental fund in the state treasury to the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>extent provided in section 
         <statute_ref>115.073</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.55, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Disclosure of individual sewage treatment system to buyer.</b> (a) Before <br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>signing an agreement to sell or transfer real property, the seller or transferor must disclose <br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>in writing to the buyer or transferee information on how sewage generated at the property <br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>is managed. The disclosure must be made by delivering a statement to the buyer or <br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>transferee that either:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>    (1) the sewage goes to a facility permitted by the agency; or<br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>    (2) the sewage does not go to a permitted facility, is therefore subject to applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>requirements, and describes the system in use, including the legal description of the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>property, the county in which the property is located, and a map drawn from available <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>information showing the location of the system on the property to the extent practicable <br/>
<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>the system has a valid certificate of compliance or notice of noncompliance as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>under subdivision 5. If the seller or transferor has knowledge that an abandoned individual <br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>sewage treatment system exists on the property, the disclosure must include a map <br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>showing its location. In the disclosure statement the seller or transferor must indicate <br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>whether the individual sewage treatment system is in use and, to the seller's or transferor's <br/>
<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>knowledge, in compliance with applicable sewage treatment laws and rules. A copy of <br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>the certificate of compliance or notice of noncompliance shall be provided to the county <br/>
<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the individual sewage treatment system <br/>
<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>is located. A copy of the filing shall go to the county office responsible for the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>sewage treatment system program. <br/>
<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>    (b) Unless the buyer or transferee and seller or transferor agree to the contrary in <br/>
<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>writing before the closing of the sale, A seller or transferor who fails to disclose the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>existence or known status of an individual sewage treatment system provide to the buyer <br/>
<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>or transferor a valid certificate of compliance or notice of noncompliance at the time <br/>
<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>of sale, and who knew or had reason to know of the existence or known status of the <br/>
<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>system, and whose system was noncompliant at the time of the sale is liable to the buyer <br/>
<a id="pl.75.35"></a><var>75.35</var>or transferee for costs relating to bringing the system into compliance with the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>sewage treatment system rules and for reasonable attorney fees for collection of costs from <br/>
<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>the seller or transferor. An action under this subdivision must be commenced within two <br/>
<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>years after the date on which the buyer or transferee closed the purchase or transfer of the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>real property where the system is located.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>License required.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), after March 31, <br/>
<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>1996, a person may not design, install, maintain, pump, or inspect an individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>treatment system without a license issued by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>    (b) A license is not required for a person who complies with the applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>requirements if the person is:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>    (1) a qualified employee of state or local government who has passed the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>examination described in paragraph (d) or a similar examination;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>    (2) an individual who constructs an individual sewage treatment system on land that <br/>
<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>is owned or leased by the individual and functions solely as the individual's dwelling or <br/>
<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>seasonal dwelling;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>    (3) a farmer who pumps and disposes of sewage waste from individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>treatment systems, holding tanks, and privies on land that is owned or leased by the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>farmer; or<br/>
<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>    (4) an individual who performs labor or services for a person licensed under this <br/>
<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>section in connection with the design, installation, maintenance, pumping, or inspection of <br/>
<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>an individual sewage treatment system at the direction and under the personal supervision <br/>
<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>of a person licensed under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>    A person constructing an individual sewage treatment system under clause (2) must <br/>
<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>consult with a site evaluator or designer before beginning construction. In addition, the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>system must be inspected before being covered and a compliance report must be provided <br/>
<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>to the local unit of government after the inspection.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>    (c) The commissioner, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Extension <br/>
<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>Service or another higher education institution, shall ensure adequate training exists for <br/>
<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>individual sewage treatment system professionals.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>    (d) The commissioner shall conduct examinations to test the knowledge of applicants <br/>
<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>for licensing and shall issue documentation of licensing.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>    (e) Licenses may be issued only upon successful completion of the required <br/>
<a id="pl.76.33"></a><var>76.33</var>examination and submission of proof of sufficient experience, proof of general liability <br/>
<a id="pl.76.34"></a><var>76.34</var>insurance, and a corporate surety bond in the amount of at least $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>    (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the examination and proof of experience are not <br/>
<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>required for an individual sewage treatment system professional who, on the effective date <br/>
<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>of the rules adopted under subdivision 1, holds a certification attained by examination and <br/>
<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>experience under a voluntary certification program administered by the agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>    (g) Local units of government may not require additional local licenses for individual <br/>
<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>sewage treatment system professionals.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>    (h) A pumper whose annual gross revenue from pumping systems is $9,000 or <br/>
<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>less and whose gross revenue from pumping systems during the year ending May 11, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>1994, was at least $1,000 is not subject to training requirements in rules adopted under <br/>
<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>subdivision 1, except for any training required for initial licensure.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>    (i) No other professional license is required to design, install, maintain, or inspect <br/>
<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>an individual sewage treatment system with a flow of 10,000 gallons of water per day <br/>
<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>or less if the system designer, installer, maintainer, or inspector is licensed under this <br/>
<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>subdivision and the local unit of government has not adopted additional requirements. No <br/>
<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>other professional license is required to operate an individual sewage treatment system <br/>
<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>with a flow of 10,000 gallons of water per day or less if the system operator is licensed as <br/>
<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>a system designer, installer, maintainer, or inspector under this subdivision and the local <br/>
<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>unit of government has not adopted additional requirements. <br/>
<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>and expires December 31, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115B.17, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Acquisition of property.</b> The agency may acquire, by purchase <br/>
<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>or donation, an interest interests in real property, including easements, restrictive <br/>
<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>environmental covenants under chapter 114E, and leases, that the agency determines <br/>
<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>is are necessary for response action. The validity and duration of a restrictive covenant <br/>
<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>or nonpossessory easement acquired under this subdivision shall be determined in the <br/>
<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>same manner as the validity and duration of a conservation easement under chapter 84C, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>unless the duration is otherwise provided in the agreement. The agency may acquire <br/>
<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>an easement by condemnation only if the agency is unable, after reasonable efforts, to <br/>
<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>acquire an interest in real property by purchase or donation. The provisions of chapter 117 <br/>
<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>govern condemnation proceedings by the agency under this subdivision. A donation of an <br/>
<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>interest in real property to the agency is not effective until the agency executes a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>of acceptance. The state is not liable under this chapter solely as a result of acquiring an <br/>
<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>interest in real property under this subdivision. Agency approval of an environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>convenant under chapter 114E is sufficient evidence of acceptance of an interest in real <br/>
<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>property where the agency is expressly identified as a holder in the covenant.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.07, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Exemptions from standards.</b> No standards adopted by any state agency <br/>
<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>for limiting levels of noise in terms of sound pressure which may occur in the outdoor <br/>
<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>atmosphere shall apply to (1) segments of trunk highways constructed with federal <br/>
<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>interstate substitution money, provided that all reasonably available noise mitigation <br/>
<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>measures are employed to abate noise, (2) an existing or newly constructed segment of a <br/>
<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>highway, provided that all reasonably available noise mitigation measures, as approved by <br/>
<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>the commissioners of the Department of Transportation and Pollution Control Agency, are <br/>
<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>employed to abate noise, (3) except for the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>or newly constructed segment of a road, street, or highway under the jurisdiction of a road <br/>
<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>authority of a town, statutory or home rule charter city, or county, except for roadways for <br/>
<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>which full control of access has been acquired, (4) skeet, trap or shooting sports clubs, or <br/>
<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>(5) motor vehicle race events conducted at a facility specifically designed for that purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>that was in operation on or before July 1, 1983 1996. Nothing herein shall prohibit a <br/>
<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>local unit of government or a public corporation with the power to make rules for the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>government of its real property from regulating the location and operation of skeet, trap <br/>
<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>or shooting sports clubs, or motor vehicle race events conducted at a facility specifically <br/>
<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>designed for that purpose that was in operation on or before July 1, 1983 1996.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.23, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var><b>116.23 PROHIBITION</b><b> AND RESTRICTIONS</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Nutrient concentrations.</b> No person shall manufacture for use or <br/>
<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>sale in Minnesota or import into Minnesota for resale any cleaning agent or chemical <br/>
<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>water conditioner which contains a prescribed nutrient in a concentration that is greater <br/>
<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>than the prescribed maximum permissible concentration of that nutrient in that cleaning <br/>
<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>agent or chemical water conditioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Residential dishwasher detergent.</b> No person shall sell, distribute, offer, <br/>
<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>or expose for sale at retail any household dishwasher detergent that contains more than 0.5 <br/>
<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>percent phosphorus by weight. This subdivision does not apply to the sale or distribution <br/>
<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>of detergents for commercial or institutional dishwashing purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>    Sec. 22. <b>PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY FUNDING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>    To the greatest practical extent, projects on the Public Facilities Authority's 2007 <br/>
<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>intended use plan, the listings for which were based on the Pollution Control Agency's <br/>
<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>2006 project priority list, shall be carried over to the 2008 intended use plan. Projects that <br/>
<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>qualified for funding from the Public Facilities Authority under Laws 2006, chapter 258, <br/>
<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>section 21, that could not be certified by the Pollution Control Agency by the applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>deadline shall have until May 1, 2008, or six months after the Minnesota Supreme Court <br/>
<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>issues an opinion in the cities of Maple Lake and Annandale matter, whichever is later, to <br/>
<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>obtain the required certification from the Pollution Control Agency.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>    Sec. 23. <b>REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>    The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report to the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>committees with jurisdiction on environmental policy by February 15, 2008, after <br/>
<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>consulting with officials from the Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association; the <br/>
<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers; the American Council of Engineering <br/>
<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>Companies; the Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists; the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, <br/>
<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>Geoscience, and Interior Design; the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center; <br/>
<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>the Association of Minnesota Counties; the Minnesota Association of Small Cities; and <br/>
<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>the Minnesota Association of Townships, on further issues relating to the licensing of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>individual sewage treatment systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>and expires December 31, 2010.<br/>