1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for sale of surplus state 
1.3 	land; creating a Minnesota forests for the future program; establishing a 
1.4 	revolving account; providing for alternative recording of state forest roads; 
1.5 	providing for certain wetland banking credits; modifying provisions related to 
1.6 	aquatic farms; providing for expedited exchanges of public land; providing for 
1.7 	consultation on certain unallotments; providing for viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
1.8 	and wildlife disease control; providing for a voluntary walleye stamp; creating 
1.9 	the Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council; modifying hunting and fishing 
1.10 	licensing and taking provisions; modifying certain fund and account provisions; 
1.11 	modifying outdoor recreation system provisions; adding to and deleting from 
1.12 	state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and private sales, 
1.13 	conveyances, leases, and exchanges of certain state land; requiring reports and 
1.14 	studies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.15 	16B.281, subdivision 3; 16B.282; 16B.283; 16B.284; 16B.287, subdivision 2; 
1.16 	17.4985, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 17.4986, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 17.4987; 17.4988, 
1.17 	subdivision 3; 17.4992, subdivision 2; 17.4993; 84.943, subdivision 5; 84D.03, 
1.18 	subdivision 4; 86A.04; 86A.08, subdivision 1; 89.715; 97A.015, subdivisions 
1.19 	32a, 41a, by adding subdivisions; 97A.045, subdivisions 7, 11; 97A.055, 
1.20 	subdivision 4b; 97A.075, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.311, 
1.21 	subdivision 5; 97A.431, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434, 
1.22 	subdivision 2; 97A.473, subdivision 2; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475, 
1.23 	subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535, 
1.24 	subdivision 1; 97B.015, subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.071; 97B.081; 97B.106, 
1.25 	subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6; 97B.621, 
1.26 	subdivision 3; 97B.721; 97C.203; 97C.205; 97C.341; 97C.355, subdivisions 4, 
1.27 	7a; 97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.505, subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivisions 2, 
1.28 	4, 5; 97C.821; 325D.55, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, 
1.29 	sections 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405, subdivisions 
1.30 	2, 4; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473, subdivision 
1.31 	5; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3; 97B.031, subdivision 1; 97B.036; 97B.328; 
1.32 	97C.355, subdivision 8; Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25; Laws 2006, 
1.33 	chapter 236, article 1, section 43; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.34 	Statutes, chapters 84; 94; 97A; 97B; 97C; 103G; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.35 	2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 16B.285; 97A.411, subdivision 2; 
1.36 	97C.515, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.301, 
1.37 	subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart 
1.38 	4.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	STATE LANDS

2.4 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.281, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.5 		Subd. 3.Notice to agencies; determination of surplus. On or before October 1 of 
2.6 	each year, the commissioner shall review the certifications of heads of each department or 
2.7 	agency provided for in this section. The commissioner of administration shall send written 
2.8 	notice to all state departments, agencies, and the University of Minnesota describing any 
2.9 	lands or tracts that may be declared surplus. If a department or agency or the University of 
2.10 	Minnesota desires custody of the lands or tracts, it shall submit a written request to the 
2.11 	commissioner, no later than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth 
2.12 	in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of the land or tract. The 
2.13 	commissioner shall then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications 
2.14 	of the heads of the departments or agencies should be declared surplus and offered for 
2.15 	sale or otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state 
2.16 	departments or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
2.17 	educational purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall not be 
2.18 	determinative of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of 
2.19 	the lands are no longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of 
2.20 	fact, describe the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for 
2.21 	the sale or disposition of the lands, and notify the Executive Council of the determination.

2.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.282, is amended to read:
2.23 	16B.282 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.
2.24 		Subdivision 1.Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a) Before offering 
2.25 	any surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of administration may survey the 
2.26 	lands and, if the value of the lands is estimated to be $40,000 $50,000 or less, may have 
2.27 	the lands appraised. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated 
2.28 	value is in excess of $40,000 $50,000.
2.29 	(b) The appraiser shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, take and 
2.30 	subscribe an oath that the appraiser will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties 
2.31 	of appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's ability and that the appraiser is not 
2.32 	interested, directly or indirectly, in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber or 
2.33 	improvements on the lands or in the purchase of the lands, timber, or improvements 
2.34 	and has entered into no agreement or combination to purchase any of the lands, timber, 
3.1 	or improvements. The oath shall be attached to the appraisal report. Appraisals must 
3.2 	be made by an appraiser that holds a state appraiser license issued by the Department 
3.3 	of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of 
3.4 	Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
3.5 	(c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall first be 
3.6 	offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic 
3.7 	in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public 
3.8 	purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public 
3.9 	body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner shall give a written notice to 
3.10 	the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional boundaries include 
3.11 	or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase the surplus land, 
3.12 	it shall submit a written offer to the commissioner no later than two weeks after receipt 
3.13 	of notice setting forth in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of 
3.14 	the land. In the event that more than one public body tenders an offer, the commissioner 
3.15 	shall determine which party shall receive the property and shall submit written findings 
3.16 	regarding the decision. If lands are offered for sale for public purposes and if a public 
3.17 	body notifies the commissioner of its desire to acquire the lands, the public body may have 
3.18 	up to two years from the date of the accepted offer to commence payment for the lands 
3.19 	in the manner provided by law.
3.20 		Subd. 2.Public sale requirements. (a) Lands certified as surplus by the head of 
3.21 	a department or agency under section 16B.281 shall be offered for public sale by the 
3.22 	commissioner as provided in this subdivision. After complying with subdivision 1 and 
3.23 	before any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made and at least 30 days before the 
3.24 	sale, the commissioner of administration shall publish a notice of the sale at least once each 
3.25 	week for four successive weeks in a legal newspaper and also in a newspaper of general 
3.26 	distribution in the city or county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice 
3.27 	shall specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of 
3.28 	the lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. Each tract or 
3.29 	lot shall be sold separately and shall be sold for no less than its appraised value.
3.30 	(b) Surplus state-owned land shall be sold for no less than the estimated or appraised 
3.31 	value. The minimum bid may include expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering 
3.32 	the property saleable, including survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses.
3.33 	 (c) Parcels remaining unsold after the offering may be sold to anyone agreeing to 
3.34 	pay the appraised value. The sale shall continue until all parcels are sold or until the 
3.35 	commissioner orders a reappraisal or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
4.1 	(c) Except as provided in section 16B.283, the cost of any survey or appraisal as 
4.2 	provided in subdivision 1 shall be added to and made a part of the appraised value of the 
4.3 	lands to be sold, whether to any political subdivision of the state or to a private purchaser 
4.4 	as provided in this subdivision. 

4.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.283, is amended to read:
4.6 	16B.283 TERMS OF PAYMENT.
4.7 	No less than ten percent of the purchase price shall be paid at the time of sale with 
4.8 	the balance payable according to this section. If the purchase price of any lot or parcel is 
4.9 	$5,000 or less, the balance shall be paid within 90 days of the date of sale. If the purchase 
4.10 	price of any lot or parcel is in excess of $5,000, the balance shall be paid in equal annual 
4.11 	installments for no more than five years, at the option of the purchaser, with principal 
4.12 	and interest payable annually in advance at a rate equal to the rate in effect at the time 
4.13 	under section 549.09 on the unpaid balance, payable to the state treasury on or before 
4.14 	June 1 each year. Any installment of principal or interest may be prepaid. The purchaser 
4.15 	must pay at the time of sale ten percent of the total amount bid and the remainder of the 
4.16 	payment is due within 90 days of the sale date. A person who fails to make final payment 
4.17 	within 90 days of the sale date is in default. On default, all right, title, and interest of 
4.18 	the purchaser or heirs, representatives, or assigns of the purchaser in the premises shall 
4.19 	terminate without the state doing any act or thing. A record of the default must be made in 
4.20 	the state land records of the commissioner.

4.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.284, is amended to read:
4.22 	16B.284 CONTRACT FOR DEED AND QUITCLAIM DEED.
4.23 	In the event a purchaser elects to purchase surplus real property on an installment 
4.24 	basis, the commissioner shall enter into a contract for deed with the purchaser, in which 
4.25 	shall be set forth the description of the real property sold and the price of the property, 
4.26 	the consideration paid and to be paid for the property, the rate of interest, and time and 
4.27 	terms of payment. The contract for deed shall be made assignable and shall further set 
4.28 	forth that in case of the nonpayment of the annual principal or interest payment due by the 
4.29 	purchaser, or any person claiming under the purchaser, then the contract for deed, from the 
4.30 	time of the failure, is entirely void and of no effect and the state may be repossessed of the 
4.31 	lot or tract and may resell the lot or tract as provided in sections 16B.281 to 16B.287. In 
4.32 	the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed are completely fulfilled or if a 
4.33 	purchaser makes a lump-sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering into a 
4.34 	contract for deed, The commissioner of administration shall sign and cause to be issued a 
5.1 	quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. The quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by 
5.2 	the attorney general and shall vest in the purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject 
5.3 	property except as provided in section 16B.285 or 16B.286. 

5.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.287, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.5 		Subd. 2.Payment of expenses. A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in 
5.6 	amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses incurred by the 
5.7 	commissioner of administration or other state official in rendering the property salable shall 
5.8 	be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid and are appropriated and 
5.9 	immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account.

5.10 	Sec. 6. [84.66] MINNESOTA FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAM.
5.11 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Minnesota forests for the future program identifies and 
5.12 	protects private, working forest lands for their timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife 
5.13 	habitat, threatened and endangered species, and other cultural and environmental values.
5.14 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms have 
5.15 	the meanings given:
5.16 	(1) "forest land" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 4;
5.17 	(2) "forest resources" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 8;
5.18 	(3) "guidelines" has the meaning given under section 89A.01, subdivision 8;
5.19 	(4) "riparian land" has the meaning given under section 103F.511, subdivision 8a; 
5.20 	and 
5.21 	(5) "working forest land" means land that provides a broad range of goods and 
5.22 	services, including forest products, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and 
5.23 	water, and carbon sequestration.
5.24 		Subd. 3.Establishment. The commissioner of natural resources shall establish and 
5.25 	administer a Minnesota forests for the future program. Land selected for inclusion in the 
5.26 	program shall be evaluated on the land's potential for:
5.27 	(1) producing timber and other forest products;
5.28 	(2) maintaining forest landscapes;
5.29 	(3) providing public recreation; and
5.30 	(4) providing ecological, fish and wildlife habitat, other cultural and environmental 
5.31 	values, and values consistent with working forest lands.
5.32 		Subd. 4.Land eligibility. Land may be placed in the Minnesota forests for the 
5.33 	future program if it:
5.34 	(1) is:
6.1 	(i) forest land;
6.2 	(ii) desirable land adjacent to forest land, as determined by the commissioner; or
6.3 	(iii) beneficial to forest resource protection;
6.4 	(2) is at least five acres in size, except for a riparian area or an area providing access 
6.5 	to state forest land; and
6.6 	(3) is not set aside, enrolled, or diverted under another federal or state program, 
6.7 	unless enrollment in the Minnesota forests for the future program would provide additional 
6.8 	conservation benefits or a longer enrollment term than under the current federal or state 
6.9 	program.
6.10 		Subd. 5.Land interests. The commissioner may acquire permanent interests in 
6.11 	lands by fee title, easement acquisition, gift, or donation. An acquired easement shall 
6.12 	require a forestry management plan unless the requirement is waived or modified by 
6.13 	the commissioner. The plan will guide forest management activities consistent with the 
6.14 	purposes and terms of the easement and shall incorporate guidelines and other forest 
6.15 	management practices as determined by the commissioner to provide perpetuation of the 
6.16 	forest. The plan shall be developed in accordance with the guidelines.
6.17 		Subd. 6.Application. The commissioner shall accept applications from owners of 
6.18 	eligible lands at the time, in the form, and containing the information as the commissioner 
6.19 	may prescribe. If the number of applications exceeds the ability to fund them all, priority 
6.20 	shall be given to those applications covering lands providing the greatest public benefits 
6.21 	for timber productivity, public access, and ecological and wildlife values.
6.22 		Subd. 7.Landowner responsibilities. The commissioner may enroll eligible land 
6.23 	in the program by signing an easement in recordable form with a landowner in which 
6.24 	the landowner agrees to:
6.25 	(1) convey to the state a permanent easement that is not subject to any prior title, 
6.26 	lien, or encumbrance; and
6.27 	(2) manage the land in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the land was 
6.28 	selected for the program and not convert the land to other uses.
6.29 		Subd. 8.Correction of easement boundary lines. To correct errors in legal 
6.30 	descriptions for easements that affect the ownership interests in the state and adjacent 
6.31 	landowners, the commissioner may, in the name of the state, convey without consideration, 
6.32 	interests of the state necessary to correct legal descriptions of boundaries. The conveyance 
6.33 	must be by quitclaim deed or release in a form approved by the attorney general.
6.34 		Subd. 9.Terminating or changing an easement. The commissioner may terminate 
6.35 	an easement, with the consent of the property owner, if the commissioner determines 
6.36 	termination to be in the public interest. The commissioner may modify the terms of an 
7.1 	easement if the commissioner determines that modification will help implement the 
7.2 	Minnesota forests for the future program or facilitate the program's administration.
7.3 		Subd. 10.Payments. Payments to landowners under the Minnesota forests for 
7.4 	the future program shall be made in accordance with law and Department of Natural 
7.5 	Resources acquisition policies, procedures, and other funding requirements.
7.6 		Subd. 11.Monitoring, enforcement, and damages. (a) The commissioner shall 
7.7 	establish a long-term program for monitoring and enforcing Minnesota forests for the 
7.8 	future easements.
7.9 	(b) A landowner who violates the terms of an easement under this section or induces, 
7.10 	assists, or allows another to do so is liable to the state for damages due to the loss of 
7.11 	timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife habitat, threatened and endangered species, 
7.12 	and other cultural and environmental values.
7.13 	(c) Upon request of the commissioner, the attorney general may commence an action 
7.14 	for specific performance, injunctive relief, damages, including attorney's fees, and any 
7.15 	other appropriate relief to enforce this section in district court in the county where all or 
7.16 	part of the violation is alleged to have been committed or where the landowner resides or 
7.17 	has a principal place of business.
7.18 		Subd. 12.Rulemaking exemption. Easements agreed to under this section are not 
7.19 	subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

7.20 	Sec. 7. [84.67] FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE REVOLVING ACCOUNT.
7.21 	A forests for the future revolving account is created in the natural resources fund. 
7.22 	Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the 
7.23 	acquisition of forest lands that meet the eligibility criteria in section 84.66, subdivision 4. 
7.24 	The commissioner shall sell the lands acquired under this section, subject to an easement 
7.25 	as provided in section 84.66. Money received from the sale of forest lands acquired under 
7.26 	this section and interest earned on the account shall be deposited into the account. The 
7.27 	commissioner must file a report to the house Ways and Means and the senate Finance 
7.28 	Committees and the environment and natural resources finance committees or divisions of 
7.29 	the senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each year indicating all purchases 
7.30 	of forest land using money from this account and sales of forest land for which revenue is 
7.31 	deposited into this account.

7.32 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
7.33 		Subd. 5.Pledges and contributions. The commissioner of natural resources may 
7.34 	accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account. 
8.1 	A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported 
8.2 	with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a 
8.3 	contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium, 
8.4 	the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount 
8.5 	that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
8.6 	Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only 
8.7 	for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section 
8.8 	84.944. To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money 
8.9 	matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management 
8.10 	of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes: (1) 
8.11 	purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the 
8.12 	commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects. 

8.13 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:
8.14 	86A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
8.15 	The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas; 
8.16 	state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, 85.015, 85.0155, and 
8.17 	85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state 
8.18 	wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites, 
8.19 	which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources 
8.20 	or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic, 
8.21 	and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
8.22 	established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use 
8.23 	of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas 
8.24 	and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in 
8.25 	this section that are classified under section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state 
8.26 	recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit." 

8.27 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.28 		Subdivision 1.Secondary authorization; when permitted. A unit of the outdoor 
8.29 	recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another 
8.30 	unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the 
8.31 	respective units and only in the instances permitted below:
8.32 	(a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park: 
8.33 	historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
8.34 	river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
9.1 	(b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state 
9.2 	recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, 
9.3 	trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area,  and water access site.
9.4 	(c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest: 
9.5 	state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and 
9.6 	natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic 
9.7 	management area, and water access site.
9.8 	(d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic 
9.9 	site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and 
9.10 	water access site.
9.11 	(e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife 
9.12 	management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.
9.13 	(f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild, 
9.14 	scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness 
9.15 	area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
9.16 	(g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest 
9.17 	area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area,
9.18 	and water access site.
9.19 	(h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic 
9.20 	management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
9.21 	river, trail, rest area, and water access site.

9.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89.715, is amended to read:
9.23 	89.715 ALTERNATIVE RECORDING FOR STATE FOREST ROAD.
9.24 		Subdivision 1.Authorization. The commissioner may adopt a recorded state forest 
9.25 	road map under this section to record the department's state forest road prescriptive 
9.26 	easements. For purposes of this section, "recorded state forest road map" means the 
9.27 	official map of state forest roads adopted by the commissioner.
9.28 		Subd. 2.Map requirements. The recorded state forest road map must:
9.29 	(1) show state forest roads at the time the map is adopted;
9.30 	(2) be prepared at a scale of at least four inches equals one mile compliant with 
9.31 	standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located;
9.32 	(3) include section numbers;
9.33 	(4) include a north point arrow;
9.34 	(5) include the name of the county and state;
10.1 	(6) include a blank and a description under the blank for the date of public hearing 
10.2 	and date of adoption;
10.3 	(7) include blanks for signatures and dates of signatures for the commissioner; and
10.4 	(8) include a list of legal descriptions of all parcels crossed by state forest road 
10.5 	prescriptive easements.
10.6 		Subd. 3.Procedure to adopt map. (a) The commissioner must prepare an official 
10.7 	map for each county or smaller geographic area as determined by the commissioner as 
10.8 	provided in subdivision 2, and set a time, place, and date for a public hearing on adopting 
10.9 	a recorded state forest road map to record roads.
10.10 	(b) The hearing notice must state that the roads to be recorded will be to the width of 
10.11 	the actual use including ditches, backslopes, fills, and maintained rights-of-way, unless 
10.12 	otherwise specified in a prior easement of record. The hearing notice must be published 
10.13 	once a week for two successive weeks in a qualified newspaper of general circulation that 
10.14 	serves the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the commissioner, the last 
10.15 	publication to be made at least ten days before the date of the public hearing. At least 30 
10.16 	days before the hearing, the hearing notice must be sent by certified mail to the property 
10.17 	owners directly affected in the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the 
10.18 	commissioner at the addresses listed on the tax assessment notices at least seven days 
10.19 	before appearing in the qualified newspaper. The hearing notice may be sent with the tax 
10.20 	assessment, but all additional costs incurred shall be billed to the department.
10.21 	(c) After the public hearing is held, the commissioner may amend and adopt the 
10.22 	recorded state forest road map. The recorded state forest road map must be dated and 
10.23 	signed by the commissioner and must be recordedfiled for recording with the county 
10.24 	recorder within 90 days after the map is adopted. The map is effective when filed with 
10.25 	the county recorder.
10.26 	(d) The recorded state forest road map that is recorded with the county recorder must 
10.27 	comply with the standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located.
10.28 	(e) A recorded state forest road map that was prepared by using aerial photographs 
10.29 	to establish road centerlines and that has been duly recorded with the county recorder is an 
10.30 	adequate description for purposes of recording road easements and the map is the legally 
10.31 	constituted description and prevails when a deed for a parcel abutting a road contains 
10.32 	no reference to a road easement. Nothing prevents the commissioner from accepting a 
10.33 	more definitive metes and bounds or survey description of a road easement for a road of 
10.34 	record if the description of the easement is referenced to equal distance on both sides 
10.35 	of the existing road centerline.
11.1 	(f) The commissioner shall consult with representatives of county land 
11.2 	commissioners, county auditors, county recorders, and Torrens examiners in implementing 
11.3 	this subdivision.
11.4 		Subd. 4.Appeal. (a) Before filing an appeal under paragraph (b), a person may 
11.5 	seek resolution of concerns regarding a decision to record a road under this section by 
11.6 	contacting the commissioner in writing.
11.7 	(b) A person may appeal a decision to record or exclude recording a road under this 
11.8 	section to the district court within 120 days after the date the commissioner adopts the 
11.9 	state forest road map. Appeals may be filed only by property owners who are directly 
11.10 	affected by a proposed map designation and only for those portions of the map designation 
11.11 	that directly affect them.
11.12 	(b) A property owner may appeal the map designation to the commissioner within 60 
11.13 	days of the map being recorded by filing a written request for review. The commissioner 
11.14 	shall review the request and any supporting evidence and render a decision within 45 
11.15 	days of receipt of the request for review.
11.16 	(c) If a property owner wishes to appeal a decision of the commissioner after review 
11.17 	under paragraph (b), the property owner must file an appeal with the district court within 
11.18 	60 days of the commissioner's decision.
11.19 	(d) If any portion of a map appealed under paragraph (b) is modified or found to be 
11.20 	invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction under paragraph (c), the remainder of the map 
11.21 	shall not be affected and its recording with the county recorder shall stand.
11.22 		Subd. 5.Unrecorded road or trail not affected. This section does not affect or 
11.23 	diminish the legal status or state obligations of roads and trails not shown on the recorded
11.24 	state forest road map.
11.25 		Subd. 6.Exemption. Adoption of a recorded state forest road map under this 
11.26 	section is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14 and section 14.386
11.27 	does not apply.

11.28 	Sec. 12. [94.3495] EXPEDITED EXCHANGES OF LAND INVOLVING THE 
11.29 	STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.
11.30 		Subdivision 1.Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this section is to expedite the 
11.31 	exchange of public land ownership. Consolidation of public land reduces management 
11.32 	costs and aids in the reduction of forest fragmentation.
11.33 	(b) This section applies to exchanges of land between the state and a governmental 
11.34 	subdivision of the state. For land exchanges under this section, sections 94.342 to 94.347 
11.35 	apply only to the extent specified in this section.
12.1 		Subd. 2.Classes of land; definitions. The classes of public land that may be 
12.2 	involved in an expedited exchange under this section are:
12.3 	(1) Class 1 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class A land as defined in 
12.4 	section 94.342, subdivision 1, except for:
12.5 	(i) school trust land as defined in section 92.025; and
12.6 	(ii) university land granted to the state by acts of Congress;
12.7 	(2) Class 2 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class B land as defined in 
12.8 	section 94.342, subdivision 2; and
12.9 	(3) Class 3 land, which for the purpose of this section is all land owned in fee by 
12.10 	a governmental subdivision of the state.
12.11 		Subd. 3.Valuation of land. (a) In an exchange of Class 1 land for Class 2 or 3 land, 
12.12 	the value of all the land shall be determined by the commissioner of natural resources. In 
12.13 	an exchange of Class 2 land for Class 3 land, the value of all the land shall be determined 
12.14 	by the county board of the county in which the land lies. To determine the value of the 
12.15 	land, the parties to the exchange may cause the land to be appraised, utilize the valuation 
12.16 	process provided under section 84.0272, subdivision 3, or obtain a market analysis from a 
12.17 	qualified real estate broker. Merchantable timber value must be determined and considered 
12.18 	in finalizing valuation of the lands.
12.19 	(b) All lands exchanged under this section shall be exchanged only for lands of 
12.20 	at least substantially equal value. For the purposes of this subdivision, "substantially 
12.21 	equal value" has the meaning given under section 94.343, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). 
12.22 	No payment is due either party if the lands are of substantially equal value but are not 
12.23 	of the same value.
12.24 		Subd. 4.Title. Title to the land must be examined to the extent necessary for the 
12.25 	parties to determine that the title is good, with any encumbrances identified. The parties to 
12.26 	the exchange may utilize title insurance to aid in the determination.
12.27 		Subd. 5.Approval by Land Exchange Board. All expedited land exchanges 
12.28 	under this section, and the terms and conditions of the exchanges, require the unanimous 
12.29 	approval of the Land Exchange Board.
12.30 		Subd. 6.Conveyance. (a) Conveyance of Class 1 land given in exchange shall be 
12.31 	made by deed executed by the commissioner of natural resources in the name of the 
12.32 	state. Conveyance of Class 2 land given in exchange shall be by a deed executed by the 
12.33 	commissioner of revenue in the name of the state. Conveyance of Class 3 land shall be by 
12.34 	a deed executed by the governing body in the name of the governing authority.
12.35 	(b) If Class 1 land is given in exchange for Class 2 or 3 land, the deed to the Class 
12.36 	2 or 3 land shall first be delivered to the commissioner of natural resources. Following 
13.1 	the recording of the deed, the commissioner of natural resources shall deliver the deed 
13.2 	conveying the Class 1 land.
13.3 	(c) If Class 2 land is given in exchange for Class 3 land, the deed to the Class 3 land 
13.4 	shall first be delivered to the county auditor. Following the recording of the deed, the 
13.5 	commissioner of revenue shall deliver the deed conveying the Class 2 land.
13.6 	(d) All deeds shall be recorded or registered in the county in which the lands lie.
13.7 		Subd. 7.Reversionary interest; mineral and water power rights and other 
13.8 	reservations. (a) All deeds conveying land given in an expedited land exchange under 
13.9 	this section shall include a reverter that provides that title to the land automatically reverts 
13.10 	to the conveying governmental unit if:
13.11 	(1) the receiving governmental unit sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers title of 
13.12 	the land within 40 years of the date of the deed conveying ownership; and
13.13 	(2) there is no prior written approval for the transfer from the conveying 
13.14 	governmental unit. The authority for granting approval is the commissioner of natural 
13.15 	resources for former Class 1 land, the county board for former Class 2 land, and the 
13.16 	governing body for former Class 3 land.
13.17 	(b) Class 1 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation provisions of section 
13.18 	94.343, subdivision 4. Class 2 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation 
13.19 	provisions of section 94.344, subdivision 4. County fee land given in exchange is subject 
13.20 	to the reservation provisions of section 373.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (g).
13.21 		Subd. 8.Land status. Land received in exchange for Class 1 land is subject to the 
13.22 	same trust, if any, and otherwise has the same status as the land given in exchange. Land 
13.23 	received in exchange for Class 2 land is subject to a trust in favor of the governmental 
13.24 	subdivision wherein it lies and all laws relating to tax-forfeited land. Land received in 
13.25 	exchange for Class 3 land has the same status as the land given in exchange.

13.26 	Sec. 13. [103G.2251] STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; WETLAND 
13.27 	BANK CREDIT.
13.28 	In greater than 80 percent areas, preservation of wetlands owned by a local unit of 
13.29 	government, protected by a permanent conservation easement as defined under section 
13.30 	84C.01 and held by the board, may be eligible for wetland replacement or mitigation 
13.31 	credits, according to rules adopted by the board. To be eligible for credit under this 
13.32 	section, a conservation easement must be established after enactment of this section and 
13.33 	approved by the board.

13.34 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325D.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.1 		Subdivision 1.Labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations.
 14.2 	Nothing contained in sections 325D.49 to 325D.66, shall be construed to forbid the 
14.3 	existence or operation of labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, 
14.4 	including organizations that operate aquatic farms, as defined in section 17.47, subdivision 
14.5 	3, that are  instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not conducted for profit, or to 
14.6 	forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out 
14.7 	the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be 
14.8 	held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under the 
14.9 	provisions of sections 325D.49 to 325D.66, when lawfully carrying out the legitimate 
14.10 	objects hereof.

14.11 	Sec. 15. Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25, is amended to read:
14.12 	Sec. 25. EASEMENT ON STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
14.13 	WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 14.14 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue an easement on land bordering 
14.15 	public water that is described in paragraph (c). The easement shall be issued to the current
14.16 	owners of Lots 7 and 8, Block 2 of Demontreville Highlands and Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, 
14.17 	Block 1, Demontreville Highlands 5th Addition. The easement is for the purpose of the 
14.18 	easement holders jointly erecting and maintaining one dock from the property described 
14.19 	in paragraph (c). The dock may not exceed 30 feet in length and six feet in width and 
14.20 	overnight mooring of watercraft is prohibited. 
14.21 	(b) The easement must be in a form approved by the attorney general for 
14.22 	consideration of the easement preparation and recording costs. The attorney general may 
14.23 	make necessary changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
14.24 	The easement will expire as to each owner when they convey their ownership interest in 
14.25 	the property described in paragraph (a).
14.26 	(c) The land upon which an easement is to be issued is located in Washington County 
14.27 	and is described as: Part of Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 29 North, Range 
14.28 	21 West, being the South 45 feet lying East of the existing centerline of Demontreville 
14.29 	Trail North subject to easements of record.

14.30 	Sec. 16. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, is amended to read:
14.31 	Sec. 43. LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 14.32 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other 
14.33 	law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale or lease of tax-forfeited land, 
14.34 	Itasca County must apportion the first $1,000,000 received from the sale or lease of 
15.1 	tax-forfeited lands within Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near Nashwauk, 
15.2 	Minnesota, as provided in Laws 1965, chapter 326, section 1, as amended. Any remaining 
15.3 	proceeds received from the sale or lease must be deposited into a tax-forfeited land 
15.4 	replacement trust fund established by Itasca County under this section. The principal 
15.5 	and interest from this fund may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the 
15.6 	tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land 
15.7 	replacement fund must: 
15.8 	(1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie 
15.9 	and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and 
15.10 	(2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under 
15.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2. 

15.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after compliance with 
15.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the governing body of Itasca 
15.14 	County.

15.15 	Sec. 17. FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT 
15.16 	UNALLOTMENTS; FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND 2009.
 15.17 	In addition to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, for 
15.18 	fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall consult with the 
15.19 	chairs and ranking minority members of the house and senate environment and natural 
15.20 	resources finance divisions on proposed allotment reductions from appropriations from 
15.21 	the forest management investment account. The commissioner shall notify the chairs and 
15.22 	ranking minority members of the divisions of the proposed allotment reductions at least 
15.23 	30 days prior to taking action on the reductions. The commissioner must also provide 
15.24 	quarterly forest management investment account fund statements, including a report on 
15.25 	the methodology used in calculating the revenue forecasts.

15.26 	Sec. 18. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 15.27 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. The 
15.28 	following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139 
15.29 	North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described 
15.30 	as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
15.31 	11; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the 
15.32 	westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet; 
15.33 	thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence 
15.34 	North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast 
16.1 	Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 
16.2 	minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes 
16.3 	47 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10 
16.4 	seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly 
16.5 	line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 
16.6 	seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for 
16.7 	a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133 
16.8 	acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A 
16.9 	30.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following 
16.10 	described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 
16.11 	11, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County, 
16.12 	Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along 
16.13 	the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to 
16.14 	the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel 
16.15 	to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
16.16 	11, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a 
16.17 	distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.
16.18 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The 
16.19 	following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
16.20 	(1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
16.21 	the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 
16.22 	2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the 
16.23 	point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the 
16.24 	west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15 
16.25 	minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51 
16.26 	degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains; 
16.27 	thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the 
16.28 	village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and 
16.29 	south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains; 
16.30 	thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue 
16.31 	in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23 
16.32 	degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains; 
16.33 	thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80 
16.34 	chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill 
16.35 	Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains 
16.36 	to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to 
17.1 	the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of 
17.2 	beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that 
17.3 	part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described, 
17.4 	as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in 
17.5 	Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said 
17.6 	lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street 
17.7 	in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of 
17.8 	said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low 
17.9 	water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake 
17.10 	Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, 
17.11 	Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village, 
17.12 	North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line 
17.13 	beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 
17.14 	2 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said 
17.15 	Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes 
17.16 	West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said 
17.17 	Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot 
17.18 	11 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of 
17.19 	said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to 
17.20 	the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the 
17.21 	Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;
17.22 	(2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 
17.23 	North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing 
17.24 	at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
17.25 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
17.26 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
17.27 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 
17.28 	seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01 
17.29 	minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of 
17.30 	534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of 
17.31 	954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears 
17.32 	South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41 
17.33 	seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State 
17.34 	Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline 
17.35 	of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line 
17.36 	bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence 
18.1 	North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a 
18.2 	50.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the 
18.3 	northwesterly line of the above described property; and
18.4 	(3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 
18.5 	112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at 
18.6 	the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
18.7 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
18.8 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
18.9 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 
18.10 	seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established; 
18.11 	thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said 
18.12 	West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes 
18.13 	56 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the 
18.14 	Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a 
18.15 	distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.
18.16 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County. The 
18.17 	following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter 
18.18 	of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.
18.19 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 51.]  Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St. 
18.20 	Louis Counties. The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the 
18.21 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
18.22 	Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North, 
18.23 	Range 23 West, Aitkin County.
18.24 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County. The following 
18.25 	areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast 
18.26 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all 
18.27 	in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.
18.28 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 53a.]  Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. 
18.29 	Louis County. The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the 
18.30 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15 
18.31 	West, St. Louis County.
18.32 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.
 18.33 	The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County: 
18.34 	(1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on 
18.35 	file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;
19.1 	(2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the 
19.2 	Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and
19.3 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of 
19.4 	Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

19.5 	Sec. 19. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 19.6 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 19.7 	The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North, 
19.8 	Range 13 West, Goodhue County:
19.9 	(1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter, 
19.10 	Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH 
19.11 	EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office 
19.12 	of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated 
19.13 	Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO 
19.14 	FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona 
19.15 	Avenue;
19.16 	(2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70, 
19.17 	WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of 
19.18 	record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;
19.19 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 
19.20 	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of 
19.21 	Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for 
19.22 	Goodhue County, Minnesota;
19.23 	(4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67, 
19.24 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
19.25 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet 
19.26 	of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said 
19.27 	plat of WESTERVELT;
19.28 	(5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66, 
19.29 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
19.30 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and
19.31 	(6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of 
19.32 	Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the 
19.33 	southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the 
19.34 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.
20.1 		Subd. 2.[85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County. Effective 
20.2 	upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the 
20.3 	commissioner of veterans affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery, 
20.4 	the following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park:
20.5 	(a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad 
20.6 	right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West;
20.7 	(b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad 
20.8 	right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and
20.9 	(c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
20.10 	22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.
20.11 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County. The 
20.12 	following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2, 
20.13 	being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in 
20.14 	the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129 
20.15 	North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.
20.16 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 38.]  Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The 
20.17 	following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
20.18 	(1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the 
20.19 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
20.20 	(2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the 
20.21 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
20.22 	(3) that part of Government Lot 6 and that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 6, 
20.23 	Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and that part of 
20.24 	Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray County, 
20.25 	Minnesota, described as follows:
20.26 	Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 6; thence on a bearing based 
20.27 	on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 Adjustment), of South 00 degrees 
20.28 	22 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 feet along the east line of said Section 6; thence 
20.29 	North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 feet; thence South 03 degrees 33 
20.30 	minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of Block 5 of FORMAN 
20.31 	ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County 
20.32 	Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds West 525.30 feet along 
20.33 	the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the Private Roadway of 
20.34 	FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private Roadway and the POINT 
20.35 	OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 796.30 feet along 
20.36 	the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and an existing 
21.1 	1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds West 100.06 
21.2 	feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and 
21.3 	an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 
21.4 	279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line; 
21.5 	thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly line 
21.6 	of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR 
21.7 	LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West 470.40 
21.8 	feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 feet to 
21.9 	a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR 
21.10 	MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east line 
21.11 	of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT 
21.12 	1, OF SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of 
21.13 	record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees 
21.14 	28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line of said Lot A to the northerly 
21.15 	most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to the record plat thereof on file 
21.16 	and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and an existing steel fence post; 
21.17 	thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly 
21.18 	line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON 
21.19 	ACRES to an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of 
21.20 	Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 
21.21 	degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 
21.22 	31A to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner 
21.23 	thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 
21.24 	degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 
21.25 	and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 
21.26 	1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and 
21.27 	the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23 
21.28 	minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along 
21.29 	the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch 
21.30 	inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 24 and the most 
21.31 	northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes 
21.32 	53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 23 and along the 
21.33 	northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside 
21.34 	diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 21 and the most northerly 
21.35 	corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds 
21.36 	East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 and along the northeasterly 
22.1 	line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside 
22.2 	diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 and the most northerly 
22.3 	corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds 
22.4 	East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and along the northeasterly 
22.5 	line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron 
22.6 	pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the northwest corner of Lot 10 
22.7 	of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds East 224.90 feet 
22.8 	along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON 
22.9 	ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner 
22.10 	of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON ACRES; thence North 84 
22.11 	degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north line of said Lot 7 and 
22.12 	along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch 
22.13 	inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of HUDSON ACRES; 
22.14 	thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential curve concave to the 
22.15 	north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 minutes 58 seconds, a 
22.16 	distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds East; thence 
22.17 	continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described curve concave to 
22.18 	the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds, a 
22.19 	distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds West and 
22.20 	a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not tangent to said 
22.21 	curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds West 
22.22 	201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds West 196.66 
22.23 	feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West 530.34 feet to 
22.24 	a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 feet to a DNR 
22.25 	MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet to a DNR MON; 
22.26 	thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds West 226.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence 
22.27 	North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 
22.28 	08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 24 
22.29 	degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 16 degrees 
22.30 	24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 76 degrees 04 
22.31 	minutes 53 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 01 minute 
22.32 	32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 28 minutes 25 
22.33 	seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds 
22.34 	East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes 07 seconds East 
22.35 	26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.
23.1 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The 
23.2 	following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range 
23.3 	19 West, Carlton County:
23.4 	(1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
23.5 	of Section 28;
23.6 	(2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
23.7 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
23.8 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a 
23.9 	100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
23.10 	(3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
23.11 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
23.12 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a 
23.13 	road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County 
23.14 	Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at 
23.15 	the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
23.16 	(4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the 
23.17 	westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
23.18 	of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the 
23.19 	South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
23.20 	(5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
23.21 	Quarter of Section 28;
23.22 	(6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except 
23.23 	the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
23.24 	(7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, 
23.25 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the 
23.26 	Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north 
23.27 	line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east 
23.28 	line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual 
23.29 	point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along 
23.30 	the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to 
23.31 	the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28; 
23.32 	thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North 
23.33 	One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way 
23.34 	of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate 
23.35 	Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast, 
23.36 	having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and 
24.1 	a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees 
24.2 	44 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35 
24.3 	a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73; 
24.4 	thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on 
24.5 	a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central 
24.6 	angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39 
24.7 	minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of 
24.8 	the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of 
24.9 	1,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

24.10 	Sec. 20. ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.
 24.11 	[85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods 
24.12 	County. The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of 
24.13 	the Woods County:
24.14 	(1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges 
24.15 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range 
24.16 	32 West;
24.17 	(2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight 
24.18 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range 
24.19 	32 West; and
24.20 	(3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe 
24.21 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range 
24.22 	32 West.

24.23 	Sec. 21. ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.
 24.24 	[89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest. The following area is added to 
24.25 	Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 
24.26 	127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.

24.27 	Sec. 22. LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
 24.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
24.29 	St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
24.30 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land 
24.31 	administered by the commissioner for a wind energy project.

25.1 	Sec. 23. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
25.2 	LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 25.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and 
25.4 	public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of 
25.5 	natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land 
25.6 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
25.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
25.8 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
25.9 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
25.10 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
25.11 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
25.12 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the 
25.13 	East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19, 
25.14 	Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.
25.15 	(d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately-owned land to the east and west.  The 
25.16 	land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of 
25.17 	Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

25.18 	Sec. 24. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
25.19 	LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
 25.20 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
25.21 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the 
25.22 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
25.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
25.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
25.25 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
25.26 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
25.27 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. 
25.28 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:
25.29 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 
25.30 	49 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres, 
25.31 	more or less;
25.32 	(2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, 
25.33 	lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;
25.34 	(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West, 
25.35 	lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;
26.1 	(4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, 
26.2 	Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or 
26.3 	less; and
26.4 	(5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51 
26.5 	North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less. 
26.6 	(d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The 
26.7 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural 
26.8 	resource purposes.

26.9 	Sec. 25. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 26.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon 
26.11 	completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural 
26.12 	resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described 
26.13 	in paragraph (c).
26.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
26.15 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
26.16 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value 
26.17 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
26.18 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant 
26.19 	Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. 
26.20 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that 
26.21 	part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North, 
26.22 	Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the 
26.23 	northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the 
26.24 	north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of 
26.25 	said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the 
26.26 	property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence 
26.27 	South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said 
26.28 	Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said 
26.29 	west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.
26.30 	(d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land.  The Department 
26.31 	of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would 
26.32 	best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of 
26.33 	the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural 
26.34 	Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant 
26.35 	Township.

27.1 	Sec. 26. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
27.2 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 27.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
27.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County 
27.5 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
27.6 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
27.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
27.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
27.9 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly 
27.10 	350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H, 
27.11 	I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot 
27.12 	1, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and 
27.13 	Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that 
27.14 	part of the MRL&M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland 
27.15 	Addition to Bemidji.
27.16 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
27.17 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

27.18 	Sec. 27. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
27.19 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 27.20 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
27.21 	1, Carlton County may sell by public sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
27.22 	that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
27.23 	chapter 282. 
27.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
27.25 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
27.26 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: The SE1/4 
27.27 	of the SE1/4 of Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 17 West, Blackhoof Township.
27.28 	(d) The Carlton County Board of Commissioners has classified the parcel as 
27.29 	nonconservation and has determined that the county's land management interests would 
27.30 	best be served if the parcel was returned to private ownership.

27.31 	Sec. 28. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS 
27.32 	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.
 27.33 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
27.34 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
28.1 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
28.2 	the lands described in paragraph (b).
28.3 	(b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:
28.4 	(1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the 
28.5 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following 
28.6 	described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
28.7 	1,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or 
28.8 	less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there 
28.9 	terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;
28.10 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast 
28.11 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter 
28.12 	lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North, 
28.13 	Range 24 West;
28.14 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the 
28.15 	North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all 
28.16 	in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and
28.17 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North, 
28.18 	Range 23 West.
28.19 	(c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations.  The exchange with 
28.20 	the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate 
28.21 	management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.

28.22 	Sec. 29. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
28.23 	WATER; CHIPPEWA COUNTY.
 28.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
28.25 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chippewa County 
28.26 	may convey to Chippewa County for no consideration the surplus land bordering public 
28.27 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
28.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
28.29 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
28.30 	and ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph 
28.31 	(c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the county fails to provide for public 
28.32 	use or abandons the public use of the land.
28.33 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Chippewa County and is described 
28.34 	as follows:
29.1 	(1) Tract 1: a tract in Government Lot 2 described as: beginning at the southeast 
29.2 	corner of Lot 6, Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl; thence West 50 feet South, 50 Feet West 
29.3 	on a line 50 feet South of the south line of Block 1 to the river; thence southeasterly 
29.4 	along the river to a point 165 feet South of the south line of Block 1; thence East on a 
29.5 	line parallel with the south line of Block 1, to the intersection with the continuation of the 
29.6 	east line of Lot 6, Block 1; thence North 165 feet to the point of beginning, Section 3, 
29.7 	Township 116, Range 40;
29.8 	(2) Tract 2: a 50 foot strip adjacent to Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl on South from 
29.9 	Lot 3 to river, in Section 3, Township 116, Range 40; and
29.10 	(3) Tract 3: Lot 1, Block 2, Aadlands Subdivision.
29.11 	(d) The county will use the land to establish a public park.

29.12 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
29.13 	WATER; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
 29.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
29.15 	Clearwater County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
29.16 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
29.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
29.18 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.19 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: Parcel 
29.20 	11.300.0020.
29.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
29.22 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

29.23 	Sec. 31. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
29.24 	WATER OR WETLANDS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 29.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
29.26 	subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota 
29.27 	County may convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land 
29.28 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
29.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
29.30 	that the land reverts to the state if Dakota County stops using the land for the public 
29.31 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions imposed by 
29.32 	the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make changes to the 
29.33 	land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.34 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as:
30.1 	That part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 26, Township 28, Range 22, lying 
30.2 	southeasterly of Lot 2, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION NO. 23, according to the recorded 
30.3 	plat thereof, and lying easterly of the railroad right-of-way and lying northwesterly of the 
30.4 	following described line:
30.5 	Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North, 
30.6 	assumed bearing, along the west line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 178.00 
30.7 	feet; thence northeasterly along a nontangential curve concave to the southeast a 
30.8 	distance of 290.00 feet, said curve having a radius of 764.50 feet, a central angle of 
30.9 	21 degrees 43 minutes 57 seconds, a chord of 288.24 feet and a chord bearing of 
30.10 	North 24 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East; thence continuing northeasterly along 
30.11 	a tangent curve concave to the southeast a distance of 350.00 feet, said curve having 
30.12 	a radius of 708.80 feet, a central angle of 28 degrees 17 minutes 32 seconds, a chord 
30.13 	of 346.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 49 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East; 
30.14 	thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East tangent to the last described 
30.15 	curve a distance of 578.10 feet, to a point hereinafter referred to as Point B; thence 
30.16 	continuing North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 278.68 feet, 
30.17 	more or less, to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and 
30.18 	Pacific Railroad, said point being the point of beginning of the line to be described; 
30.19 	thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 225.00 feet, more 
30.20 	or less, to the shoreline of the Mississippi River and there terminating. (Dakota 
30.21 	County tax identification number 36-02600-016-32).
30.22 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed as a trail corridor for the 
30.23 	Mississippi River Regional Trail.

30.24 	Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 30.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
30.26 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is 
30.27 	described in paragraph (c).
30.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
30.29 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
30.30 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value 
30.31 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
30.32 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of 
30.33 	Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
30.34 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
30.35 	Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
31.1 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
31.2 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of 
31.3 	Wayzata.

31.4 	Sec. 33. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
31.5 	WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 31.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
31.7 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
31.8 	sell to Itasca County the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
31.9 	paragraph (c), for the appraised value of the land.
31.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
31.11 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
31.12 	(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the North 1,100 feet 
31.13 	of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 26 West.
31.14 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
31.15 	best served if the land was under the direct ownership of Itasca County.

31.16 	Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
31.17 	WATER; MARSHALL COUNTY.
 31.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
31.19 	Marshall County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
31.20 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
31.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
31.22 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
31.23 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Marshall County and is described as: that part of 
31.24 	the westerly ten acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the 
31.25 	following described line: Commencing at the quarter section corner between Sections 2 
31.26 	and 11; thence South along the quarter section line a distance of 1,080 feet to the northern 
31.27 	edge of County Ditch #25, the point of beginning; thence upstream along said ditch North 
31.28 	40 degrees East 95 feet; thence South 41 degrees East 500 feet to the intersection with 
31.29 	State Ditch #83; thence along said state ditch North 52 degrees 50 minutes East 196 feet; 
31.30 	thence East 2,092 feet to the section line between Sections 11 and 12.
31.31 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
31.32 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

32.1 	Sec. 35. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE 
32.2 	PARK; MOWER COUNTY.
 32.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the 
32.4 	commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as 
32.5 	required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the 
32.6 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land 
32.7 	located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).
32.8 	(b)  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
32.9 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
32.10 	and ensure accuracy.
32.11 	(c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is 
32.12 	described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
32.13 	Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota, 
32.14 	described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance 
32.15 	of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North 
32.16 	at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south 
32.17 	line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
32.18 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less, 
32.19 	to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more 
32.20 	or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.
32.21 	(d)  The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of 
32.22 	Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park 
32.23 	and provide for increased access to the state park.

32.24 	Sec. 36. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
32.25 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 32.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
32.27 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
32.28 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
32.29 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
32.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
32.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
32.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
32.33 	Section 19, Township 133, Range 42, River's Bend Reserve, Lot B.
32.34 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
32.35 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

33.1 	Sec. 37. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
33.2 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 33.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
33.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
33.5 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
33.6 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
33.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.9 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
33.10 	Section 24, Township 136, Range 41, Crystal Beach, Lot 56, Block 1.
33.11 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
33.12 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

33.13 	Sec. 38. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
33.14 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 33.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
33.16 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
33.17 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.18 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
33.19 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.20 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
33.21 	Section 9, Township 133, Range 43, South 212 feet of Sub Lot 6 and South 212 feet 
33.22 	of Sub Lot 7, except tract and except platted (1.19) acres.
33.23 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has no objection to the sale of this land.

33.24 	Sec. 39. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
33.25 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 33.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
33.27 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
33.28 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
33.29 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
33.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
33.33 	Section 10, Township 134, Range 42, Heilberger Lake Estates, Reserve Lot A.
34.1 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
34.2 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

34.3 	Sec. 40. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
34.4 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 34.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
34.6 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
34.7 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
34.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
34.9 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
34.11 	Section 31, Township 137, Range 39, Government Lot 5 (37.20 acres).
34.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
34.13 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

34.14 	Sec. 41. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
34.15 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 34.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
34.17 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
34.18 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
34.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
34.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.21 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
34.22 	Section 29, Township 137, Range 40, Freedom Flyer Estates, Lot 26, Block 1.
34.23 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
34.24 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

34.25 	Sec. 42. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
34.26 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 34.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
34.28 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
34.29 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
34.30 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
34.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
34.32 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.33 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
35.1 	Quiet Waters Development Outlot A.
35.2 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
35.3 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

35.4 	Sec. 43. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
35.5 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 35.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
35.7 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
35.8 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
35.9 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
35.11 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
35.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
35.13 	Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, part of Government Lot 4 North and East of 
35.14 	highway (Book 307, Page 31).
35.15 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
35.16 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

35.17 	Sec. 44. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
35.18 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 35.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
35.20 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
35.21 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
35.22 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
35.24 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
35.25 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
35.26 	Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, Elm Rest, part of Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 and of 
35.27 	Reserve A lying North of road (Book 307, Page 31).
35.28 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
35.29 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

35.30 	Sec. 45. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
35.31 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 35.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
35.33 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
36.1 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
36.2 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
36.4 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
36.5 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
36.6 	Section 27, Township 135, Range 39, Government Lot 7 (9.50 acres).
36.7 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
36.8 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

36.9 	Sec. 46. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
36.10 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 36.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
36.12 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
36.13 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
36.14 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
36.16 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
36.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
36.18 	Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, Government Lot 2, except tracts (7.77 acres).
36.19 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
36.20 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

36.21 	Sec. 47. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
36.22 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 36.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
36.24 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
36.25 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
36.27 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
36.28 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
36.29 	38609 County Highway 41, Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, part of Government 
36.30 	Lot 2 beginning 275 feet West, 1,021.36 feet southwesterly, 1,179 feet southeasterly, 132 
36.31 	feet South from northeast corner Section 9; East 33 feet, southerly 314 feet, West 33 feet, 
36.32 	northerly on lake East 110 feet to beginning.

37.1 	Sec. 48. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
37.2 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 37.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
37.4 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
37.5 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
37.7 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.8 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
37.9 	Section 27, Township 132, Range 41, Stalker View Acres, Lot 6, Block 1.

37.10 	Sec. 49. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
37.11 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 37.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
37.13 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
37.14 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
37.16 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
37.18 	Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, North Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest 
37.19 	Quarter (7.07 acres).
37.20 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
37.21 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

37.22 	Sec. 50. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
37.23 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 37.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
37.25 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
37.26 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
37.28 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.29 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
37.30 	Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, South Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest 
37.31 	Quarter (7.06 acres).
37.32 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
37.33 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

38.1 	Sec. 51. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
38.2 	ROSEAU COUNTY.
 38.3 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
38.4 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
38.5 	sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
38.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
38.7 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
38.8 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
38.9 	survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
38.10 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
38.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the 
38.12 	North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet 
38.13 	of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing 
38.14 	0.5 acres, more or less.
38.15 	(d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent 
38.16 	trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land.  The 
38.17 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
38.18 	resource purposes.

38.19 	Sec. 52. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 38.20 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
38.21 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is 
38.22 	described in paragraph (c).
38.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
38.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
38.25 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of 
38.26 	the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
38.27 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis 
38.28 	County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
38.29 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an 
38.30 	undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13 
38.31 	West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.
38.32 	(d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in 
38.33 	the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St. 
38.34 	Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
38.35 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.

39.1 	Sec. 53. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
39.2 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 39.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
39.4 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may 
39.5 	sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources, 
39.6 	the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
39.7 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.
39.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
39.9 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
39.10 	and ensure accuracy.
39.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 
39.12 	7, Klimek's Addition to Grand Lake, according to the plat thereof on file and of record 
39.13 	in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.
39.14 	(d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management 
39.15 	purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use 
39.16 	as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.

39.17 	Sec. 54. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
39.18 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 39.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
39.20 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
39.21 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
39.22 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
39.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
39.24 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
39.25 	accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
39.26 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide 
39.27 	riparian protection and public access to shore fishing. The easements for land described in 
39.28 	paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (3), shall be 450 feet in width from the centerline of the river. 
39.29 	The easements for land described in paragraph (c), clauses (4) and (5), shall be 300 feet in 
39.30 	width from the centerline of the river. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis 
39.31 	County Board and the commissioner of natural resources.
39.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
39.33 	(1) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3.15 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (23.35 
39.34 	acres) (535-0010-00210);
40.1 	(2) Lot 7 except railroad right-of-way 3.9 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (30.1 
40.2 	acres) (535-0010-00300);
40.3 	(3) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3 acres, Section 12, T50N, R18W (36 acres) 
40.4 	(535-0010-01910);
40.5 	(4) Lot 2 except railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (22.5 acres) 
40.6 	(310-0010-05650); and
40.7 	(5) Lot 1 except GN railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (34 acres) 
40.8 	(110-0040-00160).
40.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
40.10 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

40.11 	Sec. 55. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
40.12 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 40.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
40.14 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
40.15 	in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
40.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
40.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
40.18 	(c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and 
40.19 	(10) to (12), the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements 
40.20 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide riparian protection and public 
40.21 	access for angling. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis County Board and 
40.22 	the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for lands described in 
40.23 	paragraph (d):
40.24 	(1) clause (1), 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the creek;
40.25 	(2) clause (2), 200 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river;
40.26 	(3) clause (10), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river; and
40.27 	(4) clauses (11) and (12), 50 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the stream.
40.28 	(d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
40.29 	(1) N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, T51N, R14W (5 acres) 
40.30 	(520-0016-00590);
40.31 	(2) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 8, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-01510);
40.32 	(3) undivided 1/6 and undivided 1/2 of Lot 9, Thompson Lake Addition, Section 12, 
40.33 	T53N, R14W (375-0120-00091, 375-0120-00094);
40.34 	(4) SLY 200 FT OF NLY 1,220 FT OF LOT 4, Section 20, T54N, R18W (9.5 acres) 
40.35 	(405-0010-03394);
41.1 	(5) PART OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 LYING N OF SLY 433 FT, Section 36, T57N, 
41.2 	R21W (25 acres) (141-0050-07345);
41.3 	(6) PART OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 LYING W OF DW & P RY AND N OF PLAT OF 
41.4 	HALEY, Section 23, T63N, R19W (11 acres) (350-0020-03730);
41.5 	(7) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 26, T58N, R19W (40 acres) (385-0010-02610);
41.6 	(8) NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, T59N, R20W (40 acres) (235-0030-03110);
41.7 	(9) LOT 4, Section 2, T61N, R19W (40 acres) (200-0010-00230);
41.8 	(10) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 19, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-03570);
41.9 	(11) LOTS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, BLOCK 1, COLMANS 4th ACRE TRACT 
41.10 	ADDITION TO DULUTH, Section 33, T51N, R14W (520-0090-00150, -00160, -00180); 
41.11 	and
41.12 	(12) BLOCKS 17, 18, and 20, PLAT OF VERMILION TRAIL LODGE, Section 
41.13 	13, T62N, R14W.
41.14 	(e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
41.15 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

41.16 	Sec. 56. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 41.17 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
41.18 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
41.19 	land described in paragraph (c).
41.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
41.21 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
41.22 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
41.23 	Lots 20 and 21, Plat of Twin Lakes, Government Lot 3, Section 32, T60N, R19W 
41.24 	(1.1 acres) (385-0070-00200).
41.25 	(d) This sale resolves an unintentional trespass. The county has determined that the 
41.26 	county's land management interests would best be served if the lands were returned to 
41.27 	private ownership.

41.28 	Sec. 57. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
41.29 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 41.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
41.31 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
41.32 	may convey to the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
41.33 	that is described in paragraph (c).
42.1 	(b) The conveyance must be according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, 
42.2 	subdivision 2, and in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may 
42.3 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
42.4 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
42.5 	(1) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that 
42.6 	part of Government Lot 2 lying southeasterly of the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. 
42.7 	Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway including riparian rights.
42.8 	EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 2 beginning at the intersection of the south 
42.9 	line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern 
42.10 	Pacific Railway; thence easterly along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 150 
42.11 	feet to a point; thence deflect to the left and continue in a straight line to a point on the 
42.12 	southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way said point distant 150 feet northeast of 
42.13 	the point of beginning; thence deflect to the left and continue southwesterly along the 
42.14 	southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 150 feet to point of beginning 
42.15 	and there terminating.
42.16 	EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 2 commencing at the point of 
42.17 	intersection of the south line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul 
42.18 	and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly 
42.19 	line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 1,064 feet to point of beginning; thence 
42.20 	deflect 44 degrees, 12 minutes, 27 seconds to the right a distance of 105.44 feet to a 
42.21 	point; thence deflect 85 degrees, 16 minutes, 07 seconds to the left a distance of 111.92 
42.22 	feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way; thence 
42.23 	deflect to the left and continue northwesterly along the southeasterly line of said railway 
42.24 	right-of-way a distance of 160 feet more or less to point of beginning and there terminating 
42.25 	(010-2746-00290); and
42.26 	(2) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that 
42.27 	part of Government Lot 1, including riparian rights, lying southerly of the Northern Pacific 
42.28 	Short Line right-of-way except 5 18/100 acres for Northern Pacific Main Line and except 
42.29 	a strip of land 75 feet wide and adjoining the Northern Pacific Main Line right-of-way and 
42.30 	formerly used as right-of-way by Duluth Transfer Railway 2 67/100 acres, also except that 
42.31 	part lying North of Grand Avenue 72/100 acres and except a strip of land adjacent to the 
42.32 	Old Transfer Railway right-of-way containing 2 13/100 acres. Revised Description #40, 
42.33 	Recorder of Deeds, Book 686, Page 440.
42.34 	EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern Pacific 
42.35 	Short Line right-of-way and northerly of the Old Transfer Railway right-of-way.
43.1 	EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern 
43.2 	Pacific Main Line right-of-way and lying northerly of a line parallel to and lying 305 feet 
43.3 	southerly of the north line of said Government Lot 1 (010-2746-00245).

43.4 	Sec. 58. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 43.5 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
43.6 	St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
43.7 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
43.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
43.9 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
43.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
43.11 	(1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying 
43.12 	east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of 
43.13 	Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North, 
43.14 	Range 20 West;
43.15 	(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County 
43.16 	Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and
43.17 	(3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, 
43.18 	Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of 
43.19 	County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That 
43.20 	part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North, 
43.21 	Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the 
43.22 	north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way 
43.23 	of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section; 
43.24 	thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an 
43.25 	angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle 
43.26 	of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north 
43.27 	boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly 
43.28 	direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a 
43.29 	distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.
43.30 	(d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.

43.31 	Sec. 59. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
43.32 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 44.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
44.2 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are 
44.3 	described in paragraph (c).
44.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
44.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
44.6 	and ensure accuracy.
44.7 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
44.8 	(1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
44.9 	0.01 acres, more or less;
44.10 	(2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
44.11 	1.5 acres, more or less; and
44.12 	(3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing 
44.13 	0.01 acres, more or less.
44.14 	(d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands. 
44.15 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for 
44.16 	natural resource purposes.

44.17 	Sec. 60. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
44.18 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 44.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
44.20 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
44.21 	may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the 
44.22 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
44.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
44.24 	that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops 
44.25 	using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may 
44.26 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
44.27 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:
44.28 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
44.29 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota, 
44.30 	that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No. 
44.31 	1, except the following described tracts:
44.32 	Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 
44.33 	intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, 
44.34 	Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south 
44.35 	line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence 
45.1 	North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet 
45.2 	to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04 
45.3 	minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to 
45.4 	the point of the beginning; and
45.5 	That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 
45.6 	32 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: 
45.7 	commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of 
45.8 	Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; 
45.9 	thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along 
45.10 	said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing 
45.11 	southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of 
45.12 	the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page 
45.13 	69; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in 
45.14 	its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise 
45.15 	River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to 
45.16 	the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and 
45.17 	perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly 
45.18 	along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
45.19 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
45.20 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61 
45.21 	and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.
45.22 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for 
45.23 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.

45.24 	Sec. 61. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
45.25 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 45.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
45.27 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to 
45.28 	the contrary, Washington County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is 
45.29 	bordering public water and described in paragraph (c).
45.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must 
45.31 	provide that the county or watershed district retains an easement for drainage purposes. 
45.32 	The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and 
45.33 	ensure accuracy.
45.34 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
46.1 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 17, 
46.2 	Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, that lies south of 
46.3 	the following described parcel:
46.4 	Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
46.5 	Quarter of Section 17; thence South, assumed bearing, along the east line of said 
46.6 	Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 393 feet to the point of beginning; 
46.7 	thence North 88 degrees 30 minutes West, on a line parallel with the north line of 
46.8 	said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 915.7 feet, more or less, to an iron 
46.9 	pipe; thence North 79 degrees 29 minutes West 395.5 feet, more or less, to a point on 
46.10 	the centerline of the county road; thence southerly along said centerline, 323.4 feet, 
46.11 	more or less, to a point; thence South 76 degrees 00 minutes East 251.9 feet, more or 
46.12 	less, to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1083 feet, more or 
46.13 	less, to a point on the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; 
46.14 	thence North, along said east line, 312 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
46.15 	And, lies east of the plat of Laurelside which is on file and of record in the Office of 
46.16 	the Washington County Recorder.
46.17 	And, lies northerly of the following described parcel:
46.18 	All that part of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17, 
46.19 	and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, 
46.20 	Township 30 North, Range 21 West; which is also part of vacated Block 146 and 
46.21 	adjacent Linden Street (now vacated) of the plat of Wildwood which is on file and 
46.22 	of record in the Office of the Washington County Recorder; and more specifically 
46.23 	described as follows:
46.24 	Commencing at the most westerly corner of Block 147, Wildwood; thence on 
46.25 	the northwesterly extension of the southwesterly line of Block 147, a distance of 
46.26 	60 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of said Block 146, which is also the 
46.27 	northwesterly line of Bryant Avenue; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly 
46.28 	side of Block 146, a distance of 92 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be 
46.29 	described; thence continuing northeasterly, along said southeasterly side of Block 
46.30 	146, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a contour line being at elevation 947 feet 
46.31 	above mean sea level; thence in a northwesterly direction along said contour line 
46.32 	for 200 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a line that is parallel with and 177 
46.33 	feet from said southeasterly side of Block 146 as measured at right angles; thence 
46.34 	southwesterly along said parallel line, 297 feet, more or less, to a point drawn at 
46.35 	right angles from the point of beginning; thence on a deflection angle of 90 degrees 
46.36 	to the left, 177 feet to the point of beginning.
47.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
47.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

47.3 	Sec. 62.  REPEALER.
 47.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; and 16B.285,
47.5 	are repealed.

47.6 	Sec. 63. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 47.7 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.

47.8 	ARTICLE 2
47.9 	GAME AND FISH

47.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, 
47.11 	is amended to read:
47.12 		Subdivision 1.License required. (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic 
47.13 	farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.
47.14 	(b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by 
47.15 	the commissioner.
47.16 	(c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the 
47.17 	commissioner.
47.18 	(d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required 
47.19 	license fee under section 17.4988. 
47.20 	(e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property 
47.21 	rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant 
47.22 	detrimental impact on the public resource.
47.23 	(f) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house 
47.24 	of representatives committees on natural resource policy and finance on policy 
47.25 	recommendations regarding aquaculture. The commissioner shall not issue a new license 
47.26 	for aquatic farm purposes on a natural water body that has been restored with money from 
47.27 	migratory waterfowl stamp proceeds, credited under section 97A.075, subdivision 2, 
47.28 	or federal duck stamp proceeds.
47.29 	(g) Before a new aquatic farm license is issued for a natural water body, the applicant 
47.30 	must notify all owners of property with direct access to the water body.

47.31 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4985, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
47.32 		Subd. 2.Bill of lading. (a) A state-issued bill of lading is required for:
48.1 	(1) intrastate transportation of aquatic life other than salmonids and, catfish, or 
48.2 	species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by 
48.3 	the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
48.4 	between licensed private fish hatcheries, aquatic farms, or aquarium facilities licensed for 
48.5 	the species being transported if the aquatic life is being transported into a watershed where 
48.6 	it is not currently present, if walleyes whose original source is south of marked State 
48.7 	Highway 210 are being transported to a facility north of marked State Highway 210, or if 
48.8 	the original source of the aquatic life is outside Minnesota and contiguous states; and
48.9 	(2) stocking of waters other than public waters with aquatic life other than salmonids 
48.10 	and, catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible 
48.11 	species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant 
48.12 	Health Inspection Services.
48.13 	(b) When aquatic life is transported under paragraph (a), a copy of the bill of 
48.14 	lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager at least 72 hours before the 
48.15 	transportation.
48.16 	(c) For transportation and stocking of waters that are not public waters:
48.17 	(1) a bill of lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager 72 hours 
48.18 	before transporting fish for stocking;
48.19 	(2) a bill of lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager within five 
48.20 	days after stocking if the waters to be stocked are confirmed by telecopy or telephone prior 
48.21 	to stocking by the regional fisheries office not to be public waters; or
48.22 	(3) a completed bill of lading may be submitted to the regional fisheries office 
48.23 	by telecopy prior to transporting fish for stocking. Confirmation that the waters to be 
48.24 	stocked are not public waters may be made by returning the bill of lading by telecopy or 
48.25 	in writing, in which cases additional copies need not be submitted to the Department of 
48.26 	Natural Resources.
48.27 	(d) Bill of lading forms may only be issued by the Department of Natural Resources 
48.28 	in St. Paul, and new bill of lading forms may not be issued until all previously issued 
48.29 	forms have been returned.

48.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4985, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
48.31 		Subd. 3.Exemptions for transportation permits and bills of lading. (a) A 
48.32 	state-issued bill of lading or transportation permit is not required by an aquatic farm 
48.33 	licensee for importation, of animals not on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
48.34 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and 
48.35 	Plant Health Inspection Services; transportation, of animals not on the official list of viral 
49.1 	hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United States Department of 
49.2 	Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services; or export for the following:
49.3 	(1) minnows taken under an aquatic farm license in this state and transported 
49.4 	intrastate;
49.5 	(2) aquarium or ornamental fish including goldfish and tropical, subtropical, and 
49.6 	saltwater species that cannot survive in the waters of the state, which may be imported or 
49.7 	transported if accompanied by shipping documents;
49.8 	(3) fish or fish eggs that have been processed for use as food, bait, or other purposes 
49.9 	unrelated to fish propagation;
49.10 	(4) live fish from a licensed aquatic farm, which may be transported directly to an 
49.11 	outlet for processing or for other food purposes if accompanied by shipping documents;
49.12 	(5) fish being exported if accompanied by shipping documents;
49.13 	(6) sucker eggs, sucker fry, or fathead minnows transported intrastate for bait 
49.14 	propagation or feeding of cultural aquatic life, except that if either species becomes listed 
49.15 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
49.16 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
49.17 	then a transportation permit is required;
49.18 	(7) species of fish that are found within the state used in connection with public 
49.19 	shows, exhibits, demonstrations, or fishing pools for periods not exceeding 14 days;
49.20 	(8) fish being transported through the state if accompanied by shipping documents; or
49.21 	(9) intrastate transportation of aquatic life between or within licensed private fish 
49.22 	hatcheries, aquatic farms, or aquarium facilities licensed for the species being transported, 
49.23 	except where required in subdivision 2 and except that salmonids and, catfish, or species 
49.24 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
49.25 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
49.26 	may only be transferred or transported intrastate without a transportation permit if they 
49.27 	had no record of bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia at the time 
49.28 	they were imported into the state and if they have had a fish health inspection within the 
49.29 	preceding year that has shown no certifiable diseases to be present.
49.30 	Aquatic life being transferred between licensed private fish hatcheries, aquatic farms, 
49.31 	or aquarium facilities must be accompanied by shipping documents and salmonids and,
49.32 	catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
49.33 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
49.34 	Inspection Services, being transferred or transported intrastate without a transportation 
49.35 	permit must be accompanied by a copy of their most recent fish health inspection.
50.1 	(b) Shipping documents required under paragraph (a) must show the place of origin, 
50.2 	owner or consignee, destination, number, and species.

50.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4985, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
50.4 		Subd. 5.Permit application. An application for a transportation permit must 
50.5 	be made on forms provided by the commissioner. An incomplete application must be 
50.6 	rejected. An application for a transportation permit for salmonids and, catfish, or species 
50.7 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
50.8 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
50.9 	their eggs, or sperm must be accompanied by certification that the source of the eggs or 
50.10 	sperm are free of certifiable diseases, except that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling 
50.11 	disease, or furunculosis may be imported, transported, or stocked following treatment 
50.12 	approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic 
50.13 	septicemia may be imported, transported, or stocked into areas where the disease has been 
50.14 	previously introduced identified as being present. A copy of the transportation permit 
50.15 	showing the date of certification inspection must accompany the shipment of fish while 
50.16 	in transit and must be available for inspection by the commissioner. By 14 days after a 
50.17 	completed application is received, the commissioner must approve or deny the importation 
50.18 	permits as provided in this section.

50.19 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4986, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.20 		Subdivision 1.Importation and stocking restrictions. A person may not import 
50.21 	fish into or stock fish in the state without first obtaining a transportation permit with a 
50.22 	disease certification, as prescribed under section 17.4985, subdivision 5, when required or 
50.23 	a bill of lading from the commissioner, unless the person is exempted.

50.24 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4986, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.25 		Subd. 2.Licensed facilities. (a) The commissioner shall issue transportation 
50.26 	permits to import:
50.27 	(1) indigenous and naturalized species except trout, salmon, and catfish, or species 
50.28 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
50.29 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
50.30 	and sperm from any source to a standard facility;
50.31 	(2) trout, salmon, and catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic 
50.32 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal 
50.33 	and Plant Health Inspection Services, from a nonemergency enzootic disease area to a 
51.1 	containment facility if the fish are certified within the previous year to be free of certifiable 
51.2 	diseases, except that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may 
51.3 	be imported following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial 
51.4 	kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported into areas where the 
51.5 	disease has been previously introduced identified as being present; and
51.6 	(3) trout, salmon, and catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic 
51.7 	septicemia susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, 
51.8 	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, from a facility in a nonemergency enzootic 
51.9 	disease area with a disease-free history of three years or more to a standard facility, except 
51.10 	that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may be imported 
51.11 	following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial kidney disease 
51.12 	or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported into areas where the disease has been 
51.13 	previously introduced identified as being present.
51.14 	(b) If a source facility in a nonemergency enzootic disease area cannot demonstrate a 
51.15 	history free from disease, aquatic life may only be imported into a quarantine facility.

51.16 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4986, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
51.17 		Subd. 4.Disease-free history. Disease-free histories required under this section 
51.18 	must include the results of a fish health inspection. When disease-free histories of more 
51.19 	than one year are required for importing salmonids or, catfish, or species on the official 
51.20 	list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United States 
51.21 	Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, the disease 
51.22 	history must be of consecutive years that include the year previous to, or the year of, 
51.23 	the transportation request.

51.24 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4987, is amended to read:
51.25 	17.4987 STOCKING PRIVATE AQUATIC LIFE.
51.26 	(a) A person may not release private aquatic life into public waters that are not 
51.27 	licensed as part of an aquatic farm without first obtaining a transportation permit from the 
51.28 	commissioner. The commissioner may:
51.29 	(1) deny issuance of a permit if releasing the private aquatic life is not consistent 
51.30 	with the management plan for the public waters.; and
51.31 	(2) approve the import, transport, and stocking of fish with bacterial kidney disease 
51.32 	or viral hemorrhagic septicemia into areas or waters where either disease has been 
51.33 	identified as being present.
51.34 	(b) The commissioner shall make management plans available to the public.
52.1 	(b) (c) If a permit is denied, the commissioner must provide reasons for the denial 
52.2 	in writing.

52.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4988, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
52.4 		Subd. 3.Inspection fees. The fees for the following inspections are: The 
52.5 	commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees for 
52.6 	the services listed in clauses (1) to (3). The fees must be set in an amount that does not 
52.7 	recover significantly more or less than the cost of providing the service. The fees are not 
52.8 	subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The 
52.9 	services covered under this provision include:
52.10 	(1) initial inspection of each water to be licensed, $50;
52.11 	(2) fish health inspection and certification, $60 plus $150 per lot thereafter including 
52.12 	initial tissue sample collection, basic fish health assessment, viral pathogen testing, and 
52.13 	bacteriological testing; and
52.14 	(3) initial inspection for containment and quarantine facility inspections, $100.

52.15 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.16 		Subd. 2.Restriction on the sale of game fish. (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
52.17 	(b), species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
52.18 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
52.19 	Inspection Services, must be free of viral hemorrhagic septicemia and species of the 
52.20 	family salmonidae or ictaluridae, except bullheads, must be free of certifiable diseases if 
52.21 	sold for stocking or transfer to another aquatic farm.
52.22 	(b) The following exceptions apply to paragraph (a):
52.23 	(1) eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may be transferred 
52.24 	between licensed facilities or stocked following treatment approved by the commissioner.;
52.25 	(2) fish with bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be 
52.26 	transferred between licensed facilities or stocked in areas where the disease has been 
52.27 	previously introduced. identified as being present; and
52.28 	(3) the commissioner may allow transfer between licensed facilities or stocking of 
52.29 	fish with enteric redmouth or furunculosis when the commissioner determines that doing 
52.30 	so would pose no threat to the state's aquatic resources.

52.31 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4993, is amended to read:
52.32 	17.4993 MINNOWS.
53.1 		Subdivision 1.Taking from public waters. (a) Under an aquatic farm license, a 
53.2 	licensee may take minnow sperm, minnow eggs, and live minnows for aquatic farm 
53.3 	purposes from public waters for aquatic farm purposes under an aquatic farm license, 
53.4 	except that have been tested for viral hemorrhagic septicemia when the testing indicates 
53.5 	the disease is not present.
53.6 	(b) A licensee may take sucker eggs and sperm may only be takenin approved 
53.7 	waters with a sucker egg license endorsement as provided by section 17.4994. 
53.8 		Subd. 2.Importation of live minnows. Minnows from outside the state may not be 
53.9 	imported live by a licensee for purposes other than processing or feeding aquatic farm 
53.10 	fish. A transportation permit as prescribed under sections 17.4985, 17.4986, and 97C.515, 
53.11 	subdivision 4, is required for importation.

53.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
53.13 		Subd. 4.Commercial fishing and turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting 
53.14 	restrictions in infested and noninfested waters. (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, 
53.15 	stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an 
53.16 	infested water that is designated because it contains invasive fish or, invertebrates, or 
53.17 	certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, may not be used in any other waters. If 
53.18 	a commercial licensee operates in both an infested water designated because it contains 
53.19 	invasive fish or, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982,  and 
53.20 	other waters, all nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing 
53.21 	or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in waters not designated as infested with invasive 
53.22 	fish or, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, must be tagged 
53.23 	with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in the commercial licensee's license 
53.24 	or permit, and may not be used in infested waters designated because the waters contain 
53.25 	invasive fish or, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982.
53.26 	(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or 
53.27 	turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is designated solely because it 
53.28 	contains Eurasian water milfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a 
53.29 	minimum of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this 
53.30 	paragraph. Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries 
53.31 	office or a conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water 
53.32 	designated solely because it contains Eurasian water milfoil and before resetting those 
53.33 	nets or equipment in any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize 
53.34 	a commercial licensee to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or 
54.1 	drying, if that water is designated as infested solely because it contains Eurasian water 
54.2 	milfoil.
54.3 	(c) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other 
54.4 	equipment when the nets and equipment are removed from waters of the state.
54.5 	(d) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of 
54.6 	designated infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.

54.7 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
54.8 	subdivision to read:
54.9 		Subd. 5a.Certifiable diseases. "Certifiable diseases" has the meaning given it 
54.10 	in section 17.4982.

54.11 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 32a, is amended to 
54.12 	read:
54.13 		Subd. 32a.Muzzle-loader Muzzleloader season. "Muzzle-loader Muzzleloader
54.14 	season" means the firearms deer season option open only for legal muzzle-loading
54.15 	muzzleloading firearms, as prescribed by the commissioner.

54.16 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 41a, is amended to 
54.17 	read:
54.18 		Subd. 41a.Regular firearms season. "Regular firearms season" means any of 
54.19 	the firearms deer season options seasons prescribed by the commissioner that begin in 
54.20 	November, exclusive of the muzzle-loader muzzleloader season.

54.21 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
54.22 	subdivision to read:
54.23 		Subd. 44a.Shelter. "Shelter" means any structure, other than a self-propelled motor 
54.24 	vehicle, that is set on the ice of state waters to provide shelter.

54.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
54.26 		Subd. 7.Duty to encourage stamp design and purchases. (a) The commissioner 
54.27 	shall encourage the purchase of:
54.28 	(1) Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamps by nonhunters interested in migratory 
54.29 	waterfowl preservation and habitat development;
54.30 	(2) pheasant stamps by persons interested in pheasant habitat improvement;
55.1 	(3) trout and salmon stamps by persons interested in trout and salmon stream and 
55.2 	lake improvement; and
55.3 	(4) turkey stamps by persons interested in wild turkey management and habitat 
55.4 	improvement stamp collecting; and
55.5 	(5) walleye stamps by persons interested in walleye stocking and stamp collecting.
55.6 	(b) The commissioner shall make rules governing contests for selecting a design for 
55.7 	each stamp, including those stamps not required to be in possession while taking game or 
55.8 	fish. The commissioner shall ensure that stamp design and characteristics are consistent 
55.9 	with the design and characteristics that are sought by pictorial stamp collectors.

55.10 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
55.11 		Subd. 11.Power to prevent or control wildlife disease. (a) If the commissioner 
55.12 	determines that action is necessary to prevent or control a wildlife disease, the 
55.13 	commissioner may prevent or control wildlife disease in a species of wild animal in 
55.14 	addition to the protection provided by the game and fish laws by further limiting, closing, 
55.15 	expanding, or opening seasons or areas of the state; by reducing or increasing limits in 
55.16 	areas of the state; by establishing disease management zones; by authorizing free licenses; 
55.17 	by allowing shooting from motor vehicles by persons designated by the commissioner; 
55.18 	by issuing replacement licenses for sick animals; by requiring sample collection from 
55.19 	hunter-harvested animals; by limiting wild animal possession, transportation, and 
55.20 	disposition; and by restricting wildlife feeding. The commissioner, with the approval of 
55.21 	the Board of Animal Health, may enter any lands to carry out the duties and functions of 
55.22 	this section and may dispose of or destroy wild animals found on those lands to control 
55.23 	the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
55.24 	(b) The commissioner shall restrict wildlife feeding within a 15-mile radius of a 
55.25 	cattle herd that is infected with bovine tuberculosis the Board of Animal Health's proposed 
55.26 	modified accredited zone.  In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person 
55.27 	who violates the restrictions on wildlife feeding under this paragraph may not obtain a 
55.28 	hunting license to take a wild animal for two years after the date of conviction.
55.29 	(c) The commissioner may prevent or control wildlife disease in a species of wild 
55.30 	animal in the state by emergency rule adopted under section 84.027, subdivision 13. 
55.31 	(d) If the commissioner determines that a disease in wildlife in this state presents a 
55.32 	substantial and imminent threat to the state's wildlife or to livestock or human health, the 
55.33 	commissioner may declare an emergency under this section for purposes of establishing 
55.34 	wildlife disease management zones to prevent the spread of disease and carry out the 
56.1 	functions of this section. In an established wildlife disease management zone, the 
56.2 	following restrictions on wildlife feeding activities are in effect:
56.3 	(1) except as provided in clauses (2) and (3), a person may not place or distribute 
56.4 	feed in an area frequented by deer or elk or knowingly allow another person to place or 
56.5 	distribute feed on property under the person's ownership or lease. For purposes of this 
56.6 	paragraph, "feed" means grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable 
56.7 	of attracting or enticing deer or elk. Liquid scents are not feed;
56.8 	(2) unless otherwise prescribed by the commissioner, wildlife feeding is allowed 
56.9 	if the feed is placed in such a manner as to exclude access to deer and elk or the feed is 
56.10 	placed at least six feet above the ground; and
56.11 	(3) the prohibition in clause (1) does not apply to feed that is present solely as a 
56.12 	result of normal agriculture, forest management, or wildlife feed planting practices. It also 
56.13 	does not apply to feed that is for agricultural or livestock purposes if the feed is:
56.14 	(i) placed for domestic livestock that are present and actively consuming the feed on 
56.15 	a daily basis;
56.16 	(ii) covered to deter deer or elk from gaining access to the feed; or
56.17 	(iii) stored consistently with normal agricultural practices.

56.18 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is 
56.19 	amended to read:
56.20 		Subd. 4.Game and fish annual reports. (a) By December 15 each year, 
56.21 	the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 
56.22 	appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:
56.23 	(1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures 
56.24 	were made:
56.25 	(i) the small game license surcharge under section 97A.475, subdivision 4; 
56.26 	(ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 
56.27 	5, clause (1); 
56.28 	(iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10; 
56.29 	(iv) the pheasant stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 5, clause (2);  
56.30 	(v) the turkey stamp wild turkey management account under section 97A.475, 
56.31 	subdivision 5, clause (3) 97A.075, subdivision 5; and
56.32 	(vi) the deer license donations and surcharges under section 97A.475, subdivisions 
56.33 	3, paragraph (b), and 3a; and
56.34 	(vii) the walleye stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10a;
57.1 	(2) the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and 
57.2 	(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent; 
57.3 	(3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for 
57.4 	which expenditures were made from the fund;
57.5 	(4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and
57.6 	(5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under 
57.7 	subdivision 4b.
57.8 	(b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for 
57.9 	changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).

57.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

57.11 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
57.12 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint 
57.13 	subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; 
57.14 	review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes 
57.15 	in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant 
57.16 	information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for 
57.17 	improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
57.18 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised 
57.19 	of at least three affected persons:
57.20 	(1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding 
57.21 	activities related to trout and salmon stamp and walleye stamp funding;
57.22 	(2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding 
57.23 	activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp wild turkey 
57.24 	management funding and excluding review of the amounts available under section 
57.25 	97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c);
57.26 	(3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4, 
57.27 	paragraph (a), clause (2);
57.28 	(4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services 
57.29 	funding;
57.30 	(5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support 
57.31 	services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;
57.32 	(6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding 
57.33 	issues related to trout and salmon;
57.34 	(7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and 
57.35 	address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
58.1 	(8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding 
58.2 	issues related to pheasants; and
58.3 	(9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp wild turkey management 
58.4 	account and address funding issues related to wild turkeys; and
58.5 	(10) a subcommittee to review the walleye stamp and address funding issues related 
58.6 	to walleye stocking.
58.7 	(c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight 
58.8 	Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual 
58.9 	report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and 
58.10 	revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the 
58.11 	subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report 
58.12 	in a timely manner.
58.13 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a 
58.14 	biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 
58.15 	of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations 
58.16 	to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural 
58.17 	resources finance.
58.18 	(e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the 
58.19 	Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not 
58.20 	be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
58.21 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the 
58.22 	commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural 
58.23 	resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
58.24 	(g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the 
58.25 	Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.

58.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

58.27 	Sec. 21. [97A.056] OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD-HERITAGE 
58.28 	ENHANCEMENT COUNCIL.
58.29 		Subdivision 1.Outdoor heritage fund. (a) The outdoor heritage fund is established 
58.30 	in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. All money earned by the outdoor 
58.31 	heritage fund must be credited to the fund. At least 97 percent of the money appropriated 
58.32 	from the fund must be spent on specific fish, wildlife, habitat, and land conservation 
58.33 	projects.
58.34 	(b) A forest fragmentation and consolidation account is created within the 
58.35 	outdoor heritage fund. From the receipts deposited in the fund under the Minnesota 
59.1 	Constitution, article XI, section 15, 20 percent each fiscal year must be credited to the 
59.2 	forest fragmentation and consolidation account. Money in the account may be spent only 
59.3 	for the acquisition of permanent easements on private forest land or for the acquisition of 
59.4 	land for forest consolidation. The conservation easements must guarantee public access, 
59.5 	including, but not limited to, hunting and fishing access.
59.6 	(c) A conservation partners account is created within the outdoor heritage fund. 
59.7 	From the receipts deposited in the fund under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
59.8 	section 15, 20 percent each year must be credited to the conservation partners account. 
59.9 	Money in the account may be spent only for matching grants of up to $250,000 to local 
59.10 	sporting and wildlife conservation clubs for the improvement of fish, game, and wildlife 
59.11 	habitat conservation.
59.12 		Subd. 2.Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council. (a) The Lessard-Heritage 
59.13 	Enhancement Council of 16 members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:
59.14 	(1) three members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on 
59.15 	Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration;
59.16 	(2) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the 
59.17 	house;
59.18 	(3) three public members representing hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat 
59.19 	conservation stakeholders appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
59.20 	Committee on Rules and Administration;
59.21 	(4) three public members representing hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat 
59.22 	conservation stakeholders appointed by the speaker of the house; and
59.23 	(5) four public members representing hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat 
59.24 	conservation stakeholders appointed by the governor.
59.25 	(b) One member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives 
59.26 	must be from the minority caucus.
59.27 	(c) At least one public member appointed by the speaker of the house and one public 
59.28 	member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules 
59.29 	and Administration must be a woman. At least two of the public members appointed 
59.30 	by the governor must be women. At least one of the public members appointed by the 
59.31 	governor must be an ethnic minority. Appointing authorities shall consider geographic 
59.32 	balance in making appointments under this section.
59.33 	(d) The public members appointed and recommended to the appointing authorities 
59.34 	according to subdivision 3 must:
59.35 	(1) have experience or expertise in the science, policy, or practice of preservation, 
59.36 	enhancement, and protection of the state's fish, game, and wildlife habitat;
60.1 	(2) have strong knowledge in the state's fish, game, and wildlife habitat conservation 
60.2 	issues around the state; and
60.3 	(3) have demonstrated the ability to work in a collaborative environment.
60.4 	(e) A public member may be removed by an appointing authority for cause.
60.5 	(f) Citizen members serve four-year terms and shall be initially appointed according 
60.6 	to the following schedule of terms:
60.7 	(1) two members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in 
60.8 	January 2013;
60.9 	(2) two members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
60.10 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
60.11 	2013, and two members appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first 
60.12 	Monday in January 2013;
60.13 	(3) one member appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in 
60.14 	January 2012;
60.15 	(4) one member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
60.16 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
60.17 	2012, and one member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first 
60.18 	Monday in January 2012; and
60.19 	(5) one member appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in 
60.20 	January 2011.
60.21 	(g) Legislative members are entitled to reimbursement for per diem expenses plus 
60.22 	travel expenses incurred in the services of the council. The removal and, beginning July 1, 
60.23 	2009, the compensation of public members is as provided in section 15.0575.
60.24 	(h) The first meeting of the council shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative 
60.25 	Coordinating Commission. Members shall elect a chair, vice chair, secretary, and other 
60.26 	officers as determined by the council. The chair may convene meetings as necessary to 
60.27 	conduct the duties prescribed by this section.
60.28 	(i) Legislative membership terms are at the pleasure of the appointing authority, 
60.29 	except that members shall serve on the council until their successors are appointed.
60.30 	(j) The governor's appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent 
60.31 	of the senate.
60.32 	(k) Vacancies occurring on the council do not affect the authority of the remaining 
60.33 	members of the council to carry out their duties.
60.34 	(l) In addition to the appointments in paragraph (a), each appointing authority shall 
60.35 	appoint one nonvoting member under the age of 18.
61.1 		Subd. 3.Citizen selection committee. (a) The governor shall appoint an Outdoor 
61.2 	Heritage Fund Citizen Selection Committee of five members who come from different 
61.3 	regions of the state and represent hunting and fishing stakeholders. The duties of the 
61.4 	Outdoor Heritage Enhancement Fund Citizen Selection Committee shall be to:
61.5 	(1) identify citizen candidates to be public members of the council, as part of the 
61.6 	open appointments process under section 15.0597;
61.7 	(2) request and review citizen candidate applications to be members of the council; 
61.8 	and
61.9 	(3) interview the citizen candidates and recommend an adequate pool of candidates 
61.10 	to be selected for council membership by the governor, the senate, and the house of 
61.11 	representatives. Compensation of members is as provided in section 15.0575.
61.12 	(b) The Outdoor Heritage Enhancement Fund Citizen Selection Committee shall 
61.13 	give strong consideration to recommending candidates under the age of 30.
61.14 		Subd. 4.Strategic plan required. (a) The council shall adopt a strategic plan for 
61.15 	making expenditures from the outdoor heritage fund, including identifying the priority 
61.16 	areas for funding for the next six years. The strategic plan must be reviewed every two 
61.17 	years. The strategic plan must have clearly stated short-term and long-term goals and 
61.18 	strategies for outdoor heritage fund expenditures, must provide measurable outcomes for 
61.19 	expenditures, and must determine areas of emphasis for funding.
61.20 	(b) The council shall consider the long-term strategic plans of agencies with 
61.21 	environment and natural resource programs and responsibilities and plans of fish, game, 
61.22 	and wildlife conservation organizations during the development and review of the 
61.23 	strategic plan.
61.24 		Subd. 5.Duties of council. (a) The council, in consultation with statewide and local 
61.25 	fishing, hunting, wildlife, forestry, agriculture, and land conservation groups, shall develop 
61.26 	a biennial budget plan to recommend expenditures from the outdoor heritage fund to the 
61.27 	legislature and the governor. Approval of the biennial budget plan for the outdoor heritage 
61.28 	fund requires an affirmative vote of at least 11 members of the council.
61.29 	(b) In the biennial budget submitted to the legislature, the governor shall submit 
61.30 	separate budget detail for planned expenditures from the outdoor heritage fund as 
61.31 	recommended by the council.
61.32 	(c) As a condition of acceptance of an appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund, 
61.33 	an agency or entity receiving an appropriation shall submit a work program and quarterly 
61.34 	progress reports for appropriations from the outdoor heritage fund to the members of the 
61.35 	Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council in the form determined by the council.
62.1 		Subd. 6.Council administration. (a) The council may employ personnel and 
62.2 	contract with consultants as necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the council. 
62.3 	Permanent employees shall be in the unclassified service. The council may request staff 
62.4 	assistance, legal opinion, and data from agencies of state government as needed for the 
62.5 	execution of the responsibilities of the council.
62.6 	(b) Beginning July 1, 2009, the administrative expenses of the council shall be paid 
62.7 	from the outdoor heritage fund, as appropriated by law.
62.8 	(c) A council member or an employee of the council may not participate in or vote 
62.9 	on a decision of the council relating to an organization in which the member or employee 
62.10 	has either a direct or indirect personal financial interest. While serving on or employed by 
62.11 	the council, a person shall avoid any potential conflict of interest.
62.12 		Subd. 7.Open meetings. (a) Meetings of the council and other groups the council 
62.13 	may establish must be open to the public. Except where prohibited by law, the council 
62.14 	shall establish additional processes to broaden public involvement in all aspects of its 
62.15 	deliberations. For the purposes of this subdivision, a meeting occurs when a quorum is 
62.16 	present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the council.
62.17 	(b) For legislative members of the council, enforcement of this subdivision shall 
62.18 	be governed by section 3.055, subdivision 2. For nonlegislative members of the council, 
62.19 	enforcement of this subdivision shall be governed by section 13D.06, subdivisions 1 and 2.

62.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective November 15, 2008, if the 
62.21 	constitutional amendment proposed in Laws 2008, chapter 151, is adopted by the voters.

62.22 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
62.23 		Subd. 4.Pheasant stamp. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from pheasant stamps 
62.24 	must be credited to the pheasant habitat improvement account. Money in the account 
62.25 	may be used only for:
62.26 	(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for ringnecked 
62.27 	pheasants on public and private land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter 
62.28 	cover, and reliable food sources;
62.29 	(2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for pheasant habitat;
62.30 	(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant habitat on public and private 
62.31 	land;
62.32 	(4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and maintenance, including 
62.33 	promotion and evaluation of government farm program benefits for pheasant habitat; and
62.34 	(5) the acquisition of lands suitable for pheasant habitat management and public 
62.35 	hunting.
63.1 	(b) Money in the account may not be used for:
63.2 	(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph 
63.3 	(a), clause (1), (3), or (5), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under 
63.4 	paragraph (a), clause (4); or
63.5 	(2) any personnel costs, except that prior to July 1, 2009 2019, personnel may be 
63.6 	hired to provide technical and promotional assistance for private landowners to implement 
63.7 	conservation provisions of state and federal programs.

63.8 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
63.9 		Subd. 5.Turkey stamps account. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from 
63.10 	turkey stamps $4.50 from each turkey license sold must be credited to the wild turkey 
63.11 	management account. Money in the account may be used only for:
63.12 	(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for wild 
63.13 	turkeys on public and private land including forest stand improvement and establishment 
63.14 	of nesting cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources;
63.15 	(2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey habitat;
63.16 	(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey habitat on public and 
63.17 	private land;
63.18 	(4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and
63.19 	(5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and maintenance, population 
63.20 	surveys and monitoring, and research.
63.21 	(b) Money in the account may not be used for:
63.22 	(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph 
63.23 	(a), clauses (1) to (3), a specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause (4), 
63.24 	or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph (a), clause (5); or
63.25 	(2) any permanent personnel costs.

63.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

63.27 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, is amended by adding a 
63.28 	subdivision to read:
63.29 		Subd. 6.Walleye stamp. (a) Revenue from walleye stamps must be credited to the 
63.30 	walleye stamp account. Money in the account must be used only for stocking walleye in 
63.31 	waters of the state and related activities.
63.32 	(b) Money in the account may not be used for costs unless they are directly related to 
63.33 	a specific body of water under paragraph (a), or for costs associated with supplies and 
63.34 	equipment to implement walleye stocking activities under paragraph (a).

64.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective on March 1, 2009.

64.2 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
64.3 		Subd. 5.Refunds. (a) The commissioner may issue a refund on a license, not 
64.4 	including any issuing fees paid under section 97A.485, subdivision 6, if: 
64.5 	(1) the licensee dies before the opening of the licensed season. The original license 
64.6 	and a copy of the death certificate must be provided to the commissioner; or
64.7 	(2) the licensee is unable to participate in the licensed activity because the licensee is 
64.8 	called to active military duty or military leave is canceled during the entire open season of 
64.9 	the licensed activity. The original license and a copy of the military orders or notice of 
64.10 	cancellation of leave must be provided to the commissioner; or
64.11 	(3) the licensee purchased two licenses for the same license season in error.
64.12 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to lifetime licenses.

64.13 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is 
64.14 	amended to read:
64.15 		Subd. 2.Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from 
64.16 	an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either: 
64.17 	(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) 
64.18 	the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to 
64.19 	the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
64.20 	(b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person 
64.21 	must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper 
64.22 	license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper 
64.23 	license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state 
64.24 	identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the 
64.25 	license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been 
64.26 	issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement 
64.27 	shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer, 
64.28 	the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest, 
64.29 	or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon 
64.30 	request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name 
64.31 	in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
64.32 	(c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a 
64.33 	copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license 
65.1 	identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights 
65.2 	or privileges conferred by a license.
65.3 	(d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall 
65.4 	be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial turkey,
65.5 	migratory waterfowl, pheasant, or trout and salmon, or walleye stamp shall be provided to 
65.6 	the licensee after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2 
65.7 	fee. A pictorial turkey stamp may be purchased for a $2 fee.

65.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

65.9 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is 
65.10 	amended to read:
65.11 		Subd. 4.Replacement licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer 
65.12 	hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a 
65.13 	replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that 
65.14 	are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and 
65.15 	the replacement license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a person 
65.16 	changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. When a person submits both 
65.17 	an archery and a firearms license for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value 
65.18 	of both licenses towards the replacement license fee.
65.19 	(b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any 
65.20 	tag from the original license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The 
65.21 	original license or licenses and all unused tags for the licenses being replaced must be 
65.22 	submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement license is issued.
65.23 	(c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as 
65.24 	otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:
65.25 	(1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or
65.26 	(2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to 
65.27 	an all season deer license;
65.28 	(3) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms license to a multizone 
65.29 	deer license; or
65.30 	(4) when the person is changing from a regular firearms deer license to a youth 
65.31 	deer license.
65.32 	(d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid 
65.33 	immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.

65.34 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.1 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Persons eligible for a moose license shall be determined 
66.2 	under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a moose license only 
66.3 	if the person:
66.4 	(1) is a resident; and
66.5 	(2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
66.6 	(3) (2) has not been issued a moose license for any of the last five seasons or after 
66.7 	January 1, 1991.

66.8 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.433, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.9 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Persons eligible for an elk license shall be determined under this 
66.10 	section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for an elk license only if the person:
66.11 	(1) is a resident; and
66.12 	(2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
66.13 	(3) (2) has never been issued an elk license.

66.14 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.434, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.15 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Eligibility for a prairie chicken license shall be determined by 
66.16 	this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie 
66.17 	chicken license only if the person:
66.18 	(1) is a resident; and
66.19 	(2) was born before January 1, 1980, or possesses a firearms safety certificate.

66.20 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is 
66.21 	amended to read:
66.22 		Subd. 7.Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may 
66.23 	issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person resident who is an 
66.24 	owner or tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, 
66.25 	as defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to 
66.26 	take additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only 
66.27 	one license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, 
66.28 	only one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The 
66.29 	license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes 
66.30 	or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land 
66.31 	is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or 
66.32 	dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision 
67.1 	2, the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may 
67.2 	take an additional deer under that license.
67.3 	(b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer 
67.4 	hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first 
67.5 	Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under 
67.6 	section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13).

67.7 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is 
67.8 	amended to read:
67.9 		Subd. 3.Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 may 
67.10 	not obtain a small game license but may take small game by firearms or bow and arrow 
67.11 	without a license if the resident is:
67.12 	(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
67.13 	(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or 
67.14 	guardian;
67.15 	(3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied 
67.16 	by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an 
67.17 	apprentice hunter validation; or
67.18 	(4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
67.19 	(b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game 
67.20 	license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident 
67.21 	under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, 
67.22 	bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, 
67.23 	or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the 
67.24 	accompanying parent or guardian.
67.25 	(c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey 
67.26 	without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or 
67.27 	guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
67.28 	(d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a 
67.29 	prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an 
67.30 	adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

67.31 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.473, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
67.32 		Subd. 2.Lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime angling license 
67.33 	authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those 
67.34 	activities authorized by the annual resident angling license. The license does not include a 
68.1 	trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required 
68.2 	by law.
68.3 	(b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling license are:
68.4 	(1) age 3 and under, $227;
68.5 	(2) age 4 to age 15, $300;
68.6 	(3) age 16 to age 50, $383; and
68.7 	(4) age 51 and over, $203.

68.8 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is 
68.9 	amended to read:
68.10 		Subd. 5.Lifetime sporting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime sporting license 
68.11 	authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game in the state. The 
68.12 	license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling, resident 
68.13 	small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include a trout 
68.14 	and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or 
68.15 	any other hunting stamps required by law.
68.16 	(b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are:
68.17 	(1) age 3 and under, $357;
68.18 	(2) age 4 to age 15, $480;
68.19 	(3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and
68.20 	(4) age 51 and over, $413.

68.21 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.474, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.22 		Subd. 2.Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A nonresident lifetime 
68.23 	angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license 
68.24 	authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The 
68.25 	license does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation,
68.26 	or other stamps required by law.
68.27 	(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:
68.28 	(1) age 3 and under, $447;
68.29 	(2) age 4 to age 15, $600;
68.30 	(3) age 16 to age 50, $773; and
68.31 	(4) age 51 and over, $513.

68.32 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is 
68.33 	amended to read:
69.1 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
69.2 	only, are:
69.3 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
69.4 	(2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
69.5 	(3) to take turkey, $18 $23;
69.6 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
69.7 	season, $26;
69.8 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
69.9 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
69.10 	season, $26;
69.11 	(7) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
69.12 	(7) (8) to take bear, $38;
69.13 	(8) (9) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
69.14 	(9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
69.15 	(10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
69.16 	(11) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer 
69.17 	season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
69.18 	(12) to take prairie chickens, $20;
69.19 	(13) (12) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms 
69.20 	during the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and
69.21 	(14) (13) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, 
69.22 	$13; and
69.23 	(14) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.

69.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendment to clause (3) is effective March 1, 2009.

69.25 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is 
69.26 	amended to read:
69.27 		Subd. 3.Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 
69.28 	to nonresidents, are:
69.29 	(1) for persons age 18 and older or over to take small game, $73;
69.30 	(2) for persons age 18 and older or over to take deer with firearms during the regular 
69.31 	firearms season, $135;
69.32 	(3) for persons age 18 and older or over to take deer by archery, $135;
69.33 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
69.34 	season, $135;
69.35 	(5) to take bear, $195;
70.1 	(5) (6) to take turkey, $73 $78;
70.2 	(6) (7) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;
70.3 	(7) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270;
70.4 	(8) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
70.5 	(9) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the 
70.6 	regular firearms season in any open zone season option or time period, $13; and
70.7 	(10) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and
70.8 	(11) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.
70.9 	(b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under 
70.10 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (7). An additional commission may not be assessed on this 
70.11 	surcharge.

70.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendment to the turkey license fee under paragraph 
70.13 	(a), clause (6), is effective March 1, 2009.

70.14 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
70.15 		Subd. 5.Hunting stamps. Fees for the following stamps and stamp validations are:
70.16 	(1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $7.50; and
70.17 	(2) pheasant stamp, $7.50; and
70.18 	(3) turkey stamp validation, $5.

70.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

70.20 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, is amended by adding a 
70.21 	subdivision to read:
70.22 		Subd. 10a.Walleye stamp validation. A person may agree to purchase a walleye 
70.23 	stamp validation for $5.

70.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

70.25 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
70.26 		Subd. 6.Licenses to be sold and issuing fees. (a) Persons authorized to sell 
70.27 	licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the 
70.28 	following issuing fees:
70.29 	(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
70.30 	(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and
70.31 	(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing 
70.32 	animals, the issuing fee is $1;
71.1 	(4) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an issuing 
71.2 	fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
71.3 	(5) for stamps stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
71.4 	(6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 97A.441
71.5 	or 97A.465, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized 
71.6 	seller;
71.7 	(7) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
71.8 	(8) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction 
71.9 	through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an 
71.10 	issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion 
71.11 	of the authorized seller.
71.12 	(b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a trout and salmon stamp if 
71.13 	a stamp validation is issued simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license.
71.14 	Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one trout and salmon stamp 
71.15 	in the same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
71.16 	(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
71.17 	(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the 
71.18 	commissioner.
71.19 	(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the 
71.20 	issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
71.21 	(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
71.22 	(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
71.23 	(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
71.24 	(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses 
71.25 	each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license 
71.26 	fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold 
71.27 	licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter 
71.28 	boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be 
71.29 	maintained by the commissioner for one year.

71.30 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
71.31 		Subdivision 1.Tags required. (a) A person may not possess or transport deer, 
71.32 	bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner 
71.33 	prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has 
71.34 	the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by 
71.35 	the commissioner.
72.1 	(b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by 
72.2 	the commissioner.
72.3 	(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the 
72.4 	deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the 
72.5 	site of the kill.
72.6 	(d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for 
72.7 	storage.
72.8 	(e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the 
72.9 	kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually 
72.10 	or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while 
72.11 	possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the 
72.12 	animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the 
72.13 	deer, bear, elk, or moose:
72.14 	(1) as otherwise provided in this section; and
72.15 	(2) prior to the animal being placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being 
72.16 	hung from a tree or other structure or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or 
72.17 	other place of habitation.

72.18 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
72.19 		Subd. 5.Firearms safety certificate. The commissioner shall issue a firearms 
72.20 	safety certificate to a person that satisfactorily completes the required course of instruction. 
72.21 	A person must be at least age 11 to take the firearms safety course and may receive a 
72.22 	firearms safety certificate, but the certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the 
72.23 	person reaches age 12. A person who is age 11 and has a firearms safety certificate may 
72.24 	purchase a deer, bear, turkey, or prairie chicken license to take big game that will become
72.25 	be valid whenfor hunting during the entire regular season for which the license is valid if 
72.26 	the person reacheswill reach age 12 during that calendar year. A firearms safety certificate 
72.27 	issued to a person under age 12 by another state as provided in section 97B.020 is not 
72.28 	valid for hunting in Minnesota until the person reaches age 12. The form and content of 
72.29 	the firearms safety certificate shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

72.30 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is 
72.31 	amended to read:
72.32 		Subdivision 1.Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game. (a)
72.33 	A person may take big game with a firearm only if:
73.1 	(1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and 
73.2 	with centerfire ignition;
73.3 	(2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
73.4 	(3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and has a soft point or is 
73.5 	an expanding bullet type;
73.6 	(4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 inches;
73.7 	(5) the muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is incapable of being loaded at the breech;
73.8 	(6) (5) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least 
73.9 	.45 inches; and
73.10 	(7) (6) the rifled muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.
73.11 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a 
73.12 	ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum 
73.13 	cartridge, a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50 
73.14 	Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.

73.15 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.036, is amended to read:
73.16 	97B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS DEER SEASON.
73.17 	Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer, 
73.18 	bear, or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms deer season seasons. 
73.19 	The transportation requirements of section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular 
73.20 	firearms deer, bear, or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section 
73.21 	97B.106, subdivision 2. A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this 
73.22 	section must have a valid firearms deer license to take the respective game.

73.23 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.041, is amended to read:
73.24 	97B.041 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED 
73.25 	IN DEER ZONES.
73.26 	A person may not possess a firearm or ammunition outdoors during the period 
73.27 	beginning the fifth day before the open firearms season and ending the second day after 
73.28 	the close of the season within an area where deer may be taken by a firearm, except:
73.29 	(1) during the open season and in an area where big game may be taken, a firearm 
73.30 	and ammunition authorized for taking big game in that area may be used to take big game 
73.31 	in that area if the person has a valid big game license in possession;
73.32 	(2) an unloaded firearm that is in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle;
73.33 	(3) a shotgun and shells containing No. 4 buckshot or smaller diameter lead shot 
73.34 	or steel shot;
74.1 	(4) a handgun or rifle and only short, long, and long rifle cartridges that are caliber of 
74.2 	.22 inches capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 Mach 2, .17 HMR, .22 short, 
74.3 	long, or long rifle, or .22 magnum caliber;
74.4 	(5) handguns possessed by a person authorized to carry a handgun under sections 
74.5 	624.714 and 624.715 for the purpose authorized; and 
74.6 	(6) on a target range operated under a permit from the commissioner.
74.7 	This section does not apply during an open firearms season in an area where deer 
74.8 	may be taken only by muzzleloader, except that muzzleloading firearms lawful for the 
74.9 	taking of deer may be possessed only by persons with a valid license to take deer by 
74.10 	muzzleloader during that season.

74.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008.

74.12 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.071, is amended to read:
74.13 	97B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.
74.14 	(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt 
74.15 	or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws 
74.16 	and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the 
74.17 	waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage 
74.18 	pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not 
74.19 	apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting 
74.20 	location or to trappers on waters of this state.
74.21 	(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to 
74.22 	the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, 
74.23 	migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with nontoxic shot or while 
74.24 	trapping, unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the 
74.25 	waist is blaze orange. This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting by falconry.
74.26 	(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where 
74.27 	paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public 
74.28 	Law 103-141.
74.29 	(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only 
74.30 	by a safety warning.

74.31 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.081, is amended to read:
74.32 	97B.081 USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO LOCATE ANIMALS.
75.1 		Subdivision 1.With firearms and bows. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a 
75.2 	person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, 
75.3 	or in a field, woodland, or forest, to spot, locate, or take a wild animal, except while 
75.4 	taking raccoons in accordance with section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tending traps in 
75.5 	accordance with section 97B.931, while having in possession, either individually or as 
75.6 	one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to kill
75.7 	take big game, small game, or unprotected wild animals. 
75.8 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to a firearm that is:
75.9 	(1) unloaded;
75.10 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm 
75.11 	by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of 
75.12 	the firearm exposed; and
75.13 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
75.14 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to a bow that is:
75.15 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
75.16 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
75.17 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm 
75.18 	or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
75.19 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to persons taking raccoons under section 
75.20 	97B.621, subdivision 3. 
75.21 	(f) This subdivision does not apply to a person hunting fox or coyote from January 1 
75.22 	to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial light, provided that the person:
75.23 	(1) is on foot;
75.24 	(2) is using a shotgun;
75.25 	(3) is not within a public road right-of-way;
75.26 	(4) is using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
75.27 	(5) is not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.
75.28 		Subd. 2.Without firearms. (a) Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. 
75.29 	from September 1 to December 31, Except as provided in subdivision 3, from two hours 
75.30 	after sunset until sunrise, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other 
75.31 	artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest to spot, or locate, or take a 
75.32 	wild animal except to take raccoons under section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or to tend traps 
75.33 	under section 97B.931. 
75.34 	(b) Between one-half hour after sunset until sunrise, Except as provided in 
75.35 	subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial 
75.36 	light to spot, locate, or take a wild animal on fenced, agricultural land.containing 
76.1 	livestock, as defined in section 17A.03, subdivision 5, or poultry that is marked with signs 
76.2 	prohibiting the shining of lights. The signs must:
76.3 	(1) display reflectorized letters that are at least two inches in height and state "no 
76.4 	shining" or similar terms; and
76.5 	(2) be placed at intervals of 1,000 feet or less along the boundary of the area.
76.6 	(c) It is not a violation of paragraph (a) or (b) for a person to carry out any 
76.7 	agricultural, occupational, or recreational practice, including snowmobiling that is not 
76.8 	related to spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.
76.9 	(d) Between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Except as provided in subdivision 
76.10 	3, a person may not project cast a spotlight or hand-held light onto residential property 
76.11 	or building sites from a moving motor vehicle being operated on land, except for the 
76.12 	following purposes:.
76.13 	(1) safety;
76.14 	(2) emergency response;
76.15 	(3) normal vehicle operations; or
76.16 	(4) performing an occupational duty.
76.17 	(d) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not at any time cast the rays of 
76.18 	a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on property posted with signs prohibiting the 
76.19 	shining of lights onto the property. When signs are posted, the signs shall display letters 
76.20 	that are at least two inches in height and state "no shining" or similar terms, and shall be 
76.21 	placed at intervals of 500 feet or less along the boundary of the property.
76.22 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) It is not a violation of this section for a person to cast the 
76.23 	rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light to:
76.24 	(1) take raccoons in accordance with section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tend traps in 
76.25 	accordance with section 97B.931; or 
76.26 	(2) hunt fox or coyote from January 1 to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial 
76.27 	light, provided that the person is:
76.28 	(i) on foot;
76.29 	(ii) using a shotgun;
76.30 	(iii) not within a public road right-of-way;
76.31 	(iv) using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
76.32 	(v) not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.
76.33 	(b) It is not a violation of subdivision 2 for a person to cast the rays of a spotlight, 
76.34 	headlight, or other artificial light to:
76.35 	(1) carry out any agricultural, safety, emergency response, normal vehicle operations, 
76.36 	or occupational-related activities that do not involve taking wild animals; or
77.1 	(2) carry out outdoor recreation as defined in section 97B.001 that is not related to 
77.2 	spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.

77.3 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.106, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
77.4 		Subdivision 1.Qualifications for crossbow permits. (a) The commissioner may 
77.5 	issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a 
77.6 	crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a 
77.7 	permanent or temporary physical disability. A crossbow permit issued under this section 
77.8 	also allows the permittee to use a bow with a mechanical device that draws, releases, or 
77.9 	holds the bow at full draw as provided in section 97B.035, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
77.10 	(b) To qualify for a crossbow permit under this section, a temporary disability 
77.11 	must render the person unable to hunt or fish by archery for a minimum of two years 
77.12 	after application for the permit is made. The permanent or temporary disability must 
77.13 	be established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt or fish by archery for the 
77.14 	required period of time must be verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor.
77.15 	A person who has received a special permit under this section because of a permanent 
77.16 	disability is eligible for subsequent special permits without providing medical evidence 
77.17 	and verification of the disability.
77.18 	(c) The person must obtain the appropriate license.

77.19 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
77.20 		Subdivision 1.Possession of firearms prohibited. Except when hunting bear, A 
77.21 	person may not take big game deer by archery while in possession of a firearm.

77.22 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
77.23 		Subdivision 1.Licenses required. A person may not take deer without a license. 
77.24 	A person must have a firearms deer license to take deer with firearms during the regular 
77.25 	firearms season, a muzzleloader license to take deer with a muzzleloader during the 
77.26 	muzzleloader season, and an archery deer license to take deer by archery except as 
77.27 	provided in this section.

77.28 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.29 		Subd. 2.Limit of one deer. Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, A person 
77.30 	may obtain one regular firearms season deer license, one muzzleloader season deer 
77.31 	license, and one archery season deer license in the same license year, but may take only
77.32 	not tag more than one deer except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4.

78.1 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
78.2 		Subd. 4.Taking more than one deer. (a) The commissioner may, by rule, allow 
78.3 	a person to take more than one deer. The commissioner shall prescribe the conditions 
78.4 	for taking the additional deer including:
78.5 	(1) taking by firearm, muzzleloader, or archery;
78.6 	(2) obtaining additional licenses; and
78.7 	(3) payment of a fee not more than the fee for a firearms deer license; and
78.8 	(4) the total number of deer that an individual may take.
78.9 	(b) In Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, and Roseau Counties, a 
78.10 	person may obtain one firearms deer license and one archery deer license in the same 
78.11 	license year, and may take one deer under each license. The commissioner may limit the 
78.12 	use of this provision in certain years to protect the deer population in the area.

78.13 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
78.14 		Subd. 6.Residents or nonresidents under age 18 may take deer of either sex.
 78.15 	A resident or nonresident under the age of 18 may take a deer of either sex except in 
78.16 	those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no antlerless permits are offered. In 
78.17 	antlerless permit areas where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may 
78.18 	provide a limited number of youth either sex permits to residents or nonresidents under 
78.19 	age 18, under the procedures provided in section 97B.305, and may give preference to 
78.20 	residents or nonresidents under the age of 18 that have not previously been selected. 
78.21 	This subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer by another member 
78.22 	of a party under subdivision 3. 

78.23 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.328, is amended to read:
78.24 	97B.328 BAITING PROHIBITED.
78.25 		Subdivision 1.Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. (a) A person may 
78.26 	not hunt deer:
78.27 	(1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or
78.28 	(2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that 
78.29 	bait or feed is present; or.
78.30 	(3) in the vicinity of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed 
78.31 	within the previous ten days.
78.32 	(b) This restriction does not apply to:
78.33 		Subd. 2.Removal of bait.  An area is considered baited for ten days after the 
78.34 	complete removal of all bait or feed.
79.1 		Subd. 3.Definition.  For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains, 
79.2 	fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer and 
79.3 	that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, minerals, and bird feeders containing 
79.4 	grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed.
79.5 	(1) Food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife 
79.6 	food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities; or
79.7 	is not bait or feed.
79.8 		Subd. 4.Exception for bait or feed on adjacent land. (2) A person otherwise 
79.9 	in compliance with this section who is hunting on the person's ownprivate or public 
79.10 	property, whenthat is adjacent to property where bait or feed is present is not in violation 
79.11 	of this section if the person has not participated in, been involved with, or agreed to 
79.12 	baiting or feeding wildlife on the adjacent land owned by another person property.

79.13 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.621, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
79.14 		Subd. 3.Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between sunset and 
79.15 	sunrise, a person:
79.16 	(1) must be on foot;
79.17 	(2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;
79.18 	(3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or 
79.19 	long rifle, rimfire ammunition may use handgun or rifle rimfire only .17 MACH2, .17 
79.20 	HMR, 22 short, long, and long rifle, and 22 magnum; and
79.21 	(4) may not use shotgun shells with larger diameter of shot than No. 4 shot.

79.22 	Sec. 56. [97B.673] EFFECTS OF LEAD SHOT ON UPLAND SMALL GAME; 
79.23 	STUDY.
79.24 	The commissioner of natural resources shall study the environmental and human 
79.25 	health effects of the use of lead shot on upland small game, including, but not limited 
79.26 	to, pheasant, turkey, grouse, prairie chicken, and rabbit. By February 1, 2009, the 
79.27 	commissioner shall provide information, reports, and recommendations to the senate and 
79.28 	house committees with jurisdiction on natural resources policy relating to the effects of 
79.29 	lead shot on upland small game.

79.30 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.721, is amended to read:
79.31 	97B.721 LICENSE AND STAMP VALIDATION REQUIRED TO TAKE 
79.32 	TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
80.1 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person 
80.2 	may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license and a turkey stamp validation. 
80.3 	(b) The requirement in paragraph (a) to have a turkey stamp validation does not 
80.4 	apply to persons under age 18. An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed 
80.5 	wild turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or possess a firearm or bow while 
80.6 	assisting a hunter under this paragraph and may not charge a fee for the assistance.
80.7 	(c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the tagging and 
80.8 	registration of turkeys.

80.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

80.10 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.203, is amended to read:
80.11 	97C.203 EXCHANGE OF FISH OR WILDLIFE RESOURCES; DISPOSAL 
80.12 	OF STATE HATCHERY PRODUCTS.
80.13 	(a) The commissioner shall dispose of fish hatchery products or exchange fish or 
80.14 	wildlife resources only after they have been tested for certifiable diseases. The testing 
80.15 	must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the disposal or exchange. Fish 
80.16 	or wildlife resources subject to an exchange must have received a disease-free certification 
80.17 	for those certifiable diseases not currently documented in Minnesota. Disease certification 
80.18 	must be provided prior to accepting the fish or wildlife resource. When the fish or wildlife 
80.19 	resource is not certified as disease-free, they may be stocked or transferred only into 
80.20 	waters that already contain that disease.
80.21 	(b) State hatchery products shall be disposed of according to the following order of 
80.22 	priorities:
80.23 	(1) distribution of fish eggs and fry to state hatcheries to hatch fry or raise fingerlings 
80.24 	for stocking waters of the state for recreational fishing;
80.25 	(2) transfer to other government agencies in exchange for fish or wildlife resources 
80.26 	of equal value or private fish hatcheries in exchange for fish to be stocked in waters of 
80.27 	the state for recreational fishing;
80.28 	(3) sale to private fish hatcheries or licensed aquatic farms at a price not less than the 
80.29 	fair wholesale market value, established as the average price charged at the state's private 
80.30 	hatcheries and contiguous states per volume rates;
80.31 	(4) transfer to other government agencies, colleges, or universities for cooperative 
80.32 	fish management and research purposes; and
81.1 	(5) sale of not more than $25 fair market value to any school, museum, or 
81.2 	commercial enterprise for curriculum implementation, educational programs, public 
81.3 	exhibition, or cooperative displays.

81.4 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.205, is amended to read:
81.5 	97C.205 TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.
81.6 	(a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a 
81.7 	quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:
81.8 	(1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections 
81.9 	17.4985 and 17.4986;
81.10 	(2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;
81.11 	(3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;
81.12 	(4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section 
81.13 	97C.821; or
81.14 	(5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section or as prescribed for 
81.15 	certifiable diseases under sections 17.46 to 17.4999.
81.16 	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:
81.17 	(1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs; and
81.18 	(2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.
81.19 	(c) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting 
81.20 	organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:
81.21 	(1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;
81.22 	(2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary 
81.23 	equipment; and
81.24 	(3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the 
81.25 	needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization 
81.26 	operating the rearing pond.
81.27 	 (d) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium, 
81.28 	transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, 
81.29 	white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black, 
81.30 	yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may 
81.31 	be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches 
81.32 	in total length.

81.33 	Sec. 60. [97C.303] CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.
82.1 		Subdivision 1.Availability. The commissioner shall make available a conservation 
82.2 	angling license according to this section. Conservation angling licenses shall be offered 
82.3 	for resident and nonresident individuals, resident married couples, nonresident married 
82.4 	couples valid for 14 consecutive days, and nonresident families.
82.5 		Subd. 2.Daily and possession limits. Daily and possession limits for fish taken 
82.6 	under a conservation angling license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the 
82.7 	corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, rounded down to the next 
82.8 	whole number if necessary.
82.9 		Subd. 3.License fee. The fee for a conservation angling license issued under this 
82.10 	section is two-thirds of the corresponding standard angling license fee under section 
82.11 	97A.475, subdivision 6 or 7, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

82.12 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.341, is amended to read:
82.13 	97C.341 CERTAIN FISH AQUATIC LIFE PROHIBITED FOR BAIT.
82.14 	(a) A person may not use live minnows imported from outside of the state, game 
82.15 	fish, goldfish, or carp for bait.
82.16 	(b) A person may not import or possess live, frozen, or processed bait from known 
82.17 	waters where viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been identified as being present. For 
82.18 	purposes of this paragraph, "bait" includes fish, aquatic worms, amphibians, invertebrates, 
82.19 	and insects used for angling.

82.20 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
82.21 		Subd. 4.Distance between houses. A person may not erect a dark house or, fish 
82.22 	house, or shelter within ten feet of an existing dark house or, fish house, or shelter.

82.23 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
82.24 		Subd. 7a.Houses left overnight. A fish house or, dark house, or shelter left on the 
82.25 	ice overnight must be marked with reflective material on each side of the house structure. 
82.26 	The reflective material must measure a total area of no less than two square inches on each 
82.27 	side of the house structure. Violation of this subdivision is not subject to subdivision 8 
82.28 	or section 97A.301.

82.29 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is 
82.30 	amended to read:
83.1 		Subd. 8.Confiscation of unlawful structures; civil penalty. (a) Structures on the 
83.2 	ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division, 
83.3 	or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
83.4 	(b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the 
83.5 	ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 115A.99.
83.6 	(c) This subdivision also applies to structures left on state public access sites for 
83.7 	more than 48 hours past the deadlines specified in subdivision 7.

83.8 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.9 		Subd. 2.Walleye; northern pike. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person 
83.10 	may take have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches and one northern pike 
83.11 	larger than 30 inches daily in possession.
83.12 	(b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to boundary waters.

83.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2009.

83.14 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.505, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
83.15 		Subdivision 1.Authority to take, possess, buy, and sell. (a) Minnows may be 
83.16 	taken, possessed, bought, and sold, subject to the restrictions in this chapter, section 
83.17 	84D.03, subdivision 3, and in rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph (b). A 
83.18 	person may not take, possess, or sell minnows except for use as bait or for ornamental 
83.19 	or aquacultural purposes.
83.20 	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules for the taking, possession, purchase, sale, 
83.21 	and transportation of minnows.

83.22 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.23 		Subd. 2.Permit for transportation. (a) A person may transport minnows through 
83.24 	the state with a permit from the commissioner. The permit must state the name and 
83.25 	address of the person, the number and species of minnows, the point of entry into the 
83.26 	state, the destination, and the route through the state. The permit is not valid for more 
83.27 	than 12 hours after it is issued.
83.28 	(b) The commissioner may require the person transporting minnow species found 
83.29 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
83.30 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, to 
83.31 	provide health certification for viral hemorrhagic septicemia or other certifiable diseases. 
83.32 	For certifiable diseases not currently documented in Minnesota, the certification must be 
83.33 	dated within the 12 months preceding transport.

84.1 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.515, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
84.2 		Subd. 4.Private fish hatchery or aquatic farm. (a) A person with a private fish 
84.3 	hatchery or aquatic farm license may transport minnows with a transportation permit from 
84.4 	contiguous states to the private fish hatchery or aquatic farm, provided the minnows are 
84.5 	used for processing or feeding hatchery fish.
84.6 	(b) The commissioner may require inspection of minnows and disease certification 
84.7 	for species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
84.8 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
84.9 	Inspection Services, that are being transported from outside the state.
84.10 	(c) The commissioner may approve the import of minnows into areas or waters 
84.11 	where certifiable diseases have been identified as being present.

84.12 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
84.13 		Subd. 5.Special permits. (a) The commissioner may issue a special permit, without 
84.14 	a fee, to allow a person with a private fish hatchery license to import minnows from 
84.15 	other states for export. A permit under this subdivision is not required for importation 
84.16 	authorized under subdivision 4.
84.17 	(b) An applicant for a permit under this subdivision shall submit to the commissioner 
84.18 	sufficient information to identify potential threats to native plant and animal species and 
84.19 	an evaluation of the feasibility of the proposal. The permit may include reasonable 
84.20 	restrictions on importation, transportation, possession, containment, disease certification, 
84.21 	and disposal of minnows to ensure that native species are protected. The permit may 
84.22 	have a term of up to two years and may be modified, suspended, or revoked by the 
84.23 	commissioner for cause, including violation of a condition of the permit.

84.24 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.821, is amended to read:
84.25 	97C.821 POSSESSION, SALE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF 
84.26 	COMMERCIAL FISH.
84.27 	Subject to the applicable provisions of the game and fish laws, fish taken under 
84.28 	commercial fishing licenses may be possessed in any quantity, bought, sold, and 
84.29 	transported at any time. Commercial fishing licensees may transport their catch live to 
84.30 	holding facilities, if the licensee has exclusive control of the facilities. Commercial fishing 
84.31 	licensees may harvest fish from their holding facilities at any time with their licensed gear. 
84.32 	The commissioner may prohibit the transport of live fish taken under a commercial fishing 
84.33 	license from waters that contain nonnative species, are designated as infested waters, or 
84.34 	are infected with any certifiable disease.

85.1 	Sec. 71. MASTER ANGLER PROPOSAL; APPROPRIATION.
 85.2 	(a) By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources, after consultation 
85.3 	with the director of Explore Minnesota Tourism and interested stakeholders, shall submit a 
85.4 	proposal to improve, expand, and promote the master angler program.
85.5 	(b) $10,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and fish fund is appropriated to the 
85.6 	commissioner of natural resources for development of the proposal in paragraph (a).

85.7 	Sec. 72. NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA MOOSE BIOLOGIST; RESEARCH 
85.8 	STUDY.
 85.9 	The commissioner of natural resources shall designate a moose biologist for the 
85.10 	moose herd in northwestern Minnesota. The moose biologist shall conduct a moose 
85.11 	research study to examine the causes of the moose population declines in northwestern 
85.12 	Minnesota. By January 15, 2009, the commissioner shall submit a progress report on the 
85.13 	study to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural resource policy.

85.14 	Sec. 73. WALLEYE STOCKING.
 85.15 	$35,000 is appropriated from the game and fish fund in fiscal year 2009 to the 
85.16 	commissioner of natural resources to stock up to 25,000,000 additional walleye fry in 
85.17 	calendar year 2009 and up to 25,000,000 additional walleye fry in calendar year 2010. 
85.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.

85.19 	Sec. 74. APPROPRIATION.
 85.20 	$123,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $246,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and 
85.21 	fish fund are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to implement fish virus 
85.22 	surveillance, prepare infrastructure to handle possible outbreaks, and implement control 
85.23 	procedures for highest risk waters and fish production operations.

85.24 	Sec. 75. REPEALER.
 85.25 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411, subdivision 2; 97C.515, subdivision 3;
85.26 	Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.301, subdivision 7, and Minnesota 
85.27 	Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; and 6232.0300, subpart 4, are repealed.

85.28 	Sec. 76. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 85.29 	Sections 1 to 75 are effective the day following final enactment.