1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for disposition of proceeds from sale of 
1.3 	administrative sites; modifying certain requirements for environmental learning 
1.4 	centers; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.5 	84.0857; 84.0875; 94.16, subdivision 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0857, is amended to read:
1.8 	84.0857 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
1.9 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within 
1.10 	the Department of Natural Resources for the costs of providing them with building and 
1.11 	infrastructure facilities. Costs billed may include modifications and adaptations to allow 
1.12 	for appropriate building occupancy, building code compliance, insurance, utility services, 
1.13 	maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts 
1.14 	shall be credited to a special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the 
1.15 	commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings were made.
1.16 	(b) Money deposited in the special account from the proceeds of a sale under 
1.17 	section 94.16, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner to acquire 
1.18 	facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, 
1.19 	design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0875, is amended to read:
1.21 	84.0875 ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS.
1.22 	(a) The commissioner may acquire and better, or make grants to counties, home 
1.23 	rule charter or statutory cities, or school districts to acquire and better, residential 
2.1 	environmental learning centers where students may learn how to use, preserve, and 
2.2 	renew the natural resources of this state. A facility and reasonable access to it must be 
2.3 	owned by the state or a political subdivision but may be leased to or managed by a 
2.4 	nonprofit organization to carry out an environmental learning program established by the 
2.5 	commissioner. The lease or management agreement must comply with the requirements 
2.6 	of section 16A.695 and must provide for the procurement of liability insurance by the 
2.7 	nonprofit organization. A nonprofit organization that is operating an environmental 
2.8 	learning center under this section is a municipality for purposes of the liability limitations 
2.9 	of section 466.04 while acting within the scope of these activities. 
2.10 	(b) During the time the center is used for educational programs offered in 
2.11 	conjunction with a college or university, the rules and standards related to space 
2.12 	requirements are governed by section 144.74.

2.13 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 94.16, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.14 		Subd. 3.Proceeds from natural resources land. (a) Except as provided in 
2.15 	paragraph (b), the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of lands that were under the 
2.16 	control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the 
2.17 	land acquisition account in the natural resources fund.
2.18 	(b) The remainder of the proceeds from the sale of administrative sites under the 
2.19 	control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the 
2.20 	facilities management account established under section 84.0857 and used to acquire 
2.21 	facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, 
2.22 	design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.