1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; establishing Lake Vermilion State Park;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.012, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.012, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 38a. Lake Vermilion State Park, St. Louis County.

1.8 	Sec. 2. LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Lake Vermilion State Park. Lake Vermilion State Park is 
1.10 	established in St. Louis County.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Management. All lands acquired for Lake Vermilion State Park must be 
1.12 	administered in the same manner as provided for other state parks and must be perpetually 
1.13 	dedicated for that use.
1.14 		Subd. 3.Boundaries. The following described lands are located within the 
1.15 	boundaries of Lake Vermilion State Park:
1.16 	(1) Government Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, all 
1.17 	in Section 13, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
1.18 	(2) Government Lots 6 and 8, Section 14, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
1.19 	(3) Government Lots 1 and 7 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, all 
1.20 	in Section 22, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
1.21 	(4) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and 
1.22 	the South Half, all in Section 23, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
1.23 	(5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
2.1 	(6) all of Section 25, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
2.2 	(7) all of Section 26, Township 62 North, Range 15 West, excepting therefrom 
2.3 	all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying South of the south 
2.4 	right-of-way line of State Highway 169 and also excepting therefrom the East 845 feet of 
2.5 	the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying South of the south right-of-way 
2.6 	line of State Highway 169;
2.7 	(8) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the 
2.8 	Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
2.9 	(9) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 62 
2.10 	North, Range 15 West, except that part lying South of the centerline of the McKinley 
2.11 	Park Road; and
2.12 	(10) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the East Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
2.13 	19, Township 62 North, Range 14 West.
2.14 		Subd. 4.Land exchange requirement. Within 24 months of the acquisition of land 
2.15 	for the state park established in subdivision 1, the commissioner of natural resources, with 
2.16 	the approval of the Land Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, 
2.17 	article XI, section 10, and according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 
2.18 	94.343 to 94.347, shall exchange all land acquired within the boundaries of the established 
2.19 	state park for school trust lands, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.025, that 
2.20 	are located within St. Louis County. After the exchange, state-owned lands within the 
2.21 	boundaries of the state park established in subdivision 1 shall be school trust lands and 
2.22 	subject to the same trust as the lands given in exchange for the lands within the boundaries 
2.23 	of the state park.
2.24 		Subd. 5.Deposit of fees. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 85.052, 
2.25 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), and 85.055, subdivision 2, all fees collected for state permits, 
2.26 	services, and special state park uses at the state park established in subdivision 1 shall 
2.27 	be deposited in the school trust fund, established in the Minnesota Constitution, article 
2.28 	XI, section 8.
2.29 		Subd. 6.Conveyance of land to St. Louis County. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
2.30 	Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and any other law to the contrary, all land given in 
2.31 	exchange for lands within the boundaries of the state park established in subdivision 1 
2.32 	shall be conveyed to St. Louis County for no consideration.

2.33 	Sec. 3. ACQUISITION; LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 2.34 	The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift or purchase the lands 
2.35 	for Lake Vermilion State Park. Minnesota Statutes, section 84.0272, subdivision 1, does 
3.1 	not apply to a purchase, except for the requirement that the lands be appraised. Prior to 
3.2 	the purchase of any land within the boundaries described, the state must receive from St. 
3.3 	Louis County a resolution supporting the purchase.

3.4 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.5 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective upon acquisition by the state of all lands described in 
3.6 	section 2, subdivision 3. Section 3 is effective the day following final enactment.