1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the environment and natural resources policy; regulating ballast 
1.3 	water; modifying solid waste provisions; modifying licensing requirements for 
1.4 	individual sewage treatment system professionals; restricting certain construction 
1.5 	debris as cover material; modifying requirements for certain air emission 
1.6 	permits; modifying toxic chemical release reporting requirements; modifying 
1.7 	state park permit requirements; creating a Minnesota forests for the future 
1.8 	program; modifying snowmobile registration requirements; modifying campfire 
1.9 	provisions; providing a process for designating star lakes or rivers; creating a 
1.10 	Star Lake Board as a nonprofit corporation; allowing for the placement of star 
1.11 	lake or river signs on highways; reinstating an exemption from the Wetland 
1.12 	Conservation Act for approved development; providing wetland bank credit 
1.13 	under certain state-held conservation easements; restricting licensing of certain 
1.14 	natural water bodies for aquaculture; providing for viral hemorrhagic septicemia, 
1.15 	invasive species, and bovine tuberculosis control; modifying report requirements 
1.16 	for game and fish fund; modifying disposition of pheasant habitat improvement 
1.17 	account; modifying wild turkey management account; providing for a voluntary 
1.18 	walleye stamp; creating the Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council; modifying 
1.19 	hunting and fishing licensing and taking provisions; modifying Minnesota critical 
1.20 	habitat private sector matching account; modifying outdoor recreation system 
1.21 	provisions; providing for expedited exchanges of public land; modifying state 
1.22 	forest road recording requirements; modifying citizen oversight subcommittees; 
1.23 	modifying acquisition procedures; adding to and deleting from state parks, 
1.24 	recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and private sales, conveyances, 
1.25 	leases, and exchanges of certain state land; making technical corrections; 
1.26 	authorizing and requiring certain rulemaking; providing a rulemaking exemption; 
1.27 	requiring reports and studies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.28 	Statutes 2006, sections 17.4985, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 17.4986, subdivisions 
1.29 	1, 2, 4; 17.4987; 17.4988, subdivision 3; 17.4992, subdivision 2; 17.4993; 
1.30 	84.82, subdivision 2; 84.943, subdivision 5; 84D.03, subdivision 4; 84D.10, 
1.31 	subdivision 2; 84D.13, subdivision 4; 85.011; 85.012, subdivisions 28, 49a; 
1.32 	85.013, subdivision 1; 85.053, by adding a subdivision; 85.054, subdivision 3, 
1.33 	by adding a subdivision; 86A.04; 86A.08, subdivision 1; 88.15, subdivision 
1.34 	2; 89.715; 97A.015, subdivisions 32a, 41a, by adding subdivisions; 97A.045, 
1.35 	subdivisions 7, 11; 97A.055, subdivision 4b; 97A.075, subdivisions 4, 5, by 
1.36 	adding a subdivision; 97A.145, subdivision 2; 97A.311, subdivision 5; 97A.431, 
1.37 	subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434, subdivision 2; 97A.473, 
1.38 	subdivision 2; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475, subdivision 5, by adding 
1.39 	a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.015, 
2.1 	subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.071; 97B.081; 97B.106, subdivision 1; 97B.211, 
2.2 	subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6; 97B.621, subdivision 3; 97B.721; 
2.3 	97C.203; 97C.205; 97C.341; 97C.355, subdivisions 4, 7a; 97C.401, subdivision 
2.4 	2; 97C.505, subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 97C.821; 103G.2241, 
2.5 	by adding a subdivision; 115A.03, subdivisions 21, 32a; 116.07, subdivision 4a; 
2.6 	116.47; 299K.08, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, 
2.7 	sections 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405, subdivisions 
2.8 	2, 4; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473, subdivision 
2.9 	5; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3; 97B.031, subdivision 1; 97B.036; 97B.328; 
2.10 	97C.355, subdivision 8; 115.56, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 
2.11 	25; Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43; proposing coding for new 
2.12 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 94; 97A; 97B; 97C; 103B; 103G; 115; 
2.13 	115A; 116; 173; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.961, subdivision 
2.14 	4; 85.013, subdivision 21b; 97A.411, subdivision 2; 97C.515, subdivision 3; 
2.15 	Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.301, subdivision 7; Laws 
2.16 	1989, chapter 335, article 1, section 21, subdivision 8, as amended; Minnesota 
2.17 	Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart 4.
2.18 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.19 	ARTICLE 1
2.20 	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

2.21 	Section 1. [115.0301] DEFINITIONS.
2.22 		Subdivision 1.Application. For purposes of sections 115.0301 to 115.0309, the 
2.23 	following terms have the meanings given them.
2.24 		Subd. 2.Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency.
2.25 		Subd. 3.Ballast water. "Ballast water" means water taken on board a vessel to 
2.26 	control trim, list, draft, stability, or stresses of the vessel, including matter suspended in 
2.27 	the water, or any water placed into a ballast tank during cleaning, maintenance, or other 
2.28 	operations.
2.29 		Subd. 4.Ballast water management. "Ballast water management" means 
2.30 	mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes used, either singularly or in 
2.31 	combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful 
2.32 	aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediment.
2.33 		Subd. 5.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution 
2.34 	Control Agency.
2.35 		Subd. 6.Constructed. "Constructed" means a state of construction of a vessel at 
2.36 	which the keel is laid, construction identifiable with the specific vessel begins, assembly 
2.37 	of the vessel has begun comprising at least 50 tons or one percent of the estimated mass 
2.38 	of all structural material of the vessel, whichever is less, or the vessel undergoes a major 
2.39 	conversion.
2.40 		Subd. 7.Foreign vessel. "Foreign vessel" means a vessel of foreign registry or 
2.41 	operated under the authority of a foreign country.
3.1 		Subd. 8.Sediment. "Sediment" means matter that has settled out of ballast water 
3.2 	within a vessel.
3.3 		Subd. 9.State waters of Lake Superior. "State waters of Lake Superior" means 
3.4 	the surface waters of Lake Superior and waters that discharge, flow, or otherwise are 
3.5 	transferred into Lake Superior that are under the jurisdiction of the state.

3.6 	Sec. 2. [115.0306] BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
3.7 		Subdivision 1.Ballast water management plan required. (a) The operator of 
3.8 	a vessel that is designed, constructed, or adapted to carry ballast water in state waters 
3.9 	of Lake Superior shall conduct all ballast water management operations of the vessel 
3.10 	according to a ballast water management plan that is designed to minimize the discharge 
3.11 	of invasive species, meets the requirements prescribed by the commissioner under 
3.12 	subdivision 2, and is approved by the commissioner.
3.13 	(b) The owner or operator of a vessel required to have a ballast water management 
3.14 	plan under paragraph (a) shall maintain a copy of the vessel's ballast water management 
3.15 	plan on board at all times and keep the plan readily available for examination by the 
3.16 	commissioner.
3.17 		Subd. 2.Ballast water management plan approval. (a) The commissioner may 
3.18 	not approve a ballast water management plan unless the commissioner determines that 
3.19 	the plan:
3.20 	(1) describes in detail the actions to be taken to implement ballast water management;
3.21 	(2) describes in detail the procedures to be used for disposal of sediment at sea 
3.22 	and on shore;
3.23 	(3) describes in detail the safety procedures for the vessel and crew associated 
3.24 	with ballast water management;
3.25 	(4) designates the officer on board of the vessel in charge of ensuring that the plan 
3.26 	is properly implemented;
3.27 	(5) contains the reporting requirements for vessels as prescribed by the 
3.28 	commissioner; and
3.29 	(6) meets all other requirements prescribed by the commissioner.
3.30 	(b) The commissioner may approve a ballast water management plan for a foreign 
3.31 	vessel on the basis of a certificate of compliance with the criteria described in paragraph 
3.32 	(a) issued by the vessels's country of registration according to standards established by 
3.33 	the commissioner.

3.34 	Sec. 3. [115.0307] BALLAST WATER RECORD BOOK.
4.1 		Subdivision 1.Ballast water record book required. The owner or operator of 
4.2 	a vessel required to have a ballast water management plan under section 115.0306 
4.3 	shall maintain, in English on board the vessel, a ballast water record book in which 
4.4 	each operation of the vessel involving ballast water or sediment discharge is recorded 
4.5 	as required by the commissioner. The ballast water record book shall be kept readily 
4.6 	available for examination by the commissioner. In cases where a vessel is without a crew 
4.7 	and being towed, the ballast water record book may be kept on the towing vessel.
4.8 		Subd. 2.Retention period. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a ballast water 
4.9 	record book required in subdivision 1 shall be retained on board the vessel for three years 
4.10 	after the date on which the last entry in the book is made and shall be retained under the 
4.11 	control of the vessel's owner for an additional three years.
4.12 	(b) The commissioner may prescribe alternative time periods for record retention by 
4.13 	foreign vessels that are consistent with international practices.
4.14 		Subd. 3.Regulations. (a) The commissioner shall require, at a minimum, that:
4.15 	(1) each entry in the ballast water record book be signed and dated by the officer in 
4.16 	charge of the ballast water operation recorded;
4.17 	(2) each completed page in the ballast water record book be signed and dated by 
4.18 	the owner or operator of the vessel; and
4.19 	(3) the owner or operator of the vessel transmit any information to the commissioner 
4.20 	regarding the ballast operations of the vessel as the commissioner may require.
4.21 	(b) The commissioner may provide for alternative methods of record keeping, 
4.22 	including electronic record keeping, to comply with the requirements of this section. Any 
4.23 	electronic record keeping method authorized by the commissioner shall comply with 
4.24 	applicable standards of the state and the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
4.25 	governing reliability, integrity, identity authentication, and nonrepudiation of stored 
4.26 	electronic data.

4.27 	Sec. 4. [115.0309] CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.
4.28 		Subdivision 1.Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The 
4.29 	commissioner of natural resources shall cooperate to the fullest extent practicable with 
4.30 	the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species to ensure development of standards 
4.31 	for the control of invasive species that are broadly protective of the state waters of Lake 
4.32 	Superior and other natural resources. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
4.33 	shall serve as the alternate to the commissioner of natural resources if necessary.
4.34 		Subd. 2.Cooperation with other state agencies. In developing the permit process 
4.35 	and any standards established under sections 115.0301 to 115.0309, the commissioner 
5.1 	is encouraged to consult with the commissioners of commerce, agriculture, natural 
5.2 	resources, and any other agency that the commissioner determines to be necessary to 
5.3 	develop and implement an effective program for preventing the introduction and spread 
5.4 	of invasive species through ballast water.
5.5 		Subd. 3.Canada and other foreign governments. In developing the permit 
5.6 	process and any standards established under sections 115.0301 to 115.0309, the 
5.7 	commissioner is encouraged to consult with the government of Canada and any other 
5.8 	government of a foreign country that the commissioner determines to be necessary to 
5.9 	develop and implement an effective program for preventing the introduction and spread 
5.10 	of invasive species through ballast water.

5.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 115.56, subdivision 2, is 
5.12 	amended to read:
5.13 		Subd. 2.License required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), after March 
5.14 	31, 1996, a person may not design, install, maintain, pump, or inspect, or provide service 
5.15 	to an individual sewage treatment system without a license issued by the commissioner.
5.16 	Licenses issued under this section allow work on individual sewage treatment systems 
5.17 	with a flow of 10,000 gallons of water per day or less using prescriptive designs and 
5.18 	design guidances provided by the agency.
5.19 	(b) A license is not required for a person who complies with the applicable 
5.20 	requirements if the person is:
5.21 	(1) a qualified employee of state or local government who has passed the 
5.22 	examination described in paragraph (d) or a similar examination;
5.23 	(2) an individual who constructs an individual sewage treatment system on land that 
5.24 	is owned or leased by the individual and functions solely as the individual's dwelling or 
5.25 	seasonal dwelling;
5.26 	(3) a farmer who pumps and disposes of sewage waste from individual sewage 
5.27 	treatment systems, holding tanks, and privies on land that is owned or leased by the 
5.28 	farmer; or
5.29 	(4) an individual who performs labor or services for a person licensed under this 
5.30 	section in connection with the design, installation, maintenance, pumping, or inspection of 
5.31 	an individual sewage treatment system at the direction and under the personal supervision 
5.32 	of a person licensed under this section.
5.33 	A person constructing an individual sewage treatment system under clause (2) must 
5.34 	consult with a site evaluator or designer before beginning construction. In addition, the 
6.1 	system must be inspected before being covered and a compliance report must be provided 
6.2 	to the local unit of government after the inspection.
6.3 	(c) The commissioner, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Extension 
6.4 	Service or another higher education institution, shall ensure adequate training and design 
6.5 	guidance exists for individual sewage treatment system professionals.
6.6 	(d) The commissioner shall conduct examinations to test the knowledge of applicants 
6.7 	for licensing and shall issue documentation of licensing.
6.8 	(e) Licenses may be issued only upon successful completion of the required 
6.9 	examination and submission of proof of sufficient experience, proof of general liability 
6.10 	insurance, and a corporate surety bond in the amount of at least $10,000.
6.11 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the examination and proof of experience are not 
6.12 	required for an individual sewage treatment system professional who, on the effective date 
6.13 	of the rules adopted under subdivision 1, holds a certification attained by examination and 
6.14 	experience under a voluntary certification program administered by the agency.
6.15 	(g) Local units of government may not require additional local licenses for individual 
6.16 	sewage treatment system professionals.
6.17 	(h) A pumper whose annual gross revenue from pumping systems is $9,000 or 
6.18 	less and whose gross revenue from pumping systems during the year ending May 11, 
6.19 	1994, was at least $1,000 is not subject to training requirements in rules adopted under 
6.20 	subdivision 1, except for any training required for initial licensure.
6.21 	(i) Until December 31, 2010, No other professional license is required to:
6.22 	(1) design, install, maintain, or inspect, or provide service for an individual sewage 
6.23 	treatment system with a flow of 10,000 gallons of water per day or less using prescriptive 
6.24 	designs and design guidances provided by the agency if the system designer, installer, 
6.25 	maintainer, or inspector, or service provider is licensed under this subdivision and the 
6.26 	local unit of government has not adopted additional requirements; and
6.27 	(2) operate an individual sewage treatment system with a flow of 10,000 gallons 
6.28 	of water per day or less if the system operator is licensed as a system designer, installer, 
6.29 	maintainer, or inspector under this subdivision and the local unit of government has not 
6.30 	adopted additional requirements.

6.31 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115A.03, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
6.32 		Subd. 21.Mixed municipal solid waste. (a) "Mixed municipal solid waste" means 
6.33 	garbage, refuse, and other solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial, and 
6.34 	community activities that the generator of the waste aggregates for collection, except as 
6.35 	provided in paragraph (b).
7.1 	(b) Mixed municipal solid waste does not include auto hulks, street sweepings, ash, 
7.2 	construction debris, mining waste, sludges, tree and agricultural wastes, tires, lead acid 
7.3 	batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters, and other materials collected, processed, 
7.4 	and disposed of as separate waste streams, but does include source-separated compostable 
7.5 	materials.

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

7.7 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115A.03, subdivision 32a, is amended to read:
7.8 		Subd. 32a.Source-separated compostable materials. "Source-separated 
7.9 	compostable materials" means mixed municipal solid waste materials that:
7.10 	(1) is are separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of preparing 
7.11 	it them for use as compost;
7.12 	(2) is are collected separately from other mixed municipal solid wastes waste, and 
7.13 	are governed by the licensing provisions of section 115A.93;
7.14 	(3) is are comprised of food wastes, fish and animal waste, plant materials, 
7.15 	diapers, sanitary products, and paper that is not recyclable because the commissioner has 
7.16 	determined that no other person is willing to accept the paper for recycling; and
7.17 	(4) is are delivered to a facility to undergo controlled microbial degradation to yield 
7.18 	a humus-like product meeting the agency's class I or class II, or equivalent, compost 
7.19 	standards and where process residues do not exceed 15 percent by weight of the total 
7.20 	material delivered to the facility; and
7.21 	(5) may be delivered to a transfer station, mixed municipal solid waste processing 
7.22 	facility, or recycling facility only for the purposes of composting or transfer to a 
7.23 	composting facility, unless the commissioner determines that no other person is willing 
7.24 	to accept the materials.

7.25 	Sec. 8. [115A.936] CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AS COVER MATERIAL 
7.26 	PROHIBITED.
7.27 	(a) Construction debris or residuals from processed construction debris containing 
7.28 	any amount of gypsum shall not be managed as cover material at disposal facilities unless:
7.29 	(1) residual material is managed in an industrial or construction and demolition 
7.30 	disposal facility equipped with a liner and leachate collection system;
7.31 	(2) residual material is not mechanically pulverized or size-reduced prior to 
7.32 	processing, screening, or application;
7.33 	(3) a maximum effort is made to remove gypsum from the waste prior to processing, 
7.34 	screening, or application;
8.1 	(4) residual material is mixed at a ratio of one part soil to one part residual material 
8.2 	prior to application; and
8.3 	(5) the disposal facility does not accept any amount of cover material greater than 
8.4 	what is operationally necessary.
8.5 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "residual material" means construction debris or 
8.6 	residuals from processed construction debris containing any amount of gypsum.

8.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.07, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
8.8 		Subd. 4a.Permits. (a) The Pollution Control Agency may issue, continue in 
8.9 	effect or deny permits, under such conditions as it may prescribe for the prevention of 
8.10 	pollution, for the emission of air contaminants, or for the installation or operation of 
8.11 	any emission facility, air contaminant treatment facility, treatment facility, potential air 
8.12 	contaminant storage facility, or storage facility, or any part thereof, or for the sources 
8.13 	or emissions of noise pollution.
8.14 	The Pollution Control Agency may also issue, continue in effect or deny permits, 
8.15 	under such conditions as it may prescribe for the prevention of pollution, for the storage, 
8.16 	collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of waste, or for the installation or 
8.17 	operation of any system or facility, or any part thereof, related to the storage, collection, 
8.18 	transportation, processing, or disposal of waste.
8.19 	The agency may not issue a new permit to a new facility located in a community in a 
8.20 	city of the first class in Hennepin County that meets all of the following conditions:
8.21 	(1) is within a half mile of a site designated by the federal government as an EPA 
8.22 	superfund site due to residential arsenic contamination;
8.23 	(2) a majority of the population are low-income persons of color and American 
8.24 	Indians;
8.25 	(3) a disproportionate percent of the children have childhood lead poisoning, asthma, 
8.26 	or other environmentally related health problems;
8.27 	(4) is located in a city that has experienced numerous air quality alert days of 
8.28 	dangerous air quality for sensitive populations between February 2007 and February 
8.29 	2008; and
8.30 	(5) is located near the junctions of several heavily trafficked state and county 
8.31 	highways and two one-way streets which carry both truck and auto traffic.
8.32 	The Pollution Control Agency may revoke or modify any permit issued under this 
8.33 	subdivision and section 116.081 whenever it is necessary, in the opinion of the agency, to 
8.34 	prevent or abate pollution. 
9.1 	(b) The Pollution Control Agency has the authority for approval over the siting, 
9.2 	expansion, or operation of a solid waste facility with regard to environmental issues. 
9.3 	However, the agency's issuance of a permit does not release the permittee from any 
9.4 	liability, penalty, or duty imposed by any applicable county ordinances. Nothing in this 
9.5 	chapter precludes, or shall be construed to preclude, a county from enforcing land use 
9.6 	controls, regulations, and ordinances existing at the time of the permit application and 
9.7 	adopted pursuant to sections 366.10 to 366.181, 394.21 to 394.37, or 462.351 to 462.365, 
9.8 	with regard to the siting, expansion, or operation of a solid waste facility. 

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

9.10 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.47, is amended to read:
9.11 	116.47 EXEMPTIONS.
9.12 	Sections 116.48, 116.49, and 116.482 to 116.491 do not apply to: 
9.13 	(1) farm or residential tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor 
9.14 	fuel for noncommercial purposes;
9.15 	(2) tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing heating oil for 
9.16 	consumptive use on the premises where stored;
9.17 	(3) pipeline facilities, including gathering lines, regulated under the Natural Gas 
9.18 	Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, United States Code, title 49, chapter 24, or the Hazardous 
9.19 	Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, United States Code, title 49, chapter 29;
9.20 	(4) surface impoundments, pits, ponds, or lagoons;
9.21 	(5) storm water or waste water collection systems;
9.22 	(6) flow-through process tanks;
9.23 	(7) tanks located in an underground area, including basements, cellars, 
9.24 	mineworkings, drifts, shafts, or tunnels, if the storage tank is located upon or above the 
9.25 	surface of the floor;
9.26 	(8) septic tanks;
9.27 	(9) tanks used for storing liquids that are gaseous at atmospheric temperature and 
9.28 	pressure; or
9.29 	(10) tanks used for storing agricultural chemicals regulated under chapter 18B, 
9.30 	18C, or 18D.

9.31 	Sec. 11. [116.482] PETROLEUM RELEASE NOTIFICATION.
9.32 	(a) When a potential receptor survey is conducted for a petroleum tank release as 
9.33 	provided in agency guidance documents, the tank owner must provide information on 
10.1 	the results of the survey, reports of all releases, and any corrective actions, as defined 
10.2 	in section 115C.02, that are related to the petroleum tank release in an understandable 
10.3 	manner to residents contacted in the survey. The information may be provided through 
10.4 	personal contact, mail, or e-mail.
10.5 	(b) An owner may delegate the owner's responsibility under paragraph (a) to the 
10.6 	owner's consultant or contractor, as those terms are defined in section 115C.02, or to 
10.7 	the operator of the tank.

10.8 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299K.08, is amended by adding a 
10.9 	subdivision to read:
10.10 		Subd. 3a.Use of alternative threshold and certifications; restrictions. (a) For 
10.11 	Minnesota facilities required to report under subdivision 3, the alternative threshold 
10.12 	quantities outlined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 372.27, paragraphs 
10.13 	(a)(1) and (a)(2)(ii), or a successor regulation, shall be changed back to the threshold 
10.14 	levels prior to implementation of the toxic release inventory burden reduction rule of 
10.15 	December 18, 2006.
10.16 	(b) The use of Environmental Protection Agency certification form 9530-2, (Form 
10.17 	A), or any equivalent successor to the form, shall not be used by facilities:
10.18 	(1) if the total annual reportable amount is 500 pounds or more for nonpersistent 
10.19 	bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals; or
10.20 	(2) with respect to any chemical identified by the Environmental Protection Agency 
10.21 	administrator as a chemical of special concern under Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, 
10.22 	section 372.28, or a successor regulation.
10.23 	(c) Facilities affected by paragraph (b) must use Environmental Protection Agency 
10.24 	form 9350-1 (Form R), or any equivalent successor to the form.

10.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2007, 
10.26 	and applies to reports due in 2007 for calendar year 2006 to ensure that no data gaps exist 
10.27 	from previous toxic chemical inventory data.

10.28 	ARTICLE 2
10.29 	NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY

10.30 	Section 1. [84.66] MINNESOTA FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAM.
10.31 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Minnesota forests for the future program identifies and 
10.32 	protects private, working forest lands for their timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife 
10.33 	habitat, threatened and endangered species, and other cultural and environmental values.
11.1 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms have 
11.2 	the meanings given:
11.3 	(1) "forest land" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 4;
11.4 	(2) "forest resources" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 8;
11.5 	(3) "guidelines" has the meaning given under section 89A.01, subdivision 8;
11.6 	(4) "riparian land" has the meaning given under section 103F.511, subdivision 8a; 
11.7 	and 
11.8 	(5) "working forest land" means land that provides a broad range of goods and 
11.9 	services, including forest products, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and 
11.10 	water, and carbon sequestration.
11.11 		Subd. 3.Establishment. The commissioner of natural resources shall establish and 
11.12 	administer a Minnesota forests for the future program. Land selected for inclusion in the 
11.13 	program shall be evaluated on the land's potential for:
11.14 	(1) producing timber and other forest products;
11.15 	(2) maintaining forest landscapes;
11.16 	(3) providing public recreation; and
11.17 	(4) providing ecological, fish and wildlife habitat, other cultural and environmental 
11.18 	values, and values consistent with working forest lands.
11.19 		Subd. 4.Land eligibility. Land may be placed in the Minnesota forests for the 
11.20 	future program if it:
11.21 	(1) is:
11.22 	(i) forest land;
11.23 	(ii) desirable land adjacent to forest land, as determined by the commissioner; or
11.24 	(iii) beneficial to forest resource protection;
11.25 	(2) is at least five acres in size, except for a riparian area or an area providing access 
11.26 	to state forest land; and
11.27 	(3) is not set aside, enrolled, or diverted under another federal or state program, 
11.28 	unless enrollment in the Minnesota forests for the future program would provide additional 
11.29 	conservation benefits or a longer enrollment term than under the current federal or state 
11.30 	program.
11.31 		Subd. 5.Land interests. The commissioner may acquire permanent interests in 
11.32 	lands by fee title, easement acquisition, gift, or donation. An acquired easement shall 
11.33 	require a forestry management plan unless the requirement is waived or modified by 
11.34 	the commissioner. The plan will guide forest management activities consistent with the 
11.35 	purposes and terms of the easement and shall incorporate guidelines and other forest 
12.1 	management practices as determined by the commissioner to provide perpetuation of the 
12.2 	forest. The plan shall be developed in accordance with the guidelines.
12.3 		Subd. 6.Application. The commissioner shall accept applications from owners of 
12.4 	eligible lands at the time, in the form, and containing the information as the commissioner 
12.5 	may prescribe. If the number of applications exceeds the ability to fund them all, priority 
12.6 	shall be given to those applications covering lands providing the greatest public benefits 
12.7 	for timber productivity, public access, and ecological and wildlife values.
12.8 		Subd. 7.Landowner responsibilities. The commissioner may enroll eligible land 
12.9 	in the program by signing an easement in recordable form with a landowner in which 
12.10 	the landowner agrees to:
12.11 	(1) convey to the state a permanent easement that is not subject to any prior title, 
12.12 	lien, or encumbrance; and
12.13 	(2) manage the land in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the land was 
12.14 	selected for the program and not convert the land to other uses.
12.15 		Subd. 8.Advisory team. In administering the program, the commissioner may 
12.16 	establish an advisory team to provide advice on program management.
12.17 		Subd. 9.Correction of easement boundary lines. To correct errors in legal 
12.18 	descriptions for easements that affect the ownership interests in the state and adjacent 
12.19 	landowners, the commissioner may, in the name of the state, convey without consideration, 
12.20 	interests of the state necessary to correct legal descriptions of boundaries. The conveyance 
12.21 	must be by quitclaim deed or release in a form approved by the attorney general.
12.22 		Subd. 10.Terminating or changing an easement. The commissioner may 
12.23 	terminate an easement, with the consent of the property owner, if the commissioner 
12.24 	determines termination to be in the public interest. The commissioner may modify the 
12.25 	terms of an easement if the commissioner determines that modification will help implement 
12.26 	the Minnesota forests for the future program or facilitate the program's administration.
12.27 		Subd. 11.Payments. Payments to landowners under the Minnesota forests for 
12.28 	the future program shall be made in accordance with law and Department of Natural 
12.29 	Resources acquisition policies, procedures, and other funding requirements.
12.30 		Subd. 12.Monitoring, enforcement, and damages. (a) The commissioner shall 
12.31 	establish a long-term program for monitoring and enforcing Minnesota forests for the 
12.32 	future easements.
12.33 	(b) A landowner who violates the terms of an easement under this section or induces, 
12.34 	assists, or allows another to do so is liable to the state for damages due to the loss of 
12.35 	timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife habitat, threatened and endangered species, 
12.36 	and other cultural and environmental values.
13.1 	(c) Upon request of the commissioner, the attorney general may commence an action 
13.2 	for specific performance, injunctive relief, damages, including attorney's fees, and any 
13.3 	other appropriate relief to enforce this section in district court in the county where all or 
13.4 	part of the violation is alleged to have been committed or where the landowner resides or 
13.5 	has a principal place of business.
13.6 		Subd. 13.Rulemaking exemption. Easements agreed to under this section are not 
13.7 	subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

13.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.9 		Subd. 2.Application, issuance, reports, additional fee. (a) Application for 
13.10 	registration or reregistration shall be made to the commissioner or an authorized deputy 
13.11 	registrar of motor vehicles in a format prescribed by the commissioner and shall state the 
13.12 	legal name and address of every owner of the snowmobile.
13.13 	(b) A person who purchases a snowmobile from a retail dealer shall make application 
13.14 	for registration to the dealer at the point of sale. The dealer shall issue a dealer temporary 
13.15 	ten-day registration permit to each purchaser who applies to the dealer for registration. 
13.16 	Each retail dealer shall submit completed registration and fees to the deputy registrar at 
13.17 	least once a week. No fee may be charged by a dealer to a purchaser for providing the 
13.18 	temporary permit.
13.19 	(c) Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee as hereinafter provided, 
13.20 	the commissioner or deputy registrar shall issue to the applicant, or provide to the dealer, 
13.21 	an assigned registration number, including a strip with the registration number that may 
13.22 	be affixed to the snowmobile, or a commissioner or deputy registrar temporary ten-day 
13.23 	permit. Once issued, the registration number must be affixed to the snowmobile  using the 
13.24 	strip issued or by another method chosen by the owner in a clearly visible and permanent 
13.25 	manner for enforcement purposes on the windshield or as the commissioner of natural 
13.26 	resources shall prescribe. A dealer subject to paragraph (b) shall provide the registration 
13.27 	materials or temporary permit to the purchaser within the temporary ten-day permit period. 
13.28 	The registration is not valid unless signed by at least one owner.
13.29 	(d) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting pursuant to section 168.33, shall 
13.30 	also be a deputy registrar of snowmobiles. The commissioner of natural resources in 
13.31 	agreement with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the accounting and 
13.32 	procedural requirements necessary to assure efficient handling of registrations and 
13.33 	registration fees. Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with these accounting and 
13.34 	procedural requirements.
13.35 	(e) A fee of $2 in addition to that otherwise prescribed by law shall be charged for:
14.1 	(1) each snowmobile registered by the registrar or a deputy registrar and the 
14.2 	additional fee shall be disposed of in the manner provided in section 168.33, subdivision 
14.3 	2; or
14.4 	(2) each snowmobile registered by the commissioner and the additional fee shall 
14.5 	be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement 
14.6 	account in the natural resources fund.

14.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.

14.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.9 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may place into 
14.10 	the waters of the state a watercraft or trailer with aquatic macrophytes:
14.11 	(1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;
14.12 	(2) for purposes of shooting or observation blinds attached in or on watercraft in 
14.13 	amounts sufficient for that purpose, if the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut 
14.14 	above the waterline;
14.15 	(3) that are wild rice harvested under section 84.091; or 
14.16 	(4) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally 
14.17 	transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl 
14.18 	season.

14.19 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.20 		Subd. 4.Warnings; civil citations. After appropriate training, conservation 
14.21 	officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the 
14.22 	commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who:
14.23 	(1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;
14.24 	(2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a 
14.25 	watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes or prohibited 
14.26 	invasive species attached;
14.27 	(3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed 
14.28 	by rule, Eurasian water milfoil;
14.29 	(4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before 
14.30 	leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested 
14.31 	waters; or
14.32 	(5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property.

15.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.011, is amended to read:
15.2 	85.011 CONFIRMATION OF CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 
15.3 	STATE PARKS, MONUMENTS, STATE RECREATION RESERVES AREAS,
15.4 	AND WAYSIDES.
15.5 	The legislature of this state has provided for the creation and establishment of 
15.6 	state parks, designated monuments, state recreation reserves areas, and waysides for the 
15.7 	purpose of conserving the scenery, natural and historic objects and wildlife and to provide 
15.8 	for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them 
15.9 	unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
15.10 	The establishment of such state parks, designated monuments, state recreation 
15.11 	reserves areas, and waysides is hereby confirmed as provided in this section and sections 
15.12 	85.012 and 85.013 and they shall remain perpetually dedicated for the use of the people of 
15.13 	the state for park purposes.
15.14 	The enumerated state parks, state monuments, state recreation areas, and state 
15.15 	waysides shall consist of the lands and other property authorized therefor before January 
15.16 	1, 1969, together with such other lands and properties as may be authorized therefor on 
15.17 	or after January 1, 1969.

15.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.012, subdivision 28, is amended to read:
15.19 		Subd. 28. Interstate State Park, Chisago County, which is hereby renamed from 
15.20 	Dalles of Saint Croix State Park.

15.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.012, subdivision 49a, is amended to read:
15.22 		Subd. 49a. St. Croix Wild River State Park, Chisago County.

15.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.013, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.24 		Subdivision 1.Names, acquisition; administration. (a) Designated monuments,
15.25 	recreation reserves, and waysides heretofore established and hereby confirmed as state 
15.26 	monuments, state recreation areas and state waysides together with the counties in which 
15.27 	they are situated are listed in this section and shall hereafter be named as indicated 
15.28 	in this section.
15.29 	(b) Any land that now is or hereafter becomes tax-forfeited land and is located 
15.30 	within the described boundaries of a state recreation area as defined by session laws is 
15.31 	hereby withdrawn from sale and is transferred from the custody, control, and supervision 
15.32 	of the county board of the county to the commissioner of natural resources, free from 
15.33 	any trust in favor of the interested taxing districts. The commissioner shall execute a 
16.1 	certificate of acceptance of the lands on behalf of the state for such purposes and transmit 
16.2 	the same to the county auditor of the county for record as provided by law in the case 
16.3 	of tax-forfeited land transferred to the commissioner by resolution of the county board 
16.4 	for conservation purposes.

16.5 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.053, is amended by adding a subdivision 
16.6 	to read:
16.7 		Subd. 10.Free entrance; permanently and totally disabled veterans. The 
16.8 	commissioner shall issue an annual park permit for no charge for any veteran with a 
16.9 	total and permanent service-connected disability who presents each year a copy of their 
16.10 	determination letter to a park attendant or commissioner's designee. For the purposes of 
16.11 	this section, "veteran with a total and permanent service-connected disability" means a 
16.12 	resident who has a total and permanent service-connected disability as adjudicated by the 
16.13 	United States Veterans Administration or by the retirement board of one of the several 
16.14 	branches of the armed forces.

16.15 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.054, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.16 		Subd. 3.Interstate State Park. A Minnesota state park permit is not required at 
16.17 	Interstate State Park if a valid, current, Wisconsin state park permit or sticker authorizing 
16.18 	entry of a motor vehicle into Wisconsin state parks is appropriately displayed on the 
16.19 	vehicle and the commissioner has entered into an agreement with appropriate officials 
16.20 	of the state of Wisconsin that authorizes motor vehicles displaying Minnesota state park 
16.21 	permits free entry into Interstate State Park of Wisconsin on a reciprocal basis.

16.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision 
16.23 	to read:
16.24 		Subd. 14.Grand Portage State Park.  A state park permit is not required and a fee 
16.25 	may not be charged for motor vehicle entry or parking at the Class 1 highway rest area 
16.26 	parking lot located adjacent to marked Trunk Highway 61 and Pigeon River at Grand 
16.27 	Portage State Park.

16.28 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 88.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.29 		Subd. 2.Not to be left burning. Every person who starts or maintains a campfire 
16.30 	shall:
16.31 	(1) exercise every reasonable precaution to prevent the campfire from spreading 
16.32 	and shall;
17.1 	(2) before lighting the campfire, clear the ground of all combustible material within 
17.2 	a radius of five feet from the base of the campfire. The person lighting the campfire shall;
17.3 	(3) remain with the campfire at all times; and shall
17.4 	(4) before leaving the site, completely extinguish the campfire.

17.5 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89.715, is amended to read:
17.6 	89.715 ALTERNATIVE RECORDING FOR STATE FOREST ROAD.
17.7 		Subdivision 1.Authorization. The commissioner may adopt a recorded state forest 
17.8 	road map under this section to record the department's state forest road prescriptive 
17.9 	easements. For purposes of this section, "recorded state forest road map" means the 
17.10 	official map of state forest roads adopted by the commissioner.
17.11 		Subd. 2.Map requirements. The recorded state forest road map must:
17.12 	(1) show state forest roads at the time the map is adopted;
17.13 	(2) be prepared at a scale of at least four inches equals one mile compliant with 
17.14 	standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located;
17.15 	(3) include section numbers;
17.16 	(4) include a north point arrow;
17.17 	(5) include the name of the county and state;
17.18 	(6) include a blank and a description under the blank for the date of public hearing 
17.19 	and date of adoption;
17.20 	(7) include blanks for signatures and dates of signatures for the commissioner; and
17.21 	(8) include a list of legal descriptions of all parcels crossed by state forest road 
17.22 	prescriptive easements.
17.23 		Subd. 3.Procedure to adopt map. (a) The commissioner must prepare an official 
17.24 	map for each county or smaller geographic area as determined by the commissioner as 
17.25 	provided in subdivision 2, and set a time, place, and date for a public hearing on adopting 
17.26 	a recorded state forest road map to record roads.
17.27 	(b) The hearing notice must state that the roads to be recorded will be to the width of 
17.28 	the actual use including ditches, backslopes, fills, and maintained rights-of-way, unless 
17.29 	otherwise specified in a prior easement of record. The hearing notice must be published 
17.30 	once a week for two successive weeks in a qualified newspaper of general circulation that 
17.31 	serves the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the commissioner, the last 
17.32 	publication to be made at least ten days before the date of the public hearing. At least 30 
17.33 	days before the hearing, the hearing notice must be sent by certified mail to the property 
17.34 	owners directly affected in the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the 
17.35 	commissioner at the addresses listed on the tax assessment notices at least seven days 
18.1 	before appearing in the qualified newspaper. The hearing notice may be sent with the tax 
18.2 	assessment, but all additional costs incurred shall be billed to the department.
18.3 	(c) After the public hearing is held, the commissioner may amend and adopt the 
18.4 	recorded state forest road map. The recorded state forest road map must be dated and 
18.5 	signed by the commissioner and must be recordedfiled for recording with the county 
18.6 	recorder within 90 days after the map is adopted. The map is effective when filed with 
18.7 	the county recorder.
18.8 	(d) The recorded state forest road map that is recorded with the county recorder must 
18.9 	comply with the standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located.
18.10 	(e) A recorded state forest road map that was prepared by using aerial photographs 
18.11 	to establish road centerlines and that has been duly recorded with the county recorder is an 
18.12 	adequate description for purposes of recording road easements and the map is the legally 
18.13 	constituted description and prevails when a deed for a parcel abutting a road contains 
18.14 	no reference to a road easement. Nothing prevents the commissioner from accepting a 
18.15 	more definitive metes and bounds or survey description of a road easement for a road of 
18.16 	record if the description of the easement is referenced to equal distance on both sides 
18.17 	of the existing road centerline.
18.18 	(f) The commissioner shall consult with representatives of county land 
18.19 	commissioners, county auditors, county recorders, and Torrens examiners in implementing 
18.20 	this subdivision.
18.21 		Subd. 4.Appeal. (a) Before filing an appeal under paragraph (b), a person may 
18.22 	seek resolution of concerns regarding a decision to record a road under this section by 
18.23 	contacting the commissioner in writing.
18.24 	(b) A person may appeal a decision to record or exclude recording a road under this 
18.25 	section to the district court within 120 days after the date the commissioner adopts the 
18.26 	state forest road map. Appeals may be filed only by property owners who are directly 
18.27 	affected by a proposed map designation and only for those portions of the map designation 
18.28 	that directly affect them.
18.29 	(b) A property owner may appeal the map designation to the commissioner within 60 
18.30 	days of the map being recorded by filing a written request for review. The commissioner 
18.31 	shall review the request and any supporting evidence and render a decision within 45 
18.32 	days of receipt of the request for review.
18.33 	(c) If a property owner wishes to appeal a decision of the commissioner after review 
18.34 	under paragraph (b), the property owner must file an appeal with the district court within 
18.35 	60 days of the commissioner's decision.
19.1 	(d) If any portion of a map appealed under paragraph (b) is modified or found to be 
19.2 	invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction under paragraph (c), the remainder of the map 
19.3 	shall not be affected and its recording with the county recorder shall stand.
19.4 		Subd. 5.Unrecorded road or trail not affected. This section does not affect or 
19.5 	diminish the legal status or state obligations of roads and trails not shown on the recorded
19.6 	state forest road map.
19.7 		Subd. 6.Exemption. Adoption of a recorded state forest road map under this 
19.8 	section is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14 and section 14.386
19.9 	does not apply.

19.10 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
19.11 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint 
19.12 	subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; 
19.13 	review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes 
19.14 	in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant 
19.15 	information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for 
19.16 	improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
19.17 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised 
19.18 	of at least three affected persons:
19.19 	(1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding 
19.20 	activities related to trout and salmon stamp funding;
19.21 	(2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding 
19.22 	activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp funding and 
19.23 	excluding review of the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, 
19.24 	paragraphs (b) and (c);
19.25 	(3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4, 
19.26 	paragraph (a), clause (2);
19.27 	(4) an Ecological Services Operations Resources Subcommittee to review ecological 
19.28 	services funding;
19.29 	(5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support 
19.30 	services, and Department of Natural Resources administration and operations support;
19.31 	(6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding 
19.32 	issues related to trout and salmon;
19.33 	(7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and 
19.34 	address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
20.1 	(8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding 
20.2 	issues related to pheasants; and
20.3 	(9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp and address funding 
20.4 	issues related to wild turkeys.
20.5 	(c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight 
20.6 	Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual 
20.7 	report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and 
20.8 	revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the 
20.9 	subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report 
20.10 	in a timely manner.
20.11 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a 
20.12 	biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 
20.13 	of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations 
20.14 	to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural 
20.15 	resources finance.
20.16 	(e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the 
20.17 	Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not 
20.18 	be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
20.19 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the 
20.20 	commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural 
20.21 	resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
20.22 	(g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the 
20.23 	Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.

20.24 	Sec. 15. [103B.701] STAR LAKES.
20.25 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term "lake 
20.26 	association" means an organized association for the purpose of addressing issues on a 
20.27 	specific lake or river, a lake improvement district, or a lake conservation district.
20.28 		Subd. 2.Application. (a) A lake association may apply to the Star Lake Board for 
20.29 	designation as a star lake or river. The applicant must include a copy of a star lake or 
20.30 	river management plan for the lake or river.
20.31 	(b) After review of the application, the Star Lake Board shall determine whether 
20.32 	designation as a star lake or river will be granted. The designation as a star lake or river 
20.33 	becomes effective the day following designation by the board. The board shall publish the 
20.34 	decision on a star lake or river designation in the State Register, including the effective 
20.35 	date of the designation.
21.1 	(c) The star lake or river designation is effective until the earlier of:
21.2 	(1) five years after the date of designation; or
21.3 	(2) when the Star Lake Board finds that the lake association is not fulfilling the 
21.4 	requirements of this section or of the star lake or river management plan submitted.
21.5 	(d) Within six months before the expiration date of the designation as a star lake 
21.6 	or river, a lake association may apply to continue the star lake or river designation under 
21.7 	this section.
21.8 		Subd. 3.Eligibility. A lake association applying for designation as a star lake 
21.9 	or river must:
21.10 	(1) develop and update a star lake or river management plan as provided in 
21.11 	subdivision 4;
21.12 	(2) maintain a membership or participation of at least 50 percent of the private 
21.13 	shoreland owners;
21.14 	(3) participate in a water quality monitoring program under section 115.06, 
21.15 	subdivision 4, or other programs meeting Pollution Control Agency standards; and
21.16 	(4) meet at least annually to review the plan and notify appropriate state agencies 
21.17 	and local government units in the development and monitoring of the star lake or river 
21.18 	management plan.
21.19 		Subd. 4.Star lake or river management plan. (a) A star lake or river management 
21.20 	plan must contain a baseline of the current condition of the lake or river based on scientific 
21.21 	information, and plans for addressing the following issues:
21.22 	(1) increases in native vegetation in the littoral area of the lake or river, where 
21.23 	appropriate;
21.24 	(2) increases in native vegetation on the shoreline areas of the lake or river, where 
21.25 	appropriate;
21.26 	(3) prevention, reduction, or elimination of aquatic invasive species in the lake 
21.27 	or river;
21.28 	(4) increasing or maintaining a healthy diverse fishery that is appropriate for the 
21.29 	lake or river;
21.30 	(5) how the association will work with state agencies and local government units to 
21.31 	identify water pollution sources and impairments;
21.32 	(6) how the association will assist state and local programs to generate data needed 
21.33 	by state agencies and local government units in an appropriate format;
21.34 	(7) promoting compliance with adopted shoreland zoning standards and shoreland 
21.35 	best management practices;
22.1 	(8) how the lake association will assure its involvement in public input opportunities 
22.2 	for various local comprehensive and project-specific planning and zoning processes;
22.3 	(9) education and recognition opportunities for shoreland owners and other entities 
22.4 	that conduct activities affecting the quality of the lake or river; and
22.5 	(10) other activities that will coordinate with or enhance other state and local water 
22.6 	management efforts.
22.7 	(b) The star lake or river management plan shall be updated within five years of 
22.8 	adoption by the lake association.
22.9 		Subd. 5.State resources. State agencies may consider star lake or river designation 
22.10 	in determining the allocation of financial and staff resources.

22.11 	Sec. 16. [103B.702] STAR LAKE BOARD.
22.12 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The Star Lake Board shall be established as a 
22.13 	nonprofit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
22.14 	as amended. The Star Lake Board shall promote and designate star lakes and rivers in 
22.15 	Minnesota under section 103B.701.
22.16 	(b) The board must work with private and public entities to leverage the resources 
22.17 	available to achieve and sustain the designation of Minnesota star lakes or rivers. The 
22.18 	board may assist lake associations with finding appropriate technical and financial 
22.19 	assistance and make recommendations to state agencies and local government units 
22.20 	regarding the manner in which technical or financial assistance can be most effectively 
22.21 	delivered. To the extent that money is available, the board may secure, provide, or 
22.22 	recommend financial assistance to meet specific needs of lake associations, for:
22.23 	(1) completing a star lake or river management plan when the lake association does 
22.24 	not have an existing management plan and the association is committed to the goals of a 
22.25 	plan, as specified in section 103B.701, subdivision 4; and
22.26 	(2) addressing specific issues of the lake or river to achieve or maintain the goals 
22.27 	of the lake or river management plan for lake associations that have achieved a star lake 
22.28 	or river designation.
22.29 	(c) The board shall consist of:
22.30 	(1) one member designated by Minnesota Waters;
22.31 	(2) one member designated by the North Central Lakes Collaborative;
22.32 	(3) five members, chosen by the other board members with regard to obtaining 
22.33 	representation from a variety of types of lakes and rivers within the state, who are from 
22.34 	lake associations representing designated star lakes or rivers, or until July 1, 2011, are 
22.35 	eligible to achieve star lake or river designation; 
23.1 	(4) one member designated by the commissioner of natural resources;
23.2 	(5) one member designated by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency;
23.3 	(6) one member designated by the chair of the Board of Water and Soil Resources;
23.4 	(7) one member designated by the Indian Affairs Council;
23.5 	(8) one member designated by the Association of Minnesota Counties;
23.6 	(9) one member designated by the Minnesota Inter-County Association; and
23.7 	(10) one member designated by the League of Minnesota Cities.
23.8 	(d) By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the board shall submit a report to the 
23.9 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with 
23.10 	jurisdiction over environment policy and finance on the activities for which money has 
23.11 	been or will be spent for the current biennium, the applications for designation, and the 
23.12 	star lakes or rivers designated by the board.
23.13 		Subd. 2.Conflict of interest. A board member may not participate in or vote on a 
23.14 	decision of the board relating to an organization in which the member has either a direct 
23.15 	or indirect personal financial interest. While serving on the Star Lake Board, a member 
23.16 	shall avoid any potential conflict of interest.
23.17 		Subd. 3.Staff; contracts. The board may hire staff or enter into contracts to carry 
23.18 	out the activities of the board.
23.19 		Subd. 4.Bylaws. The board shall adopt bylaws necessary for the conduct of the 
23.20 	business of the board consistent with this section. The corporation must publish bylaws 
23.21 	and amendments to the bylaws in the State Register.
23.22 		Subd. 5.Place of business. The board shall locate and maintain the board's place of 
23.23 	business within the state.
23.24 		Subd. 6.Chair. The board shall annually elect from among its members a chair and 
23.25 	other officers necessary for the performance of its duties.
23.26 		Subd. 7.Meetings. The board shall meet at least twice each year and may hold 
23.27 	additional meetings upon giving notice in accordance with the bylaws of the board. Board 
23.28 	meetings are subject to chapter 13D.
23.29 		Subd. 8.Funds. The board may accept and use gifts, grants, or contributions from 
23.30 	any source. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of a gift or bequest, the board may 
23.31 	sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of and invest or reinvest the money, securities, or other 
23.32 	property given or bequested to it. The principal of these funds, the income from them, and 
23.33 	all other revenues received by the board from any nonstate source must be placed in the 
23.34 	depositories the board determines and is subject to expenditure for the board's purposes.
23.35 		Subd. 9.Accounts; audits. The board may establish funds and accounts necessary 
23.36 	to carry out its responsibilities. The board shall provide for and pay the cost of an 
24.1 	independent audit of its official books and records by the legislative auditor subject to 
24.2 	sections 3.971 and 3.972. A copy of this audit shall be filed with the secretary of state.

24.3 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, is amended by adding a 
24.4 	subdivision to read:
24.5 		Subd. 8a.Approved development. A replacement plan for wetlands is not required 
24.6 	for development projects and ditch improvement projects in the state that have received 
24.7 	preliminary or final plat approval or have infrastructure that has been installed or has local 
24.8 	site plan approval, conditional use permits, or similar official approval by a governing 
24.9 	body or government agency, within five years before July 1, 1991. As used in the 
24.10 	subdivision, "infrastructure" means public water facilities, storm water and sanitary sewer 
24.11 	piping, outfalls, inlets, culverts, bridges, and any other work defined specifically by a local 
24.12 	government unit as constituting a capital improvement to a parcel within the context of an 
24.13 	approved development plan. This exemption applies only in a greater than 80 percent area 
24.14 	or in a watershed contiguous to a greater than 80 percent area. 

24.15 	Sec. 18. [103G.2251] STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; WETLAND 
24.16 	BANK CREDIT.
24.17 	In greater than 80 percent areas, preservation of wetlands subsequently protected by 
24.18 	a conservation easement as defined under section 84C.01, and held by the board, may be 
24.19 	eligible for wetland banking credits, according to rules adopted by the board. 

24.20 	Sec. 19. [173.0855] STAR LAKE OR RIVER SIGNS.
24.21 		Subdivision 1.Authority to erect. (a) A county, statutory or home rule charter city, 
24.22 	or town of Minnesota that contains a star lake or river designated under section 103B.701 
24.23 	may request the Department of Transportation to erect star lake or river signs pursuant 
24.24 	to section 161.139. One sign may be erected at each approach to a lake or river within 
24.25 	the right-of-way of an interstate or other highway that passes over a lake or river in the 
24.26 	Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district or near or over a lake or 
24.27 	river in greater Minnesota.
24.28 	(b) An official lake or river sign on the right-of-way of an interstate or other highway 
24.29 	may be replaced with a star lake or river sign by the Department of Transportation 
24.30 	pursuant to section 161.139.
24.31 		Subd. 2.Sign standards. The Department of Transportation shall design and 
24.32 	manufacture the star lake and river signs to specifications not contrary to other federal 
24.33 	and state highway sign standards.

25.1 	Sec. 20. FIRST MEETING; DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENTS.
 25.2 	The appointing authorities named in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.702, must 
25.3 	complete their appointments to the Star Lake Board by August 1, 2008, with the exception 
25.4 	of the appointments required under Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.702, subdivision 1, 
25.5 	paragraph (c), clause (3), which must be completed within 30 days of the first meeting of 
25.6 	the board. The board member designated by the commissioner of natural resources must 
25.7 	convene the first meeting of the board no later than September 1, 2008.

25.8 	Sec. 21. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RULEMAKING 
25.9 	REQUIRED; STRUCTURES IN PUBLIC WATERS.
 25.10 	By June 30, 2011, the commissioner of natural resources shall update rules on 
25.11 	structures in public waters allowed and permit requirements for those structures under 
25.12 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 6115. The Department of Natural Resources general permit no. 
25.13 	2008-0401 expires on the effective date of the updated rules.

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

25.15 	Sec. 22. SNOWMOBILE NUMBER STRIPS; APPROPRIATION.
 25.16 	$124,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the snowmobile trails and enforcement account 
25.17 	in the natural resources fund is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources 
25.18 	for programing the electronic licensing system to issue number strips for registered 
25.19 	snowmobiles. This is a onetime appropriation.

25.20 	Sec. 23. APPROPRIATION; WADING POOL UPGRADE GRANTS.
 25.21 	$50,000 in fiscal year 2008 from the natural resources fund is appropriated to the 
25.22 	commissioner of natural resources for grants to local units of government for up to 
25.23 	75 percent of the cost of meeting the equipment requirements for public pools under 
25.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1222, subdivision 1d, paragraph (a), if enacted. The 
25.25 	maximum grant is $10,000 per pool upgraded. Priority shall be given to local government 
25.26 	applicants seeking assistance in installing a secondary suction or drainage outlet for the 
25.27 	public pool where a fee is not charged for use of the pool. The commissioner shall consult 
25.28 	with the commissioner of health in awarding the grants. Of this amount, notwithstanding 
25.29 	the restrictions under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, $25,000 is from the revenue 
25.30 	deposited in the natural resources fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
25.31 	paragraph (e), clause (3), and $25,000 is from the revenue deposited in the natural 
25.32 	resources fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (4). This 
25.33 	is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2009.

26.1 	Sec. 24.  REPEALER.
 26.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.961, subdivision 4; and 85.013, subdivision 
26.3 	21b, and Laws 1989, chapter 335, article 1, section 21, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 
26.4 	2002, chapter 323, section 19, are repealed.

26.5 	ARTICLE 3
26.6 	GAME AND FISH

26.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, 
26.8 	is amended to read:
26.9 		Subdivision 1.License required. (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic 
26.10 	farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.
26.11 	(b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by 
26.12 	the commissioner.
26.13 	(c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the 
26.14 	commissioner.
26.15 	(d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required 
26.16 	license fee under section 17.4988. 
26.17 	(e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property 
26.18 	rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant 
26.19 	detrimental impact on the public resource.
26.20 	(f) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house 
26.21 	of representatives committees on natural resource policy and finance on policy 
26.22 	recommendations regarding aquaculture. The commissioner shall not issue a new license 
26.23 	for aquatic farm purposes on a natural water body that has been restored with money from 
26.24 	migratory waterfowl stamp proceeds, credited under section 97A.075, subdivision 2, 
26.25 	or federal duck stamp proceeds.
26.26 	(g) Before a new aquatic farm license is issued for a natural water body, the applicant 
26.27 	must notify all owners of property with direct access to the water body.

26.28 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4985, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.29 		Subd. 2.Bill of lading. (a) A state-issued bill of lading is required for:
26.30 	(1) intrastate transportation of aquatic life other than salmonids and, catfish, or 
26.31 	species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by 
26.32 	the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
26.33 	between licensed private fish hatcheries, aquatic farms, or aquarium facilities licensed for 
26.34 	the species being transported if the aquatic life is being transported into a watershed where 
27.1 	it is not currently present, if walleyes whose original source is south of marked State 
27.2 	Highway 210 are being transported to a facility north of marked State Highway 210, or if 
27.3 	the original source of the aquatic life is outside Minnesota and contiguous states; and
27.4 	(2) stocking of waters other than public waters with aquatic life other than salmonids 
27.5 	and, catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible 
27.6 	species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant 
27.7 	Health Inspection Services.
27.8 	(b) When aquatic life is transported under paragraph (a), a copy of the bill of 
27.9 	lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager at least 72 hours before the 
27.10 	transportation.
27.11 	(c) For transportation and stocking of waters that are not public waters:
27.12 	(1) a bill of lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager 72 hours 
27.13 	before transporting fish for stocking;
27.14 	(2) a bill of lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager within five 
27.15 	days after stocking if the waters to be stocked are confirmed by telecopy or telephone prior 
27.16 	to stocking by the regional fisheries office not to be public waters; or
27.17 	(3) a completed bill of lading may be submitted to the regional fisheries office 
27.18 	by telecopy prior to transporting fish for stocking. Confirmation that the waters to be 
27.19 	stocked are not public waters may be made by returning the bill of lading by telecopy or 
27.20 	in writing, in which cases additional copies need not be submitted to the Department of 
27.21 	Natural Resources.
27.22 	(d) Bill of lading forms may only be issued by the Department of Natural Resources 
27.23 	in St. Paul, and new bill of lading forms may not be issued until all previously issued 
27.24 	forms have been returned.

27.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4985, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
27.26 		Subd. 3.Exemptions for transportation permits and bills of lading. (a) A 
27.27 	state-issued bill of lading or transportation permit is not required by an aquatic farm 
27.28 	licensee for importation, of animals not on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
27.29 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and 
27.30 	Plant Health Inspection Services; transportation, of animals not on the official list of viral 
27.31 	hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United States Department of 
27.32 	Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services; or export for the following:
27.33 	(1) minnows taken under an aquatic farm license in this state and transported 
27.34 	intrastate;
28.1 	(2) aquarium or ornamental fish including goldfish and tropical, subtropical, and 
28.2 	saltwater species that cannot survive in the waters of the state, which may be imported or 
28.3 	transported if accompanied by shipping documents;
28.4 	(3) fish or fish eggs that have been processed for use as food, bait, or other purposes 
28.5 	unrelated to fish propagation;
28.6 	(4) live fish from a licensed aquatic farm, which may be transported directly to an 
28.7 	outlet for processing or for other food purposes if accompanied by shipping documents;
28.8 	(5) fish being exported if accompanied by shipping documents;
28.9 	(6) sucker eggs, sucker fry, or fathead minnows transported intrastate for bait 
28.10 	propagation or feeding of cultural aquatic life, except that if either species becomes listed 
28.11 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
28.12 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
28.13 	then a transportation permit is required;
28.14 	(7) species of fish that are found within the state used in connection with public 
28.15 	shows, exhibits, demonstrations, or fishing pools for periods not exceeding 14 days;
28.16 	(8) fish being transported through the state if accompanied by shipping documents; or
28.17 	(9) intrastate transportation of aquatic life between or within licensed private fish 
28.18 	hatcheries, aquatic farms, or aquarium facilities licensed for the species being transported, 
28.19 	except where required in subdivision 2 and except that salmonids and, catfish, or species 
28.20 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
28.21 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
28.22 	may only be transferred or transported intrastate without a transportation permit if they 
28.23 	had no record of bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia at the time 
28.24 	they were imported into the state and if they have had a fish health inspection within the 
28.25 	preceding year that has shown no certifiable diseases to be present.
28.26 	Aquatic life being transferred between licensed private fish hatcheries, aquatic farms, 
28.27 	or aquarium facilities must be accompanied by shipping documents and salmonids and,
28.28 	catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
28.29 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
28.30 	Inspection Services, being transferred or transported intrastate without a transportation 
28.31 	permit must be accompanied by a copy of their most recent fish health inspection.
28.32 	(b) Shipping documents required under paragraph (a) must show the place of origin, 
28.33 	owner or consignee, destination, number, and species.

28.34 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4985, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.1 		Subd. 5.Permit application. An application for a transportation permit must 
29.2 	be made on forms provided by the commissioner. An incomplete application must be 
29.3 	rejected. An application for a transportation permit for salmonids and, catfish, or species 
29.4 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
29.5 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
29.6 	their eggs, or sperm must be accompanied by certification that the source of the eggs or 
29.7 	sperm are free of certifiable diseases, except that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling 
29.8 	disease, or furunculosis may be imported, transported, or stocked following treatment 
29.9 	approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic 
29.10 	septicemia may be imported, transported, or stocked into areas where the disease has been 
29.11 	previously introduced identified as being present. A copy of the transportation permit 
29.12 	showing the date of certification inspection must accompany the shipment of fish while 
29.13 	in transit and must be available for inspection by the commissioner. By 14 days after a 
29.14 	completed application is received, the commissioner must approve or deny the importation 
29.15 	permits as provided in this section.

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

29.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4986, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.22 		Subd. 2.Licensed facilities. (a) The commissioner shall issue transportation 
29.23 	permits to import:
29.24 	(1) indigenous and naturalized species except trout, salmon, and catfish, or species 
29.25 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
29.26 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, 
29.27 	and sperm from any source to a standard facility;
29.28 	(2) trout, salmon, and catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic 
29.29 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal 
29.30 	and Plant Health Inspection Services, from a nonemergency enzootic disease area to a 
29.31 	containment facility if the fish are certified within the previous year to be free of certifiable 
29.32 	diseases, except that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may 
29.33 	be imported following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial 
30.1 	kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported into areas where the 
30.2 	disease has been previously introduced identified as being present; and
30.3 	(3) trout, salmon, and catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic 
30.4 	septicemia susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, 
30.5 	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, from a facility in a nonemergency enzootic 
30.6 	disease area with a disease-free history of three years or more to a standard facility, except 
30.7 	that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may be imported 
30.8 	following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial kidney disease 
30.9 	or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported into areas where the disease has been 
30.10 	previously introduced identified as being present.
30.11 	(b) If a source facility in a nonemergency enzootic disease area cannot demonstrate a 
30.12 	history free from disease, aquatic life may only be imported into a quarantine facility.

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

30.21 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4987, is amended to read:
30.22 	17.4987 STOCKING PRIVATE AQUATIC LIFE.
30.23 	(a) A person may not release private aquatic life into public waters that are not 
30.24 	licensed as part of an aquatic farm without first obtaining a transportation permit from the 
30.25 	commissioner. The commissioner may:
30.26 	(1) deny issuance of a permit if releasing the private aquatic life is not consistent 
30.27 	with the management plan for the public waters.; and
30.28 	(2) approve the import, transport, and stocking of fish with bacterial kidney disease 
30.29 	or viral hemorrhagic septicemia into areas or waters where either disease has been 
30.30 	identified as being present.
30.31 	(b) The commissioner shall make management plans available to the public.
30.32 	(b) (c) If a permit is denied, the commissioner must provide reasons for the denial 
30.33 	in writing.

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

31.13 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.14 		Subd. 2.Restriction on the sale of game fish. (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
31.15 	(b), species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
31.16 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
31.17 	Inspection Services, must be free of viral hemorrhagic septicemia and species of the 
31.18 	family salmonidae or ictaluridae, except bullheads, must be free of certifiable diseases if 
31.19 	sold for stocking or transfer to another aquatic farm.
31.20 	(b) The following exceptions apply to paragraph (a):
31.21 	(1) eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may be transferred 
31.22 	between licensed facilities or stocked following treatment approved by the commissioner.;
31.23 	(2) fish with bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be 
31.24 	transferred between licensed facilities or stocked in areas where the disease has been 
31.25 	previously introduced. identified as being present; and
31.26 	(3) the commissioner may allow transfer between licensed facilities or stocking of 
31.27 	fish with enteric redmouth or furunculosis when the commissioner determines that doing 
31.28 	so would pose no threat to the state's aquatic resources.

31.29 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4993, is amended to read:
31.30 	17.4993 MINNOWS.
31.31 		Subdivision 1.Taking from public waters. (a) Under an aquatic farm license, a 
31.32 	licensee may take minnow sperm, minnow eggs, and live minnows for aquatic farm 
31.33 	purposes from public waters for aquatic farm purposes under an aquatic farm license, 
32.1 	except that have been tested for viral hemorrhagic septicemia when the testing indicates 
32.2 	the disease is not present.
32.3 	(b) A licensee may take sucker eggs and sperm may only be takenin approved 
32.4 	waters with a sucker egg license endorsement as provided by section 17.4994. 
32.5 		Subd. 2.Importation of live minnows. Minnows from outside the state may not be 
32.6 	imported live by a licensee for purposes other than processing or feeding aquatic farm 
32.7 	fish. A transportation permit as prescribed under sections 17.4985, 17.4986, and 97C.515, 
32.8 	subdivision 4, is required for importation.

32.9 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
32.10 		Subd. 4.Commercial fishing and turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting 
32.11 	restrictions in infested and noninfested waters. (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, 
32.12 	stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an 
32.13 	infested water that is designated because it contains invasive fish or, invertebrates, or 
32.14 	certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, may not be used in any other waters. If 
32.15 	a commercial licensee operates in both an infested water designated because it contains 
32.16 	invasive fish or, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982,  and 
32.17 	other waters, all nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing 
32.18 	or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in waters not designated as infested with invasive 
32.19 	fish or, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, must be tagged 
32.20 	with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in the commercial licensee's license 
32.21 	or permit, and may not be used in infested waters designated because the waters contain 
32.22 	invasive fish or, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982.
32.23 	(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or 
32.24 	turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is designated solely because it 
32.25 	contains Eurasian water milfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a 
32.26 	minimum of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this 
32.27 	paragraph. Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries 
32.28 	office or a conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water 
32.29 	designated solely because it contains Eurasian water milfoil and before resetting those 
32.30 	nets or equipment in any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize 
32.31 	a commercial licensee to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or 
32.32 	drying, if that water is designated as infested solely because it contains Eurasian water 
32.33 	milfoil.
32.34 	(c) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other 
32.35 	equipment when the nets and equipment are removed from waters of the state.
33.1 	(d) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of 
33.2 	designated infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.

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

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

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

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

33.21 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
33.22 		Subd. 7.Duty to encourage stamp design and purchases. (a) The commissioner 
33.23 	shall encourage the purchase of:
33.24 	(1) Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamps by nonhunters interested in migratory 
33.25 	waterfowl preservation and habitat development;
33.26 	(2) pheasant stamps by persons interested in pheasant habitat improvement;
33.27 	(3) trout and salmon stamps by persons interested in trout and salmon stream and 
33.28 	lake improvement; and
33.29 	(4) turkey stamps by persons interested in wild turkey management and habitat 
33.30 	improvement stamp collecting; and
33.31 	(5) walleye stamps by persons interested in walleye stocking and stamp collecting.
34.1 	(b) The commissioner shall make rules governing contests for selecting a design for 
34.2 	each stamp, including those stamps not required to be in possession while taking game or 
34.3 	fish. The commissioner shall ensure that stamp design and characteristics are consistent 
34.4 	with the design and characteristics that are sought by pictorial stamp collectors.

34.5 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
34.6 		Subd. 11.Power to prevent or control wildlife disease. (a) If the commissioner 
34.7 	determines that action is necessary to prevent or control a wildlife disease, the 
34.8 	commissioner may prevent or control wildlife disease in a species of wild animal in 
34.9 	addition to the protection provided by the game and fish laws by further limiting, closing, 
34.10 	expanding, or opening seasons or areas of the state; by reducing or increasing limits in 
34.11 	areas of the state; by establishing disease management zones; by authorizing free licenses; 
34.12 	by allowing shooting from motor vehicles by persons designated by the commissioner; 
34.13 	by issuing replacement licenses for sick animals; by requiring sample collection from 
34.14 	hunter-harvested animals; by limiting wild animal possession, transportation, and 
34.15 	disposition; and by restricting wildlife feeding. The commissioner, with the approval of 
34.16 	the Board of Animal Health, may enter any lands to carry out the duties and functions of 
34.17 	this section and may dispose of or destroy wild animals found on those lands to control 
34.18 	the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
34.19 	(b) The commissioner shall restrict wildlife feeding within a 15-mile radius of a 
34.20 	cattle herd that is infected with bovine tuberculosis the Board of Animal Health's proposed 
34.21 	modified accredited zone.  In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person 
34.22 	who violates the restrictions on wildlife feeding under this paragraph may not obtain a 
34.23 	hunting license to take a wild animal for two years after the date of conviction.
34.24 	(c) The commissioner may prevent or control wildlife disease in a species of wild 
34.25 	animal in the state by emergency rule adopted under section 84.027, subdivision 13. 
34.26 	(d) If the commissioner determines that a disease in wildlife in this state presents a 
34.27 	substantial and imminent threat to the state's wildlife or to livestock or human health, the 
34.28 	commissioner may declare an emergency under this section for purposes of establishing 
34.29 	wildlife disease management zones to prevent the spread of disease and carry out the 
34.30 	functions of this section. In an established wildlife disease management zone, the 
34.31 	following restrictions on wildlife feeding activities are in effect:
34.32 	(1) except as provided in clauses (2) and (3), a person may not place or distribute 
34.33 	feed in an area frequented by deer or elk or knowingly allow another person to place or 
34.34 	distribute feed on property under the person's ownership or lease. For purposes of this 
35.1 	paragraph, "feed" means grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable 
35.2 	of attracting or enticing deer or elk. Liquid scents are not feed;
35.3 	(2) unless otherwise prescribed by the commissioner, wildlife feeding is allowed 
35.4 	if the feed is placed in such a manner as to exclude access to deer and elk or the feed is 
35.5 	placed at least six feet above the ground; and
35.6 	(3) the prohibition in clause (1) does not apply to feed that is present solely as a 
35.7 	result of normal agriculture, forest management, or wildlife feed planting practices. It also 
35.8 	does not apply to feed that is for agricultural or livestock purposes if the feed is:
35.9 	(i) placed for domestic livestock that are present and actively consuming the feed on 
35.10 	a daily basis;
35.11 	(ii) covered to deter deer or elk from gaining access to the feed; or
35.12 	(iii) stored consistently with normal agricultural practices.

35.13 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is 
35.14 	amended to read:
35.15 		Subd. 4.Game and fish annual reports. (a) By December 15 each year, 
35.16 	the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over 
35.17 	appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:
35.18 	(1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures 
35.19 	were made:
35.20 	(i) the small game license surcharge under section 97A.475, subdivision 4; 
35.21 	(ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 
35.22 	5, clause (1); 
35.23 	(iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10; 
35.24 	(iv) the pheasant stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 5, clause (2);  
35.25 	(v) the turkey stamp wild turkey management account under section 97A.475, 
35.26 	subdivision 5, clause (3) 97A.075, subdivision 5; and
35.27 	(vi) the deer license donations and surcharges under section 97A.475, subdivisions 
35.28 	3, paragraph (b), and 3a; and
35.29 	(vii) the walleye stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10a;
35.30 	(2) the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and 
35.31 	(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent; 
35.32 	(3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for 
35.33 	which expenditures were made from the fund;
35.34 	(4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and
36.1 	(5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under 
36.2 	subdivision 4b.
36.3 	(b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for 
36.4 	changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).

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

36.6 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
36.7 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint 
36.8 	subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; 
36.9 	review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes 
36.10 	in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant 
36.11 	information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for 
36.12 	improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
36.13 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised 
36.14 	of at least three affected persons:
36.15 	(1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding 
36.16 	activities related to trout and salmon stamp and walleye stamp funding;
36.17 	(2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding 
36.18 	activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp wild turkey 
36.19 	management funding and excluding review of the amounts available under section 
36.20 	97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c);
36.21 	(3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4, 
36.22 	paragraph (a), clause (2);
36.23 	(4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services 
36.24 	funding;
36.25 	(5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support 
36.26 	services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;
36.27 	(6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding 
36.28 	issues related to trout and salmon;
36.29 	(7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and 
36.30 	address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
36.31 	(8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding 
36.32 	issues related to pheasants; and
36.33 	(9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp wild turkey management 
36.34 	account and address funding issues related to wild turkeys; and
37.1 	(10) a subcommittee to review the walleye stamp and address funding issues related 
37.2 	to walleye stocking.
37.3 	(c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight 
37.4 	Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual 
37.5 	report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and 
37.6 	revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the 
37.7 	subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report 
37.8 	in a timely manner.
37.9 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a 
37.10 	biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 
37.11 	of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations 
37.12 	to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural 
37.13 	resources finance.
37.14 	(e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the 
37.15 	Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not 
37.16 	be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
37.17 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the 
37.18 	commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural 
37.19 	resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
37.20 	(g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the 
37.21 	Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.

37.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section if effective March 1, 2009.

37.23 	Sec. 21. [97A.056] OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD-HERITAGE 
37.24 	ENHANCEMENT COUNCIL.
37.25 		Subdivision 1.Outdoor heritage fund. (a) The outdoor heritage fund is established 
37.26 	in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. All money earned by the outdoor 
37.27 	heritage fund must be credited to the fund. At least 97 percent of the money appropriated 
37.28 	from the fund must be spent on specific fish, wildlife, habitat, and land conservation 
37.29 	projects.
37.30 	(b) A forest fragmentation and consolidation account is created within the 
37.31 	outdoor heritage fund. From the receipts deposited in the fund under the Minnesota 
37.32 	Constitution, article XI, section 15, 20 percent each fiscal year must be credited to the 
37.33 	forest fragmentation and consolidation account. Money in the account may be spent only 
37.34 	for the acquisition of permanent easements on private forest land or for the acquisition of 
38.1 	land for forest consolidation. The conservation easements must guarantee public access, 
38.2 	including, but not limited to, hunting and fishing access.
38.3 	(c) A conservation partners account is created within the outdoor heritage fund. 
38.4 	From the receipts deposited in the fund under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
38.5 	section 15, 20 percent each year must be credited to the conservation partners account. 
38.6 	Money in the account may be spent only for matching grants of up to $250,000 to local 
38.7 	sporting and wildlife conservation clubs for the improvement of fish, game, and wildlife 
38.8 	habitat conservation.
38.9 		Subd. 2.Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council. (a) The Lessard-Heritage 
38.10 	Enhancement Council of 16 members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:
38.11 	(1) three members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on 
38.12 	Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration;
38.13 	(2) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the 
38.14 	house;
38.15 	(3) three public members representing hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat 
38.16 	conservation stakeholders appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
38.17 	Committee on Rules and Administration;
38.18 	(4) three public members representing hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat 
38.19 	conservation stakeholders appointed by the speaker of the house; and
38.20 	(5) four public members representing hunting, fishing, and wildlife habitat 
38.21 	conservation stakeholders appointed by the governor.
38.22 	(b) One member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives 
38.23 	must be from the minority caucus.
38.24 	(c) At least one public member appointed by the speaker of the house and one public 
38.25 	member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules 
38.26 	and Administration must be a woman. At least two of the public members appointed 
38.27 	by the governor must be women. At least one of the public members appointed by the 
38.28 	governor must be an ethnic minority. Appointing authorities shall consider geographic 
38.29 	balance in making appointments under this section.
38.30 	(d) The public members appointed and recommended to the appointing authorities 
38.31 	according to subdivision 3 must:
38.32 	(1) have experience or expertise in the science, policy, or practice of preservation, 
38.33 	enhancement, and protection of the state's fish, game, and wildlife habitat;
38.34 	(2) have strong knowledge in the state's fish, game, and wildlife habitat conservation 
38.35 	issues around the state; and
38.36 	(3) have demonstrated the ability to work in a collaborative environment.
39.1 	(e) A public member may be removed by an appointing authority for cause.
39.2 	(f) Citizen members serve four-year terms and shall be initially appointed according 
39.3 	to the following schedule of terms:
39.4 	(1) two members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in 
39.5 	January 2013;
39.6 	(2) two members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
39.7 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
39.8 	2013, and two members appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first 
39.9 	Monday in January 2013;
39.10 	(3) one member appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in 
39.11 	January 2012;
39.12 	(4) one member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
39.13 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
39.14 	2012, and one member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first 
39.15 	Monday in January 2012; and
39.16 	(5) one member appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in 
39.17 	January 2011.
39.18 	(g) Legislative members are entitled to reimbursement for per diem expenses plus 
39.19 	travel expenses incurred in the services of the council. The removal and, beginning July 1, 
39.20 	2009, the compensation of public members is as provided in section 15.0575.
39.21 	(h) The first meeting of the council shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative 
39.22 	Coordinating Commission. Members shall elect a chair, vice chair, secretary, and other 
39.23 	officers as determined by the council. The chair may convene meetings as necessary to 
39.24 	conduct the duties prescribed by this section.
39.25 	(i) Legislative membership terms are at the pleasure of the appointing authority, 
39.26 	except that members shall serve on the council until their successors are appointed.
39.27 	(j) The governor's appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent 
39.28 	of the senate.
39.29 	(k) Vacancies occurring on the council do not affect the authority of the remaining 
39.30 	members of the council to carry out their duties.
39.31 	(l) In addition to the appointments in paragraph (a), each appointing authority shall 
39.32 	appoint one nonvoting member under the age of 18.
39.33 		Subd. 3.Citizen selection committee. (a) The governor shall appoint an Outdoor 
39.34 	Heritage Fund Citizen Selection Committee of five members who come from different 
39.35 	regions of the state and represent hunting and fishing stakeholders. The duties of the 
39.36 	Outdoor Heritage Enhancement Fund Citizen Selection Committee shall be to:
40.1 	(1) identify citizen candidates to be public members of the council, as part of the 
40.2 	open appointments process under section 15.0597;
40.3 	(2) request and review citizen candidate applications to be members of the council; 
40.4 	and
40.5 	(3) interview the citizen candidates and recommend an adequate pool of candidates 
40.6 	to be selected for council membership by the governor, the senate, and the house of 
40.7 	representatives. Compensation of members is as provided in section 15.0575.
40.8 	(b) The Outdoor Heritage Enhancement Fund Citizen Selection Committee shall 
40.9 	give strong consideration to recommending candidates under the age of 30.
40.10 		Subd. 4.Strategic plan required. (a) The council shall adopt a strategic plan for 
40.11 	making expenditures from the outdoor heritage fund, including identifying the priority 
40.12 	areas for funding for the next six years. The strategic plan must be reviewed every two 
40.13 	years. The strategic plan must have clearly stated short-term and long-term goals and 
40.14 	strategies for outdoor heritage fund expenditures, must provide measurable outcomes for 
40.15 	expenditures, and must determine areas of emphasis for funding.
40.16 	(b) The council shall consider the long-term strategic plans of agencies with 
40.17 	environment and natural resource programs and responsibilities and plans of fish, game, 
40.18 	and wildlife conservation organizations during the development and review of the 
40.19 	strategic plan.
40.20 		Subd. 5.Duties of council. (a) The council, in consultation with statewide and local 
40.21 	fishing, hunting, wildlife, forestry, agriculture, and land conservation groups, shall develop 
40.22 	a biennial budget plan to recommend expenditures from the outdoor heritage fund to the 
40.23 	legislature and the governor. Approval of the biennial budget plan for the outdoor heritage 
40.24 	fund requires an affirmative vote of at least 11 members of the council.
40.25 	(b) In the biennial budget submitted to the legislature, the governor shall submit 
40.26 	separate budget detail for planned expenditures from the outdoor heritage fund as 
40.27 	recommended by the council.
40.28 	(c) As a condition of acceptance of an appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund, 
40.29 	an agency or entity receiving an appropriation shall submit a work program and quarterly 
40.30 	progress reports for appropriations from the outdoor heritage fund to the members of the 
40.31 	Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council in the form determined by the council.
40.32 		Subd. 6.Council administration. (a) The council may employ personnel and 
40.33 	contract with consultants as necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the council. 
40.34 	Permanent employees shall be in the unclassified service. The council may request staff 
40.35 	assistance, legal opinion, and data from agencies of state government as needed for the 
40.36 	execution of the responsibilities of the council.
41.1 	(b) Beginning July 1, 2009, the administrative expenses of the council shall be paid 
41.2 	from the outdoor heritage fund, as appropriated by law.
41.3 	(c) A council member or an employee of the council may not participate in or vote 
41.4 	on a decision of the council relating to an organization in which the member or employee 
41.5 	has either a direct or indirect personal financial interest. While serving on or employed by 
41.6 	the council, a person shall avoid any potential conflict of interest.
41.7 		Subd. 7.Open meetings. (a) Meetings of the council and other groups the council 
41.8 	may establish must be open to the public. Except where prohibited by law, the council 
41.9 	shall establish additional processes to broaden public involvement in all aspects of its 
41.10 	deliberations. For the purposes of this subdivision, a meeting occurs when a quorum is 
41.11 	present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the council.
41.12 	(b) For legislative members of the council, enforcement of this subdivision shall 
41.13 	be governed by section 3.055, subdivision 2. For nonlegislative members of the council, 
41.14 	enforcement of this subdivision shall be governed by section 13D.06, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

41.17 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
41.18 		Subd. 4.Pheasant stamp. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from pheasant stamps 
41.19 	must be credited to the pheasant habitat improvement account. Money in the account 
41.20 	may be used only for:
41.21 	(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for ringnecked 
41.22 	pheasants on public and private land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter 
41.23 	cover, and reliable food sources;
41.24 	(2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for pheasant habitat;
41.25 	(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant habitat on public and private 
41.26 	land;
41.27 	(4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and maintenance, including 
41.28 	promotion and evaluation of government farm program benefits for pheasant habitat; and
41.29 	(5) the acquisition of lands suitable for pheasant habitat management and public 
41.30 	hunting.
41.31 	(b) Money in the account may not be used for:
41.32 	(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph 
41.33 	(a), clause (1), (3), or (5), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under 
41.34 	paragraph (a), clause (4); or
42.1 	(2) any personnel costs, except that prior to July 1, 2009 2019, personnel may be 
42.2 	hired to provide technical and promotional assistance for private landowners to implement 
42.3 	conservation provisions of state and federal programs.

42.4 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
42.5 		Subd. 5.Turkey stamps account. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from 
42.6 	turkey stamps $4.50 from each turkey license sold must be credited to the wild turkey 
42.7 	management account. Money in the account may be used only for:
42.8 	(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for wild 
42.9 	turkeys on public and private land including forest stand improvement and establishment 
42.10 	of nesting cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources;
42.11 	(2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey habitat;
42.12 	(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey habitat on public and 
42.13 	private land;
42.14 	(4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and
42.15 	(5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and maintenance, population 
42.16 	surveys and monitoring, and research.
42.17 	(b) Money in the account may not be used for:
42.18 	(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph 
42.19 	(a), clauses (1) to (3), a specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause (4), 
42.20 	or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph (a), clause (5); or
42.21 	(2) any permanent personnel costs.

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

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

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

42.32 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.145, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.1 		Subd. 2.Acquisition procedure. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (g), 
43.2 	lands purchased or leased under this section must be acquired in accordance with this 
43.3 	subdivision.
43.4 	(b) The commissioner must notify the county board and the town officers where the 
43.5 	land is located and furnish them a description of the land to be acquired. The county board 
43.6 	must approve or disapprove the proposed acquisition within 90 days after being notified. 
43.7 	The commissioner may extend the time up to 30 days. The soil and water conservation 
43.8 	district supervisors shall counsel the county board on drainage and flood control and the 
43.9 	best utilization and capability of the land.
43.10 	(c) If the county board approves the acquisition within the prescribed time, the 
43.11 	commissioner may acquire the land.
43.12 	(d) If the county board disapproves the acquisition, it must state valid reasons. 
43.13 	The commissioner may not purchase or lease the land if the county board disapproves 
43.14 	the acquisition and states its reasons within the prescribed time period. The landowner 
43.15 	or the commissioner may appeal the disapproval to the district court having jurisdiction 
43.16 	where the land is located.
43.17 	(e) The commissioner or the owner of the land may submit the proposed acquisition 
43.18 	to the Land Exchange Board if: (1) the county board does not give reason for disapproval, 
43.19 	or does not approve or disapprove the acquisition within the prescribed time period; or 
43.20 	(2) the court finds that the disapproval is arbitrary and capricious, or that the reasons 
43.21 	stated for disapproval are invalid.
43.22 	(f) The Land Exchange Board must conduct a hearing and make a decision on 
43.23 	the acquisition within 60 days after receiving the proposal. The Land Exchange Board 
43.24 	must give notice of the hearing to the county board, the commissioner, the landowner, 
43.25 	and other interested parties. The Land Exchange Board must consider the interests of the 
43.26 	county, the state, and the landowner in determining whether the acquisition is in the public 
43.27 	interest. If a majority of the Land Exchange Board members approves the acquisition, 
43.28 	the commissioner may acquire the land. If a majority disapproves, the commissioner 
43.29 	may not purchase or lease the land.
43.30 	(g) This subdivision does not apply to land acquired for the Carlos Avery and 
43.31 	Lamprey Pass Wildlife Management Areas that is contiguous to other land within the 
43.32 	wildlife management area.

43.33 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
43.34 		Subd. 5.Refunds. (a) The commissioner may issue a refund on a license, not 
43.35 	including any issuing fees paid under section 97A.485, subdivision 6, if: 
44.1 	(1) the licensee dies before the opening of the licensed season. The original license 
44.2 	and a copy of the death certificate must be provided to the commissioner; or
44.3 	(2) the licensee is unable to participate in the licensed activity because the licensee is 
44.4 	called to active military duty or military leave is canceled during the entire open season of 
44.5 	the licensed activity. The original license and a copy of the military orders or notice of 
44.6 	cancellation of leave must be provided to the commissioner; or
44.7 	(3) the licensee purchased two licenses for the same license season in error.
44.8 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to lifetime licenses.

44.9 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is 
44.10 	amended to read:
44.11 		Subd. 2.Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from 
44.12 	an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either: 
44.13 	(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) 
44.14 	the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to 
44.15 	the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
44.16 	(b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person 
44.17 	must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper 
44.18 	license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper 
44.19 	license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state 
44.20 	identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the 
44.21 	license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been 
44.22 	issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement 
44.23 	shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer, 
44.24 	the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest, 
44.25 	or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon 
44.26 	request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name 
44.27 	in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
44.28 	(c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a 
44.29 	copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license 
44.30 	identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights 
44.31 	or privileges conferred by a license.
44.32 	(d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall 
44.33 	be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial turkey,
44.34 	migratory waterfowl, pheasant, or trout and salmon, or walleye stamp shall be provided to 
45.1 	the licensee after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2 
45.2 	fee. A pictorial turkey stamp may be purchased for a $2 fee.

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

45.4 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 4, is 
45.5 	amended to read:
45.6 		Subd. 4.Replacement licenses. (a) The commissioner may permit licensed deer 
45.7 	hunters to change zone, license, or season options. The commissioner may issue a 
45.8 	replacement license if the applicant submits the original deer license and unused tags that 
45.9 	are being replaced and the applicant pays any increase in cost between the original and 
45.10 	the replacement license. A refund of the difference in fees may be issued when a person 
45.11 	changes from a regular deer license to a youth deer license. When a person submits both 
45.12 	an archery and a firearms license for replacement, the commissioner may apply the value 
45.13 	of both licenses towards the replacement license fee.
45.14 	(b) A replacement license may be issued only if the applicant has not used any 
45.15 	tag from the original license or licenses and meets the conditions of paragraph (c). The 
45.16 	original license or licenses and all unused tags for the licenses being replaced must be 
45.17 	submitted to the issuing agent at the time the replacement license is issued.
45.18 	(c) A replacement license may be issued under the following conditions, or as 
45.19 	otherwise prescribed by rule of the commissioner:
45.20 	(1) when the season for the license being surrendered has not yet opened; or
45.21 	(2) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms or archery deer license to 
45.22 	an all season deer license;
45.23 	(3) when the person is upgrading from a regular firearms license to a multizone 
45.24 	deer license; or
45.25 	(4) when the person is changing from a regular firearms deer license to a youth 
45.26 	deer license.
45.27 	(d) Notwithstanding section 97A.411, subdivision 3, a replacement license is valid 
45.28 	immediately upon issuance if the license being surrendered is valid at that time.

45.29 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
45.30 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Persons eligible for a moose license shall be determined 
45.31 	under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a moose license only 
45.32 	if the person:
45.33 	(1) is a resident; and
45.34 	(2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
46.1 	(3) (2) has not been issued a moose license for any of the last five seasons or after 
46.2 	January 1, 1991.

46.3 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.433, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
46.4 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Persons eligible for an elk license shall be determined under this 
46.5 	section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for an elk license only if the person:
46.6 	(1) is a resident; and
46.7 	(2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
46.8 	(3) (2) has never been issued an elk license.

46.9 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.434, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
46.10 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. Eligibility for a prairie chicken license shall be determined by 
46.11 	this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie 
46.12 	chicken license only if the person:
46.13 	(1) is a resident; and
46.14 	(2) was born before January 1, 1980, or possesses a firearms safety certificate.

46.15 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is 
46.16 	amended to read:
46.17 		Subd. 7.Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may 
46.18 	issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person resident who is an 
46.19 	owner or tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, 
46.20 	as defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to 
46.21 	take additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only 
46.22 	one license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, 
46.23 	only one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The 
46.24 	license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes 
46.25 	or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land 
46.26 	is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or 
46.27 	dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision 
46.28 	2, the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may 
46.29 	take an additional deer under that license.
46.30 	(b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer 
46.31 	hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first 
46.32 	Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under 
46.33 	section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13).

47.1 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is 
47.2 	amended to read:
47.3 		Subd. 3.Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 may 
47.4 	not obtain a small game license but may take small game by firearms or bow and arrow 
47.5 	without a license if the resident is:
47.6 	(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
47.7 	(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or 
47.8 	guardian;
47.9 	(3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied 
47.10 	by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an 
47.11 	apprentice hunter validation; or
47.12 	(4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
47.13 	(b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game 
47.14 	license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident 
47.15 	under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, 
47.16 	bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, 
47.17 	or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the 
47.18 	accompanying parent or guardian.
47.19 	(c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey 
47.20 	without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or 
47.21 	guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
47.22 	(d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a 
47.23 	prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an 
47.24 	adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

47.25 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.473, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
47.26 		Subd. 2.Lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime angling license 
47.27 	authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those 
47.28 	activities authorized by the annual resident angling license. The license does not include a 
47.29 	trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required 
47.30 	by law.
47.31 	(b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling license are:
47.32 	(1) age 3 and under, $227;
47.33 	(2) age 4 to age 15, $300;
47.34 	(3) age 16 to age 50, $383; and
47.35 	(4) age 51 and over, $203.

48.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is 
48.2 	amended to read:
48.3 		Subd. 5.Lifetime sporting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime sporting license 
48.4 	authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game in the state. The 
48.5 	license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling, resident 
48.6 	small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include a trout 
48.7 	and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or 
48.8 	any other hunting stamps required by law.
48.9 	(b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are:
48.10 	(1) age 3 and under, $357;
48.11 	(2) age 4 to age 15, $480;
48.12 	(3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and
48.13 	(4) age 51 and over, $413.

48.14 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.474, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.15 		Subd. 2.Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A nonresident lifetime 
48.16 	angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license 
48.17 	authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The 
48.18 	license does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation,
48.19 	or other stamps required by law.
48.20 	(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:
48.21 	(1) age 3 and under, $447;
48.22 	(2) age 4 to age 15, $600;
48.23 	(3) age 16 to age 50, $773; and
48.24 	(4) age 51 and over, $513.

48.25 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is 
48.26 	amended to read:
48.27 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
48.28 	only, are:
48.29 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
48.30 	(2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
48.31 	(3) to take turkey, $18 $23;
48.32 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
48.33 	season, $26;
48.34 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
49.1 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
49.2 	season, $26;
49.3 	(7) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
49.4 	(7) (8) to take bear, $38;
49.5 	(8) (9) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
49.6 	(9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
49.7 	(10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
49.8 	(11) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer 
49.9 	season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
49.10 	(12) to take prairie chickens, $20;
49.11 	(13) (12) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms 
49.12 	during the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and
49.13 	(14) (13) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, 
49.14 	$13; and
49.15 	(14) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.

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

49.17 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is 
49.18 	amended to read:
49.19 		Subd. 3.Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 
49.20 	to nonresidents, are:
49.21 	(1) for persons age 18 and older or over to take small game, $73;
49.22 	(2) for persons age 18 and older or over to take deer with firearms during the regular 
49.23 	firearms season, $135;
49.24 	(3) for persons age 18 and older or over to take deer by archery, $135;
49.25 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
49.26 	season, $135;
49.27 	(5) to take bear, $195;
49.28 	(5) (6) to take turkey, $73 $78;
49.29 	(6) (7) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;
49.30 	(7) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270;
49.31 	(8) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
49.32 	(9) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the 
49.33 	regular firearms season in any open zone season option or time period, $13; and
49.34 	(10) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and
49.35 	(11) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.
50.1 	(b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under 
50.2 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (7). An additional commission may not be assessed on this 
50.3 	surcharge.

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

50.6 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
50.7 		Subd. 5.Hunting stamps. Fees for the following stamps and stamp validations are:
50.8 	(1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $7.50; and
50.9 	(2) pheasant stamp, $7.50; and
50.10 	(3) turkey stamp validation, $5.

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

50.12 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, is amended by adding a 
50.13 	subdivision to read:
50.14 		Subd. 10a.Walleye stamp validation. A person may agree to purchase a walleye 
50.15 	stamp validation for $5.

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

50.17 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
50.18 		Subd. 6.Licenses to be sold and issuing fees. (a) Persons authorized to sell 
50.19 	licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the 
50.20 	following issuing fees:
50.21 	(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
50.22 	(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and
50.23 	(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing 
50.24 	animals, the issuing fee is $1;
50.25 	(4) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an issuing 
50.26 	fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
50.27 	(5) for stamps stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
50.28 	(6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 97A.441
50.29 	or 97A.465, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized 
50.30 	seller;
50.31 	(7) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
51.1 	(8) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction 
51.2 	through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an 
51.3 	issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion 
51.4 	of the authorized seller.
51.5 	(b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a trout and salmon stamp if 
51.6 	a stamp validation is issued simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license.
51.7 	Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one trout and salmon stamp 
51.8 	in the same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
51.9 	(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
51.10 	(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the 
51.11 	commissioner.
51.12 	(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the 
51.13 	issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
51.14 	(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
51.15 	(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
51.16 	(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
51.17 	(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses 
51.18 	each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license 
51.19 	fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold 
51.20 	licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter 
51.21 	boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be 
51.22 	maintained by the commissioner for one year.

51.23 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.24 		Subdivision 1.Tags required. (a) A person may not possess or transport deer, 
51.25 	bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner 
51.26 	prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has 
51.27 	the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by 
51.28 	the commissioner.
51.29 	(b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by 
51.30 	the commissioner.
51.31 	(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the 
51.32 	deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the 
51.33 	site of the kill.
51.34 	(d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for 
51.35 	storage.
52.1 	(e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the 
52.2 	kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually 
52.3 	or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while 
52.4 	possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the 
52.5 	animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the 
52.6 	deer, bear, elk, or moose:
52.7 	(1) as otherwise provided in this section; and
52.8 	(2) prior to the animal being placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being 
52.9 	hung from a tree or other structure or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or 
52.10 	other place of habitation.

52.11 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.12 		Subd. 5.Firearms safety certificate. The commissioner shall issue a firearms 
52.13 	safety certificate to a person that satisfactorily completes the required course of instruction. 
52.14 	A person must be at least age 11 to take the firearms safety course and may receive a 
52.15 	firearms safety certificate, but the certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the 
52.16 	person reaches age 12. A person who is age 11 and has a firearms safety certificate may 
52.17 	purchase a deer, bear, turkey, or prairie chicken license to take big game that will become
52.18 	be valid whenfor hunting during the entire regular season for which the license is valid if 
52.19 	the person reacheswill reach age 12 during that calendar year. A firearms safety certificate 
52.20 	issued to a person under age 12 by another state as provided in section 97B.020 is not 
52.21 	valid for hunting in Minnesota until the person reaches age 12. The form and content of 
52.22 	the firearms safety certificate shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

52.23 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is 
52.24 	amended to read:
52.25 		Subdivision 1.Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game. (a)
52.26 	A person may take big game with a firearm only if:
52.27 	(1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and 
52.28 	with centerfire ignition;
52.29 	(2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
52.30 	(3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and has a soft point or is 
52.31 	an expanding bullet type;
52.32 	(4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 inches;
52.33 	(5) the muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is incapable of being loaded at the breech;
53.1 	(6) (5) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least 
53.2 	.45 inches; and
53.3 	(7) (6) the rifled muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.
53.4 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a 
53.5 	ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum 
53.6 	cartridge, a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50 
53.7 	Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.

53.8 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.036, is amended to read:
53.9 	97B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS DEER SEASON.
53.10 	Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer, 
53.11 	bear, or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms deer season seasons. 
53.12 	The transportation requirements of section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular 
53.13 	firearms deer, bear, or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section 
53.14 	97B.106, subdivision 2. A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this 
53.15 	section must have a valid firearms deer license to take the respective game.

53.16 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.041, is amended to read:
53.17 	97B.041 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED 
53.18 	IN DEER ZONES.
53.19 	A person may not possess a firearm or ammunition outdoors during the period 
53.20 	beginning the fifth day before the open firearms season and ending the second day after 
53.21 	the close of the season within an area where deer may be taken by a firearm, except:
53.22 	(1) during the open season and in an area where big game may be taken, a firearm 
53.23 	and ammunition authorized for taking big game in that area may be used to take big game 
53.24 	in that area if the person has a valid big game license in possession;
53.25 	(2) an unloaded firearm that is in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle;
53.26 	(3) a shotgun and shells containing No. 4 buckshot or smaller diameter lead shot 
53.27 	or steel shot;
53.28 	(4) a handgun or rifle and only short, long, and long rifle cartridges that are caliber of 
53.29 	.22 inches capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 Mach 2, .17 HMR, .22 short, 
53.30 	long, or long rifle, or .22 magnum caliber;
53.31 	(5) handguns possessed by a person authorized to carry a handgun under sections 
53.32 	624.714 and 624.715 for the purpose authorized; and 
53.33 	(6) on a target range operated under a permit from the commissioner.
54.1 	This section does not apply during an open firearms season in an area where deer 
54.2 	may be taken only by muzzleloader, except that muzzleloading firearms lawful for the 
54.3 	taking of deer may be possessed only by persons with a valid license to take deer by 
54.4 	muzzleloader during that season.

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

54.6 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.071, is amended to read:
54.7 	97B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.
54.8 	(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt 
54.9 	or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws 
54.10 	and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the 
54.11 	waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage 
54.12 	pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not 
54.13 	apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting 
54.14 	location or to trappers on waters of this state.
54.15 	(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to 
54.16 	the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, 
54.17 	migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with nontoxic shot or while 
54.18 	trapping, unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the 
54.19 	waist is blaze orange. This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting by falconry.
54.20 	(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where 
54.21 	paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public 
54.22 	Law 103-141.
54.23 	(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only 
54.24 	by a safety warning.

54.25 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.081, is amended to read:
54.26 	97B.081 USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO LOCATE ANIMALS.
54.27 		Subdivision 1.With firearms and bows. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a 
54.28 	person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, 
54.29 	or in a field, woodland, or forest, to spot, locate, or take a wild animal, except while 
54.30 	taking raccoons in accordance with section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tending traps in 
54.31 	accordance with section 97B.931, while having in possession, either individually or as 
54.32 	one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to kill
54.33 	take big game, small game, or unprotected wild animals. 
55.1 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to a firearm that is:
55.2 	(1) unloaded;
55.3 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm 
55.4 	by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of 
55.5 	the firearm exposed; and
55.6 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
55.7 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to a bow that is:
55.8 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
55.9 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
55.10 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm 
55.11 	or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
55.12 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to persons taking raccoons under section 
55.13 	97B.621, subdivision 3. 
55.14 	(f) This subdivision does not apply to a person hunting fox or coyote from January 1 
55.15 	to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial light, provided that the person:
55.16 	(1) is on foot;
55.17 	(2) is using a shotgun;
55.18 	(3) is not within a public road right-of-way;
55.19 	(4) is using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
55.20 	(5) is not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.
55.21 		Subd. 2.Without firearms. (a) Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. 
55.22 	from September 1 to December 31, Except as provided in subdivision 3, from two hours 
55.23 	after sunset until sunrise, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other 
55.24 	artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest to spot, or locate, or take a 
55.25 	wild animal except to take raccoons under section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or to tend traps 
55.26 	under section 97B.931. 
55.27 	(b) Between one-half hour after sunset until sunrise, Except as provided in 
55.28 	subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial 
55.29 	light to spot, locate, or take a wild animal on fenced, agricultural land.containing 
55.30 	livestock, as defined in section 17A.03, subdivision 5, or poultry that is marked with signs 
55.31 	prohibiting the shining of lights. The signs must:
55.32 	(1) display reflectorized letters that are at least two inches in height and state "no 
55.33 	shining" or similar terms; and
55.34 	(2) be placed at intervals of 1,000 feet or less along the boundary of the area.
56.1 	(c) It is not a violation of paragraph (a) or (b) for a person to carry out any 
56.2 	agricultural, occupational, or recreational practice, including snowmobiling that is not 
56.3 	related to spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.
56.4 	(d) Between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Except as provided in subdivision 
56.5 	3, a person may not project cast a spotlight or hand-held light onto residential property 
56.6 	or building sites from a moving motor vehicle being operated on land, except for the 
56.7 	following purposes:.
56.8 	(1) safety;
56.9 	(2) emergency response;
56.10 	(3) normal vehicle operations; or
56.11 	(4) performing an occupational duty.
56.12 	(d) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not at any time cast the rays of 
56.13 	a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on property posted with signs prohibiting the 
56.14 	shining of lights onto the property. When signs are posted, the signs shall display letters 
56.15 	that are at least two inches in height and state "no shining" or similar terms, and shall be 
56.16 	placed at intervals of 500 feet or less along the boundary of the property.
56.17 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) It is not a violation of this section for a person to cast the 
56.18 	rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light to:
56.19 	(1) take raccoons in accordance with section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tend traps in 
56.20 	accordance with section 97B.931; or 
56.21 	(2) hunt fox or coyote from January 1 to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial 
56.22 	light, provided that the person is:
56.23 	(i) on foot;
56.24 	(ii) using a shotgun;
56.25 	(iii) not within a public road right-of-way;
56.26 	(iv) using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
56.27 	(v) not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.
56.28 	(b) It is not a violation of subdivision 2 for a person to cast the rays of a spotlight, 
56.29 	headlight, or other artificial light to:
56.30 	(1) carry out any agricultural, safety, emergency response, normal vehicle operations, 
56.31 	or occupational-related activities that do not involve taking wild animals; or
56.32 	(2) carry out outdoor recreation as defined in section 97B.001 that is not related to 
56.33 	spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.

56.34 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.106, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.1 		Subdivision 1.Qualifications for crossbow permits. (a) The commissioner may 
57.2 	issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a 
57.3 	crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a 
57.4 	permanent or temporary physical disability. A crossbow permit issued under this section 
57.5 	also allows the permittee to use a bow with a mechanical device that draws, releases, or 
57.6 	holds the bow at full draw as provided in section 97B.035, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
57.7 	(b) To qualify for a crossbow permit under this section, a temporary disability 
57.8 	must render the person unable to hunt or fish by archery for a minimum of two years 
57.9 	after application for the permit is made. The permanent or temporary disability must 
57.10 	be established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt or fish by archery for the 
57.11 	required period of time must be verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor.
57.12 	A person who has received a special permit under this section because of a permanent 
57.13 	disability is eligible for subsequent special permits without providing medical evidence 
57.14 	and verification of the disability.
57.15 	(c) The person must obtain the appropriate license.

57.16 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.17 		Subdivision 1.Possession of firearms prohibited. Except when hunting bear, A 
57.18 	person may not take big game deer by archery while in possession of a firearm.

57.19 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.20 		Subdivision 1.Licenses required. A person may not take deer without a license. 
57.21 	A person must have a firearms deer license to take deer with firearms during the regular 
57.22 	firearms season, a muzzleloader license to take deer with a muzzleloader during the 
57.23 	muzzleloader season, and an archery deer license to take deer by archery except as 
57.24 	provided in this section.

57.25 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
57.26 		Subd. 2.Limit of one deer. Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, A person 
57.27 	may obtain one regular firearms season deer license, one muzzleloader season deer 
57.28 	license, and one archery season deer license in the same license year, but may take only
57.29 	not tag more than one deer except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4.

57.30 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
58.1 		Subd. 4.Taking more than one deer. (a) The commissioner may, by rule, allow 
58.2 	a person to take more than one deer. The commissioner shall prescribe the conditions 
58.3 	for taking the additional deer including:
58.4 	(1) taking by firearm, muzzleloader, or archery;
58.5 	(2) obtaining additional licenses; and
58.6 	(3) payment of a fee not more than the fee for a firearms deer license; and
58.7 	(4) the total number of deer that an individual may take.
58.8 	(b) In Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, and Roseau Counties, a 
58.9 	person may obtain one firearms deer license and one archery deer license in the same 
58.10 	license year, and may take one deer under each license. The commissioner may limit the 
58.11 	use of this provision in certain years to protect the deer population in the area.

58.12 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
58.13 		Subd. 6.Residents or nonresidents under age 18 may take deer of either sex.
 58.14 	A resident or nonresident under the age of 18 may take a deer of either sex except in 
58.15 	those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no antlerless permits are offered. In 
58.16 	antlerless permit areas where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may 
58.17 	provide a limited number of youth either sex permits to residents or nonresidents under 
58.18 	age 18, under the procedures provided in section 97B.305, and may give preference to 
58.19 	residents or nonresidents under the age of 18 that have not previously been selected. 
58.20 	This subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer by another member 
58.21 	of a party under subdivision 3. 

58.22 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.328, is amended to read:
58.23 	97B.328 BAITING PROHIBITED.
58.24 		Subdivision 1.Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. (a) A person may 
58.25 	not hunt deer:
58.26 	(1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or
58.27 	(2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that 
58.28 	bait or feed is present; or.
58.29 	(3) in the vicinity of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed 
58.30 	within the previous ten days.
58.31 	(b) This restriction does not apply to:
58.32 		Subd. 2.Removal of bait.  An area is considered baited for ten days after the 
58.33 	complete removal of all bait or feed.
59.1 		Subd. 3.Definition.  For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains, 
59.2 	fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer and 
59.3 	that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, minerals, and bird feeders containing 
59.4 	grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed.
59.5 	(1) Food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife 
59.6 	food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities; or
59.7 	is not bait or feed.
59.8 		Subd. 4.Exception for bait or feed on adjacent land. (2) A person otherwise 
59.9 	in compliance with this section who is hunting on the person's ownprivate or public 
59.10 	property, whenthat is adjacent to property where bait or feed is present is not in violation 
59.11 	of this section if the person has not participated in, been involved with, or agreed to 
59.12 	baiting or feeding wildlife on the adjacent land owned by another person property.

59.13 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.621, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
59.14 		Subd. 3.Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between one-half hour 
59.15 	after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a person:
59.16 	(1) must be on foot;
59.17 	(2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;
59.18 	(3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or 
59.19 	long rifle, rimfire ammunition may use handgun or rifle rimfire only .17 MACH2, .17 
59.20 	HMR, 22 short, long, and long rifle, and 22 magnum; and
59.21 	(4) may not use shotgun shells with larger diameter of shot than No. 4 shot.

59.22 	Sec. 57. [97B.673] EFFECTS OF LEAD SHOT ON UPLAND SMALL GAME; 
59.23 	STUDY.
59.24 	The commissioner of natural resources shall study the environmental and human 
59.25 	health effects of the use of lead shot on upland small game, including, but not limited 
59.26 	to, pheasant, turkey, grouse, prairie chicken, and rabbit. By February 1, 2009, the 
59.27 	commissioner shall provide information, reports, and recommendations to the senate and 
59.28 	house committees with jurisdiction on natural resources policy relating to the effects of 
59.29 	lead shot on upland small game.

59.30 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.721, is amended to read:
59.31 	97B.721 LICENSE AND STAMP VALIDATION REQUIRED TO TAKE 
59.32 	TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
60.1 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person 
60.2 	may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license and a turkey stamp validation. 
60.3 	(b) The requirement in paragraph (a) to have a turkey stamp validation does not 
60.4 	apply to persons under age 18. An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed 
60.5 	wild turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or possess a firearm or bow while 
60.6 	assisting a hunter under this paragraph and may not charge a fee for the assistance.
60.7 	(c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the tagging and 
60.8 	registration of turkeys.

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

60.10 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.203, is amended to read:
60.11 	97C.203 EXCHANGE OF FISH OR WILDLIFE RESOURCES; DISPOSAL 
60.12 	OF STATE HATCHERY PRODUCTS.
60.13 	(a) The commissioner shall dispose of fish hatchery products or exchange fish or 
60.14 	wildlife resources only after they have been tested for certifiable diseases. The testing 
60.15 	must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the disposal or exchange. Fish 
60.16 	or wildlife resources subject to an exchange must have received a disease-free certification 
60.17 	for those certifiable diseases not currently documented in Minnesota. Disease certification 
60.18 	must be provided prior to accepting the fish or wildlife resource. When the fish or wildlife 
60.19 	resource is not certified as disease-free, they may be stocked or transferred only into 
60.20 	waters that already contain that disease.
60.21 	(b) State hatchery products shall be disposed of according to the following order of 
60.22 	priorities:
60.23 	(1) distribution of fish eggs and fry to state hatcheries to hatch fry or raise fingerlings 
60.24 	for stocking waters of the state for recreational fishing;
60.25 	(2) transfer to other government agencies in exchange for fish or wildlife resources 
60.26 	of equal value or private fish hatcheries in exchange for fish to be stocked in waters of 
60.27 	the state for recreational fishing;
60.28 	(3) sale to private fish hatcheries or licensed aquatic farms at a price not less than the 
60.29 	fair wholesale market value, established as the average price charged at the state's private 
60.30 	hatcheries and contiguous states per volume rates;
60.31 	(4) transfer to other government agencies, colleges, or universities for cooperative 
60.32 	fish management and research purposes; and
61.1 	(5) sale of not more than $25 fair market value to any school, museum, or 
61.2 	commercial enterprise for curriculum implementation, educational programs, public 
61.3 	exhibition, or cooperative displays.

61.4 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.205, is amended to read:
61.5 	97C.205 TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.
61.6 	(a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a 
61.7 	quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:
61.8 	(1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections 
61.9 	17.4985 and 17.4986;
61.10 	(2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;
61.11 	(3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;
61.12 	(4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section 
61.13 	97C.821; or
61.14 	(5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section or as prescribed for 
61.15 	certifiable diseases under sections 17.46 to 17.4999.
61.16 	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:
61.17 	(1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs; and
61.18 	(2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.
61.19 	(c) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting 
61.20 	organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:
61.21 	(1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;
61.22 	(2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary 
61.23 	equipment; and
61.24 	(3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the 
61.25 	needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization 
61.26 	operating the rearing pond.
61.27 	 (d) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium, 
61.28 	transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, 
61.29 	white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black, 
61.30 	yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may 
61.31 	be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches 
61.32 	in total length.

61.33 	Sec. 61. [97C.303] CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.
62.1 		Subdivision 1.Availability. The commissioner shall make available a conservation 
62.2 	angling license according to this section. Conservation angling licenses shall be offered 
62.3 	for resident and nonresident individuals, resident married couples, nonresident married 
62.4 	couples valid for 14 consecutive days, and nonresident families.
62.5 		Subd. 2.Daily and possession limits. Daily and possession limits for fish taken 
62.6 	under a conservation angling license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the 
62.7 	corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, rounded down to the next 
62.8 	whole number if necessary.
62.9 		Subd. 3.License fee. The fee for a conservation angling license issued under this 
62.10 	section is two-thirds of the corresponding standard angling license fee under section 
62.11 	97A.475, subdivision 6 or 7, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

62.12 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.341, is amended to read:
62.13 	97C.341 CERTAIN FISH AQUATIC LIFE PROHIBITED FOR BAIT.
62.14 	(a) A person may not use live minnows imported from outside of the state, game 
62.15 	fish, goldfish, or carp for bait.
62.16 	(b) A person may not import or possess live, frozen, or processed bait from known 
62.17 	waters where viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been identified as being present. For 
62.18 	purposes of this paragraph, "bait" includes fish, aquatic worms, amphibians, invertebrates, 
62.19 	and insects used for angling.

62.20 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
62.21 		Subd. 4.Distance between houses. A person may not erect a dark house or, fish 
62.22 	house, or shelter within ten feet of an existing dark house or, fish house, or shelter.

62.23 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
62.24 		Subd. 7a.Houses left overnight. A fish house or, dark house, or shelter left on the 
62.25 	ice overnight must be marked with reflective material on each side of the house structure. 
62.26 	The reflective material must measure a total area of no less than two square inches on each 
62.27 	side of the house structure. Violation of this subdivision is not subject to subdivision 8 
62.28 	or section 97A.301.

62.29 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is 
62.30 	amended to read:
63.1 		Subd. 8.Confiscation of unlawful structures; civil penalty. (a) Structures on the 
63.2 	ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division, 
63.3 	or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
63.4 	(b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the 
63.5 	ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 115A.99.
63.6 	(c) This subdivision also applies to structures left on state public access sites for 
63.7 	more than 48 hours past the deadlines specified in subdivision 7.

63.8 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.9 		Subd. 2.Walleye; northern pike. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person 
63.10 	may take have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches and one northern pike 
63.11 	larger than 30 inches daily in possession.
63.12 	(b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to boundary waters.

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

63.14 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.505, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.15 		Subdivision 1.Authority to take, possess, buy, and sell. (a) Minnows may be 
63.16 	taken, possessed, bought, and sold, subject to the restrictions in this chapter, section 
63.17 	84D.03, subdivision 3, and in rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph (b). A 
63.18 	person may not take, possess, or sell minnows except for use as bait or for ornamental 
63.19 	or aquacultural purposes.
63.20 	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules for the taking, possession, purchase, sale, 
63.21 	and transportation of minnows.

63.22 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.23 		Subd. 2.Permit for transportation. (a) A person may transport minnows through 
63.24 	the state with a permit from the commissioner. The permit must state the name and 
63.25 	address of the person, the number and species of minnows, the point of entry into the 
63.26 	state, the destination, and the route through the state. The permit is not valid for more 
63.27 	than 12 hours after it is issued.
63.28 	(b) The commissioner may require the person transporting minnow species found 
63.29 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
63.30 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, to 
63.31 	provide health certification for viral hemorrhagic septicemia or other certifiable diseases. 
63.32 	For certifiable diseases not currently documented in Minnesota, the certification must be 
63.33 	dated within the 12 months preceding transport.

64.1 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.515, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
64.2 		Subd. 4.Private fish hatchery or aquatic farm. (a) A person with a private fish 
64.3 	hatchery or aquatic farm license may transport minnows with a transportation permit from 
64.4 	contiguous states to the private fish hatchery or aquatic farm, provided the minnows are 
64.5 	used for processing or feeding hatchery fish.
64.6 	(b) The commissioner may require inspection of minnows and disease certification 
64.7 	for species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
64.8 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
64.9 	Inspection Services, that are being transported from outside the state.
64.10 	(c) The commissioner may approve the import of minnows into areas or waters 
64.11 	where certifiable diseases have been identified as being present.

64.12 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
64.13 		Subd. 5.Special permits. (a) The commissioner may issue a special permit, without 
64.14 	a fee, to allow a person with a private fish hatchery license to import minnows from 
64.15 	other states for export. A permit under this subdivision is not required for importation 
64.16 	authorized under subdivision 4.
64.17 	(b) An applicant for a permit under this subdivision shall submit to the commissioner 
64.18 	sufficient information to identify potential threats to native plant and animal species and 
64.19 	an evaluation of the feasibility of the proposal. The permit may include reasonable 
64.20 	restrictions on importation, transportation, possession, containment, disease certification, 
64.21 	and disposal of minnows to ensure that native species are protected. The permit may 
64.22 	have a term of up to two years and may be modified, suspended, or revoked by the 
64.23 	commissioner for cause, including violation of a condition of the permit.

64.24 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.821, is amended to read:
64.25 	97C.821 POSSESSION, SALE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF 
64.26 	COMMERCIAL FISH.
64.27 	Subject to the applicable provisions of the game and fish laws, fish taken under 
64.28 	commercial fishing licenses may be possessed in any quantity, bought, sold, and 
64.29 	transported at any time. Commercial fishing licensees may transport their catch live to 
64.30 	holding facilities, if the licensee has exclusive control of the facilities. Commercial fishing 
64.31 	licensees may harvest fish from their holding facilities at any time with their licensed gear. 
64.32 	The commissioner may prohibit the transport of live fish taken under a commercial fishing 
64.33 	license from waters that contain nonnative species, are designated as infested waters, or 
64.34 	are infected with any certifiable disease.

65.1 	Sec. 72. MASTER ANGLER PROPOSAL; APPROPRIATION.
 65.2 	(a) By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources, after consultation 
65.3 	with the director of Explore Minnesota Tourism and interested stakeholders, shall submit a 
65.4 	proposal to improve, expand, and promote the master angler program.
65.5 	(b) $10,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and fish fund is appropriated to the 
65.6 	commissioner of natural resources for development of the proposal in paragraph (a).

65.7 	Sec. 73. NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA MOOSE BIOLOGIST; RESEARCH 
65.8 	STUDY.
 65.9 	The commissioner of natural resources shall designate a moose biologist for the 
65.10 	moose herd in northwestern Minnesota. The moose biologist shall conduct a moose 
65.11 	research study to examine the causes of the moose population declines in northwestern 
65.12 	Minnesota. By January 15, 2009, the commissioner shall submit a progress report on the 
65.13 	study to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural resource policy.

65.14 	Sec. 74. WALLEYE STOCKING.
 65.15 	$35,000 is appropriated from the Game and Fish fund in fiscal year 2009 to the 
65.16 	commissioner of natural resources to stock up to 25,000,000 additional walleye fry in 
65.17 	calendar year 2009 and up to 25,000,000 additional walleye fry in calendar year 2010. 
65.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.

65.19 	Sec. 75. APPROPRIATION.
 65.20 	$123,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $246,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and 
65.21 	fish fund is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to implement fish virus 
65.22 	surveillance, prepare infrastructure to handle possible outbreaks, and implement control 
65.23 	procedures for highest risk waters and fish production operations.

65.24 	Sec. 76. REPEALER.
 65.25 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411, subdivision 2; 97C.515, subdivision 3;
65.26 	Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.301, subdivision 7, and Minnesota 
65.27 	Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; and 6232.0300, subpart 4, are repealed.

65.28 	Sec. 77. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 65.29 	Sections 1 to 76 are effective the day following final enactment.

66.1 	ARTICLE 4
66.2 	STATE LANDS

66.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
66.4 		Subd. 5.Pledges and contributions. The commissioner of natural resources may 
66.5 	accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account. 
66.6 	A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported 
66.7 	with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a 
66.8 	contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium, 
66.9 	the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount 
66.10 	that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
66.11 	Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only 
66.12 	for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section 
66.13 	84.944. To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money 
66.14 	matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management 
66.15 	of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes: (1) 
66.16 	purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the 
66.17 	commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects. 

66.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:
66.19 	86A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
66.20 	The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas; 
66.21 	state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, 85.015, 85.0155, and 
66.22 	85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state 
66.23 	wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites, 
66.24 	which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources 
66.25 	or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic, 
66.26 	and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
66.27 	established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use 
66.28 	of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas 
66.29 	and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in 
66.30 	this section that are classified under section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state 
66.31 	recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit." 

66.32 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
67.1 		Subdivision 1.Secondary authorization; when permitted. A unit of the outdoor 
67.2 	recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another 
67.3 	unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the 
67.4 	respective units and only in the instances permitted below:
67.5 	(a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park: 
67.6 	historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
67.7 	river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
67.8 	(b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state 
67.9 	recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, 
67.10 	trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area,  and water access site.
67.11 	(c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest: 
67.12 	state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and 
67.13 	natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic 
67.14 	management area, and water access site.
67.15 	(d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic 
67.16 	site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and 
67.17 	water access site.
67.18 	(e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife 
67.19 	management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.
67.20 	(f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild, 
67.21 	scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness 
67.22 	area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
67.23 	(g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest 
67.24 	area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area,
67.25 	and water access site.
67.26 	(h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic 
67.27 	management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
67.28 	river, trail, rest area, and water access site.

67.29 	Sec. 4. [94.3495] EXPEDITED EXCHANGES OF LAND INVOLVING THE 
67.30 	STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.
67.31 		Subdivision 1.Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this section is to expedite the 
67.32 	exchange of public land ownership. Consolidation of public land reduces management 
67.33 	costs and aids in the reduction of forest fragmentation.
68.1 	(b) This section applies to exchanges of land between the state and a governmental 
68.2 	subdivision of the state. For land exchanges under this section, sections 94.342 to 94.347 
68.3 	apply only to the extent specified in this section.
68.4 		Subd. 2.Classes of land; definitions. The classes of public land that may be 
68.5 	involved in an expedited exchange under this section are:
68.6 	(1) Class 1 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class A land as defined in 
68.7 	section 94.342, subdivision 1, except for:
68.8 	(i) school trust land as defined in section 92.025; and
68.9 	(ii) university land granted to the state by acts of Congress;
68.10 	(2) Class 2 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class B land as defined in 
68.11 	section 94.342, subdivision 2; and
68.12 	(3) Class 3 land, which for the purpose of this section is all land owned in fee by 
68.13 	a governmental subdivision of the state.
68.14 		Subd. 3.Valuation of land. (a) In an exchange of Class 1 land for Class 2 or 3 land, 
68.15 	the value of all the land shall be determined by the commissioner of natural resources. In 
68.16 	an exchange of Class 2 land for Class 3 land, the value of all the land shall be determined 
68.17 	by the county board of the county in which the land lies. To determine the value of the 
68.18 	land, the parties to the exchange may cause the land to be appraised, utilize the valuation 
68.19 	process provided under section 84.0272, subdivision 3, or obtain a market analysis from a 
68.20 	qualified real estate broker. Merchantable timber value must be determined and considered 
68.21 	in finalizing valuation of the lands.
68.22 	(b) All lands exchanged under this section shall be exchanged only for lands of 
68.23 	at least substantially equal value. For the purposes of this subdivision, "substantially 
68.24 	equal value" has the meaning given under section 94.343, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). 
68.25 	No payment is due either party if the lands are of substantially equal value but are not 
68.26 	of the same value.
68.27 		Subd. 4.Title. Title to the land must be examined to the extent necessary for the 
68.28 	parties to determine that the title is good, with any encumbrances identified. The parties to 
68.29 	the exchange may utilize title insurance to aid in the determination.
68.30 		Subd. 5.Approval by Land Exchange Board. All expedited land exchanges 
68.31 	under this section, and the terms and conditions of the exchanges, require the unanimous 
68.32 	approval of the Land Exchange Board.
68.33 		Subd. 6.Conveyance. (a) Conveyance of Class 1 land given in exchange shall be 
68.34 	made by deed executed by the commissioner of natural resources in the name of the 
68.35 	state. Conveyance of Class 2 land given in exchange shall be by a deed executed by the 
69.1 	commissioner of revenue in the name of the state. Conveyance of Class 3 land shall be by 
69.2 	a deed executed by the governing body in the name of the governing authority.
69.3 	(b) If Class 1 land is given in exchange for Class 2 or 3 land, the deed to the Class 
69.4 	2 or 3 land shall first be delivered to the commissioner of natural resources. Following 
69.5 	the recording of the deed, the commissioner of natural resources shall deliver the deed 
69.6 	conveying the Class 1 land.
69.7 	(c) If Class 2 land is given in exchange for Class 3 land, the deed to the Class 3 land 
69.8 	shall first be delivered to the county auditor. Following the recording of the deed, the 
69.9 	commissioner of revenue shall deliver the deed conveying the Class 2 land.
69.10 	(d) All deeds shall be recorded or registered in the county in which the lands lie.
69.11 		Subd. 7.Reversionary interest; mineral and water power rights and other 
69.12 	reservations. (a) All deeds conveying land given in an expedited land exchange under 
69.13 	this section shall include a reverter that provides that title to the land automatically reverts 
69.14 	to the conveying governmental unit if:
69.15 	(1) the receiving governmental unit sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers title of 
69.16 	the land within 40 years of the date of the deed conveying ownership; and
69.17 	(2) there is no prior written approval for the transfer from the conveying 
69.18 	governmental unit. The authority for granting approval is the commissioner of natural 
69.19 	resources for former Class 1 land, the county board for former Class 2 land, and the 
69.20 	governing body for former Class 3 land.
69.21 	(b) Class 1 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation provisions of section 
69.22 	94.343, subdivision 4. Class 2 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation 
69.23 	provisions of section 94.344, subdivision 4. County fee land given in exchange is subject 
69.24 	to the reservation provisions of section 373.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (g).
69.25 		Subd. 8.Land status. Land received in exchange for Class 1 land is subject to the 
69.26 	same trust, if any, and otherwise has the same status as the land given in exchange. Land 
69.27 	received in exchange for Class 2 land is subject to a trust in favor of the governmental 
69.28 	subdivision wherein it lies and all laws relating to tax-forfeited land. Land received in 
69.29 	exchange for Class 3 land has the same status as the land given in exchange.

69.30 	Sec. 5. Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25, is amended to read:
69.31 	Sec. 25. EASEMENT ON STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
69.32 	WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 69.33 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue an easement on land bordering 
69.34 	public water that is described in paragraph (c). The easement shall be issued to the current
69.35 	owners of Lots 7 and 8, Block 2 of Demontreville Highlands and Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, 
70.1 	Block 1, Demontreville Highlands 5th Addition. The easement is for the purpose of the 
70.2 	easement holders jointly erecting and maintaining one dock from the property described 
70.3 	in paragraph (c). The dock may not exceed 30 feet in length and six feet in width and 
70.4 	overnight mooring of watercraft is prohibited. 
70.5 	(b) The easement must be in a form approved by the attorney general for 
70.6 	consideration of the easement preparation and recording costs. The attorney general may 
70.7 	make necessary changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
70.8 	The easement will expire as to each owner when they convey their ownership interest in 
70.9 	the property described in paragraph (a).
70.10 	(c) The land upon which an easement is to be issued is located in Washington County 
70.11 	and is described as: Part of Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 29 North, Range 
70.12 	21 West, being the South 45 feet lying East of the existing centerline of Demontreville 
70.13 	Trail North subject to easements of record.

70.14 	Sec. 6. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, is amended to read:
70.15 	Sec. 43. LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 70.16 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other 
70.17 	law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale or lease of tax-forfeited land, 
70.18 	Itasca County must apportion the first $1,000,000 received from the sale or lease of 
70.19 	tax-forfeited lands within Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near Nashwauk, 
70.20 	Minnesota, as provided in Laws 1965, chapter 326, section 1, as amended. Any remaining 
70.21 	proceeds received from the sale or lease must be deposited into a tax-forfeited land 
70.22 	replacement trust fund established by Itasca County under this section. The principal 
70.23 	and interest from this fund may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the 
70.24 	tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land 
70.25 	replacement fund must: 
70.26 	(1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie 
70.27 	and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and 
70.28 	(2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under 
70.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2. 

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

70.33 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 71.1 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. The 
71.2 	following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139 
71.3 	North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described 
71.4 	as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
71.5 	11; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the 
71.6 	westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet; 
71.7 	thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence 
71.8 	North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast 
71.9 	Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 
71.10 	minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes 
71.11 	47 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10 
71.12 	seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly 
71.13 	line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 
71.14 	seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for 
71.15 	a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133 
71.16 	acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A 
71.17 	30.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following 
71.18 	described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 
71.19 	11, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County, 
71.20 	Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along 
71.21 	the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to 
71.22 	the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel 
71.23 	to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
71.24 	11, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a 
71.25 	distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.
71.26 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The 
71.27 	following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
71.28 	(1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
71.29 	the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 
71.30 	2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the 
71.31 	point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the 
71.32 	west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15 
71.33 	minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51 
71.34 	degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains; 
71.35 	thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the 
71.36 	village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and 
72.1 	south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains; 
72.2 	thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue 
72.3 	in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23 
72.4 	degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains; 
72.5 	thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80 
72.6 	chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill 
72.7 	Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains 
72.8 	to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to 
72.9 	the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of 
72.10 	beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that 
72.11 	part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described, 
72.12 	as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in 
72.13 	Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said 
72.14 	lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street 
72.15 	in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of 
72.16 	said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low 
72.17 	water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake 
72.18 	Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, 
72.19 	Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village, 
72.20 	North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line 
72.21 	beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 
72.22 	2 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said 
72.23 	Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes 
72.24 	West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said 
72.25 	Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot 
72.26 	11 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of 
72.27 	said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to 
72.28 	the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the 
72.29 	Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;
72.30 	(2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 
72.31 	North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing 
72.32 	at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
72.33 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
72.34 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
72.35 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 
72.36 	seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01 
73.1 	minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of 
73.2 	534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of 
73.3 	954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears 
73.4 	South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41 
73.5 	seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State 
73.6 	Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline 
73.7 	of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line 
73.8 	bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence 
73.9 	North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a 
73.10 	50.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the 
73.11 	northwesterly line of the above described property; and
73.12 	(3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 
73.13 	112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at 
73.14 	the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
73.15 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
73.16 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
73.17 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 
73.18 	seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established; 
73.19 	thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said 
73.20 	West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes 
73.21 	56 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the 
73.22 	Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a 
73.23 	distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.
73.24 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County. The 
73.25 	following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter 
73.26 	of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.
73.27 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 51.]  Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St. 
73.28 	Louis Counties. The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the 
73.29 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
73.30 	Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North, 
73.31 	Range 23 West, Aitkin County.
73.32 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County. The following 
73.33 	areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast 
73.34 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all 
73.35 	in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.
74.1 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 53a.]  Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. 
74.2 	Louis County. The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the 
74.3 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15 
74.4 	West, St. Louis County.
74.5 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.
 74.6 	The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County: 
74.7 	(1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on 
74.8 	file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;
74.9 	(2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the 
74.10 	Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and
74.11 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of 
74.12 	Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

74.13 	Sec. 8. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 74.14 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 74.15 	The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North, 
74.16 	Range 13 West, Goodhue County:
74.17 	(1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter, 
74.18 	Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH 
74.19 	EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office 
74.20 	of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated 
74.21 	Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO 
74.22 	FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona 
74.23 	Avenue;
74.24 	(2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70, 
74.25 	WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of 
74.26 	record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;
74.27 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 
74.28 	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of 
74.29 	Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for 
74.30 	Goodhue County, Minnesota;
74.31 	(4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67, 
74.32 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
74.33 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet 
74.34 	of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said 
74.35 	plat of WESTERVELT;
75.1 	(5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66, 
75.2 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
75.3 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and
75.4 	(6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of 
75.5 	Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the 
75.6 	southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the 
75.7 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.
75.8 		Subd. 2.[85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County. Effective 
75.9 	upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the 
75.10 	commissioner of veterans affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery, 
75.11 	the following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park:
75.12 	(a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad 
75.13 	right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West;
75.14 	(b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad 
75.15 	right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and
75.16 	(c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
75.17 	22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.
75.18 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County. The 
75.19 	following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2, 
75.20 	being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in 
75.21 	the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129 
75.22 	North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.
75.23 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 38.]  Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The 
75.24 	following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
75.25 	(1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the 
75.26 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
75.27 	(2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the 
75.28 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
75.29 	(3) that part of Government Lot 6 and that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 6, 
75.30 	Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and that part of 
75.31 	Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray County, 
75.32 	Minnesota, described as follows:
75.33 	Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 6; thence on a bearing based 
75.34 	on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 Adjustment), of South 00 degrees 
75.35 	22 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 feet along the east line of said Section 6; thence 
75.36 	North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 feet; thence South 03 degrees 33 
76.1 	minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of Block 5 of FORMAN 
76.2 	ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County 
76.3 	Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds West 525.30 feet along 
76.4 	the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the Private Roadway of 
76.5 	FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private Roadway and the POINT 
76.6 	OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 796.30 feet along 
76.7 	the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and an existing 
76.8 	1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds West 100.06 
76.9 	feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and 
76.10 	an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 
76.11 	279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line; 
76.12 	thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly line 
76.13 	of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR 
76.14 	LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West 470.40 
76.15 	feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 feet to 
76.16 	a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR 
76.17 	MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east line 
76.18 	of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT 
76.19 	1, OF SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of 
76.20 	record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees 
76.21 	28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line of said Lot A to the northerly 
76.22 	most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to the record plat thereof on file 
76.23 	and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and an existing steel fence post; 
76.24 	thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly 
76.25 	line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON 
76.26 	ACRES to an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of 
76.27 	Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 
76.28 	degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 
76.29 	31A to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner 
76.30 	thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 
76.31 	degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 
76.32 	and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 
76.33 	1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and 
76.34 	the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23 
76.35 	minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along 
76.36 	the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch 
77.1 	inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 24 and the most 
77.2 	northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes 
77.3 	53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 23 and along the 
77.4 	northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside 
77.5 	diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 21 and the most northerly 
77.6 	corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds 
77.7 	East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 and along the northeasterly 
77.8 	line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside 
77.9 	diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 and the most northerly 
77.10 	corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds 
77.11 	East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and along the northeasterly 
77.12 	line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron 
77.13 	pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the northwest corner of Lot 10 
77.14 	of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds East 224.90 feet 
77.15 	along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON 
77.16 	ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner 
77.17 	of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON ACRES; thence North 84 
77.18 	degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north line of said Lot 7 and 
77.19 	along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch 
77.20 	inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of HUDSON ACRES; 
77.21 	thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential curve concave to the 
77.22 	north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 minutes 58 seconds, a 
77.23 	distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds East; thence 
77.24 	continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described curve concave to 
77.25 	the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds, a 
77.26 	distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds West and 
77.27 	a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not tangent to said 
77.28 	curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds West 
77.29 	201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds West 196.66 
77.30 	feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West 530.34 feet to 
77.31 	a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 feet to a DNR 
77.32 	MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet to a DNR MON; 
77.33 	thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds West 226.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence 
77.34 	North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 
77.35 	08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 24 
77.36 	degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 16 degrees 
78.1 	24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 76 degrees 04 
78.2 	minutes 53 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 01 minute 
78.3 	32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 28 minutes 25 
78.4 	seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds 
78.5 	East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes 07 seconds East 
78.6 	26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.
78.7 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The 
78.8 	following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range 
78.9 	19 West, Carlton County:
78.10 	(1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
78.11 	of Section 28;
78.12 	(2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
78.13 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
78.14 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a 
78.15 	100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
78.16 	(3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
78.17 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
78.18 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a 
78.19 	road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County 
78.20 	Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at 
78.21 	the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
78.22 	(4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the 
78.23 	westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
78.24 	of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the 
78.25 	South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
78.26 	(5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
78.27 	Quarter of Section 28;
78.28 	(6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except 
78.29 	the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
78.30 	(7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, 
78.31 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the 
78.32 	Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north 
78.33 	line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east 
78.34 	line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual 
78.35 	point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along 
78.36 	the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to 
79.1 	the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28; 
79.2 	thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North 
79.3 	One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way 
79.4 	of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate 
79.5 	Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast, 
79.6 	having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and 
79.7 	a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees 
79.8 	44 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35 
79.9 	a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73; 
79.10 	thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on 
79.11 	a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central 
79.12 	angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39 
79.13 	minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of 
79.14 	the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of 
79.15 	1,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

79.16 	Sec. 9. ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.
 79.17 	[85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods 
79.18 	County. The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of 
79.19 	the Woods County:
79.20 	(1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges 
79.21 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range 
79.22 	32 West;
79.23 	(2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight 
79.24 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range 
79.25 	32 West; and
79.26 	(3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe 
79.27 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range 
79.28 	32 West.

79.29 	Sec. 10. ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.
 79.30 	[89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest. The following area is added to 
79.31 	Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 
79.32 	127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.

79.33 	Sec. 11. LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
 80.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
80.2 	St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
80.3 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land 
80.4 	administered by the commissioner for a wind energy project.

80.5 	Sec. 12. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
80.6 	LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 80.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and 
80.8 	public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of 
80.9 	natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land 
80.10 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
80.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
80.12 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
80.13 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
80.14 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
80.15 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
80.16 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the 
80.17 	East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19, 
80.18 	Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.
80.19 	(d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately-owned land to the east and west.  The 
80.20 	land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of 
80.21 	Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

80.22 	Sec. 13. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
80.23 	LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
 80.24 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
80.25 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the 
80.26 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
80.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
80.28 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
80.29 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
80.30 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
80.31 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. 
80.32 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:
81.1 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 
81.2 	49 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres, 
81.3 	more or less;
81.4 	(2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, 
81.5 	lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;
81.6 	(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West, 
81.7 	lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;
81.8 	(4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, 
81.9 	Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or 
81.10 	less; and
81.11 	(5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51 
81.12 	North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less. 
81.13 	(d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The 
81.14 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural 
81.15 	resource purposes.

81.16 	Sec. 14. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 81.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon 
81.18 	completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural 
81.19 	resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described 
81.20 	in paragraph (c).
81.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
81.22 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
81.23 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value 
81.24 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
81.25 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant 
81.26 	Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. 
81.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that 
81.28 	part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North, 
81.29 	Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the 
81.30 	northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the 
81.31 	north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of 
81.32 	said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the 
81.33 	property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence 
81.34 	South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said 
82.1 	Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said 
82.2 	west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.
82.3 	(d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land.  The Department 
82.4 	of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would 
82.5 	best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of 
82.6 	the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural 
82.7 	Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant 
82.8 	Township.

82.9 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
82.10 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 82.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
82.12 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County 
82.13 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
82.14 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
82.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
82.16 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
82.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly 
82.18 	350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H, 
82.19 	I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot 
82.20 	1, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and 
82.21 	Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that 
82.22 	part of the MRL&M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland 
82.23 	Addition to Bemidji.
82.24 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
82.25 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

82.26 	Sec. 16. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
82.27 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 82.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
82.29 	1, Carlton County may sell by public sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
82.30 	that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
82.31 	chapter 282. 
82.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
82.33 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
83.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: The SE1/4 
83.2 	of the SE1/4 of Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 17 West, Blackhoof Township.
83.3 	(d) The Carlton County Board of Commissioners has classified the parcel as 
83.4 	nonconservation and has determined that the county's land management interests would 
83.5 	best be served if the parcel was returned to private ownership.

83.6 	Sec. 17. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS 
83.7 	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.
 83.8 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
83.9 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
83.10 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
83.11 	the lands described in paragraph (b).
83.12 	(b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:
83.13 	(1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the 
83.14 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following 
83.15 	described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
83.16 	1,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or 
83.17 	less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there 
83.18 	terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;
83.19 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast 
83.20 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter 
83.21 	lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North, 
83.22 	Range 24 West;
83.23 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the 
83.24 	North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all 
83.25 	in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and
83.26 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North, 
83.27 	Range 23 West.
83.28 	(c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations.  The exchange with 
83.29 	the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate 
83.30 	management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.

83.31 	Sec. 18. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
83.32 	WATER; CHIPPEWA COUNTY.
 83.33 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
83.34 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chippewa County 
84.1 	may convey to Chippewa County for no consideration the surplus land bordering public 
84.2 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
84.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
84.4 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
84.5 	and ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph 
84.6 	(c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the county fails to provide for public 
84.7 	use or abandons the public use of the land.
84.8 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Chippewa County and is described 
84.9 	as follows:
84.10 	(1) Tract 1: a tract in Government Lot 2 described as: beginning at the southeast 
84.11 	corner of Lot 6, Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl; thence West 50 feet South, 50 Feet West 
84.12 	on a line 50 feet South of the south line of Block 1 to the river; thence southeasterly 
84.13 	along the river to a point 165 feet South of the south line of Block 1; thence East on a 
84.14 	line parallel with the south line of Block 1, to the intersection with the continuation of the 
84.15 	east line of Lot 6, Block 1; thence North 165 feet to the point of beginning, Section 3, 
84.16 	Township 116, Range 40;
84.17 	(2) Tract 2: a 50 foot strip adjacent to Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl on South from 
84.18 	Lot 3 to river, in Section 3, Township 116, Range 40; and
84.19 	(3) Tract 3: Lot 1, Block 2, Aadlands Subdivision.
84.20 	(d) The county will use the land to establish a public park.

84.21 	Sec. 19. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
84.22 	WATER; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
 84.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
84.24 	Clearwater County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
84.25 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
84.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
84.27 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
84.28 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: Parcel 
84.29 	11.300.0020.
84.30 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
84.31 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

84.32 	Sec. 20. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
84.33 	WATER OR WETLANDS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 85.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
85.2 	subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota 
85.3 	County may convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land 
85.4 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
85.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
85.6 	that the land reverts to the state if Dakota County stops using the land for the public 
85.7 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions imposed by 
85.8 	the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make changes to the 
85.9 	land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
85.10 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as:
85.11 	That part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 26, Township 28, Range 22, lying 
85.12 	southeasterly of Lot 2, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION NO. 23, according to the recorded 
85.13 	plat thereof, and lying easterly of the railroad right-of-way and lying northwesterly of the 
85.14 	following described line:
85.15 	Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North, 
85.16 	assumed bearing, along the west line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 178.00 
85.17 	feet; thence northeasterly along a nontangential curve concave to the southeast a 
85.18 	distance of 290.00 feet, said curve having a radius of 764.50 feet, a central angle of 
85.19 	21 degrees 43 minutes 57 seconds, a chord of 288.24 feet and a chord bearing of 
85.20 	North 24 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East; thence continuing northeasterly along 
85.21 	a tangent curve concave to the southeast a distance of 350.00 feet, said curve having 
85.22 	a radius of 708.80 feet, a central angle of 28 degrees 17 minutes 32 seconds, a chord 
85.23 	of 346.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 49 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East; 
85.24 	thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East tangent to the last described 
85.25 	curve a distance of 578.10 feet, to a point hereinafter referred to as Point B; thence 
85.26 	continuing North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 278.68 feet, 
85.27 	more or less, to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and 
85.28 	Pacific Railroad, said point being the point of beginning of the line to be described; 
85.29 	thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 225.00 feet, more 
85.30 	or less, to the shoreline of the Mississippi River and there terminating. (Dakota 
85.31 	County tax identification number 36-02600-016-32).
85.32 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed as a trail corridor for the 
85.33 	Mississippi River Regional Trail.

85.34 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 86.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
86.2 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is 
86.3 	described in paragraph (c).
86.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
86.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
86.6 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value 
86.7 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
86.8 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of 
86.9 	Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
86.10 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
86.11 	Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
86.12 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
86.13 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of 
86.14 	Wayzata.

86.15 	Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
86.16 	WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 86.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
86.18 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
86.19 	sell to Itasca County the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
86.20 	paragraph (c), for the appraised value of the land.
86.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
86.22 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
86.23 	(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the North 1,100 feet 
86.24 	of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 26 West.
86.25 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
86.26 	best served if the land was under the direct ownership of Itasca County.

86.27 	Sec. 23. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
86.28 	WATER; MARSHALL COUNTY.
 86.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
86.30 	Marshall County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
86.31 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
86.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
86.33 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
87.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Marshall County and is described as: that part of 
87.2 	the westerly ten acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the 
87.3 	following described line: Commencing at the quarter section corner between Sections 2 
87.4 	and 11; thence South along the quarter section line a distance of 1,080 feet to the northern 
87.5 	edge of County Ditch #25, the point of beginning; thence upstream along said ditch North 
87.6 	40 degrees East 95 feet; thence South 41 degrees East 500 feet to the intersection with 
87.7 	State Ditch #83; thence along said state ditch North 52 degrees 50 minutes East 196 feet; 
87.8 	thence East 2,092 feet to the section line between Sections 11 and 12.
87.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
87.10 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

87.11 	Sec. 24. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE 
87.12 	PARK; MOWER COUNTY.
 87.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the 
87.14 	commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as 
87.15 	required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the 
87.16 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land 
87.17 	located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).
87.18 	(b)  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
87.19 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
87.20 	and ensure accuracy.
87.21 	(c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is 
87.22 	described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
87.23 	Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota, 
87.24 	described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance 
87.25 	of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North 
87.26 	at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south 
87.27 	line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
87.28 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less, 
87.29 	to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more 
87.30 	or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.
87.31 	(d)  The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of 
87.32 	Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park 
87.33 	and provide for increased access to the state park.

88.1 	Sec. 25. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
88.2 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 88.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
88.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
88.5 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
88.6 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
88.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
88.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
88.9 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
88.10 	Section 19, Township 133, Range 42, River's Bend Reserve, Lot B.
88.11 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
88.12 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

88.13 	Sec. 26. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
88.14 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 88.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
88.16 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
88.17 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
88.18 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
88.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
88.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
88.21 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
88.22 	Section 24, Township 136, Range 41, Crystal Beach, Lot 56, Block 1.
88.23 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
88.24 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

88.25 	Sec. 27. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
88.26 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 88.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
88.28 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
88.29 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
88.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
88.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
88.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
88.33 	Section 9, Township 133, Range 43, South 212 feet of Sub Lot 6 and South 212 feet 
88.34 	of Sub Lot 7, except tract and except platted (1.19) acres.
89.1 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has no objection to the sale of this land.

89.2 	Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
89.3 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 89.4 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
89.5 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
89.6 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
89.7 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
89.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
89.9 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
89.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
89.11 	Section 10, Township 134, Range 42, Heilberger Lake Estates, Reserve Lot A.
89.12 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
89.13 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

89.14 	Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
89.15 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 89.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
89.17 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
89.18 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
89.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
89.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
89.21 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
89.22 	Section 31, Township 137, Range 39, Government Lot 5 (37.20 acres).
89.23 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
89.24 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

89.25 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
89.26 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 89.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
89.28 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
89.29 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
89.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
89.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
89.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
89.33 	Section 29, Township 137, Range 40, Freedom Flyer Estates, Lot 26, Block 1.
90.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
90.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

90.3 	Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
90.4 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 90.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
90.6 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
90.7 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
90.8 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
90.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
90.10 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
90.11 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
90.12 	Quiet Waters Development Outlot A.
90.13 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
90.14 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

90.15 	Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
90.16 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 90.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
90.18 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
90.19 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
90.20 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
90.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
90.22 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
90.23 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
90.24 	Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, part of Government Lot 4 North and East of 
90.25 	highway (Book 307, Page 31).
90.26 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
90.27 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

90.28 	Sec. 33. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
90.29 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 90.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
90.31 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
90.32 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
90.33 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
91.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
91.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
91.3 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
91.4 	Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, Elm Rest, part of Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 and of 
91.5 	Reserve A lying North of road (Book 307, Page 31).
91.6 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
91.7 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

91.8 	Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
91.9 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 91.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
91.11 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
91.12 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
91.13 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
91.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
91.15 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
91.16 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
91.17 	Section 27, Township 135, Range 39, Government Lot 7 (9.50 acres).
91.18 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
91.19 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

91.20 	Sec. 35. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
91.21 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 91.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
91.23 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
91.24 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
91.25 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
91.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
91.27 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
91.28 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
91.29 	Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, Government Lot 2, except tracts (7.77 acres).
91.30 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
91.31 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

91.32 	Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
91.33 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 92.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
92.2 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
92.3 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
92.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
92.5 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
92.6 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
92.7 	38609 County Highway 41, Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, part of Government 
92.8 	Lot 2 beginning 275 feet West, 1,021.36 feet southwesterly, 1,179 feet southeasterly, 132 
92.9 	feet South from northeast corner Section 9; East 33 feet, southerly 314 feet, West 33 feet, 
92.10 	northerly on lake East 110 feet to beginning.

92.11 	Sec. 37. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
92.12 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 92.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
92.14 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
92.15 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
92.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
92.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
92.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
92.19 	Section 27, Township 132, Range 41, Stalker View Acres, Lot 6, Block 1.

92.20 	Sec. 38. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
92.21 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 92.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
92.23 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
92.24 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
92.25 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
92.26 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
92.27 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
92.28 	Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, North Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest 
92.29 	Quarter (7.07 acres).
92.30 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
92.31 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

92.32 	Sec. 39. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
92.33 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 93.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
93.2 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
93.3 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
93.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
93.5 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
93.6 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
93.7 	Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, South Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest 
93.8 	Quarter (7.06 acres).
93.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
93.10 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

93.11 	Sec. 40. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
93.12 	ROSEAU COUNTY.
 93.13 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
93.14 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
93.15 	sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
93.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
93.17 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
93.18 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
93.19 	survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
93.20 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
93.21 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the 
93.22 	North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet 
93.23 	of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing 
93.24 	0.5 acres, more or less.
93.25 	(d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent 
93.26 	trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land.  The 
93.27 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
93.28 	resource purposes.

93.29 	Sec. 41. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 93.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
93.31 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is 
93.32 	described in paragraph (c).
93.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
93.34 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
94.1 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of 
94.2 	the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
94.3 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis 
94.4 	County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
94.5 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an 
94.6 	undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13 
94.7 	West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.
94.8 	(d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in 
94.9 	the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St. 
94.10 	Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
94.11 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.

94.12 	Sec. 42. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
94.13 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 94.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
94.15 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may 
94.16 	sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources, 
94.17 	the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
94.18 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.
94.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
94.20 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
94.21 	and ensure accuracy.
94.22 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 
94.23 	7, Klimek's Addition to Grand Lake, according to the plat thereof on file and of record 
94.24 	in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.
94.25 	(d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management 
94.26 	purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use 
94.27 	as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.

94.28 	Sec. 43. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
94.29 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 94.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
94.31 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
94.32 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
94.33 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
95.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
95.2 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
95.3 	accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
95.4 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide 
95.5 	riparian protection and public access to shore fishing. The easements for land described in 
95.6 	paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (3), shall be 450 feet in width from the centerline of the river. 
95.7 	The easements for land described in paragraph (c), clauses (4) and (5), shall be 300 feet in 
95.8 	width from the centerline of the river. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis 
95.9 	County Board and the commissioner of natural resources.
95.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
95.11 	(1) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3.15 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (23.35 
95.12 	acres) (535-0010-00210);
95.13 	(2) Lot 7 except railroad right-of-way 3.9 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (30.1 
95.14 	acres) (535-0010-00300);
95.15 	(3) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3 acres, Section 12, T50N, R18W (36 acres) 
95.16 	(535-0010-01910);
95.17 	(4) Lot 2 except railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (22.5 acres) 
95.18 	(310-0010-05650); and
95.19 	(5) Lot 1 except GN railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (34 acres) 
95.20 	(110-0040-00160).
95.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
95.22 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

95.23 	Sec. 44. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
95.24 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 95.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
95.26 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
95.27 	in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
95.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
95.29 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
95.30 	(c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and 
95.31 	(10) to (12), the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements 
95.32 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide riparian protection and public 
95.33 	access for angling. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis County Board and 
95.34 	the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for lands described in 
95.35 	paragraph (d):
96.1 	(1) clause (1), 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the creek;
96.2 	(2) clause (2), 200 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river;
96.3 	(3) clause (10), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river; and
96.4 	(4) clauses (11) and (12), 50 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the stream.
96.5 	(d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
96.6 	(1) N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, T51N, R14W (5 acres) 
96.7 	(520-0016-00590);
96.8 	(2) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 8, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-01510);
96.9 	(3) undivided 1/6 and undivided 1/2 of Lot 9, Thompson Lake Addition, Section 12, 
96.10 	T53N, R14W (375-0120-00091, 375-0120-00094);
96.11 	(4) SLY 200 FT OF NLY 1,220 FT OF LOT 4, Section 20, T54N, R18W (9.5 acres) 
96.12 	(405-0010-03394);
96.13 	(5) PART OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 LYING N OF SLY 433 FT, Section 36, T57N, 
96.14 	R21W (25 acres) (141-0050-07345);
96.15 	(6) PART OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 LYING W OF DW & P RY AND N OF PLAT OF 
96.16 	HALEY, Section 23, T63N, R19W (11 acres) (350-0020-03730);
96.17 	(7) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 26, T58N, R19W (40 acres) (385-0010-02610);
96.18 	(8) NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, T59N, R20W (40 acres) (235-0030-03110);
96.19 	(9) LOT 4, Section 2, T61N, R19W (40 acres) (200-0010-00230);
96.20 	(10) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 19, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-03570);
96.21 	(11) LOTS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, BLOCK 1, COLMANS 4th ACRE TRACT 
96.22 	ADDITION TO DULUTH, Section 33, T51N, R14W (520-0090-00150, -00160, -00180); 
96.23 	and
96.24 	(12) BLOCKS 17, 18, and 20, PLAT OF VERMILION TRAIL LODGE, Section 
96.25 	13, T62N, R14W.
96.26 	(e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
96.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

96.28 	Sec. 45. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 96.29 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
96.30 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
96.31 	land described in paragraph (c).
96.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
96.33 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
96.34 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
97.1 	Lots 20 and 21, Plat of Twin Lakes, Government Lot 3, Section 32, T60N, R19W 
97.2 	(1.1 acres) (385-0070-00200).
97.3 	(d) This sale resolves an unintentional trespass. The county has determined that the 
97.4 	county's land management interests would best be served if the lands were returned to 
97.5 	private ownership.

97.6 	Sec. 46. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
97.7 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 97.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
97.9 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
97.10 	may convey to the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
97.11 	that is described in paragraph (c).
97.12 	(b) The conveyance must be according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, 
97.13 	subdivision 2, and in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may 
97.14 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
97.15 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
97.16 	(1) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that 
97.17 	part of Government Lot 2 lying southeasterly of the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. 
97.18 	Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway including riparian rights.
97.19 	EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 2 beginning at the intersection of the south 
97.20 	line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern 
97.21 	Pacific Railway; thence easterly along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 150 
97.22 	feet to a point; thence deflect to the left and continue in a straight line to a point on the 
97.23 	southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way said point distant 150 feet northeast of 
97.24 	the point of beginning; thence deflect to the left and continue southwesterly along the 
97.25 	southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 150 feet to point of beginning 
97.26 	and there terminating.
97.27 	EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 2 commencing at the point of 
97.28 	intersection of the south line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul 
97.29 	and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly 
97.30 	line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 1,064 feet to point of beginning; thence 
97.31 	deflect 44 degrees, 12 minutes, 27 seconds to the right a distance of 105.44 feet to a 
97.32 	point; thence deflect 85 degrees, 16 minutes, 07 seconds to the left a distance of 111.92 
97.33 	feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way; thence 
97.34 	deflect to the left and continue northwesterly along the southeasterly line of said railway 
98.1 	right-of-way a distance of 160 feet more or less to point of beginning and there terminating 
98.2 	(010-2746-00290); and
98.3 	(2) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that 
98.4 	part of Government Lot 1, including riparian rights, lying southerly of the Northern Pacific 
98.5 	Short Line right-of-way except 5 18/100 acres for Northern Pacific Main Line and except 
98.6 	a strip of land 75 feet wide and adjoining the Northern Pacific Main Line right-of-way and 
98.7 	formerly used as right-of-way by Duluth Transfer Railway 2 67/100 acres, also except that 
98.8 	part lying North of Grand Avenue 72/100 acres and except a strip of land adjacent to the 
98.9 	Old Transfer Railway right-of-way containing 2 13/100 acres. Revised Description #40, 
98.10 	Recorder of Deeds, Book 686, Page 440.
98.11 	EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern Pacific 
98.12 	Short Line right-of-way and northerly of the Old Transfer Railway right-of-way.
98.13 	EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern 
98.14 	Pacific Main Line right-of-way and lying northerly of a line parallel to and lying 305 feet 
98.15 	southerly of the north line of said Government Lot 1 (010-2746-00245).

98.16 	Sec. 47. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 98.17 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
98.18 	St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
98.19 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
98.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
98.21 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
98.22 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
98.23 	(1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying 
98.24 	east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of 
98.25 	Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North, 
98.26 	Range 20 West;
98.27 	(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County 
98.28 	Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and
98.29 	(3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, 
98.30 	Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of 
98.31 	County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That 
98.32 	part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North, 
98.33 	Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the 
98.34 	north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way 
98.35 	of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section; 
99.1 	thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an 
99.2 	angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle 
99.3 	of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north 
99.4 	boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly 
99.5 	direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a 
99.6 	distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.
99.7 	(d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.

99.8 	Sec. 48. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
99.9 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 99.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
99.11 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are 
99.12 	described in paragraph (c).
99.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
99.14 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
99.15 	and ensure accuracy.
99.16 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
99.17 	(1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
99.18 	0.01 acres, more or less;
99.19 	(2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
99.20 	1.5 acres, more or less; and
99.21 	(3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing 
99.22 	0.01 acres, more or less.
99.23 	(d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands. 
99.24 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for 
99.25 	natural resource purposes.

99.26 	Sec. 49. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
99.27 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 99.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
99.29 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
99.30 	may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the 
99.31 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
99.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
99.33 	that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops 
100.1 	using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may 
100.2 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
100.3 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:
100.4 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
100.5 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota, 
100.6 	that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No. 
100.7 	1, except the following described tracts:
100.8 	Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 
100.9 	intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, 
100.10 	Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south 
100.11 	line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence 
100.12 	North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet 
100.13 	to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04 
100.14 	minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to 
100.15 	the point of the beginning; and
100.16 	That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 
100.17 	32 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: 
100.18 	commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of 
100.19 	Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; 
100.20 	thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along 
100.21 	said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing 
100.22 	southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of 
100.23 	the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page 
100.24 	69; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in 
100.25 	its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise 
100.26 	River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to 
100.27 	the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and 
100.28 	perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly 
100.29 	along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
100.30 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
100.31 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61 
100.32 	and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.
100.33 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for 
100.34 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.

101.1 	Sec. 50. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
101.2 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 101.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
101.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to 
101.5 	the contrary, Washington County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is 
101.6 	bordering public water and described in paragraph (c).
101.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must 
101.8 	provide that the county or watershed district retains an easement for drainage purposes. 
101.9 	The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and 
101.10 	ensure accuracy.
101.11 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
101.12 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 17, 
101.13 	Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, that lies south of 
101.14 	the following described parcel:
101.15 	Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
101.16 	Quarter of Section 17; thence South, assumed bearing, along the east line of said 
101.17 	Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 393 feet to the point of beginning; 
101.18 	thence North 88 degrees 30 minutes West, on a line parallel with the north line of 
101.19 	said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 915.7 feet, more or less, to an iron 
101.20 	pipe; thence North 79 degrees 29 minutes West 395.5 feet, more or less, to a point on 
101.21 	the centerline of the county road; thence southerly along said centerline, 323.4 feet, 
101.22 	more or less, to a point; thence South 76 degrees 00 minutes East 251.9 feet, more or 
101.23 	less, to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1083 feet, more or 
101.24 	less, to a point on the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; 
101.25 	thence North, along said east line, 312 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
101.26 	And, lies east of the plat of Laurelside which is on file and of record in the Office of 
101.27 	the Washington County Recorder.
101.28 	And, lies northerly of the following described parcel:
101.29 	All that part of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17, 
101.30 	and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, 
101.31 	Township 30 North, Range 21 West; which is also part of vacated Block 146 and 
101.32 	adjacent Linden Street (now vacated) of the plat of Wildwood which is on file and 
101.33 	of record in the Office of the Washington County Recorder; and more specifically 
101.34 	described as follows:
101.35 	Commencing at the most westerly corner of Block 147, Wildwood; thence on 
101.36 	the northwesterly extension of the southwesterly line of Block 147, a distance of 
102.1 	60 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of said Block 146, which is also the 
102.2 	northwesterly line of Bryant Avenue; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly 
102.3 	side of Block 146, a distance of 92 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be 
102.4 	described; thence continuing northeasterly, along said southeasterly side of Block 
102.5 	146, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a contour line being at elevation 947 feet 
102.6 	above mean sea level; thence in a northwesterly direction along said contour line 
102.7 	for 200 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a line that is parallel with and 177 
102.8 	feet from said southeasterly side of Block 146 as measured at right angles; thence 
102.9 	southwesterly along said parallel line, 297 feet, more or less, to a point drawn at 
102.10 	right angles from the point of beginning; thence on a deflection angle of 90 degrees 
102.11 	to the left, 177 feet to the point of beginning.
102.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
102.13 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

102.14 	Sec. 51. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 102.15 	Sections 1 to 50 are effective the day following final enactment.