<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>definitions; modifying state park permit requirements; modifying authority <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>to establish secondary units; eliminating liquor service at John A. Latsch <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>State Park; extending the Casey Jones Trail; establishing a new state trail; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>providing for establishment of boater waysides; modifying watercraft operation <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>requirements; providing for appeals and enforcement of certain civil penalties; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>providing for taking wild animals to protect public safety; modifying Board <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>of Water and Soil Resources membership; modifying local water program; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>modifying Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Law; modifying certain easement <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>authority; providing for notice of changes to public waters inventory; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>cost-share program; providing certain exemptions from local ordinances; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>approving the consumptive use of water for certain uses; authorizing expedited <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>rulemaking; modifying refund provisions; modifying publication requirements; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>modifying restrictions in migratory feeding and resting areas; providing certain <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>exemptions from local law; modifying wild animal and fish taking, possession, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>and licensing requirements; authorizing certain fees; modifying certain fees; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>modifying restrictions and conforming penalties on shining artificial lights; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>modifying Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; eliminating Lessard Outdoor Heritage <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Council; authorizing acquisition of certain easements; modifying management <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>authority for and apportionment of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited lands; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>adding to and deleting from certain state parks; authorizing public and private <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>sales of state land; modifying previous land descriptions; requiring increase <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>in appraised estimates for timber sales; requiring forest lease pilot project; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>requiring rulemaking; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>sections 13.7931, by adding a subdivision; 17.4981; 17.4988, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>3; 84.02; 84.027, subdivision 13; 84.0273; 84.105; 84.66, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>84.788, subdivision 11; 84.798, subdivision 10; 84.82, subdivision 11; 84.922, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 12; 84.928, subdivision 1a; 85.015, subdivision 2, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivision; 85.053, subdivision 3; 85.054, by adding subdivisions; 85.055, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>subdivision 1; 86A.05, by adding a subdivision; 86A.08, subdivision 1; 86A.09, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>subdivision 1; 86B.311, by adding a subdivision; 86B.415, subdivision 11; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>97A.015, by adding a subdivision; 97A.051, subdivision 2; 97A.075, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>5; 97A.095, subdivision 2; 97A.137, by adding a subdivision; 97A.321; 97A.331, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>subdivision 2; 97A.445, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.451, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 97A.465, subdivisions 1b, 5; 97A.473, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 97A.4742, subdivision 1; 97A.475, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>subdivisions 3, 7, 11, 12, 29; 97A.525, subdivision 1; 97B.081; 97B.086; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>97B.111, subdivision 1; 97B.328, subdivision 3; 97B.651; 97B.811, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>2, 3; 97C.081, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 9; 97C.335; 97C.345, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>97C.371, by adding a subdivision; 97C.375; 103B.101, subdivisions 1, 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>103B.3355; 103B.3369, subdivision 5; 103C.501, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>103F.321, by adding a subdivision; 103F.505; 103F.511, subdivisions 5, 8a, by <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>adding a subdivision; 103F.515, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6; 103F.521, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>1; 103F.525; 103F.526; 103F.531; 103F.535, subdivision 5; 103G.201; 282.04, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>subdivision 1; Laws 2007, chapter 131, article 2, section 38; Laws 2008, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>368, article 1, sections 21, subdivisions 4, 5; 34; proposing coding for new law in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 97B; 97C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>sections 84.796; 84.805; 84.929; 85.0505, subdivision 2; 97A.056, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>2; 97A.525, subdivision 2; 97C.405; 103B.101, subdivision 11; 103F.511, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>subdivision 4; 103F.521, subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 8400.3130; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>8400.3160; 8400.3200; 8400.3230; 8400.3330; 8400.3360; 8400.3390; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>8400.3500; 8400.3530; 8400.3560.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.02, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><b>84.02 </b><b>DEFINITIONS</b><b> NATIVE PRAIRIE AND GRASSLAND RESTORATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><b>RESTRICTIONS; STATE MONEY</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>section shall have the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Best management practice for native prairie restoration.</b> "Best <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>management practice for native prairie restoration" means using seeds collected from a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>native prairie within the same county or within 25 miles of the county's border, but not <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>across the boundary of an ecotype region.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Created grassland.</b> "Created grassland" means a restoration using seeds <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>or plants with origins outside of the state of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Ecotype region.</b> "Ecotype region" means the following ecological <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>subsections and counties based on the Department of Natural Resources map, "County <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>Landscape Groupings Based on Ecological Subsections," dated February 15, 2007.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="30"/>
<col width="2.5"/>
<col width="30"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Ecotype Region<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Counties or portions thereof:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Rochester Plateau, Blufflands, and Oak <br/>
Savanna<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Houston, Winona, Fillmore, Wabasha, <br/>
Goodhue, Mower, Freeborn, Steele, <br/>
Olmsted, Rice, Waseca, Dakota, Dodge<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.38"></a><var>2.38</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Anoka Sand Plain, Big Woods, and St. <br/>
Paul Baldwin Plains and Moraines<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, <br/>
Chisago, Scott, Carver, McLeod, Wright, <br/>
Benton, Isanti, Le Sueur, Sherburne<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.39"></a><var>2.39</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.40"></a><var>2.40</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Inner Coteau and Coteau Moraines<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock, Murray, <br/>
Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.41"></a><var>2.41</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Red River Prairie (South)<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Traverse, Wilkin, Clay, Becker<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Red River Prairie (North) and Aspen <br/>
Parklands<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Kittson, Roseau, Red Lake, Pennington, <br/>
Marshall, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk, <br/>
Norman<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var><br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Minnesota River Prairie (North)<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Big Stone, Pope, Stevens, Grant, Swift, <br/>
Chippewa, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Renville, <br/>
Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var><br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Minnesota River Prairie (South)<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Nicollet, Redwood, Brown, Watonwan, <br/>
Martin, Faribault, Blue Earth, Sibley<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var><br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td valign="top">Hardwood Hills<br/>
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">Douglas, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, <br/>
Todd<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Native prairie.</b> "Native prairie" means land that has never been plowed <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>where native prairie vegetation originating from the site currently predominates or, if <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>disturbed, is predominantly covered with native prairie vegetation that originated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>site. Unbroken pasture land used for livestock grazing can be considered native prairie if it <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>has predominantly native vegetation originating from the site and conservation practices <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>have maintained biological diversity.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Native prairie species of a local ecotype.</b> "Native prairie species of a local <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>ecotype" means a genetically differentiated population of a species that has at least one <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>trait (morphological, biochemical, fitness, or phenological) that is evolutionarily adapted <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>to local environmental conditions, notably plant competitors, pathogens, pollinators, soil <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>microorganisms, growing season length, climate, hydrology, and soil.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Restored native prairie.</b> "Restored native prairie" means a restoration <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>using at least 25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species of a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>local ecotype originating in the same county as the restoration site or within 25 miles of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>the county's border, but not across the boundary of an ecotype region.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Restored prairie.</b> "Restored prairie" means a restoration using at least <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species originating from <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>the same ecotype region in which the restoration occurs.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Restorations with state money.</b> To the extent possible, a person <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>conducting native prairie or grassland restoration with state money must plant vegetation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>or sow seed only of ecotypes native to Minnesota, and preferably of the local ecotype, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>using a high diversity of species originating from as close to the restoration site as <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>possible, and protect existing native prairies from genetic contamination.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.027, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Game and fish rules.</b> (a) The commissioner of natural resources may <br/>
<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>adopt rules under sections 
         <statute_ref>97A.0451</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>97A.0459</statute_ref> and this subdivision that are authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.3.37"></a><var>3.37</var>under:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(1) chapters 97A, 97B, and 97C to set open seasons and areas, to close seasons and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>areas, to select hunters for areas, to provide for tagging and registration of game and fish, to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>prohibit or allow taking of wild animals to protect a species, to prevent or control wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>disease, to open or close bodies of water or portions of bodies of water for night bow <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>fishing, and to prohibit or allow importation, transportation, or possession of a wild animal;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>(2) sections 
         <statute_ref>84.093</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>84.15</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>84.152</statute_ref> to set seasons for harvesting wild ginseng <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>roots and wild rice and to restrict or prohibit harvesting in designated areas; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>(3) section 
         <statute_ref>84D.12</statute_ref> to designate prohibited invasive species, regulated invasive <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>species, unregulated nonnative species, and infested waters.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>(b) If conditions exist that do not allow the commissioner to comply with sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>97A.0451
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>97A.0459</statute_ref>, the commissioner may adopt a rule under this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>by submitting the rule to the attorney general for review under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.0455</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>publishing a notice in the State Register and filing the rule with the secretary of state and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and complying with section 
         <statute_ref>97A.0459</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>including a statement of the emergency conditions and a copy of the rule in the notice. The <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>emergency conditions for opening a water body or portion of a water body for night bow <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>fishing under this section may include the need to temporarily open the area to evaluate <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>compatibility of the activity on that body of water prior to permanent rulemaking. The <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>notice may be published after it is received from the attorney general or five business days <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>after it is submitted to the attorney general, whichever is earlier.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(c) Rules adopted under paragraph (b) are effective upon publishing in the State <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>Register and may be effective up to seven days before publishing and filing under <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>paragraph (b), if:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(1) the commissioner of natural resources determines that an emergency exists;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>(2) the attorney general approves the rule; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>(3) for a rule that affects more than three counties the commissioner publishes the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>rule once in a legal newspaper published in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth, or for a <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>rule that affects three or fewer counties the commissioner publishes the rule once in a legal <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>newspaper in each of the affected counties.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), a rule published under paragraph (c), clause <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>(3), may not be effective earlier than seven days after publication.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(e) A rule published under paragraph (c), clause (3), may be effective the day the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>rule is published if the commissioner gives notice and holds a public hearing on the rule <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>within 15 days before publication.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(f) The commissioner shall attempt to notify persons or groups of persons affected <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>by rules adopted under paragraphs (b) and (c) by public announcements, posting, and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>other appropriate means as determined by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(g) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>97A.0458</statute_ref>, a rule adopted under this subdivision is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>effective for the period stated in the notice but not longer than 18 months after the rule is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>adopted.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.105, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var><b>84.105 WILD RICE SEASON.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>Ripe wild rice may be harvested from July August 15 to September 30.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.66, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purpose of this section, the following terms have <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>the meanings given:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>    (1) "forest land" has the meaning given under section 
         <statute_ref>89.001, subdivision 4</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>    (2) "forest resources" has the meaning given under section 
         <statute_ref>89.001, subdivision 8</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>    (3) "guidelines" has the meaning given under section 
         <statute_ref>89A.01, subdivision 8</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>    (4) "riparian land" has the meaning given under section 
         <statute_ref>103F.511, subdivision 8a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>8b
</statute_ref>; and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>    (5) "working forest land" means land that provides a broad range of goods and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>services, including forest products, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>water, and carbon sequestration.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>    Sec. 5. <b>[84.774] OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE CRIMINAL PENALTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person who violates a provision of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>sections 
<statute_ref>84.773</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>84.777</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>84.788</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>84.795</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>84.798</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>84.804</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>84.90</statute_ref>; or 
<statute_ref>84.922</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>84.928</statute_ref> or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>rules of the commissioner relating to off-highway vehicle use is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>    (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates section 84.773, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>subdivision 2, clause (2), and the person recklessly upsets the natural and ecological <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>balance of a wetland or public waters wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>    (c) A person is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle for a period of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>one year if the person is:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>(1) convicted of a gross misdemeanor under paragraph (b);<br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>    (2) convicted of or subject to a final order under section 84.775 for a violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>the prohibition on the intentional operation on unfrozen public water, in a state park, in <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>a scientific and natural area, or in a wildlife management area under section 84.773, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>subdivision 1, clause (3);<br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>    (3) convicted of or is subject to a final order under section 84.775 for a violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>the prohibition on the willful, wanton, or reckless disregard for the safety of persons or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>property under section 
<statute_ref>84.773</statute_ref>, subdivision 2, clause (1); or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>(4) convicted of or subject to a final order under section 84.775 for a violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>the prohibition on carelessly upsetting the natural and ecological balance of a wetland or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>public waters wetland under section 84.773, subdivision 2, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>The commissioner shall notify the person of the time period during which the person <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to crimes <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>committed on or after that date.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>    Sec. 6. <b>[84.7741] OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE FORFEITURE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) As used in this section, the following terms have <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    (b) "Appropriate agency" means a law enforcement agency that has the authority <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>to make an arrest for a violation of a designated offense.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>    (c) "Claimant" means an owner of an off-highway vehicle or a person claiming a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>leasehold or security interest in an off-highway vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>    (d) "Designated offense" means a second gross misdemeanor violation under section <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var><statute_ref>84.774</statute_ref>, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>    (e) "Family or household member" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>    (1) a parent, stepparent, or guardian;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>    (2) any of the following persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption: brother, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>sister, stepbrother, stepsister, first cousin, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, grandparent, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>great-grandparent, great-uncle, or great-aunt; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>    (3) persons residing together or persons who regularly associate and communicate <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>with one another outside of a workplace setting.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>    (f) "Off-highway vehicle" and "vehicle" do not include an off-highway vehicle that <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>is stolen or taken in violation of the law.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>    (g) "Owner" means a person legally entitled to possession, use, and control of an <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>off-highway vehicle, including a lessee of an off-highway vehicle if the lease agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>has a term of 180 days or more. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person registered <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>as the owner of an off-highway vehicle according to the records of the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>Public Safety or the Department of Natural Resources is the legal owner. For purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>of this section, if an off-highway vehicle is owned jointly by two or more people, each <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>owner's interest extends to the whole of the vehicle and is not subject to apportionment.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>    (h) "Prosecuting authority" means the attorney in the jurisdiction in which the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>designated offense occurred, or a designee, who is responsible for prosecuting violations of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>a designated offense. If a state agency initiated the forfeiture and the attorney responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>for prosecuting the designated offense declines to pursue forfeiture, the attorney general's <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>office, or its designee, may initiate forfeiture under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>    (i) "Security interest" means a bona fide security interest perfected according to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>section 
<statute_ref>168A.17, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, based on a loan or other financing that, if an off-highway <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>vehicle is required to be registered under chapter 168, is listed on the vehicle's title.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Seizure.</b> (a) An off-highway vehicle subject to forfeiture under this <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>section may be seized by the appropriate agency upon process issued by any court having <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>jurisdiction over the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>    (b) Property may be seized without process if:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>    (1) the seizure is incident to a lawful arrest or a lawful search;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>    (2) the vehicle subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>the state in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding under this section; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>    (3) the appropriate agency has probable cause to believe that the delay occasioned by <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>the necessity to obtain process would result in the removal or destruction of the vehicle. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>If property is seized without process under this clause, the prosecuting authority must <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>institute a forfeiture action under this section as soon as is reasonably possible by serving <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>a notice of seizure and intent to forfeit at the address of the owner as listed in the records <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>of the Department of Public Safety or Department of Natural Resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Right to possession vests immediately; custody.</b> All right, title, and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>interest in an off-highway vehicle subject to forfeiture under this section vests in the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>appropriate agency upon commission of the conduct resulting in the designated offense <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>giving rise to the forfeiture. Any vehicle seized under this section is not subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>replevin, but is deemed to be in the custody of the appropriate agency subject to the orders <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>and decrees of the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceedings. When an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>off-highway vehicle is seized under this section, the appropriate agency may:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>    (1) place the vehicle under seal;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>    (2) remove the vehicle to a place designated by the agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>    (3) place a disabling device on the vehicle; and<br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>    (4) take other steps reasonable and necessary to secure the vehicle and prevent waste.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Bond by owner for possession.</b> If the owner of an off-highway vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>that has been seized under this section seeks possession of the vehicle before the forfeiture <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>action is determined, the owner may, subject to the approval of the appropriate agency, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>give security or post bond payable to the appropriate agency in an amount equal to the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>retail value of the seized vehicle. On posting the security or bond, the seized vehicle may <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>be returned to the owner. The forfeiture action must proceed against the security as if it <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>were the seized vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Evidence.</b> Certified copies of court records and off-highway vehicle and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>driver's records concerning prior incidents are admissible as substantive evidence where <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>necessary to prove the commission of a designated offense.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Vehicle subject to forfeiture.</b> An off-highway vehicle is subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>forfeiture under this section if it was used in the commission of a designated offense.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Presumptions; limitations on vehicle forfeiture.</b> (a) An off-highway <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>vehicle is presumed subject to forfeiture under this section if the driver:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>    (1) is convicted of the designated offense upon which the forfeiture is based; or<br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>    (2) fails to appear for a scheduled court appearance with respect to the designated <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>offense charged and fails to voluntarily surrender within 48 hours after the time required <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>for appearance.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>    (b) An off-highway vehicle encumbered by a security interest perfected according <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>to section 
<statute_ref>168A.17, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, or subject to a lease that has a term of 180 days or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>more, is subject to the interest of the secured party or lessor unless the party or lessor had <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>knowledge of or consented to the act upon which the forfeiture is based. However, when <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>the proceeds of the sale of a seized vehicle do not equal or exceed the outstanding loan <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>balance, the appropriate agency shall remit all proceeds of the sale to the secured party <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>after deducting the agency's costs for the seizure, tow, storage, forfeiture, and sale of the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>vehicle. If the sale of the vehicle is conducted in a commercially reasonable manner <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>consistent with section 336.9-610, the agency is not liable to the secured party for any <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>amount owed on the loan in excess of the sale proceeds. The validity and amount of a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>nonperfected security interest must be established by its holder by clear and convincing <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>evidence.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the secured party's or lessor's interest in an <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>off-highway vehicle is not subject to forfeiture based solely on the secured party's or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>lessor's knowledge of the act or omission upon which the forfeiture is based if the secured <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>party or lessor demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the party or lessor took <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>reasonable steps to terminate use of the vehicle by the offender.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>    (d) An off-highway vehicle is not subject to forfeiture under this section if its owner <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the owner did not have actual <br/>
<a id="pl.8.36"></a><var>8.36</var>or constructive knowledge that the vehicle would be used or operated in any manner <br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>contrary to law or that the owner took reasonable steps to prevent use of the vehicle by <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>the offender. If the offender is a family or household member of the owner and has three <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>or more prior off-highway vehicle convictions, the owner is presumed to know of any <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>vehicle use by the offender that is contrary to law.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Administrative forfeiture procedure.</b> (a) An off-highway vehicle used to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>commit a designated offense is subject to administrative forfeiture under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>    (b) When an off-highway vehicle is seized under subdivision 2, or within a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>reasonable time after seizure, the appropriate agency shall serve the driver or operator <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>of the vehicle with a notice of the seizure and intent to forfeit the vehicle. Additionally, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>when an off-highway vehicle is seized under subdivision 2, or within a reasonable time <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>after that, all persons known to have an ownership, possessory, or security interest in the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>vehicle must be notified of the seizure and the intent to forfeit the vehicle. For those <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>vehicles required to be registered under chapter 168, the notification to a person known to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>have a security interest in the vehicle is required only if the vehicle is registered under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>chapter 168 and the interest is listed on the vehicle's title. Notice mailed by certified mail <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>to the address shown in Department of Public Safety records is sufficient notice to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>registered owner of the vehicle. For off-highway vehicles not required to be registered <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>under chapter 168, notice mailed by certified mail to the address shown in the applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>filing or registration for the vehicle is sufficient notice to a person known to have an <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>ownership, possessory, or security interest in the vehicle. Otherwise, notice may be given <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>in the manner provided by law for service of a summons in a civil action.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>    (c) The notice must be in writing and contain:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>    (1) a description of the vehicle seized;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>    (2) the date of the seizure; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>    (3) notice of the right to obtain judicial review of the forfeiture and of the procedure <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>for obtaining that judicial review, printed in English, Hmong, and Spanish. Substantially, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>the following language must appear conspicuously: "IF YOU DO NOT DEMAND <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>JUDICIAL REVIEW EXACTLY AS PRESCRIBED IN MINNESOTA STATUTES, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>SECTION 
<statute_ref>84.7741</statute_ref>, SUBDIVISION 8, YOU LOSE THE RIGHT TO A JUDICIAL <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>DETERMINATION OF THIS FORFEITURE AND YOU LOSE ANY RIGHT YOU <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>MAY HAVE TO THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY. YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>PAY THE FILING FEE FOR THE DEMAND IF DETERMINED YOU ARE UNABLE <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>TO AFFORD THE FEE. IF THE PROPERTY IS WORTH $7,500 OR LESS, YOU MAY <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>FILE YOUR CLAIM IN CONCILIATION COURT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY <br/>
<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>THE CONCILIATION COURT FILING FEE IF THE PROPERTY IS WORTH LESS <br/>
<a id="pl.9.36"></a><var>9.36</var>THAN $500."<br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>    (d) Within 30 days following service of a notice of seizure and forfeiture under this <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>subdivision, a claimant may file a demand for a judicial determination of the forfeiture. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>The demand must be in the form of a civil complaint and must be filed with the court <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>administrator in the county in which the seizure occurred, together with proof of service of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>a copy of the complaint on the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction over the forfeiture <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>and the standard filing fee for civil actions unless the petitioner has the right to sue in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>forma pauperis under section 
<statute_ref>563.01</statute_ref>. If the value of the seized property is $7,500 or less, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>the claimant may file an action in conciliation court for recovery of the seized vehicle. A <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>copy of the conciliation court statement of claim must be served personally or by mail on <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction over the forfeiture within 30 days following <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>service of the notice of seizure and forfeiture under this subdivision. If the value of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>seized property is less than $500, the claimant does not have to pay the conciliation court <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>filing fee. No responsive pleading is required of the prosecuting authority and no court <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>fees may be charged for the prosecuting authority's appearance in the matter. Pleadings, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>filings, and methods of service are governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>    (e) The complaint must be captioned in the name of the claimant as plaintiff and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>the seized vehicle as defendant and must state with specificity the grounds on which the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>claimant alleges the vehicle was improperly seized, the claimant's interest in the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>seized, and any affirmative defenses the claimant may have. Notwithstanding any law to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>the contrary, an action for the return of an off-highway vehicle seized under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>may not be maintained by or on behalf of any person who has been served with a notice of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>seizure and forfeiture unless the person has complied with this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>    (f) If the claimant makes a timely demand for a judicial determination under this <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>subdivision, the forfeiture proceedings must be conducted according to subdivision 9.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Judicial forfeiture procedure.</b> (a) This subdivision governs judicial <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>determinations of the forfeiture of an off-highway vehicle used to commit a designated <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>offense. An action for forfeiture is a civil in rem action and is independent of any criminal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>prosecution. All proceedings are governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>    (b) If no demand for judicial determination of the forfeiture is pending, the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>prosecuting authority may, in the name of the jurisdiction pursuing the forfeiture, file a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>separate complaint against the vehicle, describing it, specifying that it was used in the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>commission of a designated offense, and specifying the time and place of its unlawful use.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>    (c) The prosecuting authority may file an answer to a properly served demand <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>for judicial determination, including an affirmative counterclaim for forfeiture. The <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>prosecuting authority is not required to file an answer.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>    (d) A judicial determination under this subdivision must not precede adjudication in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>the criminal prosecution of the designated offense without the consent of the prosecuting <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>authority. The district court administrator shall schedule the hearing as soon as practicable <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>after adjudication in the criminal prosecution. The district court administrator shall <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>establish procedures to ensure efficient compliance with this subdivision. The hearing is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>to the court without a jury.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>    (e) There is a presumption that an off-highway vehicle seized under this section is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>subject to forfeiture if the prosecuting authority establishes that the vehicle was used in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>the commission of a designated offense. A claimant bears the burden of proving any <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>affirmative defense raised.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>    (f) If the forfeiture is based on the commission of a designated offense and the person <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>charged with the designated offense appears in court as required and is not convicted of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>the offense, the court shall order the property returned to the person legally entitled to it <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>upon that person's compliance with the redemption requirements of subdivision 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>    (g) If the lawful ownership of the vehicle used in the commission of a designated <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>offense can be determined and the owner makes the demonstration required under <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>subdivision 7, paragraph (d), the vehicle must be returned immediately upon the owner's <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>compliance with the redemption requirements of subdivision 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>    (h) If the court orders the return of a seized vehicle under this subdivision, it must <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>order that filing fees be reimbursed to the person who filed the demand for judicial <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>determination. In addition, the court may order sanctions under section 
<statute_ref>549.211</statute_ref>. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>reimbursement fees or sanctions must be paid from other forfeiture proceeds of the law <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>enforcement agency and prosecuting authority involved and in the same proportion as <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>distributed under subdivision 10, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Disposition of forfeited vehicle.</b> (a) If the vehicle is administratively <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>forfeited under subdivision 8, or if the court finds under subdivision 9 that the vehicle is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>subject to forfeiture under subdivisions 6 and 7, the appropriate agency shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>    (1) sell the vehicle and distribute the proceeds under paragraph (b); or<br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>    (2) keep the vehicle for official use. If the agency keeps a forfeited off-highway <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>vehicle for official use, the agency shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>off-highway vehicle is available for use by the agency's officers who participate in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>off-highway vehicle enforcement or education programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>    (b) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited vehicles, after payment of seizure, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>towing, storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses and satisfaction of valid liens against the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>property, must be distributed as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    (1) 70 percent of the proceeds must be forwarded to the appropriate agency for <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>deposit as a supplement to the state or local agency's operating fund or similar fund for use <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>in purchasing equipment for off-highway vehicle enforcement, training, and education; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>    (2) 30 percent of the money or proceeds must be forwarded to the prosecuting <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>authority that handled the forfeiture for deposit as a supplement to its operating fund or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>similar fund for prosecutorial purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Sale of forfeited vehicle by secured party.</b> (a) A financial institution <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>with a valid security interest in or a valid lease covering a forfeited off-highway vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>may choose to dispose of the vehicle under this subdivision, in lieu of the appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>agency disposing of the vehicle under subdivision 10. A financial institution wishing to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>dispose of an off-highway vehicle under this subdivision shall notify the appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>agency of its intent, in writing, within 30 days after receiving notice of the seizure and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>forfeiture. The appropriate agency shall release the vehicle to the financial institution or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>its agent after the financial institution presents proof of its valid security agreement or of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>its lease agreement and the financial institution agrees not to sell the vehicle to a family or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>household member of the violator, unless the violator is not convicted of the offense on <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>which the forfeiture is based. The financial institution shall dispose of the vehicle in a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>commercially reasonable manner as defined in section 
<statute_ref>336.9-610</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>    (b) After disposing of the forfeited vehicle, the financial institution shall reimburse <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>the appropriate agency for its seizure, storage, and forfeiture costs. The financial <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>institution may then apply the proceeds of the sale to its storage costs, to its sale <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>expenses, and to satisfy the lien or the lease on the vehicle. If any proceeds remain, the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>financial institution shall forward the proceeds to the state treasury, which shall credit the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>appropriate fund as specified in subdivision 10.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Redemption requirements.</b> (a) If an off-highway vehicle is seized by a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>peace officer for a designated offense, the seized vehicle must be released only:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>    (1) to the registered owner, a person authorized by the registered owner, a lienholder <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>of record, or a person who has purchased the vehicle from the registered owner who <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>provides proof of ownership of the vehicle;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>    (2) if the vehicle is subject to a rental or lease agreement, to a renter or lessee who <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>provides a copy of the rental or lease agreement; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>    (3) to an agent of a towing company authorized by a registered owner if the owner <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>provides proof of ownership of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>    (b) The proof of ownership or, if applicable, the copy of the rental or lease agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>required under paragraph (a) must be provided to the law enforcement agency seizing the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>vehicle or to a person or entity designated by the law enforcement agency to receive <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>the information.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>    (c) No law enforcement agency, local unit of government, or state agency is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>responsible or financially liable for any storage fees incurred due to a seizure under this <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>section.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to crimes <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>committed on or after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.928, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Crossing a public road right-of-way.</b> (a) An all-terrain vehicle may <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way provided:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>(1) the crossing is made at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the direction of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>the road and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>(2) the vehicle is brought to a complete stop before crossing the shoulder or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>main-traveled way of the road;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>(3) the driver yields the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>immediate hazard;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>(4) in crossing a divided road, the crossing is made only at an intersection of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>road with another public road; and<br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>(5) if the crossing is made between the hours of one-half hour after sunset to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>one-half hour before sunrise or in conditions of reduced visibility, only if both front and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>rear lights are on.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>(b) An all-terrain vehicle may be operated upon a bridge, other than a bridge that is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>part of the main-traveled lanes of an interstate highway, or roadway shoulder or inside <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>bank of a public road right-of-way when required for the purpose of avoiding obstructions <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>to travel or environmentally sensitive areas when no other method of avoidance is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>possible; provided the all-terrain vehicle is operated in the extreme right-hand lane, the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>entrance to the roadway is made within 100 feet of the bridge or, obstacle, or sensitive <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>area, and the crossing is made without undue delay.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>(c) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle upon a public street or highway <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>unless the vehicle is equipped with at least one headlight and one taillight, each of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>minimum candlepower as prescribed by rules of the commissioner, and with brakes <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>conforming to standards prescribed by rule of the commissioner, and all of which are <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>subject to the approval of the commissioner of public safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>(d) An all-terrain vehicle may be operated upon a public road right-of-way other <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>than as provided by paragraph (b) in an emergency during the period of time when and at <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>locations where the condition of the roadway renders travel by automobile impractical.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>(e) Chapters 169 and 169A apply to the operation of all-terrain vehicles upon streets <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>and highways, except for those provisions relating to required equipment and except those <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>provisions which by their nature have no application.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>(f) A sled, trailer, or other device being towed by an all-terrain vehicle must be <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>equipped with reflective materials as required by rule of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>(g) A driver's license is not required to operate an all-terrain vehicle along or on a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>public road right-of-way if the right-of-way encompasses a trail administered by the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>commissioner and designated for all-terrain vehicle use or multiple use.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(h) A road authority as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 25</statute_ref>, may by permit <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>designate corridor access trails on public road rights-of-way for purposes of accessing <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>established all-terrain vehicle trails. A driver's license is not required to operate an <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>all-terrain vehicle on a designated corridor access trail.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Casey Jones Trail, Murray, Redwood, </b><b>and</b><b> Pipestone</b><b>, and Rock</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var><b>Counties.</b> (a) The trail shall originate in Lake Shetek State Park in Murray County <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>and include the six-mile loop between Currie in Murray County and Lake Shetek State <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>Park. From there, the first half of the trail shall trail southwesterly to Slayton in Murray <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>County; thence westerly to the point of intersection with the most easterly terminus of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>the state-owned abandoned railroad right-of-way, commonly known as the Casey Jones <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>unit; thence westerly along said Casey Jones unit to Pipestone in Pipestone County; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>southwesterly to Split Rock Creek State Park in Pipestone County,; thence southeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>to Blue Mounds State Park in Rock County; thence southerly to Luverne and Schoneman <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>Park in Rock County, and there terminate. The second half of the trail shall commence <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>in Lake Shetek State Park in Murray County and trail northeasterly to Walnut Grove in <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>Redwood County; thence northeasterly to Redwood Falls in Redwood County to join with <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>the Minnesota River State Trail.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>(b) The trail shall be developed as a multiuse, multiseasonal, dual treadway trail. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>Nothing herein shall abrogate the purpose for which the Casey Jones unit was originally <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>established, and the use thereof shall be concurrent.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>    Subd. 26. <b>Des Moines River Valley Trail, Jackson, Cottonwood, and Murray </b><br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var><b>Counties.</b> The trail shall originate in Jackson County at the Minnesota-Iowa border and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>connect with the Dickinson Trail in Mini-Wakan State Park in Iowa. To the greatest extent <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>possible, the trail shall follow the Des Moines River Valley, extending northwesterly <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>through Jackson County to Kilen Woods State Park, through Cottonwood County, and into <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>Murray County. The trail shall terminate at Casey Jones Trail in Murray County.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.053, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Second vehicle</b><b> </b><b>Multiple-vehicle </b><b>permits.</b> The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>prescribe and issue second vehicle multiple-vehicle state park permits for persons who <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>own more than one motor vehicle and who request a second the permit for the second <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>vehicle additional vehicles on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>may issue an applicant only one second vehicle permit.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>    Subd. 15. <b>John A. Latsch State Park.</b> A state park permit is not required and a fee <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>may not be charged for motor vehicle entry or parking at the parking lot located adjacent <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>to John Latsch Road and Trunk Highway 61 at John A. Latsch State Park.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area.</b> A state park permit is not <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>required and a fee may not be charged for motor vehicle entry or parking at Greenleaf <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>Lake State Recreation Area.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>    Subd. 17. <b>School-sanctioned activities.</b> A state park permit is not required and a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>fee may not be charged for vehicles transporting K-12 students engaged in school district <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>sanctioned activities at state parks.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Fees.</b> The fee for state park permits for:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>(1) an annual use of state parks is $25;<br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>(2) a second or subsequent vehicle state park permit is $18;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>(3) a state park permit valid for one day is $5;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>(4) a daily vehicle state park permit for groups is $3;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>(5) an annual permit for motorcycles is $20;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>(6) an employee's state park permit is without charge; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>(7) a state park permit for disabled persons under section 
         <statute_ref>85.053, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>clauses (1) and (2), is $12. <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>The fees specified in this subdivision include any sales tax required by state law.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86A.05, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>    Subd. 15. <b>State boater wayside.</b> (a) Boater waysides may be established to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>for public use.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>(b) No unit shall be authorized as a state boater wayside unless its proposed location <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>substantially satisfies the following criteria:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>(1) contains resources that are desirable for use by boaters;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>(2) is accessible by persons traveling by boat, canoe, or kayak; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>(3) may be near, associated with, or located within a unit of the outdoor recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>system under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>(c) State boater waysides shall be administered by the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>resources in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of this subdivision. Facilities <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>for sanitation, picnicking, overnight mooring, camping, fishing, and swimming may be <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>provided when the commissioner determines that these activities are justifiable and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>compatible with the resources and the natural environment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Secondary authorization; when permitted.</b> A unit of the outdoor <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>respective units and only in the instances permitted below:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>    (a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park: <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>    (b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area, and water access site.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>    (c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest: <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>management area, and water access site.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>    (d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>water access site.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>    (e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>    (f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>    (g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>and water access site.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>    (h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>river, and water access site.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Master plan required.</b> No construction of new facilities or other <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>development of an authorized unit, other than repairs and maintenance, shall commence <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>until the managing agency has prepared and submitted to the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>resources and the commissioner has reviewed, pursuant to this section, a master plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>administration of the unit in conformity with this section. No master plan is required for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>wildlife management areas that do not have resident managers, for water access sites, for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>aquatic management areas, or for rest areas, or for boater waysides.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.311, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Law enforcement watercraft displaying emergency lights.</b> When <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>approaching and passing a law enforcement watercraft with its emergency lights <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>activated, the operator of a watercraft must safely move the watercraft away from the law <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>enforcement watercraft and maintain a slow-no wake speed while within 150 feet of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>the law enforcement watercraft.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.321, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var><b>97A.321 DOGS PURSUING OR KILLING BIG GAME.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Owner responsibility; penalty amount.</b> The owner of a dog that <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>pursues but does not kill a big game animal is subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>violation. The owner of a dog that kills a big game animal is subject to a civil penalty of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>$500 for each violation.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Appeals.</b> Civil penalties under this section may be appealed according to <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>procedures in section 116.072, subdivision 6, if the person requests a hearing by notifying <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>the commissioner in writing within 15 days after receipt of the citation. If a hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>is not requested within the 15-day period, the civil penalty becomes a final order not <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>subject to further review.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Enforcement.</b> Civil penalties under this section may be enforced according <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>to section 116.072, subdivisions 9 and 10.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Payment of penalty.</b> Penalty amounts shall be remitted to the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>commissioner within 30 days of issuance of the penalty notice and shall be deposited in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>the game and fish fund.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>    Sec. 20. <b>[97B.657] TAKING WILD ANIMALS TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>A licensed peace officer may, at any time, take a protected wild animal that is posing <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>an immediate threat to public safety. A peace officer who destroys a protected wild animal <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>under this section must report the taking to a conservation officer as soon as practicable, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>but no later than 48 hours after the animal is destroyed.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103B.101, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Membership.</b> The Board of Water and Soil Resources is composed <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>of 12 15 appointed members knowledgeable of water and soil problems and conditions <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>within the state and five ex officio members.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103B.101, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Voting members.</b> (a) The members are:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>(1) three county commissioners;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>(2) three soil and water conservation district supervisors;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>(3) three watershed district or watershed management organization representatives;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>(4) three citizens who are not employed by, or the appointed or elected officials of, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>a governmental office, board, or agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>(5) one township officer;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(6) two elected city officials, one of whom must be from a city located in the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>metropolitan area, as defined under section 473.121, subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>(5) (7) the commissioner of agriculture;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>(6) (8) the commissioner of health;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>(7) (9) the commissioner of natural resources;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>(8) (10) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>(9) (11) the director of the University of Minnesota Extension Service.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>(b) Members in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4) (6), must be distributed across <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>the state with at least three four members but not more than five six members from the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>metropolitan area, as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>; and one from each of the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>current soil and water conservation administrative regions. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>(c) Members in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4) (6), are appointed by the governor. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>In making the appointments, the governor may consider persons recommended by <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Minnesota Association of Townships, the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>Districts, and the Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts. The list submitted by an <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>association must contain at least three nominees for each position to be filled.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>(d) The membership terms, compensation, removal of members and filling of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>vacancies on the board for members in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4) (6), are as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>15.0575</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103B.3355, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var><b>103B.3355 WETLAND FUNCTIONS FOR DETERMINING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var><b>VALUES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>(a) The public values of wetlands must be determined based upon the functions of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>wetlands for:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>(1) water quality, including filtering of pollutants to surface and groundwater, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>utilization of nutrients that would otherwise pollute public waters, trapping of sediments, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>shoreline protection, and utilization of the wetland as a recharge area for groundwater;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>(2) floodwater and stormwater retention, including the potential for flooding in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>the watershed, the value of property subject to flooding, and the reduction in potential <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>flooding by the wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>(3) public recreation and education, including hunting and fishing areas, wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>viewing areas, and nature areas;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>(4) commercial uses, including wild rice and cranberry growing and harvesting <br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>and aquaculture;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(5) fish, wildlife, native plant habitats;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>(6) low-flow augmentation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>(7) carbon sequestration; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var> (8) other public uses.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>(b) The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in consultation with the commissioners <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>of natural resources and agriculture and local government units, shall adopt rules <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>establishing:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>(1) scientific methodologies for determining the functions of wetlands; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>(2) criteria for determining the resulting public values of wetlands.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>(c) The methodologies and criteria established under this section or other <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>methodologies and criteria that include the functions in paragraph (a) and are approved <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>by the board, in consultation with the commissioners of natural resources and agriculture <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>and local government units, must be used to determine the functions and resulting public <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>values of wetlands in the state. The functions listed in paragraph (a) are not listed in <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>order of priority.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>(d) Public value criteria established or approved by the board under this section do <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>not apply in areas subject to local comprehensive wetland protection and management <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>plans established under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2243</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>(e) The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in consultation with the commissioners <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>of natural resources and agriculture and local government units, may identify regions of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>the state where preservation, enhancement, restoration, and establishment of wetlands <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>would have high public value. The board, in consultation with the commissioners, may <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>identify high priority wetland regions using available information relating to the factors <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>listed in paragraph (a). The board shall notify local units of government with water <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>planning authority of these high priority regions.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>rulemaking that begins after that date.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Financial assistance.</b> A base grant may be awarded to a county that levies <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>provides a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>implementation tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>at a rate, which shall be determined by the board. The minimum amount of the water <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>implementation tax shall be a tax rate times the adjusted net tax capacity of the county for <br/>
<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>the preceding year. The rate shall be the rate, rounded to the nearest .001 of a percent, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>that, when applied to the adjusted net tax capacity for all counties, raises the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>$1,500,000. The base grant will be in an amount equal to $37,500 less the amount raised <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>by that levy the local match. If the amount necessary to implement the local water plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>the county is less than $37,500, the amount of the base grant shall be the amount that, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>when added to the levy match amount, equals the amount required to implement the plan. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>For counties where the tax rate generates an amount equal to or greater than $18,750, the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>base grant shall be in an amount equal to $18,750.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103C.501, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Request by district board.</b> (a) A district board requesting funds of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>state board must submit an application in a form prescribed by the board containing:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>(1) a comprehensive plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>(2) an annual work plan; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>(3) an application for cost-sharing funds.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>(b) The comprehensive and annual work plans must be completed as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>section 
<statute_ref>103C.331, subdivision 11</statute_ref>. After review of the district's comprehensive plan, the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>state board must approve the comprehensive plan with necessary amendments or reject <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>the plan.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103C.501, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Cost-sharing funds.</b> (a) The state board shall allocate at least 70 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>of cost-sharing funds to areas with high priority erosion, sedimentation, or water quality <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>problems or water quantity problems due to altered hydrology. The areas must be <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>selected based on the statewide priorities established by the state board. The allocated <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>funds must be used for conservation practices for high priority problems identified in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>comprehensive and annual work plans of the districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>(b) The remaining cost-sharing funds may be allocated to districts as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>(1) for technical and administrative assistance, not more than 20 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>funds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>(2) for conservation practices for lower priority erosion, sedimentation, or water <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>quality problems.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103C.501, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Contracts by districts.</b> (a) A district board may contract on a cost-share <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>basis to furnish financial aid to a land occupier or to a state agency for permanent systems <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>for erosion or sedimentation control or water quality improvement or water quantity <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>improvements that are consistent with the district's comprehensive and annual work plans.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>(b) The duration of the contract must, at a minimum, be the time required to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>complete the planned systems. A contract must specify that the land occupier is liable for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>monetary damages and penalties in an amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>received from the district, for failure to complete the systems or practices in a timely <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>manner or maintain the systems or practices as specified in the contract.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(c) A contract may provide for cooperation or funding with federal agencies. A land <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>occupier or state agency may provide the cost-sharing portion of the contract through <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>services in kind.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>(d) The state board or the district board may not furnish any financial aid for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>practices designed only to increase land productivity.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>(e) When a district board determines that long-term  maintenance of a system or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>practice is desirable, the board may  require that maintenance be made a covenant upon <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>the land for the effective life of the practice.  A covenant under this  subdivision shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>construed in the same manner as a  conservation restriction under section 
         <statute_ref>84.65</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103C.501, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Policies and </b><b>rules.</b> (a) The state board may adopt rules and shall adopt <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>rules policies prescribing:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>(1) procedures and criteria for allocating funds for cost-sharing contracts;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>(2) standards and guidelines for cost-sharing contracts;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>(3) the scope and content of district comprehensive plans, plan amendments, and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>annual work plans;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>(4) standards and methods necessary to plan and implement a priority cost-sharing <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>program, including guidelines to identify high priority erosion, sedimentation, and water <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>quality problems and water quantity problems due to altered hydrology;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>(5) the share of the cost of conservation practices to be paid from cost-sharing <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>funds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>(6) requirements for districts to document their efforts to identify and contact land <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>occupiers with high priority erosion problems.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>(b) The rules may provide that cost-sharing may be used for farmstead windbreaks <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>and shelterbelts for the purposes of energy conservation and snow protection.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>(c) The board may establish alternative practices to those defined in section 84.02 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>for restoration or establishment of native prairie, grasslands, shorelands, riparian buffers, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>or wetlands based on soil type, seed availability, adjacent land uses, project or practice <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>purpose, or other site-specific factors.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.505, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var><b>103F.505 PURPOSE AND POLICY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>It is the purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.505</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.531</statute_ref> to keep restore certain marginal <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>agricultural land out of crop production and protect environmentally sensitive areas to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>protect enhance soil and water quality, minimize damage to flood-prone areas, sequester <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>carbon, and support native plant, fish, and wildlife habitat habitats. It is state policy to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>encourage the restoration of wetlands and riparian lands and promote the retirement of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>marginal, highly erodible land, particularly land adjacent to public waters, drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>systems, wetlands, and locally designated priority waters, from crop production and to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>reestablish a cover of perennial vegetation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.511, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Drained wetland.</b> "Drained wetland" means a former natural wetland that <br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>has been altered by draining, dredging, filling, leveling, or other manipulation sufficient <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>to render the land suitable for agricultural crop production. The alteration must have <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>occurred before December 23, 1985, and must be a legal alteration as determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.511, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>    Subd. 8a. <b>Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program.</b> "Reinvest in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>reserve program" means the program established under section 103F.515.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.511, subdivision 8a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>    Subd. 8a 8b. <b>Riparian land.</b> "Riparian land" means lands adjacent to public <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>waters, drainage systems, wetlands, or locally designated priority waters identified in a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>comprehensive local water plan, as defined in section 
<statute_ref>103B.3363, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment of program.</b> The board, in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>commissioner of agriculture and the commissioner of natural resources, shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>and administer a conservation the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program. The board <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>shall implement sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.505</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.531</statute_ref>. Selection of land for the conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>reinvest in Minnesota reserve program must be based on its enhancement potential for <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>fish and, wildlife production, and native plant habitats, reducing erosion, and protecting <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>water quality.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligible land.</b> (a) Land may be placed in the conservation reinvest in <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>Minnesota reserve program if the land meets the requirements of paragraphs (b) and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>(c), or paragraph (d).<br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>(b) Land is eligible if the land:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>(1) is marginal agricultural land;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>(2) is adjacent to marginal agricultural land and is either beneficial to resource <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>protection or necessary for efficient recording of the land description;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>(3) consists of a drained wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>(4) is land that with a windbreak or water quality improvement practice would be <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>beneficial to resource protection;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>(5) is land in a sensitive groundwater area;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>(6) is riparian land;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>(7) is cropland or noncropland adjacent to restored wetlands to the extent of up to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>four eight acres of cropland or one acre of noncropland for each acre of wetland restored;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>(8) is a woodlot on agricultural land;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>(9) is abandoned building site on agricultural land, provided that funds are not used <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>for compensation of the value of the buildings; or<br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>(10) is land on a hillside used for pasture.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>(c) Eligible land under paragraph (a) must:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>(1) be owned by the landowner, or a parent or other blood relative of the landowner, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>for at least one year before the date of application;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>(2) be at least five acres in size, except for a drained wetland area, riparian area, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>windbreak, woodlot, or abandoned building site, or be a whole field as defined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>United States Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>(3) not be set aside, enrolled or diverted under another federal or state government <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>program unless enrollment in the conservation reinvest in Minnesota reserve program <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>would provide additional conservation benefits or a longer term of enrollment than under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>the current federal or state program; and<br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>(4) have been in agricultural crop production for at least two of the last five <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>years before the date of application, except drained wetlands, riparian lands, woodlots, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>abandoned building sites, environmentally sensitive areas, or land on a hillside used <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>for pasture.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>(d) In selecting drained wetlands for enrollment in the program, the highest priority <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>must be given to wetlands with a cropping history during the period 1976 to 1985 Land is <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>eligible if the land is a wellhead protection area as defined in section 103I.005, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>24, and has a wellhead protection plan approved by the commissioner of health. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>(e) In selecting land for enrollment in the program, highest priority must be given to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>permanent easements that are consistent with the purposes stated in section 
         <statute_ref>103F.505</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Nature of property rights acquired.</b> (a) A conservation easement must <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>prohibit:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>(1) alteration of wildlife habitat and other natural features, unless specifically <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>approved by the board;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>(2) agricultural crop production and livestock grazing, unless specifically approved <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>by the board for wildlife conservation management purposes or extreme drought; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>(3) grazing of livestock except, for agreements entered before the effective date of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>Laws 1990, chapter 391, grazing of livestock may be allowed only if approved by the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>board after consultation with the commissioner of natural resources, in the case of severe <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>drought, or a local emergency declared under section 
<statute_ref>12.29</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>(4) spraying with chemicals or mowing, except as necessary to comply with noxious <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>weed control laws or, for emergency control of pests necessary to protect public health, or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>as approved by the board for conservation management purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>(b) A conservation easement is subject to the terms of the agreement provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>subdivision 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>(c) A conservation easement must allow repairs, improvements, and inspections <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>necessary to maintain public drainage systems provided the easement area is restored to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>the condition required by the terms of the conservation easement.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Agreements by landowner.</b> The board may enroll eligible land in the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>conservation reinvest in Minnesota reserve program by signing an agreement in recordable <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>form with a landowner in which the landowner agrees:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>(1) to convey to the state a conservation easement that is not subject to any prior <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>title, lien, or encumbrance;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>(2) to seed the land subject to the conservation easement, as specified in the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>agreement, to establish and maintain perennial cover of either a grass-legume mixture or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>native grasses for the term of the easement, at seeding rates determined by the board; or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>to plant trees or carry out other long-term capital improvements approved by the board <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>for soil and water conservation or wildlife management;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>(3) to convey to the state a permanent easement for the wetland restoration;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>(4) that other land supporting natural vegetation owned or leased as part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>same farm operation at the time of application, if it supports natural vegetation or and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>has not been used in agricultural crop production, will not be converted to agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>crop production or pasture; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>(5) that the easement duration may be lengthened through mutual agreement with <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>the board in consultation with the commissioners of agriculture and natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>if they determine that the changes effectuate the purpose of the program or facilitate <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>its administration.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Payments for conservation easements and establishment of </b><b>cover</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var><b>conservation practices</b><b>.</b> (a) The board must make the following shall establish rates <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>for payments to the landowner for the conservation easement and agreement: related <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>practices. The board shall consider market factors, including the township average <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>equalized estimated market value of property as established by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>revenue at the time of easement application.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>(1) to establish the perennial cover or other improvements required by the agreement:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>(i) except as provided in items (ii) and (iii), up to 75 percent of the total eligible cost <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>not to exceed $125 per acre for limited duration easements and 100 percent of the total <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>eligible cost not to exceed $150 per acre for perpetual easements;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>(ii) for native species restoration, 75 percent of the total eligible cost not to exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>$200 per acre for limited duration easements and 100 percent of the total eligible cost not <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>to exceed $300 per acre for perpetual easements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>(iii) 100 percent of the total eligible cost of wetland restoration not to exceed $600 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>per acre;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>(2) for the cost of planting trees required by the agreement, up to 75 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>total eligible cost not to exceed $250 per acre for limited duration easements, and 100 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>percent of the total eligible cost not to exceed $400 per acre for perpetual easements;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>(3) for a permanent easement, 70 percent of the township average equalized <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>estimated market value of agricultural property as established by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>revenue at the time of easement application;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>(4) for an easement of limited duration, 90 percent of the present value of the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>average of the accepted bids for the federal conservation reserve program, as contained in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>Public Law 99-198, in the relevant geographic area and on bids accepted at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>easement application; or<br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>(5) an alternative payment system for easements based on cash rent or a similar <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>system as may be determined by the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>(b) For hillside pasture conservation easements, the payments to the landowner in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>paragraph (a) for the conservation easement and agreement must be reduced to reflect the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>value of similar property.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>(b) The board may establish alternative practices to those defined in section 84.02 for <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>restoration of native prairie, grasslands, or wetlands based on soil type, seed availability, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>adjacent land uses, or other site-specific factors.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>(c) The board may establish a payment system for flowage easements acquired <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>(d) For wetland restoration projects involving more than one conservation easement, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>state payments for restoration costs may exceed the limits set forth in this section by the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>board for an individual easement provided the total payment for the restoration project <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>does not exceed the amount payable for the total number of acres involved.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>(e) The board may use available nonstate funds to exceed the payment limits in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.521, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Cooperation.</b> In implementing sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.505</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.531</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>board must share information and cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, the United States Fish <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>and Wildlife Service, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and Soil <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>Extension Service, the University of Minnesota, county boards, soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>districts, watershed districts, and interested private organizations and individuals.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.525, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var><b>103F.525 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS ON FEDERAL AND STATE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var><b>CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>The board may supplement payments made under federal land retirement programs <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>to the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds. The supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>payments must be used to establish perennial cover on land enrolled or increase payments <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>for land enrollment in programs approved by the board, including the federal conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>reserve program and federal and state water bank program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.526, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var><b>103F.526 FOOD PLOTS </b><b>IN WINDBREAKS</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>The board, in cooperation with the commissioner of natural resources, may authorize <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>wildlife food plots on land with windbreaks enrolled in a conservation easement under <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>section 103F.515.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.531, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var><b>103F.531 RULEMAKING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>The board may adopt rules or policy to implement sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.505</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.531</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>The rules must include standards for tree planting so that planting does not conflict with <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>existing electrical lines, telephone lines, rights-of-way, or drainage ditches.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.535, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Release and alteration of conservation easements.</b> Conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>easements existing under this section, as of April 30, 1992, may be altered, released, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>or terminated by the board of Water and Soil Resources after consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>commissioners of agriculture and natural resources. The board may alter, release, or <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>terminate a conservation easement only if the board determines that the public interest and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>general welfare are better served by the alteration, release, or termination.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.201, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var><b>103G.201 PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>(a) The commissioner shall prepare maintain a public waters inventory map of each <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>county that shows the waters of this state that are designated as public waters under the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>public waters inventory and classification procedures prescribed under Laws 1979, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>199, and shall provide access to a copy of the maps and lists. The As county public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>inventory map for each county must be filed with maps and lists are revised according to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>this section, the commissioner shall send a notification or a copy of the maps and lists <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>to the auditor of the each affected county.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>(b) The commissioner is authorized to revise the list of public waters established <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>under Laws 1979, chapter 199, to reclassify those types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands previously <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>identified as public waters wetlands under Laws 1979, chapter 199, as public waters or as <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>wetlands under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.005, subdivision 19</statute_ref>. The commissioner may only reclassify <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>public waters wetlands as public waters if:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>(1) they are assigned a shoreland management classification by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.221</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>(2) they are classified as lacustrine wetlands or deepwater habitats according to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>et al., 1979 edition); or<br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(3) the state or federal government has become titleholder to any of the beds or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>shores of the public waters wetlands, subsequent to the preparation of the public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>inventory map filed with the auditor of the county, pursuant to paragraph (a), and the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>responsible state or federal agency declares that the water is necessary for the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>of the public ownership.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>(c) The commissioner must provide notice of the reclassification to the local <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>government unit, the county board, the watershed district, if one exists for the area, and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>the soil and water conservation district. Within 60 days of receiving notice from the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>commissioner, a party required to receive the notice may provide a resolution stating <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>objections to the reclassification. If the commissioner receives an objection from a party <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>required to receive the notice, the reclassification is not effective. If the commissioner does <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>not receive an objection from a party required to receive the notice, the reclassification <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>of a wetland under paragraph (b) is effective 60 days after the notice is received by all <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>of the parties.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>(d) The commissioner shall give priority to the reclassification of public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>wetlands that are or have the potential to be affected by public works projects.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>(e) The commissioner may revise the public waters inventory map and list of each <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>county:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>(1) to reflect the changes authorized in paragraph (b); and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>(2) as needed, to:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>(i) correct errors in the original inventory;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>(ii) add or subtract trout stream tributaries within sections that contain a designated <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>trout stream following written notice to the landowner;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>(iii) add depleted quarries, and sand and gravel pits, when the body of water exceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>50 acres and the shoreland has been zoned for residential development; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(iv) add or subtract public waters that have been created or eliminated as a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>requirement of a permit authorized by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.245</statute_ref>.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>    Sec. 44. <b>CONSUMPTIVE USE OF WATER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.265, subdivision 3, the legislature <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>approves of the consumptive use of water under a permit of more than 2,000,000 gallons <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>per day average in a 30-day period in St. Louis County, in connection with snowmaking, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>subject to the commissioner of natural resources making a determination that the water <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>remaining in the basin of origin will be adequate to meet the basin's need for water and <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>approval by the commissioner of natural resources of all applicable permits.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>    Sec. 45. <b>PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall work with Friends of the Casey Jones <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>Trail in planning and developing the extension of the Casey Jones Trail.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>    Sec. 46. <b>TRAIL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall work with Friends of the Jackson <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>County Trails in planning and developing the Des Moines River Valley Trail.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>    Sec. 47. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>$20,000 is appropriated from the natural resources fund to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>natural resources for the start-up costs of the off-highway vehicle administrative forfeiture <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>processes. Of this amount, $15,000 is from the all-terrain vehicle account; $3,000 is from <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>the off-highway motorcycle account; and $2,000 is from the off-road vehicle account. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>    Sec. 48. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "conservation reserve program" to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>"reinvest in Minnesota reserve program" where it appears in Minnesota Statutes, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>84.95, subdivision 2; 92.70, subdivision 1; and 103H.105.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>(b) In each section of Minnesota Statutes referred to in column A, the revisor of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>statutes shall delete the reference in column B and insert the reference in column C.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<col width="22"/>
<col width="21.5"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td>Column A<br/>
</td>
<td>Column B<br/>
</td>
<td>Column C<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.777<br/>
</td>
<td>84.805<br/>
</td>
<td>84.804<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.777<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.787, subd. 1<br/>
</td>
<td>84.796<br/>
</td>
<td>84.795<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.788, subd. 9<br/>
</td>
<td>84.796<br/>
</td>
<td>84.795<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.791, subd. 4<br/>
</td>
<td>84.796<br/>
</td>
<td>84.795<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.794, subd. 2<br/>
</td>
<td>84.796<br/>
</td>
<td>84.795<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.795, subd. 8<br/>
</td>
<td>84.796<br/>
</td>
<td>84.795<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.797, subd. 1<br/>
</td>
<td>84.805<br/>
</td>
<td>84.804<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.798, subd. 8<br/>
</td>
<td>84.805<br/>
</td>
<td>84.804<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.804, subd. 6<br/>
</td>
<td>84.805<br/>
</td>
<td>84.804<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.92, subd. 1<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.922, subd. 9<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.925, subd. 3<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.9256, subd. 4<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.927, subd. 2<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.928, subd. 1<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td>84.928, subd. 6<br/>
</td>
<td>84.929<br/>
</td>
<td>84.928<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    Sec. 49. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.796; 84.805; 84.929; 85.0505, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>2; 103B.101, subdivision 11; 103F.511, subdivision 4; and 103F.521, subdivision 2, are <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>(b) Minnesota Rules, parts 8400.3130; 8400.3160; 8400.3200; 8400.3230; <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>8400.3330; 8400.3360; 8400.3390; 8400.3500; 8400.3530; and 8400.3560, are repealed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.7931, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Electronic licensing system data.</b> Data on individuals created, collected, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>stored, or maintained by the department for the purposes of obtaining a noncommercial <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>game and fish license, cross-country ski pass, horse trail pass, or snowmobile trail sticker; <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>registering a recreational motor vehicle; or any other electronic licensing transaction are <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>classified under section 84.0874.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4981, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var><b>17.4981 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR REGULATION OF AQUATIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var><b>FARMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    (a) Aquatic farms are licensed to culture private aquatic life. Cultured aquatic life <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>is not wildlife. Aquatic farms must be licensed and given classifications to prevent or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>minimize impacts on natural resources. The purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>17.4981</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>17.4997</statute_ref> is to: <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>    (1) prevent public aquatic life from entering an aquatic farm;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>    (2) prevent release of nonindigenous or exotic species into public waters without <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>approval of the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>    (3) protect against release of disease pathogens to public waters;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>    (4) protect existing natural aquatic habitats and the wildlife dependent on them; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>    (5) protect private aquatic life from unauthorized taking or harvest.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>    (b) Private aquatic life that is legally acquired and possessed is an article of interstate <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>commerce and may be restricted only as necessary to protect state fish and water resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>    (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall establish license and other fees as <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>provided in section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, that would make aquaculture licensing <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>and enforcement self-sustaining. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>may, by written order published in the State Register, establish the fees required by this <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>section. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>14.386 does not apply. The commissioner shall develop best management practices for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>aquaculture to ensure the long-term sustainability of aquaculture and wetlands used for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>aquaculture, including, but not limited to, fish farming in man-made ponds.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4988, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Inspection </b><b>and additional </b><b>fees.</b> Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees for the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>services listed in clauses (1) to (3) and the additional fee required under subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>paragraph (a). The fees must be set in an amount that does not recover significantly more <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>or less than the cost of providing the service. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>provisions of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply. The services covered under <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>this provision include:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>    (1) initial inspection of each water to be licensed;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>    (2) fish health inspection and certification, including initial tissue sample collection, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>basic fish health assessment, viral pathogen testing, and bacteriological testing; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>    (3) initial inspection for containment and quarantine facility inspections.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>    Sec. 4. <b>[84.0874] ELECTRONIC LICENSING SYSTEM DATA.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var> The following data created, collected, stored, or maintained by the department for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>purposes of obtaining a noncommercial game and fish license, cross-country ski pass, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>horse trail pass, or snowmobile trail sticker; registering a recreational motor vehicle; or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>any other electronic licensing transaction are private data on individuals as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>section 13.02, subdivision 12: name, addresses, driver's license number, and date of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>birth. The data may be disclosed for law enforcement purposes. The data, other than the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>driver's license number, may be disclosed to a government entity and for natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>management purposes, including recruitment, retention, and training certification and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>verification.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.788, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Refunds.</b> The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 3, paragraph (e), or section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>subdivision 15
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>months 60 days of the original registration, the registration is not used or transferred, and:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>(1) the off-highway motorcycle was registered incorrectly by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>or the deputy registrar; or<br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>(2) the off-highway motorcycle was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>the customer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.798, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Refunds.</b> The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>subdivision 15
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>months 60 days of the original registration and the vehicle was registered incorrectly by <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>the commissioner or the deputy registrar, the registration is not used or transferred, and:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>(1) the off-road vehicle was registered incorrectly; or<br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>(2) the off-road vehicle was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>customer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Refunds.</b> The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 2, paragraph (e), or section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>subdivision 15
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>months 60 days of the original registration, the registration is not used or transferred, and:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>(1) the snowmobile was registered incorrectly by the commissioner or the deputy <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>registrar; or<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>(2) the snowmobile was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>customer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Refunds.</b> The commissioner may issue a refund on a registration, not <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 2, paragraph (e), or section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>subdivision 15
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (3), if the refund request is received within 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>months 60 days of the original registration, the registration is not used or transferred, and:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>(1) the vehicle was registered incorrectly by the commissioner or the deputy <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>registrar; or<br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>(2) the vehicle was registered twice, once by the dealer and once by the customer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.415, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Refunds.</b> The commissioner may issue a refund on a license or title, not <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>including any issuing fees paid under subdivision 8 or section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, subdivision 15</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>paragraph (a), clause (3), or 
         <statute_ref>86B.870, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), if the refund request <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>is received within 12 months 60 days of the original license or title, the license or title <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>is not used or transferred, and:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>(1) the watercraft was licensed or titled incorrectly by the commissioner or the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>deputy registrar;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>(2) the customer was incorrectly charged a title fee; or<br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>(3) the watercraft was licensed or titled twice, once by the dealer and once by the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>customer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>    Subd. 3b. <b>Bow fishing.</b> "Bow fishing" means taking rough fish by archery where <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>the arrows are tethered or controlled by an attached line.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Summary of fish and game laws.</b> (a) The commissioner shall prepare a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>summary of the hunting and fishing laws and rules and deliver a sufficient supply to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>county auditors license vendors to furnish one copy to each person obtaining a hunting, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>fishing, or trapping license.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>(b) At the beginning of the summary, under the heading "Trespass," the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>commissioner shall summarize the trespass provisions under sections 
         <statute_ref>97B.001</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>97B.945</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>state that conservation officers and peace officers must enforce the trespass laws, and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>state the penalties for trespassing. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>(c) In the summary the commissioner shall, under the heading "Duty to Render Aid," <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>summarize the requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>609.662</statute_ref> and state the penalties for failure to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>render aid to a person injured by gunshot. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.075, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Turkey account.</b> (a) $4.50 from each turkey license sold, except youth <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>licenses under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4), and subdivision 3, clause (7), <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>must be credited to the wild turkey management account. Money in the account may be <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>used only for:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for wild <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>turkeys on public and private land including forest stand improvement and establishment <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>of nesting cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>    (2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey habitat;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey habitat on public and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>private land;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>    (4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>    (5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and maintenance, population <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>surveys and monitoring, and research.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>    (b) Money in the account may not be used for:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>(a), clauses (1) to (3), a specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause (4), <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph (a), clause (5); or<br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>    (2) any permanent personnel costs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.095, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Waterfowl feeding and resting areas.</b> The commissioner may, by rule, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>designate any part of a lake as a migratory feeding and resting area. Before designation, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>the commissioner must receive a petition signed by at least ten local resident licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>hunters describing the area of a lake that is a substantial feeding or resting area for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>migratory waterfowl, and find that the statements in the petition are correct, and that <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>adequate, free public access to the lake exists near the designated area. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>shall post the area as a migratory waterfowl feeding and resting area. Except as authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>in rules adopted by the commissioner, a person may not enter a posted migratory waterfowl <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>feeding and resting area, during a period when hunting of migratory waterfowl is allowed, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>with watercraft or aircraft propelled by a motor, other than an electric motor of less than <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>30 pounds thrust with battery power of 12 volts or less. The commissioner may, by rule, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>further restrict the use of electric motors in migratory waterfowl feeding and resting areas.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.137, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Exemption from certain local ordinances.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>paragraphs (c) and (d), wildlife management areas that are established according to section <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>86A.05, subdivision 8; designated under section 97A.133 or 97A.145; and 160 contiguous <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>acres or larger are exempt from local ordinances that limit the taking of game and fish or <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>vegetation management in the unit as authorized by state law.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), wildlife management areas that <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>are established according to section 86A.05, subdivision 8; designated under section <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>97A.133 or 97A.145; and at least 40 contiguous acres and less than 160 contiguous acres <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>are exempt from local ordinances that:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>(1) restrict trapping;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>(2) restrict the discharge of archery equipment;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>(3) restrict the discharge of shotguns with shot sizes of F or .22 inch diameter or <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>smaller shot;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>(4) restrict noise;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>(5) require dogs on a leash; or<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>(6) would in any manner restrict the management of vegetation in the unit as <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>authorized by state law.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>(c) This subdivision does not apply to wildlife management area restrictions that, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>prior to May 1, 2009, were adopted under rules of the commissioner or local ordinances.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>(d) When a local unit of government is able to demonstrate a significant public <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>safety issue that is not adequately addressed by rules of the commissioner or state posting <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>of the wildlife management area, the local government may file an appeal with the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>commissioner. If the commissioner agrees with the appeal, the commissioner shall amend <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>the commissioner's rules to the extent needed to resolve the public safety issue. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>commissioner may use the expedited rulemaking procedure in section 84.027, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>13, to resolve the public safety issue.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.331, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Shining.</b> A person that violates section 
         <statute_ref>97B.081</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, relating to <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>the use of an artificial light to locate wild animals while in possession of a firearm, bow, or <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>other implement capable of killing big game is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.445, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Angling; Take a Kid Fishing Weekends.</b> A resident over age 18 age <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>16 years or older may take fish by angling without an angling or fish house license during <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>one three-day consecutive period of the open water angling season and one three-day <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>consecutive period of the ice angling season designated by rule of the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>if accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The commissioner shall publicize the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>three-day periods as "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" for the open water angling season and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>"Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend" for the ice angling season.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.445, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Angling in a state park.</b> A resident may take fish by angling without <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>an angling license when shore fishing or wading on state-owned land within a state park. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>When angling from a boat or float, this subdivision applies only to those water bodies <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>completely encompassed within the statutory boundary of the state park. The exemption <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>from an angling license does not apply to waters where a trout stamp is required.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Angling; residents 90 years of age or older.</b> A resident who is 90 years <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>of age or older may take fish without a license.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.451, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Residents under age 16; fishing.</b> A resident under the age of 16 years <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>may take fish without a license. A person authorized to issue licenses must issue a license <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>to a resident under the age of 16 without a fee to net ciscoes and whitefish for personal <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>consumption under section 97A.475, subdivision 13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.465, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>    Subd. 1b. <b>Residents discharged from active service.</b> (a) A resident who has served <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>at any time during the preceding 24 months in federal active service, as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>190.05, subdivision 5c
         </statute_ref>, outside the United States as a member of the National Guard, or as <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>a reserve component or active duty member of the United States armed forces and has <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>been discharged from active service may take small game and fish without a license if the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>resident possesses official military discharge papers. The resident must obtain the seals, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>tags, and coupons required of a licensee, which must be furnished without charge.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>    (b) The commissioner shall issue, without fee, a deer license and an either-sex deer <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>permit to a resident who has served at any time during the preceding 24 months in federal <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>active service, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>190.05, subdivision 5c</statute_ref>, outside the United States as a <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>member of the National Guard, or as a reserve component or active duty member of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>United States armed forces and has been discharged from active service. Eligibility under <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>this paragraph is limited to one license and one permit per resident.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Preference to service members.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>(1) "qualified service member or veteran" means a Minnesota resident who:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>(i) is currently serving, or has served at any time during the past 24 months, in active <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>service as a member of the United States armed forces, including the National Guard or <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>other military reserves;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>(ii) has received a Purple Heart medal for qualifying military service, as shown by <br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>official military records; or<br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>(iii) has a service-connected disability rated at 70 percent or more as defined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>United States Veterans Administration; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>(2) "active service" means service defined under section 
         <statute_ref>190.05, subdivision 5b</statute_ref> or 5c.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, chapter 97B or 97C, or <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>administrative rules, the commissioner may shall give first preference to qualified service <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>members or veterans in any drawing or lottery involving the selection of applicants for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>hunting or fishing licenses, permits, and special permits. This subdivision does not <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>apply to licenses or permits for taking moose, elk, or prairie chickens. Actions of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>commissioner under this subdivision are not rules under the Administrative Procedure Act <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.473, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Resident lifetime licenses authorized.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>issue a lifetime angling license, a lifetime spearing license, a lifetime angling and spearing <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>license, a lifetime small game hunting license, a lifetime firearm or archery deer hunting <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>license, or a lifetime sporting license or a lifetime sporting with spearing option license to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>a person who is a resident of the state for at least one year or who is under age 21 and the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>child of a person who is a resident of the state for at least one year. The license fees paid <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>for a lifetime license are nonrefundable.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>(b) The commissioner may require the holder of a lifetime license issued under this <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>section to notify the department each year that the license is used, by:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>(1) telephone or Internet notification, as specified by the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>(2) the purchase of stamps for the license; or<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(3) registration and tag issuance, in the case of the resident lifetime deer license.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.473, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Lifetime spearing license; fee.</b> (a) A resident lifetime spearing license <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>authorizes a person to take fish by spearing in the state. The license authorizes those <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>activities authorized by the annual resident spearing license.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime spearing license are:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>    (1) age 3 and under, $258;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>    (2) age 4 to age 15, $320;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>    (3) age 16 to age 50, $372; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>    (4) age 51 and over, $173.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.473, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Lifetime angling and spearing license; fee.</b> (a) A resident lifetime <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>angling and spearing license authorizes a person to take fish by angling or spearing in the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>and spearing licenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling and spearing license are:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>    (1) age 3 and under, $485;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>    (2) age 4 to age 15, $620;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>    (3) age 16 to age 50, $755; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>    (4) age 51 and over, $376.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.473, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>    Subd. 5a. <b>Lifetime sporting with spearing option license; fee.</b> (a) A resident <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>lifetime sporting with spearing option license authorizes a person to take fish by angling <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>or spearing and hunt and trap small game in the state. The license authorizes those <br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>activities authorized by the annual resident angling, spearing, resident small game hunting, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include a trout and salmon stamp <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or any other hunting <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>stamps required by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>(b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>(1) age 3 and under, $615;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>(2) age 4 to age 15, $800;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>(3) age 16 to age 50, $985; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>(4) age 51 and over, $586.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.4742, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; purpose.</b> The lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>is established as a fund in the state treasury. All money received from the issuance of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>lifetime angling, spearing, angling and spearing, small game hunting, deer hunting, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>sporting, and sporting with spearing option licenses and earnings on the fund shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>credited to the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Nonresident hunting.</b> (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>to nonresidents, are:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>    (1) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $73;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>    (2) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>season, $135;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $135;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>season, $135;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>    (5) to take bear, $195;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>    (6) for persons age 18 and older to take turkey, $78;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>    (7) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>    (8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>    (9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270; <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>    (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>    (11) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>season in any open season option or time period, $13; <br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>    (12) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>    (13) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    (b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (9). An additional commission may not be assessed on this <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>surcharge.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Nonresident fishing.</b> (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>to nonresidents, are:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>    (1) to take fish by angling, $37.50;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>    (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive days selected by the licensee, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>$26.50;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>    (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected by the licensee, $22;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>    (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a family for one or both parents <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>and dependent children under the age of 16, $50.50;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected by the licensee, $8.50; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>    (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a married couple, limited to 14 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>consecutive days selected by one of the licensees, $38.50; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>(7) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $37.50.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>    (b) A $2 surcharge shall be added to all nonresident fishing licenses, except licenses <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>issued under paragraph (a), clause (5). An additional commission may not be assessed <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>on this surcharge.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Fish houses </b><b>and</b><b>,</b><b> dark houses</b><b>, and shelters</b><b>; residents.</b> Fees for the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>following licenses are:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>    (1) annual for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is not rented, $11.50; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>    (2) annual for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is rented, $26;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>    (3) three-year for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is not rented, $34.50; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>    (4) three-year for a fish house or, dark house, or shelter that is rented, $78.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Fish houses</b><b> and shelters</b><b>; nonresident.</b> Fees for fish house and shelter <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>licenses for a nonresident are:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>    (1) annual, $33; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>    (2) seven consecutive days, $19; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>    (3) three-year, $99.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 29, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>    Subd. 29. <b>Private fish hatcheries.</b> The fees for the following licenses to be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>to residents and nonresidents are:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>    (1) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales under $200, $70;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>    (2) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales of $200 or more, $210 for the base <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>license. The commissioner must establish an additional fee based on the acreage of the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>operation. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>published in the State Register, establish the additional fee required by this subdivision. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>The fee is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>does not apply; and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>    (3) to take sucker eggs from public waters for a private fish hatchery, $400, plus <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>$6 for each quart in excess of 100 quarts.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.525, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Residents</b><b> Generally</b><b>.</b> A resident person may transport wild animals <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>within the state by common carrier without being in the vehicle if the resident person has <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>the license required to take the animals and they are shipped to the resident person or to a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>licensed taxidermist, tanner, or fur buyer. The wild animals that may be transported <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>by common carrier are:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>(1) deer, bear, elk, and moose;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>(2) undressed game birds; and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>(3) fish.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.081, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var><b>97B.081 USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO LOCATE ANIMALS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>With </b><b>firearms and bows</b><b> implements to take wild animals</b><b>.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest, to spot, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>locate, or take a wild animal, except while taking raccoons in accordance with section <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var><statute_ref>97B.621, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or tending traps in accordance with section 
<statute_ref>97B.931</statute_ref>, while <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>or other implement that could be used to kill take big game, small game, or unprotected <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>wild animals. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>(b) This subdivision does not apply to a firearm that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>(1) unloaded;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>the firearm exposed; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>(c) This subdivision does not apply to a bow that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>(1) completely encased or unstrung; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>(e) This subdivision does not apply to persons taking raccoons under section <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var><statute_ref>97B.621, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>(f) This subdivision does not apply to a person hunting fox or coyote from January 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>to March 15 while using a handheld artificial light, provided that the person:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>(1) is on foot;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>(2) is using a shotgun;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>(3) is not within a public road right-of-way;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>(4) is using a handheld or electronic calling device; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>(5) is not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Without </b><b>firearms</b><b> implements to take wild animals</b><b>.</b> (a) Between the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. from September 1 to December 31, Except as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>in subdivision 3, from two hours after sunset until sunrise, a person may not cast the rays <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>or forest to spot, or locate, or take a wild animal except to take raccoons under section <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var><statute_ref>97B.621, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or to tend traps under section 
<statute_ref>97B.931</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>(b) Between one-half hour after sunset until sunrise, Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>light to spot, locate, or take a wild animal on fenced, agricultural land containing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>livestock, as defined in section 
<statute_ref>17A.03, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, or poultry that is marked with signs <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>prohibiting the shining of lights. The signs must: <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>(1) display reflectorized letters that are at least two inches in height and state "no <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>shining" or similar terms; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>(2) be placed at intervals of 1,000 feet or less along the boundary of the area.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>(c) It is not a violation of paragraph (a) or (b) for a person to carry out any <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>agricultural, occupational, or recreational practice, including snowmobiling that is not <br/>
<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>related to spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>(d) Between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (c) Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>subdivision 3, a person may not project a spotlight or handheld cast an artificial light onto <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>residential property or building sites from a moving motor vehicle being operated on <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>land, except for the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>(1) safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>(2) emergency response;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>(3) normal vehicle operations; or<br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>(4) performing an occupational duty.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>(d) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not at any time cast the rays of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light onto property posted with signs prohibiting <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>the shining of lights onto the property. When signs are posted, the signs shall display <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>letters that are at least two inches in height and state "no shining" or similar terms and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>shall be placed at intervals of 500 feet or less along the boundary of the property.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) It is not a violation of this section for a person to:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>(1) cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light to take raccoons <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>according to section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tend traps according to section 97B.931;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>(2) hunt fox or coyote from January 1 to March 15 while using a handheld artificial <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>light, provided that the person is:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>(i) on foot;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>(ii) using a shotgun;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>(iii) not within a public road right-of-way;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>(iv) using a handheld or electronic calling device; and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>(v) not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle; or<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>(3) cast the rays of a handheld artificial light to retrieve wounded or dead big game <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>animals, provided that the person is:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>(i) on foot; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>(ii) not in possession of a firearm or bow.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>(b) It is not a violation of subdivision 2 for a person to cast the rays of a spotlight, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>headlight, or other artificial light to:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>(1) carry out any agricultural, safety, emergency response, normal vehicle operation, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>or occupational-related activities that do not involve taking wild animals; or<br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>(2) carry out outdoor recreation as defined in section 97B.001 that is not related to <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.086, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var><b>97B.086 POSSESSION OF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    (a) A person may not possess night vision goggle equipment while taking wild <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>    (b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>    (1) unloaded;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>    (2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>the firearm exposed; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>    (3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>    (c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>    (1) completely encased or unstrung; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>    (2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>    (d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    (e) This section does not apply to night vision goggle equipment possessed by peace <br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>officers or military personnel while exercising their duties.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.111, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; requirements.</b> The commissioner may establish <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>criteria, special seasons, and limits for persons who have a physical disability to take big <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>game and small game with firearms and by archery in designated areas. A person hunting <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>under this section who has a physical disability must have a verified statement of the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>disability by a licensed physician and must be participating in a program for physically <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>disabled hunters sponsored by a nonprofit organization that is permitted under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>2. Notwithstanding section 97B.055, subdivision 3, the commissioner may authorize hunt <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>participants to shoot from a stationary motor vehicle. A license is not required for a person <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>to assist a physically disabled person hunting during a special season under this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.328, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>and that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, and minerals, and bird feeders <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>containing grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>Unharvested food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities is not <br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>bait or feed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.651, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var><b>97B.651 UNPROTECTED MAMMALS AND BIRDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Taking unprotected mammals and birds.</b> Mammals that are <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>unprotected wild animals and unprotected birds may be taken at any time and in any <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>manner, except with artificial lights, or by using a motor vehicle in violation of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>97B.091
         </statute_ref>. Poison may not be used to take unprotected mammals or unprotected birds <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>unless the safety of humans and domestic livestock is ensured. Unprotected mammals and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>unprotected birds may be possessed, bought, sold, or transported in any quantity, except <br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>importation or exportation is restricted as provided in subdivision 2. <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Importing and exporting live coyotes.</b> A person may not export a live <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>coyote out of the state or import a live coyote into the state unless authorized under a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>permit from the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.811, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Hours for placing decoys.</b> Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>person may not place decoys in public waters or on public lands more than one hour two <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>hours before lawful shooting hours for waterfowl.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.811, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Restrictions on leaving decoys unattended.</b> During the open season for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>waterfowl, a person may not leave decoys in public waters between sunset and one hour <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>two hours before lawful shooting hours or leave decoys unattended during other times for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>more than four three consecutive hours unless:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>(1) the decoys are in waters adjacent to private land under the control of the hunter; <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>(2) there is not natural vegetation growing in water sufficient to partially conceal <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>a hunter.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.081, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Contests without a permit.</b> A person may conduct a fishing contest <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>without a permit from the commissioner provided:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>(1) the following criteria are met:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>(i) there are 30 participants 25 boats or less for open water contests and 150 <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>participants or less for ice fishing contests;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>(ii) the entry fee is $25 per person or less;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>(iii) the total prize value is $25,000 or less; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>(iv) the contest is not limited to trout species only;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>(2) the following criteria are met:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>(i) the contest is not limited to specifically named waters; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>(ii) the contest is not limited to trout species only; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>(3) all the contest participants are age 18 years or under;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>(4) the contest is limited to rough fish; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>(5) the total prize value is $500 or less.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Contests requiring a permit.</b> (a) A person must have a permit from the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>commissioner to conduct a fishing contest that does not meet the criteria in subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>2. The commissioner shall charge a fee for the permit that recovers the costs of issuing <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>the permit and of monitoring the activities allowed by the permit. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>may waive the fee under this subdivision for a charitable organization. Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1283</statute_ref>, the commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>establish contest permit fees. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    (b) If entry fees are over $25 per person, or total prizes are valued at more than <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>$25,000, and if the applicant has either:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>    (1) not previously conducted a fishing contest requiring a permit under this <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>subdivision; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>    (2) ever failed to make required prize awards in a fishing contest conducted by <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>the applicant, the commissioner may require the applicant to furnish the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>evidence of financial responsibility in the form of a surety bond or bank letter of credit in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>the amount of $25,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>    (c) The permit fee for any individual contest may not exceed the following amounts:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>    (1) $120 $60 for an open water contest not exceeding 100 participants 50 boats and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>without off-site weigh-in;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>    (2) $400 $200 for an open water contest with more than 100 participants 50 boats <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>and without off-site weigh-in;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    (3) $500 $250 for an open water contest not exceeding 100 participants 50 boats <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>with off-site weigh-in;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>    (4) $1,000 $500 for an open water contest with more than 100 participants 50 boats <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>with off-site weigh-in; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>    (5) $120 for an ice fishing contest with more than 150 participants.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Restrictions.</b> (a) The commissioner may by rule establish restrictions on <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>fishing contests to protect fish and fish habitat, to restrict activities during high use periods, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>to restrict activities that affect research or management work, to restrict the number of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>boats, and for the safety of contest participants.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>(b) By March 1, 2011, the commissioner shall develop a best practices certification <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>program for fishing contest organizers to ensure the proper handling and release of fish.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.081, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Permit application process.</b> (a) Beginning August 1 each year, the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>commissioner shall accept permit applications for fishing contests to be held in the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>following year.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>(b) If the number of permit applications received by the commissioner from August <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>1 through the last Friday in September exceeds the limits specified in subdivisions 7 and 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>the commissioner shall notify the affected applicants that their requested locations and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>time period are subject to a drawing. After notification, the commissioner shall allow <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>the affected applicants a minimum of seven days to change the location or time period <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>requested on their applications, provided that the change is not to a location or time period <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>for which applications are already at or above the limits specified in subdivisions 7 and 8.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>(c) After the applicants have been given at least seven days to change their <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>applications, the commissioner shall conduct a drawing for all locations and time periods <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>for which applications exceed limits. First preference in the drawings shall be given <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>to applicants for established or traditional fishing contests, and second preference to <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>applicants for contests that are not established as traditional fishing contests based on the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>number of times they have been unsuccessful in previous drawings. Except for applicants <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>of established or traditional fishing contests, an applicant who is successful in a drawing <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>loses all accumulated preference. "Established or traditional fishing contest" means a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>fishing contest that was issued permits in 1999 and 2000 or was issued permits four out of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>five years from 1996 to 2000 for the same lake and time period. Beginning with 2001, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>established or traditional fishing contests must continue to be conducted at least four out <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>of five years for the same lake and time period to remain established or traditional.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>(d) The commissioner has until November 7 to approve or deny permit applications <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>that are submitted by 4:30 p.m. on the last Friday in September. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>may approve a permit application that is received after 4:30 p.m. on the last Friday <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>in September if approving the application would not result in exceeding the limits in <br/>
<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>subdivisions 7 and 8.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>(e) The commissioner shall develop an online Web-based fishing contest permit <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>application process.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.081, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Permit restrictions.</b> (a) The commissioner may require fishing contest <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>permittees to limit prefishing to week days only as a condition of a fishing contest permit. <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>The commissioner may require proof from permittees that prefishing restrictions on the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>permit are communicated to fishing contest participants and enforced.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>(b) The commissioner may require permit restrictions on the hours that a permitted <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>fishing contest is conducted, including, but not limited to, starting and ending times.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>(c) The commissioner may require permit restrictions on the number of parking <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>spaces that may be used on a state-owned public water access site. The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>require proof from permittees that parking restrictions on the permit are communicated to <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>fishing contest participants and enforced.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>(d) To prevent undue mortality of released fish, the commissioner may require <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>restrictions for off-site weigh-ins and live releases on a fishing contest permit or may deny <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>permits requesting an off-site weigh-in or live release. The commissioner may allow for <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>live release weigh-ins at public accesses.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>(e) A person may not transfer a fishing contest permit to another person.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>(f) Failure to comply with fishing contest permit restrictions may be considered <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>grounds for denial of future permit applications.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.335, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var><b>97C.335 USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO TAKE FISH PROHIBITED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>    (a) A person may not use artificial lights to lure or attract fish or to see fish in the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>water while spearing, except that while angling or spearing, a person may:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>    (1) affix a lighted artificial bait with hooks attached to the end of a fishing line; or<br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>    (2) use a lighted decoy for spearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>    Any (b) A battery that is used in lighted fishing lures cannot must not contain any <br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>intentionally introduced mercury.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>(c) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to bow fishing.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.345, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Possession.</b> (a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not possess <br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>a spear, fish trap, net, dip net, seine, or other device capable of taking fish on or near any <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>waters. Possession includes personal possession and in a vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>(b) A person may possess spears, dip nets, bows and arrows, and spear guns allowed <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>97C.381</statute_ref> on or near waters between sunrise and sunset from May 1 to the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>last Sunday in February, or as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.371, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Nonresidents.</b> Nonresidents may spear from a fish house or dark house.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.375, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var><b>97C.375 TAKING ROUGH FISH BY SPEARING </b><b>OR ARCHERY</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>A resident or nonresident may take rough fish by spearing or archery during the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>times, in waters, and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>    Sec. 49. <b>[97C.376] BOW FISHING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Season.</b> The bow fishing season for residents and nonresidents is <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>from May 1 to the last Sunday in February at any time of the day.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Possession of bows and arrows.</b> A person may possess bows and arrows <br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>for the purposes of bow fishing on or within 100 feet of waters at any time from May 1 to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>the last Sunday in February, subject to local ordinances. A person must take reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>measures to retrieve arrows and wounded fish.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Nighttime restrictions on motors.</b> From sunset to sunrise, a person bow <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>fishing with a gasoline-powered motor must use a four-stroke engine. The noise limits <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>for total noise while bow fishing from sunset to sunrise shall not exceed a noise level <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>of 65 decibels on the A scale measured at a distance of 50 feet from the motorboat or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>equivalent noise levels at other distances as specified by the commissioner in a pass-by <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>test or 67 decibels on the A scale measured at idle in a stationary test at least four feet <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>above the water and at least four feet behind the transom of the motorboat being tested. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>The noise levels under section 86B.321 apply to persons traveling to and from bow fishing <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>sites from sunset to sunrise.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Nighttime structure and campground setback requirements.</b> A person <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>shall not discharge an arrow while bow fishing within 150 feet of an occupied structure <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>or within 300 feet of a campsite from sunset to sunrise.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Prohibition on returning rough fish to waters.</b> Rough fish taken by bow <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>fishing shall not be returned to the water and rough fish may not be left on the banks <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>of any water of the state.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    Sec. 50. <b>RULEMAKING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt or amend rules to establish <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>minimum size limits for muskellunge on inland waters consistent with the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>of this section. The commissioner must:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>(1) establish a 48-inch statewide minimum size restriction for muskellunge and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>muskellunge-northern pike hybrids in inland waters, except for the lakes listed in clause <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>(2) that are managed specifically for muskellunge-northern pike hybrids in Carver, Dakota, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties; and<br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>(2) establish a 40-inch minimum size restriction for muskellunge-northern pike <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>hybrids in the following lakes in Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>Washington Counties:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="15"/>
<col width="25"/>
<col width="25"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>LAKE<br/>
</td>
<td>COUNTY<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Bryant<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Bush<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Calhoun<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Cedar<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Cedar<br/>
</td>
<td>Scott<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Clear<br/>
</td>
<td>Washington<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Crystal<br/>
</td>
<td>Dakota<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Crystal<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Eagle<br/>
</td>
<td>Carver<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Elmo<br/>
</td>
<td>Washington<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Gervais<br/>
</td>
<td>Ramsey<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Island<br/>
</td>
<td>Ramsey<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Isles<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Johanna<br/>
</td>
<td>Ramsey<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Nokomis<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Orchard<br/>
</td>
<td>Dakota<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Phalen<br/>
</td>
<td>Ramsey<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Pierson<br/>
</td>
<td>Carver<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Silver<br/>
</td>
<td>Ramsey<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Wasserman<br/>
</td>
<td>Carver<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td></td>
<td>Weaver<br/>
</td>
<td>Hennepin<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.51.36"></a><var>51.36</var>14.386, does not apply except as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.51.37"></a><var>51.37</var>    Sec. 51. <b>TEMPORARY WARNING REQUIREMENTS; SHINING WITHOUT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.38"></a><var>51.38</var><b>IMPLEMENTS TO TAKE WILD ANIMALS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>A violation prior to August 1, 2010, of Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.081, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>subdivision 2, shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only by a warning.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>    Sec. 52. <b>ZONE 3 DEER SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS; 2009.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>For the 2009 deer season, notwithstanding rules of the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>resources under Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.311, paragraph (a), the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>shall allow a nine-day early A season in Zone 3 beginning the Saturday nearest November <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>6 and a nine-day late B season in Zone 3 beginning the Saturday nearest November 20. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>During the last two days of the 2009 early A season in Zone 3, a person may not take <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>antlered deer unless the deer has at least four points on one side, or the person has taken an <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>antlerless deer prior to taking the antlered deer during the early A season in Zone 3. Party <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>hunting for antlered deer under Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.301, subdivision 3, is not <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>allowed in the last two days of the 2009 early A season in Zone 3. Zone 3 is defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>Minnesota Rules, part 6232.1400, subpart 3.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>    Sec. 53. <b>TEMPORARY WINTER IMPORTATION OF GOLDEN SHINER </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var><b>MINNOWS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.515, from December 1 to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>the last Sunday in February, a Minnesota resident with a valid importation license may <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>procure and transport directly to Minnesota farm-raised golden shiners from a certified <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>fish farm for the purpose of a resale transaction.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>(b) This section expires on February 28, 2011.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>    Sec. 54. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>$15,000 in fiscal year 2010 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>commissioner for the development of an on-line fishing contest permit application process. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>    Sec. 55. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 97A.525, subdivision 2; and 97C.405, are <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>repealed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0273, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var><b>84.0273 ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARY LINES RELATING TO </b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var><b>CERTAIN STATE LANDHOLDINGS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>(a) In order to resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>state and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the name <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>of the state upon terms the commissioner deems appropriate, convey, by a boundary line <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>agreement, quitclaim deed, or management agreement in such form as the attorney general <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>approves, such rights, titles, and interests of the state in state lands for such rights, titles <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>and interests in adjacent lands as are necessary for the purpose of establishing boundaries. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>A notice of the proposed conveyance and a brief statement of the reason therefor shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>published once in the State Register by the commissioner between 15 and 30 days prior <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>to conveyance. The provisions of this section paragraph are not intended to replace or <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>supersede laws relating to land exchange or disposal of surplus state property.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>(b) In order to resolve trespass issues affecting the ownership interests of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources, in the name of the state, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>may sell surplus lands not needed for natural resource purposes at private sale to adjoining <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>property owners and leaseholders. The conveyance must be by quitclaim in a form <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>approved by the attorney general for a consideration not less than the value determined <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>according to section 94.10, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>(c) Paragraph (b) applies to all state-owned lands managed by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>natural resources, except school trust land as defined in section 92.025. For acquired lands, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>the offering to public entities, public sale, and related notice and publication requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>of sections 94.09 to 94.165. For consolidated conservation lands, the commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the classification and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>public sale provisions of chapters 84A and 282.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.321, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Home-based business; conditional use.</b> A local unit of government may <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>issue a conditional use permit in a wild and scenic river district designated pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>sections 103F.301 to 103F.351 to a home-based business that:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>(1) is located on property that includes the primary residence of the business owner;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>(2) is conducted within the primary residence or residential accessory structure <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>and the residence and accessory structures were constructed prior to the effective date <br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>of this section;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>(3) does not necessitate creation of additional impervious surface for vehicular <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>parking on the property;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>(4) satisfies all other requirements in a conditional use permit issued by the local <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>unit of government; and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>(5) satisfies all other state and local requirements applicable to the type of business.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 282.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Timber sales; land leases and uses.</b> (a) The county auditor may <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>sell timber upon any tract that may be approved by the natural resources commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>The sale of timber shall be made for cash at not less than the appraised value determined <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>by the county board to the highest bidder after not less than one week's published notice <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>in an official paper within the county. Any timber offered at the public sale and not sold <br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>may thereafter be sold at private sale by the county auditor at not less than the appraised <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>value thereof, until the time as the county board may withdraw the timber from sale. The <br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>appraised value of the timber and the forestry practices to be followed in the cutting of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>said timber shall be approved by the commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>    (b) Payment of the full sale price of all timber sold on tax-forfeited lands shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>made in cash at the time of the timber sale, except in the case of oral or sealed bid auction <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>sales, the down payment shall be no less than 15 percent of the appraised value, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>balance shall be paid prior to entry. In the case of auction sales that are partitioned and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>sold as a single sale with predetermined cutting blocks, the down payment shall be no less <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>than 15 percent of the appraised price of the entire timber sale which may be held until the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>satisfactory completion of the sale or applied in whole or in part to the final cutting block. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>The value of each separate block must be paid in full before any cutting may begin in that <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>block. With the permission of the county contract administrator the purchaser may enter <br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>unpaid blocks and cut necessary timber incidental to developing logging roads as may <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>be needed to log other blocks provided that no timber may be removed from an unpaid <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>block until separately scaled and paid for. If payment is provided as specified in this <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>paragraph as security under paragraph (a) and no cutting has taken place on the contract, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>the county auditor may credit the security provided, less any down payment required for <br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>an auction sale under this paragraph, to any other contract issued to the contract holder <br/>
<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>by the county under this chapter to which the contract holder requests in writing that it <br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>be credited, provided the request and transfer is made within the same calendar year as <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>the security was received.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>    (c) The county board may sell any timber, including biomass, as appraised or scaled. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>Any parcels of land from which timber is to be sold by scale of cut products shall be so <br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>designated in the published notice of sale under paragraph (a), in which case the notice <br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>shall contain a description of the parcels, a statement of the estimated quantity of each <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>species of timber, and the appraised price of each species of timber for 1,000 feet, per cord <br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>or per piece, as the case may be. In those cases any bids offered over and above the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>appraised prices shall be by percentage, the percent bid to be added to the appraised price <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>of each of the different species of timber advertised on the land. The purchaser of timber <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>from the parcels shall pay in cash at the time of sale at the rate bid for all of the timber <br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>shown in the notice of sale as estimated to be standing on the land, and in addition shall <br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>pay at the same rate for any additional amounts which the final scale shows to have been <br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>cut or was available for cutting on the land at the time of sale under the terms of the sale. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>Where the final scale of cut products shows that less timber was cut or was available <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>for cutting under terms of the sale than was originally paid for, the excess payment <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>shall be refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the purchaser, to be <br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>audited and allowed by the county board as in case of other claims against the county. No <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>timber, except hardwood pulpwood, may be removed from the parcels of land or other <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>designated landings until scaled by a person or persons designated by the county board <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>and approved by the commissioner of natural resources. Landings other than the parcel <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>of land from which timber is cut may be designated for scaling by the county board by <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>written agreement with the purchaser of the timber. The county board may, by written <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>agreement with the purchaser and with a consumer designated by the purchaser when the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>timber is sold by the county auditor, and with the approval of the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>resources, accept the consumer's scale of cut products delivered at the consumer's landing. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>No timber shall be removed until fully paid for in cash. Small amounts of timber not <br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>exceeding $3,000 in appraised valuation may be sold for not less than the full appraised <br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>value at private sale to individual persons without first publishing notice of sale or calling <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>for bids, provided that in case of a sale involving a total appraised value of more than $200 <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>the sale shall be made subject to final settlement on the basis of a scale of cut products in <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>the manner above provided and not more than two of the sales, directly or indirectly to any <br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>individual shall be in effect at one time.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>    (d) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land <br/>
<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>to individuals, corporations or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private sale, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.36"></a><var>55.36</var>and at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for use as cottage <br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>and camp sites and for agricultural purposes and for the purpose of taking and removing of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>hay, stumpage, sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, and black dirt from the land, and for garden <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>sites and other temporary uses provided that no leases shall be for a period to exceed ten <br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>years; provided, further that any leases involving a consideration of more than $12,000 per <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>year, except to an organized subdivision of the state shall first be offered at public sale in <br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>the manner provided herein for sale of timber. Upon the sale of any leased land, it shall <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>remain subject to the lease for not to exceed one year from the beginning of the term of the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>lease. Any rent paid by the lessee for the portion of the term cut off by the cancellation <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>shall be refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the lessee, to be <br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>audited and allowed by the county board as in case of other claims against the county.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>    (e) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>to individuals, corporations, or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private sale, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for the purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>of taking and removing for use for road construction and other purposes tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>stockpiled iron-bearing material. The county auditor must determine that the material is <br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>needed and suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of a road, tailings basin, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>settling basin, dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>that the use would be in the best interests of the public. No lease shall exceed ten years. <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>The use of a stockpile for these purposes must first be approved by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>natural resources. The request shall be deemed approved unless the requesting county <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>is notified to the contrary by the commissioner of natural resources within six months <br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>after receipt of a request for approval for use of a stockpile. Once use of a stockpile has <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>been approved, the county may continue to lease it for these purposes until approval is <br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>withdrawn by the commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>    (f) The county auditor, with the approval of the county board is authorized to grant <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>permits, licenses, and leases to tax-forfeited lands for the depositing of stripping, lean ores, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>tailings, or waste products from mines or ore milling plants, or to use for facilities needed <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>to recover iron-bearing oxides from tailings basins or stockpiles, or for a buffer area needed <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>for a mining operation, upon the conditions and for the consideration and for the period <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>of time, not exceeding 15 25 years, as the county board may determine. The permits, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>licenses, or leases are subject to approval by the commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>    (g) Any person who removes any timber from tax-forfeited land before said <br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>timber has been scaled and fully paid for as provided in this subdivision is guilty of a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>misdemeanor.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>    (h) The county auditor may, with the approval of the county board, and without first <br/>
<a id="pl.56.36"></a><var>56.36</var>offering at public sale, grant leases, for a term not exceeding 25 years, for the removal <br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>of peat and for the production or removal of farm-grown closed-loop biomass as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>216B.2424, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or short-rotation woody crops from tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>lands upon the terms and conditions as the county board may prescribe. Any lease for <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>the removal of peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>from tax-forfeited lands must first be reviewed and approved by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>natural resources if the lease covers 320 or more acres. No lease for the removal of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops shall be made by <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>the county auditor pursuant to this section without first holding a public hearing on the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>auditor's intention to lease. One printed notice in a legal newspaper in the county at least <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>ten days before the hearing, and posted notice in the courthouse at least 20 days before <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>the hearing shall be given of the hearing.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>    (i) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (c) to the contrary, the St. Louis <br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>County auditor may, at the discretion of the county board, sell timber to the party who <br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>bids the highest price for all the several kinds of timber, as provided for sales by the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>commissioner of natural resources under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref>. Bids offered over and above the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>appraised price need not be applied proportionately to the appraised price of each of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>the different species of timber.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    (j) In lieu of any payment or deposit required in paragraph (b), as directed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>county board and under terms set by the county board, the county auditor may accept an <br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>irrevocable bank letter of credit in the amount equal to the amount otherwise determined <br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>in paragraph (b). If an irrevocable bank letter of credit is provided under this paragraph, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>at the written request of the purchaser, the county may periodically allow the bank letter <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>of credit to be reduced by an amount proportionate to the value of timber that has been <br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>harvested and for which the county has received payment. The remaining amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>the bank letter of credit after a reduction under this paragraph must not be less than 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>percent of the value of the timber purchased. If an irrevocable bank letter of credit or <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>cash deposit is provided for the down payment required in paragraph (b), and no cutting <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>of timber has taken place on the contract for which a letter of credit has been provided, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>the county may allow the transfer of the letter of credit to any other contract issued to the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>contract holder by the county under this chapter to which the contract holder requests in <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>writing that it be credited.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>    Sec. 4. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>    Subd. 4. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 38.] Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>    (1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>Office of the Recorder for Murray County;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>    (2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>    (3) that part of Government Lot 6 and, that part of Government Lot 7, and that part <br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>of Government Lot 8 of Section 6, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>Government Lot 1 and that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>Range 40 West, Murray County, Minnesota, described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>    Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 6; thence on a bearing based <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 Adjustment), of South 00 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>22 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 17 minutes 23 seconds East 1247.75 feet along the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>east line of said Section 6; thence North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>South 88 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds West 1942.74 feet; thence South 03 degrees 33 <br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of Block 5 of FORMAN <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County <br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds West 525.30 feet along <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the Private Roadway of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private Roadway and the POINT <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 796.30 feet along <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds West 100.06 <br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line; <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly line <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West 470.40 <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east line of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT 1, OF <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record <br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees 28 <br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line of said Lot A to the northerly most <br/>
<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to the record plat thereof on file and of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.36"></a><var>58.36</var>record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and an existing steel fence post; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly line of <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON ACRES to <br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of Lot 32 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31A to an <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner thereof and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 degrees 53 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 and along <br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch <br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and the most <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS HUDSON ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along <br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch <br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 24 and the most <br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 23 and along the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 21 and the most northerly <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 and along the northeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 and the most northerly <br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and along the northeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron <br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the northwest corner of Lot 10 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds East 224.90 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON <br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON ACRES; thence North 84 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north line of said Lot 7 and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch <br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of HUDSON ACRES; <br/>
<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential curve concave to the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.35"></a><var>59.35</var>north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 minutes 58 seconds 42 <br/>
<a id="pl.59.36"></a><var>59.36</var>minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>seconds East; thence continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described <br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>curve concave to the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 <br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 <br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>seconds West and a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>tangent to said curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 <br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>seconds West 201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>West 196.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>530.34 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 <br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>feet to a DNR MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 30 seconds West 226.66 feet to a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>DNR MON; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR <br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>MON; thence North 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; <br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 58 57 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; <br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>thence North 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>North 76 degrees 04 minutes 53 52 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>North 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>64 degrees 28 minutes 25 26 seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>45 minutes 07 seconds East 26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>    Sec. 5. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>    Subd. 5. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>19 West, Carlton County:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>    (1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>of Section 28;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>    (2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>    (3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County <br/>
<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at <br/>
<a id="pl.60.35"></a><var>60.35</var>the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    (4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 2 of Section 28, which lies northerly <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast <br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>Quarter of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>    (5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast <br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>Quarter of Section 28;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>    (6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and<br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>    (7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north <br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east <br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along <br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28; <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North <br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way <br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate <br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>having a radius of 1,0 54.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>44 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35 <br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73; <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on <br/>
<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1, 984.88 feet, a central <br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39 <br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>1, 305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>    Sec. 6. <b>ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 18.] Fort Snelling State Park, Ramsey, Hennepin </b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var><b>and Dakota Counties.</b> The following area is added to Fort Snelling State Park, Hennepin <br/>
<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>County: that part of Section 20, Township 29 North, Range 23 West, described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.61.35"></a><var>61.35</var>From monument number 2, located on the westerly extension of the south boundary <br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines; thence South 89 degrees 52 <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>minutes 00 seconds East along said south boundary of the Bureau of Mines, 478.97 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>reference point 1 on the easterly right-of-line of Trunk Highway No. 55 and the point of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>beginning; thence South 48 degrees 48 minutes 53 seconds East, 458.74 feet along the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>easterly right-of-way line of said Trunk Highway No. 55; thence North 23 degrees 48 <br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>minutes 00 seconds East, 329.00 feet to the south boundary of the Bureau of Mines; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>North 89 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds West, 478.07 feet along said south boundary of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>the Bureau of Mines to the point of beginning.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 42.] Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Mille Lacs County.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>The following areas are added to Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Mille Lacs County:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>(1) Government Lot 4 of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; all <br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>in Section 25, Township 42, Range 27, less a tract to highway described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>Commencing at a point approximately 270.0 feet East of the southwest corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>Government Lot 4, Section 25, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, Engineers Station <br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>71+00; thence North 26 degrees 56 minutes West to the west line of Section 25 at <br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>Engineers Station 77+07.4 a distance of 607.4 feet and there terminating. The above <br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>describes the center line of an 82.5-foot right-of-way for the reconstruction of County <br/>
<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>State-Aid Highway No. 26 and contains 0.23 acres in addition to the present 66-foot <br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>right-of-way, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>(2) Government Lot 5, Section 25, Township 42, Range 27;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 42 North, Range 27 <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>West, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, EXCEPT that part of Government Lot 1, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>26, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, described as <br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said Government Lot 1; thence North 89 <br/>
<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>degrees 09 minutes 54 seconds West, bearing based on Mille Lacs County Coordinate <br/>
<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>System, along the north line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 665.82 feet to a <br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>3/4 inch iron rod with survey cap stamped "MN DNR LS 16098" (DNR monument); <br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 241.73 feet to a DNR <br/>
<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>monument; thence continuing South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>42.18 feet to a P.K. nail in the centerline of County Road 26; thence southeasterly along <br/>
<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>the centerline of County Road 26 a distance of 860 feet, more or less, to the east line of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>said Government Lot 1; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 38 seconds East along the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>east line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 763 feet, more or less, to the point of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>beginning, containing 6.6 acres, more or less. AND EXCEPT, that part of Government <br/>
<a id="pl.62.35"></a><var>62.35</var>Lot 1, Section 26, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, described as follows: Commencing <br/>
<a id="pl.62.36"></a><var>62.36</var>at a point where the west line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>25, Township 42, Range 27, intersects the meander line of lake commonly known and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>designated as "Warren Lake"; thence North along the west line of said forty a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>of 20 rods; thence West at right angles to the meander line of said Warren Lake; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>in a southeasterly direction to the point of beginning; and<br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>(4) Government Lot 2, Section 26, Township 42 North, Range 27 West, Mille Lacs <br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>County, Minnesota.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>    Sec. 7. <b>DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Lake Bemidji State Park, Beltrami County.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>The following area is deleted from Lake Bemidji State Park, all in Beltrami County: that <br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>part of Government Lot 5, Section 24, Township 147 North, Range 33 West, Beltrami <br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>County, Minnesota described as follows: Commencing at the most easterly corner of Lot <br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>2, Block 1, Shady Cove, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence northeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>along the northeasterly extension of the line between Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 in said plat, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>a distance of 66.00 feet, to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>continuing along last described course a distance of 150.00 feet; thence deflecting to the <br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>left 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 607.70 feet; thence westerly along a <br/>
<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>line perpendicular to the westerly boundary of said Government Lot 5 to the west line of <br/>
<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>said Government Lot 5; thence South along the westerly boundary of said Government <br/>
<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>Lot 5 to intersect a line 66.00 feet northeasterly of, as measured at a right angle to and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>parallel with the northeasterly line of Block 1, said Shady Cove; thence southeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>along said parallel line to the point of beginning.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>    Subd. 2. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 24a.] Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>The following areas are deleted from Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>(1) beginning at a point 200 feet West from the southeast corner of Lot 2, Section 26, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>Township 106 North, Range 5 West; thence West on lot line between Lots 2 and 3, 380 <br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>feet; thence North 58 degrees East, 320 feet; thence South 32 degrees East, 205 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>place of beginning, containing 85/100 of an acre, more or less, Winona County, Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>(2) commencing at a point 200 feet West from the northeast corner of Lot 3, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>26, Township 106 North, Range 5 West; thence South 33 degrees East 300 feet; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>South 58 degrees West 290 feet; thence North 32 degrees West, 490 feet to the lot line <br/>
<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>between Lots 2 and 3; thence East 350 feet to the place of beginning, containing 3 acres, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>more or less, Winona County, Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>(3) that part of the recorded plat of East Richmond, Winona County, Minnesota, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>lying within Section 27, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, that lies northwesterly of the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>southeasterly line of Jefferson Street, as dedicated in said plat and that lies southwesterly <br/>
<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>of the southwesterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61;<br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>(4) Lots 7 and 8, Block B, of Fern Glen Acres, the same being located upon and <br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>forming a part of Government Lot 1, Section 35; Lot 9 in Block B of Fern Glen Acres, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>township of Richmond, according to the recorded plat thereof; beginning at the southeast <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>corner of Lot 9, Block B, Fern Glen Acres, South 33 degrees East 140 feet; thence South <br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>70 degrees West 208 feet; thence North 33 degrees West 140 feet to the southwest line of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>Lot 9, Block B, Fern Glen Acres; thence North 57 degrees East on the southwest line of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>Lot 9, Block B, Fern Glen Acres, to place of beginning, all in Government Lot 1, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, containing 3/4 acre more or less;<br/>
<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>(5) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 106, Range 5, Winona <br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>County, Minnesota, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit: <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 9 of Block "B" of the Plat of Fern Glen Acres; <br/>
<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>thence in a northeasterly direction and along the southerly line of said Lot 9 for a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>of 36.0 feet; thence deflect to the right 90 degrees 00 minutes, for a distance of 107.81 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>to an iron pipe which marks the point of beginning; thence continue in a southeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>direction along the last described course for a distance of 73.78 feet; thence deflect to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>the left 9 degrees 04 minutes, for a distance of 32.62 feet; thence deflect to the right 90 <br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>degrees 00 minutes, for a distance of 73.23 feet; thence deflect to the right 89 degrees 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>minutes, for a distance of 104.04 feet; thence deflect to the right 9 degrees 44 minutes, for <br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>a distance of 35.00 feet; thence deflect to the right 90 degrees 00 minutes, for a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>64.75 feet; thence deflect to the right on a curve (Delta angle 90 degrees 00 minutes, radius <br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>20.00 minutes) for an arc distance of 31.42 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>(6) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 106, Range 5, Winona <br/>
<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>County, Minnesota, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 9 of Block "B" of Fern Glen Acres; thence in <br/>
<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>a northeasterly direction along the southerly line of said Lot 9, a distance of 56.00 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>thence at a deflection angle to the right of 90 degrees 00 minutes a distance of 180.00 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>to an iron pipe monument which marks the point of beginning; thence at a deflection angle <br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>to the left of 80 degrees 56 minutes 00 seconds a distance of 113.20 feet to the southerly <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence at a deflection angle to the right of 84 <br/>
<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds and southeasterly along the southerly right-of-way line of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>said U.S. Highway No. 61 a distance of 147.73 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>right of 87 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 193.87 feet; thence at a deflection <br/>
<a id="pl.64.35"></a><var>64.35</var>angle to the right of 88 degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 132.18 feet; thence at <br/>
<a id="pl.64.36"></a><var>64.36</var>a deflection angle to the right of 90 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds a distance of 93.23 <br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>feet; thence at a deflection angle to the left of 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>of 30.35 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>(7) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>Winona County, Minnesota, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 9 of Block "B" of the Plat of Fern Glen <br/>
<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>Acres; thence in a northeasterly direction along the southerly line of said Lot 9 a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>of 56.00 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the right of 90 degrees 00 minutes a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>of 180.00 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the left of 9 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds a <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>distance of 164.29 feet to an iron pipe monument which marks the point of beginning; <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>thence at a deflection angle to the left of 89 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>of 102.19 feet to the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence at a <br/>
<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>deflection angle to the right of 92 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds and southeasterly along <br/>
<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>the southerly right-of-way line of said U.S. highway a distance of 85.10 feet; thence at a <br/>
<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>deflection angle to the right of 87 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds a distance of 187.89 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>thence at a deflection angle to the right of 88 degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds a distance of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>85.02 feet; thence at a deflection angle to the right of 91 degrees 14 minutes 30 seconds a <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>distance of 91.68 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>(8) that part of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 35, Township 106, Range 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>Lot 8 of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North 57 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66 feet to an iron <br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>pipe in place; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron pipe and the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>point of beginning; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 107.35 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>an iron pipe; thence continuing South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 12.11 <br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>feet; thence South 40 degrees 29 minutes 30 seconds East 100.7 feet; thence North 48 <br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 17.83 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing North <br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 111.83 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 70.61 feet to an iron pipe at a point on the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>southerly boundary line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence along <br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>said southerly boundary line a chord distance of 100.7 feet on a bearing North 40 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>29 minutes 30 seconds West to an iron pipe; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>seconds West 80.54 feet to the point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>(9) that part of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 <br/>
<a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>West, Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest <br/>
<a id="pl.65.35"></a><var>65.35</var>corner of Lot 8 of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North <br/>
<a id="pl.65.36"></a><var>65.36</var>57 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66 <br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>feet to an iron pipe in place; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>pipe; thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 101.05 feet to an iron pipe being <br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>the point of beginning; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 111.83 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>an iron pipe; thence continuing South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 17.56 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>thence South 41 degrees 53 minutes East 192.4 feet; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>30 seconds East 94.05 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing North 48 degrees 30 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>30 seconds East 105.95 feet to an iron pipe at a point on the southerly boundary line of <br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>U.S. Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence along said southerly boundary line a chord <br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>distance of 192.4 feet on a bearing of North 41 degrees 53 minutes West to an iron pipe; <br/>
<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 70.61 feet to the point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>(10) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>Winona County, Minnesota described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>Lot 8 of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North 57 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66 feet to an <br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>iron pipe in place; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet; thence South 46 <br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 371.05 feet to an iron pipe, the point of beginning; <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 52.45 feet to an iron pipe at a point <br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>on the southerly boundary line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>along said southerly boundary line a chord distance of 76.80 feet on a bearing of North <br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>43 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West to an iron pipe; thence South 48 degrees 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>minutes 30 seconds West 105.95 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing South 48 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>30 minutes 30 seconds West 94.05 feet; thence South 43 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>East 76.80 feet; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 55.93 feet to an iron <br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>pipe; thence continuing North 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East 91.62 feet to the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>(11) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>Winona County, Minnesota described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>Lot 8 of the Plat of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence North <br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>57 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 217.66 <br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>feet to an iron pipe; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron pipe; <br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 371.05 feet to an iron pipe which is <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>the point of beginning; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West and along the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>south line of the property heretofore conveyed by Deed in Book 237 of Deeds on Page <br/>
<a id="pl.66.34"></a><var>66.34</var>693, for a distance of 147.55 feet; thence South 44 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds East <br/>
<a id="pl.66.35"></a><var>66.35</var>127.91 feet; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East and along the northerly <br/>
<a id="pl.66.36"></a><var>66.36</var>line of the property heretofore conveyed by Deed to Vincent Zanon in Book 252 of Deeds <br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>on page 663, for a distance of 200 feet, more or less, to the southerly right-of-way line of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>U.S. Highway No. 61; thence North 44 degrees 38 minutes 48 seconds West and along <br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>said southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61 for a distance of 111.94 feet to an <br/>
<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>iron pipe in place at the southeast corner of the property heretofore conveyed by Deed in <br/>
<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>Book 237 of Deeds on page 693; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West <br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>52.45 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>(12) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>West, Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest <br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>corner of Lot 8 of the Plat of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>thence North 57 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>East 217.66 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>an iron pipe; thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 371.05 feet to an iron <br/>
<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>pipe; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West and along the south line of the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>property heretofore conveyed by Deed in Book 237 of Deeds on page 693, for a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>of 147.55 feet; thence South 44 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds East 127.91 feet to the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>point of beginning; thence continuing South 44 degrees 33 minutes 19 seconds East 112 <br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>feet; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East and along the north line of the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>property heretofore conveyed by Deed in Book 240 of Deeds on page 367, for a distance <br/>
<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>of 200 feet to the southerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence North 44 <br/>
<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>degrees 38 minutes 48 seconds West and along the said southerly right-of-way line of <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>U.S. Highway No. 61 for a distance of 112 feet; thence South 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>seconds West for a distance of 200 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and<br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>(13) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>Winona County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner <br/>
<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>of Lot 8, Block "B" of Fern Glen Acres; thence South 33 degrees East 82.5 feet; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>North 57 degrees East 24.4 feet; thence South 43 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East <br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>217.66 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 42 degrees 04 minutes East 296.1 feet to an iron <br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>pipe; thence South 46 degrees 06 minutes 30 seconds East 599.10 feet to an iron pipe, the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>point of beginning; thence North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 46.54 feet to a <br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>point on the southerly boundary line of Trunk Highway No. 61 right-of-way; thence along <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>said southerly boundary line a chord distance of 73.05 feet, bearing South 46 degrees 00 <br/>
<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>minutes East; thence continuing along said southerly boundary line South 43 degrees 33 <br/>
<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>minutes West 10.0 feet; thence continuing along said southerly boundary line a chord <br/>
<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>distance of 28.50 feet bearing South 46 degrees 30 minutes East; thence South 45 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var>00 minutes West 41.95 feet to an iron pipe in place; thence South 33 degrees 32 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.67.36"></a><var>67.36</var>West 255.0 feet; thence North 43 degrees 30 minutes 22 seconds West 146.84 feet; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>North 43 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 184.1 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 43 <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 65.9 feet to the point of beginning.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>    Sec. 8. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.056, subdivision 2, is repealed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>    Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 131, article 2, section 38, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>    Sec. 38. <b>PUBLIC OR </b><b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var><b>BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>92.45</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>94.09</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>94.10</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land <br/>
<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>and ensure accuracy. If sold by private sale, the commissioner may only sell the land to a <br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>governmental subdivision of the state. If sold by private sale, the conveyance may be for <br/>
<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>subdivision fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>follows, Parcels A and B containing altogether 31.55 acres, more or less:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>    (1) Parcel A: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>30, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines: <br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing <br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 399.98 feet on and along the east-west <br/>
<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>quarter line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 13 <br/>
<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>minutes 48 seconds West, 504.57 feet on and along the said east-west quarter line; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 <br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>line of said Section 30; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds East, 504.44 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>on and along the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence North 17 degrees 54 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>26 seconds East, 1378.11 feet to the point of beginning; and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>    (2) Parcel B: all that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>30, Township 30 North, Range 20 West, bounded by the following described lines: <br/>
<a id="pl.68.34"></a><var>68.34</var>commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing <br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>of North 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds West, 904.55 feet along the east-west quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>line of said Section 30 to the point of beginning; thence South 17 degrees 54 minutes 26 <br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>seconds West, 1377.65 feet to a point on the south 1/16 line of said Section 30; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>North 88 degrees 10 minutes 45 seconds West, 369.30 feet along said south 1/16 line; <br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>thence North 42 degrees 24 minutes 47 seconds West, 248.00 feet; thence North 02 <br/>
<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East, 488.11 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 19 <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>seconds East, 944.68 feet to a point on the east-west quarter line of said Section 30; <br/>
<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>thence South 88 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds East, 236.03 feet along said east-west <br/>
<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>quarter line to the point of beginning. <br/>
<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>    (d) The land borders Long Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>land was donated to the state with the understanding that the land would be used as a <br/>
<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>wildlife sanctuary. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is <br/>
<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>    Sec. 2. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 34, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>    Sec. 34. <b>PRIVATE SALE</b><b> CONVEYANCE</b><b> OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var><b>HENNEPIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>94.09</statute_ref> and 
<statute_ref>94.10</statute_ref> to 94.16, the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale shall convey to the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>Wayzata for no consideration the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value <br/>
<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>    (c) The land that may be sold to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is <br/>
<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>described as: Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br/>
<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>Wayzata.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>    Sec. 3. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var><b>WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>(1) parts of Government Lot 3, Section 33, and the Southeast Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>Southwest Quarter, Section 28, all in Township 50 North, Range 23 West, Aitkin County, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>Minnesota, described as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>Commencing at the north quarter corner of said Section 33; thence South 88 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>07 minutes 19 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the northerly line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>Government Lot 3, a distance of 1020.00 feet to the point of beginning of the tract to <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>herein be described; thence North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds West 660.00 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 19 seconds West 300 feet; thence South 1 degree <br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>52 minutes 41 seconds East 660.00 feet to the northerly line of said Government Lot <br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>3; thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 19 seconds West 15.08 feet to the northwest <br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>corner of said Government Lot 3; thence South 1 degree 08 minutes 57 seconds East <br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>326.00 feet, more or less, to the shoreline of Big Sandy Lake Reservoir; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>easterly along the said shoreline to a point which bears South 1 degree 52 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>41 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 <br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>seconds West 330.00 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning of the tract to <br/>
<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>herein be described and there terminating, containing 3.89 acres, more or less; and<br/>
<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>(2) those parts of Government Lot 3, Section 33 and the Southeast Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>Southwest Quarter, Section 28, all in Township 50 North, Range 23 West, described <br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>Commencing at the north quarter corner of said Section 33; thence South 88 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>07 minutes 19 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the northerly line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>Government Lot 3, a distance of 920.00 feet to the point of beginning of the tract <br/>
<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>to herein be described; thence North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds West 660.00 <br/>
<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>feet; thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 19 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence South <br/>
<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds East 990.00 feet, more or less, to the shoreline of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>Big Sandy Lake Reservoir; thence easterly along the said shoreline to a point which <br/>
<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>bears South 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.70.35"></a><var>70.35</var>North 1 degree 52 minutes 41 seconds West 341.60 feet, more or less, to the point of <br/>
<a id="pl.70.36"></a><var>70.36</var>beginning of the tract to herein be described and there terminating.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>(d) The land borders Big Sandy Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>    Sec. 4. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Ham Lake the surplus land <br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>That part of Government Lot 1, Section 20, Township 32 North, Range 23 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>described as follows: beginning at the quarter corner on the east line of Section <br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>20, thence northerly along the east line of said Section 20, a distance of 1,250 <br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>feet; thence westerly and parallel to the east and west quarter line of Section 20, a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>distance of 400 feet; thence southerly and parallel to the east line of Section 20, a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>distance of 750 feet; thence westerly and parallel to the east and west quarter line <br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>of Section 20, a distance of 750 feet; thence southerly and parallel to the east line <br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>of Section 20, a distance of 500 feet, to the east and west quarter line of Section <br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>20; thence easterly along the quarter line a distance of 1,150 feet to the point of <br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>beginning, containing 20 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>(d) The city of Ham Lake currently leases the state land for a hiking trail in <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>connection with Anoka County's management of adjacent public lands used for a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>county park. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of Ham <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>Lake.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>    Sec. 5. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var><b>WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>Government Lot 7, Section 25, Township 149 North, Range 33 West, containing 22 acres, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>(d) The land borders Bass Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>    Sec. 6. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var><b>WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the <br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>West Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 29, Township 147 North, Range 34 West, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>containing 80 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>(d) The land borders Grant Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>    Sec. 7. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var><b>WATER; BLUE EARTH COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Blue Earth County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>that part of Tracts A, B, C, and D described below:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>(1) Tract A. That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>27, Township 107 North, Range 28 West, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, described <br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Block 1, Garden City; thence run <br/>
<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>due west to the Watonwan River; thence down the river to the southwest corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>Block 2 of said Garden City; thence North on the quarter section line to the place <br/>
<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>(2) Tract B. That part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 22, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>Township 107 North, Range 28 West, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, described as <br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Block 12, Garden City; thence run west <br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>to the Watonwan River; thence run North and East up said river to a point due North <br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>of the northeast corner of said Block 12; thence South to the place of beginning;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>(3) Tract C. Block 1, Block 12, and Lots 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8, Block 11, Garden City, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the County <br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>Recorder in and for Blue Earth County, Minnesota; and<br/>
<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>(4) Tract D. That part of Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8, Block 2, Plat of Garden City, <br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>shown as Parcel 26E on Minnesota Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plat <br/>
<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>Numbered 07-32 as the same is on file and of record in the Office of the County <br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>Recorder in and for Blue Earth County, Minnesota; which lies westerly of Line 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>described below:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>Line 1. Commencing at Right-of-Way Boundary Corner B58 as shown on said Plat <br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>No. 07-32; thence run northerly on an azimuth of 00 degrees 09 minutes 20 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>along the boundary of said plat for 445.34 feet to Right-of-Way Boundary Corner <br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>B59 and the point of beginning of Line 1 to be described; thence on an azimuth of 80 <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>degrees 48 minutes 11 seconds for 170.80 feet; thence on an azimuth of 17 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>41 minutes 10 seconds for 458.72 feet; thence on an azimuth of 14 degrees 14 <br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>minutes 23 seconds for 280 feet to Right-of-Way Boundary Corner B32 as shown on <br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>Minnesota Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plat No. 07-40 as the same <br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>is on file and of record in the office of said county recorder and there terminating;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>containing 11.69 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>(d) The land borders the Watonwan River and is not contiguous to other state lands. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.8.0"></a><a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>    Sec. 8. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var><b>WATER; CASS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 21 <br/>
<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>of Longwood Point, according to the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the Office <br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>of the County Recorder in and for Cass County, Minnesota, in Section 5, Township 139 <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>North, Range 26 West, containing 3.03 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>(d) The land borders Washburn Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.9.0"></a><a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>    Sec. 9. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var><b>WATER; CASS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 3, Township 141 North, Range 27 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>81.15 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>(d) The land borders Mable Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.10.0"></a><a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>    Sec. 10. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; CLEARWATER COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>(c).<br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe <br/>
<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the band fails <br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The conveyance may <br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>reserve an easement for ingress and egress.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>the West 400 feet of the South 750 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 31, Township 145 <br/>
<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>North, Range 38 West, containing 6.89 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land and building <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>are no longer needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.11.0"></a><a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>    Sec. 11. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var><b>WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>(1) Government Lot 3, Section 9, Township 136 North, Range 28 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>39.25 acres, more or less; and<br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>(2) Government Lot 2, Section 9, Township 136 North, Range 28 West, containing <br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>25.3 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>(d) The land borders Shaffer Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.12.0"></a><a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>    Sec. 12. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var><b>WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described <br/>
<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>as: the North 1,000 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 25, Township 136 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>27 West, excepting that portion which lies North and East of F.A.S #11, containing 32 <br/>
<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>(d) The land borders the Pine River. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.13.0"></a><a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>    Sec. 13. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; FILLMORE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>(c).<br/>
<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Fillmore County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township <br/>
<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>103 North, Range 10 West, described as follows: commencing at the northeast <br/>
<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>corner of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence on <br/>
<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 22 minutes 48 seconds West, along the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>north line of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter, 500.09 feet; thence South <br/>
<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>33 degrees 21 minutes 11 seconds West, 1,520.38 feet; thence North 00 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>37 minutes 12 seconds West, 540.85 feet; thence south 89 degrees 22 minutes 48 <br/>
<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>seconds West, 630.00 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; <br/>
<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>thence North 00 degrees 37 minutes 12 seconds West, 551.74 feet to the center line <br/>
<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>of Goodview Drive; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West, along <br/>
<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>said center line 77.26 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds West, <br/>
<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>along said center line, 162.78 feet; thence South 25 degrees 32 minutes 45 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>West, 82.13 feet; thence South 20 degrees 17 minutes 19 seconds West, 169.57 <br/>
<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>feet; thence South 18 degrees 48 minutes 07 seconds West, 143.54 feet; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>South 26 degrees 31 minutes 49 seconds West, 211.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>22 minutes 48 seconds East, 480.75 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>right-of-way of said Goodview Drive. Containing 4.53 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>(d) The sale would be to the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center for <br/>
<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>installation of a geothermal heating system for the center's adjacent educational facilities. <br/>
<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for <br/>
<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.14.0"></a><a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>    Sec. 14. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var><b>WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of St. Louis Park the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.33"></a><var>76.33</var>surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.76.34"></a><var>76.34</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.76.35"></a><var>76.35</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br/>
<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of St. Louis Park for less than the <br/>
<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide <br/>
<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the <br/>
<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>city of St. Louis Park fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>A strip of land 130 feet wide in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>Section 20, Township 117 North, Range 21 West, the center line of which strip <br/>
<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>has its beginning at a point on the west boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the <br/>
<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>Northwest Quarter, and 753.8 feet distant from the south boundary line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and continued thence east on a line <br/>
<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>parallel with the south boundary line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest <br/>
<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>Quarter for a distance of 1,012 feet, containing 3.02 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>(d) The land is adjacent to Minnehaha Creek and adjacent to other lands managed <br/>
<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>by the city of St. Louis Park. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that <br/>
<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>the state's land management interest would best be served if the land were conveyed to <br/>
<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>the city of St. Louis Park.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.15.0"></a><a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>    Sec. 15. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var><b>WATER; HUBBARD COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County and is described as: those <br/>
<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>parts of Government Lot 4 and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>16, Township 143 North, Range 34 West, Hubbard County, Minnesota, lying southerly <br/>
<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>and easterly of Minnesota Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plat Numbered <br/>
<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>29-18 and Minnesota Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plat Numbered 29-2 <br/>
<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>as the same is on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder for Hubbard <br/>
<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>County, Minnesota, and lying westerly of the East 600 feet of said Government Lot 4, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>containing 14.6 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>(d) The land borders Lake Paine. The Department of Natural Resources has <br/>
<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.16.0"></a><a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>    Sec. 16. <b>APPORTIONMENT OF PROCEEDS; TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var><b>ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other <br/>
<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited land, Itasca <br/>
<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>County may deposit proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited lands into a tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>land replacement trust fund created in Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, as <br/>
<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>amended by Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 18. The principal and interest from <br/>
<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>these proceeds may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries or for lands better suited for retention by Itasca <br/>
<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>County. Lands purchased with the land replacement fund must:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>(1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie <br/>
<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and<br/>
<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>(2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under <br/>
<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.17.0"></a><a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>    Sec. 17. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var><b>WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: Lot <br/>
<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>23, Eagle Point Plat, Section 11, Township 59 North, Range 25 West, containing 0.31 <br/>
<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>(d) The land borders Eagle Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.18.0"></a><a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>    Sec. 18. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var><b>WATER; KITTSON COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>Kittson County  may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>(c) The land to be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as: that certain <br/>
<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>parcel situate in the Southwest Quarter of Section 10; Township 163 North, Range 48 <br/>
<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>West, described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of said Southwest Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>of said Section 10; thence West along the south boundary line of said Southwest Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>a distance of 1,900 feet; thence North and parallel to the east boundary line of said <br/>
<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>Southwest Quarter a distance of 1,050 feet; thence East and parallel to the south boundary <br/>
<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>line of said Southwest Quarter a distance of 750 feet; thence southeasterly in a straight <br/>
<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>line to the point of beginning.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be <br/>
<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.19.0"></a><a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>    Sec. 19. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MURRAY COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale to the township of Murray the surplus land <br/>
<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and may be <br/>
<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>for consideration less than the appraised value of the land. The attorney general may make <br/>
<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>(c) The land to be sold is located in Murray County and is described as: that part of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>Government Lot 6, that part of Government Lot 7, and that part of Government Lot 8 of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>Section 6, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and <br/>
<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray <br/>
<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the east quarter corner of said <br/>
<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>Section 6; thence on a bearing based on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 <br/>
<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>Adjustment), of South 00 degrees 17 minutes 23 seconds East 1247.75 feet along the east <br/>
<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>line of said Section 6; thence South 88 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds West 1942.74 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>thence South 03 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of <br/>
<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>Block 5 of FORMAN ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record <br/>
<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>in the Murray County Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>West 525.30 feet along the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the <br/>
<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>private roadway of FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said private roadway <br/>
<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West <br/>
<a id="pl.79.34"></a><var>79.34</var>796.30 feet along the southerly line of said private roadway to an angle point on said line <br/>
<a id="pl.79.35"></a><var>79.35</var>and an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>West 100.06 feet along the southerly line of said private roadway to an angle point on said <br/>
<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>line and an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>West 279.60 feet along the southerly line of said private roadway to an angle point on said <br/>
<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>line; thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly <br/>
<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>line of said private roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN <br/>
<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>DNR LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West <br/>
<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>470.40 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 <br/>
<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>feet to a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to <br/>
<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>a DNR MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east <br/>
<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>line of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOVERNMENT LOT 8, OF SECTION 6 AND LOT <br/>
<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>A OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1, OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 107, RANGE 40, according <br/>
<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office <br/>
<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along <br/>
<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>the east line of said Lot A to the northerly most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, <br/>
<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>according to the record plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's <br/>
<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>Office and an existing steel fence post; thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line <br/>
<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1-inch inside diameter iron <br/>
<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>pipe marking the easterly most corner of Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A <br/>
<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31A to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron <br/>
<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>pipe marking the easterly most corner thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of <br/>
<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 degrees 53 minute 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along <br/>
<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of <br/>
<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly <br/>
<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>most corner of said Lot 29 and the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSON ACRES; <br/>
<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>thence South 45 degrees 23 minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>line of said Lot 28 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON <br/>
<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>ACRES to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most <br/>
<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>corner of said Lot 24 and the most northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; <br/>
<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes 53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly <br/>
<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>line of said Lot 23 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES <br/>
<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said <br/>
<a id="pl.80.34"></a><var>80.34</var>Lot 21 and the most northerly corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 <br/>
<a id="pl.80.35"></a><var>80.35</var>degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.80.36"></a><var>80.36</var>and along the northeasterly line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to <br/>
<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said <br/>
<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>Lot 14 and the most northerly corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>and along the northeasterly line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the <br/>
<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>northwest corner of Lot 10 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>49 seconds East 224.90 feet along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line <br/>
<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe <br/>
<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>marking the northeast corner of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON <br/>
<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>ACRES; thence North 84 degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north <br/>
<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>line of said Lot 7 and along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to <br/>
<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>an existing 1 1/2-inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>of HUDSON ACRES; thence southeasterly, easterly, and northerly along a nontangential <br/>
<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>curve concave to the North having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>seconds East; thence continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described <br/>
<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>curve concave to the South having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>seconds West and a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not <br/>
<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>tangent to said curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>seconds West 201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds <br/>
<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>West 196.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West <br/>
<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>530.34 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>feet to a DNR MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds West 226.66 feet to a <br/>
<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>DNR MON; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR <br/>
<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>MON; thence North 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; <br/>
<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>North 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North <br/>
<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees <br/>
<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>28 minutes 26 seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>minutes 00 seconds East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes <br/>
<a id="pl.81.34"></a><var>81.34</var>07 seconds East 26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br/>
<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the township <br/>
<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>of Murray.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.20.0"></a><a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>    Sec. 20. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var><b>WATER; RED LAKE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Red Lake County may <br/>
<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>convey to the city of Red Lake Falls for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering <br/>
<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide <br/>
<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>that the land reverts to the state if the city of Red Lake Falls fails to provide for the public <br/>
<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>use described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. The attorney general <br/>
<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Red Lake County and is described as <br/>
<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>follows: all that part of Block 5 which lies North of Block 6 and West of a line which <br/>
<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>is a projection northerly of the west line of Lot 11 of said Block 6, all in Mill Reserve <br/>
<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>Addition, containing approximately 500 feet frontage on the Clearwater River.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>(d) The city will use the land to establish a public park.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.21.0"></a><a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>    Sec. 21. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>Government Lot 4, Section 36, Township 58 North, Range 16 West, St. Louis County, <br/>
<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>Minnesota, EXCEPTING therefrom that part platted as SILVER LAKE SHORES <br/>
<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for St. Louis <br/>
<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>County, Minnesota, containing 7.88 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>(d) The land borders Silver Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.82.33"></a><var>82.33</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.82.34"></a><var>82.34</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.22.0"></a><a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>    Sec. 22. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may not sell any part of the land described in <br/>
<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>paragraph (c) that is being used for airport purposes by the city of Eveleth or is proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>to be used for airport purposes by the city of Eveleth.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: <br/>
<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>17 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, except that part of the North 10 feet thereof lying <br/>
<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>East of St. Mary's Lake and also except that part lying East of County State-Aid Highway <br/>
<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>132, containing 26.5 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>(d) The land borders St. Mary's Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.23.0"></a><a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>    Sec. 23. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>accuracy. The conveyances must include any easements or deed restrictions specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>(1) the East Half of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>Section 5, Township 50 North, Range 14 West. Conveyance of this land must provide, <br/>
<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>for no consideration, an easement to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the <br/>
<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>centerline of East Branch Chester Creek, to provide riparian protection and angler access;<br/>
<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>(2) the East Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.83.34"></a><var>83.34</var>Section 5, Township 50 North, Range 14 West. Conveyance of this land must provide, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>for no consideration, an easement to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>centerline of East Branch Chester Creek, to provide riparian protection and angler access;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>(3) the West Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>Section 5, Township 50 North, Range 14 West. Conveyance of this land must provide, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>for no consideration, an easement to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>centerline of East Branch Chester Creek, to provide riparian protection and angler access;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>(4) the West Half of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter <br/>
<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>and the West Half of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>Section 4, Township 51 North, Range 17 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>(5) all that part or strip lying North of the Savanna River, about 3 to 4 acres of the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 51 North, Range 20 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>(6) Government Lot 1, Section 18, Township 53 North, Range 18 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>(7) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 34, Township 53 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>Range 19 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>(8) Lot 2, Jingwak Beach 1st Addition, town of Cotton, Section 20, Township 54 <br/>
<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>North, Range 16 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>(9) Lot 4, Jingwak Beach 1st Addition, town of Cotton, Section 20, Township 54 <br/>
<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>North, Range 16 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>(10) Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, 1st Addition to Strand Lake, Section 20, Township 54 <br/>
<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>North, Range 16 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>(11) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 1, Township 55 North, <br/>
<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>Range 20 East. Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, an easement <br/>
<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>to the state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of East Swan River, to <br/>
<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>provide riparian protection and angler access;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>(12) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter beginning at the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>intersection of the east line of Highway 4 with the north line of the Northeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>the Northwest Quarter; thence South 500 feet; thence East 350 feet; thence North 500 feet; <br/>
<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>thence West 350 feet to the point of beginning, Section 19, Township 57 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>15 West. Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, an easement to the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>state that is 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the unnamed stream, to <br/>
<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>provide riparian protection and angler access. Where there is less than 75 feet from the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>centerline of the stream channel to the north property line, the easement shall be granted to <br/>
<a id="pl.84.33"></a><var>84.33</var>the north property line;<br/>
<a id="pl.84.34"></a><var>84.34</var>(13) the West Half of Lot 1, Section 22, Township 58 North, Range 16 West. <br/>
<a id="pl.84.35"></a><var>84.35</var>Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, a 33-foot road easement to the <br/>
<a id="pl.84.36"></a><var>84.36</var>state for access to Black Lake. The conveyance must include a deed restriction prohibiting <br/>
<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>buildings, structures, tree cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations across <br/>
<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>a 75-foot strip from the ordinary high water mark, except a 15-foot strip is allowed for <br/>
<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>lake access and a dock; and<br/>
<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>(14) the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the <br/>
<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>North Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 32, Township 62 North, Range 18 West. <br/>
<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>Conveyance of this land must provide, for no consideration, an easement to the state <br/>
<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>that is 105 feet in width on each side of the centerline of Rice River, to provide riparian <br/>
<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>protection and angler access.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.24.0"></a><a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>    Sec. 24. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County <br/>
<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br/>
<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br/>
<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>accuracy. The conveyances must include any easements or deed restrictions specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>(1) an undivided 1369/68040 interest, Lot 8, Section 16, Township 50 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>17 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>(2) an undivided 1470/10080 interest, Lot 5, Section 17, Township 50 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>17 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>(3) an undivided 23/288 interest, Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section <br/>
<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>21, Township 50 North, Range 17 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>(4) an undivided 23/288 interest, Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, <br/>
<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>Section 21, Township 50 North, Range 17 West; <br/>
<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>(5) the easterly 200 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying <br/>
<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>South of the river, Section 21, Township 58 North, Range 15 West. The conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>must include a deed restriction that limits removal of live trees, shrubs, and green plants <br/>
<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>to 25 percent of the parcel; and<br/>
<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>(6) that part of Lot 7 beginning at a point 530 feet East of the southwest corner; <br/>
<a id="pl.85.35"></a><var>85.35</var>thence North 30 degrees East 208 feet; thence North 55 degrees East 198 feet; thence 10 <br/>
<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>feet more or less on the same line to the waters edge; thence South along the waters <br/>
<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>edge to the south boundary line of Lot 7; thence 10 feet West; thence West on the same <br/>
<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>line 198 feet to the point of beginning, Section 5, Township 62 North, Range 16 West. <br/>
<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>The conveyance must include a deed restriction prohibiting buildings, structures, tree <br/>
<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations across a 75-foot strip from the <br/>
<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>ordinary high water mark.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.25.0"></a><a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>    Sec. 25. <b>PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var><b>BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may <br/>
<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>sell by public or private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>Block 1, Williams Lakeview, town of Great Scott, Section 34, Township 60 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>19 West.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br/>
<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.26.0"></a><a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>    Sec. 26. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var><b>WATER; SHERBURNE COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described <br/>
<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Sherburne County and is described as: the <br/>
<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 33 North, Range 27 <br/>
<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var>West, containing 40 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>(d) The land borders Elk River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The <br/>
<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br/>
<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.27.0"></a><a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>    Sec. 27. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var><b>TODD COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the <br/>
<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is <br/>
<a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>described in paragraph (c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.135, <br/>
<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>subdivision 2a, the surplus land described in paragraph (c) is vacated from the Grey <br/>
<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>Eagle Wildlife Management Area upon sale.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br/>
<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br/>
<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>(c) The land that may be sold is located in Todd County and is described as: the <br/>
<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>East 50.00 feet of the South 165.00 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 16, Township 127 <br/>
<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>North, Range 33 West, Todd County, Minnesota, containing 0.19 acres, more or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>(d) The sale would resolve an unintentional trespass by the adjacent owner. While <br/>
<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>Lot 3 of Section 16, Township 127 North, Range 33 West, borders Bunker Lake, the <br/>
<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>portion of Lot 3 to be sold does not border public waters. The Department of Natural <br/>
<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.28.0"></a><a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>    Sec. 28. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON </b><br/>
<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var><b>COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>(c).<br/>
<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and may be <br/>
<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>for consideration less than the appraised value of the land. The attorney general may make <br/>
<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br/>
<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>(1) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var>Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota that lies South of the North 800 <br/>
<a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var>feet thereof and North of the following described line: Commencing at a point 800 feet <br/>
<a id="pl.87.33"></a><var>87.33</var>South of the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.87.34"></a><var>87.34</var>154 feet East; thence 228 feet East; thence South 430 feet; thence East 930.58 feet; thence <br/>
<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>North 430 feet, to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence West to the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>point of commencement and said line there terminating; and<br/>
<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>(2) that part of the North 208 feet of the South 866 feet of the East 208 feet of <br/>
<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 27, Range 20, <br/>
<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>Washington County, Minnesota that lies northwesterly of the following described line: <br/>
<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>Commencing at the northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of <br/>
<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>said Section 3; thence South along the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast <br/>
<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>Quarter, a distance of 900 feet; thence easterly, at a right angle, a distance of 660 feet, to <br/>
<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence northeasterly to a point on the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>east line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter distant 275 feet South of the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>northeast corner thereof, and said line there terminating.<br/>
<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br/>
<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>management interests would best be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent <br/>
<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>landowner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.29.0"></a><a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>    Sec. 29. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>Sections 1 to 28 are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>    Section 1. <b>APPRAISED VALUE TIMBER SALES; FISCAL YEARS 2010 AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var><b>2011.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>(a) During fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the commissioner of natural resources shall <br/>
<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>increase the amount of timber products sold from state lands under permits based solely <br/>
<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>on the appraiser's estimate of the timber volume described in the permit, as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 90.14, paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>(b) The commissioner shall evaluate sales of timber under paragraph (a) and other <br/>
<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>methods used to sell cut forest products from state lands to identify the method, or <br/>
<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>combination of methods, that is most efficient and effective in protecting the fiduciary <br/>
<a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>interest of the state, including the permanent school fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>(c) By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the house and senate <br/>
<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>natural resources policy and finance committees and divisions on the findings of the <br/>
<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>evaluation process completed under paragraph (b).<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var>    Sec. 2. <b>FOREST MANAGEMENT LEASE-PILOT PROJECT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>(a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, the <br/>
<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>commissioner of natural resources may lease up to 10,000 acres of state-owned forest <br/>
<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>lands for forest management purposes for a term not to exceed 21 years. No person or <br/>
<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>entity may lease more than 2,000 acres. The lease shall provide:<br/>
<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>(1) that the lessee must comply with timber harvesting and forest management <br/>
<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>guidelines developed under Minnesota Statutes, section 89A.05, and landscape-level plans <br/>
<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 89A.06, that have been adopted by the Minnesota Forest <br/>
<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>Resources Council, and in effect at the time of any management activity; and <br/>
<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>(2) for public access to the leased land that is the same as would be available under <br/>
<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>state management.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "state-owned forest lands" may include <br/>
<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>school trust lands as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.025, or university land <br/>
<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>granted to the state by Acts of Congress.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>(c) By December 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall provide <br/>
<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>a report to the house and senate natural resources policy and finance committees and <br/>
<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>divisions on the pilot project. The report will detail a plan for the implementation of the <br/>
<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>pilot project with a starting date that is no later than July 1, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>(d) Upon implementation of the pilot project, the commissioner shall provide an <br/>
<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>annual report to the house and senate natural resources policy and finance committees and <br/>
<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>divisions on the progress of the project, including the acres leased, a breakdown of the <br/>
<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>types of forest land, and amounts harvested by species. The report shall include a net <br/>
<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>revenue analysis comparing the lease revenue with the estimated net revenue that would <br/>
<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>be obtained through state management and silvicultural practices cost savings the state <br/>
<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>realizes through leasing.<br/>
<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>(e) Nothing in this section supersedes the duties of the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>resources to properly manage forest lands under the authority of the commissioner, as <br/>
<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 89.001, subdivision 13.<br/>