<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>accounts; modifying electronic transaction provisions; providing for certain <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>registration and licensing exemptions; modifying off-highway vehicle and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>snowmobile provisions; modifying state trails and canoe and boating routes; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>modifying fees and disposition of certain receipts; delaying local ordinance <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>adoption requirements and establishing a task force; modifying certain <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>competitive bidding exemptions; modifying horse trail pass provisions; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>modifying master plan requirements; expanding eligibility for free state park <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>permit; modifying cross-country ski trail provisions; providing for general <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>burning permits; modifying authority to establish forestry services fees; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>modifying authority to issue leases and permits; modifying timber sales <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>provisions; eliminating certain pilot projects and reports; modifying the Water <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Law; modifying utility license provisions; modifying rulemaking authority; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>providing for certain permitting and review efficiencies; modifying certain <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>state land sale requirements; modifying nongame wildlife checkoffs; requiring <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>long-range land management budgeting; appropriating money;amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.025, subdivision 9; 84.027, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>15; 84.0856; 84.0857; 84.415, by adding a subdivision; 84.777, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>2; 84.788, subdivision 2; 84.798, subdivision 2; 84.82, subdivisions 3, 6, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>by adding a subdivision; 84.8205, subdivision 1; 84.92, subdivisions 9, 10; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>84.922, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 84.925, subdivision 1; 84.9256, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>subdivision 1; 84.928, subdivision 5; 85.015, subdivision 14; 85.052, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>4; 85.22, subdivision 5; 85.32, subdivision 1; 85.41, subdivision 3; 85.42; 85.43; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>85.46, as amended; 86B.301, subdivision 2; 88.17, subdivisions 1, 3; 88.79, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivision 2; 89.17; 90.041, by adding a subdivision; 90.121; 90.14; 103A.305; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>103F.325, by adding a subdivision; 103F.335, subdivision 1; 103G.271, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>subdivision 3; 103G.285, subdivision 5; 103G.301, subdivision 6; 103G.305, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 2; 103G.315, subdivision 11; 103G.515, subdivision 5; 115.55, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>adding a subdivision; 116.07, subdivisions 4, 4h; 116D.04, subdivision 2a, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>adding a subdivision; 290.431; 290.432; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>sections 84.793, subdivision 1; 84.922, subdivision 1a; 84.9275, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>84.928, subdivision 1; 85.015, subdivision 13; 85.053, subdivision 10; 86A.09, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>subdivision 1; 103G.201; Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 90.172; 103G.295; 103G.650; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 88.795.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.025, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Professional services support account.</b> The commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>resources may bill other governmental units, including tribal governments, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>various programs carried out by the commissioner for the costs of providing them with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>professional support services. Except as provided under section 
         <statute_ref>89.421</statute_ref>, receipts must be <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>credited to a special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>to pay the costs for which the billings were made.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall submit to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>management and budget before the start of each fiscal year a work plan showing the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>estimated work to be done during the coming year, the estimated cost of doing the work, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>and the positions and fees that will be necessary. This account is exempted from statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>and agency indirect cost payments.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Electronic transactions.</b> (a) The commissioner may receive an <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate gift <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>card, safety training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>commissioner by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>97A.472
         </statute_ref>, electronic and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>commissioner may:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>including by telephone;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>    (2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>the license or registration is received or expires;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>    (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    (4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>state: "License agents are allowed by state law to charge a fee not to exceed three percent <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>of the cost of state licenses to persons who use electronic bank cards for payment. The <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>fee is not required by state law.";<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    (5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>system; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>    (b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), and the commission <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>established under paragraph (a), clause (5), are not subject to the rulemaking procedures <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>    (c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0856, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><b>84.0856 FLEET MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>governments, for the costs of providing them with equipment. Costs billed may include <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>acquisition, licensing, insurance, maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>by the commissioner. Receipts and interest earned on the receipts shall be credited to a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>costs for which the billings were made.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0857, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var><b>84.0857 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>    (a) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>governments, for the costs of providing them with building and infrastructure facilities. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>Costs billed may include modifications and adaptations to allow for appropriate building <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>occupancy, building code compliance, insurance, utility services, maintenance, repair, and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts shall be credited to a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>costs for which the billings were made.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    (b) Money deposited in the special account from the proceeds of a sale under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>94.16, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner to acquire <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.415, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Joint applications for residential use.</b> An application for a utility <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>license may cover more than one type of utility if the utility lines are being installed for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>residential use only. Separate applications submitted by utilities for the same crossing <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>shall be joined together and processed as one application, provided that the applications <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>are submitted within one year of each other and the utility lines are for residential use only. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>The application fees for a joint application or separate applications subsequently joined <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>together shall be as if only one application was submitted.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.777, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Off-highway vehicle </b><b>seasons</b><b> seasonal restrictions</b><b>.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>shall prescribe seasons for off-highway vehicle use on state forest lands. Except for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>designated forest roads, a person must not operate an off-highway vehicle on state forest <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>lands outside of the seasons prescribed under this paragraph. during the firearms deer <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>hunting season in areas of the state where deer may be taken by rifle. This paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>does not apply to a person in possession of a valid deer hunting license operating an <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>off-highway vehicle before or after legal shooting hours or from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    (b) The commissioner may designate and post winter trails on state forest lands <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>for use by off-highway vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "state forest lands" means forest lands under <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>the authority of the commissioner as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>89.001, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, and lands <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>managed by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>282.011</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.788, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions.</b> Registration is not required for off-highway motorcycles:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(1) owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the state, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>another state, or a political subdivision;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(2) registered in another state or country that have not been within this state for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>more than 30 consecutive days; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(3) registered under chapter 168, when operated on forest roads to gain access to a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>state forest campground.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.793, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibitions on youthful operators.</b> (a) After January 1, 1995, A <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>person less than 16 years of age operating an off-highway motorcycle on public lands <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>or waters must possess a valid off-highway motorcycle safety certificate issued by the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>(b) Except for operation on public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>84.795, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>operate an off-highway motorcycle along or on a public road right-of-way.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>(c) A person under 12 years of age may not:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>(2) operate an off-highway motorcycle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>(3) operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless accompanied <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>by a person 18 years of age or older or participating in an event for which the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>commissioner has issued a special use permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>(d) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person less than 16 <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>years of age may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>state-aid, or county highway only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>age or older who holds a valid driver's license.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>(e) A person less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>public road rights-of-way in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>84.795, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(a), only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>valid driver's license.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a nonresident less than 16 years of age may <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters if the nonresident youth has <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>in possession evidence of completing an off-road safety course offered by the Motorcycle <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>Safety Foundation or another state as provided in section 84.791, subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.798, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions.</b> Registration is not required for an off-road vehicle that is:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>(1) owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the state, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>another state, or a political subdivision; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>(2) registered in another state or country and has not been in this state for more <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>than 30 consecutive days.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Fees for registration.</b> (a) The fee for registration of each snowmobile, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>other than those used for an agricultural purpose, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>84.92, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>1c
         </statute_ref>, or those registered by a dealer or manufacturer pursuant to clause (b) or (c) shall be as <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>follows: $45 for three years and $4 for a duplicate or transfer.  <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>(b) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a dealer and operated for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>demonstration or testing purposes shall be $50 per year.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>(c) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a manufacturer and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes shall be $150 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>per year. Dealer and manufacturer registrations are not transferable.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>(d) The onetime fee for registration of an exempt snowmobile under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>6a is $6.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Exemptions.</b> Registration is not required under this section for:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>    (1) a snowmobile owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>another state, or a political subdivision thereof;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>    (2) a snowmobile registered in a country other than the United States temporarily <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>used within this state;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>    (3) a snowmobile that is covered by a valid license of another state and has not been <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>within this state for more than 30 consecutive days;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>    (4) a snowmobile used exclusively in organized track racing events;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>    (5) a snowmobile in transit by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>    (6) a snowmobile at least 15 years old in transit by an individual for use only on <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>land owned or leased by the individual; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>    (7) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>    Subd. 6a. <b>Exemption; collector unlimited snowmobile use.</b> Snowmobiles may be <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>issued an exempt registration if the machine is at least 25 years old. Exempt registration is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the snowmobile is transferred. Exempt <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>registrations are not transferable.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.8205, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Sticker required; fee.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>person may not operate a snowmobile on a state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>snowmobile state trail sticker is affixed to the snowmobile. The commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>resources shall issue a sticker upon application and payment of a $15 fee. The fee for a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>three-year snowmobile state trail sticker that is purchased at the time of snowmobile <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>registration is $30. In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, a person in violation <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>of this subdivision must purchase an annual state trail sticker for a fee of $30. The sticker <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>is valid from November 1 through June 30. Fees collected under this section, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027</statute_ref>, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid, trail maintenance, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>grooming, and easement acquisition.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>    (b) A state trail sticker is not required under this section for:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>    (1) a snowmobile owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>registered under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, subdivision 5;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>    (2) a snowmobile that is owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>government, another state, or a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>registration under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, subdivision 6;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>    (3) a collector snowmobile that is operated as provided in a special permit issued for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>the collector snowmobile under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, subdivision 7a; <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>    (4) a person operating a snowmobile only on the portion of a trail that is owned by <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>    (5) a snowmobile while being used to groom a state or grant-in-aid trail.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>    (c) A temporary registration permit issued by a dealer under section 
         <statute_ref>84.82</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>subdivision 2, may include a snowmobile state trail sticker if the trail sticker fee is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>included with the registration application fee.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.92, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Class 1 all-terrain vehicle.</b> "Class 1 all-terrain vehicle" means an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of less than 900 1,000 pounds.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.92, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Class 2 all-terrain vehicle.</b> "Class 2 all-terrain vehicle" means an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of 900 1,000 to 1,500 1,800 pounds.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.922, subdivision 1a, is <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Exemptions.</b> All-terrain vehicles exempt from registration are:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>    (1) vehicles owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>state, another state, or a political subdivision;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>    (2) vehicles registered in another state or country that have not been in this state for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>more than 30 consecutive days; <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>(3) vehicles that:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>(i) are owned by a resident of another state or country that does not require <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>registration of all-terrain vehicles;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>(ii) have not been in this state for more than 30 consecutive days; and<br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>(iii) are operated on state and grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>    (4) vehicles used exclusively in organized track racing events; and<br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>    (5) vehicles that are 25 years old or older and were originally produced as a separate <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>identifiable make by a manufacturer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Collector unlimited use; exempt registration.</b> All-terrain vehicles may <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>be issued an exempt registration if requested and the machine is at least 25 years old. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>Exempt registration is valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>vehicle is transferred. Exempt registrations are not transferable.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.18.0"></a><a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Fees for registration.</b> (a) The fee for a three-year registration of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>an all-terrain vehicle under this section, other than those registered by a dealer or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>manufacturer under paragraph (b) or (c), is:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>    (1) for public use, $45;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>    (2) for private use, $6; and<br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>    (3) for a duplicate or transfer, $4.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>    (b) The total registration fee for all-terrain vehicles owned by a dealer and operated <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>for demonstration or testing purposes is $50 per year. Dealer registrations are not <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>transferable.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    (c) The total registration fee for all-terrain vehicles owned by a manufacturer and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes is $150 per <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>year. Manufacturer registrations are not transferable.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>    (d) The onetime fee for registration of an all-terrain vehicle under subdivision 2b <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>is $6.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>(e) The fees collected under this subdivision must be credited to the all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>vehicle account.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.19.0"></a><a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Program established.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>program, including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information and safety <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>advice to the public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>all-terrain vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>training course.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>(b) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray a portion of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>expenses of training and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>of $15 from each person who receives the training. The commissioner shall collect a fee, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing a duplicate all-terrain vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish the fee for a duplicate all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>vehicle safety certificate that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>including overhead costs, involved in providing the service. Fee proceeds, except for the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>issuing fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>vehicle account in the natural resources fund. In addition to the fee established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>commissioner, instructors may charge each person the cost of up to the established fee <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>amount for class material materials and expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>(c) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>private and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the training. The <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>program subject matter and performance testing that leads to the certification of vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>operators. By June 30, 2003, the commissioner shall incorporate a riding component in <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>the safety education and training program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.20.0"></a><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibitions on youthful operators.</b> (a) Except for operation on <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 
         <statute_ref>84.928</statute_ref>, a driver's license issued <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>by the state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain vehicle along or on a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>public road right-of-way.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>    (b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>    (1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>    (2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or<br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>    (3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>paragraph (f).<br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>    (c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>of age but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and waters or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>state or grant-in-aid trails, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>certificate issued by the commissioner and is accompanied on another all-terrain vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>    (d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>old, but less than 16 years old, must:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>    (1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>84.925, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, including a riding component; and<br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>    (2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>while sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>    (e) A person at least 11 years of age may take the safety education and training <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>program and may receive an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate under paragraph (d), but <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>the certificate is not valid until the person reaches age 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>    (f) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>all-terrain vehicle with an engine capacity up to 90cc on public lands or waters if <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>    (g) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>    (h) A person under the age of 16 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>lands or waters or on state or grant-in-aid trails if the person cannot properly reach and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>all-terrain vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a nonresident at least 12 years old, but less than <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>16 years old, may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>state-aid, or county highway or operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands and waters <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>or state or grant-in-aid trails if:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>(1) the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>safety course offered by the ATV Safety Institute or another state as provided in section <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>84.925, subdivision 3; and<br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>(2) the nonresident youth is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>holds a valid driver's license.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.21.0"></a><a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.9275, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Pass required; fee.</b> (a) A nonresident may not operate an all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>vehicle on a state or grant-in-aid all-terrain vehicle trail unless the operator carries a valid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass in immediate possession. The pass must <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>be available for inspection by a peace officer, a conservation officer, or an employee <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>designated under section 
         <statute_ref>84.0835</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue a pass upon application and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>payment of a $20 fee. The pass is valid from January 1 through December 31. Fees <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>collected under this section, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>deposited in the state treasury and credited to the all-terrain vehicle account in the natural <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>resources fund and, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027</statute_ref>, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>counties and municipalities for all-terrain vehicle organizations to construct and maintain <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>all-terrain vehicle trails and use areas.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>    (c) A nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass is not required for:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>    (1) an all-terrain vehicle that is owned and used by the United States, another state, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>or a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from registration under section 
         <statute_ref>84.922</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>subdivision 1a; or<br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>    (2) a person operating an all-terrain vehicle only on the portion of a trail that is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>owned by the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>(3) a nonresident operating an all-terrain vehicle that is registered according to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>section 84.922.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.22.0"></a><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.928, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Operation on roads and rights-of-way.</b> (a) Unless otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>allowed in sections 
         <statute_ref>84.92</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>84.928</statute_ref>, a person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle in <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>this state along or on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of a public road <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>    (b) A person may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle in the ditch or the outside <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>bank or slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway unless prohibited under <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>paragraph (d) or (f).<br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>    (c) A person may operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle within the public road <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>right-of-way of a county state-aid or county highway on the extreme right-hand side of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>the road and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>the prevailing conditions, unless prohibited under paragraph (d) or (f). A person may <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on the bank or ditch of a public road right-of-way on a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>designated class 2 all-terrain vehicle trail.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>    (d) A road authority as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 25</statute_ref>, may after a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>public hearing restrict the use of all-terrain vehicles in the public road right-of-way under <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>its jurisdiction.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>    (e) The restrictions in paragraphs (a), (d), (h), (i), and (j) do not apply to the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>operation of an all-terrain vehicle on the shoulder, inside bank or slope, ditch, or outside <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>bank or slope of a trunk, interstate, county state-aid, or county highway: <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>(1) that is part of a funded grant-in-aid trail; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>(2) when the all-terrain vehicle is:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>    (1) owned by or operated under contract with a publicly or privately owned utility <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>or pipeline company; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>    (2) used for work on utilities or pipelines.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>    (f) The commissioner may limit the use of a right-of-way for a period of time if the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>commissioner determines that use of the right-of-way causes:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>    (1) degradation of vegetation on adjacent public property;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>    (2) siltation of waters of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>    (3) impairment or enhancement to the act of taking game; or<br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>    (4) a threat to safety of the right-of-way users or to individuals on adjacent public <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>property.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>    The commissioner must notify the road authority as soon as it is known that a closure <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>will be ordered. The notice must state the reasons and duration of the closure.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    (g) A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle registered for private use and used <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>for agricultural purposes on a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>county highway in this state if the all-terrain vehicle is operated on the extreme right-hand <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>side of the road, and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>under the prevailing conditions.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>    (h) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>the agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively as transportation to and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>from work on agricultural lands. This paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>of a road authority, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 25</statute_ref>, or the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>Natural Resources when performing or exercising official duties or powers.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>    (i) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of one-half <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>adjacent roadway.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>    (j) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle at any time within the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>right-of-way of an interstate highway or freeway within this state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.23.0"></a><a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.928, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Organized contests, use of highways and public lands and waters.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>Nothing in this section or chapter 169 prohibits the use of all-terrain vehicles within the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>right-of-way of a state trunk or county state-aid highway or upon public lands or waters <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of natural resources, in an organized contest or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>event, subject to the consent of the official or board having jurisdiction over the highway <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>or public lands or waters.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>(b) In permitting the contest or event, the official or board having jurisdiction may <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>prescribe restrictions or conditions as they may deem advisable.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(c) Notwithstanding section 84.9256, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), a person under <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>12 years of age may operate an all-terrain vehicle in an organized contest on public lands <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>or waters, if the all-terrain vehicle has an engine capacity of 90cc or less, the person <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>complies with section 84.9256, subdivision 1, paragraph (h), and the person is supervised <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>by a person 18 years of age or older.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.24.0"></a><a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 85.015, subdivision 13, is <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Arrowhead Region Trails, in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine, Carlton, </b><br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var><b>Koochiching, and Itasca Counties.</b> (a)(1) The Taconite Trail shall originate at Ely in St. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>Louis County and extend southwesterly to Tower in St. Louis County, thence westerly to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>McCarthy Beach State Park in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly to Grand Rapids in <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>Itasca County and there terminate;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>(2) The C. J. Ramstad/Northshore Trail shall originate in Duluth in St. Louis County <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>and extend northeasterly to Two Harbors in Lake County, thence northeasterly to Grand <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>Marais in Cook County, thence northeasterly to the international boundary in the vicinity <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>of the north shore of Lake Superior, and there terminate;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(3) The Grand Marais to International Falls Trail shall originate in Grand Marais <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>in Cook County and extend northwesterly, outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>to Ely in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly along the route of the Taconite Trail to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>Tower in St. Louis County, thence northwesterly through the Pelican Lake area in St. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>Louis County to International Falls in Koochiching County, and there terminate;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>(4) The Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Trail shall originate in Duluth in St. Louis <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>County and extend southerly to St. Croix State Forest in Pine County.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>(b) The trails shall be developed primarily for riding and hiking.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>for the Arrowhead Region trails may be acquired by eminent domain. Before acquiring <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>any land or interest in land by eminent domain the commissioner of administration shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>obtain the approval of the governor. The governor shall consult with the Legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>Advisory Commission before granting approval. Recommendations of the Legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>Advisory Commission shall be advisory only. Failure or refusal of the commission to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>make a recommendation shall be deemed a negative recommendation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.25.0"></a><a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Willard Munger Trail System, Chisago, Ramsey, Pine, St. Louis, </b><br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var><b>Carlton, and Washington Counties.</b> (a) The trail shall consist of six segments. One <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>segment shall be known as the Gateway Trail and shall originate at the State Capitol <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>and extend northerly and northeasterly to William O'Brien State Park, thence northerly <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>to Taylors Falls in Chisago County. One segment shall be known as the Boundary Trail <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>and shall originate in Chisago County and extend into Duluth in St. Louis Hinckley and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>Pine County. One segment shall be known as the Browns Creek Trail and shall originate <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>at Duluth Junction and extend into Stillwater in Washington County. One segment shall <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>be known as the Munger Trail and shall originate at Hinckley in Pine County and extend <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>through Moose Lake in Carlton County to Duluth in St. Louis County. One segment shall <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>be known as the Alex Laveau Trail and shall originate in Carlton County at Carlton and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>extend through Wrenshall to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. One segment shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>established that extends the trail to include the cities of Proctor, Duluth, and Hermantown <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>in St. Louis County.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>    (b) The Gateway and Browns Creek Trails shall be developed primarily for hiking <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>and nonmotorized riding and the remaining trails shall be developed primarily for riding <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>and hiking.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>    (c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>for the Gateway and Browns Creek Trails may be acquired by eminent domain.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.26.0"></a><a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.052, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Deposit of fees.</b> (a) Fees paid for providing contracted products and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>services within a state park, state recreation area, or wayside, and for special state park <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>uses under this section shall be deposited in the natural resources fund and credited to a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>state parks account.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>(b) Gross receipts derived from sales, rentals, or leases of natural resources within <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>state parks, recreation areas, and waysides, other than those on trust fund lands, must be <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund state parks working capital <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>account.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the gross receipts from the sale of stockpile <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>materials, aggregate, or other earth materials from the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>Recreation Area shall be deposited in the dedicated accounts in the natural resources fund <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>from which the purchase of the stockpile material was made.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.27.0"></a><a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 85.053, subdivision 10, is <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Free entrance; </b><b>totally and permanently</b><b> disabled veterans.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>commissioner shall issue an annual park permit for no charge to any veteran with a total <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>and permanent service-connected disability, and a daily park permit to any resident <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>veteran with any level of service-connected disability, as determined by the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>Department of Veterans Affairs, who presents each year a copy of their the veteran's <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>determination letter to a park attendant or commissioner's designee. For the purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>this section, "veteran" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.28.0"></a><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Exemption.</b> Purchases for resale or rental made from the state parks <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>working capital fund account are exempt from competitive bidding, notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>chapter 16C.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.29.0"></a><a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Areas marked.</b> The commissioner of natural resources is authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>feasible to mark canoe and boating routes state water trails on the Little Fork, Big Fork, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>within Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>Swift County to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>Sauk, Otter Tail, Redwood, Blue Earth, and Crow Rivers which have historic and scenic <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>values and to mark appropriately points of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>rapids, waterfalls, whirlpools, and other serious hazards which are dangerous to canoe, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>kayak, and watercraft travelers.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.30.0"></a><a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.41, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Exemptions.</b> (a) Participants in cross-country ski races and official school <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>activities and residents of a state or local government operated correctional facility are <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>exempt from the pass requirement in subdivision 1 if a special use permit has been <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>obtained by the organizers of the event or those in an official capacity in advance from the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>agency with jurisdiction over the cross-country ski trail. Permits shall require that permit <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>holders return the trail and any associated facility to its original condition if any damage <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>is done by the permittee. Limited permits for special events may be issued and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>require the removal of any trail markers, banners, and other material used in connection <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>with the special event.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>(b) Unless otherwise exempted under paragraph (a), students, teachers, and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>supervising adults engaged in school-sanctioned activities or other youth activities <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>sponsored by a nonprofit organization are exempt from the pass requirements in <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>subdivision 1.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.31.0"></a><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.42, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var><b>85.42 USER FEE; VALIDITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>(a) The fee for an annual cross-country ski pass is $14 $19 for an individual age 16 <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>and over. The fee for a three-year pass is $39 $54 for an individual age 16 and over. This <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. Three-year passes are valid for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>three years beginning the previous July 1. Annual passes are valid for one year beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>the previous July 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>(b) The cost for a daily cross-country skier pass is $4 $5 for an individual age 16 and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>over. This fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>only for the date designated on the pass form.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>(c) A pass must be signed by the skier across the front of the pass to be valid and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>becomes nontransferable on signing.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.32.0"></a><a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.43, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var><b>85.43 DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS; PURPOSE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>(a) Fees from cross-country ski passes shall be deposited in the state treasury and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>credited to a cross-country ski account in the natural resources fund and, except for the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>84.027, subdivision 15
         </statute_ref>, are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>(1) grants-in-aid for cross-country ski trails sponsored by local units of government <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>to:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>(i) counties and municipalities for construction and maintenance of cross-country <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>ski trails; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>(ii) special park districts as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>85.44</statute_ref> for construction and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>maintenance of cross-country ski trails; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>(2) administration of the cross-country ski trail grant-in-aid program.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>(b) Development and maintenance of state cross-country ski trails are eligible for <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>funding from the cross-country ski account if the money is appropriated by law.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.33.0"></a><a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.46, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>37, article 1, sections 22 to 24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var><b>85.46 HORSE </b><b>TRAIL</b><b> PASS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Pass in possession.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests, on lands administered by <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>the commissioner, a person 16 years of age or over shall carry in immediate possession <br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 
         <statute_ref>84.0835</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>    (b) A valid horse trail pass is not required under this section for a person riding, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>leading, or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trail property that is owned by <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>the person or the person's spouse, child, parent, or guardian.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>License agents.</b> (a) The commissioner of natural resources may appoint <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>agents to issue and sell horse trail passes. The commissioner may revoke the appointment <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>of an agent at any time.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>(b) The commissioner may adopt additional rules as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.485</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>subdivision 11. An agent shall observe all rules adopted by the commissioner for the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>accounting and handling of passes according to section 
         <statute_ref>97A.485</statute_ref>, subdivision 11.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>(c) An agent must promptly deposit and remit all money received from the sale of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>passes, except issuing fees, to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Issuance.</b> The commissioner of natural resources and agents shall issue <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>and sell horse trail passes. The pass shall include the applicant's signature and other <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>information deemed necessary by the commissioner. To be valid, a daily or annual pass <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>must be signed by the person riding, leading, or driving the horse, and a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>annual pass must be signed by the owner of the commercial trail riding facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Pass fees.</b> (a) The fee for an annual horse trail pass is $20 for an individual <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>16 years of age and over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>Annual passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>(b) The fee for a daily horse trail pass is $4 for an individual 16 years of age and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>only for the date designated on the pass form.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>(c) The fee for a commercial annual horse trail pass is $200 and includes issuance <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>of 15 passes. Additional or individual commercial annual horse trail passes may be <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>purchased by the commercial trail riding facility owner at a fee of $20 each. Commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>annual horse trail passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>31 and may be affixed to the horse tack, saddle, or person. Commercial annual horse trail <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>passes are not transferable to another commercial trail riding facility. For the purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>this section, a "commercial trail riding facility" is an operation where horses are used for <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>riding instruction or other equestrian activities for hire or use by others.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Issuing fee.</b> In addition to the fee for a horse trail pass, an issuing fee of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>$1 per pass shall be charged. The issuing fee shall be retained by the seller of the pass. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>Issuing fees for passes sold by the commissioner of natural resources shall be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.18.36"></a><var>18.36</var>in the state treasury and credited to the horse trail pass account in the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the operation of the electronic licensing <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>system. A pass shall indicate the amount of the fee that is retained by the seller.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Disposition of receipts.</b> Fees collected under this section, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>the issuing fee, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the horse trail <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>pass account in the natural resources fund. Except for the electronic licensing system <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>commission established by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027</statute_ref>, subdivision 15, the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>fees are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for trail acquisition, trail and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>facility development, and maintenance, enforcement, and rehabilitation of horse trails or <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>trails authorized for horse use, whether for riding, leading, or driving, on state trails and in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>state parks, state recreation areas, and state forests land administered by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Duplicate horse </b><b>trail</b><b> passes.</b> The commissioner of natural resources and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>agents shall issue a duplicate pass to a person or commercial trail riding facility owner <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>whose pass is lost or destroyed using the process established under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.405</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate horse trail pass is $2, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>with an issuing fee of 50 cents.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.34.0"></a><a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 86A.09, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Master plan required.</b> No construction of new facilities or other <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>development of an authorized unit, other than repairs and maintenance, shall commence <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>until the managing agency has prepared and submitted to the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>resources and the commissioner has reviewed, pursuant to this section, a master plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>administration of the unit in conformity with this section. No master plan is required for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>wildlife management areas that do not have resident managers, for scientific and natural <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>areas, for water access sites, for aquatic management areas, for rest areas, or for boater <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>waysides.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.35.0"></a><a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions.</b> A watercraft license is not required for:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>(1) a watercraft that is covered by a license or number in full force and effect under <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>federal law or a federally approved licensing or numbering system of another state, and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>has not been within this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>days that a watercraft is laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>port or another port in the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>(2) a watercraft from a country other than the United States that has not been <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>within this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include days that a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>watercraft is laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior port or another <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>port in the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>(3) a watercraft owned by the United States, an Indian tribal government, a state, or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>a political subdivision of a state, except watercraft used for recreational purposes;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>(4) a ship's lifeboat;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>(5) a watercraft that has been issued a valid marine document by the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>government;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>(6) a duck boat during duck hunting season;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>(7) a rice boat during the harvest season;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>(8) a seaplane; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>(9) a nonmotorized watercraft nine feet in length or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon the state receiving written <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>approval from the United States Coast Guard, as provided in United States Code, title 46, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>section 12303, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 33, section 174.7.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.36.0"></a><a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 88.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Permit</b><b> Permission</b><b> required.</b> (a) A permit Permission to start a fire <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>to burn vegetative materials and other materials allowed by Minnesota Statutes or official <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>state rules and regulations may be given by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>This permission shall be in the form of:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>(1) a written permit issued by a forest officer, fire warden, or other person authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>by the commissioner; or<br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>(2) an electronic permit issued by the commissioner, an agent authorized by the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>commissioner, or an Internet site authorized by the commissioner; or<br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>(3) a general permit adopted by the county board of commissioners according to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>(b) Written and electronic burning permits shall set the time and conditions by which <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>the fire may be started and burned. The permit shall also specifically list the materials that <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>may be burned. The permittee must have the permit on their person and shall produce <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>the permit for inspection when requested to do so by a forest officer, conservation officer, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>or other peace officer. The permittee shall remain with the fire at all times and before <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>leaving the site shall completely extinguish the fire. A person shall not start or cause a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>fire to be started on any land that is not owned or under their legal control without the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>written permission of the owner, lessee, or an agent of the owner or lessee of the land. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>Violating or exceeding the permit conditions shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>cause for the permit to be revoked.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(c) A general burning permit may be adopted by the county board of commissioners <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>in counties that are determined by the commissioner either to not be wildfire areas as <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>defined in section 88.01, subdivision 6, or to otherwise have low potential for damage <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>to life and property from wildfire. The commissioner shall consider the history of and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>potential for wildfire; the distribution of trees, brush, grasslands, and other vegetative <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>material; and the distribution of property subject to damage from escaped fires. Upon a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>determination by the commissioner and adoption by a vote of the county board, permission <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>for open burning is extended to all residents in the county without the need for individual <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>written or electronic permits, provided burning conforms to all other provisions of this <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>chapter, including those related to responsibility to control and extinguish fires, no burning <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>of prohibited materials, and liability for damages caused by violations of this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>(d) Upon adoption of a general burning permit, a county must establish specific <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>regulations by ordinance, to include at a minimum the time when and conditions under <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>which fires may be started and burned. No ordinance may be less restrictive than state law.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>(e) At any time when the commissioner or the county board determines that a general <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>burning permit is no longer in the public interest, the general permit may be canceled by <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>mutual agreement of the commissioner and the county board.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.37.0"></a><a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 88.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Special permits.</b> The following special permits are required at all times, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>including when the ground is snow-covered:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>(a)  <b>Fire training.</b> A permit to start a fire for the instruction and training of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>firefighters, including liquid fuels training, may be given by the commissioner or agent of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>the commissioner. Except for owners or operators conducting fire training in specialized <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>industrial settings pursuant to applicable federal, state, or local standards, owners <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>or operators conducting open burning for the purpose of instruction and training of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>firefighters with regard to structures must follow the techniques described in a document <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>entitled: Structural Burn Training Procedures for the Minnesota Technical College System. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>(b)  <b>Permanent tree and brush open burning sites.</b> A permit for the operation of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>a permanent tree and brush burning site may be given by the commissioner or agent of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>the commissioner. Applicants for a permanent open burning site permit shall submit a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>complete application on a form provided by the commissioner. Existing permanent tree <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>and brush open burning sites must submit for a permit within 90 days of the passage of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>this statute for a burning permit. New site applications must be submitted at least 90 <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>days before the date of the proposed operation of the permanent open burning site. The <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>application must be submitted to the commissioner and must contain: <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>(1) the name, address, and telephone number of all owners of the site proposed for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>use as the permanent open burning site;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>(2) if the operator for the proposed permanent open burning site is different from the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>owner, the name, address, and telephone number of the operator;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>(3) a general description of the materials to be burned, including the source and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>estimated quantity, dimensions of the site and burn pile areas, hours and dates of operation, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>and provisions for smoke management; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(4) a topographic or similarly detailed map of the site and surrounding area within <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>a one mile circumference showing all structures that might be affected by the operation <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>of the site.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>Only trees, tree trimmings, or brush that cannot be disposed of by an alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>method such as chipping, composting, or other method shall be permitted to be burned <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>at a permanent open burning site. A permanent tree and brush open burning site must <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>be located and operated so as not to create a nuisance or endanger water quality. The <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>commissioner shall revoke the permit or order actions to mitigate threats to public health, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>safety, and the environment in the event that permit conditions are violated.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.38.0"></a><a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 88.79, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Charge for service; receipts to special revenue fund.</b> Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>section 16A.1283, the commissioner of natural resources may charge the owner, by written <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>order published in the State Register, establish fees the commissioner determines to be <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>fair and reasonable that are charged to owners receiving such services such sums as the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>commissioner shall determine to be fair and reasonable under subdivision 1. The charges <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>must account for differences in the value of timber and other benefits. The receipts from <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>such services shall be credited to the special revenue fund and are annually appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>the commissioner for the purposes specified in subdivision 1.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.39.0"></a><a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.17, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var><b>89.17 LEASES AND PERMITS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>Notwithstanding the permit procedures of chapter 90, the commissioner shall have <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>power to grant and execute, in the name of the state, leases and permits for the use of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>any forest lands under the authority of the commissioner for any purpose which in the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>commissioner's opinion is not inconsistent with the maintenance and management of the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>forest lands, on forestry principles for timber production. Every such lease or permit shall <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>be revocable at the discretion of the commissioner at any time subject to such conditions <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>as may be agreed on in the lease. The approval of the commissioner of administration <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>shall not be required upon any such lease or permit. No such lease or permit for a period <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>exceeding ten 50 years shall be granted except with the approval of the Executive Council.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>Hunting of wild game is prohibited on any land which has been posted by the lessee <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>to prohibit hunting. Such prohibition shall apply to all persons including the lessee Public <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>access to the leased land for outdoor recreation shall be the same as access would be <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>under state management.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.40.0"></a><a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 90.041, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Reoffering unsold timber.</b> To maintain and enhance forest ecosystems on <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>state forest lands, the commissioner may reoffer timber tracts remaining unsold under the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>provisions of section 90.101 below appraised value at public auction with the required <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>30-day notice under section 90.101, subdivision 2.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.41.0"></a><a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 90.121, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var><b>90.121 INTERMEDIATE AUCTION SALES; MAXIMUM LOTS OF 3,000 </b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var><b>CORDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>(a) The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract of state land in lots not <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>exceeding 3,000 cords in volume, in the same manner as timber sold at public auction <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>90.101</statute_ref>, and related laws, subject to the following special exceptions and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>limitations:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>(1) the commissioner shall offer all tracts authorized for sale by this section <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>separately from the sale of tracts of state timber made pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>90.101</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>(2) no bidder may be awarded more than 25 percent of the total tracts offered at the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>first round of bidding unless fewer than four tracts are offered, in which case not more <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>than one tract shall be awarded to one bidder. Any tract not sold at public auction may be <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>offered for private sale as authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>90.101, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, to persons eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>under this section at the appraised value; and<br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>(3) no sale may be made to a person having more than 20 30 employees. For the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>purposes of this clause, "employee" means an individual working in the timber or wood <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>products industry for salary or wages on a full-time or part-time basis.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>(b) The auction sale procedure set forth in this section constitutes an additional <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>alternative timber sale procedure available to the commissioner and is not intended to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>replace other authority possessed by the commissioner to sell timber in lots of 3,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>cords or less.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>(c) Another bidder or the commissioner may request that the number of employees a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>bidder has pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (3), be confirmed if there is evidence that the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>bidder may be ineligible due to exceeding the employee threshold. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>shall request information from the commissioners of labor and industry and employment <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>and economic development including the premiums paid by the bidder in question <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>for workers' compensation insurance coverage for all employees of the bidder. The <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>commissioner shall review the information submitted by the commissioners of labor and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>industry and employment and economic development and make a determination based on <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>that information as to whether the bidder is eligible. A bidder is considered eligible and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>may participate in intermediate auctions until determined ineligible under this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2006.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.42.0"></a><a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 90.14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var><b>90.14 AUCTION SALE PROCEDURE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>(a) All state timber shall be offered and sold by the same unit of measurement as it <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>was appraised. No tract shall be sold to any person other than the purchaser in whose name <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>the bid was made. The commissioner may refuse to approve any and all bids received and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>cancel a sale of state timber for good and sufficient reasons.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>(b) The purchaser at any sale of timber shall, immediately upon the approval of the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>bid, or, if unsold at public auction, at the time of purchase at a subsequent sale under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>section 
         <statute_ref>90.101, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, pay to the commissioner a down payment of 15 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>of the appraised value. In case any purchaser fails to make such payment, the purchaser <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>shall be liable therefor to the state in a civil action, and the commissioner may reoffer the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>timber for sale as though no bid or sale under section 
         <statute_ref>90.101, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, therefor <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>had been made.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>(c) In lieu of the scaling of state timber required by this chapter, a purchaser of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>state timber may, at the time of payment by the purchaser to the commissioner of 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>percent of the appraised value, elect in writing on a form prescribed by the attorney <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>general to purchase a permit based solely on the appraiser's estimate of the volume of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>timber described in the permit, provided that the commissioner has expressly designated <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>the availability of such option for that tract on the list of tracts available for sale as <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>required under section 
         <statute_ref>90.101</statute_ref>. A purchaser who elects in writing on a form prescribed <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>by the attorney general to purchase a permit based solely on the appraiser's estimate of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>the volume of timber described on the permit does not have recourse to the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>90.281</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>(d) In the case of a public auction sale conducted by a sealed bid process, tracts shall <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>be awarded to the high bidder, who shall pay to the commissioner a down payment of 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>percent of the appraised value within ten business days of receiving a written award <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>notice that must be received or postmarked within 14 days of the date of the sealed bid <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>opening. If a purchaser fails to make the down payment, the purchaser is liable for the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>down payment to the state and the commissioner may offer the timber for sale to the next <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>highest bidder as though no higher bid had been made.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>(e) Except as otherwise provided by law, at the time the purchaser signs a permit <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>issued under section 
         <statute_ref>90.151</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall require the purchaser shall to make <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>a bid guarantee payment to the commissioner in an amount equal to 15 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>total purchase price of the permit less the down payment amount required by paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>(b) for any bid increase in excess of $5,000 of the appraised value. If the a required bid <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>guarantee payment is not submitted with the signed permit, no harvesting may occur, the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>permit cancels, and the down payment for timber forfeits to the state. The bid guarantee <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>payment forfeits to the state if the purchaser and successors in interest fail to execute <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>an effective permit.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.43.0"></a><a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103A.305, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var><b>103A.305 JURISDICTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>Sections 
         <statute_ref>103A.301</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103A.341</statute_ref> apply if the decision of an agency in a proceeding <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>involves a question of water policy in one or more of the areas of water conservation, water <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>pollution, preservation and management of wildlife, drainage, soil conservation, public <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>recreation, forest management, and municipal planning under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.135</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103A.411</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>103E.011
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103E.015</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.245</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.261</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.271</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.275</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.281</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.295, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>subdivisions 1 and 2
</statute_ref>;
<statute_ref>103G.287</statute_ref>; 
<statute_ref>103G.297</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.311</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.315, subdivisions 1, 10, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>11, and 12
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.401</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103G.405</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103I.681, subdivision 1</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>115.04</statute_ref>; or 
         <statute_ref>115.05</statute_ref>.  <br/>
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<a id="bill.0.44.0"></a><a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.325, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    Subd. 6. <b>District boundary adjustments.</b> (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>commissioner may, by written order, amend the boundary of the designated area according <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>to this subdivision. At least 30 days prior to issuing the order, the commissioner must <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>give notice of the proposed boundary amendment to the local governmental unit and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>property owners in the designated area directly affected by the amendment and publish <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>notice in an official newspaper of general circulation in the county. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>must consider comments received on the proposed boundary amendment and must make <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>findings and issue a written order. The findings must address the consistency of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>proposed amendment with the values for which the river was included in the system, and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>potential impacts to the scenic, recreational, natural, historical, and scientific values of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>land and water within the designated area.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>(b) The commissioner's order is effective 30 days after issuing the order. Before <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>the effective date, a local unit of government with jurisdiction in the affected area may <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>contest the order under chapter 14.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>(c) Boundary amendments under this subdivision remain subject to the acreage <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>limitations in this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.45.0"></a><a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Compliance of ordinances with system.</b> (a) Within six months after <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>establishment of a wild, scenic, or recreational river system, or within six months after <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>revision of the management plan, each local governmental unit with jurisdiction over a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>portion of the system shall adopt or amend its ordinances and land use district maps <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>to the extent necessary to substantially comply with the standards and criteria of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>commissioner and the management plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>(b) If a local government fails to adopt adequate substantially compliant ordinances, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>maps, or amendments within six months, the commissioner shall adopt the ordinances, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>maps, or amendments in the manner and with the effect specified in section 
         <statute_ref>103F.215</statute_ref>.  <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>(c) The commissioner shall assist local governments in the preparation, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>implementation, and enforcement of the ordinances.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.46.0"></a><a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 103G.201, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var><b>103G.201 PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>(a) The commissioner shall maintain a public waters inventory map of each county <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>that shows the waters of this state that are designated as public waters under the public <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>waters inventory and classification procedures prescribed under Laws 1979, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>199, and shall provide access to a copy of the maps and lists. As county public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>inventory maps and lists are revised according to this section, the commissioner shall send <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>a notification or a copy of the maps and lists to the auditor of each affected county.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>(b) The commissioner is authorized to revise the list map of public waters established <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>under Laws 1979, chapter 199, to reclassify those types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands previously <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>identified as public waters wetlands under Laws 1979, chapter 199, as public waters or as <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>wetlands under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.005, subdivision 19</statute_ref>. The commissioner may only reclassify <br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>public waters wetlands as public waters if:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>(1) they are assigned a shoreland management classification by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.221</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>(2) they are classified as lacustrine wetlands or deepwater habitats according to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>et al., 1979 edition); or<br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>(3) the state or federal government has become titleholder to any of the beds or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>shores of the public waters wetlands, subsequent to the preparation of the public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>inventory map filed with the auditor of the county, pursuant to paragraph (a), and the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>responsible state or federal agency declares that the water is necessary for the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>of the public ownership.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>(c) The commissioner must provide notice of the reclassification to the local <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>government unit, the county board, the watershed district, if one exists for the area, and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>the soil and water conservation district. Within 60 days of receiving notice from the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>commissioner, a party required to receive the notice may provide a resolution stating <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>objections to the reclassification. If the commissioner receives an objection from a party <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>required to receive the notice, the reclassification is not effective. If the commissioner does <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>not receive an objection from a party required to receive the notice, the reclassification <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>of a wetland under paragraph (b) is effective 60 days after the notice is received by all <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>of the parties.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>(d) The commissioner shall give priority to the reclassification of public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>wetlands that are or have the potential to be affected by public works projects.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>(e) The commissioner may revise the public waters inventory map and list of each <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>county:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>(1) to reflect the changes authorized in paragraph (b); and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>(2) as needed, to:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>(i) correct errors in the original inventory;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>(ii) add or subtract trout stream tributaries within sections that contain a designated <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>trout stream following written notice to the landowner;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>(iii) add depleted quarries, and sand and gravel pits, when the body of water exceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>50 acres and the shoreland has been zoned for residential development; and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>(iv) add or subtract public waters that have been created or eliminated as a <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</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.0.47.0"></a><a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.271, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Permit restriction during summer months.</b> The commissioner must not <br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>modify or restrict the amount of appropriation from a groundwater source authorized in a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>water use permit issued to irrigate agricultural land under section 
<statute_ref>103G.295, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>2
</statute_ref>, between May 1 and October 1, unless the commissioner determines the authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>amount of appropriation endangers a domestic water supply.  <br/>
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<a id="bill.0.48.0"></a><a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>    Sec. 48. <b>[103G.282] MONITORING TO EVALUATE IMPACTS FROM </b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var><b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Monitoring equipment.</b> The commissioner may require the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>installation and maintenance of monitoring equipment to evaluate water resource impacts <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>from permitted appropriations and proposed projects that require a permit. Monitoring for <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>water resources that supply more than one appropriator must be designed to minimize <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>costs to individual appropriators.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Measuring devices required.</b> Monitoring installations required under <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>subdivision 1 must be equipped with automated measuring devices to measure water <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>levels, flows, or conditions. The commissioner may determine the frequency of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>measurements and other measuring methods based on the quantity of water appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>or used, the source of water, potential connections to other water resources, the method <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>of appropriating or using water, seasonal and long-term changes in water levels, and any <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>other facts supplied to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Reports and costs.</b> (a) Records of water measurements under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>2 must be kept for each installation. The measurements must be reported annually to the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>commissioner on or before February 15 of the following year in a format or on forms <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>(b) The owner or person in charge of an installation for appropriating or using <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>waters of the state or a proposal that requires a permit is responsible for all costs related <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>to establishing and maintaining monitoring installations and to measuring and reporting <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>data. Monitoring costs for water resources that supply more than one appropriator may be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>distributed among all users within a monitoring area determined by the commissioner and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>assessed based on volumes of water appropriated and proximity to resources of concern.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.49.0"></a><a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.285, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Trout streams.</b> Permits issued after June 3, 1977, to appropriate water <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>from streams designated trout streams by the commissioner's orders under section 
         <statute_ref>97C.021</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>97C.005 must be limited to temporary appropriations. <br/>
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<a id="bill.0.50.0"></a><a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>    Sec. 50. <b>[103G.287] GROUNDWATER APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Applications for groundwater appropriations.</b> (a) Groundwater <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>use permit applications are not complete until the applicant has supplied:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>(1) a water well record as required by section 
<statute_ref>103I.205</statute_ref>, subdivision 9, information <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>on the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>that will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>locate the site of the production well;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>requested;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>commonly specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>for the proposed use;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>(4) an inventory of existing wells within 1-1/2 miles of the proposed production well <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>or within the area of influence, as determined by the commissioner. The inventory must <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>include information on well locations, depths, geologic formations, depth of the pump or <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>intake, pumping and nonpumping water levels, and details of well construction; and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>(5) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved by <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>the commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>in the application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>wells and surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>for all costs related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>surface water monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>the aquifer test.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>(b) The commissioner may waive an application requirement in this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>if the information provided with the application is adequate to determine whether the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>proposed appropriation and use of water is sustainable and will protect ecosystems, water <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Relationship to surface water resources.</b> Groundwater appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>that have potential impacts to surface waters are subject to applicable provisions in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>section 
<statute_ref>103G.285</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Protection of groundwater supplies.</b> The commissioner may establish <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>water appropriation limits to protect groundwater resources. When establishing water <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>appropriation limits to protect groundwater resources, the commissioner must consider <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>the sustainability of the groundwater resource, including the current and projected water <br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>levels, water quality, whether the use protects ecosystems, and the ability of future <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>generations to meet their own needs.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Groundwater management areas.</b> The commissioner may designate <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses within <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>a designated area to ensure sustainable use of groundwater that protects ecosystems, water <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>and uses within a designated management area must be consistent with a plan approved by <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>the commissioner that addresses water conservation requirements and water allocation <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>priorities established in section 
<statute_ref>103G.261</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Interference with other wells.</b> The commissioner may issue water use <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>permits for appropriation from groundwater only if the commissioner determines that the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>groundwater use is sustainable to supply the needs of future generations and the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>use will not harm ecosystems, degrade water, or reduce water levels beyond the reach <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>of public water supply and private domestic wells constructed according to Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>Rules, chapter 4725.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.51.0"></a><a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Filing application.</b> (a) An application for a permit must be filed with the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>commissioner and if the proposed activity for which the permit is requested is within a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>municipality, or is within or affects a watershed district or a soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>district, a copy of the application with maps, plans, and specifications must be served on <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>the mayor of the municipality, the secretary of the board of managers of the watershed <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>district, and the secretary of the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>district.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>(b) If the application is required to be served on a local governmental unit under <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>this subdivision, proof of service must be included with the application and filed with <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.52.0"></a><a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.305, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exception.</b> The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to applications <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>for a water use permit for:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>(1) appropriations from waters of the state for irrigation, under section 
<statute_ref>103G.295</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>(2) appropriations for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>gallons per day average in a 30-day period; or<br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>(3) (2) appropriations with a consumptive use of more than 2,000,000 gallons per <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>day average for a 30-day period.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.53.0"></a><a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.315, subdivision 11, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Limitations on permits.</b> (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>law, a permit issued by the commissioner under this chapter is subject to:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>(1) cancellation by the commissioner at any time if necessary to protect the public <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>interests;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>(2) further conditions on the term of the permit or its cancellation as the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>commissioner may prescribe and amend and reissue the permit; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>(3) applicable law existing before or after the issuance of the permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>(b) Permits issued to irrigate agricultural land under section 
<statute_ref>103G.295</statute_ref>, or considered <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>issued, are subject to this subdivision and are subject to cancellation by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>upon the recommendation of the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>where the land to be irrigated is located.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.54.0"></a><a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Removal of hazardous dams.</b> Notwithstanding any provision of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>this section or of section 
         <statute_ref>103G.511</statute_ref> relating to cost sharing or apportionment, the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>commissioner, within the limits of legislative appropriation, may assume or pay the entire <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>cost of removal of a privately or publicly owned dam upon determining removal provides <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>the lowest cost solution and:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>(1) that continued existence of the structure presents a significant public safety <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>hazard, or prevents restoration of an important fisheries resource,; or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>(2) that public or private property is being damaged due to partial failure of the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>structure, and that an attempt to assess costs of removal against the private or public <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>owner would be of no avail.  <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.55.0"></a><a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    Sec. 55. <b>[103G.651] REMOVING SUNKEN LOGS FROM PUBLIC WATERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>The commissioner of natural resources must not issue leases to remove sunken logs <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>or issue permits for the removal of sunken logs from public waters.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.56.0"></a><a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115.55, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Subsurface sewage treatment systems implementation and </b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var><b>enforcement task force.</b> (a) By September 1, 2010, the agency shall appoint a subsurface <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>sewage treatment systems implementation and enforcement task force in collaboration <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>with the Association of Minnesota Counties, Minnesota Association of Realtors, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>Minnesota Association of County Planning and Zoning Administrators, and the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>Onsite Wastewater Association. The agency shall work in collaboration with the task <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>force to develop effective and timely implementation and enforcement methods in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>rapidly reduce the number of subsurface sewage treatment systems that are an imminent <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>threat to public health or safety and effectively enforce all violations of the subsurface <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>sewage treatment system rules. The agency shall meet at least three times per year with <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>the task force to address implementation and enforcement issues. The meetings shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>scheduled so that they do not interfere with the construction season.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>(b) The agency, in collaboration with the task force and in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>attorney general, county attorneys, and county planning and zoning staff, shall develop, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>periodically update, and provide to counties enforcement protocols and a checklist that <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>county inspectors, field staff, and others may use when inspecting subsurface sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>treatment systems and enforcing subsurface sewage treatment system rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.57.0"></a><a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Rules and standards.</b> Pursuant and subject to the provisions of chapter 14, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>and the provisions hereof, the Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend and rescind <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>rules and standards having the force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>of Laws 1967, chapter 882, for the prevention, abatement, or control of air pollution. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>Any such rule or standard may be of general application throughout the state, or may be <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>limited as to times, places, circumstances, or conditions in order to make due allowance <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>for variations therein. Without limitation, rules or standards may relate to sources or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>emissions of air contamination or air pollution, to the quality or composition of such <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>emissions, or to the quality of or composition of the ambient air or outdoor atmosphere or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>to any other matter relevant to the prevention, abatement, or control of air pollution.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>    Pursuant and subject to the provisions of chapter 14, and the provisions hereof, the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend, and rescind rules and standards having <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>the force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions of Laws 1969, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>1046, for the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and disposal of solid waste <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>and the prevention, abatement, or control of water, air, and land pollution which may be <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>related thereto, and the deposit in or on land of any other material that may tend to cause <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>pollution. The agency shall adopt such rules and standards for sewage sludge, addressing <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>the intrinsic suitability of land, the volume and rate of application of sewage sludge of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>various degrees of intrinsic hazard, design of facilities, and operation of facilities and sites. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>Any such rule or standard may be of general application throughout the state or may be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>limited as to times, places, circumstances, or conditions in order to make due allowance <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>for variations therein. Without limitation, rules or standards may relate to collection, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>transportation, processing, disposal, equipment, location, procedures, methods, systems <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>or techniques or to any other matter relevant to the prevention, abatement or control of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>water, air, and land pollution which may be advised through the control of collection, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>transportation, processing, and disposal of solid waste and sewage sludge, and the deposit <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>in or on land of any other material that may tend to cause pollution. By January 1, 1983, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>the rules for the management of sewage sludge shall include an analysis of the sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>sludge determined by the commissioner of agriculture to be necessary to meet the soil <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>amendment labeling requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>18C.215</statute_ref>. The rules for the disposal of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>solid waste shall include site-specific criteria to prohibit solid waste disposal based on <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>the area's sensitivity to groundwater contamination, including site-specific testing. The <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>rules shall provide criteria to prohibit locating landfills based on a site's sensitivity to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>groundwater contamination. Sensitivity to groundwater contamination is based on the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>predicted minimum time of travel of groundwater contaminants from the solid waste to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>the compliance boundary. The rules shall prohibit landfills in areas where karst is likely <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>to develop. The rules shall specify testable or otherwise objective thresholds for these <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>criteria. The rules shall also include modifications to financial assurance requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>under subdivision 4h that ensure the state is protected from financial responsibility for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>future groundwater contamination. The financial assurance and siting modifications to the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>rules specified in this act do not apply to solid waste facilities initially permitted before <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>January 1, 2011, including future contiguous expansions and noncontiguous expansions <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>within 600 yards of a permitted boundary. The rule modification shall not affect solid <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>waste disposal facilities that accept only construction and demolition debris and incidental <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>nonrecyclable packaging, and facilities that accept only industrial waste that is limited <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>to wood, concrete, porcelain fixtures, shingles, or window glass resulting from the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>manufacture of construction materials. The rule amendment shall not require new siting or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>financial assurance requirements for permit by rule solid waste disposal facilities. Until <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>the rules are modified to include site-specific criteria to prohibit areas from solid waste <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>disposal due to groundwater contamination sensitivity, as required under this section, the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>agency shall not issue a permit for a new solid waste disposal facility, except for:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>    (1) the reissuance of a permit for a land disposal facility operating as of March <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>1, 2008;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>    (2) a permit to expand a land disposal facility operating as of March 1, 2008, beyond <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>its permitted boundaries, including expansion on land that is not contiguous to, but is <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>located within 600 yards of, the land disposal facility's permitted boundaries;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>    (3) a permit to modify the type of waste accepted at a land disposal facility operating <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>as of March 1, 2008;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>    (4) a permit to locate a disposal facility that accepts only construction debris as <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115A.03, subdivision 7</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>    (5) a permit to locate a disposal facility that: <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>    (i) accepts boiler ash from an electric energy power plant that has wet scrubbed units <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>or has units that have been converted from wet scrubbed units to dry scrubbed units as <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>those terms are defined in section 
         <statute_ref>216B.68</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>    (ii) is on land that was owned on May 1, 2008, by the utility operating the electric <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>energy power plant; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>    (iii) is located within three miles of the existing ash disposal facility for the power <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>plant; or<br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>    (6) a permit to locate a new solid waste disposal facility for ferrous metallic minerals <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>regulated under Minnesota Rules, chapter 6130, or for nonferrous metallic minerals <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>regulated under Minnesota Rules, chapter 6132.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>    Pursuant and subject to the provisions of chapter 14, and the provisions hereof, the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend and rescind rules and standards having the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions of Laws 1971, chapter 727, for <br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>the prevention, abatement, or control of noise pollution. Any such rule or standard may <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>be of general application throughout the state, or may be limited as to times, places, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>circumstances or conditions in order to make due allowances for variations therein. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>Without limitation, rules or standards may relate to sources or emissions of noise or noise <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>pollution, to the quality or composition of noises in the natural environment, or to any <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>other matter relevant to the prevention, abatement, or control of noise pollution.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>    As to any matters subject to this chapter, local units of government may set emission <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>regulations with respect to stationary sources which are more stringent than those set <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>by the Pollution Control Agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>    Pursuant to chapter 14, the Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend, and rescind <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>rules and standards having the force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>this chapter for generators of hazardous waste, the management, identification, labeling, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>classification, storage, collection, treatment, transportation, processing, and disposal <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>of hazardous waste and the location of hazardous waste facilities. A rule or standard <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>may be of general application throughout the state or may be limited as to time, places, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>circumstances, or conditions. In implementing its hazardous waste rules, the Pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>Control Agency shall give high priority to providing planning and technical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>to hazardous waste generators. The agency shall assist generators in investigating the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>availability and feasibility of both interim and long-term hazardous waste management <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>methods. The methods shall include waste reduction, waste separation, waste processing, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>resource recovery, and temporary storage.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>    The Pollution Control Agency shall give highest priority in the consideration of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>permits to authorize disposal of diseased shade trees by open burning at designated sites to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>evidence concerning economic costs of transportation and disposal of diseased shade trees <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>by alternative methods.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.58.0"></a><a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.07, subdivision 4h, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>    Subd. 4h. <b>Financial responsibility rules.</b> (a) The agency shall adopt rules requiring <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>the operator or owner of a solid waste disposal facility to submit to the agency proof of the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>operator's or owner's financial capability to provide reasonable and necessary response <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>during the operating life of the facility and for a minimum of 30 years after closure for a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility or for a minimum of 20 years after closure, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>as determined by agency rules, for any other solid waste disposal facility, and to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>for the closure of the facility and postclosure care required under agency rules. Proof of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>financial responsibility is required of the operator or owner of a facility receiving an <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>original permit or a permit for expansion after adoption of the rules. Within 180 days of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>the effective date of the rules or by July 1, 1987, whichever is later, proof of financial <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>responsibility is required of an operator or owner of a facility with a remaining capacity of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>more than five years or 500,000 cubic yards that is in operation at the time the rules are <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>adopted. Compliance with the rules and the requirements of paragraph (b) is a condition <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>of obtaining or retaining a permit to operate the facility.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(b) A municipality, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>475.51, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, including a sanitary <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>district, that owns or operates a solid waste disposal facility that was in operation on May <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>15, 1989, may meet its financial responsibility for all or a portion of the contingency <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>action portion of the reasonable and necessary response costs at the facility by pledging its <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>full faith and credit to meet its responsibility. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>The pledge must be made in accordance with the requirements in chapter 475 for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>issuing bonds of the municipality, and the following additional requirements:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>(1) The governing body of the municipality shall enact an ordinance that clearly <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>accepts responsibility for the costs of contingency action at the facility and that reserves, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>during the operating life of the facility and for the time period required in paragraph (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>after closure, a portion of the debt limit of the municipality, as established under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>475.53
         </statute_ref> or other law, that is equal to the total contingency action costs. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(2) The municipality shall require that all collectors that haul to the facility <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>implement a plan for reducing solid waste by using volume-based pricing, recycling <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>incentives, or other means.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>(3) When a municipality opts to meet a portion of its financial responsibility by <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>relying on its authority to issue bonds, it shall also begin setting aside in a dedicated <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>long-term care trust fund money that will cover a portion of the potential contingency <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>action costs at the facility, the amount to be determined by the agency for each facility <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>based on at least the amount of waste deposited in the disposal facility each year, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>likelihood and potential timing of conditions arising at the facility that will necessitate <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>response action. The agency may not require a municipality to set aside more than five <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>percent of the total cost in a single year.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>(4) A municipality shall have and consistently maintain an investment grade bond <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>rating as a condition of using bonding authority to meet financial responsibility under <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>(5) The municipality shall file with the commissioner of revenue its consent to have <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>the amount of its contingency action costs deducted from state aid payments otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>due the municipality and paid instead to the remediation fund created in section 
         <statute_ref>116.155</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>if the municipality fails to conduct the contingency action at the facility when ordered <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>by the agency. If the agency notifies the commissioner that the municipality has failed to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>conduct contingency action when ordered by the agency, the commissioner shall deduct <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>the amounts indicated by the agency from the state aids in accordance with the consent <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>filed with the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>(6) The municipality shall file with the agency written proof that it has complied <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>with the requirements of paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>(c) The method for proving financial responsibility under paragraph (b) may not be <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>applied to a new solid waste disposal facility or to expansion of an existing facility, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>the expansion is a vertical expansion. Vertical expansions of qualifying existing facilities <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>cannot be permitted for a duration of longer than three years.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>(d) The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of management and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>budget for guidance on the forms of financial assurance that are acceptable for private <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>owners and public owners, and in carrying out a periodic review of the adequacy of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>financial assurance for solid waste disposal facilities. Financial assurance rules shall <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>allow financial mechanisms to public owners of solid waste disposal facilities that are <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>appropriate to their status as subdivisions of the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.59.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>When prepared.</b> Where there is potential for significant environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall be preceded by a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>The environmental impact statement shall be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>document which describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>environmental impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>their impacts, and explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>action could be mitigated. The environmental impact statement shall also analyze those <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>economic, employment and sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>be implemented. To ensure its use in the decision-making process, the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>impact statement shall be prepared as early as practical in the formulation of an action. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>No mandatory environmental impact statement may be required for an ethanol plant, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.09, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), that produces less than <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>125,000,000 gallons of ethanol annually and is located outside of the seven-county <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>metropolitan area. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>(a) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall be prepared <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>(b) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>completion of an environmental assessment worksheet in a manner to be determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>the board and shall provide copies of the environmental assessment worksheet to the board <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>and its member agencies. Comments on the need for an environmental impact statement <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>may be submitted to the responsible governmental unit during a 30 day period following <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>publication of the notice that an environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>The responsible governmental unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>statement shall be based on the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>received during the comment period, and shall be made within 15 days after the close of <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>the comment period. The board's chair may extend the 15 day period by not more than 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>additional days upon the request of the responsible governmental unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>(c) An environmental assessment worksheet shall also be prepared for a proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 25 <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>individuals, submitted before the proposed project has received final approval by the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>appropriate governmental units, demonstrates that, because of the nature or location of a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.36"></a><var>37.36</var>proposed action, there may be potential for significant environmental effects. Petitions <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>requesting the preparation of an environmental assessment worksheet shall be submitted to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>the board. The chair of the board shall determine the appropriate responsible governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>unit and forward the petition to it. A decision on the need for an environmental assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>worksheet shall be made by the responsible governmental unit within 15 days after the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>petition is received by the responsible governmental unit. The board's chair may extend <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>the 15 day period by not more than 15 additional days upon request of the responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>governmental unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>(d) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>(1) the proposed action is:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or<br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>capacity of less than 1,000 animal units;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment by <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>the proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>Control Agency feedlot rules; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>days prior to the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>animal feedlot facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held with <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is in <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>addition to other exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>(e) The board may, prior to final approval of a proposed project, require preparation <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>of an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental unit selected <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>by the board for any action where environmental review under this section has not been <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>specifically provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>(f) An early and open process shall be utilized to limit the scope of the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>impact statement to a discussion of those impacts, which, because of the nature or location <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects. The same process <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>shall be utilized to determine the form, content and level of detail of the statement as well <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>as the alternatives which are appropriate for consideration in the statement. In addition, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>the permits which will be required for the proposed action shall be identified during the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>scoping process. Further, the process shall identify those permits for which information <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement. The board <br/>
<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>determinations reached in the process shall be incorporated into the order requiring the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>preparation of an environmental impact statement.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>(g) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>duplication and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>and between environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>information needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits or <br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>other actions required for a proposed project shall be developed in conjunction with the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>preparation of an environmental impact statement.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>(h) An environmental impact statement shall be prepared and its adequacy <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>determined within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>consent of the parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>unit shall determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>days after notice is published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>the board chooses to determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>environmental impact statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>unit shall have 60 days to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.60.0"></a><a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>    Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116D.04, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Customized environmental assessment worksheet forms; electronic </b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var><b>submission.</b> (a) The commissioners of natural resources and the Pollution Control <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>Agency and the board shall periodically review mandatory environmental assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>worksheet categories under rules adopted under this section, and other project types that <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>are frequently subject to environmental review, and develop customized environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>assessment worksheet forms for the category or project type. The forms must include <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>specific questions that focus on key environmental issues for the category or project type. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>In assessing categories and project types and developing forms, the board shall seek <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>the input of governmental units that are frequently responsible for the preparation of a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>worksheet for the particular category or project type. The commissioners and the board <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>shall also seek input from the general public on the development of customized forms. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>The commissioners and board shall make the customized forms available online.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>(b) The commissioners of natural resources and the Pollution Control Agency shall <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>allow for the electronic submission of environmental assessment worksheets and permits.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.61.0"></a><a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.431, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var><b>290.431 NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>Every individual who files an income tax return or property tax refund claim form <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>may designate on their original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>from the refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual and paid into an <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>account to be established for the management of nongame wildlife. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>of revenue shall, on the income tax return and the property tax refund claim form, notify <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax or refund shall be paid into <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>the nongame wildlife management account. The sum of the amounts so designated to <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>be paid shall be credited to the nongame wildlife management account for use by the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>nongame program of the section of wildlife in the Department of Natural Resources. All <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife management account shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>credited to the account by the commissioner of management and budget, except that <br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of natural resources and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects or geographic <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>areas shall be handled according to section 
         <statute_ref>84.085, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year and semiannual <br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>progress reports to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources in the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>form determined by the commission. None of the money provided in this section may be <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>expended unless the commission has approved the work program. <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>The state pledges and agrees with all contributors to the nongame wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>management account to use the funds contributed solely for the management of nongame <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>wildlife projects and further agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>resources to use the available funds for the most efficient and effective management of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>nongame wildlife. The commissioner may use funds appropriated for nongame wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>programs for the purpose of developing, preserving, restoring, and maintaining wintering <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>habitat for neotropical migrant birds in Latin America and the Caribbean under agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>or contract with any nonprofit organization dedicated to the construction, maintenance, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>repair of such projects that are acceptable to the governmental agency having jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>over the land and water affected by the projects. Under this authority, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>may execute agreements and contracts if the commissioner determines that the use of the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>funds will benefit neotropical migrant birds that breed in or migrate through the state.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.62.0"></a><a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>    Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.432, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var><b>290.432 CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>A corporation that files an income tax return may designate on its original return that <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>$1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>payable by or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife management account <br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>established by section 
         <statute_ref>290.431</statute_ref> for use by the section of wildlife in the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>Natural Resources for its nongame wildlife program. The commissioner of revenue shall, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>on the corporate tax return, notify filers of their right to designate that a portion of their <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>tax return be paid into the nongame wildlife management account for the protection of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>endangered natural resources. All interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>contributions to the program, and reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>management account shall be credited to the account by the commissioner of management <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>and budget, except that gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>natural resources and directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects <br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>or geographic areas shall be handled according to section 
         <statute_ref>84.085, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>commissioner of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources in the form determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>the commission. None of the money provided in this section may be spent unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>commission has approved the work program. <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>The state pledges and agrees with all corporate contributors to the nongame wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>account to use the funds contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or restrictions that will limit or <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>funds for the most efficient and effective management of those programs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.63.0"></a><a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>    Sec. 63. Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended by Laws 2007, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>chapter 148, article 2, section 73, and Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 59, is <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>    Sec. 45. <b>SALE OF STATE LAND.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>State land sales.</b> The commissioner of administration shall <br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>coordinate with the head of each department or agency having control of state-owned land <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>to identify and sell at least $6,440,000 of state-owned land. Sales should be completed <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>according to law and as provided in this section as soon as practicable but no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>June 30, 2011 2012. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>16B.281</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>16B.282</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>94.09
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>94.10</statute_ref>, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may offer land <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>for public sale by only providing notice of lands or an offer of sale of lands to state <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>departments or agencies, the University of Minnesota, cities, counties, towns, school <br/>
<a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var>districts, or other public entities.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Anticipated savings.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>94.16, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, or other law to the contrary, the amount of the proceeds from the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>sale of land under this section that exceeds the actual expenses of selling the land must <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>be deposited in the general fund, except as otherwise provided by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>finance. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.11</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>16B.283</statute_ref>, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>of finance may establish the timing of payments for land purchased under this section. If <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>the total of all money deposited into the general fund from the proceeds of the sale of land <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>under this section is anticipated to be less than $6,440,000, the governor must allocate the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>amount of the difference as reductions to general fund operating expenditures for other <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>executive agencies for the biennium ending June 30, 2011 2012.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Sale of state lands revolving loan fund.</b> $290,000 is appropriated from <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>the general fund in fiscal year 2006 to the commissioner of administration for purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>of paying the actual expenses of selling state-owned lands to achieve the anticipated <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>savings required in this section. From the gross proceeds of land sales under this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>the commissioner of administration must cancel the amount of the appropriation in this <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>subdivision to the general fund by June 30, 2011 2012.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.64.0"></a><a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>    Sec. 64. <b>DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LONG-RANGE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var><b>BUDGET ANALYSIS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>(a) The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>of management and budget, shall estimate the total amount of funding available from all <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>sources for each of the following land management categories: wildlife management <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>areas; state forests; scientific and natural areas; aquatic management areas; public water <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>access sites; and prairie bank easements. The commissioner of natural resources shall <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>prepare a ten-year budget analysis of the department's ongoing land management needs, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>including restoration of each parcel needing restoration. The analysis shall include:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>(1) an analysis of the needs of wildlife management areas, including identification of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for activities such as controlled <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>burns, tree and woody biomass removal, and brushland management;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>(2) an analysis of state forest needs, including identification of internal systemwide <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>guidelines on the proper frequency for forest management activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>(3) an analysis of scientific and natural area needs, including identification of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for management activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>(4) an analysis of aquatic management area needs, including identification of internal <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for management activities; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>(5) an analysis of the needs of the state's public water access sites, including <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>identification of internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for management <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>(b) The commissioner shall compare the estimate of the total amount of funding <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>available to the department's ongoing management needs to determine:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>(1) the amount necessary to manage, restore, and maintain existing wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>management areas, state forests, scientific and natural areas, aquatic management areas, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>public water access sites, and prairie bank easements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>(2) the amount necessary to expand upon the existing wildlife management areas, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>state forests, scientific and natural areas, aquatic management areas, public water access <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>sites, and prairie bank easement programs, including the feasibility of the department's <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>existing long-range plans, if applicable, for each program.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>(c) The commissioner of natural resources shall submit the analysis to the chairs of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over environment <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>and natural resources finance and cultural and outdoor resources finance by November <br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>15, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.65.0"></a><a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>    Sec. 65. <b>SOLID WASTE FACILITY FINANCIAL ASSURANCE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var><b>MECHANISMS; INPUT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>Within six months after the effective date of this section, and before publishing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>the rules required for groundwater sensitivity and financial assurance in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>Statutes, section 116.07, subdivision 4, the Pollution Control Agency shall consult with <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>experts and interested persons on financial assurance adequacy for solid waste facilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>including, but not limited to, staff from the Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>Management and Budget, local governments, private and public landfill operators, and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>environmental groups. The commissioner shall seek the input to determine the adequacy <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>of existing financial assurance rules to address environmental risks, the length of time <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>financial assurance is needed based on the threat to human health and the environment, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>the reliability of financial assurance in covering risks from land disposal of waste in <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>Minnesota and other states, and the role of private insurance.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.66.0"></a><a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>    Sec. 66. <b>SUBSURFACE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS ORDINANCE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var><b>ADOPTION DELAY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 2, a county has ten <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>months from the date final rule amendments to the February 4, 2008, subsurface sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>treatment system rules are adopted by the Pollution Control Agency to adopt an ordinance <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>to comply with the rules. A county must continue to enforce its current ordinance until a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>new ordinance has been adopted.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.67.0"></a><a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    Sec. 67. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>(a) $60,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the water recreation account in <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>the natural resources fund to the commissioner of natural resources to cooperate with local <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>units of government in marking state water trails under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.32; <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>acquiring and developing river accesses and campsites; and removing obstructions that <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>may cause public safety hazards. This is a onetime appropriation and available until spent.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>(b) $250,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>commissioner of natural resources to maintain and expand the ecological classification <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>system program on state forest lands.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.68.0"></a><a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>    Sec. 68. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "horse trail pass" to "horse pass" <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "canoe and boating routes" or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>similar term to "water trail routes" or similar term wherever it appears in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>Statutes and Minnesota Rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>(c) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "Minnesota Conservation Corps" <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>to "Conservation Corps Minnesota" wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>Minnesota Rules.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.69.0"></a><a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>    Sec. 69. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 90.172; 103G.295; and 103G.650, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 88.795, is repealed.<br/>