1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying aquaculture provisions; modifying 
1.3 	disposal restrictions for certain livestock taken by wild animals; modifying 
1.4 	provisions for taking, possessing, and transporting wild animals; modifying 
1.5 	requirements for fish and wildlife management plans; modifying game and fish 
1.6 	provisions; modifying game and fish license requirements and fees for youths; 
1.7 	increasing certain fishing license fees; modifying certain requirements for 
1.8 	invasive species control; modifying certain administrative accounts; modifying 
1.9 	electronic transaction provisions; providing for certain registration exemptions; 
1.10 	modifying all-terrain vehicle definitions; modifying all-terrain vehicle operation 
1.11 	restrictions; modifying state trails and canoe and boating routes; modifying 
1.12 	fees and disposition of certain receipts; modifying certain competitive bidding 
1.13 	exemptions; modifying horse trail pass provisions; modifying beaver dam 
1.14 	provisions; modifying the Water Law; modifying nongame wildlife check 
1.15 	offs; modifying method of determining value of acquired stream easements; 
1.16 	providing for certain historic property exemption; modifying adding to and 
1.17 	deleting from state parks and state forests; authorizing public and private 
1.18 	sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land; providing exemptions 
1.19 	from rulemaking and requiring rulemaking; providing criminal penalties; 
1.20 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 17.4982, 
1.21 	subdivision 12, by adding a subdivision; 17.4991, subdivision 3; 17.4994; 
1.22 	35.82, subdivision 2; 84.025, subdivision 9; 84.027, subdivision 15; 84.0272, 
1.23 	subdivision 2; 84.0856; 84.0857; 84.82, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 
1.24 	84.92, subdivisions 9, 10; 84.922, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 
1.25 	84.925, subdivision 1; 84.942, subdivision 1; 84D.03, subdivision 3; 84D.13, 
1.26 	subdivision 3; 85.012, subdivision 40; 85.015, subdivision 14; 85.22, subdivision 
1.27 	5; 85.32, subdivision 1; 85.43; 85.46, as amended; 86B.101; 89.032, subdivision 
1.28 	2; 97A.015, subdivision 52, by adding a subdivision; 97A.055, subdivision 
1.29 	4b; 97A.101, subdivision 3; 97A.145, subdivision 2; 97A.311, subdivision 5; 
1.30 	97A.331, by adding subdivisions; 97A.420, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, by adding 
1.31 	a subdivision; 97A.421, subdivision 4a, by adding a subdivision; 97A.433, by 
1.32 	adding a subdivision; 97A.435, subdivision 1; 97A.445, subdivision 5; 97A.451, 
1.33 	subdivision 3; 97A.475, subdivisions 3a, 4, 43, 44; 97A.535, subdivision 2a; 
1.34 	97A.545, subdivision 5; 97B.015; 97B.020; 97B.021, subdivision 1; 97B.022, 
1.35 	subdivision 2; 97B.031, subdivision 5; 97B.045, by adding a subdivision; 
1.36 	97B.075; 97B.106, subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 
1.37 	3, 6; 97B.325; 97B.405; 97B.515, by adding a subdivision; 97B.601, subdivision 
1.38 	4; 97B.665, subdivision 2; 97B.711, by adding a subdivision; 97B.803; 97C.005, 
1.39 	subdivision 3; 97C.087, subdivision 2; 97C.205; 97C.341; 103A.305; 103G.271, 
2.1 	subdivision 3; 103G.285, subdivision 5; 103G.301, subdivision 6; 103G.305, 
2.2 	subdivision 2; 103G.315, subdivision 11; 103G.515, subdivision 5; 290.431; 
2.3 	290.432; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 84.928, subdivision 1; 
2.4 	84.95, subdivision 2; 85.015, subdivision 13; 86A.09, subdivision 1; 97A.075, 
2.5 	subdivision 1; 97A.445, subdivision 1a; 97A.451, subdivision 2; 97A.475, 
2.6 	subdivisions 2, 3; 97B.055, subdivision 3; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 103G.201; 
2.7 	Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 34, as amended; Laws 2009, chapter 
2.8 	176, article 4, section 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.9 	chapters 17; 84D; 85; 97B; 97C; 103G; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
2.10 	sections 84.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 84.942, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 
2.11 	97A.435, subdivision 5; 97A.451, subdivisions 3a, 4; 97A.485, subdivision 12; 
2.12 	97B.022, subdivision 1; 97B.511; 97B.515, subdivision 3; 97B.665, subdivision 
2.13 	1; 97C.346; 103G.295; 103G.650; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, 
2.14 	sections 3.3006; 84.02, subdivisions 4a, 6a, 6b; Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
2.15 	5, section 8.
2.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.17 	ARTICLE 1
2.18 	GAME AND FISH

2.19 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4982, is amended by adding a 
2.20 	subdivision to read:
2.21 		Subd. 10a.Fish collector. "Fish collector" means an individual who has been 
2.22 	certified under section 17.4989 to oversee the collection of fish samples from a facility or 
2.23 	a water body for disease testing by a certified laboratory.

2.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4982, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
2.25 		Subd. 12.Fish health inspection. (a) "Fish health inspection" means an on-site, 
2.26 	statistically based sampling, collection, and testing of fish in accordance with processes 
2.27 	in the Fish Health Blue Book for all lots of fish in a facility or the Diagnostic Manual 
2.28 	for Aquatic Animal Diseases, published by the International Office of Epizootics (OIE) 
2.29 	to test for causative pathogens. The samples for inspection must be collected by a fish 
2.30 	health inspector or a fish collector in cooperation with the producer. Testing of samples 
2.31 	must be done by an approved laboratory.
2.32 	(b) The inspection for viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), infectious pancreatic 
2.33 	necrosis (IPN), and infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in salmonids and for VHS in 
2.34 	nonsalmonids must include at least a minimum viral testing of ovarian fluids at the 95 
2.35 	percent confidence level of detecting two percent incidence of disease (ovarian fluids must 
2.36 	be sampled for certification of viral hemorrhagic septicemia and infectious hematopoietic 
2.37 	necrosis). Bacterial diseases must be sampled at the 95 percent confidence level with a 
2.38 	five percent incidence of disease. The inspection must be performed by a fish health 
3.1 	inspector in cooperation with the producer with subsequent examination of the collected 
3.2 	tissues and fluids for the detection of certifiable diseases.
3.3 	(c) The inspection for certifiable diseases for wild fish must follow the guidelines of 
3.4 	the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases.

3.5 	Sec. 3. [17.4989] FISH SAMPLE COLLECTING.
3.6 		Subdivision 1.Training. Fish collector training may be offered by any organization 
3.7 	or agency that has had its class and practicum syllabus approved by the commissioner. 
3.8 	The class and practicum must include the following components:
3.9 	(1) accurate identification of licensed water bodies listed according to section 
3.10 	17.4984 and ensuring that collection is taking place at the correct site;
3.11 	(2) identification of fish internal organs;
3.12 	(3) fish dissection and sample preparation as identified by the Department of Natural 
3.13 	Resources based on specific testing requirements or as outlined in the Fish Health 
3.14 	Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases, published by the 
3.15 	International Office of Epizootics (OIE);
3.16 	(4) recording and reporting data;
3.17 	(5) sample preparation and shipping;
3.18 	(6) a field collection site test to demonstrate mastery of the necessary skills, overseen 
3.19 	by a certified fish health inspector; and
3.20 	(7) a certificate of successful completion signed by a certified fish health inspector 
3.21 	on a form provided by the commissioner.
3.22 		Subd. 2.Certification time period. Fish collector certification is valid for five years 
3.23 	and is not transferable. A person may renew certification only by successfully completing 
3.24 	certification training. Certification shall be revoked if the certified person is convicted 
3.25 	of violating any of the statutes or rules governing testing for aquatic species diseases. 
3.26 	Certification may be suspended during an investigation associated with misconduct or 
3.27 	violations of fish health testing and collection. The commissioner shall notify the person 
3.28 	that certification is being revoked or suspended.
3.29 		Subd. 3.Conflict of interest. A fish collector may not oversee the collection of fish 
3.30 	from a facility or a water body when the collector has a conflict of interest in connection 
3.31 	with the outcome of the testing.

3.32 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4991, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.33 		Subd. 3.Fish health inspection. (a) An aquatic farm propagating trout, salmon,
3.34 	salmonids or catfish and having an effluent discharge from the aquatic farm into public 
4.1 	waters must have a fish health inspection conducted at least once every 12 months by a 
4.2 	certified fish health inspector. Testing must be conducted according to approved the Fish 
4.3 	Health Blue Book laboratory methods.
4.4 	(b) An aquatic farm propagating any species on the viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
4.5 	(VHS) susceptible list and having an effluent discharge from the aquatic farm into public 
4.6 	waters must test for VHS virus using the guidelines of the Fish Health Blue Book or the 
4.7 	Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases, published by the International Office of 
4.8 	Epizootics (OIE). The commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, 
4.9 	prescribe alternative testing time periods and methods from those prescribed in the Fish 
4.10 	Health Blue Book or the OIE Diagnostic Manual if the commissioner determines that 
4.11 	biosecurity measures will not be compromised. These alternatives are not subject to the 
4.12 	rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The commissioner 
4.13 	must provide reasonable notice to affected parties of any changes in testing requirements.
4.14 	(c) Results of fish health inspections must be provided to the commissioner for all 
4.15 	fish that remain in the state. All data used to prepare and issue a fish health certificate must 
4.16 	be maintained for three years by the issuing fish health inspector, approved laboratory, or 
4.17 	accredited veterinarian.
4.18 	(d) A health inspection fee must be charged based on each lot of fish sampled. The 
4.19 	fee by check or money order payable to the Department of Natural Resources must be 
4.20 	prepaid or paid at the time a bill or notice is received from the commissioner that the 
4.21 	inspection and processing of samples is completed.
4.22 	(c) (e) Upon receipt of payment and completion of inspection, the commissioner 
4.23 	shall notify the operator and issue a fish health certificate. The certification must be made 
4.24 	according to the Fish Health Blue Book by a person certified as a fish health inspector.
4.25 	(d) (f) All aquatic life in transit or held at transfer stations within the state may 
4.26 	be inspected by the commissioner. This inspection may include the collection of stock 
4.27 	for purposes of pathological analysis. Sample size necessary for analysis will follow 
4.28 	guidelines listed in the Fish Health Blue Book.
4.29 	(e) (g) Salmonids and catfish must have a fish health inspection before being 
4.30 	transported from a containment facility, unless the fish are being transported directly to 
4.31 	an outlet for processing or other food purposes or unless the commissioner determines 
4.32 	that an inspection is not needed. A fish health inspection conducted for this purpose need 
4.33 	only be done on the lot or lots of fish that will be transported. The commissioner must 
4.34 	conduct a fish health inspection requested for this purpose within five working days of 
4.35 	receiving written notice. Salmonids and catfish may be immediately transported from a 
5.1 	containment facility to another containment facility once a sample has been obtained for a 
5.2 	health inspection or once the five-day notice period has expired.

5.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 17.4994, is amended to read:
5.4 	17.4994 SUCKER EGGS.
5.5 	Sucker eggs may be taken from public waters with a sucker egg license endorsement, 
5.6 	which authorizes sucker eggs to be taken at a rate of one quart of eggs for each 1-1/2 acres 
5.7 	of licensed surface waters except that for intensive culture systems, sucker eggs may be 
5.8 	taken at a rate of two quarts per 1,000 muskellunge fry being reared for the fee prescribed 
5.9 	in section 97A.475, subdivision 29. The Taking of sucker eggs from public waters is 
5.10 	subject to chapter 97C and may be supervised by the commissioner. The commissioner 
5.11 	may limit the amount of sucker eggs that a person with a sucker egg license endorsement 
5.12 	may take based on the number of sucker eggs taken historically by the licensee, new 
5.13 	requests for eggs, and the condition of the spawning runs at those historical streams and 
5.14 	rivers that have produced previous annual quotas.

5.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 35.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.16 		Subd. 2.Disposition of carcasses. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 1b and 
5.17 	paragraph paragraphs (d) and (f), every person owning or controlling any domestic animal 
5.18 	that has died or been killed otherwise than by being slaughtered for human or animal 
5.19 	consumption, shall as soon as reasonably possible bury the carcass at a depth adequate to 
5.20 	prevent scavenging by other animals in the ground or thoroughly burn it or dispose of it 
5.21 	by another method approved by the board as being effective for the protection of public 
5.22 	health and the control of livestock diseases. The board, through its executive director, 
5.23 	may issue permits to owners of rendering plants located in Minnesota which are operated 
5.24 	and conducted as required by law, to transport carcasses of domestic animals and fowl 
5.25 	that have died, or have been killed otherwise than by being slaughtered for human or 
5.26 	animal consumption, over the public highways to their plants for rendering purposes in 
5.27 	accordance with the rules adopted by the board relative to transportation, rendering, and 
5.28 	other provisions the board considers necessary to prevent the spread of disease. The board 
5.29 	may issue permits to owners of rendering plants located in an adjacent state with which a 
5.30 	reciprocal agreement is in effect under subdivision 3.
5.31 	(b) Carcasses collected by rendering plants under permit may be used for pet food or 
5.32 	mink food if the owner or operator meets the requirements of subdivision 1b.
5.33 	(c) An authorized employee or agent of the board may enter private or public 
5.34 	property and inspect the carcass of any domestic animal that has died or has been killed 
6.1 	other than by being slaughtered for human or animal consumption. Failure to dispose of 
6.2 	the carcass of any domestic animal within the period specified by this subdivision is 
6.3 	a public nuisance. The board may petition the district court of the county in which a 
6.4 	carcass is located for a writ requiring the abatement of the public nuisance. A civil action 
6.5 	commenced under this paragraph does not preclude a criminal prosecution under this 
6.6 	section. No person may sell, offer to sell, give away, or convey along a public road or on 
6.7 	land the person does not own, the carcass of a domestic animal when the animal died or 
6.8 	was killed other than by being slaughtered for human or animal consumption unless it is 
6.9 	done with a special permit pursuant to this section. The carcass or parts of a domestic 
6.10 	animal that has died or has been killed other than by being slaughtered for human or animal 
6.11 	consumption may be transported along a public road for a medical or scientific purpose 
6.12 	if the carcass is enclosed in a leakproof container to prevent spillage or the dripping of 
6.13 	liquid waste. The board may adopt rules relative to the transportation of the carcass of any 
6.14 	domestic animal for a medical or scientific purpose. A carcass on a public thoroughfare 
6.15 	may be transported for burial or other disposition in accordance with this section.
6.16 	No person who owns or controls diseased animals shall negligently or willfully 
6.17 	permit them to escape from that control or to run at large.
6.18 	(d) A sheep producer may compost sheep carcasses owned by the producer on 
6.19 	the producer's land without a permit and is exempt from compost facility specifications 
6.20 	contained in rules of the board.
6.21 	(e) The board shall develop best management practices for dead animal disposal 
6.22 	and the Pollution Control Agency feedlot program shall distribute them to livestock 
6.23 	producers in the state.
6.24 	(f) Paragraph (a) does not apply to livestock killed by wild animals or domestic dogs 
6.25 	and the carcass is out-of-sight of the public, and will be used to attract the offending 
6.26 	predators back to the kill site.

6.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.942, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.28 		Subdivision 1.Preparation. The commissioner of natural resources shall prepare 
6.29 	a comprehensive fish and wildlife management plan plans designed to accomplish the 
6.30 	policy of section 84.941. The comprehensive fish and wildlife management plan shall 
6.31 	include a strategic plan as outlined in subdivision 2. The strategic plan must be completed 
6.32 	by July 1, 1986. The management plan must also include the long-range and operational 
6.33 	plans as described in subdivisions 3 and 4. The management plan must be completed by 
6.34 	July 1, 1988.

7.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.95, subdivision 2, is amended 
7.2 	to read:
7.3 		Subd. 2.Purposes and expenditures. Money from the reinvest in Minnesota 
7.4 	resources fund may only be spent for the following fish and wildlife conservation 
7.5 	enhancement purposes:
7.6 	(1) development and implementation of the comprehensive fish and wildlife 
7.7 	management plan plans under section 84.942; 
7.8 	(2) implementation of the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program established by 
7.9 	section 103F.515; 
7.10 	(3) soil and water conservation practices to improve water quality, reduce soil 
7.11 	erosion and crop surpluses;
7.12 	(4) enhancement or restoration of fish and wildlife habitat on lakes, streams, 
7.13 	wetlands, and public and private forest lands;
7.14 	(5) acquisition and development of public access sites and recreation easements to 
7.15 	lakes, streams, and rivers for fish and wildlife oriented recreation;
7.16 	(6) matching funds with government agencies, federally recognized Indian tribes and 
7.17 	bands, and the private sector for acquisition and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat;
7.18 	(7) research and surveys of fish and wildlife species and habitat;
7.19 	(8) enforcement of natural resource laws and rules;
7.20 	(9) information and education;
7.21 	(10) implementing the aspen recycling program under section 88.80 and for other 
7.22 	forest wildlife management projects; and 
7.23 	(11) necessary support services to carry out these purposes.

7.24 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7.25 		Subd. 3.Bait harvest from infested waters. (a) The Taking of wild animals from 
7.26 	infested waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited, except as provided in 
7.27 	paragraph (b).
7.28 	(b) In waters that are designated as infested waters, except those designated because 
7.29 	they contain prohibited invasive species of fish, the taking of wild animals may be 
7.30 	permitted for:
7.31 	(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes according 
7.32 	to a permit issued under section 84D.11, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and  
7.33 	(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian 
7.34 	water milfoil, when the infested waters are designated solely because they contain 
8.1 	Eurasian water milfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow 
8.2 	traps not exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length.
8.3 	(c) Nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for minnow harvest in an 
8.4 	infested water that is designated because it contains invasive fish, invasive invertebrates, 
8.5 	or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, may not be used in any other waters.

8.6 	Sec. 10. [84D.105] COMMERCIAL DOCK AND BOAT LIFT INSTALLERS; 
8.7 	INVASIVE SPECIES TRAINING REQUIRED.
8.8 	An individual installing or removing docks or boat lifts for a fee on more than 
8.9 	one lake shall attend at least one hour of training during the previous 36 months on 
8.10 	the identification and methods to prevent the spread of invasive species, if a training 
8.11 	session is conducted within 50 miles of the individual's place of business and the cost 
8.12 	does not exceed $10. A person conducting invasive species training of dock and boat lift 
8.13 	installers, as provided in this section, must be approved for invasive species training by 
8.14 	the commissioner. A person conducting invasive species training of dock and boat lift 
8.15 	installers shall issue a certificate of training to an individual who attends invasive species 
8.16 	training for at least one hour. The certificate shall include the name, address, and phone 
8.17 	number of the person conducting the training, the location of the training, the date and 
8.18 	time of the training, the name of the individual receiving the training, and the name of 
8.19 	the business employing the installer, if applicable. An individual who is required to have 
8.20 	training under this section shall have a valid certificate of training in possession while the 
8.21 	individual is installing or removing docks or boat lifts.

8.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84D.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.23 		Subd. 3.Criminal penalties. (a) A person who violates a provision of section
8.24 	sections84D.06, 84D.07, 84D.08, or to 84D.10, or a rule adopted under section 84D.12, is 
8.25 	guilty of a misdemeanor.  
8.26 	(b) A person who possesses, transports, or introduces a prohibited invasive species in 
8.27 	violation of section 84D.05 is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who imports, purchases, 
8.28 	sells, or propagates a prohibited invasive species in violation of section 84D.05 is guilty 
8.29 	of a gross misdemeanor.  
8.30 	(c) A person who refuses to obey an order of a peace officer or conservation officer 
8.31 	to remove prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes from any watercraft, trailer, 
8.32 	or plant harvesting equipment is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

9.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a 
9.2 	subdivision to read:
9.3 		Subd. 1a.Accompanied. "Accompanied" means:
9.4 	(1) for a youth age 13 or under hunting small game other than wild turkey, a parent or 
9.5 	guardian over age 18 is within unaided sight and hearing distance of the youth hunter that is 
9.6 	adequate for the parent or guardian to provide direction and control over the youth hunter;
9.7 	(2) for a youth age 13 or under hunting wild turkey or big game, a parent or guardian 
9.8 	over age 18 is in close enough proximity of the youth hunter for the parent or guardian to 
9.9 	immediately assume control of the youth hunter's firearm or bow; or
9.10 	(3) for a person age 13 or over born after December 31, 1979, and hunting with an 
9.11 	apprentice hunter validation under section 97B.022, an adult licensed to hunt in Minnesota 
9.12 	whose license was not obtained using an apprentice hunter validation is within unaided 
9.13 	sight and hearing distance of the person that is adequate for the licensed adult to provide 
9.14 	direction and control over the apprentice hunter.

9.15 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.015, subdivision 52, is amended to read:
9.16 		Subd. 52.Unprotected birds. "Unprotected birds" means English sparrow, 
9.17 	blackbird, starling, magpie, cormorant, common pigeon, Eurasian collared dove, chukar 
9.18 	partridge, quail other than bobwhite quail, and mute swan.

9.19 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
9.20 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint 
9.21 	subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; 
9.22 	review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes 
9.23 	in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant 
9.24 	information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for 
9.25 	improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
9.26 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised 
9.27 	of at least three affected persons:
9.28 	(1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding 
9.29 	activities related to trout and salmon stamp and walleye stamp funding;
9.30 	(2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding 
9.31 	activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and wild turkey management funding 
9.32 	and excluding review of the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, 
9.33 	paragraphs (b) and (c);
10.1 	(3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4, 
10.2 	paragraph (a), clause (2);
10.3 	(4) an Ecological Resources Subcommittee to review ecological services funding;
10.4 	(5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement and 
10.5 	operations support;
10.6 	(6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding 
10.7 	issues related to trout and salmon;
10.8 	(7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and 
10.9 	address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
10.10 	(8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding 
10.11 	issues related to pheasants; 
10.12 	(9) a subcommittee to review the report on the wild turkey management account and 
10.13 	address funding issues related to wild turkeys; and
10.14 	(10) a subcommittee to review the walleye stamp and address funding issues related 
10.15 	to walleye stocking.
10.16 	(c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight 
10.17 	Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual 
10.18 	report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and 
10.19 	revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the 
10.20 	subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report 
10.21 	in a timely manner.
10.22 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a 
10.23 	biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 
10.24 	of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations 
10.25 	to the commissioner and to the senate and house of representatives committees with 
10.26 	jurisdiction over natural resources finance.
10.27 	(e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the 
10.28 	Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not 
10.29 	be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
10.30 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the 
10.31 	commissioner and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction 
10.32 	over natural resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
10.33 	(g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the 
10.34 	Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010
10.35 	2011.

11.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is 
11.2 	amended to read:
11.3 		Subdivision 1.Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this 
11.4 	subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 
11.5 	clauses(5), (6), (7), (13), (14), and (15) (8), and 3, clauses (2), (3), (4), (10),(5), and (11), 
11.6 	and (12), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
11.7 	(b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and 
11.8 	wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under section 
11.9 	97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer management account and shall be 
11.10 	used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.
11.11 	(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from 
11.12 	the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license 
11.13 	issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear 
11.14 	management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including 
11.15 	a computerized licensing system.
11.16 	(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and 
11.17 	wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding 
11.18 	and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding 
11.19 	and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. The commissioner must 
11.20 	inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance committees every two years 
11.21 	on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild cervidae health management 
11.22 	has been spent.
11.23 	 When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding 
11.24 	and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 
11.25 	unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 
11.26 	management programs and computerized licensing.

11.27 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.101, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
11.28 		Subd. 3.Fishing may not be restricted. Seasons or methods of taking fish other 
11.29 	than minnows may not be restricted under this section.

11.30 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.145, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.31 		Subd. 2.Acquisition procedure. (a) Lands purchased or leased under this section 
11.32 	must be acquired in accordance with this subdivision.
11.33 	(b) The commissioner must notify the county board and the town officers where the 
11.34 	land is located and furnish them a description of the land to be acquired. The county board 
12.1 	must approve or disapprove the proposed acquisition within 90 days after being notified. 
12.2 	The commissioner may extend the time up to 30 days. The soil and water conservation 
12.3 	district supervisors shall counsel the county board on drainage and flood control and the 
12.4 	best utilization and capability of the land.
12.5 	(c) If the county board approves the acquisition within the prescribed time, the 
12.6 	commissioner may acquire the land.
12.7 	(d) If the county board disapproves the acquisition, it must state valid reasons. 
12.8 	The commissioner may not purchase or lease the land if the county board disapproves 
12.9 	the acquisition and states its reasons within the prescribed time period. The landowner 
12.10 	or the commissioner may appeal the disapproval to the district court having jurisdiction 
12.11 	where the land is located.
12.12 	(e) The commissioner or the owner of the land may submit the proposed acquisition 
12.13 	to the Land Exchange Board if: (1) the county board does not give reason for disapproval, 
12.14 	or does not approve or disapprove the acquisition within the prescribed time period; or 
12.15 	(2) the court finds commissioner or owner of the land maintains that the disapproval is 
12.16 	arbitrary and capricious, or that the reasons stated for disapproval are invalid, or that the 
12.17 	acquisition is in the public interest.
12.18 	(f) The Land Exchange Board must conduct a hearing and make a decision on 
12.19 	the acquisition within 60 days after receiving the proposal. The Land Exchange Board 
12.20 	must give notice of the hearing to the county board, the commissioner, the landowner, 
12.21 	and other interested parties. The Land Exchange Board must consider the interests of the 
12.22 	county, the state, and the landowner in determining whether the acquisition is in the public 
12.23 	interest. If a majority of the Land Exchange Board members approves the acquisition, 
12.24 	the commissioner may acquire the land. If a majority disapproves, the commissioner 
12.25 	may not purchase or lease the land.

12.26 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
12.27 		Subd. 5.Refunds. (a) The commissioner may issue a refund on a license, not 
12.28 	including any issuing fees paid under section 97A.485, subdivision 6, if the request is 
12.29 	received within 90 days of the original license purchase and: 
12.30 	(1) the licensee dies before the opening of the licensed season. The original license 
12.31 	and a copy of the death certificate must be provided to the commissioner; 
12.32 	(2) the licensee is unable to participate in the licensed activity because the licensee is 
12.33 	called to active military duty or military leave is canceled during the entire open season of 
12.34 	the licensed activity. The original license and a copy of the military orders or notice of 
12.35 	cancellation of leave must be provided to the commissioner; or
13.1 	(3) the licensee purchased two licenses for the same license season in error; or
13.2 	(4) the licensee was not legally required to purchase the license to participate 
13.3 	in the activity.
13.4 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to lifetime licenses.

13.5 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.331, is amended by adding a 
13.6 	subdivision to read:
13.7 		Subd. 4a.Feeding or baiting deer. A person who violates the wildlife feeding or 
13.8 	baiting restrictions under section 97B.118 or 97B.328 within three years of a previous 
13.9 	conviction under that section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

13.10 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.331, is amended by adding a 
13.11 	subdivision to read:
13.12 		Subd. 4b.Hunting big game while under revocation. Notwithstanding section 
13.13 	97A.421, subdivision 7, a person who takes big game during the time the person is 
13.14 	prohibited from obtaining a license to take big game under section 97A.421 is guilty 
13.15 	of a gross misdemeanor.

13.16 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.420, is amended by adding a 
13.17 	subdivision to read:
13.18 		Subd. 1a.Seizure of deer hunting license for feeding or baiting deer. (a) An 
13.19 	enforcement officer shall immediately seize the deer hunting licenses of a person who 
13.20 	violates wildlife feeding or baiting restrictions under section 97B.118 or 97B.328.
13.21 	(b) Except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 4, the person may not obtain any license 
13.22 	to take deer, including a duplicate license, until an action is taken under subdivision 6.
13.23 	(c) A person may not take deer until an action is taken under subdivision 6.

13.24 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.420, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.25 		Subd. 2.Administrative review. (a) At any time after the seizure of a license under 
13.26 	subdivision 1 or 1a and before revocation under section 97A.421, a person may request in 
13.27 	writing a review of the seizure under this section. Upon receiving the request for review, 
13.28 	the commissioner shall review the seizure, the evidence upon which it was based, and 
13.29 	other material information brought to the attention of the commissioner, and determine 
13.30 	whether sufficient cause exists to sustain the seizure.  
14.1 	(b) Within 15 days after receiving the request for administrative review, the 
14.2 	commissioner shall issue a written report of the review and shall order that the seizure 
14.3 	be either sustained or rescinded.
14.4 	(c) The review provided in this subdivision is not subject to the contested case 
14.5 	provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act under chapter 14. The availability of 
14.6 	administrative review does not preclude judicial review under this section.

14.7 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.420, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.8 		Subd. 3.Judicial review. (a) Within 30 days following the seizure of a license under 
14.9 	subdivision 1 or 1a, a person may petition the court for review. The petition must be filed 
14.10 	with the district court administrator in the county where the incident occurred, together 
14.11 	with proof of service of a copy on the commissioner and the county attorney. A responsive 
14.12 	pleading is not required of the commissioner of natural resources and court fees may not 
14.13 	be charged for the appearance of the representative of the commissioner in the matter.
14.14 	(b) The petition must be captioned in the name of the person making the petition as 
14.15 	petitioner and the commissioner as respondent. The petition must state specifically the 
14.16 	grounds upon which the petitioner seeks rescission of the license seizure.
14.17 	(c) The filing of the petition does not stay the license seizure. The judicial review 
14.18 	shall be conducted according to the Rules of Civil Procedure.

14.19 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.420, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.20 		Subd. 4.Hearing. (a) A hearing under subdivision 3 must be before a district court 
14.21 	judge in the county where the incident occurred giving rise to the license seizure. The 
14.22 	hearing must be to the court and may be conducted at the same time as hearings upon 
14.23 	pretrial motions in a related criminal prosecution. The commissioner must be represented 
14.24 	by the county attorney.
14.25 	(b) The hearing must be held at the earliest practicable date and in any event no later 
14.26 	than 60 days following the filing of the petition for review.
14.27 	(c) The scope of the hearing must be limited to the issue of whether there is probable 
14.28 	cause to believe that:
14.29 	(1) the person had unlawfully taken, possessed, or transported wild animals with a 
14.30 	restitution value over $500 under subdivision 1; or
14.31 	(2) the person violated the wildlife feeding or baiting restrictions under subdivision 
14.32 	1a.
15.1 	(d) The court shall order that the license seizure be either sustained or rescinded. 
15.2 	Within 14 days following the hearing, the court shall forward a copy of the order to the 
15.3 	commissioner.
15.4 	(e) Any party aggrieved by the decision of the reviewing court may appeal the 
15.5 	decision as provided in the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure.

15.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.420, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
15.7 		Subd. 6.Return or revocation of licenses upon dismissal or conviction. (a) Upon 
15.8 	acquittal, dismissal, or determination not to charge a person for a violation, the license 
15.9 	seizure under subdivision 1 or 1a is immediately rescinded and any license seized in 
15.10 	connection with the incident must be returned to the licensee.
15.11 	(b) Upon conviction of a violation when the restitution value of the wild animals 
15.12 	exceeds $500, revocation of licenses and license privileges must be imposed as provided 
15.13 	under section 97A.421, subdivision 2a.  
15.14 	(c) Upon conviction for violation of the wildlife feeding or baiting restrictions 
15.15 	under section 97B.118 or 97B.328, revocation of licenses and license privileges must be 
15.16 	imposed as provided under section 97A.421, subdivision 3a.

15.17 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.421, is amended by adding a 
15.18 	subdivision to read:
15.19 		Subd. 3a.Issuance of big game license after conviction for feeding or baiting.
 15.20 	(a) A person who is convicted of violating the wildlife feeding or baiting restrictions under 
15.21 	section 97B.118 or 97B.328 may not obtain a deer hunting license or take deer under a 
15.22 	lifetime license for one year after the date of conviction.
15.23 	(b) A person who is convicted of a second violation of section 97B.118 or 97B.328 
15.24 	within three years of a previous conviction under that section may not obtain any big game 
15.25 	license or take big game under a lifetime license for three years after the date of conviction.

15.26 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.421, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
15.27 		Subd. 4a.Suspension for failure to appear in court or pay a fine or surcharge.
 15.28 	When a court reports to the commissioner that a person (1) has failed to appear in court 
15.29 	under the summons issued in response to a notice to appear or fails to comply with other 
15.30 	orders of the court regarding the appearance or proceedings for a violation of the game 
15.31 	and fish laws or (2) has been convicted of violating a provision of the game and fish 
15.32 	laws, has been sentenced to the payment of a fine or had a surcharge levied against them, 
15.33 	and refused or failed to comply with that sentence or to pay the fine or surcharge, the 
16.1 	commissioner shall suspend the game and fish license and permit privileges of the person 
16.2 	until notified by the court that the person has appeared in court under clause (1) or that any 
16.3 	fine or surcharge due the court has been paid under clause (2).

16.4 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.433, is amended by adding a 
16.5 	subdivision to read:
16.6 		Subd. 5.Mandatory separate selection. The commissioner must conduct 
16.7 	a separate selection for 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued each year. Only 
16.8 	individuals who have applied at least ten times for an elk license and who have never 
16.9 	received a license are eligible for this separate selection.

16.10 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.435, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.11 		Subdivision 1.Number of licenses to be issued License issuance. The 
16.12 	commissioner shall include in a rule setting the dates for a turkey season the number of 
16.13 	licenses to be issued rules setting turkey seasons the methods for issuing licenses for 
16.14 	those seasons.

16.15 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97A.445, subdivision 1a, 
16.16 	is amended to read:
16.17 		Subd. 1a.Angling in a state park. (a) A resident may take fish by angling without 
16.18 	an angling license:
16.19 	(1) when shore fishing or wading on state-owned land within a state park.; or
16.20 	(2) when angling from a boat or float, this subdivision applies only to those or 
16.21 	through the ice on water bodies completely encompassed within the statutory boundary of 
16.22 	the state park.
16.23 	(b) The exemption from an angling license does not apply to waters where a trout 
16.24 	stamp is required.

16.25 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.445, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
16.26 		Subd. 5.Small game hunting; Take a Kid Hunting Weekend. (a) A resident over 
16.27 	age 18 may take small game by hunting without a license during one Saturday and Sunday 
16.28 	of the small game hunting season designated by rule of the commissioner if accompanied 
16.29 	by a child who is under age 16 18. The commissioner shall publicize the Saturday and 
16.30 	Sunday as "Take a Kid Hunting Weekend." Notwithstanding section 97A.451, subdivision 
16.31 	3, a person under age 18 does not need a hunting license to take small game by hunting on 
16.32 	the weekend designated under this paragraph.
17.1 	(b) Notwithstanding section 97A.451, subdivision 3a, a person under age 16 may 
17.2 	take waterfowl without a license when accompanied by a nonhunting adult age 18 or 
17.3 	over during youth waterfowl hunting days designated by rule of the commissioner in 
17.4 	accordance with federal law.

17.5 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 2, is 
17.6 	amended to read:
17.7 		Subd. 2.Residents under age 16 18; fishing. (a) A resident under the age of 16
17.8 	18 years may take fish without a license.
17.9 	(b) A resident under the age of 16 18 may net ciscoes and whitefish for personal 
17.10 	consumption without the license required under section 97A.475, subdivision 13. A 
17.11 	resident netting ciscoes and whitefish under this paragraph must follow all other applicable 
17.12 	requirements for netting ciscoes and whitefish for personal consumption.

17.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2011.

17.14 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.15 		Subd. 3.Residents under age 16; small game and nonresident hunting. (a) A 
17.16 	resident under age 16 must obtain a small game license in order to take small game by 
17.17 	firearms or bow and arrow without paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475, 
17.18 	subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if the resident is:
17.19 	(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
17.20 	(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or 
17.21 	guardian;
17.22 	(3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied 
17.23 	by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an 
17.24 	apprentice hunter validation; or
17.25 	(4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian Except as otherwise 
17.26 	specifically provided by law, a person must obtain a license to hunt big game or small game 
17.27 	by firearms or bow and arrow and is eligible to obtain a license and use it for hunting if the 
17.28 	person was born on or before December 31, 1979, or, if born after December 31, 1979, is:
17.29 	(1) 12 years of age or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian;
17.30 	(2) 13 years of age, possesses a hunter education firearms safety certificate, and 
17.31 	is accompanied by a parent or guardian;
17.32 	(3) 14 years of age or over and possesses a hunter education firearms safety 
17.33 	certificate; or
18.1 	(4) 13 years of age or over, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is 
18.2 	accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or over who is licensed to hunt in Minnesota and 
18.3 	whose license was not obtained using an apprentice hunter validation.
18.4 	(b) A person age ten or 11 may take big game if the person is under the direct 
18.5 	supervision of a parent or guardian and the parent or guardian is within immediate reach. A 
18.6 	person under age ten is not eligible to obtain a big game license and may not take big game.
18.7 	(b) (c) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small 
18.8 	game license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license to take 
18.9 	small game by trapping. A resident under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but 
18.10 	may not register fisher, otter, bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age 
18.11 	five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be 
18.12 	included in the limit of the accompanying parent or guardian.
18.13 	(c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey 
18.14 	without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or 
18.15 	guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
18.16 	(d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a 
18.17 	prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an 
18.18 	adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

18.19 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is 
18.20 	amended to read:
18.21 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
18.22 	only, are:
18.23 	(1) for persons under age 18 to take small game, $5;
18.24 	(2) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
18.25 	(2) (3) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
18.26 	(3) (4) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $23;
18.27 	(4) (5) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12 $5;
18.28 	(5) (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular 
18.29 	firearms season, $26;
18.30 	(6) (7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
18.31 	(7) (8) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
18.32 	muzzleloader season, $26;
18.33 	(8) (9) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
18.34 	(9) (10) to take bear, $38;
18.35 	(10) (11) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
19.1 	(11) (12) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
19.2 	(12) (13) to take prairie chickens, $20;
19.3 	(13) (14) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular 
19.4 	firearms season, $13 $5;
19.5 	(14) (15) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13 $5; and
19.6 	(15) (16) for persons under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
19.7 	muzzleloader season, $13 $5.

19.8 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is 
19.9 	amended to read:
19.10 		Subd. 3.Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 
19.11 	to nonresidents, are:
19.12 	(1) for persons under age 18 to take small game, $5;
19.13 	(2) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $73;
19.14 	(2) (3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular 
19.15 	firearms season, $135;
19.16 	(3) (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $135;
19.17 	(4) (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
19.18 	muzzleloader season, $135;
19.19 	(5) (6) to take bear, $195;
19.20 	(6) (7) for persons age 18 and older or over to take turkey, $78;
19.21 	(7) (8) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12 $5;
19.22 	(8) (9) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;
19.23 	(9) (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
19.24 	(10) (11) for persons under age 18 to take deer with firearms during the regular 
19.25 	firearms season in any open season option or time period, $13 $5;
19.26 	(11) (12) for persons under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13 $5; and
19.27 	(12) (13) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, 
19.28 	$13 $5.
19.29 	(b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under 
19.30 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) (2) to (8) (9). An additional commission may not be assessed 
19.31 	on this surcharge.

19.32 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
19.33 		Subd. 3a.Deer license surcharge. A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3, 
19.34 	or $5 to the fees for annual resident and nonresident licenses to take deer by firearms or 
20.1 	archery established under subdivisions 2, clauses (5), (6), (7), (11), and (13) (8), and 3, 
20.2 	clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), and (9) (10). Beginning March 1, 2008, fees for bonus licenses to 
20.3 	take deer by firearms or archery established under section 97B.301, subdivision 4, must be 
20.4 	increased by a surcharge of $1. An additional commission may not be assessed on the 
20.5 	donation or surcharge and the following statement must be included in the annual deer 
20.6 	hunting regulations: "The deer license donations and surcharges are being paid by hunters 
20.7 	for deer management, including assisting with the costs of processing deer donated for 
20.8 	charitable purposes."

20.9 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
20.10 		Subd. 4.Small game surcharge. Fees for annual licenses to take small game must 
20.11 	be increased by a surcharge of $6.50. An additional commission may not be assessed on 
20.12 	the surcharge and the following statement must be included in the annual small game 
20.13 	hunting regulations: "This $6.50 surcharge is being paid by hunters for the acquisition and 
20.14 	development of wildlife lands." Small game licenses issued to individuals under age 18 
20.15 	are exempt from this surcharge.

20.16 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 43, is amended to read:
20.17 		Subd. 43.Duplicate licenses. The fees for duplicate licenses are:
20.18 	(1) for licenses to take big game, $5; and
20.19 	(2) for a license issued to a person under age 18, $1; and
20.20 	(3) for other licenses, $2.

20.21 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.475, subdivision 44, is amended to read:
20.22 		Subd. 44.Replacement licenses. (a) The fee for a replacement firearms deer 
20.23 	license is $5.
20.24 	(b) The fee for a replacement firearms deer license issued to a person under age 
20.25 	18 is $1.

20.26 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.535, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
20.27 		Subd. 2a.Quartering of deer allowed. A deer that has been tagged as required in 
20.28 	subdivision 1 may be quartered at the site of the kill. The animal's head or genitalia must 
20.29 	remain attached to one of the quarters. For antlered deer, the animal's head must remain 
20.30 	attached to one of the quarters. The quarters must be presented together for registration 
20.31 	under subdivision 2 and must remain together until the deer is processed for storage.

21.1 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.545, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
21.2 		Subd. 5.Birds must be in undressed condition; exceptions. (a) Except as 
21.3 	provided in paragraph (b), a person may ship or otherwise transport game birds in an 
21.4 	undressed condition only.
21.5 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the birds being shipped or otherwise transported:
21.6 	(1) were taken on a shooting preserve and are marked or identified in accordance 
21.7 	with section 97A.121, subdivision 5;  
21.8 	(2) were taken, dressed, and lawfully shipped or otherwise transported in another 
21.9 	state; or
21.10 	(3) are migratory game birds that were lawfully tagged and packed by a federally 
21.11 	permitted migratory bird preservation facility; or
21.12 	(4) are doves shipped or transported in accordance with federal law.

21.13 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.015, is amended to read:
21.14 	97B.015 HUNTER EDUCATION FIREARMS SAFETY AND WILDLIFE 
21.15 	IDENTIFICATION COURSE.
21.16 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a statewide course 
21.17 	in the safe use of firearms and identification of wild mammals and birds. A course may 
21.18 	be held in a school district. The courses must be conducted by the commissioner in 
21.19 	cooperation with other organizations. The courses must instruct youths in commonly 
21.20 	accepted principles of safety in hunting and handling common hunting firearms and 
21.21 	identification of various species of wild mammals and birds by sight and other unique 
21.22 	characteristics.
21.23 		Subd. 2.Administration, supervision, and enforcement. (a) The commissioner 
21.24 	shall appoint a qualified person from the Enforcement Division under civil service 
21.25 	rules as supervisor of hunting safety and prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the 
21.26 	position. The commissioner shall determine and provide the Enforcement Division with 
21.27 	the necessary personnel for this section.
21.28 	(b) The Enforcement Division may appoint instructors necessary for this section. 
21.29 	Instructors shall serve on a voluntary basis without compensation. The Enforcement 
21.30 	Division must supply the materials necessary for the course. School districts may 
21.31 	cooperate with the commissioner and volunteer instructors to provide space for the 
21.32 	classroom portion of the training.
21.33 		Subd. 3.Liability insurance. The commissioner shall obtain insurance to cover 
21.34 	all liability incurred by the county directors and instructors for bodily injury, death, and 
21.35 	property damage in the performance of their duties under this section.
22.1 		Subd. 4.Student fee. To defray the expense of the course, the Enforcement 
22.2 	Division shall collect a fee from each person that takes the hunter education firearm safety 
22.3 	course. The commissioner shall establish a fee that neither significantly overrecovers nor 
22.4 	underrecovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The 
22.5 	fee is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not 
22.6 	apply. The fees shall be deposited in the game and fish fund and the amount thereof 
22.7 	is appropriated annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural 
22.8 	Resources for the administration of the program. In addition to the fee established by 
22.9 	the commissioner, instructors may charge each person up to the established fee amount 
22.10 	for class materials and expenses. 
22.11 		Subd. 5.Hunter education firearms safety certificate. The commissioner shall 
22.12 	issue a hunter education firearms safety certificate to a person that satisfactorily completes 
22.13 	the required course of instruction. A person must be at least age 11 to take the hunter 
22.14 	education firearms safety course and may receive a firearms safety certificate, but the 
22.15 	certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the person reaches age 12. A person who 
22.16 	is age 11 and has a firearms safety certificate may purchase a license to take big game that 
22.17 	will be valid for hunting during the entire regular season for which the license is valid if 
22.18 	the person will reach age 12 during that calendar year. A firearms safety certificate issued 
22.19 	to a person under age 12 by another state as provided in section 97B.020 is not valid for 
22.20 	hunting in Minnesota until the person reaches age 12. The form and content of the hunter 
22.21 	education firearms safety certificate shall be prescribed by the commissioner.
22.22 		Subd. 5a.Exemption for military personnel. Notwithstanding subdivision 5, a 
22.23 	person who has successfully completed basic training in the United States armed forces is 
22.24 	exempt from the range and shooting exercise portion of the required course of instruction 
22.25 	for the hunter education firearms safety certificate. The commissioner may require written 
22.26 	proof of the person's military training, as deemed appropriate for implementing this 
22.27 	subdivision. The commissioner shall publicly announce this exemption from the range 
22.28 	and shooting exercise requirement and the availability of the department's online, remote 
22.29 	study option for adults seeking hunter education firearms safety certification. Military 
22.30 	personnel are not exempt from any other requirement of this section for obtaining a hunter 
22.31 	education firearms safety certificate.
22.32 		Subd. 6.Provisional certificate for persons with developmental disability. Upon 
22.33 	the recommendation of a course instructor, the commissioner may issue a provisional 
22.34 	hunter education firearms safety certificate to a person who satisfactorily completes the 
22.35 	classroom portion of the hunter education firearms safety course but is unable to pass 
22.36 	the written or an alternate format exam portion of the course because of developmental 
23.1 	disability as defined in section 97B.1055, subdivision 1. The certificate is valid only 
23.2 	when used according to section 97B.1055. 
23.3 		Subd. 7.Fee for duplicate certificate. The commissioner shall collect a fee, to 
23.4 	include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing a duplicate hunter education 
23.5 	firearms safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish a fee that neither significantly 
23.6 	overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in providing 
23.7 	the service. The fee is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 
23.8 	14.386 does not apply. The commissioner may establish the fee notwithstanding section 
23.9 	16A.1283. The duplicate certificate fees, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents 
23.10 	under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the game and fish fund and, except for the 
23.11 	electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
23.12 	84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, are appropriated 
23.13 	annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the 
23.14 	administration of the hunter education firearm safety course program.

23.15 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.020, is amended to read:
23.16 	97B.020 HUNTER EDUCATION FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE 
23.17 	REQUIRED.
23.18 	(a) Except as provided in this section and section 97A.451, subdivision 3a, a person 
23.19 	age 13 or over born after December 31, 1979, may not obtain an annual license to take 
23.20 	wild animals by firearms unless the person has:
23.21 	(1) a hunter education firearms safety certificate or equivalent certificate;
23.22 	(2) a driver's license or identification card with a valid hunter education firearms 
23.23 	safety qualification indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 13;
23.24 	(3) a previous hunting license with a valid hunter education firearms safety 
23.25 	qualification indicator; 
23.26 	(4) an apprentice hunter validation issued under section 97B.022; or
23.27 	(5) other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this state or in another 
23.28 	state a hunter safety course recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement or 
23.29 	certified by the department as substantially similar.
23.30 	(b) A person who is on active duty and has successfully completed basic training 
23.31 	in the United States armed forces, reserve component, or National Guard may obtain a 
23.32 	hunting license or approval authorizing hunting regardless of whether the person is issued 
23.33 	a hunter education firearms safety certificate.
24.1 	(c) A person age 13 or over born after December 31, 1979, may not use a lifetime 
24.2 	license to take wild animals by firearms, unless the person meets the requirements for 
24.3 	obtaining an annual license under paragraph (a) or (b).

24.4 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.5 		Subdivision 1.Restrictions. (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, a person 
24.6 	under the age of 16 may not possess a firearm, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
24.7 	(b) A person under age 16 may possess a firearm without being accompanied by a 
24.8 	parent or guardian:
24.9 	(1) on land owned by, or occupied as the principal residence of, the person or the 
24.10 	person's parent or guardian;
24.11 	(2) while participating in an organized target shooting program with adult 
24.12 	supervision;
24.13 	(3) while the person is participating in a hunter education firearms safety program 
24.14 	or traveling to and from class; or
24.15 	(4) if the person is age 14 or 15 and has a hunter education firearms safety certificate.
24.16 	(c) A person age 13, 14, or 15 hunting with an apprentice hunter validation may 
24.17 	possess a firearm if accompanied by a parent or guardian age 18 or over who is licensed 
24.18 	to hunt in Minnesota and whose license was not obtained using an apprentice hunter 
24.19 	validation.

24.20 	Sec. 45. [97B.0215] PARENT OR GUARDIAN RESPONSIBILITY; VIOLATION.
24.21 	A parent or guardian may not knowingly direct, allow, or permit a person under the 
24.22 	age of 18 to hunt without the required license, permit, training, or certification, or in 
24.23 	violation of the game and fish laws.

24.24 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.022, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.25 		Subd. 2.Apprentice hunter validation requirements. A resident born after 
24.26 	December 31, 1979, who is age 12 13 or older over and who a nonresident who is age 13 
24.27 	to 17, and the resident or nonresident does not possess a hunter education firearms safety 
24.28 	certificate may be issued an apprentice hunter validation. An apprentice hunter validation 
24.29 	is valid for only one two license year years in a lifetime. An individual in possession of 
24.30 	an apprentice hunter validation may hunt small game and, deer, and bear only when 
24.31 	accompanied by an adult licensed to hunt in Minnesota whose license was not obtained 
24.32 	using an apprentice hunter validation. An apprentice hunter validation holder must obtain 
24.33 	all required licenses and stamps.

25.1 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.031, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.2 		Subd. 5.Scopes; visually impaired hunters on muzzleloaders. (a) 
25.3 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may issue a special 
25.4 	permit, without a fee, to A person may use a muzzleloader with a scope with up to four 
25.5 	times magnification capability to take deer during the muzzleloader season to a person 
25.6 	who obtains the required licenses and who has a visual impairment. The scope may not 
25.7 	have magnification capabilities.
25.8 	(b) The visual impairment must be to the extent that the applicant is unable 
25.9 	to identify targets and the rifle sights at the same time without a scope. The visual 
25.10 	impairment and specific conditions must be established by medical evidence verified in 
25.11 	writing by a licensed physician, ophthalmologist, or optometrist. The commissioner 
25.12 	may request additional information from the physician if needed to verify the applicant's 
25.13 	eligibility for the permit.
25.14 	(c) A permit issued under this subdivision may be valid for up to five years, based 
25.15 	on the permanence of the visual impairment as determined by the licensed physician, 
25.16 	ophthalmologist, or optometrist.
25.17 	(d) The permit must be in the immediate possession of the permittee when hunting 
25.18 	under the special permit.
25.19 	(e) The commissioner may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit issued under 
25.20 	this subdivision for cause, including a violation of the game and fish laws or rules.
25.21 	(f) A person who knowingly makes a false application or assists another in making 
25.22 	a false application for a permit under this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. A 
25.23 	physician, ophthalmologist, or optometrist who fraudulently certifies to the commissioner 
25.24 	that a person is visually impaired as described in this subdivision is guilty of a 
25.25 	misdemeanor.

25.26 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.045, is amended by adding a 
25.27 	subdivision to read:
25.28 		Subd. 4.Exception for livestock producers taking predators. The restrictions 
25.29 	in subdivision 1 do not apply to a livestock producer or producer's employee while 
25.30 	taking unprotected wild animals or predatory domestic dogs on the person's farm when 
25.31 	experiencing predatory loss of livestock from wild animal or domestic dog predation.

25.32 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97B.055, subdivision 3, is 
25.33 	amended to read:
26.1 		Subd. 3.Hunting from vehicle by disabled hunters. (a) The commissioner may 
26.2 	issue a special permit, without a fee, to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from a 
26.3 	stationary motor vehicle to a person who obtains the required licenses and who has a 
26.4 	permanent physical disability that is more substantial than discomfort from walking. The 
26.5 	permit recipient must be:
26.6 	(1) unable to step from a vehicle without aid of a wheelchair, crutches, braces, or 
26.7 	other mechanical support or prosthetic device; or
26.8 	(2) unable to walk any distance because of a permanent lung, heart, or other internal 
26.9 	disease that requires the person to use supplemental oxygen to assist breathing.
26.10 	(b) The permanent physical disability must be established by medical evidence 
26.11 	verified in writing by a licensed physician or, chiropractor, or certified nurse practitioner 
26.12 	or certified physician assistant acting under the direction of a licensed physician. The 
26.13 	commissioner may request additional information from the physician or chiropractor 
26.14 	if needed to verify the applicant's eligibility for the permit. Notwithstanding section 
26.15 	97A.418, the commissioner may, in consultation with appropriate advocacy groups, 
26.16 	establish reasonable minimum standards for permits to be issued under this section. In 
26.17 	addition to providing the medical evidence of a permanent disability, the applicant must 
26.18 	possess a valid disability parking certificate authorized by section 169.345 or license 
26.19 	plates issued under section 168.021.
26.20 	(c) A person issued a special permit under this subdivision and hunting deer may 
26.21 	take a deer of either sex, except in those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no 
26.22 	antlerless permits are offered. This subdivision does not authorize another member of a 
26.23 	party to take an antlerless deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 3.
26.24 	(d) A permit issued under this subdivision is valid for five years.
26.25 	(e) The commissioner may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit issued under 
26.26 	this section for cause, including a violation of the game and fish laws or rules.
26.27 	(f) A person who knowingly makes a false application or assists another in making a 
26.28 	false application for a permit under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A physician, 
26.29 	certified nurse practitioner, certified physician assistant, or chiropractor who fraudulently 
26.30 	certifies to the commissioner that a person is permanently disabled as described in this 
26.31 	section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
26.32 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), the commissioner may issue a permit valid for 
26.33 	the entire life of the applicant if the commissioner determines that there is no chance 
26.34 	that an applicant will become ineligible for a permit under this section and the applicant 
26.35 	requests a lifetime permit.

27.1 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.075, is amended to read:
27.2 	97B.075 HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING.
27.3 	(a) A person may not take protected wild animals, except raccoon and fox, with 
27.4 	a firearm between the evening and morning times established by commissioner's rule, 
27.5 	except as provided in this section.
27.6 	(b) Big game may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour 
27.7 	after sunset.
27.8 	(c) Except as otherwise prescribed by the commissioner on or before the Saturday 
27.9 	nearest October 8, waterfowl may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset 
27.10 	during the entire season prescribed by the commissioner. On the opening day of the 
27.11 	duck season, shooting hours for migratory game birds, except woodcock and doves, 
27.12 	begin at 9:00 a.m.

27.13 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.106, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.14 		Subdivision 1.Qualifications for crossbow permits. (a) The commissioner may 
27.15 	issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a 
27.16 	crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a 
27.17 	permanent or temporary physical disability. A crossbow permit issued under this section 
27.18 	also allows the permittee to use a bow with a mechanical device that draws, releases, or 
27.19 	holds the bow at full draw as provided in section 97B.035, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
27.20 	(b) To qualify for a crossbow permit under this section, a temporary disability 
27.21 	must render the person unable to hunt or fish by archery for a minimum of two years 
27.22 	after application for the permit is made. The permanent or temporary disability must 
27.23 	be established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt or fish by archery for the 
27.24 	required period of time must be verified in writing by (1) a licensed physician or a certified 
27.25 	nurse practitioner or certified physician assistant acting under the direction of a licensed 
27.26 	physician; or (2) a licensed chiropractor. A person who has received a special permit 
27.27 	under this section because of a permanent disability is eligible for subsequent special 
27.28 	permits without providing medical evidence and verification of the disability.
27.29 	(c) The person must obtain the appropriate license.

27.30 	Sec. 52. [97B.118] WILDLIFE FEEDING; RESTRICTIONS BEFORE AND 
27.31 	DURING OPEN DEER SEASONS.
27.32 		Subdivision 1.Time period; restrictions. (a) From September 1 to December 
27.33 	31, a person may not place feed for the purpose of attracting or feeding wildlife within 
28.1 	an area where deer may be taken by firearm or archery during the open seasons under 
28.2 	applicable laws and ordinances.
28.3 	(b) Feed includes grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, prepared wildlife food 
28.4 	products, or other food that is capable of attracting wildlife and has been placed by 
28.5 	a person, but does not include:
28.6 	(1) liquid scents, salt, and minerals;
28.7 	(2) bait placed by a licensed trapper for taking fur-bearing animals;
28.8 	(3) bait placed by a licensed bear hunter or licensed bear hunting outfitter at a 
28.9 	registered bear bait station under section 97B.425;
28.10 	(4) food placed in a bird feeder within 50 feet of a building for the purpose of feeding 
28.11 	birds other than game birds; or
28.12 	(5) food that has not been placed by a person and resulting from normal or accepted 
28.13 	farming, forest management, wildlife food plantings, orchard management, or other 
28.14 	similar land management activities.
28.15 		Subd. 2.Agricultural and livestock exception. The prohibition in subdivision 1 
28.16 	does not apply to feed placed for agricultural or livestock purposes if the feed is stored 
28.17 	consistent with normal agricultural practices.
28.18 		Subd. 3.Removal of feed; additional violation. (a) In addition to any other 
28.19 	penalties imposed, a person charged with a violation of this section shall immediately 
28.20 	remove any remaining feed.
28.21 	(b) Failure to comply with this subdivision is a separate violation, in addition to 
28.22 	violation of subdivision 1.

28.23 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.24 		Subdivision 1.Possession of firearms prohibited. (a) A person may not take deer 
28.25 	by archery while in possession of a firearm.
28.26 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a handgun carried in compliance with section 
28.27 	624.714.

28.28 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.301, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.29 		Subd. 3.Party hunting. If two or more persons with licenses to take deer by 
28.30 	firearms, or two or more persons with licenses to take deer by archery, are hunting as a 
28.31 	party, a member of the party may take more than one deer, but the total number of deer 
28.32 	taken by the party may not exceed the number of persons licensed to take deer in the 
28.33 	party. For a deer license issued to a person under age 18, only the person to whom the 
28.34 	license is issued may take and tag a deer under that license.

29.1 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
29.2 		Subd. 6.Residents or nonresidents under age 18 may take deer of either sex. A 
29.3 	resident or nonresident under the age of 18 may take a deer of either sex except in those 
29.4 	antlerless permit areas and seasons where no antlerless permits are offered. In antlerless 
29.5 	permit areas where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may provide 
29.6 	a limited number of youth either sex permits to residents or nonresidents under age 18, 
29.7 	under the procedures provided in section 97B.305, and may give preference to residents or 
29.8 	nonresidents under the age of 18 that have not previously been selected. This subdivision 
29.9 	does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer on the youth hunter's license by another 
29.10 	member of a party under subdivision 3.

29.11 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.325, is amended to read:
29.12 	97B.325 DEER BIG GAME STAND RESTRICTIONS.
29.13 	A person may not take deer big game from a constructed platform or other structure 
29.14 	that is located within the right-of-way of an improved public highway or is higher than 16 
29.15 	feet above the ground. The height restriction does not apply to a portable stand that is 
29.16 	chained, belted, clamped, or tied with rope.

29.17 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.405, is amended to read:
29.18 	97B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
29.19 	(a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an 
29.20 	area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters. 
29.21 	The commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially 
29.22 	select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have 
29.23 	previously applied and have not been selected.
29.24 	(b) In the case of a drawing, the commissioner shall allow a person to apply for a 
29.25 	permit in more than one area at the same time and rank the person's choice of area.

29.26 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.515, is amended by adding a 
29.27 	subdivision to read:
29.28 		Subd. 4.Taking elk causing damage or nuisance. The commissioner may 
29.29 	authorize the taking of elk that are causing damage or nuisance by licensed hunters from 
29.30 	September 1 to March 1 under rules prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner 
29.31 	may select and issue licenses to hunters from lists of license applicants based on their 
29.32 	interest, proximity, and availability to quickly respond to the damage or nuisance situation. 
29.33 	A person receiving a license to hunt elk under this subdivision is not subject to the 
30.1 	requirements of section 97A.433, subdivision 2, clause (2), and does not lose eligibility 
30.2 	for future elk hunts.

30.3 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.601, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
30.4 		Subd. 4.Exception to license requirements. (a) A resident under age 16 may take 
30.5 	small game without a small game license, and a resident under age 13 may trap without a 
30.6 	trapping license, as provided in section 97A.451, subdivision 3.  
30.7 	(b) A person may take small game without a small game license on land occupied by 
30.8 	the person as a principal residence.
30.9 	(c) An owner or occupant may take certain small game causing damage without a 
30.10 	small game or trapping license as provided in section 97B.655.  
30.11 	(d) A person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons under section 97B.621, 
30.12 	subdivision 2, during the closed season without a license.  
30.13 	(e) A person may take a turkey or a prairie chicken without a small game license.
30.14 	(f) A person participating in "Take a Kid Hunting Weekend" may take small game 
30.15 	without a license as provided in section 97A.445, subdivision 5.
30.16 	(g) A person under age 16 may take waterfowl without a small game license on 
30.17 	youth waterfowl days as provided in section 97A.445, subdivision 5.
30.18 	(h) Certain military personnel or discharged veterans may take small game without a 
30.19 	license as provided in section 97A.465.

30.20 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.711, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.21 	to read:
30.22 		Subd. 4.Shooting grouse prohibited near motor vehicle. A person in the vicinity 
30.23 	of a motor vehicle may not discharge a firearm or an arrow from a bow at a grouse, or at a 
30.24 	decoy of a grouse placed by an enforcement officer, unless the person is at least 20 yards 
30.25 	from the vehicle and the vehicle's engine is shut off. This subdivision does not apply to a 
30.26 	person with a disability permit issued under section 97B.055, subdivision 3.

30.27 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.803, is amended to read:
30.28 	97B.803 MIGRATORY WATERFOWL SEASONS AND LIMITS.
30.29 	(a) The commissioner shall prescribe seasons, limits, and areas for taking migratory 
30.30 	waterfowl in accordance with federal law.
30.31 	(b) The regular duck season may not open before the Saturday closest to October 1.

30.32 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.005, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
31.1 		Subd. 3.Seasons, limits, and other rules. The commissioner may, in accordance 
31.2 	with the procedures in subdivision 2, paragraphs (c) and (e), or by rule under chapter 14, 
31.3 	establish open seasons, limits, methods, and other requirements for taking fish on special 
31.4 	management waters. The commissioner may, by written order published in the State 
31.5 	Register, amend daily, possession, or size limits to make midseason adjustments that are 
31.6 	necessary based on available harvest, angling pressure, and population data to manage the 
31.7 	fisheries in the 1837 Ceded Territory in compliance with the court orders in Mille Lacs 
31.8 	Band of Chippewa v. Minnesota, 119 S. Ct. 1187 (1999). The midseason adjustments in 
31.9 	daily, possession, or size limits are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 
31.10 	and section 14.386 does not apply. Before the written order is effective, the commissioner 
31.11 	shall attempt to notify persons or groups of persons affected by the written order by public 
31.12 	announcement, posting, and other appropriate means as determined by the commissioner.

31.13 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.087, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.14 		Subd. 2.Application for tag. Application for special fish management tags must 
31.15 	be accompanied by a $5, nonrefundable application fee for each tag. A person may not 
31.16 	make more than one tag application each calendar year. If a person makes more than one 
31.17 	application, the person is ineligible for a special fish management tag for that season
31.18 	calendar year after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing.

31.19 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.205, is amended to read:
31.20 	97C.205 TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.
31.21 	(a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a 
31.22 	quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:
31.23 	(1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections 
31.24 	17.4985 and 17.4986;
31.25 	(2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;
31.26 	(3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;
31.27 	(4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section 
31.28 	97C.821; or
31.29 	(5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section or as prescribed for 
31.30 	certifiable diseases under sections 17.46 to 17.4999.
31.31 	(b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:
31.32 	(1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs; and
31.33 	(2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.
32.1 	(c) The commissioner must allow the possession of fish on special management or 
32.2 	experimental waters to be prepared as a meal on the ice or on the shore of that water 
32.3 	body if the fish: 
32.4 	(1) were lawfully taken;
32.5 	(2) have been packaged by a licensed fish packer; and
32.6 	(3) do not otherwise exceed the statewide possession limits.
32.7 	(d) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting 
32.8 	organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:
32.9 	(1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;
32.10 	(2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary 
32.11 	equipment; and
32.12 	(3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the 
32.13 	needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization 
32.14 	operating the rearing pond.
32.15 	(e) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium, 
32.16 	transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, white 
32.17 	crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black, yellow, 
32.18 	and brown bullheads taken by angling, except as otherwise ordered by the commissioner 
32.19 	upon documentation of an emergency fish disease in Minnesota waters, as defined in 
32.20 	section 17.4982, subdivision 9. No more than four of each species may be transported at 
32.21 	any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches in total length. The 
32.22 	commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, prohibit transportation 
32.23 	of live fish under this paragraph to help prevent spread of an emergency fish disease 
32.24 	documented to occur in Minnesota waters. The order is exempt from the rulemaking 
32.25 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

32.26 	Sec. 65. [97C.338] TRANSPORTATION AND BAIT USE OF LARGE 
32.27 	BULLHEADS AND WHITE SUCKERS.
32.28 		Subdivision 1.Large bullheads. (a) Notwithstanding section 97C.205, paragraph 
32.29 	(a), up to 100 bullheads that are greater than seven inches and equal to or less than ten 
32.30 	inches in length may be taken, possessed, transported, and held for use as live bait as 
32.31 	provided in this section.
32.32 	(b) Bullheads taken under this section may be taken from the wild by:
32.33 	(1) angling;
32.34 	(2) dip net; or
33.1 	(3) seines used as authorized for noncommercial taking of minnows under sections 
33.2 	97C.505 and 97C.511, subdivision 1, and as prescribed by the commissioner.
33.3 	(c) Bullheads taken and possessed under this section count towards the daily and 
33.4 	possession limits for bullheads prescribed by the commissioner.
33.5 	(d) Bullheads taken and possessed under this section must be transported in a 
33.6 	container with a locking lid or other device to prevent escape, and live bullheads may not 
33.7 	be released into the wild.
33.8 	(e) A person transporting or holding bullheads under this section must allow 
33.9 	inspection of the bullheads by the commissioner at any time.
33.10 	(f) A person may not transport live bullheads taken or possessed under this 
33.11 	section across the Minnesota state border without an appropriate commercial license 
33.12 	and transportation permit.
33.13 		Subd. 2.Bullhead transportation north of State Highway 210. Live bullheads, 
33.14 	regardless of size, may not be transported north of State Highway 210 except under an 
33.15 	appropriate commercial fishing, aquatic farm, private hatchery, or minnow dealer license 
33.16 	or as specifically authorized by permit.
33.17 		Subd. 3.Large white suckers. Notwithstanding section 97C.205, paragraph (a), 
33.18 	white suckers that are over 12 inches in length and have been legally purchased from a 
33.19 	licensed commercial vendor may be transported alive if the person transporting them 
33.20 	has in personal possession a valid sales receipt from the vendor. To be valid, the sales 
33.21 	receipt must:
33.22 	(1) show the number of fish purchased;
33.23 	(2) show the date and time of the purchase; and
33.24 	(3) have a date and time of purchase that is not more than 96 hours prior to the time 
33.25 	the suckers are being transported.

33.26 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.341, is amended to read:
33.27 	97C.341 CERTAIN AQUATIC LIFE PROHIBITED FOR BAIT.
33.28 	(a) A person may not use live minnows imported from outside of the state, game 
33.29 	fish, goldfish, or carp for bait. The commissioner may authorize use of game fish eggs as 
33.30 	bait and prescribe restrictions on their use.
33.31 	(b) A person may not import or possess live, frozen, or processed bait from known 
33.32 	waters where viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been identified as being present. For 
33.33 	purposes of this paragraph, "bait" includes fish, aquatic worms, amphibians, invertebrates, 
33.34 	and insects used for angling taking wild animals.

34.1 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is 
34.2 	amended to read:
34.3 		Subdivision 1.Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by 
34.4 	angling are as follows:
34.5 	(1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and 
34.6 	smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend 
34.7 	to the last Sunday in February;
34.8 	(2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
34.9 	(3) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes located outside or partially within 
34.10 	the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 15 to March 31;
34.11 	(4) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes located entirely within the 
34.12 	Boundary Waters Canoe Area, from January 1 to March 31;
34.13 	(5) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to 
34.14 	October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section 
34.15 	97C.415, subdivision 2;
34.16 	(6) for the winter season for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on 
34.17 	all lakes, from January 15 to March 31; and
34.18 	(7) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
34.19 	(b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are 
34.20 	spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.
34.21 	(c) The commissioner shall close the season for taking smallmouth bass until the 
34.22 	Monday following the third Sunday in June each year in the following areas:
34.23 	(1) that part of the Rum River from the city of Anoka dam to the confluence with the 
34.24 	Mississippi River;
34.25 	(2) that part of Elm Creek below the Mill Pond Falls to the confluence with the 
34.26 	Mississippi River;
34.27 	(3) that part of the Mississippi River within 100 yards both upstream and downstream 
34.28 	of the shoreline of Elm Creek at its confluence with the Mississippi River; and
34.29 	(4) that part of the Mississippi River from the Coon Rapids Dam to State Highway 
34.30 	No. 610.

34.31 	Sec. 68. ZONE 3 DEER SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS; 2010.
 34.32 	For the 2010 deer season, notwithstanding rules of the commissioner of natural 
34.33 	resources under Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.311, paragraph (a), the commissioner 
34.34 	shall allow a nine-day early A season in Zone 3 beginning the Saturday nearest November 
34.35 	6 and a nine-day late B season in Zone 3 beginning the Saturday nearest November 20. 
35.1 	During the last two days of the 2010 early A season in Zone 3, a person may not take 
35.2 	antlered deer unless the deer has at least four points on one side, or the person has taken 
35.3 	an antlerless deer prior to taking the antlered deer. Party hunting for antlered deer under 
35.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.301, subdivision 3, is not allowed in the last two days of 
35.5 	the 2010 early A season in Zone 3. Zone 3 is defined in rules of the Department of Natural 
35.6 	Resources. The penalty provisions under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.301, apply 
35.7 	to specific restrictions under this section.

35.8 	Sec. 69. RULEMAKING; SPEARING ON CASS LAKE.
 35.9 	The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 
35.10 	6264.0400, subpart 69, to allow a person to take fish by spearing on Cass Lake. The 
35.11 	commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.12 	14.388, to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not 
35.13 	apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

35.14 	Sec. 70. PILOT WALK-IN PUBLIC ACCESS PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
 35.15 	(a) $1,400,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the 
35.16 	commissioner of natural resources for a two-year pilot walk-in public access program. The 
35.17 	commissioner shall work with the Board of Water and Soil Resources and other interested 
35.18 	persons to design a pilot program. The commissioner shall pursue additional funding 
35.19 	and coordination with the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner 
35.20 	shall contract with landowners at locations within the agricultural areas of the state for 
35.21 	recreational access on lands containing at least 40 contiguous acres of game habitat. 
35.22 	At a minimum, all of the locations must be open to the public for taking game during 
35.23 	prescribed seasons from September 1 to the end of the small game season each year. Land 
35.24 	under contract pursuant to this section shall be treated the same as land made available 
35.25 	without charge for recreational purposes under Minnesota Statutes, sections 604A.20 to 
35.26 	604A.27. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2012.
35.27 	(b) By February 15, 2011, the commissioner shall provide a progress report to the 
35.28 	house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction 
35.29 	over natural resources policy and budget on the pilot walk-in public access program. 
35.30 	The report shall include:
35.31 	(1) the number of acres and location of each pilot walk-in public access contract;
35.32 	(2) information on landowner acceptance of the program;
35.33 	(3) information on the design of the program, including payments for landowner 
35.34 	contracts and other criteria for the program;
36.1 	(4) a copy of the landowner contract used for the pilot program;
36.2 	(5) a proposed source of revenue for continuation of the program and the leverage of 
36.3 	federal funds; and
36.4 	(6) habitat criteria for the public access walk-in contracts, including any 
36.5 	recommendations on use of money from other sources for restoration and enhancement of 
36.6 	the walk-in access sites.

36.7 	Sec. 71.  REPEALER.
 36.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.942, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 97A.435, 
36.9 	subdivision 5; 97A.451, subdivisions 3a and 4; 97A.485, subdivision 12; 97B.022, 
36.10 	subdivision 1; 97B.511; 97B.515, subdivision 3; and 97C.346, are repealed.

36.11 	ARTICLE 2
36.12 	NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY

36.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.025, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
36.14 		Subd. 9.Professional services support account. The commissioner of natural 
36.15 	resources may bill other governmental units, including tribal governments, and the 
36.16 	various programs carried out by the commissioner for the costs of providing them with 
36.17 	professional support services. Except as provided under section 89.421, receipts must be 
36.18 	credited to a special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner 
36.19 	to pay the costs for which the billings were made.
36.20 	The commissioner of natural resources shall submit to the commissioner of 
36.21 	management and budget before the start of each fiscal year a work plan showing the 
36.22 	estimated work to be done during the coming year, the estimated cost of doing the work, 
36.23 	and the positions and fees that will be necessary. This account is exempted from statewide 
36.24 	and agency indirect cost payments.

36.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
36.26 		Subd. 15.Electronic transactions. (a) The commissioner may receive an 
36.27 	application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate gift 
36.28 	card, safety training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the 
36.29 	commissioner by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 
36.30 	97A.472, electronic and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The 
36.31 	commissioner may:
36.32 	(1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions, 
36.33 	including by telephone;
37.1 	(2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or 
37.2 	fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as 
37.3 	temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until 
37.4 	the license or registration is received or expires;
37.5 	(3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic 
37.6 	transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an 
37.7 	additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50;
37.8 	(4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent 
37.9 	of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An 
37.10 	electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic 
37.11 	bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The 
37.12 	sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and 
37.13 	state: "License agents are allowed by state law to charge a fee not to exceed three percent 
37.14 	of the cost of state licenses to persons who use electronic bank cards for payment. The 
37.15 	fee is not required by state law.";
37.16 	(5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be 
37.17 	paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system. 
37.18 	The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly 
37.19 	overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing 
37.20 	system; and
37.21 	(6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.
37.22 	(b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), and the commission 
37.23 	established under paragraph (a), clause (5), are not subject to the rulemaking procedures 
37.24 	of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
37.25 	(c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision, 
37.26 	including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the 
37.27 	natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.

37.28 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0856, is amended to read:
37.29 	84.0856 FLEET MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
37.30 	The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within 
37.31 	the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal 
37.32 	governments, for the costs of providing them with equipment. Costs billed may include 
37.33 	acquisition, licensing, insurance, maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined 
37.34 	by the commissioner. Receipts and interest earned on the receipts shall be credited to a 
38.1 	special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the 
38.2 	costs for which the billings were made.

38.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0857, is amended to read:
38.4 	84.0857 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
38.5 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within 
38.6 	the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal 
38.7 	governments, for the costs of providing them with building and infrastructure facilities. 
38.8 	Costs billed may include modifications and adaptations to allow for appropriate building 
38.9 	occupancy, building code compliance, insurance, utility services, maintenance, repair, and 
38.10 	other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts shall be credited to a 
38.11 	special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the 
38.12 	costs for which the billings were made.
38.13 	(b) Money deposited in the special account from the proceeds of a sale under section 
38.14 	94.16, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner to acquire 
38.15 	facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, 
38.16 	design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.

38.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
38.18 		Subd. 3.Fees for registration. (a) The fee for registration of each snowmobile, 
38.19 	other than those used for an agricultural purpose, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 
38.20 	1c, or those registered by a dealer or manufacturer pursuant to clause (b) or (c) shall be as 
38.21 	follows: $45 for three years and $4 for a duplicate or transfer.  
38.22 	(b) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a dealer and operated for 
38.23 	demonstration or testing purposes shall be $50 per year.
38.24 	(c) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a manufacturer and 
38.25 	operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes shall be $150 
38.26 	per year. Dealer and manufacturer registrations are not transferable.
38.27 	(d) The onetime fee for registration of an exempt snowmobile under subdivision 
38.28 	6a is $6.

38.29 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
38.30 	read:
38.31 		Subd. 6a.Exemption; collector unlimited snowmobile use. Snowmobiles may be 
38.32 	issued an exempt registration if the machine is at least 25 years old. Exempt registration is 
39.1 	valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the snowmobile is transferred. Exempt 
39.2 	registrations are not transferable.

39.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.92, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
39.4 		Subd. 9.Class 1 all-terrain vehicle. "Class 1 all-terrain vehicle" means an 
39.5 	all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of less than 900 1,000 pounds.

39.6 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.92, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
39.7 		Subd. 10.Class 2 all-terrain vehicle. "Class 2 all-terrain vehicle" means an 
39.8 	all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of 900 1,000 to 1,500 1,800 pounds.

39.9 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, is amended by adding a subdivision 
39.10 	to read:
39.11 		Subd. 2b.Collector unlimited use; exempt registration. All-terrain vehicles may 
39.12 	be issued an exempt registration if requested and the machine is at least 25 years old. 
39.13 	Exempt registration is valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the all-terrain 
39.14 	vehicle is transferred. Exempt registrations are not transferable.

39.15 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
39.16 		Subd. 5.Fees for registration. (a) The fee for a three-year registration of 
39.17 	an all-terrain vehicle under this section, other than those registered by a dealer or 
39.18 	manufacturer under paragraph (b) or (c), is:
39.19 	(1) for public use, $45;
39.20 	(2) for private use, $6; and
39.21 	(3) for a duplicate or transfer, $4.
39.22 	(b) The total registration fee for all-terrain vehicles owned by a dealer and operated 
39.23 	for demonstration or testing purposes is $50 per year. Dealer registrations are not 
39.24 	transferable.
39.25 	(c) The total registration fee for all-terrain vehicles owned by a manufacturer and 
39.26 	operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes is $150 per 
39.27 	year. Manufacturer registrations are not transferable.
39.28 	(d) The onetime fee for registration of an all-terrain vehicle under subdivision 2b 
39.29 	is $6.
39.30 	(e) The fees collected under this subdivision must be credited to the all-terrain 
39.31 	vehicle account.

40.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
40.2 		Subdivision 1.Program established. (a) The commissioner shall establish a 
40.3 	comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
40.4 	program, including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information and safety 
40.5 	advice to the public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance of 
40.6 	all-terrain vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who 
40.7 	successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and 
40.8 	training course.
40.9 	(b) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray a portion of the 
40.10 	expenses of training and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee 
40.11 	of $15 from each person who receives the training. The commissioner shall collect a fee, 
40.12 	to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing a duplicate all-terrain vehicle 
40.13 	safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish the fee for a duplicate all-terrain 
40.14 	vehicle safety certificate that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, 
40.15 	including overhead costs, involved in providing the service. Fee proceeds, except for the 
40.16 	issuing fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the all-terrain 
40.17 	vehicle account in the natural resources fund. In addition to the fee established by the 
40.18 	commissioner, instructors may charge each person the cost ofup to the established fee 
40.19 	amount for class materialmaterials and expenses.
40.20 	(c) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, 
40.21 	private and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program 
40.22 	established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner 
40.23 	and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the training. The 
40.24 	commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training 
40.25 	program subject matter and performance testing that leads to the certification of vehicle 
40.26 	operators. By June 30, 2003, the commissioner shall incorporate a riding component in 
40.27 	the safety education and training program.

40.28 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.928, subdivision 1, is 
40.29 	amended to read:
40.30 		Subdivision 1.Operation on roads and rights-of-way. (a) Unless otherwise 
40.31 	allowed in sections 84.92 to 84.928, a person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle in 
40.32 	this state along or on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of a public road 
40.33 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway.
41.1 	(b) A person may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle in the ditch or the outside 
41.2 	bank or slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway unless prohibited under 
41.3 	paragraph (d) or (f).
41.4 	(c) A person may operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
41.5 	right-of-way of a county state-aid or county highway on the extreme right-hand side of 
41.6 	the road and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under 
41.7 	the prevailing conditions, unless prohibited under paragraph (d) or (f). A person may 
41.8 	operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on the bank or ditch of a public road right-of-way on a 
41.9 	designated class 2 all-terrain vehicle trail.
41.10 	(d) A road authority as defined under section 160.02, subdivision 25, may after a 
41.11 	public hearing restrict the use of all-terrain vehicles in the public road right-of-way under 
41.12 	its jurisdiction.
41.13 	(e) The restrictions in paragraphs (a), (d), (h), (i), and (j) do not apply to the 
41.14 	operation of an all-terrain vehicle on the shoulder, inside bank or slope, ditch, or outside 
41.15 	bank or slope of a trunk, interstate, county state-aid, or county highway:
41.16 	(1) that is part of a funded grant-in-aid trail; or
41.17 	(2) when the all-terrain vehicle is:
41.18 	(1) owned by or operated under contract with a publicly or privately owned utility 
41.19 	or pipeline company; and
41.20 	(2) used for work on utilities or pipelines.
41.21 	(f) The commissioner may limit the use of a right-of-way for a period of time if the 
41.22 	commissioner determines that use of the right-of-way causes:
41.23 	(1) degradation of vegetation on adjacent public property;
41.24 	(2) siltation of waters of the state;
41.25 	(3) impairment or enhancement to the act of taking game; or
41.26 	(4) a threat to safety of the right-of-way users or to individuals on adjacent public 
41.27 	property.
41.28 	The commissioner must notify the road authority as soon as it is known that a closure 
41.29 	will be ordered. The notice must state the reasons and duration of the closure.
41.30 	(g) A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle registered for private use and used 
41.31 	for agricultural purposes on a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or 
41.32 	county highway in this state if the all-terrain vehicle is operated on the extreme right-hand 
41.33 	side of the road, and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so 
41.34 	under the prevailing conditions.
41.35 	(h) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
41.36 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 in 
42.1 	the agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively as transportation to and 
42.2 	from work on agricultural lands. This paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee 
42.3 	of a road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, or the Department of 
42.4 	Natural Resources when performing or exercising official duties or powers.
42.5 	(i) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
42.6 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of one-half 
42.7 	hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side of the 
42.8 	right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the 
42.9 	adjacent roadway.
42.10 	(j) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle at any time within the 
42.11 	right-of-way of an interstate highway or freeway within this state.

42.12 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 85.015, subdivision 13, is 
42.13 	amended to read:
42.14 		Subd. 13.Arrowhead Region Trails, in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine, Carlton, 
42.15 	Koochiching, and Itasca Counties. (a)(1) The Taconite Trail shall originate at Ely in St. 
42.16 	Louis County and extend southwesterly to Tower in St. Louis County, thence westerly to 
42.17 	McCarthy Beach State Park in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly to Grand Rapids in 
42.18 	Itasca County and there terminate;
42.19 	(2) The C. J. Ramstad/Northshore Trail shall originate in Duluth in St. Louis County 
42.20 	and extend northeasterly to Two Harbors in Lake County, thence northeasterly to Grand 
42.21 	Marais in Cook County, thence northeasterly to the international boundary in the vicinity 
42.22 	of the north shore of Lake Superior, and there terminate;
42.23 	(3) The Grand Marais to International Falls Trail shall originate in Grand Marais 
42.24 	in Cook County and extend northwesterly, outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 
42.25 	to Ely in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly along the route of the Taconite Trail to 
42.26 	Tower in St. Louis County, thence northwesterly through the Pelican Lake area in St. 
42.27 	Louis County to International Falls in Koochiching County, and there terminate;
42.28 	(4) The Becky Lourey Trail shall originate in Duluth in St. Louis County and extend 
42.29 	southerly to St. Croix State Forest in Pine County.
42.30 	(b) The trails shall be developed primarily for riding and hiking.
42.31 	(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands 
42.32 	for the Arrowhead Region trails may be acquired by eminent domain. Before acquiring 
42.33 	any land or interest in land by eminent domain the commissioner of administration shall 
42.34 	obtain the approval of the governor. The governor shall consult with the Legislative 
42.35 	Advisory Commission before granting approval. Recommendations of the Legislative 
43.1 	Advisory Commission shall be advisory only. Failure or refusal of the commission to 
43.2 	make a recommendation shall be deemed a negative recommendation.

43.3 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
43.4 		Subd. 14.Willard Munger Trail System, Chisago, Ramsey, Pine, St. Louis, 
43.5 	Carlton, and Washington Counties. (a) The trail shall consist of six segments. One 
43.6 	segment shall be known as the Gateway Trail and shall originate at the State Capitol 
43.7 	and extend northerly and northeasterly to William O'Brien State Park, thence northerly 
43.8 	to Taylors Falls in Chisago County. One segment shall be known as the Boundary Trail 
43.9 	and shall originate in Chisago County and extend into Duluth in St. Louis County. One 
43.10 	segment shall be known as the Browns Creek Trail and shall originate at Duluth Junction 
43.11 	and extend into Stillwater in Washington County. One segment shall be known as the 
43.12 	Munger Trail and shall originate at Hinckley in Pine County and extend through Moose 
43.13 	Lake in Carlton County to Duluth in St. Louis County. One segment shall be known 
43.14 	as the Alex Laveau Trail and shall originate in Carlton County at Carlton and extend 
43.15 	through Wrenshall to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. One segment shall be established 
43.16 	that extends the trail to include the cities of Proctor, Duluth, and Hermantown in St. 
43.17 	Louis County.
43.18 	(b) The Gateway and Browns Creek Trails shall be developed primarily for hiking 
43.19 	and nonmotorized riding and the remaining trails shall be developed primarily for riding 
43.20 	and hiking.
43.21 	(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands 
43.22 	for the Gateway and Browns Creek Trails may be acquired by eminent domain.

43.23 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
43.24 		Subd. 5.Exemption. Purchases for resale or rental made from the state parks 
43.25 	working capital fund account are exempt from competitive bidding, notwithstanding 
43.26 	chapter 16C.

43.27 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
43.28 		Subdivision 1.Areas marked. The commissioner of natural resources is authorized 
43.29 	in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when 
43.30 	feasible to mark canoe and boating routes state water trails on the Little Fork, Big Fork, 
43.31 	Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, 
43.32 	Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre 
43.33 	within Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in 
44.1 	Swift County to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, 
44.2 	Sauk, Otter Tail, Redwood, Blue Earth, and Crow Rivers which have historic and scenic 
44.3 	values and to mark appropriately points of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, 
44.4 	rapids, waterfalls, whirlpools, and other serious hazards which are dangerous to canoe, 
44.5 	kayak, and watercraft travelers.

44.6 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.43, is amended to read:
44.7 	85.43 DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS; PURPOSE.
44.8 	Fees from cross-country ski passes shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
44.9 	credited to a cross-country ski account in the natural resources fund and, except for the 
44.10 	electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
44.11 	84.027, subdivision 15, are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
44.12 	the following purposes:
44.13 	(1) grants-in-aid for cross-country ski trails sponsored byto:
44.14 	(i) local units of government counties and municipalities for construction and 
44.15 	maintenance of cross-country ski trails; and
44.16 	(ii) special park districts as provided in section 85.44 for construction and 
44.17 	maintenance of cross-country ski trails; and
44.18 	(2) development and maintenance of state cross-country ski trails.

44.19 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.46, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 
44.20 	37, article 1, sections 22 to 24, is amended to read:
44.21 	85.46 HORSE TRAIL PASS.
44.22 		Subdivision 1.Pass in possession. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while 
44.23 	riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state 
44.24 	trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests,on lands administered by 
44.25 	the commissioner, a person 16 years of age or over shall carry in immediate possession 
44.26 	a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a 
44.27 	conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 84.0835.
44.28 	(b) A valid horse trail pass is not required under this section for a person riding, 
44.29 	leading, or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trailproperty that is owned by 
44.30 	the person or the person's spouse, child, parent, or guardian.
44.31 		Subd. 2.License agents. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may appoint 
44.32 	agents to issue and sell horse trail passes. The commissioner may revoke the appointment 
44.33 	of an agent at any time.
45.1 	(b) The commissioner may adopt additional rules as provided in section 97A.485, 
45.2 	subdivision 11. An agent shall observe all rules adopted by the commissioner for the 
45.3 	accounting and handling of passes according to section 97A.485, subdivision 11.
45.4 	(c) An agent must promptly deposit and remit all money received from the sale of 
45.5 	passes, except issuing fees, to the commissioner.
45.6 		Subd. 3.Issuance. The commissioner of natural resources and agents shall issue 
45.7 	and sell horse trail passes. The pass shall include the applicant's signature and other 
45.8 	information deemed necessary by the commissioner. To be valid, a daily or annual pass 
45.9 	must be signed by the person riding, leading, or driving the horse, and a commercial 
45.10 	annual pass must be signed by the owner of the commercial trail riding facility.
45.11 		Subd. 4.Pass fees. (a) The fee for an annual horse trail pass is $20 for an individual 
45.12 	16 years of age and over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. 
45.13 	Annual passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
45.14 	(b) The fee for a daily horse trail pass is $4 for an individual 16 years of age and 
45.15 	over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid 
45.16 	only for the date designated on the pass form.
45.17 	(c) The fee for a commercial annual horse trail pass is $200 and includes issuance 
45.18 	of 15 passes. Additional or individual commercial annual horse trail passes may be 
45.19 	purchased by the commercial trail riding facility owner at a fee of $20 each. Commercial 
45.20 	annual horse trail passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 
45.21 	31 and may be affixed to the horse tack, saddle, or person. Commercial annual horse trail
45.22 	passes are not transferable to another commercial trail riding facility. For the purposes of 
45.23 	this section, a "commercial trail riding facility" is an operation where horses are used for 
45.24 	riding instruction or other equestrian activities for hire or use by others.
45.25 		Subd. 5.Issuing fee. In addition to the fee for a horse trail pass, an issuing fee of 
45.26 	$1 per pass shall be charged. The issuing fee shall be retained by the seller of the pass. 
45.27 	Issuing fees for passes sold by the commissioner of natural resources shall be deposited 
45.28 	in the state treasury and credited to the horse trailpass account in the natural resources 
45.29 	fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the operation of the electronic licensing 
45.30 	system. A pass shall indicate the amount of the fee that is retained by the seller.
45.31 		Subd. 6.Disposition of receipts. Fees collected under this section, except for 
45.32 	the issuing fee, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the horse trail
45.33 	pass account in the natural resources fund. Except for the electronic licensing system 
45.34 	commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, the 
45.35 	fees are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for trail acquisition, trail and 
45.36 	facility development, and maintenance, enforcement, and rehabilitation of horse trails or 
46.1 	trails authorized for horse use, whether for riding, leading, or driving, on state trails and in 
46.2 	state parks, state recreation areas, and state forests land administered by the commissioner.
46.3 		Subd. 7.Duplicate horse trail passes. The commissioner of natural resources and 
46.4 	agents shall issue a duplicate pass to a person or commercial trail riding facility owner 
46.5 	whose pass is lost or destroyed using the process established under section 97A.405, 
46.6 	subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate horse trail pass is $2, 
46.7 	with an issuing fee of 50 cents.

46.8 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 86A.09, subdivision 1, is 
46.9 	amended to read:
46.10 		Subdivision 1.Master plan required. No construction of new facilities or other 
46.11 	development of an authorized unit, other than repairs and maintenance, shall commence 
46.12 	until the managing agency has prepared and submitted to the commissioner of natural 
46.13 	resources and the commissioner has reviewed, pursuant to this section, a master plan for 
46.14 	administration of the unit in conformity with this section. No master plan is required for 
46.15 	wildlife management areas that do not have resident managers, for scientific and natural 
46.16 	areas, for water access sites, for aquatic management areas, for rest areas, or for boater 
46.17 	waysides.

46.18 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.101, is amended to read:
46.19 	86B.101 WATERCRAFT SAFETY AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
46.20 		Subdivision 1.Safety and education program. The commissioner shall continue 
46.21 	and expand the comprehensive boat watercraft safety and education program. The 
46.22 	commissioner shall cooperate with boaters watercraft owners, governmental subdivisions, 
46.23 	state agencies, other states, and the federal government in the operation of the program.
46.24 		Subd. 2.Youth watercraft safety and education course. (a) The commissioner 
46.25 	shall establish an educational course and a testing program for personal watercraft and 
46.26 	watercraft operators and for persons age 12 or older but younger than age 18 required to 
46.27 	take the watercraft safety and education course. The course shall have an invasive species 
46.28 	component that includes the identification of invasive species and invasive species control 
46.29 	requirements. The commissioner shall prescribe a written test as part of the course. A 
46.30 	personal watercraft educational course and testing program that emphasizes safe and legal 
46.31 	operation must be required for persons age 13 or older but younger than age 18 operating 
46.32 	personal watercraft.
47.1 	(b) The commissioner shall issue a watercraft operator's permit to a person age 12 
47.2 	or older but younger than age 18 who successfully completes the educational program 
47.3 	and the written test.
47.4 		Subd. 3.Operator's permit. The commissioner shall issue a watercraft operator's 
47.5 	permit to a person who successfully qualifies for a watercraft operator's permit under the 
47.6 	boat watercraft safety and education program.
47.7 		Subd. 4.Boat Watercraft safety and education program; reciprocity with other 
47.8 	states. The commissioner may enter into reciprocity agreements or otherwise certify boat
47.9 	watercraft safety and education programs from other states that are substantially similar to 
47.10 	in-state programs. The commissioner shall issue a watercraft operator's permit to a person 
47.11 	who provides proof of completion of a program subject to a reciprocity agreement or 
47.12 	certified as substantially similar.

47.13 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.665, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
47.14 		Subd. 2.Petition to district court. If a beaver dam causes a threat to personal 
47.15 	safety or a serious threat to damage property, and a person cannot obtain consent under 
47.16 	subdivision 1, a person may petition the district court for relief. The court may order the 
47.17 	commissionerowners of private property where beaver dams are located to take action 
47.18 	to reduce the threat. A permit is not required for an action ordered by the court. The 
47.19 	action may include destruction or alteration of beaver dams and removal of beaver. This 
47.20 	subdivision does not apply to state parks, state game refuges, and federal game refuges.

47.21 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103A.305, is amended to read:
47.22 	103A.305 JURISDICTION.
47.23 	Sections 103A.301 to 103A.341 apply if the decision of an agency in a proceeding 
47.24 	involves a question of water policy in one or more of the areas of water conservation, water 
47.25 	pollution, preservation and management of wildlife, drainage, soil conservation, public 
47.26 	recreation, forest management, and municipal planning under section 97A.135; 103A.411; 
47.27 	103E.011; 103E.015; 103G.245; 103G.261; 103G.271; 103G.275; 103G.281; 103G.295, 
47.28 	subdivisions 1 and 2;103G.287; 103G.297 to 103G.311; 103G.315, subdivisions 1, 10, 
47.29 	11, and 12; 103G.401; 103G.405; 103I.681, subdivision 1; 115.04; or 115.05.  

47.30 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 103G.201, is amended to read:
47.31 	103G.201 PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY.
47.32 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain a public waters inventory map of each county 
47.33 	that shows the waters of this state that are designated as public waters under the public 
48.1 	waters inventory and classification procedures prescribed under Laws 1979, chapter 
48.2 	199, and shall provide access to a copy of the maps and lists. As county public waters 
48.3 	inventory maps and lists are revised according to this section, the commissioner shall send 
48.4 	a notification or a copy of the maps and lists to the auditor of each affected county.
48.5 	(b) The commissioner is authorized to revise the listmap of public waters established 
48.6 	under Laws 1979, chapter 199, to reclassify those types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands previously 
48.7 	identified as public waters wetlands under Laws 1979, chapter 199, as public waters or as 
48.8 	wetlands under section 103G.005, subdivision 19. The commissioner may only reclassify 
48.9 	public waters wetlands as public waters if:
48.10 	(1) they are assigned a shoreland management classification by the commissioner 
48.11 	under sections 103F.201 to 103F.221;
48.12 	(2) they are classified as lacustrine wetlands or deepwater habitats according to 
48.13 	Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin, 
48.14 	et al., 1979 edition); or
48.15 	(3) the state or federal government has become titleholder to any of the beds or 
48.16 	shores of the public waters wetlands, subsequent to the preparation of the public waters 
48.17 	inventory map filed with the auditor of the county, pursuant to paragraph (a), and the 
48.18 	responsible state or federal agency declares that the water is necessary for the purposes 
48.19 	of the public ownership.
48.20 	(c) The commissioner must provide notice of the reclassification to the local 
48.21 	government unit, the county board, the watershed district, if one exists for the area, and 
48.22 	the soil and water conservation district. Within 60 days of receiving notice from the 
48.23 	commissioner, a party required to receive the notice may provide a resolution stating 
48.24 	objections to the reclassification. If the commissioner receives an objection from a party 
48.25 	required to receive the notice, the reclassification is not effective. If the commissioner does 
48.26 	not receive an objection from a party required to receive the notice, the reclassification 
48.27 	of a wetland under paragraph (b) is effective 60 days after the notice is received by all 
48.28 	of the parties.
48.29 	(d) The commissioner shall give priority to the reclassification of public waters 
48.30 	wetlands that are or have the potential to be affected by public works projects.
48.31 	(e) The commissioner may revise the public waters inventory map and list of each 
48.32 	county:
48.33 	(1) to reflect the changes authorized in paragraph (b); and
48.34 	(2) as needed, to:
48.35 	(i) correct errors in the original inventory;
49.1 	(ii) add or subtract trout stream tributaries within sections that contain a designated 
49.2 	trout stream following written notice to the landowner;
49.3 	(iii) add depleted quarries, and sand and gravel pits, when the body of water exceeds 
49.4 	50 acres and the shoreland has been zoned for residential development; and
49.5 	(iv) add or subtract public waters that have been created or eliminated as a 
49.6 	requirement of a permit authorized by the commissioner under section 103G.245.

49.7 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.271, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
49.8 		Subd. 3.Permit restriction during summer months. The commissioner must not 
49.9 	modify or restrict the amount of appropriation from a groundwater source authorized in a 
49.10 	water use permit issued to irrigate agricultural land under section 103G.295, subdivision 
49.11 	2, between May 1 and October 1, unless the commissioner determines the authorized 
49.12 	amount of appropriation endangers a domestic water supply.  

49.13 	Sec. 25. [103G.282] MONITORING TO EVALUATE IMPACTS FROM 
49.14 	APPROPRIATIONS.
49.15 		Subdivision 1.Monitoring equipment. The commissioner may require the 
49.16 	installation and maintenance of monitoring equipment to evaluate water resource impacts 
49.17 	from permitted appropriations and proposed projects that require a permit. Monitoring for 
49.18 	water resources that supply more than one appropriator must be designed to minimize 
49.19 	costs to individual appropriators.
49.20 		Subd. 2.Measuring devices required. Monitoring installations required under 
49.21 	subdivision 1 must be equipped with automated measuring devices to measure water 
49.22 	levels, flows, or conditions. The commissioner may determine the frequency of 
49.23 	measurements and other measuring methods based on the quantity of water appropriated 
49.24 	or used, the source of water, potential connections to other water resources, the method 
49.25 	of appropriating or using water, seasonal and long-term changes in water levels, and any 
49.26 	other facts supplied to the commissioner.
49.27 		Subd. 3.Reports and costs. (a) Records of water measurements under subdivision 
49.28 	2 must be kept for each installation. The measurements must be reported annually to the 
49.29 	commissioner on or before February 15 of the following year in a format or on forms 
49.30 	prescribed by the commissioner.
49.31 	(b) The owner or person in charge of an installation for appropriating or using 
49.32 	waters of the state or a proposal that requires a permit is responsible for all costs related 
49.33 	to establishing and maintaining monitoring installations and to measuring and reporting 
49.34 	data. Monitoring costs for water resources that supply more than one appropriator may be 
50.1 	distributed among all users within a monitoring area determined by the commissioner and 
50.2 	assessed based on volumes of water appropriated and proximity to resources of concern.

50.3 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.285, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
50.4 		Subd. 5.Trout streams. Permits issued after June 3, 1977, to appropriate water 
50.5 	from streams designated trout streams by the commissioner's orders under section 97C.021
50.6 	97C.005 must be limited to temporary appropriations. 

50.7 	Sec. 27. [103G.287] GROUNDWATER APPROPRIATIONS.
50.8 		Subdivision 1.Waiver. The commissioner may waive a limitation or requirement in 
50.9 	subdivisions 2 to 6 for just cause.
50.10 		Subd. 2.Applications for groundwater appropriations. Groundwater use permit 
50.11 	applications are not complete until the applicant has supplied:
50.12 	(1) a water well record as required by section 103I.205, subdivision 9, information 
50.13 	on the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer 
50.14 	that will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to 
50.15 	locate the site of the production well;
50.16 	(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being 
50.17 	requested;
50.18 	(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality 
50.19 	commonly specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary 
50.20 	for the proposed use;
50.21 	(4) an inventory of existing wells within 1-1/2 miles of the proposed production well 
50.22 	or within the area of influence, as determined by the commissioner. The inventory must 
50.23 	include information on well locations, depths, geologic formations, depth of the pump or 
50.24 	intake, pumping and nonpumping water levels, and details of well construction; and
50.25 	(5) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved by 
50.26 	the commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested 
50.27 	in the application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other 
50.28 	wells and surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible 
50.29 	for all costs related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and 
50.30 	surface water monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after 
50.31 	the aquifer test.
50.32 		Subd. 3.Relationship to surface water resources. Groundwater appropriations 
50.33 	that have potential impacts to surface waters are subject to applicable provisions in 
50.34 	section 103G.285.
51.1 		Subd. 4.Protection of groundwater supplies. The commissioner may establish 
51.2 	water appropriation limits to protect groundwater resources. When establishing water 
51.3 	appropriation limits to protect groundwater resources, the commissioner must consider 
51.4 	current and projected water levels and water supply management objectives in section 
51.5 	103G.265, subdivision 1.
51.6 		Subd. 5.Groundwater management areas. The commissioner may designate 
51.7 	groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses 
51.8 	within a designated area to ensure future supplies. Water appropriations and uses within a 
51.9 	designated management area must be consistent with a plan approved by the commissioner 
51.10 	that addresses water conservation requirements and water allocation priorities established 
51.11 	in section 103G.261.
51.12 		Subd. 6.Interference with other wells. The commissioner may issue water use 
51.13 	permits for appropriation from groundwater only if the commissioner determines that 
51.14 	adequate water supplies are available for the proposed use without reducing water levels 
51.15 	beyond the reach of public water supply and private domestic wells constructed according 
51.16 	to Minnesota Rules, chapter 4725.

51.17 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
51.18 		Subd. 6.Filing application. (a) An application for a permit must be filed with the 
51.19 	commissioner and if the proposed activity for which the permit is requested is within a 
51.20 	municipality, or is within or affects a watershed district or a soil and water conservation 
51.21 	district, a copy of the application with maps, plans, and specifications must be served on 
51.22 	the mayor of the municipality, the secretary of the board of managers of the watershed 
51.23 	district, and the secretary of the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation 
51.24 	district.
51.25 	(b) If the application is required to be served on a local governmental unit under 
51.26 	this subdivision, proof of service must be included with the application and filed with 
51.27 	the commissioner.

51.28 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.305, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
51.29 		Subd. 2.Exception. The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to applications 
51.30 	for a water use permit for:
51.31 	(1) appropriations from waters of the state for irrigation, under section 103G.295;
51.32 	(2) appropriations for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 
51.33 	gallons per day average in a 30-day period; or
52.1 	(3) (2)  appropriations with a consumptive use of more than 2,000,000 gallons per 
52.2 	day average for a 30-day period.

52.3 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.315, subdivision 11, is amended to 
52.4 	read:
52.5 		Subd. 11.Limitations on permits. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by 
52.6 	law, a permit issued by the commissioner under this chapter is subject to:
52.7 	(1) cancellation by the commissioner at any time if necessary to protect the public 
52.8 	interests;
52.9 	(2) further conditions on the term of the permit or its cancellation as the 
52.10 	commissioner may prescribe and amend and reissue the permit; and
52.11 	(3) applicable law existing before or after the issuance of the permit.
52.12 	(b) Permits issued to irrigate agricultural land under section 103G.295, or considered 
52.13 	issued, are subject to this subdivision and are subject to cancellation by the commissioner 
52.14 	upon the recommendation of the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district 
52.15 	where the land to be irrigated is located.  

52.16 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.17 		Subd. 5.Removal of hazardous dams. Notwithstanding any provision of 
52.18 	this section or of section 103G.511 relating to cost sharing or apportionment, the 
52.19 	commissioner, within the limits of legislative appropriation, may assume or pay the entire 
52.20 	cost of removal of a privately or publicly owned dam upon determining removal provides 
52.21 	the lowest cost solution and:
52.22 	(1) that continued existence of the structure presents a significant public safety 
52.23 	hazard, or prevents restoration of an important fisheries resource,; or 
52.24 	(2) that public or private property is being damaged due to partial failure of the 
52.25 	structure, and that an attempt to assess costs of removal against the private or public 
52.26 	owner would be of no avail.  

52.27 	Sec. 32. [103G.651] REMOVING SUNKEN LOGS FROM PUBLIC WATERS 
52.28 	PROHIBITED.
52.29 	 The commissioner of natural resources must not issue leases to remove sunken logs 
52.30 	or issue permits for the removal of sunken logs from public waters.

52.31 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.431, is amended to read:
52.32 	290.431 NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.
53.1 	Every individual who files an income tax return or property tax refund claim form 
53.2 	may designate on their original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted 
53.3 	from the refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual and paid into an 
53.4 	account to be established for the management of nongame wildlife. The commissioner 
53.5 	of revenue shall, on the income tax return and the property tax refund claim form, notify 
53.6 	filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax or refund shall be paid into 
53.7 	the nongame wildlife management account. The sum of the amounts so designated to 
53.8 	be paid shall be credited to the nongame wildlife management account for use by the 
53.9 	nongame program of the section of wildlife in the Department of Natural Resources. All 
53.10 	interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and 
53.11 	reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife management account shall be 
53.12 	credited to the account by the commissioner of management and budget, except that 
53.13 	gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of natural resources and 
53.14 	directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects or geographic 
53.15 	areas shall be handled according to section 84.085, subdivision 1. The commissioner 
53.16 	of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year and semiannual 
53.17 	progress reports to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources in the 
53.18 	form determined by the commission. None of the money provided in this section may be 
53.19 	expended unless the commission has approved the work program.
53.20 	The state pledges and agrees with all contributors to the nongame wildlife 
53.21 	management account to use the funds contributed solely for the management of nongame 
53.22 	wildlife projects and further agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
53.23 	restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural 
53.24 	resources to use the available funds for the most efficient and effective management of 
53.25 	nongame wildlife. The commissioner may use funds appropriated for nongame wildlife 
53.26 	programs for the purpose of developing, preserving, restoring, and maintaining wintering 
53.27 	habitat for neotropical migrant birds in Latin America and the Caribbean under agreement 
53.28 	or contract with any nonprofit organization dedicated to the construction, maintenance, and 
53.29 	repair of such projects that are acceptable to the governmental agency having jurisdiction 
53.30 	over the land and water affected by the projects. Under this authority, the commissioner 
53.31 	may execute agreements and contracts if the commissioner determines that the use of the 
53.32 	funds will benefit neotropical migrant birds that breed in or migrate through the state.

53.33 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.432, is amended to read:
53.34 	290.432 CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.
54.1 	A corporation that files an income tax return may designate on its original return that 
54.2 	$1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be 
54.3 	payable by or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife management account 
54.4 	established by section 290.431 for use by the section of wildlife in the Department of 
54.5 	Natural Resources for its nongame wildlife program. The commissioner of revenue shall, 
54.6 	on the corporate tax return, notify filers of their right to designate that a portion of their 
54.7 	tax return be paid into the nongame wildlife management account for the protection of 
54.8 	endangered natural resources. All interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, 
54.9 	contributions to the program, and reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife 
54.10 	management account shall be credited to the account by the commissioner of management 
54.11 	and budget, except that gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of 
54.12 	natural resources and directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects 
54.13 	or geographic areas shall be handled according to section 84.085, subdivision 1. The 
54.14 	commissioner of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year to 
54.15 	the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources in the form determined by 
54.16 	the commission. None of the money provided in this section may be spent unless the 
54.17 	commission has approved the work program.
54.18 	The state pledges and agrees with all corporate contributors to the nongame wildlife 
54.19 	account to use the funds contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further 
54.20 	agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or restrictions that will limit or 
54.21 	otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
54.22 	funds for the most efficient and effective management of those programs.

54.23 	Sec. 35. REPORT ON PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR STATE NATURAL 
54.24 	RESOURCE LANDS.
 54.25 	By January 15, 2011, the commissioner of revenue, after consultation with 
54.26 	the commissioner of natural resources and representatives from affected local units 
54.27 	of government and other interested parties, shall report to the senate and house of 
54.28 	representatives natural resources and tax policy and finance committees and divisions 
54.29 	with recommended changes to payment in lieu of taxes for natural resource lands under 
54.30 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 97A.061 and 477A.11 to 477A.145. The report shall include 
54.31 	an analysis of the current payment and distribution system, and any recommended 
54.32 	changes to:
54.33 	(1) the rate of payments for specific classes of natural resource lands; and
54.34 	(2) the formula for distribution of the payments to local units of government.

55.1 	Sec. 36. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 55.2 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "horse trail pass" to "horse pass" 
55.3 	wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
55.4 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "canoe and boating routes" or 
55.5 	similar term to "state water trails" or similar term wherever it appears in Minnesota 
55.6 	Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
55.7 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "Minnesota Conservation Corps" to 
55.8 	"Conservation Corps Minnesota" wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes.

55.9 	Sec. 37.  REPEALER.
 55.10 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; 
55.11 	97B.665, subdivision 1; 103G.295; and 103G.650, are repealed.
55.12 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 3.3006; and 84.02, subdivisions 
55.13 	4a, 6a, and 6b, are repealed.
55.14 	(c) Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 8, is repealed.

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

55.16 	ARTICLE 3
55.17 	STATE LANDS

55.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0272, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
55.19 		Subd. 2.Stream easements. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner 
55.20 	may acquire permanent stream easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat 
55.21 	work for a onetime payment based on a value attributed to both the stream and the 
55.22 	easement corridor. The payment shall equal:
55.23 	(1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement corridor times $5; plus
55.24 	(2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market value.
55.25 	(b) The estimated market value is equal to:
55.26 	(1) the total farm market value plus the timberlands value agricultural market value 
55.27 	plus the rural vacant market value plus the managed forest market value; divided by
55.28 	(2) the acres of deeded farmland plus the acres of timber agricultural land plus the 
55.29 	rural vacant land plus the managed forest land.
55.30 	(c) The total farm market value, timberlands value, acres of deeded farmland, and 
55.31 	acres of timber agricultural market value, rural vacant market value, and managed forest 
55.32 	market value or equivalent are determined from data collected by the Department of 
55.33 	Revenue during its annual spring mini abstract survey. If the Department of Revenue 
56.1 	changes its property type groups for its annual spring mini abstract survey, the agricultural 
56.2 	market value, the rural vacant market value, and the managed forest market value shall be 
56.3 	determined by the commissioner from data collected by the Department of Revenue in a 
56.4 	manner that provides the most reasonable substitute for the market values as presently 
56.5 	reported. The commissioner must use the most recent available data for the city or 
56.6 	township within which the easement corridor is located.
56.7 	(d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement payment rates under 
56.8 	this subdivision to determine whether the stream easement payments reflect current 
56.9 	shoreland market values. If the commissioner determines that the easements do not reflect 
56.10 	current shoreland market values, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house of 
56.11 	representatives natural resources policy committees with recommendations for changes 
56.12 	to this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement payment rates to reflect 
56.13 	current shoreland market values. The recommendations may include an adjustment to the 
56.14 	dollar amount in paragraph (a), clause (1).

56.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.012, subdivision 40, is amended to read:
56.16 		Subd. 40. McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis County and Itasca Counties, which 
56.17 	is hereby renamed from McCarthy Beach Memorial State Park.

56.18 	Sec. 3. [85.0144] HILL-ANNEX MINE STATE PARK; HISTORIC PROPERTY 
56.19 	EXEMPTION.
56.20 	In accordance with Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 1, section 53, that provided that 
56.21 	mining may be conducted on Hill-Annex Mine State Park in the future and that portions 
56.22 	of the surface estate may be necessary for these mining operations, section 138.665, 
56.23 	subdivision 2, does not apply to the removal of any taconite or any iron-bearing material 
56.24 	stockpiles within the Hill-Annex Mine State Park.

56.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.032, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.26 		Subd. 2.Acquisition for state forests. The commissioner may acquire lands or 
56.27 	interest in lands for state forest purposes. The land or interests in land may be subject 
56.28 	to mineral reservations.

56.29 	Sec. 5. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 34, as amended by Laws 2009, 
56.30 	chapter 176, article 4, section 2, is amended to read:
56.31 	Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN 
56.32 	COUNTY.
 57.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner 
57.2 	of natural resources shall sell to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is described in 
57.3 	paragraph (c) upon verification that the city has acquired the adjacent parcel, currently 
57.4 	occupied by a gas station.
57.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
57.6 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
57.7 	and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land described in paragraph (c) to 
57.8 	the city of Wayzata, for up to $75,000 plus transaction costs $1, but the conveyance must 
57.9 	provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for a public road and reverts to 
57.10 	the state if the city of Wayzata fails to provide for public use of the land as a road or 
57.11 	abandons the public use of the land.
57.12 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
57.13 	Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
57.14 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
57.15 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of 
57.16 	Wayzata.

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

57.18 	Sec. 6. Laws 2009, chapter 176, article 4, section 9, is amended to read:
57.19 	Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
 57.20 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
57.21 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
57.22 	(c).
57.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
57.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
57.25 	and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the White Earth Band of 
57.26 	Ojibwe for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner $1, but the 
57.27 	conveyance must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state 
57.28 	if the band fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The 
57.29 	conveyance may reserve an easement for ingress and egress.
57.30 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: 
57.31 	the West 400 feet of the South 750 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 31, Township 145 
57.32 	North, Range 38 West, containing 6.89 acres, more or less.
57.33 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land and building 
57.34 	are no longer needed for natural resource purposes.

58.1 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 58.2 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 19.] Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
58.3 	Fillmore County. The following areas are added to Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
58.4 	all in Fillmore County:
58.5 	(1) commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range 
58.6 	12 West; thence West 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West 1,260.4 feet; 
58.7 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 
58.8 	West 541.4 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 302.7 feet; thence South 0 
58.9 	degrees 39 minutes West 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East 132 feet; 
58.10 	thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 
58.11 	East 495 feet; thence South 54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 
58.12 	feet; thence South 84 degrees East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; 
58.13 	thence South 66 degrees East 462 feet; thence North 0 degrees 45 minutes East 3763 
58.14 	feet to beginning;
58.15 	(2) that part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 102 
58.16 	North, Range 12 West, lying North of the south bank of the North Branch Creek, also 
58.17 	known as Forestville Creek. Said parcel of real estate being more fully described as 
58.18 	follows: commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, proceed West, a distance 
58.19 	of 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West a distance of 1,260.4 feet; 
58.20 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 
58.21 	39 minutes West, a distance of 541.4 feet to the beginning corner. From the point of 
58.22 	beginning, continue North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 302.7 feet; thence 
58.23 	South 0 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 
58.24 	minutes East, a distance of 132 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West, a distance 
58.25 	of 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East a distance of 363 feet; thence South 
58.26 	54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 feet; thence South 84 degrees 
58.27 	East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; thence South 66 degrees East 462 
58.28 	feet, to the section line; thence North on the section line, a distance of 1,783 feet; thence 
58.29 	North 85 degrees 34 minutes West a distance of 2,340.2 feet to the beginning corner;
58.30 	(3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 
58.31 	12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, except the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the 
58.32 	Southeast Quarter of said Northeast Quarter, and also except that part thereof lying West 
58.33 	of the center of County Road No. 12;
58.34 	(4) that part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 
58.35 	102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, lying northerly and easterly of the following 
58.36 	described line: commencing at a point 288.4 feet North of the southwest corner of the 
59.1 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence North 132 feet, to 
59.2 	the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence East 1,800 feet, to the center 
59.3 	of river; thence South 6 degrees East 133 feet to intersect the hereinafter described Line 
59.4 	X; thence easterly along said Line X to the hereinafter described Point A; thence South, 
59.5 	parallel with the west line of said Southwest Quarter to the south line of said North Half of 
59.6 	said Southwest Quarter and said line there terminating. Said Line X and Point A being 
59.7 	described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
59.8 	the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence running North 4.37 chains; thence East, 
59.9 	along a line referred to as Line X in the above description, a distance of 27.25 chains to a 
59.10 	point referred to as Point A in the above description;
59.11 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, 
59.12 	Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota; and
59.13 	(6) the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, 
59.14 	Minnesota, except the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
59.15 	said Southeast Quarter.
59.16 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 31.] Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Cook County.
 59.17 	The following areas are added to Judge C. R. Magney State Park, all in Cook County: 
59.18 	the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
59.19 	Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 5, Township 
59.20 	62 North, Range 3 East.
59.21 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 59.22 	The following areas are added to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, all in Lake County: the 
59.23 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
59.24 	Quarter, all in Section 32, Township 55 North, Range 8 West.
59.25 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 55a.] Tettegouche State Park, Lake County. The 
59.26 	following areas are added to Tettegouche State Park:
59.27 	(1) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 15, Township 56, Range 7, Lake County, 
59.28 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the quarter corner between said Section 
59.29 	15 and Section 22, Township 56, Range 7; thence East, along the section line between said 
59.30 	Sections 15 and 22, a distance of 503.0 feet; thence northeasterly, deflecting to the left 75 
59.31 	degrees 00 minutes a distance of 425.0 feet, to a point designated by a two-inch iron pipe, 
59.32 	being the point of beginning; thence northwesterly, to a point on the west line of said Lot 2 
59.33 	distant approximately 970.0 feet North of said quarter corner between Sections 15 and 22; 
59.34 	thence North along said west line to the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence East, along 
59.35 	the north line of said Lot 2, approximately 240.0 feet; thence in a southeasterly direction 
59.36 	to a point on the east side of a point of rocks projecting into Lake Superior, being marked 
60.1 	by an X; thence in a southwesterly direction, along the shore of said Lake Superior to the 
60.2 	point of beginning. (X mark on rock being in line making a deflection angle of 45 degrees 
60.3 	51 minutes to the left with the east-west section line from a point on the section line 503.0 
60.4 	feet East of the quarter corner between said Sections 15 and 22 and being approximately 
60.5 	830 feet from said point on said section line.); and
60.6 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 56, 
60.7 	Range 7, Lake County, Minnesota.

60.8 	Sec. 8. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 60.9 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 1a.] Afton State Park, Washington County. The 
60.10 	following area is deleted from Afton State Park: all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
60.11 	Section 3, Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota, embraced within the 
60.12 	recorded plat of ALPS ESTATES.
60.13 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 14.] Crow Wing State Park, Crow Wing, Cass, and 
60.14 	Morrison Counties. The following areas are deleted from Crow Wing State Park:
60.15 	(1) all that part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, 
60.16 	Crow Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of RED RIVER 
60.17 	TRAIL; and
60.18 	(2) all that part of Government Lot 7, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, Crow 
60.19 	Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of LOGGER RUN.
60.20 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 60.21 	The following area is deleted from Frontenac State Park: that part of the Southeast 
60.22 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, being described as BLOCK P, 
60.23 	GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and 
60.24 	of record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota, including any 
60.25 	portions of vacated roadway which have attached thereto.
60.26 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 26.] Hayes Lake State Park, Roseau County. The 
60.27 	following area is deleted from Hayes Lake State Park: the West 45.00 feet of the North 
60.28 	160.7 feet of the South 263.58 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
60.29 	Section 32, Township 160, Range 38, Roseau County, Minnesota.
60.30 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 40.] McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis and 
60.31 	Itasca Counties. The following area is deleted from McCarthy Beach State Park in 
60.32 	Itasca County: all that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 1, 
60.33 	Township 60 North, Range 22 West, embraced within the recorded plat of "TRUST," 
60.34 	as depicted thereon.
61.1 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 41.] Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County. The 
61.2 	following areas are deleted from Maplewood State Park:
61.3 	(1) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
61.4 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of South Lida Shores, according to 
61.5 	the recorded plat thereof;
61.6 	(2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
61.7 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of Greens Isle View Addition, 
61.8 	according to the recorded plat thereof;
61.9 	(3) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
61.10 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a point located by running West 
61.11 	401 feet from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 4 in Section 9; thence South 47 
61.12 	degrees 10 minutes West 100 feet; thence South 52 degrees 19 minutes West along the 
61.13 	lakeshore of Lake Lida a distance of 50 feet; thence South 42 degrees 50 minutes East 
61.14 	200 feet; thence North 52 degrees 19 minutes East 50 feet; thence North 42 degrees 50 
61.15 	minutes West 100 feet; thence North 47 degrees 10 minutes East 100 feet; thence North 42 
61.16 	degrees 50 minutes West, 100 feet to the point of beginning;
61.17 	(4) that part of Government Lot 5, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter 
61.18 	Tail County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of 
61.19 	Government Lot 4 in said Section 9; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the 
61.20 	north line of said Government Lot 4, a distance of 130 feet, to intersect the shore of South 
61.21 	Lida Lake, said point of intersection being the point of beginning of the tract of land to 
61.22 	be described; thence return on a bearing of East, a distance of 130 feet, to said northeast 
61.23 	corner of Government Lot 4; thence North 03 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds West 
61.24 	224.40 feet, along the centerline of a township road; thence North 08 degrees 31 minutes 
61.25 	00 seconds East 346.60 feet along said centerline; thence North 81 degrees 14 minutes 
61.26 	00 seconds West 34.00 feet to the westerly line of said township road; thence North 08 
61.27 	degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East along said westerly line 125.00 feet; thence North 36 
61.28 	degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds West 230.00 feet; thence South 71 degrees 21 minutes 00 
61.29 	seconds West 93.00 feet, more or less to the easterly shoreline of South Lida Lake; thence 
61.30 	southeasterly along said shoreline to the point of beginning; and
61.31 	(5) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 33, Township 136, Range 42, Otter Tail 
61.32 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the East Quarter corner of said 
61.33 	Section 33; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the east-west quarter line of 
61.34 	said Section 33, a distance of 3,994.0 feet; thence North 25 degrees East, a distance of 
61.35 	308.3 feet to the southwesterly right-of-way line of a public highway; thence North 40 
61.36 	degrees 00 minutes West, a distance of 169.0 feet, along said right-of-way; thence South 
62.1 	74 degrees 43 minutes West, a distance of 70.0 feet, more or less, to the shore of South 
62.2 	Lida Lake; thence southwesterly, along said shoreline to the south line of said Government 
62.3 	Lot 2; thence on a bearing of East, along the south line of said Government Lot 2, also 
62.4 	being said east-west quarter line to the point of beginning.
62.5 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 62.6 	The following area is deleted from Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: the Southeast 
62.7 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 55 North, Range 8 West, Lake 
62.8 	County.

62.9 	Sec. 9. ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.
 62.10 	[89.021] [Subd. 32.] Lyons State Forest. The following area is added to the Lyons 
62.11 	State Forest: Section 16, Township 135 North, Range 32 West, Cass County.

62.12 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.
 62.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
62.14 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to a political subdivision the surplus land 
62.15 	that is described in paragraph (c).
62.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
62.17 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
62.18 	and ensure accuracy.
62.19 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as: the 
62.20 	East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 22 West, 
62.21 	Anoka County, Minnesota, containing 80 acres, more or less.
62.22 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
62.23 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a political 
62.24 	subdivision. A political subdivision would like to use this parcel as a wetland mitigation 
62.25 	site.
62.26 	(e) This sale is the result of the intent expressed by the city of Columbus and Anoka 
62.27 	County to allow the commissioner of natural resources to replace the approximately 80 
62.28 	acres of land with land adjacent to the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area from 
62.29 	willing sellers as identified in the November 19, 2007, Department of Natural Resources' 
62.30 	land acquisition plan.

62.31 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
62.32 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 63.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
63.2 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
63.3 	in paragraph (c).
63.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
63.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
63.6 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include a reservation of perpetual road easements 
63.7 	described in paragraph (c) to the state for ingress and egress for constructing, repairing, 
63.8 	maintaining, and operating an adjacent northern pike spawning and rearing area.
63.9 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: 
63.10 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government Lot 1, 
63.11 	Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 31 West, bounded by the water's edge of Cass 
63.12 	Lake and the following described lines: Commencing at the southwest corner of said 
63.13 	section, thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 691.2 feet on and along the west line of 
63.14 	said section to the point of beginning; thence South 58 degrees 27 minutes East, 177.64 
63.15 	feet; thence South 65 degrees 00 minutes East, 162.35 feet; thence North 52 degrees 
63.16 	07 minutes East, 175.70 feet; thence North 86 degrees 05 minutes East, 232.35 feet; 
63.17 	thence South 41 degrees 50 minutes East, 186.35 feet; thence South 25 degrees 59 minutes 
63.18 	East, 122.0 feet; thence South 33 degrees 47 minutes West, 176.13 feet; thence South 26 
63.19 	degrees 31 minutes West, 157.26 feet; thence South 50 degrees 19 minutes East, 142.34 
63.20 	feet; thence North 88 degrees 05 minutes East, 66.15 feet to point "A"; thence North 67 
63.21 	degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 minutes East, 113.86 
63.22 	feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet to point "B"; thence South 17 
63.23 	degrees 17 minutes East, 138 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Cass Lake and 
63.24 	there terminating. And from the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 
63.25 	West, 630.92 feet on and along the west line of said Section 21; thence South 75 degrees 
63.26 	27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 minutes East, 210.68 feet; 
63.27 	thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence South 51 degrees 18 minutes 
63.28 	East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 156.60 feet; thence South 48 
63.29 	degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 
63.30 	feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 
63.31 	minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes East, 410.58 feet; thence 
63.32 	South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
63.33 	14.84 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 133 feet, more or less, to the water's 
63.34 	edge of Cass Lake and there terminating. Including all riparian rights to the contained 
63.35 	18.0 acres, more or less and subject to all existing easements.
64.1 	Subject to a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
64.2 	following described land in Government Lot 1 of said section described as follows: 
64.3 	Beginning at point "B," said point being on the southerly boundary of the above described 
64.4 	tract; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 20.2 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 
64.5 	minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 20.2 feet; thence 
64.6 	North 17 degrees 17 minutes West, 33.33 feet to point "B" and the point of beginning.
64.7 	Except that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 
64.8 	31 West, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 21; 
64.9 	thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 1,322.12 feet along the west line of said Section 
64.10 	21; thence South 75 degrees 27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 
64.11 	minutes East, 210.68 feet; thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence 
64.12 	South 51 degrees 18 minutes East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 
64.13 	156.60 feet; thence South 48 degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 
64.14 	degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 
64.15 	feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 
64.16 	minutes East, 383.52 feet, to the point of beginning; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes 
64.17 	East, 27.06 feet; thence South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 
64.18 	degrees 48 minutes West, 2.52 feet; thence North 15 degrees 31 minutes West, 46.80 
64.19 	feet; thence North 32 degrees 31 minutes East, 18.96 feet; thence North 59 degrees 39 
64.20 	minutes East, 58.56 feet; thence North 20 degrees 23 minutes East, 105.29 feet to the 
64.21 	point of beginning; containing 0.1 acres.
64.22 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
64.23 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section being a strip of land 33 feet 
64.24 	wide, lying 16.5 feet on each side of the following described lines: Commencing at the 
64.25 	southwest corner of said Section 21; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 656.4 feet 
64.26 	on and along the west line of said section to the point of beginning; thence South 42 
64.27 	degrees 51 minutes East, 52.16 feet; thence South 70 degrees 04 minutes East, 214.3 feet; 
64.28 	thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes East, 219.4 feet; thence South 49 degrees 02 minutes 
64.29 	East, 252.6 feet; thence South 45 degrees 15 minutes East, 152.5 feet; thence South 50 
64.30 	degrees 19 minutes East, 119.9 feet, to the south line of Section 21 and there terminating.
64.31 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across 
64.32 	the northwesterly 16.5 feet of the following described land in Government Lot 1 and 
64.33 	the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section described as follows: 
64.34 	Beginning at point "A," said point being on the southern boundary of the above described 
64.35 	tract; thence North 67 degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 
64.36 	minutes East, 113.86 feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet; thence 
65.1 	South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
65.2 	92.38 feet; thence South 76 degrees 24 minutes West, 109.91 feet; thence South 67 
65.3 	degrees 06 minutes West, 353.28 feet; thence South 88 degrees 05 minutes West, 92.15 
65.4 	feet to point "A" and the point of beginning.
65.5 	(d) The land borders Cass Lake. The land was acquired for a northern pike spawning 
65.6 	area but has not been used for such purpose for 30 years. The Department of Natural 
65.7 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

65.8 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CARLTON COUNTY.
 65.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
65.10 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to a political subdivision the surplus land 
65.11 	that is described in paragraph (c).
65.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
65.13 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
65.14 	and ensure accuracy.
65.15 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the 
65.16 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except state trunk 
65.17 	highway right-of-way, Section 26, Township 49 North, Range 17 West, containing 9.324 
65.18 	acres, more or less.
65.19 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
65.20 	for natural resource purposes.

65.21 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
65.22 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 65.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
65.24 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton County may sell 
65.25 	by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
65.26 	(c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
65.27 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
65.28 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
65.29 	accuracy.
65.30 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
65.31 	(1) part of Government Lot 1 commencing 42 rods 17 links East of the northwest 
65.32 	corner of Section 6, Township 46, Range 18; thence South 82 rods 11 links; thence West to 
65.33 	Bear Lake; thence West on the shoreline to the section line; thence North to the northwest 
65.34 	corner; thence East to the beginning; except the highway right-of-way and except the part 
66.1 	northwest of Highway 35, Docket 214412 and except commencing at the northwest corner 
66.2 	of said Government Lot 1; thence South 0 degrees 5 minutes 51 seconds West on the west 
66.3 	line thereof 1,176.49 feet to a point on the southeast right-of-way line of the Interstate 
66.4 	Highway 35 frontage road; thence North 51 degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East on said 
66.5 	right-of-way line 209.76 feet; thence South 19 degrees 45 minutes East 120.0 feet to the 
66.6 	point of beginning; thence North 19 degrees 45 minutes West 120.0 feet; thence North 51 
66.7 	degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East 80.0 feet to the MNDOT right-of-way monument; 
66.8 	thence South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 
66.9 	30 minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence westerly on said 
66.10 	shore 215 feet, more or less, to a point which bears 2 degrees 55 minutes East from the 
66.11 	point of beginning; thence North 2 degrees 55 minutes West 150 feet, more or less, to the 
66.12 	point of beginning, on Docket 240622 and except commencing at the northwest corner of 
66.13 	said Government Lot 1; thence East along the north line 704.22 feet; thence South parallel 
66.14 	to the west line 1,360.26 feet to the actual point of beginning; thence North 739.16 feet, 
66.15 	more or less, to the southeast right-of-way line of the I-35 frontage road; thence southwest 
66.16 	along said right-of-way line 608.48 feet, more or less, to the MNDOT monument; thence 
66.17 	South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 30 
66.18 	minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence East on said shore 
66.19 	285 feet, more or less, to a point which bears North 00 degrees West from the point of 
66.20 	beginning; thence South 90 degrees East 15 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, 
66.21 	Docket 282721 (parcel identification number 39-010-0920); and 
66.22 	(2) that part of Government Lot 2 lying North of Moose Horn River, Docket 262968, 
66.23 	272524, and 272525, Section 11, Township 46, Range 19 (parcel identification number 
66.24 	39-030-1220).
66.25 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
66.26 	best be served if the land was sold to adjoining landowners.

66.27 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
66.28 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 66.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
66.30 	Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
66.31 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
66.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
66.33 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
66.34 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
67.1 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 48 North, 
67.2 	Range 18 West (parcel number 33-010-6300);
67.3 	(2) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except that part East of the Kettle 
67.4 	River, Section 26, Township 48 North, Range 20 West (parcel number 90-010-4630); and
67.5 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter or Government Lot 5, Section 
67.6 	12, Township 49 North, Range 19 West (parcel number 94-026-2020).
67.7 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
67.8 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

67.9 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
67.10 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 67.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, and upon 
67.12 	completion of exchange of the school trust land for acquired land, the commissioner of 
67.13 	natural resources may sell to a school district by private sale the surplus land bordering 
67.14 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
67.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
67.16 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
67.17 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a school district for less than the 
67.18 	value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
67.19 	that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for an educational unit managed forest and 
67.20 	reverts to the state if the school district fails to provide for or abandons the educational 
67.21 	unit managed forest use of the land.
67.22 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
67.23 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27;
67.24 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28;
67.25 	(3) Government Lot 11 of Section 33; and
67.26 	(4) Government Lot 14 of Section 34,
67.27 	all in Township 141 North, Range 28 West, containing a total of 98.7 acres, more or 
67.28 	less.
67.29 	(d) The land borders Nellie Lake. Independent School District No. 118, Longville, 
67.30 	has inadvertently trespassed upon the land for the establishment of an educational unit 
67.31 	managed forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.41. The commissioner of natural 
67.32 	resources has determined that the state's land management interests would best be served 
67.33 	if the land was managed as an educational unit managed forest. Since the land is currently 
67.34 	school trust land, the commissioner of natural resources shall first exchange the school 
67.35 	trust land for acquired land prior to sale.

68.1 	Sec. 16. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
68.2 	BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 68.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
68.4 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land 
68.5 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
68.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
68.7 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
68.8 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
68.9 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
68.10 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
68.11 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
68.12 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, 
68.13 	Block 1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, Cass County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat 
68.14 	thereof, containing 0.54 acres, more or less.
68.15 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
68.16 	determined that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was 
68.17 	conveyed to a local unit of government.

68.18 	Sec. 17. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
68.19 	WATER; GOODHUE COUNTY.
 68.20 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
68.21 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
68.22 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
68.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
68.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
68.25 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include the easement specified in paragraph (c). 
68.26 	The purpose of the easement is to:
68.27 	(1) provide for the development of fish habitat, including tree planting, erosion 
68.28 	control, installation of instream structures, posting of signs, and other improvements;
68.29 	(2) permit angling by the public; and
68.30 	(3) provide ingress and egress through the property sold to the easement area.
68.31 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Goodhue County and is described as: 
68.32 	that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and that part of the Northwest 
68.33 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 112, Range 15, Goodhue County, 
68.34 	Minnesota, which lie westerly of the centerline of County State-Aid Highway No. 6, 
68.35 	containing 2.6 acres, more or less.
69.1 	Reserving an easement over, under, and across that part of the above described 
69.2 	property located within a strip of land 132 feet in width, and centered on the centerline 
69.3 	of Spring Creek, as the same meanders through said Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
69.4 	Quarter and said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter.
69.5 	(d) The land borders Spring Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has 
69.6 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes provided that an 
69.7 	easement right is retained. The land is separated from the wildlife management area by a 
69.8 	county road and has been subject to inadvertent trespass by the adjacent landowner.

69.9 	Sec. 18. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 69.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
69.11 	of natural resources may sell to a local unit of government by private sale the surplus land 
69.12 	that is described in paragraph (c).
69.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
69.14 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
69.15 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
69.16 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
69.17 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
69.18 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
69.19 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
69.20 	Outlot A, Block 1, Schendel Woods, Hennepin County, Minnesota, according to the 
69.21 	recorded plat thereof, containing 13.92 acres, more or less.
69.22 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
69.23 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of 
69.24 	government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel for a storm water 
69.25 	runoff project.

69.26 	Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
69.27 	WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 69.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
69.29 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
69.30 	convey to the city of Cohasset for consideration as determined by Itasca County the land 
69.31 	described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
69.32 	282.
69.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
69.34 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Cohasset fails to provide for the public use 
70.1 	described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. As a condition of 
70.2 	conveyance, the city of Cohasset must provide to Itasca County a survey of the property, 
70.3 	at no cost to Itasca County. The conveyance is subject to easements, restrictions, and 
70.4 	reservations of record. The attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal 
70.5 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
70.6 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca County and is described as: that 
70.7 	part of Government Lot 7, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West, described 
70.8 	as follows:
70.9 	Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
70.10 	Quarter, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West; thence South 88 degrees 02 
70.11 	minutes 11 seconds East, along the south line of said Northwest Quarter of Southwest 
70.12 	Quarter and the south line of Government Lot 7 according to the plat of HILLCREST 
70.13 	PARK, 1,351.90 feet to the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road and the point of beginning; 
70.14 	thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 123.51 feet along a 
70.15 	nontangential curve concave to the East, said curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 08 
70.16 	minutes 28 seconds, radius of 582.87 feet, a chord bearing of North 07 degrees 35 minutes 
70.17 	37 seconds West, chord distance 123.28 feet; thence North 01 degrees 31 minutes 24 
70.18 	seconds West, along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 167.83 feet; thence northerly 
70.19 	along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 139.95 feet along a tangential curve concave 
70.20 	to the West, said curve having a central angle of 11 degrees 26 minutes 28 seconds, radius 
70.21 	of 700.85 feet; thence North 12 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds West, along the centerline 
70.22 	of the Tioga Beach Road 174.21 feet; thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga 
70.23 	Beach Road 70.93 feet, more or less, along a tangential curve concave to the East, said 
70.24 	curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds, radius of 463.14 feet 
70.25 	to intersect the north line of the South 665.00 feet of Government Lot 7; thence South 
70.26 	88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds East along the north line of the South 665.00 feet of 
70.27 	said Government Lot 7, a distance of 512.74 feet; thence South 65 degrees 39 minutes 
70.28 	08 seconds East, 184 feet, more or less, to the waters edge of Pokegama Lake; thence 
70.29 	southwesterly along the waters edge of Pokegama Lake to intersect the south line of said 
70.30 	Government Lot 7; thence North 88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds West, along the south 
70.31 	line of Government Lot 7, 220 feet, more or less, to the point of the beginning and there 
70.32 	terminating. Parcel contains approximately 690 front feet of shoreland on Pokegama 
70.33 	Lake and 6.8 acres.
70.34 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
70.35 	be best served if the lands are managed for a public beach and other public recreational 
70.36 	purposes by the city of Cohasset.

71.1 	Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
71.2 	WATER; MAHNOMEN COUNTY.
 71.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
71.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mahnomen County 
71.5 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
71.6 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
71.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
71.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
71.9 	The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree 
71.10 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 75 feet from the 
71.11 	ordinary high water level. A 15-foot strip for lake access and a dock is allowed.
71.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Mahnomen County and is described as:
71.13 	Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 1; thence 28 rods West to the point of 
71.14 	beginning; thence West 7 rods; thence South to the shoreline of North Twin Lake 9 rods, 
71.15 	more or less; thence southeast on the shoreline to a point South of the point of beginning; 
71.16 	thence North 16 rods, more or less, to the point of beginning, all in Section 29, Township 
71.17 	144 North, Range 39 West (parcel number R16 029 0200).
71.18 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
71.19 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

71.20 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
 71.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
71.22 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
71.23 	(c).
71.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
71.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
71.26 	and ensure accuracy.
71.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: the 
71.28 	North 700 feet of a strip of land 100 feet in width extending over and across the West Half 
71.29 	of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 
71.30 	25, Township 101 North, Range 32 West, Martin County, Minnesota. The centerline of 
71.31 	said strip being the centerline of the main track (now removed) of the Minnesota and Iowa 
71.32 	Railway Company, as said centerline was originally located and established over and 
71.33 	across said Section 25. This parcel contains 1.6 acres, more or less.
71.34 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
71.35 	for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best 
72.1 	be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent landowner to improve access to the 
72.2 	landowner's property.

72.3 	Sec. 22. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE MARIA WILDLIFE 
72.4 	MANAGEMENT AREA; MURRAY COUNTY.
 72.5 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
72.6 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
72.7 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
72.8 	the land described in paragraph (b).
72.9 	(b) The land that may be exchanged is located in Murray County and is described as:
72.10 	(1) the North 866 feet of the South 1555 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, 
72.11 	Township 108, Range 41, lying West of the East 450 feet thereof;
72.12 	(2) the South 689 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 108, Range 
72.13 	41; and
72.14 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 108, Range 41, 
72.15 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 7, Township 
72.16 	108, Range 41; thence running easterly along the north line of said Section 7 a distance of 
72.17 	2,769.50 feet to the intersection with the centerline of the township road; thence southerly 
72.18 	along the centerline of said township road a distance of 2,653.75 feet; thence deflecting 
72.19 	00 degrees 31 minutes right and continuing along the centerline of said township road a 
72.20 	distance of 2,051.75 feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of the Southwest 
72.21 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 7, a distance of 464 feet; thence South 
72.22 	and parallel to the west line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, a distance of 
72.23 	3,198.00 feet, to the south line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, and the point 
72.24 	of beginning of the land to be described; thence return northerly, along the last described 
72.25 	course, a distance of 2,635 feet to the north line of said Northeast Quarter; thence 
72.26 	southwesterly, a distance of 999 feet, to a point on the west line of said Northeast Quarter, 
72.27 	distant 421.5 feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter, thence South 
72.28 	along said west line, to the southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence East, along 
72.29 	the south line of said Northeast Quarter, a distance of 910 feet to the point of beginning.
72.30 	(c) The land was acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange 
72.31 	with the adjacent landowner will provide additional wildlife acres and additional water 
72.32 	frontage to the state.

72.33 	Sec. 23. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ACQUISITION; 
72.34 	NICOLLET COUNTY.
 73.1 		Subdivision 1.Conveyance of surplus land. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
73.2 	Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the commissioner of administration may upon 
73.3 	recommendation of the commissioner of human services, convey to the city of St. Peter 
73.4 	for no consideration the surplus land or any state interest in land that is described in 
73.5 	paragraph (c).
73.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
73.7 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
73.8 	accuracy. The commissioner of administration may grant utility easements for no 
73.9 	consideration in conjunction with the conveyances under this section.
73.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Nicollet County and is described as:
73.11 	(1) all that part of the following described parcel lying westerly of the westerly 
73.12 	right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
73.13 	Said parcel described as follows:
73.14 	That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West, 
73.15 	city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
73.16 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
73.17 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
73.18 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
73.19 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
73.20 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of 
73.21 	beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet, 
73.22 	more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade 
73.23 	Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the 
73.24 	north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds 
73.25 	West, on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
73.26 	(2) all that part of the following described parcel lying easterly of the westerly 
73.27 	right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
73.28 	Said parcel described as follows:
73.29 	That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West, 
73.30 	city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
73.31 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
73.32 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
73.33 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
73.34 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
73.35 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of 
73.36 	beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet, 
74.1 	more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade 
74.2 	Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the 
74.3 	north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, 
74.4 	on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
74.5 	(3) that part of the East 25.00 of a 150.00 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired 
74.6 	in Book R page 338, in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, 
74.7 	Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, 
74.8 	lying South of the southerly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 99, per 
74.9 	MN/DOT Right-of-Way Map 31-68 and North of the following described line:
74.10 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
74.11 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
74.12 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
74.13 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
74.14 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence North 64 
74.15 	degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 
74.16 	feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 
74.17 	26 degrees 01 minutes 59 seconds to the point of beginning of the line to be described; 
74.18 	thence continuing northwesterly 31.24 feet on said tangential curve to the right, having 
74.19 	a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 06 degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds and 
74.20 	there terminating.
74.21 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state 
74.22 	purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
74.23 	was conveyed to and used by the city of St. Peter.
74.24 		Subd. 2.Acquisition authority. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
74.25 	commissioner of administration, upon recommendation of the commissioner of human 
74.26 	services, may acquire from the city of St. Peter, without monetary consideration, land 
74.27 	located in Nicollet County, described as follows:
74.28 	(1) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, 
74.29 	Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota:
74.30 	Lying East of the east line of the 150.007 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired in 
74.31 	Book R page 338, in said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29; 
74.32 	AND
74.33 	Lying South of the following described line:
74.34 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 
74.35 	29 minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast 
74.36 	Quarter, a distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said 
75.1 	Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south 
75.2 	line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the 
75.3 	point of beginning; thence North 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 
75.4 	86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a 
75.5 	radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 26 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds to the 
75.6 	point of termination. Said point of termination being on the east line of the previously 
75.7 	referenced railroad right-of-way and there terminating; and
75.8 	(2) that part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 
75.9 	West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota described as:
75.10 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
75.11 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
75.12 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
75.13 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
75.14 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence South 64 
75.15 	degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 179 feet, more or less, to the centerline 
75.16 	of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road, and the point of beginning; 
75.17 	thence continuing South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 25.8 feet, 
75.18 	more or less, to the existing right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 169, per Map 14-80; 
75.19 	thence southwesterly along said right-of-way a distance of 91.7 feet, more or less, to the 
75.20 	northerly line of a parcel recorded as Document No. 274882, Nicollet County records; 
75.21 	thence northwesterly along the northerly line of said parcel a distance of 27.5 feet, more or 
75.22 	less, to the centerline of said Freeman Drive; thence northeasterly along said centerline a 
75.23 	distance of 93.2 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
75.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
75.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and 
75.26 	ensure accuracy.

75.27 	Sec. 24. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; OLMSTED COUNTY.
 75.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner 
75.29 	of natural resources shall convey to the city of Oronoco for no consideration the surplus 
75.30 	land that is described in paragraph (c).
75.31 	(b) The conveyance shall occur upon the operation of the reversion clause contained 
75.32 	in the deed for the land described in paragraph (c) in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 
75.33 	1965, section 85.188, and after the passage of resolutions by the Olmsted County Board 
75.34 	and the Oronoco City Council, each acknowledging that the requirements set forth in the 
75.35 	Agreement for Transfer of Oronoco Park in the City of Oronoco to the City of Oronoco 
76.1 	by Olmsted County have been sufficiently met to proceed with the conveyance. The 
76.2 	conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general, the Olmsted County 
76.3 	Board, and the Oronoco City Council. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts 
76.4 	to the state if the city of Oronoco fails to maintain and operate the land as a public park. 
76.5 	The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and 
76.6 	ensure accuracy.
76.7 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Olmsted County and is described as:
76.8 	(1) the East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
76.9 	Section 7, Township 108 North, Range 14 West, subject to flowage rights in favor of 
76.10 	Olmsted County; and
76.11 	(2) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 7, 
76.12 	Township 108 North, Range 14 West.
76.13 	(d) The land is currently owned by Olmsted County and used as a public park, 
76.14 	having been conveyed by the state according to Laws 1965, chapter 810, section 9. The 
76.15 	1965 law and the corresponding conveyance document require reversion to the state if 
76.16 	the county stops operating the land as a public park. Olmsted County no longer wishes 
76.17 	to operate the public park, but the city of Oronoco has agreed to pay consideration to 
76.18 	Olmsted County to continue the park operation. The commissioner has determined that 
76.19 	the state's land management interests would best be served if, upon the land's reversion to 
76.20 	the state, the land was conveyed to and used by the city of Oronoco as a public park.

76.21 	Sec. 25. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
76.22 	WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 76.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
76.24 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
76.25 	in paragraph (c).
76.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
76.27 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
76.28 	and ensure accuracy.
76.29 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: 
76.30 	Government Lot 9, Section 30, Township 163 North, Range 36 West, containing 0.15 
76.31 	acres, more or less.
76.32 	(d) The land borders the Warroad River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
76.33 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
76.34 	natural resource purposes.

77.1 	Sec. 26. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
77.2 	LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 77.3 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
77.4 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Roseau County may sell by public or private sale the 
77.5 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
77.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
77.7 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
77.8 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
77.9 	appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
77.10 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
77.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as:
77.12 	(1) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 4, Township 162 North, Range 36 West, 
77.13 	lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way of the Canadian National Railway. 
77.14 	Subject to the right-of-way of State Highway 11. Contains 0.75 acres, more or less; and
77.15 	(2) the South Half of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
77.16 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 159 North, Range 39 West, containing 10 acres, more or 
77.17 	less.
77.18 	(d) The lands are not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural 
77.19 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

77.20 	Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 77.21 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
77.22 	or other law to the contrary, Roseau County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
77.23 	land described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
77.24 	chapter 282.
77.25 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
77.26 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
77.27 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the 
77.28 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
77.29 	Quarter, Section 20, Township 163, Range 36.
77.30 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
77.31 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

77.32 	Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 78.1 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
78.2 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
78.3 	land described in paragraph (c).
78.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
78.5 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
78.6 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is adjacent to a parcel 
78.7 	described as: that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter beginning on the 
78.8 	east line at the southerly road right-of-way; thence southerly along the east line 760.07 
78.9 	feet; thence South 89 degrees 3 minutes 23 seconds West 290 feet; thence North 1 degree 
78.10 	12 minutes 54 seconds East 764.79 feet; thence East along the southerly road right-of-way 
78.11 	290 feet to the point of beginning, Section 20, Township 58 North, Range 15 West. St. 
78.12 	Louis County shall sell an adjoining amount of land, determined by the county to rectify 
78.13 	an inadvertent trespass. The sale will ensure that the buildings causing the inadvertent 
78.14 	trespass will meet all setback requirements.
78.15 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
78.16 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

78.17 	Sec. 29. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 78.18 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
78.19 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
78.20 	land described in paragraph (c).
78.21 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
78.22 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
78.23 	accuracy.
78.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
78.25 	(1) Lot 90, Block 75, Duluth Proper Third Division, except the West six feet of the 
78.26 	South 50 feet of the West Half, Section 28, Township 50 North, Range 14 West;
78.27 	(2) the northerly 100 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except 
78.28 	the westerly 233 feet, and except the easterly 50 feet of the westerly 283 feet, Section 
78.29 	14, Township 51 North, Range 13 West;
78.30 	(3) the South 150 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, 
78.31 	Township 55 North, Range 18 West;
78.32 	(4) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 1,040 feet of the Northwest 
78.33 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
78.34 	(5) the North 36 feet of the North 1,076 feet of the West 449 feet of the Northwest 
78.35 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
79.1 	(6) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 832 feet of the Northwest 
79.2 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
79.3 	(7) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 624 feet of the Northwest 
79.4 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
79.5 	(8) the West 33 feet of the South 416 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
79.6 	Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West; and
79.7 	(9) part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 58 North, 
79.8 	Range 15 West.
79.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
79.10 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

79.11 	Sec. 30. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
79.12 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 79.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
79.14 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
79.15 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
79.16 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
79.17 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
79.18 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
79.19 	accuracy.
79.20 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
79.21 	(1) Lot 4, Block 4, Greenwood Beach, town of Duluth, Section 19, Township 51 
79.22 	North, Range 19 West;
79.23 	(2) beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 4, running thence East 450 feet; thence 
79.24 	North 200 feet; thence West 450 feet; thence South along the section line 200 feet to the 
79.25 	point of beginning, except the northerly 40 feet, Section 7, Township 54 North, Range 
79.26 	19 West;
79.27 	(3) the South 560 feet of the East 300 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast 
79.28 	Quarter, except the highway right-of-way and except the North 315 feet, Section 22, 
79.29 	Township 61 North, Range 20 West;
79.30 	(4) an undivided 1/24 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
79.31 	Section 8, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
79.32 	(5) an undivided 2/15 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
79.33 	Section 20, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
79.34 	(6) an undivided 1/3 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
79.35 	Section 21, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
80.1 	(7) an undivided 1/45 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
80.2 	Section 29, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
80.3 	(8) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
80.4 	Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
80.5 	(9) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
80.6 	Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
80.7 	(10) an undivided 1369/68040 interest in Lot 8, except the railway right-of-way, 
80.8 	Section 28, Township 51 North, Range 18 West; and
80.9 	(11) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, 
80.10 	Township 63 North, Range 18 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows:
80.11 	Assuming the northeast line of Lot 9 in the plat of MANNIKKO (PINE RIDGE) to 
80.12 	bear North 54 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds West, and COMMENCING from the most 
80.13 	northerly corner of said Lot 9 run North 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds East, a distance 
80.14 	of 107.39 feet; thence South 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 28.19 
80.15 	feet; thence South 86 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 82.17 feet; thence 
80.16 	South 77 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West, a distance of 77.70 feet; thence South 82 
80.17 	degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds West, a distance of 83.09 feet; thence South 71 degrees 26 
80.18 	minutes 45 seconds West, a distance of 190.55 feet; thence North 70 degrees 55 minutes 
80.19 	26 seconds West, a distance of 76.14 feet to a point on a nontangential curve, the center 
80.20 	of which bears North 35 degrees 10 minutes 49 seconds West, being also a point on the 
80.21 	east right-of-way of "Phillips Road" as it exists in January of 1995; thence northerly along 
80.22 	said east right-of-way, on said nontangential curve, concave to the West, central angle of 
80.23 	88 degrees 57 minutes 37 seconds, radius of 90.00 feet, a distance of 139.74 feet; thence 
80.24 	North 34 degrees 08 minutes 26 seconds west, along said east right-of-way, a distance of 
80.25 	105.00 feet to a tangential curve; thence northerly along said east right-of-way on said 
80.26 	tangential curve, concave to the East, central angle 69 degrees 38 minutes 31 seconds, 
80.27 	radius 68.00 feet, a distance of 82.65 feet to a point of reverse curve; thence northerly 
80.28 	along said east right-of-way, on said reverse curve, concave to the West, central angle of 
80.29 	18 degrees, more or less, radius of 116.25 feet, a distance of 36.5 feet, more or less, to 
80.30 	the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the POINT OF 
80.31 	BEGINNING of the land being described; thence northerly, continuing along said curve, a 
80.32 	distance of 96.2 feet; thence North 29 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds West, tangent to said 
80.33 	curve and along said east right-of-way, a distance of 16.32 feet; thence South 89 degrees 
80.34 	42 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance of 943.3 feet, more or less, to the east line of 
80.35 	said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence southerly, along said east line, a 
80.36 	distance of 30 feet, more or less, to the shore of Lake Vermilion; thence southerly, along 
81.1 	said shore, a distance of 100 feet, more or less, to the south line of said Southeast Quarter 
81.2 	of the Northeast Quarter; thence westerly, along said south line, a distance of 880 feet, 
81.3 	more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.
81.4 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
81.5 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

81.6 	Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
81.7 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 81.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
81.9 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
81.10 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
81.11 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
81.12 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
81.13 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
81.14 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
81.15 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
81.16 	shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location 
81.17 	of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide 
81.18 	riparian protection and angler access.
81.19 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
81.20 	(1) Lot 22, Block 1, Wonderland 1st Addition, town of Duluth, except the highway 
81.21 	right-of-way and including part of the adjacent vacated road, Section 17, Township 51 
81.22 	North, Range 12 West; and
81.23 	(2) that part of the southerly 135 feet of the northerly 543 feet of the Northwest 
81.24 	Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying East of the westerly 968 feet and West of the 
81.25 	Sucker River, Section 30, Township 52 North, Range 12 West.
81.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
81.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

81.28 	Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
81.29 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 81.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
81.31 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
81.32 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
82.1 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
82.2 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
82.3 	accuracy.
82.4 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
82.5 	(1) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
82.6 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West, subject to an existing easement;
82.7 	(2) the North 407 feet of that part of Lot 4 lying South of the east and west centerline 
82.8 	of Section 20, Section 20, Township 51 North, Range 16 West;
82.9 	(3) Lots 1, 2, and 3, Childs Birch Grove Tracts, Grand Lake, Section 20, Township 
82.10 	51 North, Range 16 West;
82.11 	(4) Lots 28 and 29, Briar Lake Shores 3rd Addition, North Star, Section 15, 
82.12 	Township 53 North, Range 13 West; and
82.13 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 26, 
82.14 	Township 60 North, Range 17 West.
82.15 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
82.16 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

82.17 	Sec. 33. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
82.18 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 82.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
82.20 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
82.21 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
82.22 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
82.23 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
82.24 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
82.25 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
82.26 	shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location 
82.27 	of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide 
82.28 	riparian protection and angler access. For the parcels described in paragraph (c), clauses 
82.29 	(6) and (7), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
82.30 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
82.31 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except 4.56 acres for a road and 
82.32 	except that part lying South and West of Highway 2, Section 8, Township 50 North, 
82.33 	Range 16 West;
83.1 	(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the 
83.2 	railway right-of-way and except the highway right-of-way, Section 17, Township 51 
83.3 	North, Range 12 West;
83.4 	(3) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
83.5 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
83.6 	(4) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
83.7 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
83.8 	(5) the West five acres of the South 15 acres of the North 30 acres of the Northeast 
83.9 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
83.10 	(6) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
83.11 	Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West; and
83.12 	(7) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
83.13 	Quarter, except the West 25 feet, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West.
83.14 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
83.15 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

83.16 	Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
83.17 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 83.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
83.19 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
83.20 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
83.21 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
83.22 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
83.23 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
83.24 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
83.25 	shall be 150 feet in width, lying 75 feet on each side of the centerline of the stream to 
83.26 	provide riparian protection and angler access. For the parcel described in paragraph (c), 
83.27 	clause (4), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
83.28 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
83.29 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except the North Half, Section 
83.30 	15, Township 50 North, Range 15 West;
83.31 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township 53 North, 
83.32 	Range 20 West;
83.33 	(3) the westerly 330 feet of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
83.34 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 56 North, Range 20 West; and
84.1 	(4) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except the South Half of the 
84.2 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and except the North ten acres, Section 
84.3 	34, Township 50 North, Range 15 West.
84.4 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
84.5 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

84.6 	Sec. 35. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
84.7 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 84.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
84.9 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
84.10 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
84.11 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
84.12 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
84.13 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
84.14 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. For the parcel 
84.15 	described in paragraph (c), clause (1), the easement must be 100 feet in width from the 
84.16 	centerline of the designated trout stream to provide riparian protection and angler access. 
84.17 	For the parcel described in paragraph (c), clause (2), the easement must be 200 feet in 
84.18 	width from the centerline of the stream to provide riparian protection and angler access. 
84.19 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
84.20 	(1) Lots 511 through 515, Homecroft Park, town of Rice Lake, Section 34, Township 
84.21 	51 North, Range 14 West; and 
84.22 	(2) that part of the Lot 2 lying East of a line parallel with and 150 feet East of the 
84.23 	centerline of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, Section 17, Township 51 
84.24 	North, Range 17 West.
84.25 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
84.26 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

84.27 	Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
84.28 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 84.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
84.30 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
84.31 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
84.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
84.33 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
84.34 	The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree 
85.1 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 100 feet in width, 
85.2 	lying 50 feet on each side of the centerline of streams that are tributaries to the Sand River.
85.3 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: the North 
85.4 	416 feet of the East 416 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
85.5 	10, Township 59 North, Range 17 West.
85.6 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
85.7 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

85.8 	Sec. 37. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
85.9 	COUNTY.
 85.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
85.11 	of natural resources may sell to a political subdivision by private sale the surplus land 
85.12 	that is described in paragraph (c).
85.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
85.14 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
85.15 	and ensure accuracy.
85.16 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
85.17 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, 
85.18 	Township 32, Range 21, lying South of the centerline of Highway 97; and
85.19 	(2) that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 32 North, Range 21 
85.20 	West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at the southwest 
85.21 	corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 
85.22 	50 minutes 33 seconds East along the south line of said Southwest Quarter 1555.59 
85.23 	feet; thence North 11 degrees 40 minutes 58 seconds East 720.70 feet; thence North 53 
85.24 	degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds West 436.77 feet; thence North 45 degrees 10 minutes 18 
85.25 	seconds West 222.72 feet to the southerly boundary of the recorded plat of BASSWOOD 
85.26 	ESTATES, on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder; thence westerly 
85.27 	along the southerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to the southwesterly corner 
85.28 	thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to 
85.29 	the most northerly corner of Lot 2 of Block 3 of said BASSWOOD ESTATES; thence 
85.30 	westerly to a point on the west line of said Southwest Quarter 407.50 feet southerly of 
85.31 	the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 
85.32 	seconds East along the west line of said Southwest Quarter 2238.63 feet to the point 
85.33 	of beginning.
85.34 	These parcels contain 57.2 acres, more or less.
86.1 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
86.2 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a political 
86.3 	subdivision. A political subdivision would like to use these parcels as wetland mitigation 
86.4 	sites.
86.5 	(e) This sale is the result of the intent expressed by of the city of Columbus and 
86.6 	Anoka County to allow the commissioner of natural resources to replace the approximately 
86.7 	57 acres of land with land adjacent to the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area from 
86.8 	willing sellers as identified in the November 19, 2007, Department of Natural Resources' 
86.9 	land acquisition plan.

86.10 	Sec. 38. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
86.11 	COUNTY.
 86.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
86.13 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
86.14 	(c).
86.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
86.16 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
86.17 	and ensure accuracy.
86.18 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described 
86.19 	as: the West 750 feet of the East 1,130.6 feet of the North 786.72 feet of the Northwest 
86.20 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 20 West, 
86.21 	containing 13.5 acres, more or less.
86.22 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
86.23 	for natural resource purposes. The state's land management interests would best be served 
86.24 	if the land was sold to an adjacent landowner, as the property described in paragraph (c) 
86.25 	does not have legal access to a public road.

86.26 	Sec. 39. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
86.27 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 86.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
86.29 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
86.30 	may sell by private sale or convey for no consideration to the United States of America, 
86.31 	acting through the United States National Park Service, Department of the Interior, the 
86.32 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
86.33 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
87.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
87.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
87.3 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
87.4 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 29.031.19.22.0001): Section 29, Township 31, Range 19, 
87.5 	Government Lot 5;
87.6 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 20.031.19.22.0001): Section 20, Township 31, Range 19, 
87.7 	Government Lot 5;
87.8 	(3) Parcel C (PIN 17.031.19.32.0001): Section 17, Township 31, Range 19, 
87.9 	Government Lot 4;
87.10 	(4) Parcel D (PIN 18.032.19.11.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19, 
87.11 	Government Lot 2; and
87.12 	(5) Parcel E (PIN 18.032.19.14.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19, 
87.13 	Government Lot 3.
87.14 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
87.15 	best be served if the lands were sold or conveyed to the United States of America and 
87.16 	managed by the National Park Service.

87.17 	Sec. 40. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
87.18 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 87.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
87.20 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
87.21 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
87.22 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
87.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
87.24 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
87.25 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as: Parcel 
87.26 	A (PIN 09.032.21.43.0070): Lot 8, Block 3, excepting therefrom the East 200 feet thereof 
87.27 	of Skoglund's Park Addition, as surveyed and platted and now on file and of record in the 
87.28 	Office of the Registrar of Titles of said County of Washington, State of Minnesota.
87.29 	(d) The sale would be to an adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
87.30 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage. 
87.31 	The county may split the parcel described in paragraph (c), as allowed in Minnesota 
87.32 	Statutes, section 282.01, and sell the resulting parcels if the county finds a split to be 
87.33 	advantageous for the purpose of sale.

88.1 	Sec. 41. CONVEYANCE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAND; WINONA 
88.2 	COUNTY.
 88.3 	The Rushford Area Drainage and Conservancy District, established by order of 
88.4 	the Tenth Judicial District Court on February 20, 1953, was terminated on January 1, 
88.5 	1988, by Laws 1987, chapter 239, section 140. The land that was owned by the Rushford 
88.6 	Area Drainage and Conservancy District in Winona County is now owned by the state 
88.7 	of Minnesota and is hereby transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for 
88.8 	administration and management for conservation purposes.

88.9 	Sec. 42. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.
 88.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.055, subdivision 1, the proceeds 
88.11 	resulting from the 2010 sale of a transportation road easement on the Lamprey Pass 
88.12 	Wildlife Management Area to construct a road overpass on County Road 83 in Washington 
88.13 	County shall be deposited in the land acquisition account, established under Minnesota 
88.14 	Statutes, section 94.165.

88.15 	Sec. 43. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 88.16 	Sections 10 to 41 are effective the day following final enactment.