1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying appropriation to prevent water pollution 
1.3 	from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; modifying certain administrative 
1.4 	accounts; modifying electronic transaction provisions; providing for certain 
1.5 	registration exemptions; modifying all-terrain vehicle definitions; modifying 
1.6 	all-terrain vehicle operation restrictions; modifying state trails and canoe 
1.7 	and boating routes; modifying fees and disposition of certain receipts; 
1.8 	modifying certain competitive bidding exemptions; modifying horse trail pass 
1.9 	provisions; modifying beaver dam provisions; modifying the Water Law; 
1.10 	modifying nongame wildlife checkoffs; establishing an Environment and 
1.11 	Natural Resources Organization Advisory Committee to advise legislature 
1.12 	and governor on new structure for administration of environment and natural 
1.13 	resource policies; requiring an advisory committee to consider all powers 
1.14 	and duties of Pollution Control Agency, Department of Natural Resources, 
1.15 	Environmental Quality Board, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Petroleum 
1.16 	Tank Release Compensation Board, Harmful Substances Compensation 
1.17 	Board, and Agricultural Chemical Response Compensation Board and certain 
1.18 	powers and duties of Departments of Agriculture, Health, Transportation, 
1.19 	and Commerce; modifying method of determining value of acquired stream 
1.20 	easements; providing for certain historic property exemption; modifying state 
1.21 	forest acquisition provisions; modifying certain requirements for land sales; 
1.22 	adding to and deleting from state parks and state forests; authorizing public 
1.23 	and private sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land; amending 
1.24 	the definition of "green economy" to include the concept of "green chemistry;" 
1.25 	clarifying that an appropriation is to the commissioner of commerce; establishing 
1.26 	a program to provide rebates for solar photovoltaic modules; appropriating 
1.27 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.025, subdivision 9; 
1.28 	84.027, subdivision 15; 84.0272, subdivision 2; 84.0856; 84.0857; 84.777, 
1.29 	subdivision 2; 84.82, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 84.92, subdivisions 
1.30 	9, 10; 84.922, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 84.925, subdivision 
1.31 	1; 84.9256, subdivision 1; 84.928, subdivision 5; 85.012, subdivision 40; 
1.32 	85.015, subdivision 14; 85.22, subdivision 5; 85.32, subdivision 1; 85.41, 
1.33 	subdivision 3; 85.42; 85.43; 85.46, as amended; 88.17, subdivisions 1, 3; 
1.34 	88.79, subdivision 2; 89.032, subdivision 2; 90.041, by adding a subdivision; 
1.35 	90.121; 90.14; 97B.665, subdivision 2; 103A.305; 103G.271, subdivision 3; 
1.36 	103G.285, subdivision 5; 103G.301, subdivision 6; 103G.305, subdivision 2; 
1.37 	103G.315, subdivision 11; 103G.515, subdivision 5; 103G.615, subdivision 
1.38 	2; 115A.02; 116.07, subdivisions 4, 4h; 116J.437, subdivision 1; 216B.62, by 
1.39 	adding a subdivision; 290.431; 290.432; 473.1565, subdivision 2; Minnesota 
2.1 	Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 84.415, subdivision 6; 84.793, subdivision 1; 
2.2 	84.9275, subdivision 1; 84.928, subdivision 1; 85.015, subdivision 13; 86A.09, 
2.3 	subdivision 1; 103G.201; Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 34, as 
2.4 	amended; Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 2, section 13; Laws 2009, chapter 176, 
2.5 	article 4, section 9; Laws 2010, chapter 215, article 3, section 4, subdivision 10; 
2.6 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 85; 103G; 116C; 
2.7 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
2.8 	7, 8; 90.172; 97B.665, subdivision 1; 103G.295; 103G.650; Minnesota Statutes 
2.9 	2009 Supplement, sections 3.3006; 84.02, subdivisions 4a, 6a, 6b.
2.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.11 	ARTICLE 1
2.12 	CLEAN WATER FUND

2.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.1565, subdivision 2, is amended to 
2.14 	read:
2.15 		Subd. 2. Advisory committee. (a) A Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory 
2.16 	Committee is established to assist the council in its planning activities in subdivision 1. 
2.17 	The advisory committee has the following membership: 
2.18 	(1) the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee; 
2.19 	(2) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee; 
2.20 	(3) the commissioner of natural resources or the commissioner's designee; 
2.21 	(4) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's 
2.22 	designee; 
2.23 	(5) two officials of counties that are located in the metropolitan area, appointed by 
2.24 	the governor; 
2.25 	(6) five officials of noncounty local governmental units that are located in the 
2.26 	metropolitan area, appointed by the governor; and 
2.27 	(7) the chair of the Metropolitan Council or the chair's designee, who is chair of 
2.28 	the advisory committee. 
2.29 	A local government unit in each of the seven counties in the metropolitan area must 
2.30 	be represented in the seven appointments made under clauses (5) and (6). 
2.31 	(b) Members of the advisory committee appointed by the governor serve at the 
2.32 	pleasure of the governor. Members of the advisory committee serve without compensation 
2.33 	but may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses as determined by the Metropolitan 
2.34 	Council. The advisory committee expires December 31, 2010 2012. 
2.35 	(c) The council must consider the work and recommendations of the advisory 
2.36 	committee when the council is preparing its regional development framework. 

2.37 	Sec. 2. APPLICATION.
 3.1 	Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
3.2 	Scott, and Washington.

3.3 	Sec. 3. CLEAN WATER FUND; 2009 APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS.
 3.4 	(a) Up to $145,000 of the money appropriated in fiscal year 2011 to the Pollution 
3.5 	Control Agency in Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 2, section 4, paragraph (g), for best 
3.6 	management practices grants to treat or clean up contaminated sediments in stormwater 
3.7 	ponds may be used to complete the work required by the agency for the prevention of 
3.8 	water pollution from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under Laws 2009, chapter 172, 
3.9 	article 2, section 28.
3.10 	(b) The appropriations in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 to the Department of Natural 
3.11 	Resources for high-resolution digital elevation data in Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 2, 
3.12 	section 5, paragraph (d), are available until June 30, 2012.

3.13 	Sec. 4. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 3.14 		Subdivision 1.Pollution Control Agency. $615,000 in fiscal year 2011 is 
3.15 	appropriated from the clean water fund to the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
3.16 	Agency to continue rulemaking to establish water quality standards for total nitrogen and 
3.17 	nitrate nitrogen. This is a onetime appropriation.
3.18 		Subd. 2.Department of Natural Resources.  The $5,000,000 appropriated in Laws 
3.19 	2009, chapter 172, article 2, section 4, paragraph (m), for activities relating to groundwater 
3.20 	protection or prevention of groundwater degradation is canceled and reappropriated to the 
3.21 	commissioner of natural resources for the following purposes:
3.22 	(1) establish a groundwater monitoring network in the 11-county metropolitan area 
3.23 	that monitors non-stressed systems to provide information on aquifer characteristics and 
3.24 	natural water level trends; and
3.25 	(2) develop an automated data system to capture groundwater level and water use 
3.26 	data to enhance the evaluation of water resource changes in aquifer systems that are 
3.27 	stressed by pumping of existing wells. This is a onetime appropriation and is available 
3.28 	until spent.

3.29 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION; WATER SUPPLY PLANNING ACTIVITIES.
 3.30 	$500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the clean water fund, pursuant to 
3.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, to the Metropolitan Council to fund Metropolitan 
4.1 	Council water supply planning activities under section 473.1565. This appropriation 
4.2 	is onetime and available until expended.

4.3 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION; WATER QUALITY PROJECTS THROUGH 
4.4 	VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROGRAM.
 4.5 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2011 are appropriated from 
4.6 	the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for grants to the Star 
4.7 	Lake Board established under Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.702, for the purpose of 
4.8 	establishing a pilot program to engage citizen volunteers to match private sector resources 
4.9 	to complete projects with long-term water quality restoration or protection benefits on 
4.10 	designated star lakes and rivers. The Star Lake Board may establish and implement a grant 
4.11 	program using money appropriated in this section only as authorized in a work program 
4.12 	approved by the Board of Water and Soil Resources. This is a onetime appropriation.

4.13 	ARTICLE 2
4.14 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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

4.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
4.28 		Subd. 15.Electronic transactions. (a) The commissioner may receive an 
4.29 	application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate gift 
4.30 	card, safety training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the 
4.31 	commissioner by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 
4.32 	97A.472, electronic and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The 
4.33 	commissioner may:
5.1 	(1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions, 
5.2 	including by telephone;
5.3 	(2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or 
5.4 	fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as 
5.5 	temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until 
5.6 	the license or registration is received or expires;
5.7 	(3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic 
5.8 	transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an 
5.9 	additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50;
5.10 	(4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent 
5.11 	of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An 
5.12 	electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic 
5.13 	bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The 
5.14 	sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and 
5.15 	state: "License agents are allowed by state law to charge a fee not to exceed three percent 
5.16 	of the cost of state licenses to persons who use electronic bank cards for payment. The 
5.17 	fee is not required by state law.";
5.18 	(5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be 
5.19 	paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system. 
5.20 	The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly 
5.21 	overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing 
5.22 	system; and
5.23 	(6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.
5.24 	(b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), and the commission 
5.25 	established under paragraph (a), clause (5), are not subject to the rulemaking procedures 
5.26 	of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
5.27 	(c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision, 
5.28 	including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the 
5.29 	natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.

5.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0856, is amended to read:
5.31 	84.0856 FLEET MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
5.32 	The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within 
5.33 	the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal 
5.34 	governments, for the costs of providing them with equipment. Costs billed may include 
5.35 	acquisition, licensing, insurance, maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined 
6.1 	by the commissioner. Receipts and interest earned on the receipts shall be credited to a 
6.2 	special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the 
6.3 	costs for which the billings were made.

6.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0857, is amended to read:
6.5 	84.0857 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
6.6 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within 
6.7 	the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal 
6.8 	governments, for the costs of providing them with building and infrastructure facilities. 
6.9 	Costs billed may include modifications and adaptations to allow for appropriate building 
6.10 	occupancy, building code compliance, insurance, utility services, maintenance, repair, and 
6.11 	other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts shall be credited to a 
6.12 	special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the 
6.13 	costs for which the billings were made.
6.14 	(b) Money deposited in the special account from the proceeds of a sale under section 
6.15 	94.16, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner to acquire 
6.16 	facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, 
6.17 	design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.

6.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.415, subdivision 6, is 
6.19 	amended to read:
6.20 		Subd. 6.Supplemental application fee and monitoring fee. (a) In addition to the 
6.21 	application fee and utility crossing fees specified in Minnesota Rules, the commissioner of 
6.22 	natural resources shall assess the applicant for a utility license the following fees:
6.23 	(1) a supplemental application fee of $1,500 for a public water crossing license and a 
6.24 	supplemental application fee of $4,500 $1,000 for a public lands crossing license, to cover 
6.25 	reasonable costs for reviewing the application and preparing the license; and
6.26 	(2) a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the 
6.27 	construction of the utility line and preparing special terms and conditions of the license 
6.28 	to ensure proper construction. The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate of 
6.29 	the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee.
6.30 	(b) The applicant shall pay fees under this subdivision to the commissioner of 
6.31 	natural resources. The commissioner shall not issue the license until the applicant has 
6.32 	paid all fees in full.
6.33 	(c) Upon completion of construction of the improvement for which the license 
6.34 	or permit was issued, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance from the 
7.1 	monitoring fee revenue. The commissioner shall not return the application fees, even 
7.2 	if the application is withdrawn or denied.

7.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.777, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.4 		Subd. 2.Off-highway vehicle seasons seasonal restrictions. (a) The commissioner 
7.5 	shall prescribe seasons for off-highway vehicle use on state forest lands. Except for 
7.6 	designated forest roads, a person must not operate an off-highway vehicle on state forest 
7.7 	lands: (1)  outside of the seasons prescribed under this paragraph; or (2) during the firearms 
7.8 	deer hunting season in areas of the state where deer may be taken by rifle. This paragraph 
7.9 	does not apply to a person in possession of a valid deer hunting license operating an 
7.10 	off-highway vehicle before or after legal shooting hours or from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
7.11 	(b) The commissioner may designate and post winter trails on state forest lands 
7.12 	for use by off-highway vehicles.
7.13 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "state forest lands" means forest lands under 
7.14 	the authority of the commissioner as defined in section 89.001, subdivision 13, and lands 
7.15 	managed by the commissioner under section 282.011.

7.16 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.793, subdivision 1, is 
7.17 	amended to read:
7.18 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) After January 1, 1995, A 
7.19 	person less than 16 years of age operating an off-highway motorcycle on public lands 
7.20 	or waters must possess a valid off-highway motorcycle safety certificate issued by the 
7.21 	commissioner.
7.22 	(b) Except for operation on public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 
7.23 	84.795, subdivision 1, a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to 
7.24 	operate an off-highway motorcycle along or on a public road right-of-way.
7.25 	(c) A person under 12 years of age may not:
7.26 	(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
7.27 	(2) operate an off-highway motorcycle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
7.28 	(3) operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless accompanied 
7.29 	by a person 18 years of age or older or participating in an event for which the 
7.30 	commissioner has issued a special use permit.
7.31 	(d) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person less than 16 
7.32 	years of age may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county 
7.33 	state-aid, or county highway only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of 
7.34 	age or older who holds a valid driver's license.
8.1 	(e) A person less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on 
8.2 	public road rights-of-way in accordance with section 84.795, subdivision 1, paragraph 
8.3 	(a), only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a 
8.4 	valid driver's license.
8.5 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a nonresident less than 16 years of age may 
8.6 	operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters if the nonresident youth has 
8.7 	in possession evidence of completing an off-road safety course offered by the Motorcycle 
8.8 	Safety Foundation or another state as provided in section 84.791, subdivision 4.

8.9 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.10 		Subd. 3.Fees for registration. (a) The fee for registration of each snowmobile, 
8.11 	other than those used for an agricultural purpose, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 
8.12 	1c, or those registered by a dealer or manufacturer pursuant to clause (b) or (c) shall be as 
8.13 	follows: $45 for three years and $4 for a duplicate or transfer.  
8.14 	(b) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a dealer and operated for 
8.15 	demonstration or testing purposes shall be $50 per year.
8.16 	(c) The total registration fee for all snowmobiles owned by a manufacturer and 
8.17 	operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes shall be $150 
8.18 	per year. Dealer and manufacturer registrations are not transferable.
8.19 	(d) The onetime fee for registration of an exempt snowmobile under subdivision 
8.20 	6a is $6.

8.21 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
8.22 	read:
8.23 		Subd. 6a.Exemption; collector unlimited snowmobile use. Snowmobiles may be 
8.24 	issued an exempt registration if the machine is at least 25 years old. Exempt registration is 
8.25 	valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the snowmobile is transferred. Exempt 
8.26 	registrations are not transferable.

8.27 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.92, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
8.28 		Subd. 9.Class 1 all-terrain vehicle. "Class 1 all-terrain vehicle" means an 
8.29 	all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of less than 900 1,000 pounds.

8.30 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.92, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
8.31 		Subd. 10.Class 2 all-terrain vehicle. "Class 2 all-terrain vehicle" means an 
8.32 	all-terrain vehicle that has a total dry weight of 900 1,000 to 1,500 1,800 pounds.

9.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, is amended by adding a subdivision 
9.2 	to read:
9.3 		Subd. 2b.Collector unlimited use; exempt registration. All-terrain vehicles may 
9.4 	be issued an exempt registration if requested and the machine is at least 25 years old. 
9.5 	Exempt registration is valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the all-terrain 
9.6 	vehicle is transferred. Exempt registrations are not transferable.

9.7 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
9.8 		Subd. 5.Fees for registration. (a) The fee for a three-year registration of 
9.9 	an all-terrain vehicle under this section, other than those registered by a dealer or 
9.10 	manufacturer under paragraph (b) or (c), is:
9.11 	(1) for public use, $45;
9.12 	(2) for private use, $6; and
9.13 	(3) for a duplicate or transfer, $4.
9.14 	(b) The total registration fee for all-terrain vehicles owned by a dealer and operated 
9.15 	for demonstration or testing purposes is $50 per year. Dealer registrations are not 
9.16 	transferable.
9.17 	(c) The total registration fee for all-terrain vehicles owned by a manufacturer and 
9.18 	operated for research, testing, experimentation, or demonstration purposes is $150 per 
9.19 	year. Manufacturer registrations are not transferable.
9.20 	(d) The onetime fee for registration of an all-terrain vehicle under subdivision 2b 
9.21 	is $6.
9.22 	(e) The fees collected under this subdivision must be credited to the all-terrain 
9.23 	vehicle account.

9.24 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.25 		Subdivision 1.Program established. (a) The commissioner shall establish a 
9.26 	comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
9.27 	program, including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information and safety 
9.28 	advice to the public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance of 
9.29 	all-terrain vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who 
9.30 	successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and 
9.31 	training course.
9.32 	(b) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray a portion of the 
9.33 	expenses of training and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee 
9.34 	of $15 from each person who receives the training. The commissioner shall collect a fee, 
10.1 	to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing a duplicate all-terrain vehicle 
10.2 	safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish the fee for a duplicate all-terrain 
10.3 	vehicle safety certificate that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, 
10.4 	including overhead costs, involved in providing the service. Fee proceeds, except for the 
10.5 	issuing fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the all-terrain 
10.6 	vehicle account in the natural resources fund. In addition to the fee established by the 
10.7 	commissioner, instructors may charge each person the cost ofup to the established fee 
10.8 	amount for class materialmaterials and expenses.
10.9 	(c) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, 
10.10 	private and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program 
10.11 	established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner 
10.12 	and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the training. The 
10.13 	commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training 
10.14 	program subject matter and performance testing that leads to the certification of vehicle 
10.15 	operators. By June 30, 2003, the commissioner shall incorporate a riding component in 
10.16 	the safety education and training program.

10.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.18 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) Except for operation on 
10.19 	public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.928, a driver's license issued 
10.20 	by the state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain vehicle along or on a 
10.21 	public road right-of-way.
10.22 	(b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:
10.23 	(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
10.24 	(2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
10.25 	(3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in 
10.26 	paragraph (f).
10.27 	(c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years of 
10.28 	age but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a 
10.29 	trunk, county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and or waters or 
10.30 	state or grant-in-aid trails, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety 
10.31 	certificate issued by the commissioner and is accompanied on another all-terrain vehicle
10.32 	by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.
10.33 	(d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years 
10.34 	old, but less than 16 years old, must:
11.1 	(1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section 
11.2 	84.925, subdivision 1, including a riding component; and
11.3 	(2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs 
11.4 	while sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.
11.5 	(e) A person at least 11 years of age may take the safety education and training 
11.6 	program and may receive an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate under paragraph (d), but 
11.7 	the certificate is not valid until the person reaches age 12.
11.8 	(f) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an 
11.9 	all-terrain vehicle with an engine capacity up to 90cc on public lands or waters if 
11.10 	accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
11.11 	(g) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.
11.12 	(h) A person under the age of 16 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public 
11.13 	lands or waters or on state or grant-in-aid trails if the person cannot properly reach and 
11.14 	control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the 
11.15 	all-terrain vehicle.
11.16 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a nonresident at least 12 years old, but less than 
11.17 	16 years old, may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county 
11.18 	state-aid, or county highway or operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters 
11.19 	or state or grant-in-aid trails if:
11.20 	(1) the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an all-terrain 
11.21 	safety course offered by the ATV Safety Institute or another state as provided in section 
11.22 	84.925, subdivision 3; and
11.23 	(2) the nonresident youth is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who 
11.24 	holds a valid driver's license.

11.25 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.9275, subdivision 1, is 
11.26 	amended to read:
11.27 		Subdivision 1.Pass required; fee. (a) A nonresident may not operate an all-terrain 
11.28 	vehicle on a state or grant-in-aid all-terrain vehicle trail unless the operator carries a valid 
11.29 	nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass in immediate possession. The pass must 
11.30 	be available for inspection by a peace officer, a conservation officer, or an employee 
11.31 	designated under section 84.0835.
11.32 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue a pass upon application and 
11.33 	payment of a $20 fee. The pass is valid from January 1 through December 31. Fees 
11.34 	collected under this section, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be 
11.35 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the all-terrain vehicle account in the natural 
12.1 	resources fund and, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by 
12.2 	the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid to 
12.3 	counties and municipalities for all-terrain vehicle organizations to construct and maintain 
12.4 	all-terrain vehicle trails and use areas.
12.5 	(c) A nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass is not required for:
12.6 	(1) an all-terrain vehicle that is owned and used by the United States, another state, 
12.7 	or a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from registration under section 84.922, 
12.8 	subdivision 1a; or
12.9 	(2) a person operating an all-terrain vehicle only on the portion of a trail that is 
12.10 	owned by the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent; or
12.11 	(3) a nonresident operating an all-terrain vehicle that is registered according to 
12.12 	section 84.922.

12.13 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 84.928, subdivision 1, is 
12.14 	amended to read:
12.15 		Subdivision 1.Operation on roads and rights-of-way. (a) Unless otherwise 
12.16 	allowed in sections 84.92 to 84.928, a person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle in 
12.17 	this state along or on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of a public road 
12.18 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway.
12.19 	(b) A person may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle in the ditch or the outside 
12.20 	bank or slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway unless prohibited under 
12.21 	paragraph (d) or (f).
12.22 	(c) A person may operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
12.23 	right-of-way of a county state-aid or county highway on the extreme right-hand side of 
12.24 	the road and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under 
12.25 	the prevailing conditions, unless prohibited under paragraph (d) or (f). A person may 
12.26 	operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle on the bank or ditch of a public road right-of-way on a 
12.27 	designated class 2 all-terrain vehicle trail.
12.28 	(d) A road authority as defined under section 160.02, subdivision 25, may after a 
12.29 	public hearing restrict the use of all-terrain vehicles in the public road right-of-way under 
12.30 	its jurisdiction.
12.31 	(e) The restrictions in paragraphs (a), (d), (h), (i), and (j) do not apply to the 
12.32 	operation of an all-terrain vehicle on the shoulder, inside bank or slope, ditch, or outside 
12.33 	bank or slope of a trunk, interstate, county state-aid, or county highway:
12.34 	(1) that is part of a funded grant-in-aid trail; or
12.35 	(2) when the all-terrain vehicle is:
13.1 	(1) owned by or operated under contract with a publicly or privately owned utility 
13.2 	or pipeline company; and
13.3 	(2) used for work on utilities or pipelines.
13.4 	(f) The commissioner may limit the use of a right-of-way for a period of time if the 
13.5 	commissioner determines that use of the right-of-way causes:
13.6 	(1) degradation of vegetation on adjacent public property;
13.7 	(2) siltation of waters of the state;
13.8 	(3) impairment or enhancement to the act of taking game; or
13.9 	(4) a threat to safety of the right-of-way users or to individuals on adjacent public 
13.10 	property.
13.11 	The commissioner must notify the road authority as soon as it is known that a closure 
13.12 	will be ordered. The notice must state the reasons and duration of the closure.
13.13 	(g) A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle registered for private use and used 
13.14 	for agricultural purposes on a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or 
13.15 	county highway in this state if the all-terrain vehicle is operated on the extreme right-hand 
13.16 	side of the road, and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so 
13.17 	under the prevailing conditions.
13.18 	(h) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
13.19 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 in 
13.20 	the agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively as transportation to and 
13.21 	from work on agricultural lands. This paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee 
13.22 	of a road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, or the Department of 
13.23 	Natural Resources when performing or exercising official duties or powers.
13.24 	(i) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road 
13.25 	right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of one-half 
13.26 	hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side of the 
13.27 	right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the 
13.28 	adjacent roadway.
13.29 	(j) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle at any time within the 
13.30 	right-of-way of an interstate highway or freeway within this state.

13.31 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.928, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
13.32 		Subd. 5.Organized contests, use of highways and public lands and waters. (a) 
13.33 	Nothing in this section or chapter 169 prohibits the use of all-terrain vehicles within the 
13.34 	right-of-way of a state trunk or county state-aid highway or upon public lands or waters 
13.35 	under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of natural resources, in an organized contest or 
14.1 	event, subject to the consent of the official or board having jurisdiction over the highway 
14.2 	or public lands or waters.
14.3 	(b) In permitting the contest or event, the official or board having jurisdiction may 
14.4 	prescribe restrictions or conditions as they may deem advisable.
14.5 	(c) Notwithstanding section 84.9256, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), a person under 
14.6 	12 years of age may operate an all-terrain vehicle in an organized contest on public lands 
14.7 	or waters, if the all-terrain vehicle has an engine capacity of 90cc or less, the person 
14.8 	complies with section 84.9256, subdivision 1, paragraph (h), and the person is supervised 
14.9 	by a person 18 years of age or older.

14.10 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 85.015, subdivision 13, is 
14.11 	amended to read:
14.12 		Subd. 13.Arrowhead Region Trails, in Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Pine, Carlton, 
14.13 	Koochiching, and Itasca Counties. (a)(1) The Taconite Trail shall originate at Ely in St. 
14.14 	Louis County and extend southwesterly to Tower in St. Louis County, thence westerly to 
14.15 	McCarthy Beach State Park in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly to Grand Rapids in 
14.16 	Itasca County and there terminate;
14.17 	(2) The C. J. Ramstad/Northshore Trail shall originate in Duluth in St. Louis County 
14.18 	and extend northeasterly to Two Harbors in Lake County, thence northeasterly to Grand 
14.19 	Marais in Cook County, thence northeasterly to the international boundary in the vicinity 
14.20 	of the north shore of Lake Superior, and there terminate;
14.21 	(3) The Grand Marais to International Falls Trail shall originate in Grand Marais 
14.22 	in Cook County and extend northwesterly, outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 
14.23 	to Ely in St. Louis County, thence southwesterly along the route of the Taconite Trail to 
14.24 	Tower in St. Louis County, thence northwesterly through the Pelican Lake area in St. 
14.25 	Louis County to International Falls in Koochiching County, and there terminate;
14.26 	(4) The Becky Lourey Trail shall originate in Duluth in St. Louis County and extend 
14.27 	southerly to St. Croix State Forest in Pine County.
14.28 	(b) The trails shall be developed primarily for riding and hiking.
14.29 	(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands 
14.30 	for the Arrowhead Region trails may be acquired by eminent domain. Before acquiring 
14.31 	any land or interest in land by eminent domain the commissioner of administration shall 
14.32 	obtain the approval of the governor. The governor shall consult with the Legislative 
14.33 	Advisory Commission before granting approval. Recommendations of the Legislative 
14.34 	Advisory Commission shall be advisory only. Failure or refusal of the commission to 
14.35 	make a recommendation shall be deemed a negative recommendation.

15.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
15.2 		Subd. 14.Willard Munger Trail System, Chisago, Ramsey, Pine, St. Louis, 
15.3 	Carlton, and Washington Counties. (a) The trail shall consist of six segments. One 
15.4 	segment shall be known as the Gateway Trail and shall originate at the State Capitol 
15.5 	and extend northerly and northeasterly to William O'Brien State Park, thence northerly 
15.6 	to Taylors Falls in Chisago County. One segment shall be known as the Boundary Trail 
15.7 	and shall originate in Chisago County and extend into Duluth in St. Louis County. One 
15.8 	segment shall be known as the Browns Creek Trail and shall originate at Duluth Junction 
15.9 	and extend into Stillwater in Washington County. One segment shall be known as the 
15.10 	Munger Trail and shall originate at Hinckley in Pine County and extend through Moose 
15.11 	Lake in Carlton County to Duluth in St. Louis County. One segment shall be known 
15.12 	as the Alex Laveau Trail and shall originate in Carlton County at Carlton and extend 
15.13 	through Wrenshall to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. One segment shall be established 
15.14 	that extends the trail to include the cities of Proctor, Duluth, and Hermantown in St. 
15.15 	Louis County.
15.16 	(b) The Gateway and Browns Creek Trails shall be developed primarily for hiking 
15.17 	and nonmotorized riding and the remaining trails shall be developed primarily for riding 
15.18 	and hiking.
15.19 	(c) In addition to the authority granted in subdivision 1, lands and interests in lands 
15.20 	for the Gateway and Browns Creek Trails may be acquired by eminent domain.

15.21 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
15.22 		Subd. 5.Exemption. Purchases for resale or rental made from the state parks 
15.23 	working capital fund account are exempt from competitive bidding, notwithstanding 
15.24 	chapter 16C.

15.25 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.26 		Subdivision 1.Areas marked. The commissioner of natural resources is authorized 
15.27 	in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when 
15.28 	feasible to mark canoe and boating routes state water trails on the Little Fork, Big Fork, 
15.29 	Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, 
15.30 	Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre 
15.31 	within Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in 
15.32 	Swift County to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, 
15.33 	Sauk, Otter Tail, Redwood, Blue Earth, and Crow Rivers which have historic and scenic 
15.34 	values and to mark appropriately points of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, 
16.1 	rapids, waterfalls, whirlpools, and other serious hazards which are dangerous to canoe, 
16.2 	kayak, and watercraft travelers.

16.3 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.41, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.4 		Subd. 3.Exemptions. (a) Participants in cross-country ski races and official school 
16.5 	activities and residents of a state or local government operated correctional facility are 
16.6 	exempt from the pass requirement in subdivision 1 if a special use permit has been 
16.7 	obtained by the organizers of the event or those in an official capacity in advance from the 
16.8 	agency with jurisdiction over the cross-country ski trail. Permits shall require that permit 
16.9 	holders return the trail and any associated facility to its original condition if any damage 
16.10 	is done by the permittee. Limited permits for special events may be issued and shall 
16.11 	require the removal of any trail markers, banners, and other material used in connection 
16.12 	with the special event.
16.13 	(b) Unless otherwise exempted under paragraph (a), students, teachers, and 
16.14 	supervising adults engaged in school-sanctioned activities or youth activities sponsored 
16.15 	by a nonprofit organization are exempt from the pass requirements in subdivision 1. 
16.16 	Prior to the activity, the organizer of the activity or a representative from the school or 
16.17 	organization shall notify the agency with jurisdiction over the cross-country ski trail of 
16.18 	the date and time of the activity.
16.19 	(c) A resident that is in the armed forces of the United States, stationed outside of 
16.20 	the state, and in the state on leave is exempt from the pass requirement in subdivision 1 if 
16.21 	the resident possesses official military leave papers.
16.22 	(d) A resident who has served at any time during the preceding 24 months in federal 
16.23 	active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5c, outside the United States as 
16.24 	a member of the National Guard, or as a reserve component or active duty member of 
16.25 	the United Stated armed forces and has been discharged from active service is exempt 
16.26 	from the pass requirement in subdivision 1 if the resident possesses official military 
16.27 	discharge papers.

16.28 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.42, is amended to read:
16.29 	85.42 USER FEE; VALIDITY.
16.30 	(a) The fee for an annual cross-country ski pass is $14 $19 for an individual age 16 
16.31 	and over. The fee for a three-year pass is $39 $54 for an individual age 16 and over. This 
16.32 	fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. Three-year passes are valid for 
16.33 	three years beginning the previous July 1. Annual passes are valid for one year beginning 
16.34 	the previous July 1.
17.1 	(b) The cost for a daily cross-country skier pass is $4 $5 for an individual age 16 and 
17.2 	over. This fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid 
17.3 	only for the date designated on the pass form.
17.4 	(c) A pass must be signed by the skier across the front of the pass to be valid and 
17.5 	becomes nontransferable on signing.

17.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.43, is amended to read:
17.7 	85.43 DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS; PURPOSE.
17.8 	Fees from cross-country ski passes shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
17.9 	credited to a cross-country ski account in the natural resources fund and, except for the 
17.10 	electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
17.11 	84.027, subdivision 15, are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
17.12 	the following purposes:
17.13 	(1) grants-in-aid for cross-country ski trails sponsored byto:
17.14 	(i) local units of government counties and municipalities for construction and 
17.15 	maintenance of cross-country ski trails; and
17.16 	(ii) special park districts as provided in section 85.44 for construction and 
17.17 	maintenance of cross-country ski trails; and
17.18 	(2) development and maintenance of state cross-country ski trails.

17.19 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.46, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 
17.20 	37, article 1, sections 22 to 24, is amended to read:
17.21 	85.46 HORSE TRAIL PASS.
17.22 		Subdivision 1.Pass in possession. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while 
17.23 	riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state 
17.24 	trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests,on lands administered by 
17.25 	the commissioner, a person 16 years of age or over shall carry in immediate possession 
17.26 	a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a 
17.27 	conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 84.0835.
17.28 	(b) A valid horse trail pass is not required under this section for a person riding, 
17.29 	leading, or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trailproperty that is owned by 
17.30 	the person or the person's spouse, child, parent, or guardian.
17.31 		Subd. 2.License agents. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may appoint 
17.32 	agents to issue and sell horse trail passes. The commissioner may revoke the appointment 
17.33 	of an agent at any time.
18.1 	(b) The commissioner may adopt additional rules as provided in section 97A.485, 
18.2 	subdivision 11. An agent shall observe all rules adopted by the commissioner for the 
18.3 	accounting and handling of passes according to section 97A.485, subdivision 11.
18.4 	(c) An agent must promptly deposit and remit all money received from the sale of 
18.5 	passes, except issuing fees, to the commissioner.
18.6 		Subd. 3.Issuance. The commissioner of natural resources and agents shall issue 
18.7 	and sell horse trail passes. The pass shall include the applicant's signature and other 
18.8 	information deemed necessary by the commissioner. To be valid, a daily or annual pass 
18.9 	must be signed by the person riding, leading, or driving the horse, and a commercial 
18.10 	annual pass must be signed by the owner of the commercial trail riding facility.
18.11 		Subd. 4.Pass fees. (a) The fee for an annual horse trail pass is $20 for an individual 
18.12 	16 years of age and over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. 
18.13 	Annual passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
18.14 	(b) The fee for a daily horse trail pass is $4 for an individual 16 years of age and 
18.15 	over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid 
18.16 	only for the date designated on the pass form.
18.17 	(c) The fee for a commercial annual horse trail pass is $200 and includes issuance 
18.18 	of 15 passes. Additional or individual commercial annual horse trail passes may be 
18.19 	purchased by the commercial trail riding facility owner at a fee of $20 each. Commercial 
18.20 	annual horse trail passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 
18.21 	31 and may be affixed to the horse tack, saddle, or person. Commercial annual horse trail
18.22 	passes are not transferable to another commercial trail riding facility. For the purposes of 
18.23 	this section, a "commercial trail riding facility" is an operation where horses are used for 
18.24 	riding instruction or other equestrian activities for hire or use by others.
18.25 		Subd. 5.Issuing fee. In addition to the fee for a horse trail pass, an issuing fee of 
18.26 	$1 per pass shall be charged. The issuing fee shall be retained by the seller of the pass. 
18.27 	Issuing fees for passes sold by the commissioner of natural resources shall be deposited 
18.28 	in the state treasury and credited to the horse trailpass account in the natural resources 
18.29 	fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the operation of the electronic licensing 
18.30 	system. A pass shall indicate the amount of the fee that is retained by the seller.
18.31 		Subd. 6.Disposition of receipts. Fees collected under this section, except for 
18.32 	the issuing fee, shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the horse trail
18.33 	pass account in the natural resources fund. Except for the electronic licensing system 
18.34 	commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, the 
18.35 	fees are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for trail acquisition, trail and 
18.36 	facility development, and maintenance, enforcement, and rehabilitation of horse trails or 
19.1 	trails authorized for horse use, whether for riding, leading, or driving, on state trails and in 
19.2 	state parks, state recreation areas, and state forests land administered by the commissioner.
19.3 		Subd. 7.Duplicate horse trail passes. The commissioner of natural resources and 
19.4 	agents shall issue a duplicate pass to a person or commercial trail riding facility owner 
19.5 	whose pass is lost or destroyed using the process established under section 97A.405, 
19.6 	subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate horse trail pass is $2, 
19.7 	with an issuing fee of 50 cents.

19.8 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 86A.09, subdivision 1, is 
19.9 	amended to read:
19.10 		Subdivision 1.Master plan required. No construction of new facilities or other 
19.11 	development of an authorized unit, other than repairs and maintenance, shall commence 
19.12 	until the managing agency has prepared and submitted to the commissioner of natural 
19.13 	resources and the commissioner has reviewed, pursuant to this section, a master plan for 
19.14 	administration of the unit in conformity with this section. No master plan is required for 
19.15 	wildlife management areas that do not have resident managers, for scientific and natural 
19.16 	areas, for water access sites, for aquatic management areas, for rest areas, or for boater 
19.17 	waysides.

19.18 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 88.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.19 		Subdivision 1.Permit Permission required. (a) A permit Permission to start a fire 
19.20 	to burn vegetative materials and other materials allowed by Minnesota Statutes or official 
19.21 	state rules and regulations may be given by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent. 
19.22 	This permission shall be in the form of:
19.23 	(1) a written permit issued by a forest officer, fire warden, or other person authorized 
19.24 	by the commissioner; or
19.25 	(2) an electronic permit issued by the commissioner, an agent authorized by the 
19.26 	commissioner, or an Internet site authorized by the commissioner; or
19.27 	(3) a general permit adopted by the county board of commissioners according to 
19.28 	paragraph (c).
19.29 	(b) Written and electronic burning permits shall set the time and conditions by which 
19.30 	the fire may be started and burned. The permit shall also specifically list the materials that 
19.31 	may be burned. The permittee must have the permit on their person and shall produce 
19.32 	the permit for inspection when requested to do so by a forest officer, conservation officer, 
19.33 	or other peace officer. The permittee shall remain with the fire at all times and before 
19.34 	leaving the site shall completely extinguish the fire. A person shall not start or cause a 
20.1 	fire to be started on any land that is not owned or under their legal control without the 
20.2 	written permission of the owner, lessee, or an agent of the owner or lessee of the land. 
20.3 	Violating or exceeding the permit conditions shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be 
20.4 	cause for the permit to be revoked.
20.5 	(c) A general burning permit may be adopted by the county board of commissioners 
20.6 	in counties that are determined by the commissioner either to not be wildfire areas as 
20.7 	defined in section 88.01, subdivision 6, or to otherwise have low potential for damage 
20.8 	to life and property from wildfire. The commissioner shall consider the history of and 
20.9 	potential for wildfire; the distribution of trees, brush, grasslands, and other vegetative 
20.10 	material; and the distribution of property subject to damage from escaped fires. Upon a 
20.11 	determination by the commissioner and adoption by a vote of the county board, permission 
20.12 	for open burning is extended to all residents in the county without the need for individual 
20.13 	written or electronic permits under this subdivision, provided burning conforms to all 
20.14 	other provisions of this chapter, including those related to responsibility to control and 
20.15 	extinguish fires, no burning of prohibited materials, and liability for damages caused by 
20.16 	violations of this chapter.
20.17 	(d) Upon adoption of a general burning permit, a county must establish specific 
20.18 	regulations by ordinance, to include at a minimum the time when and conditions under 
20.19 	which fires may be started and burned. No ordinance may be less restrictive than state law.
20.20 	(e) At any time when the commissioner or the county board determines that a general 
20.21 	burning permit is no longer in the public interest, the general permit may be canceled 
20.22 	by the commissioner or the county board.

20.23 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 88.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.24 		Subd. 3.Special permits. The following special permits are required at all times, 
20.25 	including when the ground is snow-covered:
20.26 	(a)  Fire training. A permit to start a fire for the instruction and training of 
20.27 	firefighters, including liquid fuels training, may be given by the commissioner or agent of 
20.28 	the commissioner. Except for owners or operators conducting fire training in specialized 
20.29 	industrial settings pursuant to applicable federal, state, or local standards, owners 
20.30 	or operators conducting open burning for the purpose of instruction and training of 
20.31 	firefighters with regard to structures must follow the techniques described in a document 
20.32 	entitled: Structural Burn Training Procedures for the Minnesota Technical College System. 
20.33 	(b)  Permanent tree and brush open burning sites. A permit for the operation of 
20.34 	a permanent tree and brush burning site may be given by the commissioner or agent of 
20.35 	the commissioner. Applicants for a permanent open burning site permit shall submit a 
21.1 	complete application on a form provided by the commissioner. Existing permanent tree 
21.2 	and brush open burning sites must submit for a permit within 90 days of the passage of 
21.3 	this statute for a burning permit. New site applications must be submitted at least 90 
21.4 	days before the date of the proposed operation of the permanent open burning site. The 
21.5 	application must be submitted to the commissioner and must contain: 
21.6 	(1) the name, address, and telephone number of all owners of the site proposed for 
21.7 	use as the permanent open burning site;
21.8 	(2) if the operator for the proposed permanent open burning site is different from the 
21.9 	owner, the name, address, and telephone number of the operator;
21.10 	(3) a general description of the materials to be burned, including the source and 
21.11 	estimated quantity, dimensions of the site and burn pile areas, hours and dates of operation, 
21.12 	and provisions for smoke management; and
21.13 	(4) a topographic or similarly detailed map of the site and surrounding area within 
21.14 	a one mile circumference showing all structures that might be affected by the operation 
21.15 	of the site.
21.16 	Only trees, tree trimmings, or brush that cannot be disposed of by an alternative 
21.17 	method such as chipping, composting, or other method shall be permitted to be burned 
21.18 	at a permanent open burning site. A permanent tree and brush open burning site must 
21.19 	be located and operated so as not to create a nuisance or endanger water quality. The 
21.20 	commissioner shall revoke the permit or order actions to mitigate threats to public health, 
21.21 	safety, and the environment in the event that permit conditions are violated.

21.22 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 88.79, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
21.23 		Subd. 2.Charge for service; receipts to special revenue fund. Notwithstanding 
21.24 	section 16A.1283, the commissioner of natural resources may charge the owner, by 
21.25 	written order published in the State Register, establish fees the commissioner determines 
21.26 	to be fair and reasonable that are charged to owners receiving such services such sums 
21.27 	as the commissioner shall determine to be fair and reasonable under subdivision 1. The 
21.28 	charges must account for differences in the value of timber and other benefits. The receipts 
21.29 	from such the services shall be credited to the special revenue fund and are annually 
21.30 	appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes specified in subdivision 1.

21.31 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 90.041, is amended by adding a subdivision 
21.32 	to read:
21.33 		Subd. 9.Reoffering unsold timber. To maintain and enhance forest ecosystems on 
21.34 	state forest lands, the commissioner may reoffer timber tracts remaining unsold under the 
22.1 	provisions of section 90.101 below appraised value at public auction with the required 
22.2 	30-day notice under section 90.101, subdivision 2.

22.3 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 90.121, is amended to read:
22.4 	90.121 INTERMEDIATE AUCTION SALES; MAXIMUM LOTS OF 3,000 
22.5 	CORDS.
22.6 	(a) The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract of state land in lots not 
22.7 	exceeding 3,000 cords in volume, in the same manner as timber sold at public auction 
22.8 	under section 90.101, and related laws, subject to the following special exceptions and 
22.9 	limitations:
22.10 	(1) the commissioner shall offer all tracts authorized for sale by this section 
22.11 	separately from the sale of tracts of state timber made pursuant to section 90.101;
22.12 	(2) no bidder may be awarded more than 25 percent of the total tracts offered at the 
22.13 	first round of bidding unless fewer than four tracts are offered, in which case not more 
22.14 	than one tract shall be awarded to one bidder. Any tract not sold at public auction may be 
22.15 	offered for private sale as authorized by section 90.101, subdivision 1, to persons eligible 
22.16 	under this section at the appraised value; and
22.17 	(3) no sale may be made to a person having more than 20 30 employees. For the 
22.18 	purposes of this clause, "employee" means an individual working for salary or wages 
22.19 	on a full-time or part-time basis.
22.20 	(b) The auction sale procedure set forth in this section constitutes an additional 
22.21 	alternative timber sale procedure available to the commissioner and is not intended to 
22.22 	replace other authority possessed by the commissioner to sell timber in lots of 3,000 
22.23 	cords or less.
22.24 	(c) Another bidder or the commissioner may request that the number of employees a 
22.25 	bidder has pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (3), be confirmed if there is evidence that the 
22.26 	bidder may be ineligible due to exceeding the employee threshold. The commissioner 
22.27 	shall request information from the commissioner of labor and industry including the 
22.28 	premiums paid by the bidder in question for workers' compensation insurance coverage 
22.29 	for all employees of the bidder. The commissioner shall review the information submitted 
22.30 	by the commissioner of labor and industry and make a determination based on the 
22.31 	information as to whether the bidder is eligible.

22.32 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 90.14, is amended to read:
22.33 	90.14 AUCTION SALE PROCEDURE.
23.1 	(a) All state timber shall be offered and sold by the same unit of measurement as it 
23.2 	was appraised. No tract shall be sold to any person other than the purchaser in whose name 
23.3 	the bid was made. The commissioner may refuse to approve any and all bids received and 
23.4 	cancel a sale of state timber for good and sufficient reasons.
23.5 	(b) The purchaser at any sale of timber shall, immediately upon the approval of the 
23.6 	bid, or, if unsold at public auction, at the time of purchase at a subsequent sale under 
23.7 	section 90.101, subdivision 1, pay to the commissioner a down payment of 15 percent 
23.8 	of the appraised value. In case any purchaser fails to make such payment, the purchaser 
23.9 	shall be liable therefor to the state in a civil action, and the commissioner may reoffer the 
23.10 	timber for sale as though no bid or sale under section 90.101, subdivision 1, therefor 
23.11 	had been made.
23.12 	(c) In lieu of the scaling of state timber required by this chapter, a purchaser of 
23.13 	state timber may, at the time of payment by the purchaser to the commissioner of 15 
23.14 	percent of the appraised value, elect in writing on a form prescribed by the attorney 
23.15 	general to purchase a permit based solely on the appraiser's estimate of the volume of 
23.16 	timber described in the permit, provided that the commissioner has expressly designated 
23.17 	the availability of such option for that tract on the list of tracts available for sale as 
23.18 	required under section 90.101. A purchaser who elects in writing on a form prescribed 
23.19 	by the attorney general to purchase a permit based solely on the appraiser's estimate of 
23.20 	the volume of timber described on the permit does not have recourse to the provisions 
23.21 	of section 90.281.
23.22 	(d) In the case of a public auction sale conducted by a sealed bid process, tracts shall 
23.23 	be awarded to the high bidder, who shall pay to the commissioner a down payment of 15 
23.24 	percent of the appraised value within ten business days of receiving a written award 
23.25 	notice that must be received or postmarked within 14 days of the date of the sealed bid 
23.26 	opening. If a purchaser fails to make the down payment, the purchaser is liable for the 
23.27 	down payment to the state and the commissioner may offer the timber for sale to the next 
23.28 	highest bidder as though no higher bid had been made.
23.29 	(e) Except as otherwise provided by law, at the time the purchaser signs a permit 
23.30 	issued under section 90.151, the commissioner shall require the purchaser shallto make 
23.31 	a bid guarantee payment to the commissioner in an amount equal to 15 percent of the 
23.32 	total purchase price of the permit less the down payment amount required by paragraph 
23.33 	(b) for any bid increase in excess of $5,000 of the appraised value. If thea required bid 
23.34 	guarantee payment is not submitted with the signed permit, no harvesting may occur, the 
23.35 	permit cancels, and the down payment for timber forfeits to the state. The bid guarantee 
24.1 	payment forfeits to the state if the purchaser and successors in interest fail to execute 
24.2 	an effective permit.

24.3 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.665, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.4 		Subd. 2.Petition to district court. If a beaver dam causes a threat to personal 
24.5 	safety or a serious threat to damage property, and a person cannot obtain consent under 
24.6 	subdivision 1, a person may petition the district court for relief. The court may order the 
24.7 	commissionerowners of private property where beaver dams are located to take action 
24.8 	to reduce the threat. A permit is not required for an action ordered by the court. The 
24.9 	action may include destruction or alteration of beaver dams and removal of beaver. This 
24.10 	subdivision does not apply to state parks, state game refuges, and federal game refuges.

24.11 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103A.305, is amended to read:
24.12 	103A.305 JURISDICTION.
24.13 	Sections 103A.301 to 103A.341 apply if the decision of an agency in a proceeding 
24.14 	involves a question of water policy in one or more of the areas of water conservation, water 
24.15 	pollution, preservation and management of wildlife, drainage, soil conservation, public 
24.16 	recreation, forest management, and municipal planning under section 97A.135; 103A.411; 
24.17 	103E.011; 103E.015; 103G.245; 103G.261; 103G.271; 103G.275; 103G.281; 103G.295, 
24.18 	subdivisions 1 and 2;103G.287; 103G.297 to 103G.311; 103G.315, subdivisions 1, 10, 
24.19 	11, and 12; 103G.401; 103G.405; 103I.681, subdivision 1; 115.04; or 115.05.  

24.20 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 103G.201, is amended to read:
24.21 	103G.201 PUBLIC WATERS INVENTORY.
24.22 	(a) The commissioner shall maintain a public waters inventory map of each county 
24.23 	that shows the waters of this state that are designated as public waters under the public 
24.24 	waters inventory and classification procedures prescribed under Laws 1979, chapter 
24.25 	199, and shall provide access to a copy of the maps and lists. As county public waters 
24.26 	inventory maps and lists are revised according to this section, the commissioner shall send 
24.27 	a notification or a copy of the maps and lists to the auditor of each affected county.
24.28 	(b) The commissioner is authorized to revise the listmap of public waters established 
24.29 	under Laws 1979, chapter 199, to reclassify those types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands previously 
24.30 	identified as public waters wetlands under Laws 1979, chapter 199, as public waters or as 
24.31 	wetlands under section 103G.005, subdivision 19. The commissioner may only reclassify 
24.32 	public waters wetlands as public waters if:
25.1 	(1) they are assigned a shoreland management classification by the commissioner 
25.2 	under sections 103F.201 to 103F.221;
25.3 	(2) they are classified as lacustrine wetlands or deepwater habitats according to 
25.4 	Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin, 
25.5 	et al., 1979 edition); or
25.6 	(3) the state or federal government has become titleholder to any of the beds or 
25.7 	shores of the public waters wetlands, subsequent to the preparation of the public waters 
25.8 	inventory map filed with the auditor of the county, pursuant to paragraph (a), and the 
25.9 	responsible state or federal agency declares that the water is necessary for the purposes 
25.10 	of the public ownership.
25.11 	(c) The commissioner must provide notice of the reclassification to the local 
25.12 	government unit, the county board, the watershed district, if one exists for the area, and 
25.13 	the soil and water conservation district. Within 60 days of receiving notice from the 
25.14 	commissioner, a party required to receive the notice may provide a resolution stating 
25.15 	objections to the reclassification. If the commissioner receives an objection from a party 
25.16 	required to receive the notice, the reclassification is not effective. If the commissioner does 
25.17 	not receive an objection from a party required to receive the notice, the reclassification 
25.18 	of a wetland under paragraph (b) is effective 60 days after the notice is received by all 
25.19 	of the parties.
25.20 	(d) The commissioner shall give priority to the reclassification of public waters 
25.21 	wetlands that are or have the potential to be affected by public works projects.
25.22 	(e) The commissioner may revise the public waters inventory map and list of each 
25.23 	county:
25.24 	(1) to reflect the changes authorized in paragraph (b); and
25.25 	(2) as needed, to:
25.26 	(i) correct errors in the original inventory;
25.27 	(ii) add or subtract trout stream tributaries within sections that contain a designated 
25.28 	trout stream following written notice to the landowner;
25.29 	(iii) add depleted quarries, and sand and gravel pits, when the body of water exceeds 
25.30 	50 acres and the shoreland has been zoned for residential development; and
25.31 	(iv) add or subtract public waters that have been created or eliminated as a 
25.32 	requirement of a permit authorized by the commissioner under section 103G.245.

25.33 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.271, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
25.34 		Subd. 3.Permit restriction during summer months. The commissioner must not 
25.35 	modify or restrict the amount of appropriation from a groundwater source authorized in a 
26.1 	water use permit issued to irrigate agricultural land under section 103G.295, subdivision 
26.2 	2, between May 1 and October 1, unless the commissioner determines the authorized 
26.3 	amount of appropriation endangers a domestic water supply.  

26.4 	Sec. 38. [103G.282] MONITORING TO EVALUATE IMPACTS FROM 
26.5 	APPROPRIATIONS.
26.6 		Subdivision 1.Monitoring equipment. The commissioner may require the 
26.7 	installation and maintenance of monitoring equipment to evaluate water resource impacts 
26.8 	from permitted appropriations and proposed projects that require a permit. Monitoring for 
26.9 	water resources that supply more than one appropriator must be designed to minimize 
26.10 	costs to individual appropriators.
26.11 		Subd. 2.Measuring devices required. Monitoring installations required under 
26.12 	subdivision 1 must be equipped with automated measuring devices to measure water 
26.13 	levels, flows, or conditions. The commissioner may determine the frequency of 
26.14 	measurements and other measuring methods based on the quantity of water appropriated 
26.15 	or used, the source of water, potential connections to other water resources, the method 
26.16 	of appropriating or using water, seasonal and long-term changes in water levels, and any 
26.17 	other facts supplied to the commissioner.
26.18 		Subd. 3.Reports and costs. (a) Records of water measurements under subdivision 
26.19 	2 must be kept for each installation. The measurements must be reported annually to the 
26.20 	commissioner on or before February 15 of the following year in a format or on forms 
26.21 	prescribed by the commissioner.
26.22 	(b) The owner or person in charge of an installation for appropriating or using 
26.23 	waters of the state or a proposal that requires a permit is responsible for all costs related 
26.24 	to establishing and maintaining monitoring installations and to measuring and reporting 
26.25 	data. Monitoring costs for water resources that supply more than one appropriator may be 
26.26 	distributed among all users within a monitoring area determined by the commissioner and 
26.27 	assessed based on volumes of water appropriated and proximity to resources of concern.

26.28 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.285, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.29 		Subd. 5.Trout streams. Permits issued after June 3, 1977, to appropriate water 
26.30 	from streams designated trout streams by the commissioner's orders under section 97C.021
26.31 	97C.005 must be limited to temporary appropriations. 

26.32 	Sec. 40. [103G.287] GROUNDWATER APPROPRIATIONS.
27.1 		Subdivision 1.Waiver. The commissioner may waive a limitation or requirement in 
27.2 	subdivisions 2 to 6 for just cause.
27.3 		Subd. 2.Applications for groundwater appropriations. Groundwater use permit 
27.4 	applications are not complete until the applicant has supplied:
27.5 	(1) a water well record as required by section 103I.205, subdivision 9, information 
27.6 	on the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer 
27.7 	that will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to 
27.8 	locate the site of the production well;
27.9 	(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being 
27.10 	requested;
27.11 	(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality 
27.12 	commonly specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary 
27.13 	for the proposed use;
27.14 	(4) an inventory of existing wells within 1-1/2 miles of the proposed production well 
27.15 	or within the area of influence, as determined by the commissioner. The inventory must 
27.16 	include information on well locations, depths, geologic formations, depth of the pump or 
27.17 	intake, pumping and nonpumping water levels, and details of well construction; and
27.18 	(5) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved by 
27.19 	the commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested 
27.20 	in the application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other 
27.21 	wells and surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible 
27.22 	for all costs related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and 
27.23 	surface water monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after 
27.24 	the aquifer test.
27.25 		Subd. 3.Relationship to surface water resources. Groundwater appropriations 
27.26 	that have potential impacts to surface waters are subject to applicable provisions in 
27.27 	section 103G.285.
27.28 		Subd. 4.Protection of groundwater supplies. The commissioner may establish 
27.29 	water appropriation limits to protect groundwater resources. When establishing water 
27.30 	appropriation limits to protect groundwater resources, the commissioner must consider 
27.31 	current and projected water levels and water supply management objectives in section 
27.32 	103G.265, subdivision 1.
27.33 		Subd. 5.Groundwater management areas. The commissioner may designate 
27.34 	groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses 
27.35 	within a designated area to ensure future supplies. Water appropriations and uses within a 
27.36 	designated management area must be consistent with a plan approved by the commissioner 
28.1 	that addresses water conservation requirements and water allocation priorities established 
28.2 	in section 103G.261.
28.3 		Subd. 6.Interference with other wells. The commissioner may issue water use 
28.4 	permits for appropriation from groundwater only if the commissioner determines that 
28.5 	adequate water supplies are available for the proposed use without reducing water levels 
28.6 	beyond the reach of public water supply and private domestic wells constructed according 
28.7 	to Minnesota Rules, chapter 4725.

28.8 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
28.9 		Subd. 6.Filing application. (a) An application for a permit must be filed with the 
28.10 	commissioner and if the proposed activity for which the permit is requested is within a 
28.11 	municipality, or is within or affects a watershed district or a soil and water conservation 
28.12 	district, a copy of the application with maps, plans, and specifications must be served on 
28.13 	the mayor of the municipality, the secretary of the board of managers of the watershed 
28.14 	district, and the secretary of the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation 
28.15 	district.
28.16 	(b) If the application is required to be served on a local governmental unit under 
28.17 	this subdivision, proof of service must be included with the application and filed with 
28.18 	the commissioner.

28.19 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.305, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.20 		Subd. 2.Exception. The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to applications 
28.21 	for a water use permit for:
28.22 	(1) appropriations from waters of the state for irrigation, under section 103G.295;
28.23 	(2) appropriations for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 
28.24 	gallons per day average in a 30-day period; or
28.25 	(3) (2)  appropriations with a consumptive use of more than 2,000,000 gallons per 
28.26 	day average for a 30-day period.

28.27 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.315, subdivision 11, is amended to 
28.28 	read:
28.29 		Subd. 11.Limitations on permits. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by 
28.30 	law, a permit issued by the commissioner under this chapter is subject to:
28.31 	(1) cancellation by the commissioner at any time if necessary to protect the public 
28.32 	interests;
29.1 	(2) further conditions on the term of the permit or its cancellation as the 
29.2 	commissioner may prescribe and amend and reissue the permit; and
29.3 	(3) applicable law existing before or after the issuance of the permit.
29.4 	(b) Permits issued to irrigate agricultural land under section 103G.295, or considered 
29.5 	issued, are subject to this subdivision and are subject to cancellation by the commissioner 
29.6 	upon the recommendation of the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district 
29.7 	where the land to be irrigated is located.  

29.8 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.9 		Subd. 5.Removal of hazardous dams. Notwithstanding any provision of 
29.10 	this section or of section 103G.511 relating to cost sharing or apportionment, the 
29.11 	commissioner, within the limits of legislative appropriation, may assume or pay the entire 
29.12 	cost of removal of a privately or publicly owned dam upon determining removal provides 
29.13 	the lowest cost solution and:
29.14 	(1) that continued existence of the structure presents a significant public safety 
29.15 	hazard, or prevents restoration of an important fisheries resource,; or 
29.16 	(2) that public or private property is being damaged due to partial failure of the 
29.17 	structure, and that an attempt to assess costs of removal against the private or public 
29.18 	owner would be of no avail.  

29.19 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.615, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.20 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The commissioner shall establish a fee schedule for permits to 
29.21 	control or harvest aquatic plants other than wild rice. The fees must be set by rule, and 
29.22 	section 16A.1283 does not apply, but the rule must not take effect until 45 legislative 
29.23 	days after it has been reported to the legislature. The fees shall be based upon the cost 
29.24 	of receiving, processing, analyzing, and issuing the permit, and additional costs incurred 
29.25 	after the application to inspect and monitor the activities authorized by the permit, and 
29.26 	enforce aquatic plant management rules and permit requirements.
29.27 	(b) A fee for a permit for the control of rooted aquatic vegetation for each contiguous 
29.28 	parcel of shoreline owned by an owner may be charged. This fee may not be charged for 
29.29 	permits issued in connection with purple loosestrife control or lakewide Eurasian water 
29.30 	milfoil control programs.
29.31 	(c) A fee may not be charged to the state or a federal governmental agency applying 
29.32 	for a permit.
30.1 	(d) A fee for a permit for the control of rooted aquatic vegetation in a public 
30.2 	water basin that is 20 acres or less in size shall be one-half of the fee established under 
30.3 	paragraph (a).
30.4 	(e) The money received for the permits under this subdivision shall be deposited in 
30.5 	the treasury and credited to the water recreation account.

30.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010.

30.7 	Sec. 46. [103G.651] REMOVING SUNKEN LOGS FROM PUBLIC WATERS 
30.8 	PROHIBITED.
30.9 	 The commissioner of natural resources must not issue leases to remove sunken logs 
30.10 	or issue permits for the removal of sunken logs from public waters.

30.11 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.02, is amended to read:
30.12 	115A.02 LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION OF POLICY; PURPOSES.
30.13 	(a) It is the goal of this chapter to protect the state's land, air, water, and other natural 
30.14 	resources and the public health by improving waste management in the state to serve 
30.15 	the following purposes:
30.16 	(1) reduction in the amount and toxicity of waste generated;
30.17 	(2) separation and recovery of materials and energy from waste;
30.18 	(3) reduction in indiscriminate dependence on disposal of waste;
30.19 	(4) coordination of solid waste management among political subdivisions; and
30.20 	(5) orderly and deliberate development and financial security of waste facilities 
30.21 	including disposal facilities.
30.22 	(b) The waste management goal of the state is to foster an integrated waste 
30.23 	management system in a manner appropriate to the characteristics of the waste stream 
30.24 	and thereby protect the state's land, air, water, and other natural resources and the public 
30.25 	health. The following waste management practices are in order of preference:
30.26 	(1) waste reduction and reuse;
30.27 	(2) waste recycling;
30.28 	(3) composting of source-separated compostable materials, including but not limited 
30.29 	to, yard waste and food waste;
30.30 	(4) resource recovery through mixed municipal solid waste composting or 
30.31 	incineration;
31.1 	(5) land disposal which produces no measurable methane gas or which involves the 
31.2 	retrieval of methane gas as a fuel for the production of energy to be used on-site or for 
31.3 	sale; and
31.4 	(6) land disposal which produces measurable methane and which does not involve 
31.5 	the retrieval of methane gas as a fuel for the production of energy to be used on-site 
31.6 	or for sale.

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

31.8 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
31.9 		Subd. 4.Rules and standards. (a) Pursuant and subject to the provisions of chapter 
31.10 	14, and the provisions hereof, the Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend and rescind 
31.11 	rules and standards having the force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions 
31.12 	of Laws 1967, chapter 882, for the prevention, abatement, or control of air pollution. 
31.13 	Any such rule or standard may be of general application throughout the state, or may be 
31.14 	limited as to times, places, circumstances, or conditions in order to make due allowance 
31.15 	for variations therein. Without limitation, rules or standards may relate to sources or 
31.16 	emissions of air contamination or air pollution, to the quality or composition of such 
31.17 	emissions, or to the quality of or composition of the ambient air or outdoor atmosphere or 
31.18 	to any other matter relevant to the prevention, abatement, or control of air pollution.
31.19 	(b) Pursuant and subject to the provisions of chapter 14, and the provisions hereof, 
31.20 	the Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend, and rescind rules and standards having 
31.21 	the force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions of Laws 1969, chapter 
31.22 	1046, for the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and disposal of solid waste 
31.23 	and the prevention, abatement, or control of water, air, and land pollution which may be 
31.24 	related thereto, and the deposit in or on land of any other material that may tend to cause 
31.25 	pollution. The agency shall adopt such rules and standards for sewage sludge, addressing 
31.26 	the intrinsic suitability of land, the volume and rate of application of sewage sludge of 
31.27 	various degrees of intrinsic hazard, design of facilities, and operation of facilities and sites. 
31.28 	Any such rule or standard may be of general application throughout the state or may be 
31.29 	limited as to times, places, circumstances, or conditions in order to make due allowance 
31.30 	for variations therein. Without limitation, rules or standards may relate to collection, 
31.31 	transportation, processing, disposal, equipment, location, procedures, methods, systems 
31.32 	or techniques or to any other matter relevant to the prevention, abatement or control of 
31.33 	water, air, and land pollution which may be advised through the control of collection, 
31.34 	transportation, processing, and disposal of solid waste and sewage sludge, and the deposit 
31.35 	in or on land of any other material that may tend to cause pollution. By January 1, 1983, 
32.1 	the rules for the management of sewage sludge shall include an analysis of the sewage 
32.2 	sludge determined by the commissioner of agriculture to be necessary to meet the soil 
32.3 	amendment labeling requirements of section 18C.215. 
32.4 	(c) The rules for the disposal of solid waste shall include site-specific criteria to 
32.5 	prohibit solid waste disposal determine site suitability based on the area's sensitivity 
32.6 	to groundwater contamination, including site-specific testing. The rules shall provide 
32.7 	criteria for locating landfills based on a site's sensitivity to groundwater contamination. 
32.8 	Sensitivity to groundwater contamination is based on the predicted minimum time of 
32.9 	travel of groundwater contaminants from the solid waste to the compliance boundary. The 
32.10 	rules shall prohibit landfills in areas where karst is likely to develop. The rules shall 
32.11 	specify testable or otherwise objective thresholds for these criteria. The rules shall also 
32.12 	include modifications to financial assurance requirements under subdivision 4h that ensure 
32.13 	the state is protected from financial responsibility for future groundwater contamination. 
32.14 	The financial assurance and siting modifications to the rules specified in this paragraph 
32.15 	do not apply to:
32.16 	(1) solid waste facilities initially permitted before January 1, 2011, including future 
32.17 	contiguous expansions and noncontiguous expansions within 600 yards of a permitted 
32.18 	boundary;
32.19 	(2) solid waste disposal facilities that accept only construction and demolition debris 
32.20 	and incidental nonrecyclable packaging, and facilities that accept only industrial waste 
32.21 	that is limited to wood, concrete, porcelain fixtures, shingles, or window glass resulting 
32.22 	from the manufacture of construction materials; and
32.23 	(3) requirements for permit by rule solid waste disposal facilities.
32.24 	(d) Until the rules are modified as provided in paragraph (c) to include site-specific 
32.25 	criteria to prohibit areas from determine site suitability for solid waste disposal due to 
32.26 	groundwater contamination sensitivity, as required under this section, the agency shall not 
32.27 	issue a permit for a new solid waste disposal facility, except for:
32.28 	(1) the reissuance of a permit for a land disposal facility operating as of March 
32.29 	1, 2008;
32.30 	(2) a permit to expand a land disposal facility operating as of March 1, 2008, beyond 
32.31 	its permitted boundaries, including expansion on land that is not contiguous to, but is 
32.32 	located within 600 yards of, the land disposal facility's permitted boundaries;
32.33 	(3) a permit to modify the type of waste accepted at a land disposal facility operating 
32.34 	as of March 1, 2008;
32.35 	(4) a permit to locate a disposal facility that accepts only construction debris as 
32.36 	defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 7; 
33.1 	(5) a permit to locate a disposal facility that: 
33.2 	(i) accepts boiler ash from an electric energy power plant that has wet scrubbed units 
33.3 	or has units that have been converted from wet scrubbed units to dry scrubbed units as 
33.4 	those terms are defined in section 216B.68; 
33.5 	(ii) is on land that was owned on May 1, 2008, by the utility operating the electric 
33.6 	energy power plant; and
33.7 	(iii) is located within three miles of the existing ash disposal facility for the power 
33.8 	plant; or
33.9 	(6) a permit to locate a new solid waste disposal facility for ferrous metallic minerals 
33.10 	regulated under Minnesota Rules, chapter 6130, or for nonferrous metallic minerals 
33.11 	regulated under Minnesota Rules, chapter 6132.
33.12 	(e) Pursuant and subject to the provisions of chapter 14, and the provisions hereof, 
33.13 	the Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend and rescind rules and standards having 
33.14 	the force of law relating to any purpose within the provisions of Laws 1971, chapter 727, 
33.15 	for the prevention, abatement, or control of noise pollution. Any such rule or standard 
33.16 	may be of general application throughout the state, or may be limited as to times, places, 
33.17 	circumstances or conditions in order to make due allowances for variations therein. 
33.18 	Without limitation, rules or standards may relate to sources or emissions of noise or noise 
33.19 	pollution, to the quality or composition of noises in the natural environment, or to any 
33.20 	other matter relevant to the prevention, abatement, or control of noise pollution.
33.21 	(f) As to any matters subject to this chapter, local units of government may set 
33.22 	emission regulations with respect to stationary sources which are more stringent than 
33.23 	those set by the Pollution Control Agency.
33.24 	(g) Pursuant to chapter 14, the Pollution Control Agency may adopt, amend, 
33.25 	and rescind rules and standards having the force of law relating to any purpose within 
33.26 	the provisions of this chapter for generators of hazardous waste, the management, 
33.27 	identification, labeling, classification, storage, collection, treatment, transportation, 
33.28 	processing, and disposal of hazardous waste and the location of hazardous waste facilities. 
33.29 	A rule or standard may be of general application throughout the state or may be limited 
33.30 	as to time, places, circumstances, or conditions. In implementing its hazardous waste 
33.31 	rules, the Pollution Control Agency shall give high priority to providing planning and 
33.32 	technical assistance to hazardous waste generators. The agency shall assist generators in 
33.33 	investigating the availability and feasibility of both interim and long-term hazardous waste 
33.34 	management methods. The methods shall include waste reduction, waste separation, 
33.35 	waste processing, resource recovery, and temporary storage.
34.1 	(h) The Pollution Control Agency shall give highest priority in the consideration 
34.2 	of permits to authorize disposal of diseased shade trees by open burning at designated 
34.3 	sites to evidence concerning economic costs of transportation and disposal of diseased 
34.4 	shade trees by alternative methods.

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

34.6 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.07, subdivision 4h, is amended to read:
34.7 		Subd. 4h.Financial responsibility rules. (a) The agency shall adopt rules requiring 
34.8 	the operator or owner of a solid waste disposal facility to submit to the agency proof of the 
34.9 	operator's or owner's financial capability to provide reasonable and necessary response 
34.10 	during the operating life of the facility and for a minimum of 30 years after closure for a 
34.11 	mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility or for a minimum of 20 years after closure, 
34.12 	as determined by agency rules, for any other solid waste disposal facility, and to provide 
34.13 	for the closure of the facility and postclosure care required under agency rules. Proof of 
34.14 	financial responsibility is required of the operator or owner of a facility receiving an 
34.15 	original permit or a permit for expansion after adoption of the rules. Within 180 days of 
34.16 	the effective date of the rules or by July 1, 1987, whichever is later, proof of financial 
34.17 	responsibility is required of an operator or owner of a facility with a remaining capacity of 
34.18 	more than five years or 500,000 cubic yards that is in operation at the time the rules are 
34.19 	adopted. Compliance with the rules and the requirements of paragraph (b) is a condition 
34.20 	of obtaining or retaining a permit to operate the facility.
34.21 	(b) A municipality, as defined in section 475.51, subdivision 2, including a sanitary 
34.22 	district, that owns or operates a solid waste disposal facility that was in operation on May 
34.23 	15, 1989, may meet its financial responsibility for all or a portion of the contingency 
34.24 	action portion of the reasonable and necessary response costs at the facility by pledging its 
34.25 	full faith and credit to meet its responsibility. 
34.26 	The pledge must be made in accordance with the requirements in chapter 475 for 
34.27 	issuing bonds of the municipality, and the following additional requirements:
34.28 	(1) The governing body of the municipality shall enact an ordinance that clearly 
34.29 	accepts responsibility for the costs of contingency action at the facility and that reserves, 
34.30 	during the operating life of the facility and for the time period required in paragraph (a) 
34.31 	after closure, a portion of the debt limit of the municipality, as established under section 
34.32 	475.53 or other law, that is equal to the total contingency action costs. 
34.33 	(2) The municipality shall require that all collectors that haul to the facility 
34.34 	implement a plan for reducing solid waste by using volume-based pricing, recycling 
34.35 	incentives, or other means.
35.1 	(3) When a municipality opts to meet a portion of its financial responsibility by 
35.2 	relying on its authority to issue bonds, it shall also begin setting aside in a dedicated 
35.3 	long-term care trust fund money that will cover a portion of the potential contingency 
35.4 	action costs at the facility, the amount to be determined by the agency for each facility 
35.5 	based on at least the amount of waste deposited in the disposal facility each year, and the 
35.6 	likelihood and potential timing of conditions arising at the facility that will necessitate 
35.7 	response action. The agency may not require a municipality to set aside more than five 
35.8 	percent of the total cost in a single year.
35.9 	(4) A municipality shall have and consistently maintain an investment grade bond 
35.10 	rating as a condition of using bonding authority to meet financial responsibility under 
35.11 	this section.
35.12 	(5) The municipality shall file with the commissioner of revenue its consent to have 
35.13 	the amount of its contingency action costs deducted from state aid payments otherwise 
35.14 	due the municipality and paid instead to the remediation fund created in section 116.155, 
35.15 	if the municipality fails to conduct the contingency action at the facility when ordered 
35.16 	by the agency. If the agency notifies the commissioner that the municipality has failed to 
35.17 	conduct contingency action when ordered by the agency, the commissioner shall deduct 
35.18 	the amounts indicated by the agency from the state aids in accordance with the consent 
35.19 	filed with the commissioner. 
35.20 	(6) The municipality shall file with the agency written proof that it has complied 
35.21 	with the requirements of paragraph (b).
35.22 	(c) The method for proving financial responsibility under paragraph (b) may not be 
35.23 	applied to a new solid waste disposal facility or to expansion of an existing facility, unless 
35.24 	the expansion is a vertical expansion. Vertical expansions of qualifying existing facilities 
35.25 	cannot be permitted for a duration of longer than three years.
35.26 	(d) The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of management and 
35.27 	budget for guidance on the forms of financial assurance that are acceptable for private 
35.28 	owners and public owners, and in carrying out a periodic review of the adequacy of 
35.29 	financial assurance for solid waste disposal facilities. Financial assurance rules shall 
35.30 	allow financial mechanisms to public owners of solid waste disposal facilities that are 
35.31 	appropriate to their status as subdivisions of the state.

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

35.33 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.431, is amended to read:
35.34 	290.431 NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.
36.1 	Every individual who files an income tax return or property tax refund claim form 
36.2 	may designate on their original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted 
36.3 	from the refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual and paid into an 
36.4 	account to be established for the management of nongame wildlife. The commissioner 
36.5 	of revenue shall, on the income tax return and the property tax refund claim form, notify 
36.6 	filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax or refund shall be paid into 
36.7 	the nongame wildlife management account. The sum of the amounts so designated to 
36.8 	be paid shall be credited to the nongame wildlife management account for use by the 
36.9 	nongame program of the section of wildlife in the Department of Natural Resources. All 
36.10 	interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and 
36.11 	reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife management account shall be 
36.12 	credited to the account by the commissioner of management and budget, except that 
36.13 	gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of natural resources and 
36.14 	directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects or geographic 
36.15 	areas shall be handled according to section 84.085, subdivision 1. The commissioner 
36.16 	of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year and semiannual 
36.17 	progress reports to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources in the 
36.18 	form determined by the commission. None of the money provided in this section may be 
36.19 	expended unless the commission has approved the work program.
36.20 	The state pledges and agrees with all contributors to the nongame wildlife 
36.21 	management account to use the funds contributed solely for the management of nongame 
36.22 	wildlife projects and further agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
36.23 	restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural 
36.24 	resources to use the available funds for the most efficient and effective management of 
36.25 	nongame wildlife. The commissioner may use funds appropriated for nongame wildlife 
36.26 	programs for the purpose of developing, preserving, restoring, and maintaining wintering 
36.27 	habitat for neotropical migrant birds in Latin America and the Caribbean under agreement 
36.28 	or contract with any nonprofit organization dedicated to the construction, maintenance, and 
36.29 	repair of such projects that are acceptable to the governmental agency having jurisdiction 
36.30 	over the land and water affected by the projects. Under this authority, the commissioner 
36.31 	may execute agreements and contracts if the commissioner determines that the use of the 
36.32 	funds will benefit neotropical migrant birds that breed in or migrate through the state.

36.33 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.432, is amended to read:
36.34 	290.432 CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.
37.1 	A corporation that files an income tax return may designate on its original return that 
37.2 	$1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be 
37.3 	payable by or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife management account 
37.4 	established by section 290.431 for use by the section of wildlife in the Department of 
37.5 	Natural Resources for its nongame wildlife program. The commissioner of revenue shall, 
37.6 	on the corporate tax return, notify filers of their right to designate that a portion of their 
37.7 	tax return be paid into the nongame wildlife management account for the protection of 
37.8 	endangered natural resources. All interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, 
37.9 	contributions to the program, and reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife 
37.10 	management account shall be credited to the account by the commissioner of management 
37.11 	and budget, except that gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of 
37.12 	natural resources and directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects 
37.13 	or geographic areas shall be handled according to section 84.085, subdivision 1. The 
37.14 	commissioner of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year to 
37.15 	the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources in the form determined by 
37.16 	the commission. None of the money provided in this section may be spent unless the 
37.17 	commission has approved the work program.
37.18 	The state pledges and agrees with all corporate contributors to the nongame wildlife 
37.19 	account to use the funds contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further 
37.20 	agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or restrictions that will limit or 
37.21 	otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
37.22 	funds for the most efficient and effective management of those programs.

37.23 	Sec. 52. Laws 2010, chapter 215, article 3, section 4, subdivision 10, is amended to 
37.24 	read:

37.25	Subd. 10.Transfers In
 					
37.26 	(a) By June 30, 2010, the commissioner of 
37.27 	management and budget shall transfer any 
37.28 	remaining balance, estimated to be $98,000, 
37.29 	from the stream protection and improvement 
37.30 	fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.31 	103G.705, to the general fund. Beginning 
37.32 	in fiscal year 2011, all repayment of loans 
37.33 	made and administrative fees assessed under 
37.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.705, 
38.1 	estimated to be $195,000 in 2011, must be 
38.2 	transferred to the general fund.
38.3 	(b) The balance of surcharges on criminal and 
38.4 	traffic offenders, estimated to be $900,000, 
38.5 	and credited to the game and fish fund 
38.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 357.021, 
38.7 	subdivision 7, and collected before June 30, 
38.8 	2010, must be transferred to the general fund.
38.9 	(c) The appropriation in Laws 2007, First 
38.10 	Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 
38.11 	8, transferred to the appropriation in  Laws 
38.12 	2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 
38.13 	1, section 5, for cost-share flood programs 
38.14 	in southeastern Minnesota, is reduced by 
38.15 	$335,000 and that amount is canceled to the 
38.16 	general fund.
38.17 	(d) Before June 30, 2011, the commissioner 
38.18 	of management and budget shall transfer 
38.19 	$1,000,000 from the fleet management 
38.20 	account in the special revenue fund 
38.21 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.22 	84.0856, to the general fund.

38.23 	Sec. 53. SUBSURFACE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS ORDINANCE 
38.24 	ADOPTION DELAY.
 38.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 2, a county may 
38.26 	adopt an ordinance by February 4, 2012, to comply with the February 4, 2008, revisions to 
38.27 	subsurface sewage treatment system rules. A county must continue to enforce its current 
38.28 	ordinance until a new one has been adopted.
38.29 	(b) By January 15, 2011, the agency, after consultation with the Board of Water and 
38.30 	Soil Resources and the Association of Minnesota Counties, shall report to the chairs and 
38.31 	ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives environment and 
38.32 	natural resources policy and finance committees and divisions on:
38.33 	(1) the technical changes in the rules for subsurface sewage treatment systems 
38.34 	that were adopted on February 4, 2008;
39.1 	(2) the progress in local adoption of ordinances to comply with the rules; and
39.2 	(3) the progress in protecting the state's water resources from pollution due to 
39.3 	subsurface sewage treatment systems.

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

39.5 	Sec. 54. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LONG-RANGE 
39.6 	BUDGET ANALYSIS.
 39.7 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the commissioner 
39.8 	of management and budget, shall estimate the total amount of funding available from all 
39.9 	sources for each of the following land management categories: wildlife management 
39.10 	areas; state forests; scientific and natural areas; aquatic management areas; public water 
39.11 	access sites; and prairie bank easements. The commissioner of natural resources shall 
39.12 	prepare a ten-year budget analysis of the department's ongoing land management needs, 
39.13 	including restoration of each parcel needing restoration. The analysis shall include:
39.14 	(1) an analysis of the needs of wildlife management areas, including identification of 
39.15 	internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for activities such as controlled 
39.16 	burns, tree and woody biomass removal, and brushland management;
39.17 	(2) an analysis of state forests needs, including identification of internal systemwide 
39.18 	guidelines on the proper frequency for forest management activities;
39.19 	(3) an analysis of scientific and natural areas needs, including identification of 
39.20 	internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for management activities;
39.21 	(4) an analysis of aquatic management areas needs, including identification of 
39.22 	internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for management activities; and
39.23 	(5) an analysis of the needs of the state's public water access sites, including 
39.24 	identification of internal systemwide guidelines on the proper frequency for management 
39.25 	activities.
39.26 	(b) The commissioner shall compare the estimate of the total amount of funding 
39.27 	available to the department's ongoing management needs to determine:
39.28 	(1) the amount necessary to manage, restore, and maintain existing wildlife 
39.29 	management areas, state forests, scientific and natural areas, aquatic management areas, 
39.30 	public water access sites, and prairie bank easements; and
39.31 	(2) the amount necessary to expand upon each of the existing wildlife management 
39.32 	areas, state forests, scientific and natural areas, aquatic management areas, public 
39.33 	water access sites, and prairie bank easement programs, including the feasibility of the 
39.34 	department's existing long-range plans, if applicable, for each program.
40.1 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources shall submit the analysis to the chairs of 
40.2 	the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over environment and 
40.3 	natural resources finance and cultural and outdoor resources finance by October 15, 2010.

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

40.5 	Sec. 55. SOLID WASTE FACILITY FINANCIAL ASSURANCE 
40.6 	MECHANISMS; INPUT.
 40.7 	Within six months after the effective date of this section, and before publishing 
40.8 	the rules required for groundwater sensitivity and financial assurance in Minnesota 
40.9 	Statutes, section 116.07, subdivision 4, the Pollution Control Agency shall consult with 
40.10 	experts and interested persons on financial assurance adequacy for solid waste facilities, 
40.11 	including, but not limited to, staff from the Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota 
40.12 	Management and Budget, local governments, private and public landfill operators, and 
40.13 	environmental groups. The commissioner shall seek the input to determine the adequacy 
40.14 	of existing financial assurance rules to address environmental risks, the length of time 
40.15 	financial assurance is needed, based on the threat to human health and the environment, 
40.16 	the reliability of financial assurance in covering risks from land disposal of waste in 
40.17 	Minnesota and other states, and the role of private insurance.

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

40.19 	Sec. 56. WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS ON STATE-OWNED LANDS; REPORT.
 40.20 	By February 15, 2011, the commissioner of natural resources shall report to the 
40.21 	senate and house of representatives environment and natural resource policy and finance 
40.22 	committees and divisions on the use of state-owned lands for wind energy systems. The 
40.23 	report shall include:
40.24 	(1) information on the benefits and costs of using state-owned lands for wind energy 
40.25 	systems;
40.26 	(2) the effects of wind energy systems on state-owned lands;
40.27 	(3) recommendations for a regulatory system and restrictions that will be necessary 
40.28 	to protect the state's land and water resources when using state-owned lands for wind 
40.29 	energy systems; and 
40.30 	(4) identification of state-owned lands that would be suitable for wind energy 
40.31 	systems and state-owned lands that would be unsuitable, including recommendations for 
40.32 	restrictions on the use of state-owned lands based on their designation as units of the 
40.33 	outdoor recreation system under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05.

41.1 	Sec. 57. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 
41.2 	PEACE OFFICER TRAINING.
 41.3 	$145,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to 
41.4 	the commissioner of natural resources for peace officer training for employees of the 
41.5 	Department of Natural Resources who are licensed under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
41.6 	626.84 to 626.863, to enforce game and fish laws. This appropriation is from the money 
41.7 	credited to the game and fish fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 357.021, subdivision 
41.8 	7, paragraph (a), clause (1), from surcharges assessed to criminal and traffic offenders. 
41.9 	This is a onetime appropriation.

41.10 	Sec. 58. APPROPRIATION; STATE WATER TRAILS.
 41.11 	$60,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2011 from the water recreation account in the 
41.12 	natural resources fund to the commissioner of natural resources to cooperate with local 
41.13 	units of government in marking state water trails under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.32; 
41.14 	acquiring and developing river accesses and campsites; and removing obstructions that 
41.15 	may cause public safety hazards. This is a onetime appropriation and available until spent.

41.16 	Sec. 59. APPROPRIATION; MOOSE TRAIL.
 41.17 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources 
41.18 	from the all-terrain vehicle account in the natural resources fund for a grant to the city of 
41.19 	Hoyt Lakes to convert the Moose Trail snowmobile trail to a dual usage trail, so that it 
41.20 	may also be used as an off-highway vehicle trail connecting the city of Biwabik to the 
41.21 	Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. This is a onetime appropriation and 
41.22 	is available until spent.

41.23 	Sec. 60. APPROPRIATION; ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM.
 41.24 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the heritage enhancement account 
41.25 	in the game and fish fund to the commissioner of natural resources to maintain and expand 
41.26 	the ecological classification program on state forest lands. This is a onetime appropriation.

41.27 	Sec. 61. PARKS AND TRAILS APPROPRIATION; LOTTERY-IN-LIEU 
41.28 	REVENUE.
 41.29 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the natural resources fund to 
41.30 	the commissioner of natural resources for state park, state recreation area, and state 
41.31 	trail operations. This is from the revenue deposited in the natural resources fund under 
41.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (2).
42.1 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the natural resources fund to 
42.2 	the Metropolitan Council for metropolitan area regional parks and trails maintenance 
42.3 	and operations. This is from the revenue deposited in the natural resources fund under 
42.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (3).

42.5 	Sec. 62. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 42.6 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "horse trail pass" to "horse pass" 
42.7 	wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
42.8 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "canoe and boating routes" or 
42.9 	similar term to "state water trails" or similar term wherever it appears in Minnesota 
42.10 	Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
42.11 	(c) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "Minnesota Conservation Corps" to 
42.12 	"Conservation Corps Minnesota" wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes.

42.13 	Sec. 63.  REPEALER.
 42.14 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; 
42.15 	90.172; 97B.665, subdivision 1; 103G.295; and 103G.650, are repealed.
42.16 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 3.3006; and 84.02, subdivisions 
42.17 	4a, 6a, and 6b, are repealed.

42.18 	ARTICLE 3
42.19 	REORGANIZATION

42.20 	Section 1. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES ORGANIZATION 
42.21 	ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
 42.22 		Subdivision 1.Membership. (a) The Environment and Natural Resources 
42.23 	Organization Advisory Committee of 18 members is created to advise the legislature 
42.24 	and governor on an organization for state agencies and local governments to administer 
42.25 	environment and natural resource policies. The advisory committee shall consist of:
42.26 	(1) four public members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of 
42.27 	the Committee on Rules and Administration;
42.28 	(2) two members of the senate, including one member appointed by the majority 
42.29 	leader and one member appointed by the minority leader;
42.30 	(3) four public members appointed by the speaker of the house; 
42.31 	(4) two members of the house of representatives, including one member appointed 
42.32 	by the speaker of the house and one member appointed by the house minority leader; and
42.33 	(5) six public members appointed by the governor.
43.1 	The appointing authorities shall consider geographic balance in making the 
43.2 	appointments. The senate appointments must include a representative of city government. 
43.3 	The house of representatives appointments must include a representative from county 
43.4 	government. The governor's appointments must include one representing soil and water 
43.5 	conservation districts, one representing watershed districts, and one representing tribal 
43.6 	governments. All appointments to the advisory committee shall have experience or 
43.7 	expertise in the science, policy, or practice of the protection, conservation, preservation, 
43.8 	and enhancement of the state's environment and natural resources and have strong 
43.9 	knowledge in the state's environment and natural resource issues around the state. All 
43.10 	appointments shall be made by August 15, 2010.
43.11 	(b) Public members of the advisory committee are entitled to reimbursement for per 
43.12 	diem expenses, plus travel expenses incurred in the services of the advisory committee, as 
43.13 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.
43.14 	(c) Members shall elect a chair. The chair shall preside and convene meetings as 
43.15 	often as necessary to conduct duties prescribed by this section. Meetings of the advisory 
43.16 	committee shall be held in all regions of the state.
43.17 	(d) The Department of Management and Budget shall provide for administrative 
43.18 	services to the advisory committee. The commissioner of management and budget shall 
43.19 	convene the first organizational meeting of the advisory committee by September 1, 2010.
43.20 		Subd. 2.Duties. The advisory committee shall recommend a structure to provide an 
43.21 	efficient and effective organization for state agencies and local governments to administer 
43.22 	environment and natural resource policies. In making its recommendations, the advisory 
43.23 	committee shall consider structures of organization that will provide for the protection, 
43.24 	conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state's environment and natural 
43.25 	resources and will accomplish:
43.26 	(1) a reduction in redundant management personnel;
43.27 	(2) accountability to the public;
43.28 	(3) consolidation of project-permitting functions;
43.29 	(4) professionalism in the provision of services;
43.30 	(5) reduced political influence in the process;
43.31 	(6) enhancing public participation and interaction with the public;
43.32 	(7) alignment of services to meet current and expected future needs;
43.33 	(8) utilization of new technology;
43.34 	(9) providing assistance to businesses that will create and maintain jobs for the 
43.35 	green economy; and
44.1 	(10) a reduction in overall personnel needed that will be accomplished through 
44.2 	attrition.
44.3 		Subd. 3.Public meetings. Meetings of the advisory committee and task forces of 
44.4 	the advisory committee must be open to the public. For purposes of this subdivision, a 
44.5 	meeting occurs when a quorum is present and action is taken regarding a matter within 
44.6 	the jurisdiction of the advisory committee and task forces of the advisory committee. 
44.7 	Enforcement of this subdivision is governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.06, 
44.8 	subdivisions 1 and 2.
44.9 		Subd. 4.Intergovernmental task force. By October 15, 2010, the advisory 
44.10 	committee shall establish a task force to assist in coordinating state and local 
44.11 	environmental and natural resource programs and requirements. The membership of the 
44.12 	task force must include equal and broad representation of state and local government 
44.13 	units. By June 15, 2011, the task force shall provide a report to the advisory committee 
44.14 	on recommendations for coordinating, streamlining, and consolidating state and local 
44.15 	programs, requirements, and functions relating to natural resources and the environment.
44.16 		Subd. 5.Employee participation task force. By October 15, 2010, the advisory 
44.17 	committee shall establish a task force to identify employer and employee issues that will 
44.18 	need to be considered in a reorganization of state agencies responsible for administering 
44.19 	environment and natural resource policies. The task force must include representatives 
44.20 	from both management and nonmanagement personnel from each agency affected under 
44.21 	sections 2 to 4. By June 15, 2011, the task force shall provide a report to the advisory 
44.22 	committee on employee issues to consider in reorganizing state environment and natural 
44.23 	resource agencies.
44.24 		Subd. 6.Stakeholder task force. By October 15, 2010, the advisory committee 
44.25 	shall establish a stakeholder task force to provide input on stakeholder concerns 
44.26 	and recommendations for reorganization. Membership of the stakeholder task force 
44.27 	must include an equal and broad representation of environment and natural resource 
44.28 	stakeholders. By June 15, 2011, the task force shall provide a report to the advisory 
44.29 	committee on stakeholder issues to consider in reorganizing state environment and natural 
44.30 	resource agencies.
44.31 		Subd. 7.Advisory committee report. The advisory committee shall prepare 
44.32 	a report on its recommendations for an efficient and effective organization for state 
44.33 	agencies and local governments to administer environment and natural resource policies. 
44.34 	By August 15, 2011, the report must be submitted to the governor and to the house of 
44.35 	representatives and senate environment, natural resources, and agricultural policy and 
45.1 	finance committees and divisions. The advisory committee report shall include copies of 
45.2 	the task force reports submitted under subdivisions 4 to 6.
45.3 		Subd. 8.Sunset. The advisory committee and all task forces authorized by this 
45.4 	section expire on September 1, 2011.

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

45.6 	Sec. 2. CONSIDERATION OF AGENCIES.
 45.7 	The Department of Natural Resources, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, and 
45.8 	the Pollution Control Agency shall be considered by the advisory committee established 
45.9 	under section 1.

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

45.11 	Sec. 3. POWERS AND DUTIES FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
 45.12 		Subdivision 1.Department of Agriculture. The following powers and duties of 
45.13 	the Department of Agriculture shall be considered by the advisory committee established 
45.14 	under section 1:
45.15 	(1) regulation of fertilizers, soil amendments, agricultural liming, and plant 
45.16 	amendments under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18C;
45.17 	(2) pesticide control under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B;
45.18 	(3) agriculture chemical incident response and cleanup under Minnesota Statutes, 
45.19 	chapter 18D;
45.20 	(4) chemical incident reimbursement under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18E;
45.21 	(5) genetically engineered organisms under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18F;
45.22 	(6) urban forest promotion under Minnesota Statutes, section 17.86;
45.23 	(7) groundwater protection under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103H; and
45.24 	(8) oil and hazardous substance discharge preparedness under Minnesota Statutes, 
45.25 	chapter 115E.
45.26 		Subd. 2.Department of Health. The following powers and duties of the 
45.27 	Department of Health shall be considered by the advisory committee established under 
45.28 	section 1:
45.29 	(1) water well program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I;
45.30 	(2) safe drinking water program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.381 to 
45.31 	144.387;
45.32 	(3) health risk assessment under Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.17, subdivision 
45.33 	10;
46.1 	(4) domestic water supply protection under Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.35 
46.2 	to 144.37;
46.3 	(5) asbestos contractor licensing under Minnesota Statutes, sections 326.70 to 
46.4 	326.81;
46.5 	(6) public health laboratory regulation under Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.97 
46.6 	to 144.98;
46.7 	(7) lead poisoning prevention under Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.9501 to 
46.8 	144.9512;
46.9 	(8) hazardous substance exposure under Minnesota Statutes, section 145.94;
46.10 	(9) mosquito research under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.95;
46.11 	(10) environmental health tracking under Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.995 to 
46.12 	144.998;
46.13 	(11) water supply monitoring and health assessments under Minnesota Statutes, 
46.14 	section 116.155; and 
46.15 	(12) health risk limits under Minnesota Statutes, section 103H.201.
46.16 		Subd. 3.Department of Commerce. The following powers and duties of the 
46.17 	Department of Commerce shall be considered by the advisory committee established under 
46.18 	section 1: energy planning and conservation under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
46.19 		Subd. 4.Department of Transportation. The following powers and duties of the 
46.20 	Department of Transportation shall be considered by the advisory committee established 
46.21 	under section 1: oil and hazardous substance discharge preparedness under Minnesota 
46.22 	Statutes, chapter 115E.

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

46.24 	Sec. 4. CONSIDERATION OF BOARDS.
 46.25 	The Environmental Quality Board, the Harmful Substances Compensation Board, 
46.26 	the Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board, and the Agricultural Chemical 
46.27 	Response Compensation Board shall be considered by the advisory committee established 
46.28 	under section 1.

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

46.30 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION.
 46.31 	$30,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated from the environmental fund to the 
46.32 	commissioner of management and budget for administrative expenses of the Environment 
46.33 	and Natural Resources Organization Advisory Committee and for compensation and 
47.1 	expense reimbursement of advisory committee members. This is a onetime appropriation 
47.2 	and is available until September 1, 2011.

47.3 	ARTICLE 4
47.4 	STATE LANDS

47.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0272, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
47.6 		Subd. 2.Stream easements. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner 
47.7 	may acquire permanent stream easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat 
47.8 	work for a onetime payment based on a value attributed to both the stream and the 
47.9 	easement corridor. The payment shall equal:
47.10 	(1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement corridor times $5; plus
47.11 	(2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market value.
47.12 	(b) The estimated market value is equal to:
47.13 	(1) the total farm market value plus the timberlands value agricultural market value 
47.14 	plus the rural vacant market value plus the managed forest market value; divided by
47.15 	(2) the acres of deeded farmland plus the acres of timber agricultural land plus the 
47.16 	rural vacant land plus the managed forest land.
47.17 	(c) The total farm market value, timberlands value, acres of deeded farmland, and 
47.18 	acres of timber agricultural market value, rural vacant market value, and managed forest 
47.19 	market value or equivalent are determined from data collected by the Department of 
47.20 	Revenue during its annual spring mini abstract survey. If the Department of Revenue 
47.21 	changes its property type groups for its annual spring mini abstract survey, the agricultural 
47.22 	market value, the rural vacant market value, and the managed forest market value shall be 
47.23 	determined by the commissioner from data collected by the Department of Revenue in a 
47.24 	manner that provides the most reasonable substitute for the market values as presently 
47.25 	reported. The commissioner must use the most recent available data for the city or 
47.26 	township within which the easement corridor is located.
47.27 	(d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement payment rates under 
47.28 	this subdivision to determine whether the stream easement payments reflect current 
47.29 	shoreland market values. If the commissioner determines that the easements do not reflect 
47.30 	current shoreland market values, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house of 
47.31 	representatives natural resources policy committees with recommendations for changes 
47.32 	to this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement payment rates to reflect 
47.33 	current shoreland market values. The recommendations may include an adjustment to the 
47.34 	dollar amount in paragraph (a), clause (1).

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

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

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

48.15 	Sec. 5. Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 34, as amended by Laws 2009, 
48.16 	chapter 176, article 4, section 2, is amended to read:
48.17 	Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN 
48.18 	COUNTY.
 48.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner 
48.20 	of natural resources shall sell to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is described in 
48.21 	paragraph (c) upon verification that the city has acquired the adjacent parcel, currently 
48.22 	occupied by a gas station.
48.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
48.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
48.25 	and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land described in paragraph (c) to 
48.26 	the city of Wayzata, for up to $75,000 plus transaction costs $1, but the conveyance must 
48.27 	provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for a public road and reverts to 
48.28 	the state if the city of Wayzata fails to provide for public use of the land as a road or 
48.29 	abandons the public use of the land.
48.30 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
48.31 	Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
49.1 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
49.2 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of 
49.3 	Wayzata.

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

49.5 	Sec. 6. Laws 2009, chapter 176, article 4, section 9, is amended to read:
49.6 	Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
 49.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
49.8 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
49.9 	(c).
49.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
49.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
49.12 	and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the White Earth Band of 
49.13 	Ojibwe for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner $1, but the 
49.14 	conveyance must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state 
49.15 	if the band fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The 
49.16 	conveyance may reserve an easement for ingress and egress.
49.17 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: 
49.18 	the West 400 feet of the South 750 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 31, Township 145 
49.19 	North, Range 38 West, containing 6.89 acres, more or less.
49.20 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land and building 
49.21 	are no longer needed for natural resource purposes.

49.22 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 49.23 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 19.] Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
49.24 	Fillmore County. The following areas are added to Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
49.25 	all in Fillmore County:
49.26 	(1) commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range 
49.27 	12 West; thence West 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West 1,260.4 feet; 
49.28 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 
49.29 	West 541.4 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 302.7 feet; thence South 0 
49.30 	degrees 39 minutes West 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East 132 feet; 
49.31 	thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 
49.32 	East 495 feet; thence South 54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 
49.33 	feet; thence South 84 degrees East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; 
50.1 	thence South 66 degrees East 462 feet; thence North 0 degrees 45 minutes East 3763 
50.2 	feet to beginning;
50.3 	(2) that part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 102 
50.4 	North, Range 12 West, lying North of the south bank of the North Branch Creek, also 
50.5 	known as Forestville Creek. Said parcel of real estate being more fully described as 
50.6 	follows: commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, proceed West, a distance 
50.7 	of 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West a distance of 1,260.4 feet; 
50.8 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 
50.9 	39 minutes West, a distance of 541.4 feet to the beginning corner. From the point of 
50.10 	beginning, continue North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 302.7 feet; thence 
50.11 	South 0 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 
50.12 	minutes East, a distance of 132 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West, a distance 
50.13 	of 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East a distance of 363 feet; thence South 
50.14 	54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 feet; thence South 84 degrees 
50.15 	East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; thence South 66 degrees East 462 
50.16 	feet, to the section line; thence North on the section line, a distance of 1,783 feet; thence 
50.17 	North 85 degrees 34 minutes West a distance of 2,340.2 feet to the beginning corner;
50.18 	(3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 
50.19 	12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, except the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the 
50.20 	Southeast Quarter of said Northeast Quarter, and also except that part thereof lying West 
50.21 	of the center of County Road No. 12;
50.22 	(4) that part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 
50.23 	102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, lying northerly and easterly of the following 
50.24 	described line: commencing at a point 288.4 feet North of the southwest corner of the 
50.25 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence North 132 feet, to 
50.26 	the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence East 1,800 feet, to the center 
50.27 	of river; thence South 6 degrees East 133 feet to intersect the hereinafter described Line 
50.28 	X; thence easterly along said Line X to the hereinafter described Point A; thence South, 
50.29 	parallel with the west line of said Southwest Quarter to the south line of said North Half of 
50.30 	said Southwest Quarter and said line there terminating. Said Line X and Point A being 
50.31 	described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
50.32 	the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence running North 4.37 chains; thence East, 
50.33 	along a line referred to as Line X in the above description, a distance of 27.25 chains to a 
50.34 	point referred to as Point A in the above description;
50.35 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, 
50.36 	Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota; and
51.1 	(6) the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, 
51.2 	Minnesota, except the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
51.3 	said Southeast Quarter.
51.4 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 31.] Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Cook County.
 51.5 	The following areas are added to Judge C. R. Magney State Park, all in Cook County: 
51.6 	the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
51.7 	Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 5, Township 
51.8 	62 North, Range 3 East.
51.9 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 51.10 	The following areas are added to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, all in Lake County: the 
51.11 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
51.12 	Quarter, all in Section 32, Township 55 North, Range 8 West.
51.13 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 55a.] Tettegouche State Park, Lake County. The 
51.14 	following areas are added to Tettegouche State Park:
51.15 	(1) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 15, Township 56, Range 7, Lake County, 
51.16 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the quarter corner between said Section 
51.17 	15 and Section 22, Township 56, Range 7; thence East, along the section line between said 
51.18 	Sections 15 and 22, a distance of 503.0 feet; thence northeasterly, deflecting to the left 75 
51.19 	degrees 00 minutes a distance of 425.0 feet, to a point designated by a two-inch iron pipe, 
51.20 	being the point of beginning; thence northwesterly, to a point on the west line of said Lot 2 
51.21 	distant approximately 970.0 feet North of said quarter corner between Sections 15 and 22; 
51.22 	thence North along said west line to the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence East, along 
51.23 	the north line of said Lot 2, approximately 240.0 feet; thence in a southeasterly direction 
51.24 	to a point on the east side of a point of rocks projecting into Lake Superior, being marked 
51.25 	by an X; thence in a southwesterly direction, along the shore of said Lake Superior to the 
51.26 	point of beginning. (X mark on rock being in line making a deflection angle of 45 degrees 
51.27 	51 minutes to the left with the east-west section line from a point on the section line 503.0 
51.28 	feet East of the quarter corner between said Sections 15 and 22 and being approximately 
51.29 	830 feet from said point on said section line.); and
51.30 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 56, 
51.31 	Range 7, Lake County, Minnesota.

51.32 	Sec. 8. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 51.33 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 1a.] Afton State Park, Washington County. The 
51.34 	following area is deleted from Afton State Park: all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
52.1 	Section 3, Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota, embraced within the 
52.2 	recorded plat of ALPS ESTATES.
52.3 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 14.] Crow Wing State Park, Crow Wing, Cass, and 
52.4 	Morrison Counties. The following areas are deleted from Crow Wing State Park:
52.5 	(1) all that part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, 
52.6 	Crow Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of RED RIVER 
52.7 	TRAIL; and
52.8 	(2) all that part of Government Lot 7, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, Crow 
52.9 	Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of LOGGER RUN.
52.10 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 52.11 	The following area is deleted from Frontenac State Park: that part of the Southeast 
52.12 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, being described as BLOCK P, 
52.13 	GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and 
52.14 	of record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota, including any 
52.15 	portions of vacated roadway which have attached thereto.
52.16 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 26.] Hayes Lake State Park, Roseau County. The 
52.17 	following area is deleted from Hayes Lake State Park: the West 45.00 feet of the North 
52.18 	160.7 feet of the South 263.58 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
52.19 	Section 32, Township 160, Range 38, Roseau County, Minnesota.
52.20 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 40.] McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis and 
52.21 	Itasca Counties. The following area is deleted from McCarthy Beach State Park in 
52.22 	Itasca County: all that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 1, 
52.23 	Township 60 North, Range 22 West, embraced within the recorded plat of "TRUST," 
52.24 	as depicted thereon.
52.25 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 41.] Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County. The 
52.26 	following areas are deleted from Maplewood State Park:
52.27 	(1) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
52.28 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of South Lida Shores, according to 
52.29 	the recorded plat thereof;
52.30 	(2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
52.31 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of Greens Isle View Addition, 
52.32 	according to the recorded plat thereof;
52.33 	(3) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
52.34 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a point located by running West 
52.35 	401 feet from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 4 in Section 9; thence South 47 
52.36 	degrees 10 minutes West 100 feet; thence South 52 degrees 19 minutes West along the 
53.1 	lakeshore of Lake Lida a distance of 50 feet; thence South 42 degrees 50 minutes East 
53.2 	200 feet; thence North 52 degrees 19 minutes East 50 feet; thence North 42 degrees 50 
53.3 	minutes West 100 feet; thence North 47 degrees 10 minutes East 100 feet; thence North 42 
53.4 	degrees 50 minutes West, 100 feet to the point of beginning;
53.5 	(4) that part of Government Lot 5, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter 
53.6 	Tail County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of 
53.7 	Government Lot 4 in said Section 9; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the 
53.8 	north line of said Government Lot 4, a distance of 130 feet, to intersect the shore of South 
53.9 	Lida Lake, said point of intersection being the point of beginning of the tract of land to 
53.10 	be described; thence return on a bearing of East, a distance of 130 feet, to said northeast 
53.11 	corner of Government Lot 4; thence North 03 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds West 
53.12 	224.40 feet, along the centerline of a township road; thence North 08 degrees 31 minutes 
53.13 	00 seconds East 346.60 feet along said centerline; thence North 81 degrees 14 minutes 
53.14 	00 seconds West 34.00 feet to the westerly line of said township road; thence North 08 
53.15 	degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East along said westerly line 125.00 feet; thence North 36 
53.16 	degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds West 230.00 feet; thence South 71 degrees 21 minutes 00 
53.17 	seconds West 93.00 feet, more or less to the easterly shoreline of South Lida Lake; thence 
53.18 	southeasterly along said shoreline to the point of beginning; and
53.19 	(5) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 33, Township 136, Range 42, Otter Tail 
53.20 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the East Quarter corner of said 
53.21 	Section 33; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the east-west quarter line of 
53.22 	said Section 33, a distance of 3,994.0 feet; thence North 25 degrees East, a distance of 
53.23 	308.3 feet to the southwesterly right-of-way line of a public highway; thence North 40 
53.24 	degrees 00 minutes West, a distance of 169.0 feet, along said right-of-way; thence South 
53.25 	74 degrees 43 minutes West, a distance of 70.0 feet, more or less, to the shore of South 
53.26 	Lida Lake; thence southwesterly, along said shoreline to the south line of said Government 
53.27 	Lot 2; thence on a bearing of East, along the south line of said Government Lot 2, also 
53.28 	being said east-west quarter line to the point of beginning.
53.29 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 53.30 	The following area is deleted from Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: the Southeast 
53.31 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 55 North, Range 8 West, Lake 
53.32 	County.

53.33 	Sec. 9. ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.
 53.34 	[89.021] [Subd. 32.] Lyons State Forest. The following area is added to the Lyons 
53.35 	State Forest: Section 16, Township 135 North, Range 32 West, Cass County.

54.1 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.
 54.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
54.3 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to a political subdivision the surplus land 
54.4 	that is described in paragraph (c).
54.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
54.6 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
54.7 	and ensure accuracy.
54.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as: the 
54.9 	East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 22 West, 
54.10 	Anoka County, Minnesota, containing 80 acres, more or less.
54.11 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
54.12 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a political 
54.13 	subdivision. A political subdivision would like to use this parcel as a wetland mitigation 
54.14 	site.
54.15 	(e) This sale is the result of the intent expressed by the city of Columbus and Anoka 
54.16 	County to allow the commissioner of natural resources to replace the approximately 80 
54.17 	acres of land with land adjacent to the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area from 
54.18 	willing sellers as identified in the November 19, 2007, Department of Natural Resources' 
54.19 	land acquisition plan.

54.20 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
54.21 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 54.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
54.23 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
54.24 	in paragraph (c).
54.25 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
54.26 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
54.27 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include a reservation of perpetual road easements 
54.28 	described in paragraph (c) to the state for ingress and egress for constructing, repairing, 
54.29 	maintaining, and operating an adjacent northern pike spawning and rearing area.
54.30 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: 
54.31 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government Lot 1, 
54.32 	Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 31 West, bounded by the water's edge of Cass 
54.33 	Lake and the following described lines: Commencing at the southwest corner of said 
54.34 	section, thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 691.2 feet on and along the west line of 
54.35 	said section to the point of beginning; thence South 58 degrees 27 minutes East, 177.64 
55.1 	feet; thence South 65 degrees 00 minutes East, 162.35 feet; thence North 52 degrees 
55.2 	07 minutes East, 175.70 feet; thence North 86 degrees 05 minutes East, 232.35 feet; 
55.3 	thence South 41 degrees 50 minutes East, 186.35 feet; thence South 25 degrees 59 minutes 
55.4 	East, 122.0 feet; thence South 33 degrees 47 minutes West, 176.13 feet; thence South 26 
55.5 	degrees 31 minutes West, 157.26 feet; thence South 50 degrees 19 minutes East, 142.34 
55.6 	feet; thence North 88 degrees 05 minutes East, 66.15 feet to point "A"; thence North 67 
55.7 	degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 minutes East, 113.86 
55.8 	feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet to point "B"; thence South 17 
55.9 	degrees 17 minutes East, 138 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Cass Lake and 
55.10 	there terminating. And from the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 
55.11 	West, 630.92 feet on and along the west line of said Section 21; thence South 75 degrees 
55.12 	27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 minutes East, 210.68 feet; 
55.13 	thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence South 51 degrees 18 minutes 
55.14 	East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 156.60 feet; thence South 48 
55.15 	degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 
55.16 	feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 
55.17 	minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes East, 410.58 feet; thence 
55.18 	South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
55.19 	14.84 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 133 feet, more or less, to the water's 
55.20 	edge of Cass Lake and there terminating. Including all riparian rights to the contained 
55.21 	18.0 acres, more or less and subject to all existing easements.
55.22 	Subject to a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
55.23 	following described land in Government Lot 1 of said section described as follows: 
55.24 	Beginning at point "B," said point being on the southerly boundary of the above described 
55.25 	tract; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 20.2 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 
55.26 	minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 20.2 feet; thence 
55.27 	North 17 degrees 17 minutes West, 33.33 feet to point "B" and the point of beginning.
55.28 	Except that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 
55.29 	31 West, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 21; 
55.30 	thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 1,322.12 feet along the west line of said Section 
55.31 	21; thence South 75 degrees 27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 
55.32 	minutes East, 210.68 feet; thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence 
55.33 	South 51 degrees 18 minutes East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 
55.34 	156.60 feet; thence South 48 degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 
55.35 	degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 
55.36 	feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 
56.1 	minutes East, 383.52 feet, to the point of beginning; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes 
56.2 	East, 27.06 feet; thence South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 
56.3 	degrees 48 minutes West, 2.52 feet; thence North 15 degrees 31 minutes West, 46.80 
56.4 	feet; thence North 32 degrees 31 minutes East, 18.96 feet; thence North 59 degrees 39 
56.5 	minutes East, 58.56 feet; thence North 20 degrees 23 minutes East, 105.29 feet to the 
56.6 	point of beginning; containing 0.1 acres.
56.7 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
56.8 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section being a strip of land 33 feet 
56.9 	wide, lying 16.5 feet on each side of the following described lines: Commencing at the 
56.10 	southwest corner of said Section 21; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 656.4 feet 
56.11 	on and along the west line of said section to the point of beginning; thence South 42 
56.12 	degrees 51 minutes East, 52.16 feet; thence South 70 degrees 04 minutes East, 214.3 feet; 
56.13 	thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes East, 219.4 feet; thence South 49 degrees 02 minutes 
56.14 	East, 252.6 feet; thence South 45 degrees 15 minutes East, 152.5 feet; thence South 50 
56.15 	degrees 19 minutes East, 119.9 feet, to the south line of Section 21 and there terminating.
56.16 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across 
56.17 	the northwesterly 16.5 feet of the following described land in Government Lot 1 and 
56.18 	the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section described as follows: 
56.19 	Beginning at point "A," said point being on the southern boundary of the above described 
56.20 	tract; thence North 67 degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 
56.21 	minutes East, 113.86 feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet; thence 
56.22 	South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
56.23 	92.38 feet; thence South 76 degrees 24 minutes West, 109.91 feet; thence South 67 
56.24 	degrees 06 minutes West, 353.28 feet; thence South 88 degrees 05 minutes West, 92.15 
56.25 	feet to point "A" and the point of beginning.
56.26 	(d) The land borders Cass Lake. The land was acquired for a northern pike spawning 
56.27 	area but has not been used for such purpose for 30 years. The Department of Natural 
56.28 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

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

57.7 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
57.8 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 57.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
57.10 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton County may sell 
57.11 	by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
57.12 	(c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
57.13 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
57.14 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
57.15 	accuracy.
57.16 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
57.17 	(1) part of Government Lot 1 commencing 42 rods 17 links East of the northwest 
57.18 	corner of Section 6, Township 46, Range 18; thence South 82 rods 11 links; thence West to 
57.19 	Bear Lake; thence West on the shoreline to the section line; thence North to the northwest 
57.20 	corner; thence East to the beginning; except the highway right-of-way and except the part 
57.21 	northwest of Highway 35, Docket 214412 and except commencing at the northwest corner 
57.22 	of said Government Lot 1; thence South 0 degrees 5 minutes 51 seconds West on the west 
57.23 	line thereof 1,176.49 feet to a point on the southeast right-of-way line of the Interstate 
57.24 	Highway 35 frontage road; thence North 51 degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East on said 
57.25 	right-of-way line 209.76 feet; thence South 19 degrees 45 minutes East 120.0 feet to the 
57.26 	point of beginning; thence North 19 degrees 45 minutes West 120.0 feet; thence North 51 
57.27 	degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East 80.0 feet to the MNDOT right-of-way monument; 
57.28 	thence South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 
57.29 	30 minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence westerly on said 
57.30 	shore 215 feet, more or less, to a point which bears 2 degrees 55 minutes East from the 
57.31 	point of beginning; thence North 2 degrees 55 minutes West 150 feet, more or less, to the 
57.32 	point of beginning, on Docket 240622 and except commencing at the northwest corner of 
57.33 	said Government Lot 1; thence East along the north line 704.22 feet; thence South parallel 
57.34 	to the west line 1,360.26 feet to the actual point of beginning; thence North 739.16 feet, 
57.35 	more or less, to the southeast right-of-way line of the I-35 frontage road; thence southwest 
58.1 	along said right-of-way line 608.48 feet, more or less, to the MNDOT monument; thence 
58.2 	South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 30 
58.3 	minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence East on said shore 
58.4 	285 feet, more or less, to a point which bears North 00 degrees West from the point of 
58.5 	beginning; thence South 90 degrees East 15 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, 
58.6 	Docket 282721 (parcel identification number 39-010-0920); and 
58.7 	(2) that part of Government Lot 2 lying North of Moose Horn River, Docket 262968, 
58.8 	272524, and 272525, Section 11, Township 46, Range 19 (parcel identification number 
58.9 	39-030-1220).
58.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
58.11 	best be served if the land was sold to adjoining landowners.

58.12 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
58.13 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 58.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
58.15 	Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
58.16 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
58.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
58.18 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
58.19 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
58.20 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 48 North, 
58.21 	Range 18 West (parcel number 33-010-6300);
58.22 	(2) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except that part East of the Kettle 
58.23 	River, Section 26, Township 48 North, Range 20 West (parcel number 90-010-4630); and
58.24 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter or Government Lot 5, Section 
58.25 	12, Township 49 North, Range 19 West (parcel number 94-026-2020).
58.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
58.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

58.28 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
58.29 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 58.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, and upon 
58.31 	completion of exchange of the school trust land for acquired land, the commissioner of 
58.32 	natural resources may sell to a school district by private sale the surplus land bordering 
58.33 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
59.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
59.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
59.3 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a school district for less than the 
59.4 	value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
59.5 	that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for an educational unit managed forest and 
59.6 	reverts to the state if the school district fails to provide for or abandons the educational 
59.7 	unit managed forest use of the land.
59.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
59.9 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27;
59.10 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28;
59.11 	(3) Government Lot 11 of Section 33; and
59.12 	(4) Government Lot 14 of Section 34,
59.13 	all in Township 141 North, Range 28 West, containing a total of 98.7 acres, more or 
59.14 	less.
59.15 	(d) The land borders Nellie Lake. Independent School District No. 118, Longville, 
59.16 	has inadvertently trespassed upon the land for the establishment of an educational unit 
59.17 	managed forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.41. The commissioner of natural 
59.18 	resources has determined that the state's land management interests would best be served 
59.19 	if the land was managed as an educational unit managed forest. Since the land is currently 
59.20 	school trust land, the commissioner of natural resources shall first exchange the school 
59.21 	trust land for acquired land prior to sale.

59.22 	Sec. 16. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
59.23 	BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 59.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
59.25 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land 
59.26 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
59.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
59.28 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
59.29 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
59.30 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
59.31 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
59.32 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
59.33 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, 
59.34 	Block 1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, Cass County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat 
59.35 	thereof, containing 0.54 acres, more or less.
60.1 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
60.2 	determined that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was 
60.3 	conveyed to a local unit of government.

60.4 	Sec. 17. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
60.5 	WATER; GOODHUE COUNTY.
 60.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
60.7 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
60.8 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
60.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
60.10 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
60.11 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include the easement specified in paragraph (c). 
60.12 	The purpose of the easement is to:
60.13 	(1) provide for the development of fish habitat, including tree planting, erosion 
60.14 	control, installation of instream structures, posting of signs, and other improvements;
60.15 	(2) permit angling by the public; and
60.16 	(3) provide ingress and egress through the property sold to the easement area.
60.17 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Goodhue County and is described as: 
60.18 	that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and that part of the Northwest 
60.19 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 112, Range 15, Goodhue County, 
60.20 	Minnesota, which lie westerly of the centerline of County State-Aid Highway No. 6, 
60.21 	containing 2.6 acres, more or less.
60.22 	Reserving an easement over, under, and across that part of the above described 
60.23 	property located within a strip of land 132 feet in width, and centered on the centerline 
60.24 	of Spring Creek, as the same meanders through said Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
60.25 	Quarter and said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter.
60.26 	(d) The land borders Spring Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has 
60.27 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes provided that an 
60.28 	easement right is retained. The land is separated from the wildlife management area by a 
60.29 	county road and has been subject to inadvertent trespass by the adjacent landowner.

60.30 	Sec. 18. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 60.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
60.32 	of natural resources may sell to a local unit of government by private sale the surplus land 
60.33 	that is described in paragraph (c).
61.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
61.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
61.3 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
61.4 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
61.5 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
61.6 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
61.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
61.8 	Outlot A, Block 1, Schendel Woods, Hennepin County, Minnesota, according to the 
61.9 	recorded plat thereof, containing 13.92 acres, more or less.
61.10 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
61.11 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of 
61.12 	government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel for a storm water 
61.13 	runoff project.

61.14 	Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
61.15 	WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 61.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
61.17 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
61.18 	convey to the city of Cohasset for consideration as determined by Itasca County the land 
61.19 	described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
61.20 	282.
61.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
61.22 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Cohasset fails to provide for the public use 
61.23 	described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. As a condition of 
61.24 	conveyance, the city of Cohasset must provide to Itasca County a survey of the property, 
61.25 	at no cost to Itasca County. The conveyance is subject to easements, restrictions, and 
61.26 	reservations of record. The attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal 
61.27 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
61.28 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca County and is described as: that 
61.29 	part of Government Lot 7, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West, described 
61.30 	as follows:
61.31 	Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
61.32 	Quarter, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West; thence South 88 degrees 02 
61.33 	minutes 11 seconds East, along the south line of said Northwest Quarter of Southwest 
61.34 	Quarter and the south line of Government Lot 7 according to the plat of HILLCREST 
61.35 	PARK, 1,351.90 feet to the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road and the point of beginning; 
62.1 	thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 123.51 feet along a 
62.2 	nontangential curve concave to the East, said curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 08 
62.3 	minutes 28 seconds, radius of 582.87 feet, a chord bearing of North 07 degrees 35 minutes 
62.4 	37 seconds West, chord distance 123.28 feet; thence North 01 degrees 31 minutes 24 
62.5 	seconds West, along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 167.83 feet; thence northerly 
62.6 	along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 139.95 feet along a tangential curve concave 
62.7 	to the West, said curve having a central angle of 11 degrees 26 minutes 28 seconds, radius 
62.8 	of 700.85 feet; thence North 12 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds West, along the centerline 
62.9 	of the Tioga Beach Road 174.21 feet; thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga 
62.10 	Beach Road 70.93 feet, more or less, along a tangential curve concave to the East, said 
62.11 	curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds, radius of 463.14 feet 
62.12 	to intersect the north line of the South 665.00 feet of Government Lot 7; thence South 
62.13 	88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds East along the north line of the South 665.00 feet of 
62.14 	said Government Lot 7, a distance of 512.74 feet; thence South 65 degrees 39 minutes 
62.15 	08 seconds East, 184 feet, more or less, to the waters edge of Pokegama Lake; thence 
62.16 	southwesterly along the waters edge of Pokegama Lake to intersect the south line of said 
62.17 	Government Lot 7; thence North 88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds West, along the south 
62.18 	line of Government Lot 7, 220 feet, more or less, to the point of the beginning and there 
62.19 	terminating. Parcel contains approximately 690 front feet of shoreland on Pokegama 
62.20 	Lake and 6.8 acres.
62.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
62.22 	be best served if the lands are managed for a public beach and other public recreational 
62.23 	purposes by the city of Cohasset.

62.24 	Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
62.25 	WATER; MAHNOMEN COUNTY.
 62.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
62.27 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mahnomen County 
62.28 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
62.29 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
62.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
62.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
62.32 	The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree 
62.33 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 75 feet from the 
62.34 	ordinary high water level. A 15-foot strip for lake access and a dock is allowed.
62.35 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Mahnomen County and is described as:
63.1 	Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 1; thence 28 rods West to the point of 
63.2 	beginning; thence West 7 rods; thence South to the shoreline of North Twin Lake 9 rods, 
63.3 	more or less; thence southeast on the shoreline to a point South of the point of beginning; 
63.4 	thence North 16 rods, more or less, to the point of beginning, all in Section 29, Township 
63.5 	144 North, Range 39 West (parcel number R16 029 0200).
63.6 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
63.7 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

63.8 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
 63.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
63.10 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
63.11 	(c).
63.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
63.13 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
63.14 	and ensure accuracy.
63.15 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: the 
63.16 	North 700 feet of a strip of land 100 feet in width extending over and across the West Half 
63.17 	of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 
63.18 	25, Township 101 North, Range 32 West, Martin County, Minnesota. The centerline of 
63.19 	said strip being the centerline of the main track (now removed) of the Minnesota and Iowa 
63.20 	Railway Company, as said centerline was originally located and established over and 
63.21 	across said Section 25. This parcel contains 1.6 acres, more or less.
63.22 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
63.23 	for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best 
63.24 	be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent landowner to improve access to the 
63.25 	landowner's property.

63.26 	Sec. 22. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE MARIA WILDLIFE 
63.27 	MANAGEMENT AREA; MURRAY COUNTY.
 63.28 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
63.29 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
63.30 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
63.31 	the land described in paragraph (b).
63.32 	(b) The land that may be exchanged is located in Murray County and is described as:
63.33 	(1) the North 866 feet of the South 1555 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, 
63.34 	Township 108, Range 41, lying West of the East 450 feet thereof;
64.1 	(2) the South 689 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 108, Range 
64.2 	41; and
64.3 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 108, Range 41, 
64.4 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 7, Township 
64.5 	108, Range 41; thence running easterly along the north line of said Section 7 a distance of 
64.6 	2,769.50 feet to the intersection with the centerline of the township road; thence southerly 
64.7 	along the centerline of said township road a distance of 2,653.75 feet; thence deflecting 
64.8 	00 degrees 31 minutes right and continuing along the centerline of said township road a 
64.9 	distance of 2,051.75 feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of the Southwest 
64.10 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 7, a distance of 464 feet; thence South 
64.11 	and parallel to the west line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, a distance of 
64.12 	3,198.00 feet, to the south line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, and the point 
64.13 	of beginning of the land to be described; thence return northerly, along the last described 
64.14 	course, a distance of 2,635 feet to the north line of said Northeast Quarter; thence 
64.15 	southwesterly, a distance of 999 feet, to a point on the west line of said Northeast Quarter, 
64.16 	distant 421.5 feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter, thence South 
64.17 	along said west line, to the southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence East, along 
64.18 	the south line of said Northeast Quarter, a distance of 910 feet to the point of beginning.
64.19 	(c) The land was acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange 
64.20 	with the adjacent landowner will provide additional wildlife acres and additional water 
64.21 	frontage to the state.

64.22 	Sec. 23. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ACQUISITION; 
64.23 	NICOLLET COUNTY.
 64.24 		Subdivision 1.Conveyance of surplus land. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
64.25 	Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the commissioner of administration may upon 
64.26 	recommendation of the commissioner of human services, convey to the city of St. Peter 
64.27 	for no consideration the surplus land or any state interest in land that is described in 
64.28 	paragraph (c).
64.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
64.30 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
64.31 	accuracy. The commissioner of administration may grant utility easements for no 
64.32 	consideration in conjunction with the conveyances under this section.
64.33 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Nicollet County and is described as:
64.34 	(1) all that part of the following described parcel lying westerly of the westerly 
64.35 	right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
65.1 	Said parcel described as follows:
65.2 	That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West, 
65.3 	city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
65.4 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
65.5 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
65.6 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
65.7 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
65.8 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of 
65.9 	beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet, 
65.10 	more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade 
65.11 	Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the 
65.12 	north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds 
65.13 	West, on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
65.14 	(2) all that part of the following described parcel lying easterly of the westerly 
65.15 	right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
65.16 	Said parcel described as follows:
65.17 	That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West, 
65.18 	city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
65.19 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
65.20 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
65.21 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
65.22 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
65.23 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of 
65.24 	beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet, 
65.25 	more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade 
65.26 	Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the 
65.27 	north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, 
65.28 	on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
65.29 	(3) that part of the East 25.00 of a 150.00 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired 
65.30 	in Book R page 338, in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, 
65.31 	Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, 
65.32 	lying South of the southerly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 99, per 
65.33 	MN/DOT Right-of-Way Map 31-68 and North of the following described line:
65.34 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
65.35 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
65.36 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
66.1 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
66.2 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence North 64 
66.3 	degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 
66.4 	feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 
66.5 	26 degrees 01 minutes 59 seconds to the point of beginning of the line to be described; 
66.6 	thence continuing northwesterly 31.24 feet on said tangential curve to the right, having 
66.7 	a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 06 degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds and 
66.8 	there terminating.
66.9 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state 
66.10 	purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
66.11 	was conveyed to and used by the city of St. Peter.
66.12 		Subd. 2.Acquisition authority. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
66.13 	commissioner of administration, upon recommendation of the commissioner of human 
66.14 	services, may acquire from the city of St. Peter, without monetary consideration, land 
66.15 	located in Nicollet County, described as follows:
66.16 	(1) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, 
66.17 	Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota:
66.18 	Lying East of the east line of the 150.007 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired in 
66.19 	Book R page 338, in said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29; 
66.20 	AND
66.21 	Lying South of the following described line:
66.22 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 
66.23 	29 minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast 
66.24 	Quarter, a distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said 
66.25 	Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south 
66.26 	line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the 
66.27 	point of beginning; thence North 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 
66.28 	86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a 
66.29 	radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 26 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds to the 
66.30 	point of termination. Said point of termination being on the east line of the previously 
66.31 	referenced railroad right-of-way and there terminating; and
66.32 	(2) that part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 
66.33 	West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota described as:
66.34 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
66.35 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
66.36 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
67.1 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
67.2 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence South 64 
67.3 	degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 179 feet, more or less, to the centerline 
67.4 	of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road, and the point of beginning; 
67.5 	thence continuing South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 25.8 feet, 
67.6 	more or less, to the existing right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 169, per Map 14-80; 
67.7 	thence southwesterly along said right-of-way a distance of 91.7 feet, more or less, to the 
67.8 	northerly line of a parcel recorded as Document No. 274882, Nicollet County records; 
67.9 	thence northwesterly along the northerly line of said parcel a distance of 27.5 feet, more or 
67.10 	less, to the centerline of said Freeman Drive; thence northeasterly along said centerline a 
67.11 	distance of 93.2 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
67.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
67.13 	attorney general may make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and 
67.14 	ensure accuracy.

67.15 	Sec. 24. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; OLMSTED COUNTY.
 67.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner 
67.17 	of natural resources shall convey to the city of Oronoco for no consideration the surplus 
67.18 	land that is described in paragraph (c).
67.19 	(b) The conveyance shall occur upon the operation of the reversion clause contained 
67.20 	in the deed for the land described in paragraph (c) in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 
67.21 	1965, section 85.188, and after the passage of resolutions by the Olmsted County Board 
67.22 	and the Oronoco City Council, each acknowledging that the requirements set forth in the 
67.23 	Agreement for Transfer of Oronoco Park in the City of Oronoco to the City of Oronoco 
67.24 	by Olmsted County have been sufficiently met to proceed with the conveyance. The 
67.25 	conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general, the Olmsted County 
67.26 	Board, and the Oronoco City Council. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts 
67.27 	to the state if the city of Oronoco fails to maintain and operate the land as a public park. 
67.28 	The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and 
67.29 	ensure accuracy.
67.30 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Olmsted County and is described as:
67.31 	(1) the East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
67.32 	Section 7, Township 108 North, Range 14 West, subject to flowage rights in favor of 
67.33 	Olmsted County; and
67.34 	(2) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 7, 
67.35 	Township 108 North, Range 14 West.
68.1 	(d) The land is currently owned by Olmsted County and used as a public park, 
68.2 	having been conveyed by the state according to Laws 1965, chapter 810, section 9. The 
68.3 	1965 law and the corresponding conveyance document require reversion to the state if 
68.4 	the county stops operating the land as a public park. Olmsted County no longer wishes 
68.5 	to operate the public park, but the city of Oronoco has agreed to pay consideration to 
68.6 	Olmsted County to continue the park operation. The commissioner has determined that 
68.7 	the state's land management interests would best be served if, upon the land's reversion to 
68.8 	the state, the land was conveyed to and used by the city of Oronoco as a public park.

68.9 	Sec. 25. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
68.10 	WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 68.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
68.12 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
68.13 	in paragraph (c).
68.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
68.15 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
68.16 	and ensure accuracy.
68.17 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: 
68.18 	Government Lot 9, Section 30, Township 163 North, Range 36 West, containing 0.15 
68.19 	acres, more or less.
68.20 	(d) The land borders the Warroad River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
68.21 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
68.22 	natural resource purposes.

68.23 	Sec. 26. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
68.24 	LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 68.25 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
68.26 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Roseau County may sell by public or private sale the 
68.27 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
68.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
68.29 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
68.30 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
68.31 	appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
68.32 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
68.33 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as:
69.1 	(1) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 4, Township 162 North, Range 36 West, 
69.2 	lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way of the Canadian National Railway. 
69.3 	Subject to the right-of-way of State Highway 11. Contains 0.75 acres, more or less; and
69.4 	(2) the South Half of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
69.5 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 159 North, Range 39 West, containing 10 acres, more or 
69.6 	less.
69.7 	(d) The lands are not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural 
69.8 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

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

69.21 	Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 69.22 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
69.23 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
69.24 	land described in paragraph (c).
69.25 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
69.26 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
69.27 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is adjacent to a parcel 
69.28 	described as: that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter beginning on the 
69.29 	east line at the southerly road right-of-way; thence southerly along the east line 760.07 
69.30 	feet; thence South 89 degrees 3 minutes 23 seconds West 290 feet; thence North 1 degree 
69.31 	12 minutes 54 seconds East 764.79 feet; thence East along the southerly road right-of-way 
69.32 	290 feet to the point of beginning, Section 20, Township 58 North, Range 15 West. St. 
69.33 	Louis County shall sell an adjoining amount of land, determined by the county to rectify 
70.1 	an inadvertent trespass. The sale will ensure that the buildings causing the inadvertent 
70.2 	trespass will meet all setback requirements.
70.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
70.4 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

70.5 	Sec. 29. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 70.6 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
70.7 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
70.8 	land described in paragraph (c).
70.9 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
70.10 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
70.11 	accuracy.
70.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
70.13 	(1) Lot 90, Block 75, Duluth Proper Third Division, except the West six feet of the 
70.14 	South 50 feet of the West Half, Section 28, Township 50 North, Range 14 West;
70.15 	(2) the northerly 100 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except 
70.16 	the westerly 233 feet, and except the easterly 50 feet of the westerly 283 feet, Section 
70.17 	14, Township 51 North, Range 13 West;
70.18 	(3) the South 150 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, 
70.19 	Township 55 North, Range 18 West;
70.20 	(4) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 1,040 feet of the Northwest 
70.21 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
70.22 	(5) the North 36 feet of the North 1,076 feet of the West 449 feet of the Northwest 
70.23 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
70.24 	(6) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 832 feet of the Northwest 
70.25 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
70.26 	(7) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 624 feet of the Northwest 
70.27 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
70.28 	(8) the West 33 feet of the South 416 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
70.29 	Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West; and
70.30 	(9) part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 58 North, 
70.31 	Range 15 West.
70.32 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
70.33 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

71.1 	Sec. 30. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
71.2 	WATER; ST. LOUIS 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, St. Louis 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 conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
71.8 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
71.9 	accuracy.
71.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
71.11 	(1) Lot 4, Block 4, Greenwood Beach, town of Duluth, Section 19, Township 51 
71.12 	North, Range 19 West;
71.13 	(2) beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 4, running thence East 450 feet; thence 
71.14 	North 200 feet; thence West 450 feet; thence South along the section line 200 feet to the 
71.15 	point of beginning, except the northerly 40 feet, Section 7, Township 54 North, Range 
71.16 	19 West;
71.17 	(3) the South 560 feet of the East 300 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast 
71.18 	Quarter, except the highway right-of-way and except the North 315 feet, Section 22, 
71.19 	Township 61 North, Range 20 West;
71.20 	(4) an undivided 1/24 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
71.21 	Section 8, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
71.22 	(5) an undivided 2/15 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
71.23 	Section 20, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
71.24 	(6) an undivided 1/3 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
71.25 	Section 21, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
71.26 	(7) an undivided 1/45 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
71.27 	Section 29, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
71.28 	(8) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
71.29 	Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
71.30 	(9) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
71.31 	Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
71.32 	(10) an undivided 1369/68040 interest in Lot 8, except the railway right-of-way, 
71.33 	Section 28, Township 51 North, Range 18 West; and
71.34 	(11) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, 
71.35 	Township 63 North, Range 18 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows:
72.1 	Assuming the northeast line of Lot 9 in the plat of MANNIKKO (PINE RIDGE) to 
72.2 	bear North 54 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds West, and COMMENCING from the most 
72.3 	northerly corner of said Lot 9 run North 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds East, a distance 
72.4 	of 107.39 feet; thence South 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 28.19 
72.5 	feet; thence South 86 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 82.17 feet; thence 
72.6 	South 77 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West, a distance of 77.70 feet; thence South 82 
72.7 	degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds West, a distance of 83.09 feet; thence South 71 degrees 26 
72.8 	minutes 45 seconds West, a distance of 190.55 feet; thence North 70 degrees 55 minutes 
72.9 	26 seconds West, a distance of 76.14 feet to a point on a nontangential curve, the center 
72.10 	of which bears North 35 degrees 10 minutes 49 seconds West, being also a point on the 
72.11 	east right-of-way of "Phillips Road" as it exists in January of 1995; thence northerly along 
72.12 	said east right-of-way, on said nontangential curve, concave to the West, central angle of 
72.13 	88 degrees 57 minutes 37 seconds, radius of 90.00 feet, a distance of 139.74 feet; thence 
72.14 	North 34 degrees 08 minutes 26 seconds west, along said east right-of-way, a distance of 
72.15 	105.00 feet to a tangential curve; thence northerly along said east right-of-way on said 
72.16 	tangential curve, concave to the East, central angle 69 degrees 38 minutes 31 seconds, 
72.17 	radius 68.00 feet, a distance of 82.65 feet to a point of reverse curve; thence northerly 
72.18 	along said east right-of-way, on said reverse curve, concave to the West, central angle of 
72.19 	18 degrees, more or less, radius of 116.25 feet, a distance of 36.5 feet, more or less, to 
72.20 	the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the POINT OF 
72.21 	BEGINNING of the land being described; thence northerly, continuing along said curve, a 
72.22 	distance of 96.2 feet; thence North 29 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds West, tangent to said 
72.23 	curve and along said east right-of-way, a distance of 16.32 feet; thence South 89 degrees 
72.24 	42 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance of 943.3 feet, more or less, to the east line of 
72.25 	said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence southerly, along said east line, a 
72.26 	distance of 30 feet, more or less, to the shore of Lake Vermilion; thence southerly, along 
72.27 	said shore, a distance of 100 feet, more or less, to the south line of said Southeast Quarter 
72.28 	of the Northeast Quarter; thence westerly, along said south line, a distance of 880 feet, 
72.29 	more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.
72.30 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
72.31 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

72.32 	Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
72.33 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 72.34 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
72.35 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
73.1 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
73.2 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
73.3 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
73.4 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
73.5 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
73.6 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
73.7 	shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location 
73.8 	of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide 
73.9 	riparian protection and angler access.
73.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
73.11 	(1) Lot 22, Block 1, Wonderland 1st Addition, town of Duluth, except the highway 
73.12 	right-of-way and including part of the adjacent vacated road, Section 17, Township 51 
73.13 	North, Range 12 West; and
73.14 	(2) that part of the southerly 135 feet of the northerly 543 feet of the Northwest 
73.15 	Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying East of the westerly 968 feet and West of the 
73.16 	Sucker River, Section 30, Township 52 North, Range 12 West.
73.17 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
73.18 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

73.19 	Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
73.20 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 73.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
73.22 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
73.23 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
73.24 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
73.25 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
73.26 	accuracy.
73.27 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
73.28 	(1) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
73.29 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West, subject to an existing easement;
73.30 	(2) the North 407 feet of that part of Lot 4 lying South of the east and west centerline 
73.31 	of Section 20, Section 20, Township 51 North, Range 16 West;
73.32 	(3) Lots 1, 2, and 3, Childs Birch Grove Tracts, Grand Lake, Section 20, Township 
73.33 	51 North, Range 16 West;
73.34 	(4) Lots 28 and 29, Briar Lake Shores 3rd Addition, North Star, Section 15, 
73.35 	Township 53 North, Range 13 West; and
74.1 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 26, 
74.2 	Township 60 North, Range 17 West.
74.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
74.4 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

74.5 	Sec. 33. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
74.6 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 74.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
74.8 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
74.9 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
74.10 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
74.11 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
74.12 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
74.13 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
74.14 	shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location 
74.15 	of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide 
74.16 	riparian protection and angler access. For the parcels described in paragraph (c), clauses 
74.17 	(6) and (7), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
74.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
74.19 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except 4.56 acres for a road and 
74.20 	except that part lying South and West of Highway 2, Section 8, Township 50 North, 
74.21 	Range 16 West;
74.22 	(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the 
74.23 	railway right-of-way and except the highway right-of-way, Section 17, Township 51 
74.24 	North, Range 12 West;
74.25 	(3) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
74.26 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
74.27 	(4) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
74.28 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
74.29 	(5) the West five acres of the South 15 acres of the North 30 acres of the Northeast 
74.30 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
74.31 	(6) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
74.32 	Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West; and
74.33 	(7) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
74.34 	Quarter, except the West 25 feet, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West.
75.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
75.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

75.3 	Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
75.4 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 75.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
75.6 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
75.7 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
75.8 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
75.9 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
75.10 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
75.11 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
75.12 	shall be 150 feet in width, lying 75 feet on each side of the centerline of the stream to 
75.13 	provide riparian protection and angler access. For the parcel described in paragraph (c), 
75.14 	clause (4), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
75.15 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
75.16 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except the North Half, Section 
75.17 	15, Township 50 North, Range 15 West;
75.18 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township 53 North, 
75.19 	Range 20 West;
75.20 	(3) the westerly 330 feet of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
75.21 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 56 North, Range 20 West; and
75.22 	(4) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except the South Half of the 
75.23 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and except the North ten acres, Section 
75.24 	34, Township 50 North, Range 15 West.
75.25 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
75.26 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

75.27 	Sec. 35. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
75.28 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 75.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
75.30 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
75.31 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
75.32 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
75.33 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
75.34 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
76.1 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. For the parcel 
76.2 	described in paragraph (c), clause (1), the easement must be 100 feet in width from the 
76.3 	centerline of the designated trout stream to provide riparian protection and angler access. 
76.4 	For the parcel described in paragraph (c), clause (2), the easement must be 200 feet in 
76.5 	width from the centerline of the stream to provide riparian protection and angler access. 
76.6 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
76.7 	(1) Lots 511 through 515, Homecroft Park, town of Rice Lake, Section 34, Township 
76.8 	51 North, Range 14 West; and 
76.9 	(2) that part of the Lot 2 lying East of a line parallel with and 150 feet East of the 
76.10 	centerline of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, Section 17, Township 51 
76.11 	North, Range 17 West.
76.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
76.13 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

76.14 	Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
76.15 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 76.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
76.17 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
76.18 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
76.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
76.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
76.21 	The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree 
76.22 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 100 feet in width, 
76.23 	lying 50 feet on each side of the centerline of streams that are tributaries to the Sand River.
76.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: the North 
76.25 	416 feet of the East 416 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
76.26 	10, Township 59 North, Range 17 West.
76.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
76.28 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

76.29 	Sec. 37. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
76.30 	COUNTY.
 76.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
76.32 	of natural resources may sell to a political subdivision by private sale the surplus land 
76.33 	that is described in paragraph (c).
77.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
77.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
77.3 	and ensure accuracy.
77.4 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
77.5 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, 
77.6 	Township 32, Range 21, lying South of the centerline of Highway 97; and
77.7 	(2) that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 32 North, Range 21 
77.8 	West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at the southwest 
77.9 	corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 
77.10 	50 minutes 33 seconds East along the south line of said Southwest Quarter 1555.59 
77.11 	feet; thence North 11 degrees 40 minutes 58 seconds East 720.70 feet; thence North 53 
77.12 	degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds West 436.77 feet; thence North 45 degrees 10 minutes 18 
77.13 	seconds West 222.72 feet to the southerly boundary of the recorded plat of BASSWOOD 
77.14 	ESTATES, on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder; thence westerly 
77.15 	along the southerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to the southwesterly corner 
77.16 	thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to 
77.17 	the most northerly corner of Lot 2 of Block 3 of said BASSWOOD ESTATES; thence 
77.18 	westerly to a point on the west line of said Southwest Quarter 407.50 feet southerly of 
77.19 	the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 
77.20 	seconds East along the west line of said Southwest Quarter 2238.63 feet to the point 
77.21 	of beginning.
77.22 	These parcels contain 57.2 acres, more or less.
77.23 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
77.24 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a political 
77.25 	subdivision. A political subdivision would like to use these parcels as wetland mitigation 
77.26 	sites.
77.27 	(e) This sale is the result of the intent expressed by of the city of Columbus and 
77.28 	Anoka County to allow the commissioner of natural resources to replace the approximately 
77.29 	57 acres of land with land adjacent to the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area from 
77.30 	willing sellers as identified in the November 19, 2007, Department of Natural Resources' 
77.31 	land acquisition plan.

77.32 	Sec. 38. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
77.33 	COUNTY.
 78.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
78.2 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
78.3 	(c).
78.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
78.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
78.6 	and ensure accuracy.
78.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described 
78.8 	as: the West 750 feet of the East 1,130.6 feet of the North 786.72 feet of the Northwest 
78.9 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 20 West, 
78.10 	containing 13.5 acres, more or less.
78.11 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
78.12 	for natural resource purposes. The state's land management interests would best be served 
78.13 	if the land was sold to an adjacent landowner, as the property described in paragraph (c) 
78.14 	does not have legal access to a public road.

78.15 	Sec. 39. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
78.16 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 78.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
78.18 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
78.19 	may sell by private sale or convey for no consideration to the United States of America, 
78.20 	acting through the United States National Park Service, Department of the Interior, the 
78.21 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
78.22 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
78.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
78.24 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
78.25 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
78.26 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 29.031.19.22.0001): Section 29, Township 31, Range 19, 
78.27 	Government Lot 5;
78.28 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 20.031.19.22.0001): Section 20, Township 31, Range 19, 
78.29 	Government Lot 5;
78.30 	(3) Parcel C (PIN 17.031.19.32.0001): Section 17, Township 31, Range 19, 
78.31 	Government Lot 4;
78.32 	(4) Parcel D (PIN 18.032.19.11.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19, 
78.33 	Government Lot 2; and
78.34 	(5) Parcel E (PIN 18.032.19.14.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19, 
78.35 	Government Lot 3.
79.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
79.2 	best be served if the lands were sold or conveyed to the United States of America and 
79.3 	managed by the National Park Service.

79.4 	Sec. 40. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
79.5 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 79.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
79.7 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
79.8 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
79.9 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
79.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
79.11 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
79.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as: Parcel 
79.13 	A (PIN 09.032.21.43.0070): Lot 8, Block 3, excepting therefrom the East 200 feet thereof 
79.14 	of Skoglund's Park Addition, as surveyed and platted and now on file and of record in the 
79.15 	Office of the Registrar of Titles of said County of Washington, State of Minnesota.
79.16 	(d) The sale would be to an adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
79.17 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage. 
79.18 	The county may split the parcel described in paragraph (c), as allowed in Minnesota 
79.19 	Statutes, section 282.01, and sell the resulting parcels if the county finds a split to be 
79.20 	advantageous for the purpose of sale.

79.21 	Sec. 41. CONVEYANCE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAND; WINONA 
79.22 	COUNTY.
 79.23 	The Rushford Area Drainage and Conservancy District, established by order of 
79.24 	the Tenth Judicial District Court on February 20, 1953, was terminated on January 1, 
79.25 	1988, by Laws 1987, chapter 239, section 140. The land that was owned by the Rushford 
79.26 	Area Drainage and Conservancy District in Winona County is now owned by the state 
79.27 	of Minnesota and is hereby transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for 
79.28 	administration and management for conservation purposes.

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

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

80.5 	ARTICLE 5
80.6 	ENERGY

80.7 	Section 1. [116C.7791] SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE REBATE 
80.8 	PROGRAM.
80.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms 
80.10 	have the meaning given.
80.11 	(a) "Installation" means an array of solar photovoltaic modules attached to a building 
80.12 	that will use the electricity generated by the solar photovoltaic modules or placed on a 
80.13 	facility or property proximate to that building.
80.14 	(b) "Manufactured" means the material production of solar photovoltaic modules, 
80.15 	including the tabbing, stringing, and lamination processes or any existing Minnesota 
80.16 	manufacturer that produces the interconnection of low-voltage solar photo-active elements 
80.17 	so as to produce the final useful photovoltaic output.
80.18 	(c) "Qualified owner" means an owner of a residence, multifamily residence, 
80.19 	business, or publicly owned building located in the assigned service area of the utility 
80.20 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, but does not include an entity engaged in 
80.21 	the business of generating or selling electricity at retail, or an unregulated subsidiary of 
80.22 	such an entity.
80.23 	(d) "Solar photovoltaic module" means the smallest, nondivisible, self-contained 
80.24 	physical structure housing interconnected photovoltaic cells and providing a single direct 
80.25 	current of electrical output.
80.26 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The commissioner of commerce shall establish a program 
80.27 	consistent with this section to provide rebates to a qualified owner for installing solar 
80.28 	photovoltaic modules manufactured in Minnesota after December 31, 2009.
80.29 		Subd. 3.Rebate eligibility. (a) To be eligible for a rebate under this section, a 
80.30 	solar module:
80.31 	(1) must be manufactured in Minnesota;
80.32 	(2) must be installed as part of a system whose generating capacity does not exceed 
80.33 	100 kilowatts;
81.1 	(3) must be certified by Underwriters Laboratory, or must have received the ETL 
81.2 	listed mark from Intertek, or must have an equivalent certification from an independent 
81.3 	testing agency;
81.4 	(4) may or may not be connected to a utility grid; 
81.5 	(5) must be installed by a person certified as a solar photovoltaic installer by the 
81.6 	North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners; and
81.7 	(6) may not be used to sell, transmit, or distribute the electrical energy at retail and 
81.8 	may not provide for end use from an off-site facility of the electrical energy. On-site 
81.9 	generation is allowed to the extent provided for in Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.1611.
81.10 	(b) To be eligible for a rebate under this section, an applicant must have applied for 
81.11 	and been awarded a rebate or other form of financial assistance available exclusively to 
81.12 	owners of properties on which solar photovoltaic modules are installed that is offered by:
81.13 	(1) the utility serving the property on which the solar photovoltaic modules are to 
81.14 	be installed; or
81.15 	(2) this state, under an authority other than this section.
81.16 	(c) An applicant who is otherwise ineligible for a rebate under paragraph (b) is 
81.17 	eligible if the applicant's failure to be awarded a rebate or other form of financial assistance 
81.18 	is due solely to a lack of available funds from a utility or the state. 
81.19 		Subd. 4.Rebate amount and payment. (a) The amount of a rebate under 
81.20 	this section is the difference between the sum of all rebates described in subdivision 
81.21 	3, paragraph (b), awarded to the applicant and an amount not to exceed $5 per watt of 
81.22 	installed generating capacity.
81.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the amount of all rebates or other forms of 
81.24 	financial assistance from a utility and the state, net of applicable federal income taxes 
81.25 	applied at the highest applicable income tax rates, including any rebate paid under this 
81.26 	section, shall not exceed 60 percent of the total installed cost.
81.27 	(c) Rebates must be awarded to eligible applicants beginning July 1, 2010.
81.28 	(d) The rebate must be paid out proportionately in five consecutive annual 
81.29 	installments.
81.30 		Subd. 5.Rebate program funding. (a) The following amounts must be allocated 
81.31 	from the renewable development account established in section 116C.779 to the 
81.32 	commissioner of commerce and are appropriated for the solar photovoltaic module rebate 
81.33 	program in this section:
81.34 	(1) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2011;
81.35 	(2) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2012;
81.36 	(3) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2013;
82.1 	(4) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014; and
82.2 	(5) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2015.
82.3 	(b) The amounts allocated are available until the money is expended.

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

82.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116J.437, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.6 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms 
82.7 	have the meanings given.
82.8 	(b) "Green economy" means products, processes, methods, technologies, or services 
82.9 	intended to do one or more of the following:
82.10 	(1) increase the use of energy from renewable sources, including through achieving 
82.11 	the renewable energy standard established in section 216B.1691;
82.12 	(2) achieve the statewide energy-savings goal established in section 216B.2401, 
82.13 	including energy savings achieved by the conservation investment program under section 
82.14 	216B.241;
82.15 	(3) achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction goals of section 216H.02, 
82.16 	subdivision 1, including through reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as defined in 
82.17 	section 216H.01, subdivision 2, or mitigation of the greenhouse gas emissions through, 
82.18 	but not limited to, carbon capture, storage, or sequestration;
82.19 	(4) monitor, protect, restore, and preserve the quality of surface waters, including 
82.20 	actions to further the purposes of the Clean Water Legacy Act as provided in section 
82.21 	114D.10, subdivision 1; or
82.22 	(5) expand the use of biofuels, including by expanding the feasibility or reducing the 
82.23 	cost of producing biofuels or the types of equipment, machinery, and vehicles that can 
82.24 	use biofuels, including activities to achieve the biofuels 25 by 2025 initiative in sections 
82.25 	41A.10, subdivision 2, and 41A.11; or
82.26 	(6) increase the use of green chemistry, as defined in section 116.9401.
82.27 	For the purpose of clause (3), "green economy" includes strategies that reduce carbon 
82.28 	emissions, such as utilizing existing buildings and other infrastructure, and utilizing mass 
82.29 	transit or otherwise reducing commuting for employees.

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

82.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.62, is amended by adding a subdivision 
82.32 	to read:
83.1 		Subd. 3a.Supplemental staffing assessment. In addition to other assessments in 
83.2 	subdivision 3, the commission may assess up to $800,000 per year for supplemental 
83.3 	staffing to implement requirements of this chapter. The amount in this subdivision shall 
83.4 	be assessed to the several public utilities in proportion to their respective gross operating 
83.5 	revenues from retail sales of gas or electric service within the state during the last calendar 
83.6 	year, shall be deposited into an account in the special revenue fund, and appropriated to 
83.7 	the commission. An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on 
83.8 	assessments provided in subdivision 3 or any other law.

83.9 	Sec. 4. Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 2, section 13, is amended to read:
83.10 	Sec. 13. APPROPRIATIONS; CANCELLATIONS.
 83.11 	(a) The remaining balance of the fiscal year 2009 special revenue fund appropriation 
83.12 	for the Green Jobs Task Force under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 6, section 3, 
83.13 	subdivision 4, is transferred and appropriated to the commissioner of employment and 
83.14 	economic development for the purposes of green enterprise assistance under Minnesota 
83.15 	Statutes, section 116J.438. This appropriation is available until spent.
83.16 	(b) The unencumbered balance of the fiscal year 2008 appropriation to the 
83.17 	commissioner of commerce for the rural and energy development revolving loan 
83.18 	fund under Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, section 3, subdivision 6, is canceled and 
83.19 	reappropriated to the commissioner of commerce as follows:
83.20 	(1) $1,500,000 is for a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges 
83.21 	and Universities for the International Renewable Energy Technology Institute (IRETI) to 
83.22 	be located at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as a public and private partnership to 
83.23 	support applied research in renewable energy and energy efficiency to aid in the transfer of 
83.24 	technology from Sweden to Minnesota and to support technology commercialization from 
83.25 	companies located in Minnesota and throughout the world; and
83.26 	(2) the remaining balance is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the University of 
83.27 	Minnesota for the initiative for renewable energy and the environment to fund start up 
83.28 	costs related to a national solar testing and certification laboratory to test, rate, and certify 
83.29 	the performance of equipment and devices that utilize solar energy for heating and cooling 
83.30 	air and water and for generating electricity.
83.31 	This appropriation is available until expended.

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

84.1 	Sec. 5. NEIGHBORHOOD ENERGY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION 
84.2 	PROCESS.
 84.3 		Subdivision 1.Project. The utility subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, 
84.4 	shall transfer $80,000 from the renewable development account established under that 
84.5 	section to the commissioner of commerce, who shall deposit it in the special revenue 
84.6 	fund for a grant to the Clean Energy Resource Team serving the Twin Cities to organize 
84.7 	and implement a community planning process that will produce and implement a 
84.8 	comprehensive plan to promote investments in energy conservation and renewable energy 
84.9 	in the following Minnesota neighborhoods:
84.10 	(1) a neighborhood located within one mile of a below-grade bike and walking path 
84.11 	more than four miles long that connects with other bike paths along a river, and whose 
84.12 	population density exceeds 8,000 persons per square mile; and
84.13 	(2) a neighborhood that is south of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway lines and 
84.14 	within one mile of a state trunk highway, located within one mile of a county border, that 
84.15 	connects two interstate highways that cross the same river.
84.16 	The planning process must seek to maximize the participation of neighborhood building 
84.17 	owners and renters, businesses, churches, other neighborhood institutions, local hospitals, 
84.18 	the utility serving the neighborhood, and the city in which the neighborhoods are located. 
84.19 	The Clean Energy Resource Team shall contact representatives of similar successful 
84.20 	planning processes in other states to benefit from their experience and to learn about best 
84.21 	practices that can be replicated in Minnesota.
84.22 		Subd. 2.Appropriation. $80,000 from the money deposited in the special revenue 
84.23 	fund under subdivision 1 is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for the 
84.24 	purposes of subdivision 1.

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