1E Authorizing the exchange of road easements by the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) and providing certain regulations; modifying forest management investment account cost certification requirements; establishing school forests; modifying certain provisions under the State Timber Act relating to timber rules, trespassing on state lands, forest improvement contracts, sale of damaged timber, reoffering unsold timber, fee schedules, permit holder debarment, appraisal standards and appraiser authority, sales requirements, intermediate auction sales, purchaser requirements, permit issuance and requirements, security deposit requirements for effective timber permits, securing timber permits with cutting blocks, timber permit development options, assignment of auction time permits, deferred payments, informal sale requirements, extension of timber permits, special use and product permits, prompt payment of refunds, purchase money when forfeited, timber sales records, consumer scaling, seizure of unlawfully cut timber, and reward for apprehension of trespassers; providing for conveyance of tax forfeited land for school forest use; requiring the commissioner to annually monitor certain lands and report on use as school forests and providing for reversion declaration; allowing state tree nurseries to sell plant stock to soil and water conservation districts for private or public land conservation projects; requiring the commissioner to cancel certain timber sale permit provisions sold before a certain date that require security payment for or removal of balsam fir under certain conditions
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