1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying provisions for conveying state land 
1.3 	interests; adding to and deleting from state parks and recreation areas; authorizing 
1.4 	sales of certain state lands; directing commissioner of natural resources to reduce 
1.5 	walleye limit; prohibiting certain antler point restrictions; providing for watershed 
1.6 	management; establishing program for water quality and storage in Minnesota 
1.7 	River basin; repealing certain authority of the Pollution Control Agency related 
1.8 	to automobile emissions; modifying requirements of the statewide invasive species 
1.9 	management plan; modifying provisions for managing water and issuing permits 
1.10 	to appropriate water; establishing mattress recycling program; repealing recent 
1.11 	restrictions on spreading manure and prohibiting future restrictions; modifying 
1.12 	certain conditions on water appropriations and wells; modifying deadline to report 
1.13 	on funding for section 404 assumption; increasing soil and water conservation 
1.14 	district supervisor compensation; modifying requirements for importing minnows; 
1.15 	modifying application of storm water rules; modifying terms for certain timber 
1.16 	permits; modifying provisions related to certifiable fish diseases; modifying 
1.17 	reporting requirement on school trust lands; modifying certain provisions for 
1.18 	transporting snowmobiles; modifying definition of all-terrain vehicle; modifying 
1.19 	provisions for certain invasive species permits; modifying state park provisions; 
1.20 	providing for special-use permits in outdoor recreation system; providing for 
1.21 	regulation of possessing, propagating, and selling snakes, lizards, and salamanders; 
1.22 	modifying hunting and fishing provisions; modifying review and approval of local 
1.23 	regulation in Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area; modifying requirements 
1.24 	for exchanging wild rice leases; modifying certain accounts; establishing account 
1.25 	to invest financial assurance money from permits to mine; modifying certain 
1.26 	submission deadline; modifying provisions for state park permits; prohibiting 
1.27 	shooting at decoys from motor vehicles; establishing blaze orange or blaze pink 
1.28 	requirements for ground blinds; modifying restrictions on motorized decoys; 
1.29 	requiring rulemaking to make whole effluent toxicity requirements for dischargers 
1.30 	of effluent consistent statewide; providing for taking nuisance bear by wildlife 
1.31 	control operators; modifying provisions for easement stewardship accounts; 
1.32 	providing for conveying conservation easements; defining advanced recycling; 
1.33 	requiring reimbursement of certain land-transaction costs; establishing new state 
1.34 	forest; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited, surplus, and other land; 
1.35 	allowing county boards to spend net proceeds from sale of tax-forfeited land for 
1.36 	certain purposes; modifying conditions to allow certain land transfers; appropriating 
1.37 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 17.4982, subdivisions 6, 8, 
1.38 	9, 12, by adding subdivisions; 17.4985, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 17.4986, subdivisions 
2.1 	2, 4; 17.4991, subdivision 3; 17.4992, subdivision 2; 17.4993, subdivision 1; 
2.2 	84.027, subdivisions 13a, 18; 84.415, by adding a subdivision; 84.63; 84.631; 
2.3 	84.82, subdivisions 1a, 7a; 84.92, subdivision 8; 84.946, subdivision 4; 84D.02, 
2.4 	subdivision 3; 84D.11, subdivision 1a; 85.052, subdivisions 1, 2; 85.053, 
2.5 	subdivision 2; 85.054, subdivision 1; 85.43; 89.021, by adding a subdivision; 
2.6 	89.17; 92.50, by adding a subdivision; 92.502; 97A.015, subdivision 29; 97A.401, 
2.7 	subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.421, subdivision 1, by adding a 
2.8 	subdivision; 97A.505, subdivision 3b; 97B.036; 97B.055, subdivision 2; 97B.071; 
2.9 	97B.086; 97B.311; 97B.415; 97B.811, subdivision 4a; 97C.005, subdivision 3; 
2.10 	97C.211, subdivision 2a; 97C.342, subdivision 2; 97C.515, subdivision 2; 97C.805, 
2.11 	subdivision 2; 97C.836; 103A.212; 103B.103; 103C.315, subdivision 4; 103G.271, 
2.12 	subdivisions 4a, 7, by adding subdivisions; 103G.287, subdivisions 4, 5; 103G.289; 
2.13 	115A.03, subdivisions 25, 25d, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, by adding subdivisions; 116.06, 
2.14 	subdivision 22; 116.07, subdivisions 2, 7; 116G.07, by adding a subdivision; 
2.15 	116G.15, by adding a subdivision; 127A.353, subdivision 4; 282.08; Laws 2016, 
2.16 	chapter 154, sections 16; 48; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 4, article 
2.17 	1, section 2, subdivision 9; article 3, section 109, as amended; proposing coding 
2.18 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 84; 92; 103F; 115A; repealing 
2.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 85.0505, subdivision 3; 85.0507; 85.054, 
2.20 	subdivision 19; 97C.515, subdivisions 4, 5; Laws 2013, chapter 121, section 53; 
2.21 	Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0350.
2.22 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.23 	Section 1. [11A.236] ACCOUNT TO INVEST FINANCIAL ASSURANCE MONEY 
2.24 	FROM PERMITS TO MINE.
2.25 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; appropriation. (a) The State Board of Investment, when 
2.26 	requested by the commissioner of natural resources, may invest money collected by the 
2.27 	commissioner as part of financial assurance provided under a permit to mine issued under 
2.28 	chapter 93. The State Board of Investment may establish one or more accounts into which 
2.29 	money may be deposited for the purposes of this section, subject to the policies and 
2.30 	procedures of the State Board of Investment. Use of any money in the account is restricted 
2.31 	to the financial assurance purposes identified in sections 93.46 to 93.51 and rules adopted 
2.32 	thereunder and as authorized under any trust fund agreements or other conditions established 
2.33 	under a permit to mine.
2.34 	(b) Money in an account established under paragraph (a) is appropriated to the 
2.35 	commissioner for the purposes for which the account is established under this section.
2.36 		Subd. 2.Account maintenance and investment. The commissioner of natural resources 
2.37 	may deposit money in the appropriate account and may withdraw money from the appropriate 
2.38 	account for the financial assurance purposes identified in sections 93.46 to 93.51 and rules 
2.39 	adopted thereunder and as authorized under any trust fund agreements or other conditions 
2.40 	established under the permit to mine for which the financial assurance is provided, subject 
2.41 	to the policies and procedures of the State Board of Investment. Investment strategies related 
2.42 	to an account established under this section must be determined jointly by the commissioner 
3.1 	of natural resources and the executive director of the State Board of Investment. The 
3.2 	authorized investments for an account are the investments authorized under section 11A.24 
3.3 	that are made available for investment by the State Board of Investment. Investment 
3.4 	transactions must be at a time and in a manner determined by the executive director of the 
3.5 	State Board of Investment. Decisions to withdraw money from the account must be 
3.6 	determined by the commissioner of natural resources, subject to the policies and procedures 
3.7 	of the State Board of Investment. Investment earnings must be credited to the appropriate 
3.8 	account for financial assurance under the identified permit to mine. An account may be 
3.9 	terminated by the commissioner of natural resources at any time, so long as the termination 
3.10 	is in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, trust fund agreements, or other conditions 
3.11 	established under the permit to mine, subject to the policies and procedures of the State 
3.12 	Board of Investment.

3.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4982, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
3.14 		Subd. 6.Certifiable diseases. "Certifiable diseases" includes any of the following 
3.15 	expressed as clinical symptoms or based on the presence of the pathogen: channel catfish 
3.16 	virus, Renibacterium salmoninarum (bacterial kidney disease), Aeromonas salmonicida
3.17 	(bacterial furunculosis), Yersinia ruckeri (enteric redmouth disease), Edwardsiella ictaluri
3.18 	(enteric septicemia of catfish), infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus, infectious pancreatic 
3.19 	necrosis virus, Myxobolus cerebralis (whirling disease), Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
3.20 	(proliferative kidney disease), viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, epizootic epitheliotropic 
3.21 	virus, Ceratomyxa shasta (ceratomyxosis), and any emergency fish disease.

3.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4982, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
3.23 		Subd. 8.Containment facility. "Containment facility" means a licensed facility for 
3.24 	salmonids, catfish, or species on the viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) susceptible list 
3.25 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
3.26 	Inspection Services, VHS-susceptible-species list that complies with clauses (1), (3), and 
3.27 	(4), or clauses (2), (3), and (4):
3.28 	(1) disinfects its effluent to the standards in section 17.4991 before the effluent is 
3.29 	discharged to public waters;
3.30 	(2) does not discharge to public waters or to waters of the state directly connected to 
3.31 	public waters;
3.32 	(3) raises aquatic life that is prohibited from being released into the wild and must be 
3.33 	kept in a facility approved by the commissioner unless processed for food consumption;
4.1 	(4) contains aquatic life requiring a fish health inspection prior to transportation.

4.2 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4982, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
4.3 		Subd. 9.Emergency fish disease. "Emergency fish disease" means designated fish 
4.4 	diseases or pathogens not already present in this state that could impact populations of 
4.5 	aquatic life if inadvertently released by infected aquatic life, including channel catfish virus, 
4.6 	viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus, infectious 
4.7 	pancreatic necrosis virus, whirling disease, ceratomyxosis, proliferative kidney disease, and 
4.8 	epizootic epitheliotropic virus disease.

4.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4982, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
4.10 		Subd. 12.Fish health inspection. (a) "Fish health inspection" means an on-site, 
4.11 	statistically based sampling, collection, and testing of fish in accordance with processes in 
4.12 	the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases, published 
4.13 	by the International Office of Epizootics (OIE) to test for causative pathogens. The samples 
4.14 	for inspection must be collected by a fish health inspector or a fish collector in cooperation 
4.15 	with the producer. Testing of samples must be done by an approved laboratory.
4.16 	(b) The inspection for viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), infectious pancreatic necrosis 
4.17 	(IPN), and infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in salmonids and for VHS in 
4.18 	nonsalmonids must include at a minimum viral testing of ovarian fluids at the 95 percent 
4.19 	confidence level of detecting two percent incidence of disease.
4.20 	(c) The inspection for certifiable diseases and pathogens for wild fish must follow the 
4.21 	guidelines of the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal 
4.22 	Diseases.

4.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4982, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
4.24 	read:
4.25 		Subd. 21a.VHS-susceptible species. "VHS-susceptible species" are aquatic species 
4.26 	that are natural hosts for viral hemorrhagic septicemia according to the Fish Health Blue 
4.27 	Book or the book's successor.

5.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4982, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
5.2 	read:
5.3 		Subd. 21b.VHS-susceptible-species list. "VHS-susceptible-species list" is the 
5.4 	VHS-susceptible species listed in the Fish Health Blue Book that are found in or that can 
5.5 	survive in the Great Lakes region.

5.6 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4985, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.7 		Subd. 2.Bill of lading. (a) A state-issued bill of lading is required for:
5.8 	(1) intrastate transportation of aquatic life other than salmonids, catfish, or species on 
5.9 	the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United 
5.10 	States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
5.11 	VHS-susceptible-species list between licensed private fish hatcheries, aquatic farms, or 
5.12 	aquarium facilities licensed for the species being transported if the aquatic life is being 
5.13 	transported into a watershed where it is not currently present, if walleyes whose original 
5.14 	source is south of marked State Highway 210 are being transported to a facility north of 
5.15 	marked State Highway 210, or if the original source of the aquatic life is outside Minnesota 
5.16 	and contiguous states; and
5.17 	(2) stocking of waters other than public waters with aquatic life other than salmonids, 
5.18 	catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species 
5.19 	published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health 
5.20 	Inspection Services VHS-susceptible-species list.
5.21 	(b) When aquatic life is transported under paragraph (a), a copy of the bill of lading 
5.22 	must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager at least 72 hours before the transportation.
5.23 	(c) For transportation and stocking of waters that are not public waters:
5.24 	(1) a bill of lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager 72 hours before 
5.25 	transporting fish for stocking;
5.26 	(2) a bill of lading must be submitted to the regional fisheries manager within five days 
5.27 	after stocking if the waters to be stocked are confirmed by telecopy or telephone prior to 
5.28 	stocking by the regional fisheries office not to be public waters; or
5.29 	(3) a completed bill of lading may be submitted to the regional fisheries office by telecopy 
5.30 	prior to transporting fish for stocking. Confirmation that the waters to be stocked are not 
5.31 	public waters may be made by returning the bill of lading by telecopy or in writing, in which 
5.32 	cases additional copies need not be submitted to the Department of Natural Resources.
6.1 	(d) Bill of lading forms may only be issued by the Department of Natural Resources in 
6.2 	St. Paul, and new bill of lading forms may not be issued until all previously issued forms 
6.3 	have been returned.

6.4 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4985, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.5 		Subd. 3.Exemptions for transportation permits and bills of lading. (a) A state-issued 
6.6 	bill of lading or transportation permit is not required by an aquatic farm licensee for 
6.7 	importation of importing animals not on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
6.8 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and 
6.9 	Plant Health Inspection Services; transportation of VHS-susceptible-species list, transporting
6.10 	animals not on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published 
6.11 	by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services; 
6.12 	or export for VHS-susceptible-species list, or exporting the following:
6.13 	(1) minnows taken under an aquatic farm license in this state and transported intrastate;
6.14 	(2) aquarium or ornamental fish including goldfish and tropical, subtropical, and saltwater 
6.15 	species that cannot survive in the waters of the state, which may be imported or transported 
6.16 	if accompanied by shipping documents;
6.17 	(3) fish or fish eggs that have been processed for use as food, bait, or other purposes 
6.18 	unrelated to fish propagation;
6.19 	(4) live fish from a licensed aquatic farm, which may be transported directly to an outlet 
6.20 	for processing or for other food purposes if accompanied by shipping documents;
6.21 	(5) fish being exported if accompanied by shipping documents;
6.22 	(6) sucker eggs, sucker fry, or fathead minnows transported intrastate for bait propagation 
6.23 	or feeding of cultural aquatic life, except that if either species becomes listed on the official 
6.24 	list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United States 
6.25 	Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services
6.26 	VHS-susceptible-species list, then a transportation permit is required;
6.27 	(7) species of fish that are found within the state used in connection with public shows, 
6.28 	exhibits, demonstrations, or fishing pools for periods not exceeding 14 days;
6.29 	(8) fish being transported through the state if accompanied by shipping documents; or
6.30 	(9) intrastate transportation of aquatic life between or within licensed private fish 
6.31 	hatcheries, aquatic farms, or aquarium facilities licensed for the species being transported, 
6.32 	except where required in subdivision 2 and except that salmonids, catfish, or species on the 
7.1 	official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United 
7.2 	States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
7.3 	VHS-susceptible-species list may only be transferred or transported intrastate without a 
7.4 	transportation permit if they had no record of bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic 
7.5 	septicemia at the time they were imported into the state and if they have had a fish health 
7.6 	inspection within the preceding year that has shown no certifiable diseases to be present.
7.7 	Aquatic life being transferred between licensed private fish hatcheries, aquatic farms, 
7.8 	or aquarium facilities must be accompanied by shipping documents and salmonids, catfish, 
7.9 	or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published 
7.10 	by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
7.11 	VHS-susceptible-species list being transferred or transported intrastate without a 
7.12 	transportation permit must be accompanied by a copy of their most recent fish health 
7.13 	inspection.
7.14 	(b) Shipping documents required under paragraph (a) must show the place of origin, 
7.15 	owner or consignee, destination, number, and species.

7.16 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4985, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
7.17 		Subd. 5.Permit application. An application for a transportation permit must be made 
7.18 	on forms provided by the commissioner. An incomplete application must be rejected. An 
7.19 	application for a transportation permit for salmonids, catfish, or species on the official list 
7.20 	of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United States 
7.21 	Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
7.22 	VHS-susceptible-species list; their eggs,; or their sperm must be accompanied by certification 
7.23 	that the source of the eggs or sperm are free of certifiable diseases, except that eggs with 
7.24 	enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may be imported, transported, or stocked 
7.25 	following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial kidney disease 
7.26 	or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported, transported, or stocked into areas where 
7.27 	the disease has been identified as being present. A copy of the transportation permit showing 
7.28 	the date of certification inspection must accompany the shipment of fish while in transit 
7.29 	and must be available for inspection by the commissioner. By 14 days after a completed 
7.30 	application is received, the commissioner must approve or deny the importation permits as 
7.31 	provided in this section.

8.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4986, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.2 		Subd. 2.Licensed facilities. (a) The commissioner shall issue transportation permits to 
8.3 	import:
8.4 	(1) indigenous and naturalized species except trout, salmon, catfish, or species on the 
8.5 	official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United 
8.6 	States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
8.7 	VHS-susceptible-species list and sperm from any source to a standard facility;
8.8 	(2) trout, salmon, catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
8.9 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and 
8.10 	Plant Health Inspection Services, VHS-susceptible-species list from a nonemergency enzootic 
8.11 	disease area to a containment facility if the fish are certified within the previous year to be 
8.12 	free of certifiable diseases, except that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or 
8.13 	furunculosis may be imported following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish 
8.14 	with bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported into areas 
8.15 	where the disease has been identified as being present; and
8.16 	(3) trout, salmon, catfish, or species on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia 
8.17 	susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and 
8.18 	Plant Health Inspection Services, VHS-susceptible-species list from a facility in a 
8.19 	nonemergency enzootic disease area with a disease-free history of three years or more to a 
8.20 	standard facility, except that eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis 
8.21 	may be imported following treatment approved by the commissioner, and fish with bacterial 
8.22 	kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be imported into areas where the disease 
8.23 	has been identified as being present.
8.24 	(b) If a source facility in a nonemergency enzootic disease area cannot demonstrate a 
8.25 	history free from disease, aquatic life may only be imported into a quarantine facility.

8.26 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4986, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
8.27 		Subd. 4.Disease-free history. Disease-free histories required under this section must 
8.28 	include the results of a fish health inspection. When disease-free histories of more than one 
8.29 	year are required for importing salmonids, catfish, or species on the official list of viral 
8.30 	hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United States Department of 
8.31 	Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services VHS-susceptible-species list, the 
8.32 	disease history must be of consecutive years that include the year previous to, or the year 
8.33 	of, the transportation request.

9.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4991, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.2 		Subd. 3.Fish health inspection. (a) An aquatic farm propagating salmonids, catfish, 
9.3 	or species on the viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) susceptible list published by the 
9.4 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
9.5 	VHS-susceptible-species list and having an effluent discharge from the aquatic farm into 
9.6 	public waters must have a fish health inspection conducted at least once every 12 months 
9.7 	by a certified fish health inspector. Testing must be conducted according to laboratory 
9.8 	methods of the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal 
9.9 	Diseases, published by the International Office of Epizootics (OIE).
9.10 	(b) An aquatic farm propagating any species on the VHS susceptible list and having an 
9.11 	effluent discharge from the aquatic farm into public waters must test for VHS virus using 
9.12 	the guidelines of the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal 
9.13 	Diseases. The commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, prescribe 
9.14 	alternative testing time periods and methods from those prescribed in the Fish Health Blue 
9.15 	Book or the OIE Diagnostic Manual if the commissioner determines that biosecurity measures 
9.16 	will not be compromised. These alternatives are not subject to the rulemaking provisions 
9.17 	of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The commissioner must provide reasonable 
9.18 	notice to affected parties of any changes in testing requirements.
9.19 	(c) Results of fish health inspections must be provided to the commissioner for all fish 
9.20 	that remain in the state. All data used to prepare and issue a fish health certificate must be 
9.21 	maintained for three years by the issuing fish health inspector, approved laboratory, or 
9.22 	accredited veterinarian.
9.23 	(d) A health inspection fee must be charged based on each lot of fish sampled. The fee 
9.24 	by check or money order payable to the Department of Natural Resources must be prepaid 
9.25 	or paid at the time a bill or notice is received from the commissioner that the inspection and 
9.26 	processing of samples is completed.
9.27 	(e) Upon receipt of payment and completion of inspection, the commissioner shall notify 
9.28 	the operator and issue a fish health certificate. The certification must be made according to 
9.29 	the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases by a 
9.30 	person certified as a fish health inspector.
9.31 	(f) All aquatic life in transit or held at transfer stations within the state may be inspected 
9.32 	by the commissioner. This inspection may include the collection of stock for purposes of 
9.33 	pathological analysis. Sample size necessary for analysis will follow guidelines listed in 
9.34 	the Fish Health Blue Book or the Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases.
10.1 	(g) Salmonids, catfish, or species on the VHS susceptible list must have a fish health 
10.2 	inspection before being transported from a containment facility, unless the fish are being 
10.3 	transported directly to an outlet for processing or other food purposes or unless the 
10.4 	commissioner determines that an inspection is not needed. A fish health inspection conducted 
10.5 	for this purpose need only be done on the lot or lots of fish that will be transported. The 
10.6 	commissioner must conduct a fish health inspection requested for this purpose within five 
10.7 	working days of receiving written notice. Salmonids and catfish may be immediately 
10.8 	transported from a containment facility to another containment facility once a sample has 
10.9 	been obtained for a health inspection or once the five-day notice period has expired.

10.10 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4992, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.11 		Subd. 2.Restriction on the sale of fish. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), species 
10.12 	on the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the 
10.13 	United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services,
10.14 	VHS-susceptible-species list must be free of viral hemorrhagic septicemia and species of 
10.15 	the family salmonidae or ictaluridae, except bullheads, must be free of certifiable diseases 
10.16 	if sold for stocking or transfer to another aquatic farm.
10.17 	(b) The following exceptions apply to paragraph (a):
10.18 	(1) eggs with enteric redmouth, whirling disease, or furunculosis may be transferred 
10.19 	between licensed facilities or stocked following treatment approved by the commissioner;
10.20 	(2) fish with bacterial kidney disease or viral hemorrhagic septicemia may be transferred 
10.21 	between licensed facilities or stocked in areas where the disease has been identified as being 
10.22 	present; and
10.23 	(3) the commissioner may allow transfer between licensed facilities or stocking of fish 
10.24 	with enteric redmouth or furunculosis when the commissioner determines that doing so 
10.25 	would pose no threat to the state's aquatic resources.

10.26 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 17.4993, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.27 		Subdivision 1.Taking from public waters. (a) Under an aquatic farm license, a licensee 
10.28 	may take only minnow sperm, minnow eggs, and live minnows for aquatic farm purposes 
10.29 	from public waters that havea water body if:
10.30 	(1) the water body has been tested for viral hemorrhagic septicemia whenand the testing 
10.31 	indicates the disease is not present; or
11.1 	(2) the water body is located within a viral-hemorrhagic-septicemia-free zone posted on 
11.2 	the Department of Natural Resources website.
11.3 	(b) A licensee may take sucker eggs and sperm only in approved waters with a sucker 
11.4 	egg license endorsement as provided by section 17.4994.

11.5 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.027, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
11.6 		Subd. 13a.Game and fish Natural resources expedited permanent rules. (a) In 
11.7 	addition to the authority granted in subdivision 13, the commissioner of natural resources 
11.8 	may adopt rules under section 14.389 that are authorized under:
11.9 	(1) chapters 97A, 97B, and 97C to describe zone or permit area boundaries, to designate 
11.10 	fish spawning beds or fish preserves, to select hunters or anglers for areas, to provide for 
11.11 	registration of game or fish, to prevent or control wildlife disease, or to correct errors or 
11.12 	omissions in rules that do not have a substantive effect on the intent or application of the 
11.13 	original rule; or
11.14 	(2) section 84D.12 to designate prohibited invasive species, regulated invasive species, 
11.15 	and unregulated nonnative species.; or
11.16 	(3) section 116G.15 to change the placement and boundaries of land use districts 
11.17 	established in the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area.
11.18 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may adopt rules under section 14.389 that 
11.19 	are authorized under chapters 97A, 97B, and 97C, for purposes in addition to those listed 
11.20 	in paragraph (a), clause (1), subject to the notice and public hearing provisions of section 
11.21 	14.389, subdivision 5.

11.22 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.027, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
11.23 		Subd. 18.Permanent school fund authority; reporting. (a) The commissioner of 
11.24 	natural resources has the authority and responsibility to administer school trust lands under 
11.25 	sections 92.122 and 127A.31. The commissioner shall biannually biennially report to the 
11.26 	Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission and the legislature on the management of 
11.27 	the school trust lands that shows how the commissioner has and will continue to achieve 
11.28 	the following goals:
11.29 	(1) manage the school trust lands efficiently and in a manner that reflects the undivided 
11.30 	loyalty to the beneficiaries consistent with the commissioner's fiduciary duties;
12.1 	(2) reduce the management expenditures of school trust lands and maximize the revenues 
12.2 	deposited in the permanent school trust fund;
12.3 	(3) manage the sale, exchange, and commercial leasing of school trust lands, requiring 
12.4 	returns of not less than fair market value, to maximize the revenues deposited in the 
12.5 	permanent school trust fund and retain the value from the long-term appreciation of the 
12.6 	school trust lands;
12.7 	(4) manage the school trust lands to maximize the long-term economic return for the 
12.8 	permanent school trust fund while maintaining sound natural resource conservation and 
12.9 	management principles;
12.10 	(5) optimize school trust land revenues and maximize the value of the trust consistent 
12.11 	with balancing short-term and long-term interests, so that long-term benefits are not lost in 
12.12 	an effort to maximize short-term gains; and
12.13 	(6) maintain the integrity of the trust and prevent the misapplication of its lands and its 
12.14 	revenues.
12.15 	(b) When the commissioner finds an irresolvable conflict between maximizing the 
12.16 	long-term economic return and protecting natural resources and recreational values on 
12.17 	school trust lands, the commissioner shall give precedence to the long-term economic return 
12.18 	in managing school trust lands. By July 1, 2018, the permanent school fund must be 
12.19 	compensated for all school trust lands included under a designation or policy provision that 
12.20 	prohibits long-term economic return. The commissioner shall submit recommendations to 
12.21 	the appropriate legislative committees and divisions on methods of funding for the 
12.22 	compensation required under this paragraph, including recommendations for appropriations 
12.23 	from the general fund, nongeneral funds, and the state bond fund. Any uncompensated 
12.24 	designation or policy provision restrictions on the long-term economic return on school 
12.25 	trust lands remaining after July 1, 2018, must be compiled and submitted to the Legislative 
12.26 	Permanent School Fund Commission for review.
12.27 	(c) By December 31, 2013, the report required under paragraph (a) must provide an 
12.28 	inventory and identification of all school trust lands that are included under a designation 
12.29 	or policy provision that prohibits long-term economic return. The report must include a plan 
12.30 	to compensate the permanent school fund through the purchase or exchange of the lands or 
12.31 	a plan to manage the school trust land to generate long-term economic return to the permanent 
12.32 	school fund. Subsequent reports under paragraph (a) must include a status report of the 
12.33 	commissioner's progress in maximizing the long-term economic return on lands identified 
12.34 	in the 2013 report.
13.1 	(d) When management practices, policies, or designations by the commissioner diminish 
13.2 	or prohibit the long-term economic return on school trust land, the conflict must be resolved 
13.3 	as provided in section 92.122.

13.4 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.415, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
13.5 	read:
13.6 		Subd. 8.Reimbursing costs. In addition to fees specified in this section or in rules 
13.7 	adopted by the commissioner, the applicant must reimburse the state for costs incurred for 
13.8 	cultural resources review, monitoring, or other services provided by the Minnesota Historical 
13.9 	Society under contract with the commissioner of natural resources or the State Historic 
13.10 	Preservation Office of the Department of Administration in connection with the license 
13.11 	application, preparing the license terms, or constructing the utility line.

13.12 	Sec. 19. [84.625] CONVEYANCE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
13.13 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may, 
13.14 	on state-owned lands administered by the commissioner and on behalf of the state, convey 
13.15 	conservation easements as defined in section 84C.01, upon such terms and conditions, 
13.16 	including reversion in the event of nonuse, as the commissioner may determine. Any terms 
13.17 	and conditions obligating the state to incur costs related to monitoring or maintaining a 
13.18 	conservation easement must acknowledge the state is liable for the costs only to the extent 
13.19 	of an available appropriation according to section 16A.138.

13.20 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.63, is amended to read:
13.21 	84.63 CONVEYANCE OF INTERESTS IN LANDS TO STATE AND, FEDERAL,
13.22 	AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
13.23 	(a) Notwithstanding any existing law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural 
13.24 	resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to convey to the United States, to a 
13.25 	federally recognized Indian Tribe, or to the state of Minnesota or any of its subdivisions, 
13.26 	upon state-owned lands under the administration of the commissioner of natural resources, 
13.27 	permanent or temporary easements for specified periods or otherwise for trails, highways, 
13.28 	roads including limitation of right of access from the lands to adjacent highways and roads, 
13.29 	flowage for development of fish and game resources, stream protection, flood control, and 
13.30 	necessary appurtenances thereto, such conveyances to be made upon such terms and 
13.31 	conditions including provision for reversion in the event of non-user as the commissioner 
13.32 	of natural resources may determine.
14.1 	(b) In addition to the fee for the market value of the easement, the commissioner of 
14.2 	natural resources shall assess the applicant the following fees:
14.3 	(1) an application fee of $2,000 to cover reasonable costs for reviewing the application 
14.4 	and preparing the easement; and
14.5 	(2) a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the 
14.6 	construction of the improvement for which the easement was conveyed and preparing special 
14.7 	terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate 
14.8 	of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee.
14.9 	(c) The applicant shall pay these fees to the commissioner of natural resources. The 
14.10 	commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid in full the application 
14.11 	fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for the easement.
14.12 	(d) Upon completion of construction of the improvement for which the easement was 
14.13 	conveyed, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance from the monitoring fee 
14.14 	revenue. The commissioner shall not return the application fee, even if the application is 
14.15 	withdrawn or denied.
14.16 	(e) Money received under paragraph (b) must be deposited in the land management 
14.17 	account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
14.18 	resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred for issuing and monitoring easements.
14.19 	(f) A county or joint county regional railroad authority is exempt from all fees specified 
14.20 	under this section for trail easements on state-owned land.
14.21 	(g) In addition to fees specified in this section, the applicant must reimburse the state 
14.22 	for costs incurred for cultural resources review, monitoring, or other services provided by 
14.23 	the Minnesota Historical Society under contract with the commissioner of natural resources 
14.24 	or the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Administration in connection 
14.25 	with the easement application, preparing the easement terms, or constructing the trail, 
14.26 	highway, road, or other improvements.

14.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, except 
14.28 	that paragraph (g) is effective July 1, 2021.

14.29 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.631, is amended to read:
14.30 	84.631 ROAD EASEMENTS ACROSS STATE LANDS.
14.31 	(a) Except as provided in section 85.015, subdivision 1b, the commissioner of natural 
14.32 	resources, on behalf of the state, may convey a road easement across state land under the 
15.1 	commissioner's jurisdiction to a private person requesting an easement for access to property 
15.2 	owned by the person only if the following requirements are met: (1) there are no reasonable 
15.3 	alternatives to obtain access to the property; and (2) the exercise of the easement will not 
15.4 	cause significant adverse environmental or natural resource management impacts.
15.5 	(b) The commissioner shall:
15.6 	(1) require the applicant to pay the market value of the easement;
15.7 	(2) limit the easement term to 50 years if the road easement is across school trust land;
15.8 	(3) provide that the easement reverts to the state in the event of nonuse; and
15.9 	(4) impose other terms and conditions of use as necessary and appropriate under the 
15.10 	circumstances.
15.11 	(c) An applicant shall submit an application fee of $2,000 with each application for a 
15.12 	road easement across state land. The application fee is nonrefundable, even if the application 
15.13 	is withdrawn or denied.
15.14 	(d) In addition to the payment for the market value of the easement and the application 
15.15 	fee, the commissioner of natural resources shall assess the applicant a monitoring fee to 
15.16 	cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the construction of the road and preparing 
15.17 	special terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner must give the applicant 
15.18 	an estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee. The applicant shall 
15.19 	pay the application and monitoring fees to the commissioner of natural resources. The 
15.20 	commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid in full the application 
15.21 	fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for the easement.
15.22 	(e) Upon completion of construction of the road, the commissioner shall refund the 
15.23 	unobligated balance from the monitoring fee revenue.
15.24 	(f) Fees collected under paragraphs (c) and (d) must be credited to the land management 
15.25 	account in the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
15.26 	resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred under this section.
15.27 	(g) In addition to fees specified in this section, the applicant must reimburse the state 
15.28 	for costs incurred for cultural resources review, monitoring, or other services provided by 
15.29 	the Minnesota Historical Society under contract with the commissioner of natural resources 
15.30 	or the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Administration in connection 
15.31 	with the easement application, preparing the easement terms, or constructing the road.

16.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.82, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
16.2 		Subd. 1a.General requirements. A person may not operate or transport a snowmobile 
16.3 	unless the snowmobile has been registered under this section. A person may not sell a 
16.4 	snowmobile without furnishing the buyer a bill of sale on a form prescribed by the 
16.5 	commissioner.

16.6 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.82, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
16.7 		Subd. 7a.Collector snowmobiles; limited use. The commissioner may issue a special 
16.8 	permit to a person or organization to operate or transport a collector snowmobile without 
16.9 	registration in parades or organized group outings, such as races, rallies, and other 
16.10 	promotional events and for up to ten days each year for personal transportation. The 
16.11 	commissioner may impose a reasonable restriction on a permittee and may revoke, amend, 
16.12 	suspend, or modify a permit for cause.

16.13 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.92, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
16.14 		Subd. 8.All-terrain vehicle or vehicle.  "All-terrain vehicle" or "vehicle" means a 
16.15 	motorized vehicle with: (1) not less than three, but not more than six low pressure or 
16.16 	non-pneumatic tires; (2) a total dry weight of 2,000 pounds or less; and (3) a total width 
16.17 	from outside of tire rim to outside of tire rim that is 65 inches or less. All-terrain vehicle 
16.18 	includes a class 1 all-terrain vehicle and class 2 all-terrain vehicle. All-terrain vehicle does 
16.19 	not include a golf cart, mini-truck, dune buggy, or go-cart or a vehicle designed and used 
16.20 	specifically for lawn maintenance, agriculture, logging, or mining purposes.

16.21 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.946, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
16.22 		Subd. 4.Priorities; report. The commissioner of natural resources must establish 
16.23 	priorities for natural resource asset preservation and replacement projects. By January 15
16.24 	March 1 each year, the commissioner must submit to the commissioner of management and 
16.25 	budget a list of the projects that have been paid for with money from a natural resource 
16.26 	asset preservation and replacement appropriation during the preceding calendar year.

16.27 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84D.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
16.28 		Subd. 3.Management plan. By December 31, 2021, and every ten years thereafter, the 
16.29 	commissioner shall must prepare and maintain a long-term plan, which may include specific 
16.30 	plans for individual species and actions, for the statewide management of invasive species 
16.31 	of aquatic plants and wild animals. The plan must address:
17.1 	(1) coordinated detection and prevention of accidental introductions;
17.2 	(2) coordinated dissemination of information about invasive species of aquatic plants 
17.3 	and wild animals among resource management agencies and organizations;
17.4 	(3) a coordinated public education and awareness campaign;
17.5 	(4) coordinated control of selected invasive species of aquatic plants and wild animals 
17.6 	on lands and public waters;
17.7 	(5) participation by lake associations, local citizen groups, and local units of government 
17.8 	in the development and implementation of local management efforts;
17.9 	(6) a reasonable and workable inspection requirement for watercraft and equipment 
17.10 	including those participating in organized events on the waters of the state;
17.11 	(7) the closing of points of access to infested waters, if the commissioner determines it 
17.12 	is necessary, for a total of not more than seven days during the open water season for control 
17.13 	or eradication purposes;
17.14 	(8) maintaining public accesses on infested waters to be reasonably free of aquatic 
17.15 	macrophytes; and
17.16 	(9) notice to travelers of the penalties for violation of laws relating to invasive species 
17.17 	of aquatic plants and wild animals.

17.18 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84D.11, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
17.19 		Subd. 1a.Permit for invasive carp. The commissioner may issue a permit to 
17.20 	departmental divisions for tagging bighead, black, grass, or silver carp for research or 
17.21 	control. Under the permit, the carp may be released into the water body from which the carp 
17.22 	was captured. This subdivision expires December 31, 2021.

17.23 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.052, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.24 		Subdivision 1.Authority to establish. (a) The commissioner may establish, by written 
17.25 	order, provisions for the use of state parks for the following:
17.26 	(1) special parking space for automobiles or other motor-driven vehicles in a state park 
17.27 	or state recreation area;
17.28 	(2) special parking spurs, campgrounds for automobiles, sites for tent camping, other 
17.29 	types of lodging, camping, or day use facilities, and special auto trailer coach parking spaces, 
17.30 	for the use of the individual charged for the space or facility; and
18.1 	(3) improvement and maintenance of golf courses already established in state parks, and 
18.2 	charging reasonable use fees; and
18.3 	(4) (3) providing water, sewer, and electric service to trailer or tent campsites and charging 
18.4 	a reasonable use fee.
18.5 	(b) Provisions established under paragraph (a) are exempt from section 16A.1283 and 
18.6 	the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. Section 14.386 does not apply.
18.7 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "lodging" means an enclosed shelter, room, or 
18.8 	building with furnishings for overnight use.

18.9 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.052, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.10 		Subd. 2.State park pageants special events. (a) The commissioner may stage state 
18.11 	park pageants special events in a state park, municipal park, or on other land near or adjoining 
18.12 	a state park and charge an entrance or use fee for the pageant special event. All receipts 
18.13 	from the pageants special events must be used in the same manner as though the pageants
18.14 	special events were conducted in a state park.
18.15 	(b) The commissioner may establish, by written order, state park pageant special event
18.16 	areas to hold historical or other pageants special events conducted by the commissioner of 
18.17 	a state agency or other public agency. Establishment of the areas is exempt from the 
18.18 	rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply.

18.19 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.20 		Subd. 2.Requirement. Except as provided in section 85.054, a motor vehicle may not 
18.21 	enter a state park, state recreation area, or state wayside over 50 acres in area, without a 
18.22 	state park permit issued under this section or a state parks and trails plate issued under 
18.23 	section 168.1295. Except for vehicles permitted under subdivisions 7, paragraph (a), clause 
18.24 	(2), and 8, the state park permit must be affixed to the lower right corner windshield of the 
18.25 	motor vehicle and must be completely affixed by its own adhesive to the windshield, or the 
18.26 	commissioner may, by written order, provide an alternative means to display and validate 
18.27 	state park permits. A motor vehicle owner or lessee is responsible for ensuring the owner's 
18.28 	or lessee's vehicle has a state park permit, and the commissioner may issue warnings and 
18.29 	citations under section 84.0835 to the owner or lessee of a vehicle not in compliance.

19.1 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.054, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.2 		Subdivision 1.State Park Open House Days. (a) A state park permit is not required 
19.3 	for a motor vehicle to enter a state park, state monument, state recreation area, or state 
19.4 	wayside, on four days each calendar year at each park, which the commissioner shall 
19.5 	designate as State Park Open House Days. The commissioner may designate two consecutive 
19.6 	days as State Park Open House Days, if the open house is held in conjunction with a special 
19.7 	pageant event described in section 85.052, subdivision 2.
19.8 	(b) The commissioner shall announce the date of each State Park Open House Day at 
19.9 	least 30 days in advance of the date it occurs.
19.10 	(c) The purpose of State Park Open House Days is to acquaint the public with state 
19.11 	parks, recreation areas, and waysides.
19.12 	(d) On State Park Open House Days, registered overnight guests in state parks and state 
19.13 	recreation areas are exempt from the requirements for a state park permit under section 
19.14 	85.053 until after the camping or lodging check-out time of the following day in the park 
19.15 	where the overnight stay occurred.

19.16 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.43, is amended to read:
19.17 	85.43 DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS; PURPOSE.
19.18 	(a) Fees from cross-country-ski passes shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
19.19 	to a cross-country-ski account in the natural resources fund and, except for the electronic 
19.20 	licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, 
19.21 	subdivision 15, are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the following 
19.22 	purposes:
19.23 	(1) grants-in-aid for cross-country-ski trails to:
19.24 	(i) counties and municipalities for construction and maintenance of cross-country-ski 
19.25 	trails; and
19.26 	(ii) special park districts as provided in section 85.44 for construction and maintenance 
19.27 	of cross-country-ski trails; and
19.28 	(2) administration of administering the cross-country-ski trail grant-in-aid program.; 
19.29 	and
19.30 	(3) developing and maintaining state cross-country-ski trails.
20.1 	(b) Development and maintenance of state cross-country-ski trails are eligible for funding 
20.2 	from the cross-country-ski account if the money is appropriated by law.

20.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2019.

20.4 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 89.021, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
20.5 	read:
20.6 		Subd. 42a.Riverlands State Forest.
 
20.7 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 89.17, is amended to read:
20.8 	89.17 LEASES AND PERMITS.
20.9 	(a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of chapter 90, the commissioner may grant 
20.10 	and execute, in the name of the state, leases and permits for the use of any forest lands under 
20.11 	the authority of the commissioner for any purpose that in the commissioner's opinion is not 
20.12 	inconsistent with the maintenance and management of the forest lands, on forestry principles 
20.13 	for timber production. Every such lease or permit is revocable at the discretion of the 
20.14 	commissioner at any time subject to such conditions as may be agreed on in the lease. The 
20.15 	approval of the commissioner of administration is not required upon any such lease or 
20.16 	permit. No such lease or permit for a period exceeding 21 years shall be granted except with 
20.17 	the approval of the Executive Council.
20.18 	(b) Public access to the leased land for outdoor recreation is the same as access would 
20.19 	be under state management.
20.20 	(c) Notwithstanding section 16A.125, subdivision 5, after deducting the reasonable costs 
20.21 	incurred for preparing and issuing the lease, all remaining proceeds from leasing school 
20.22 	trust land and university land for roads on forest lands must be deposited into the respective 
20.23 	permanent fund for the lands.
20.24 	(d) The commissioner may require a performance bond, security deposit, or other form 
20.25 	of security for removing any improvements or personal property left on the leased premises 
20.26 	by the lessee upon termination or cancellation of the lease.
20.27 	(e) In addition to other payments required by this section, the applicant must reimburse 
20.28 	the state for costs incurred for cultural resources review, monitoring, or other services 
20.29 	provided by the Minnesota Historical Society under contract with the commissioner of 
20.30 	natural resources or the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of 
20.31 	Administration in connection with reviewing the lease request, preparing the lease terms, 
20.32 	or monitoring construction of improvements on the leased premises.

21.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 92.50, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
21.2 	read:
21.3 		Subd. 4.Reimbursing costs. In addition to other payments required by this section, the 
21.4 	applicant must reimburse the state for costs incurred for cultural resources review, monitoring, 
21.5 	or other services provided by the Minnesota Historical Society under contract with the 
21.6 	commissioner of natural resources or the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department 
21.7 	of Administration in connection with reviewing the lease request, preparing the lease terms, 
21.8 	or constructing improvements on the leased premises.

21.9 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 92.502, is amended to read:
21.10 	92.502 LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
21.11 	(a) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may 
21.12 	enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
21.13 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land administered 
21.14 	by the commissioner for a wind energy project.
21.15 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land administered 
21.16 	by the commissioner for recreational trails and facilities. The commissioner may assess the 
21.17 	lease applicant a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs of monitoring 
21.18 	construction of the recreational trail or facility and preparing special terms and conditions 
21.19 	of the license to ensure proper construction. The commissioner must give the applicant an 
21.20 	estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant is required to submit the fee. Upon 
21.21 	completion of construction of the trail or facility, the commissioner must refund the 
21.22 	unobligated balance from the monitoring fee revenue.
21.23 	(d) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary, Lake and St. Louis 
21.24 	Counties may enter into 30-year leases of tax-forfeited land for recreational trails and 
21.25 	facilities.

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

21.27 	Sec. 37. [92.503] CONSERVATION PLANNING LEASES.
21.28 	The commissioner of natural resources may lease state-owned lands as defined in section 
21.29 	92.01 for a term not to exceed 21 years for the purpose of investigating, analyzing, and 
21.30 	developing conservation easements that provide ecosystem services benefits. Leases granted 
21.31 	under this section are not subject to section 92.50, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), with respect 
22.1 	to Executive Council approval for commercial leases or section 92.50, subdivision 1, 
22.2 	paragraph (d).

22.3 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.015, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
22.4 		Subd. 29.Minnows. "Minnows" means: (1) members of the minnow family, Cyprinidae, 
22.5 	except carp and goldfish; (2) members of the mudminnow family, Umbridae; (3) members 
22.6 	of the sucker family, Catostomidae, not over 12 inches in length; (4) bullheads, ciscoes, 
22.7 	lake whitefish, goldeyes, and mooneyes, not over seven inches long; (5) leeches; and (6) 
22.8 	tadpole madtoms (willow cats) and stonecats.

22.9 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.401, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.10 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner's authority. The commissioner may issue special permits 
22.11 	for the activities in this section. A special permit may be issued in the form of a general 
22.12 	permit to a governmental subdivision or to the general public to conduct one or more 
22.13 	activities under subdivisions 2 to 7 8.

22.14 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.401, is amended by adding a subdivision 
22.15 	to read:
22.16 		Subd. 8.Snakes, lizards, and salamanders. The commissioner must prescribe conditions 
22.17 	and may issue permits to breed, propagate, and sell snakes, lizards, and salamanders. A 
22.18 	snake, lizard, or salamander that is obtained from a permitted breeder or that was possessed 
22.19 	before August 1, 2021, may be possessed as a pet.

22.20 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.421, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.21 		Subdivision 1.General. (a) The annual license of a person convicted of a violation of 
22.22 	the game and fish laws relating to the license or wild animals covered by the license is void 
22.23 	when:
22.24 	(1) a second conviction occurs within three years under a license to trap fur-bearing 
22.25 	animals, take small game, or to take fish by angling or spearing;
22.26 	(2) a third second conviction occurs within one year three years under a minnow dealer's 
22.27 	license;
22.28 	(3) a second conviction occurs within three years for violations of section 97A.425 that 
22.29 	do not involve falsifications or intentional omissions of information required to be recorded, 
22.30 	or attempts to conceal unlawful acts within the records;
23.1 	(4) two or more misdemeanor convictions occur within a three-year period under a 
23.2 	private fish hatchery license;
23.3 	(5) the conviction occurs under a license not described in clause (1), (2), or (4) or is for 
23.4 	a violation of section 97A.425 not described in clause (3); or
23.5 	(6) the conviction is related to assisting a person in the illegal taking, transportation, or 
23.6 	possession of wild animals, when acting as a hunting or angling guide.
23.7 	(b) Except for big-game licenses and as otherwise provided in this section, for one year 
23.8 	after the conviction the person may not obtain the kind of license or take wild animals under 
23.9 	a lifetime license, issued under section 97A.473 or 97A.474, relating to the game and fish 
23.10 	law violation.

23.11 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.421, is amended by adding a subdivision 
23.12 	to read:
23.13 		Subd. 3b.Issuance after conviction; night vision or thermal imaging equipment. (a) 
23.14 	A person who is convicted of a violation under paragraph (b) and who possessed night 
23.15 	vision or thermal imaging equipment during the violation may not obtain a hunting license 
23.16 	or hunt wild animals for five years from the date of conviction.
23.17 	(b) The revocation under this subdivision applies to convictions for:
23.18 	(1) trespassing;
23.19 	(2) hunting game in closed season;
23.20 	(3) hunting game in closed hours;
23.21 	(4) possessing night vision or thermal imaging equipment while taking wild animals in 
23.22 	violation of section 97B.086; or
23.23 	(5) possessing unlawful firearms in deer zones in violation of section 97B.041.

23.24 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.505, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
23.25 		Subd. 3b.Wild animals taken on Red Lake Reservation lands within Northwest 
23.26 	Angle. Wild animals taken and tagged on the Red Lake Reservation lands in accordance 
23.27 	with the Red Lake Band's Conservation Code on the Red Lake Reservation lands in 
23.28 	Minnesota north of the 49th parallel shall be and all applicable federal law are considered 
23.29 	lawfully taken and possessed under state law. Possessing wild animals harvested under this 
23.30 	subdivision is in addition to any state limits.

24.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.036, is amended to read:
24.2 	97B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS SEASON.
24.3 	Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer, bear, 
24.4 	or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms seasons. The transportation 
24.5 	requirements of section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular firearms deer, bear, 
24.6 	or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section 97B.106, subdivision 
24.7 	2. A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this section must have a valid 
24.8 	firearms license to take the respective game by firearm. This section does not allow the use 
24.9 	of a crossbow by licensed muzzleloader hunters during the muzzleloader firearms deer 
24.10 	season under section 97B.311.

24.11 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.12 		Subd. 2.Restrictions related to motor vehicles. (a) A person may not take a wild 
24.13 	animal with a firearm or by archery from a motor vehicle except as permitted in this section.
24.14 	(b) A person may not shoot at a decoy of a wild animal that is placed by a licensed peace 
24.15 	officer by:
24.16 	(1) discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle; or
24.17 	(2) discharging an arrow from a bow from a motor vehicle.
24.18 	(c) Notwithstanding section 97B.091, a person may transport a bow uncased while in a 
24.19 	motorized watercraft and may take rough fish while in the boat as provided in section 
24.20 	97C.376, subdivision 3.

24.21 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.071, is amended to read:
24.22 	97B.071 CLOTHING AND GROUND BLIND REQUIREMENTS; BLAZE 
24.23 	ORANGE OR BLAZE PINK.
24.24 	(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c) (d), a person may not hunt 
24.25 	or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws 
24.26 	and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the 
24.27 	waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange or blaze pink. Blaze orange or blaze 
24.28 	pink includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange or blaze pink within 
24.29 	each foot square. This section does not apply to migratory-waterfowl hunters on waters of 
24.30 	this state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.
25.1 	(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (d) and in addition to the 
25.2 	requirements under paragraph (a), during the open season where deer may be taken by 
25.3 	firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, a person in a fabric or synthetic ground 
25.4 	blind on public land must have:
25.5 	(1) a blaze orange or blaze pink safety covering on the top of the blind visible for 360 
25.6 	degrees around the blind; or
25.7 	(2) at least 144 square inches of blaze orange or blaze pink material on each side of the 
25.8 	blind.
25.9 	(b) (c) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c) (d), and in addition to 
25.10 	the requirement requirements in paragraph paragraphs (a) and (b), a person may not take 
25.11 	small game other than turkey, migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, 
25.12 	unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the waist is 
25.13 	blaze orange or blaze pink. This paragraph does not apply to a person when in a stationary 
25.14 	location while hunting deer by archery or when hunting small game by falconry.
25.15 	(c) (d) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where 
25.16 	paragraph (a) or (b) paragraphs (a) to (c) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration 
25.17 	Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141.
25.18 	(d) (e) A violation of paragraph (b) shall (c) does not result in a penalty, but is punishable 
25.19 	only by a safety warning.

25.20 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.086, is amended to read:
25.21 	97B.086 POSSESSING NIGHT VISION OR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT.
25.22 	(a) A person may not possess night vision or thermal imaging equipment while taking 
25.23 	wild animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of 
25.24 	persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
25.25 	(b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
25.26 	(1) unloaded;
25.27 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm by 
25.28 	being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of the 
25.29 	firearm exposed; and
25.30 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
25.31 	(c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
26.1 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
26.2 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
26.3 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm or 
26.4 	bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
26.5 	(e) This section does not apply to night vision, night vision enhanced with an infrared 
26.6 	illuminator, or thermal imaging equipment possessed by:
26.7 	(1) peace officers or military personnel while exercising their duties; or
26.8 	(2) a person taking coyote or fox as provided under section 97B.075 and rules adopted 
26.9 	under section 97B.605, but the equipment must not be possessed during the regular firearms 
26.10 	deer season.

26.11 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.311, is amended to read:
26.12 	97B.311 DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
26.13 	(a) Except as provided under paragraph (c), the commissioner may, by rule, prescribe 
26.14 	restrictions and designate areas where deer may be taken, including hunter selection criteria 
26.15 	for special hunts established under section 97A.401, subdivision 4. The commissioner may, 
26.16 	by rule, prescribe the open seasons for deer within the following periods:
26.17 	(1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading firearms, between November 1 and 
26.18 	December 15;
26.19 	(2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 and December 31; and
26.20 	(3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31.
26.21 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may establish special seasons 
26.22 	within designated areas at any time of year.
26.23 	(c) The commissioner may not impose an antler point restriction other than that imposed 
26.24 	under Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0200, subpart 6.

26.25 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.415, is amended to read:
26.26 	97B.415 TAKING BEAR TO PROTECT PROPERTY; SPECIAL PERMIT FOR 
26.27 	TAKING NUISANCE BEAR.
26.28 	(a) A person may take a bear at any time to protect the person's property. The person 
26.29 	must report the bear taken to a conservation officer within 48 hours. The bear may be 
26.30 	disposed of as prescribed by the commissioner.
27.1 	(b) The commissioner must issue a bear control special permit according to section 
27.2 	97A.401 for wildlife control operators to take nuisance bear by live trapping and relocating 
27.3 	the bear. When a bear is trapped and released, an enforcement officer or a wildlife manager 
27.4 	must approve the release location. The commissioner must provide specific training to 
27.5 	wildlife control operators who are issued a permit under this paragraph, including a refresher 
27.6 	course every five years. The commissioner may not charge a fee for the bear control special 
27.7 	permit or training. A wildlife control operator with a special permit issued under this 
27.8 	paragraph may use remote surveillance equipment to monitor live traps.

27.9 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.811, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
27.10 		Subd. 4a.Restrictions on certain motorized decoys. From the opening day of the duck 
27.11 	season through the Saturday nearest October 8, a person may not use a motorized decoy, 
27.12 	or other motorized device designed to attract migratory waterfowl. During the remainder 
27.13 	of the duck season, the commissioner may, by rule, designate all or any portion of a wetland 
27.14 	or lake closed to the use of motorized decoys or motorized devices designed to attract 
27.15 	migratory waterfowl. On water bodies and lands fully contained within wildlife management 
27.16 	area boundaries, a person may not use motorized decoys or motorized devices designed to 
27.17 	attract migratory waterfowl at any time during the duck season.

27.18 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.005, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
27.19 		Subd. 3.Seasons, limits, and other rules. The commissioner may, in accordance with 
27.20 	the procedures in subdivision 2, paragraphs (c) and (e), or by rule under chapter 14, establish 
27.21 	open seasons, limits, methods, and other requirements for taking fish on special management 
27.22 	waters. The commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, amend 
27.23 	daily, possession, or size limits to make midseason adjustments based on available harvest, 
27.24 	angling pressure, and population data to manage the fisheries in the 1837 Ceded Territory 
27.25 	in compliance with the court orders in Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa v. Minnesota, 119 S. 
27.26 	Ct. 1187 (1999) and in the state waters of Upper Red Lake. The midseason adjustments in 
27.27 	daily, possession, or size limits are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 
27.28 	and section 14.386 does not apply. Before the written order is effective, the commissioner 
27.29 	shall attempt to notify persons or groups of persons affected by the written order by public 
27.30 	announcement, posting, and other appropriate means as determined by the commissioner.

27.31 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.211, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
27.32 		Subd. 2a.Acquiring fish. (a) A private fish hatchery may not obtain fish outside of the 
27.33 	state unless the fish or the source of the fish are approved by the commissioner. The 
28.1 	commissioner may apply more stringent requirements to fish or a source of fish from outside 
28.2 	the state than are applied to fish and sources of fish from within the state. The commissioner 
28.3 	must either approve or deny the acquisition within 30 days after receiving a written request 
28.4 	for approval. Minnows acquired must be processed and not released into public waters, 
28.5 	except as provided in section 97C.515, subdivision 4. A request may be for annual 
28.6 	acquisition.
28.7 	(b) If the commissioner denies approval, a written notice must be submitted to the 
28.8 	applicant stating the reasons for the denial and the commissioner must:
28.9 	(1) designate approved sources to obtain the desired fish or fish eggs; or
28.10 	(2) sell the fish or fish eggs from state fish hatcheries at fair market value.

28.11 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.342, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.12 		Subd. 2.Bait restrictions. (a) Frozen or dead fish on the official list of viral hemorrhagic 
28.13 	septicemia susceptible species published by the United States Department of Agriculture, 
28.14 	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services VHS-susceptible-species list under section 
28.15 	17.4982, subdivision 21b; cisco (all Coregonus, including lake herring and tullibee); and 
28.16 	smelt (all Osmerus, Spirincus, Hypomesus, and Allosmerus) being used as bait in waters of 
28.17 	the state must originate from water bodies certified disease-free. A water body is certified 
28.18 	as disease-free if:
28.19 	(1) the water body has been tested for viral hemorrhagic septicemia and the testing 
28.20 	indicates the disease is not present; or
28.21 	(2) the water body is located within a viral-hemorrhagic-septicemia-free zone posted on 
28.22 	the Department of Natural Resources website.
28.23 	(b) Certification for theseindividually tested water bodies is valid for one year from the 
28.24 	date of test results. Certification of water bodies within a viral-hemorrhagic-septicemia-free 
28.25 	zone posted on the Department of Natural Resources website is valid for the dates included 
28.26 	in the posting. A viral-hemorrhagic-septicemia-free certification is also referred to as a fish 
28.27 	health certification.

28.28 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.29 		Subd. 2.Permit for transportation importation. (a) A person may transport import
28.30 	live minnows through into the state with a permit from the commissioner. The permit must 
28.31 	state the name and address of the person, the number and species of minnows, the point of 
28.32 	entry into the state, the destination, and the route through the state. The permit is not valid 
29.1 	for more than 12 hours after it is issued. A person must not import minnows into the state 
29.2 	except as provided in this section.
29.3 	(b) Minnows transported under this subdivision must be in a tagged container. The tag 
29.4 	number must correspond with tag numbers listed on the minnow transportation permit.
29.5 	(c) The commissioner may require the person transporting minnow species found on 
29.6 	the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by the United 
29.7 	States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, to provide 
29.8 	health certification for viral hemorrhagic septicemia. The certification must disclose any 
29.9 	incidentally isolated replicating viruses, and must be dated within the 12 months preceding 
29.10 	transport.
29.11 	(b) Minnows must be certified as healthy according to standards of the World 
29.12 	Organisation for Animal Health or the Fish Health Section Blue Book of the American 
29.13 	Fisheries Society.
29.14 	(c) Minnows must be certified free of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, infectious 
29.15 	hematopoietic necrosis, infectious pancreatic necrosis, spring viremia of carp virus, fathead 
29.16 	minnow nidovirus, and Heterosporis within the past 12 months.
29.17 	(d) Minnows must originate from a biosecure facility that has tested negative for invasive 
29.18 	species in the past 12 months.
29.19 	(e) Only a person that holds a minnow dealer's license issued under section 97C.501, 
29.20 	subdivision 2, may obtain a permit to import minnows.
29.21 	(f) The following information must be available to the commissioner upon request for 
29.22 	each load of imported minnows:
29.23 	(1) the date minnows were imported;
29.24 	(2) the number of pounds or gallons imported;
29.25 	(3) the facility name from which the minnows originated; and
29.26 	(4) a fish health certificate for the minnows.
29.27 	(g) Minnows may be imported to feed hatchery fish if the requirements in paragraphs 
29.28 	(a) to (f) are met.

29.29 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.805, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.30 		Subd. 2.Restrictions. (a) The Netting of lake whitefish and ciscoes is subject to the 
29.31 	restrictions in this subdivision.
30.1 	(b) A person may not use:
30.2 	(1) more than two nets one net;
30.3 	(2) a net more than 100 feet long; or
30.4 	(3) a net more than three feet wide.
30.5 	(c) The mesh size of the nets net may not be less than:
30.6 	(1) 1-3/4 inches, stretch measure, for nets used to take ciscoes; and
30.7 	(2) 3-1/2 inches, stretch measure, for all other nets.
30.8 	(d) A net may not be set in water, including ice thickness, deeper than six feet.
30.9 	(e) The commissioner may designate waters where nets may be set so that portions of 
30.10 	the net extend into water deeper than six feet under conditions prescribed by the 
30.11 	commissioner to protect game fish. A pole or stake must project at least two feet above the 
30.12 	surface of the water or ice at one end of each the net.
30.13 	(f) A net may not be set within 50 feet of another net.
30.14 	(g) A person may not have angling equipment in possession while netting lake whitefish 
30.15 	or ciscoes.

30.16 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.836, is amended to read:
30.17 	97C.836 LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE TROUT; EXPANDED ASSESSMENT 
30.18 	HARVEST.
30.19 	The commissioner shall provide for taking of lake trout by licensed commercial operators 
30.20 	in Lake Superior management zones MN-3 and MN-2 for expanded assessment and sale. 
30.21 	The commissioner shall authorize expanded assessment taking and sale of lake trout in Lake 
30.22 	Superior management zone MN-3 beginning annually in 2007 and zone MN-2 beginning 
30.23 	annually in 2010. Total assessment taking and sale may not exceed 3,000 lake trout in zone 
30.24 	MN-3 and 2,000 lake trout in zone MN-2 and may be reduced when necessary to protect 
30.25 	the lake trout population or to manage the effects of invasive species or fish disease. Taking 
30.26 	lake trout for expanded assessment and sale shall be allowed from June 1 to September 30, 
30.27 	but may end earlier in the respective zones if the quotas are reached. The quotas must be 
30.28 	reassessed at the expiration of the current ten-year Fisheries Management Plan for the 
30.29 	Minnesota Waters of Lake Superior dated September 2006.

31.1 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103A.212, is amended to read:
31.2 	103A.212 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT POLICY.
31.3 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The quality of life of every Minnesotan depends on water. 
31.4 	Minnesota's rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and groundwater provide a foundation for 
31.5 	drinking water and the state's recreational, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, 
31.6 	environmental, aesthetic, and economic well-being. The legislature finds that it is in the 
31.7 	public interest to manage groundwater and surface water resources from the perspective of 
31.8 	aquifers, watersheds, and river basins to achieve protection, preservation, enhancement, 
31.9 	and restoration of the state's valuable groundwater and surface water resources.
31.10 		Subd. 2.Coordination and cooperation. In implementing the policy under this section, 
31.11 	state agencies and local and regional governments with authority over local water 
31.12 	management, conservation, land use, land management, and development plans must take 
31.13 	into consideration the manner in which their plans are consistent with the policy. To the 
31.14 	extent practicable, state agencies and local and regional governments must endeavor to enter 
31.15 	into formal and informal agreements and arrangements to jointly use staff and educational, 
31.16 	technical, and financial resources to deliver programs or conduct activities to achieve the 
31.17 	purposes of the policy.

31.18 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103B.103, is amended to read:
31.19 	103B.103 EASEMENT STEWARDSHIP ACCOUNTS.
31.20 		Subdivision 1.Accounts established; sources. (a) The water and soil conservation 
31.21 	easement stewardship account and the mitigation easement stewardship account are created 
31.22 	in the special revenue fund. The accounts consist of money credited to the accounts and 
31.23 	interest and other earnings on money in the accounts. The State Board of Investment must 
31.24 	manage the accounts to maximize long-term gain.
31.25 	(b) Revenue from contributions and money appropriated for any purposes of the account 
31.26 	as described in subdivision 2 must be deposited in the water and soil conservation easement 
31.27 	stewardship account. Revenue from contributions, wetland banking mitigation fees designated 
31.28 	for stewardship purposes by the board, easement stewardship payments authorized under 
31.29 	subdivision 3, and money appropriated for any purposes of the account as described in 
31.30 	subdivision 2 must be deposited in the mitigation easement stewardship account.
31.31 		Subd. 2.Appropriation; purposes of accounts. (a) Five percent of the balance on July 
31.32 	1 each year in the water and soil conservation easement stewardship account and five percent 
31.33 	of the balance on July 1 each year in the mitigation easement stewardship account are 
32.1 	annually appropriated to the board and may be spent only to cover the costs of managing 
32.2 	easements held by the board, including costs associated with:
32.3 	(1) repairing or replacing structures;
32.4 	(2) maintaining vegetation and hydrology;
32.5 	(3) monitoring,;
32.6 	(4) landowner contacts,;
32.7 	(5) records storage and management,;
32.8 	(6) processing landowner notices,;
32.9 	(7) requests for approval or amendments,;
32.10 	(8) enforcement,; and
32.11 	(9) legal services associated with easement management activities.
32.12 	(b) When the amount appropriated under paragraph (a) is not sufficient to cover the 
32.13 	costs of easements held by the board, the board may use money from the mitigation easement 
32.14 	stewardship account and the water and soil conservation easement stewardship account to 
32.15 	cover costs associated with:
32.16 	(1) legal compliance costs;
32.17 	(2) repairing or replacing structures; and
32.18 	(3) maintaining vegetation and hydrology.
32.19 	(c) In addition to the amounts appropriated under paragraph (a), up to 25 percent of the 
32.20 	balance on July 1 each year in the water and soil conservation easement stewardship account 
32.21 	and 25 percent of the balance on July 1 each year in the mitigation easement stewardship 
32.22 	account are annually appropriated to the board for the purposes of paragraph (b). In 
32.23 	consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, the board must establish a 
32.24 	process, including criteria, for the use of money appropriated under this paragraph. The 
32.25 	board must include a summary of how money appropriated under this paragraph in the prior 
32.26 	two fiscal years was used in the report required under section 103B.101, subdivision 9, 
32.27 	paragraph (a), clause 7.
32.28 		Subd. 3.Financial contributions. The board shall seek a financial contribution to the 
32.29 	water and soil conservation easement stewardship account for each conservation easement 
32.30 	acquired by the board. The board shall seek a financial contribution or assess an easement 
32.31 	stewardship payment to the mitigation easement stewardship account for each wetland 
33.1 	banking mitigation easement acquired by the board. Unless otherwise provided by law, the 
33.2 	board shall determine the amount of the contribution or payment, which must be an amount 
33.3 	calculated to earn sufficient money to meet the costs of managing the easement at a level 
33.4 	that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers the costs. In determining the 
33.5 	amount of the financial contribution, the board shall consider:
33.6 	(1) the estimated annual staff hours needed to manage the conservation easement, taking 
33.7 	into consideration factors such as easement type, size, location, and complexity;
33.8 	(2) the average hourly wages for the class or classes of state and local employees expected 
33.9 	to manage the easement;
33.10 	(3) the estimated annual travel expenses to manage the easement;
33.11 	(4) the estimated annual miscellaneous costs to manage the easement, including supplies 
33.12 	and equipment, information technology support, and aerial flyovers;
33.13 	(5) the estimated annualized costs of legal services, including the cost to enforce the 
33.14 	easement in the event of a violation; and
33.15 	(6) the estimated annualized costs for repairing or replacing structures and maintaining 
33.16 	vegetation and hydrology; and
33.17 	(6) (7) the expected rate of return on investments in the account.

33.18 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103C.315, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
33.19 		Subd. 4.Compensation. A supervisor shall receive compensation for services up to $75
33.20 	$125 per day, and may be reimbursed for expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily 
33.21 	incurred in the discharge of duties. A supervisor may be reimbursed for the use of the 
33.22 	supervisor's own automobile in the performance of official duties at a rate up to the maximum 
33.23 	tax-deductible mileage rate permitted under the federal Internal Revenue Code.

33.24 	Sec. 60. [103F.05] MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY AND 
33.25 	STORAGE PROGRAM.
33.26 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
33.27 	(1) "board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources; and
33.28 	(2) "local units of government" has the meaning given under section 103B.305, 
33.29 	subdivision 5.
34.1 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The board may establish a program to provide financial 
34.2 	assistance to local units of government located in the Minnesota River basin to control water 
34.3 	volume and rates for the purpose of protecting infrastructure and improving water quality 
34.4 	and related public benefits.
34.5 		Subd. 3.Financial assistance. (a) The board may provide financial assistance to local 
34.6 	units of government to cover the costs of water storage projects and other water quality 
34.7 	practices consistent with a plan approved according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Eligible 
34.8 	costs include costs for site acquisition, design, engineering, and construction. The board 
34.9 	may acquire conservation easements under sections 103F.501 to 103F.531 as necessary to 
34.10 	implement a project or practice under this section.
34.11 	(b) The board must enter into agreements with local units of government receiving 
34.12 	financial assistance under this section. The agreements must specify the terms of state and 
34.13 	local cooperation, including the financial arrangement for constructing any structures and 
34.14 	assuring maintenance of the structures after completion.
34.15 	(c) The board may adopt procedures based on section 103C.501 for cost-sharing contracts 
34.16 	needed to implement this subdivision.
34.17 		Subd. 4.Local match. The board may require a local match and may adjust match 
34.18 	requirements if federal funds are available for the project.
34.19 		Subd. 5.Technical assistance. (a) The board may employ or contract with an engineer 
34.20 	or hydrologist to work on the technical implementation of the program established under 
34.21 	this section.
34.22 	(b) When implementing the program, the board must:
34.23 	(1) assist local units of government in achieving the purposes of the program;
34.24 	(2) review and analyze projects and project sites; and
34.25 	(3) evaluate the effectiveness of completed projects constructed under the program.
34.26 	(c) The board may enter into cooperative agreements with the commissioner of natural 
34.27 	resources, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of 
34.28 	Agriculture, and other agencies as needed to analyze hydrological and engineering 
34.29 	information on proposed sites.
34.30 		Subd. 6.Requirements. (a) A local unit of government applying for financial assistance 
34.31 	under this section must provide a copy of a resolution or other documentation of the local 
34.32 	unit of government's support for the project. The documentation must include provisions 
35.1 	for local funding and management, the proposed method of obtaining necessary land rights 
35.2 	for the proposed project, and an assignment of responsibility for maintaining any structures 
35.3 	or practices upon completion of the project.
35.4 	(b) A local unit of government, with the assistance of the board, must evaluate the 
35.5 	environmental and other benefits that are reasonably expected upon completing the proposed 
35.6 	project. The evaluation must be submitted to the board before the final design.
35.7 		Subd. 7.Interstate cooperation. The board may enter into or approve working 
35.8 	agreements with neighboring states or their political subdivisions to accomplish projects 
35.9 	consistent with the program established in this section.
35.10 		Subd. 8.Federal aid availability. The board must regularly complete an analysis of the 
35.11 	availability of federal funds and programs to supplement or complement state and local 
35.12 	efforts consistent with the purposes of this section.

35.13 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.271, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
35.14 		Subd. 4a.Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer. (a) The commissioner may not issue new 
35.15 	water-use permits that will appropriate water from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer in a 
35.16 	metropolitan county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, unless the appropriation 
35.17 	is for potable water use, there are no feasible or practical alternatives to this source, and a 
35.18 	water conservation plan is incorporated with the permit.
35.19 	(b) The commissioner shall terminate all permits authorizing appropriation and use of 
35.20 	water from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer for once-through systems in a metropolitan 
35.21 	county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, by December 31, 1992.

35.22 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.271, is amended by adding a subdivision 
35.23 	to read:
35.24 		Subd. 4b.Bulk transport or sale. (a) To maintain the supply of drinking water for future 
35.25 	generations and except as provided under paragraph (b), the commissioner may not issue 
35.26 	a new water-use permit to appropriate water in excess of one million gallons per year for 
35.27 	bulk transport or sale of water for consumptive use to a location more than 50 miles from 
35.28 	the point of the proposed appropriation.
35.29 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a water-use permit for a public water supply, as 
35.30 	defined under section 144.382, subdivision 4, issued to a local unit of government, rural 
35.31 	water district established under chapter 116A, or Tribal unit of government if:
35.32 	(1) the use is solely for the public water supply;
36.1 	(2) the local unit of government, rural water district established under chapter 116A, or 
36.2 	Tribal unit of government has a property interest at the point of the appropriation;
36.3 	(3) the communities that will use the water are located within 100 miles of the point of 
36.4 	appropriation; and
36.5 	(4) the requirements in sections 103G.265, 103G.285, and 103G.287 are met.

36.6 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.271, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
36.7 		Subd. 7.Transferring permit. (a) A water-use permit may be transferred to a successive 
36.8 	owner of real property if the permittee conveys the real property where the source of water 
36.9 	is located. The new owner must notify the commissioner immediately after the conveyance 
36.10 	and request transfer of the permit. The commissioner must not deny the transfer of a permit 
36.11 	if the permittee is in compliance with all permit conditions and the permit meets the 
36.12 	requirements of sections 103G.255 to 103G.301.
36.13 	(b) When transferring a permit, the commissioner must not require additional conditions 
36.14 	on the permit, reduce the appropriation, reduce the term, or require any testing.

36.15 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.271, is amended by adding a subdivision 
36.16 	to read:
36.17 		Subd. 8.Management plans; economic impacts. Before a management plan for 
36.18 	appropriating water is prepared, the commissioner must provide estimates of the economic 
36.19 	impact of any new restriction or policy on existing and future groundwater users and local 
36.20 	governments in the affected area. Strategies to address economic impacts must be included 
36.21 	in the plan.

36.22 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.287, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.23 		Subd. 4.Groundwater management areas. (a) The commissioner may designate 
36.24 	groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses within 
36.25 	a designated area to ensure sustainable use of groundwater that protects ecosystems, water 
36.26 	quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water appropriations 
36.27 	and uses within a designated management area must be consistent with a groundwater 
36.28 	management area plan approved by the commissioner that addresses water conservation 
36.29 	requirements and water allocation priorities established in section 103G.261. During 
36.30 	development of a groundwater management area plan, the commissioner and employees 
36.31 	and agents of the department may disseminate information related to the timing, location, 
36.32 	and agendas of meetings related to the plan, but must otherwise limit public information 
37.1 	related to the groundwater management area plan to direct factual responses to public and 
37.2 	media inquiries. At least 30 days prior to implementing or modifying a groundwater 
37.3 	management area plan under this subdivision, the commissioner shall consult with the 
37.4 	advisory team established in paragraph (c).
37.5 	(b) Notwithstanding section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and Minnesota 
37.6 	Rules, within designated groundwater management areas, the commissioner may require 
37.7 	general permits as specified in section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), for water 
37.8 	users using less than 10,000 gallons per day or 1,000,000 gallons per year and water suppliers 
37.9 	serving less than 25 persons for domestic purposes. The commissioner may waive the 
37.10 	requirements under section 103G.281 for general permits issued under this paragraph, and 
37.11 	the fee specified in section 103G.301, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), does not apply to general 
37.12 	permits issued under this paragraph.
37.13 	(c) When designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner shall assemble 
37.14 	an advisory team to assist in developing a groundwater management area plan for the area. 
37.15 	The advisory team members shall be selected from public and private entities that have an 
37.16 	interest in the water resources affected by the groundwater management area. A majority 
37.17 	of the advisory team members shall be public and private entities that currently hold water-use 
37.18 	permits for water appropriations from the affected water resources. The commissioner shall 
37.19 	consult with the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the 
37.20 	Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts, and the Minnesota Association of Townships 
37.21 	in appointing the local government representatives to the advisory team. The advisory team 
37.22 	may also include representatives from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State 
37.23 	Colleges and Universities, other institutions of higher learning in Minnesota, political 
37.24 	subdivisions with jurisdiction over water issues, nonprofits with expertise in water, and 
37.25 	federal agencies.
37.26 	(d) Before designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner must provide 
37.27 	estimates of the economic effect of any new restriction or policy on existing and future 
37.28 	groundwater users and local governments in the affected area. Strategies to address economic 
37.29 	impacts must be included in any plan.

37.30 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.287, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
37.31 		Subd. 5.Sustainability standard. (a) The commissioner may issue water-use permits 
37.32 	for appropriation from groundwater only if the commissioner determines that the groundwater 
37.33 	use is sustainable to supply the needs of future generations and the proposed use will not 
38.1 	harm ecosystems, degrade water, or reduce water levels beyond the reach of public water 
38.2 	supply and private domestic wells constructed according to Minnesota Rules, chapter 4725.
38.3 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 4, "sustainable" means a change 
38.4 	in hydrologic regime of 20 percent or less relative to the August median stream flow.

38.5 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.289, is amended to read:
38.6 	103G.289 WELL INTERFERENCE; WELL SEALING VALIDATION; 
38.7 	CONTESTED CASE.
38.8 	(a) The commissioner shall not validate a claim for well interference claim if the affected 
38.9 	well has been sealed prior to the completion of the commissioner's investigation of the 
38.10 	complaint. If the well is sealed prior to completion of the investigation, the commissioner 
38.11 	must dismiss the complaint.
38.12 	(b) When validating a claim for well interference, the commissioner must take into 
38.13 	account the condition of the affected well.
38.14 	(c) Within 30 days after the commissioner's decision on a claim for well interference, a 
38.15 	party ordered by the commissioner to contribute to an affected well owner may petition for 
38.16 	a contested case hearing under sections 14.57 to 14.62. The commissioner must grant the 
38.17 	petitioner a contested case hearing on the commissioner's decision.

38.18 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.19 	to read:
38.20 		Subd. 1a.Advanced recycling. "Advanced recycling" means a manufacturing process 
38.21 	for converting post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic hydrocarbon raw 
38.22 	materials, feedstocks, chemicals, liquid fuels, and other products like waxes and lubricants 
38.23 	through processes that include pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, catalytic cracking, 
38.24 	reforming, hydrogenation, solvolysis, and other similar technologies. The recycled products 
38.25 	produced at advanced recycling facilities include but are not limited to monomers, oligomers, 
38.26 	plastics, plastics and chemical feedstocks, basic and unfinished chemicals, crude oil, naphtha, 
38.27 	liquid transportation fuels, waxes, lubricants, coatings, and other basic hydrocarbons. 
38.28 	Advanced recycling is not processing, treatment, resource recovery, incineration, or waste 
38.29 	management.

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

39.1 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
39.2 	to read:
39.3 		Subd. 1b.Advanced recycling facility. "Advanced recycling facility" means a facility 
39.4 	that receives, stores, and converts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks it receives 
39.5 	using advanced recycling. An advanced recycling facility is a manufacturing facility subject 
39.6 	to applicable agency manufacturing regulations for air, water, waste, and land use. An 
39.7 	advanced recycling facility is not a solid waste facility, waste facility, or resource recovery 
39.8 	facility.

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

39.10 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
39.11 	to read:
39.12 		Subd. 7b.Depolymerization. "Depolymerization" means a manufacturing process where 
39.13 	post-use polymers are broken into smaller molecules such as monomers and oligomers or 
39.14 	raw, intermediate, or final products, plastics and chemical feedstocks, basic and unfinished 
39.15 	chemicals, crude oil, naphtha, liquid transportation fuels, waxes, lubricants, coatings, and 
39.16 	other basic hydrocarbons.

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

39.18 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
39.19 	to read:
39.20 		Subd. 10b.Gasification. "Gasification" means a manufacturing process through which 
39.21 	recovered feedstocks are heated and converted into a fuel-gas mixture in an oxygen-deficient 
39.22 	atmosphere and the mixture is converted into valuable raw materials and intermediate and 
39.23 	final products, including but not limited to plastic monomers, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, 
39.24 	chemical feedstocks, crude oil, diesel, gasoline, diesel and gasoline blend stocks, home 
39.25 	heating oil, and other fuels including ethanol and transportation fuel, that are returned to 
39.26 	economic utility in the form of raw materials, products, or fuels.

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

39.28 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
39.29 	to read:
39.30 		Subd. 24c.Post-use polymers. "Post-use polymers" means plastic that:
39.31 	(1) is derived from any industrial, commercial, agricultural, or domestic activities;
40.1 	(2) is not mixed with solid waste or hazardous waste on site or during processing at the 
40.2 	advanced recycling facility;
40.3 	(3) is used or intended to be used as a feedstock for manufacturing crude oil, fuels, 
40.4 	feedstocks, blend stocks, raw materials, or other intermediate products or final products 
40.5 	using advanced recycling;
40.6 	(4) has been sorted from solid waste and other regulated waste but may contain residual 
40.7 	amounts of solid waste such as organic material and incidental contaminants or impurities 
40.8 	such as paper labels and metal rings; and
40.9 	(5) is processed at an advanced recycling facility or held at an advanced recycling facility 
40.10 	before processing.

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

40.12 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
40.13 	to read:
40.14 		Subd. 24d.Pyrolysis. "Pyrolysis" means a manufacturing process through which post-use 
40.15 	polymers are heated in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere until melted and thermally 
40.16 	decomposed and then cooled, condensed, and converted into valuable raw materials and 
40.17 	intermediate and final products, including but not limited to plastic monomers, chemicals, 
40.18 	waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, crude oil, diesel, gasoline, diesel and gasoline blend 
40.19 	stocks, home heating oil, and other fuels including ethanol and transportation fuel, that are 
40.20 	returned to economic utility in the form of raw materials, products, or fuels.

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

40.22 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
40.23 		Subd. 25.Processing. "Processing" means the treatment of waste after collection and 
40.24 	before disposal. Processing includes but is not limited to reduction, storage, separation, 
40.25 	exchange, resource recovery, physical, chemical, or biological modification, and transfer 
40.26 	from one waste facility to another. Processing does not include advanced recycling.

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

40.28 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 25d, is amended to read:
40.29 		Subd. 25d.Refuse-derived fuel. "Refuse-derived fuel" means a product resulting from 
40.30 	the processing of mixed municipal solid waste in a manner that reduces the quantity of 
40.31 	noncombustible material present in the waste, reduces the size of waste components through 
41.1 	shredding or other mechanical means, and produces a fuel suitable for combustion in existing 
41.2 	or new solid fuel-fired boilers. Fuels produced using advanced recycling are not 
41.3 	refuse-derived fuels.

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

41.5 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
41.6 	to read:
41.7 		Subd. 25e.Recovered feedstock. "Recovered feedstock" means one or more of the 
41.8 	following materials that has been processed so that it may be used as feedstock in an advanced 
41.9 	recycling facility:
41.10 	(1) post-use polymers; and
41.11 	(2) materials for which the United States Environmental Protection Agency has made 
41.12 	a nonwaste determination under Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 241.3(c), or 
41.13 	has otherwise determined are feedstocks and not solid waste.
41.14 	Recovered feedstock does not include unprocessed municipal solid waste. Recovered 
41.15 	feedstock is not mixed with solid waste or hazardous waste on site or during processing at 
41.16 	an advanced recycling facility.

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

41.18 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
41.19 		Subd. 27.Resource recovery. "Resource recovery" means the reclamation for sale, use, 
41.20 	or reuse of materials, substances, energy, or other products contained within or derived from 
41.21 	waste. Resource recovery does not include advanced recycling.

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

41.23 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 28, is amended to read:
41.24 		Subd. 28.Resource recovery facility. "Resource recovery facility" means a waste 
41.25 	facility established and used primarily for resource recovery, including related and 
41.26 	appurtenant facilities such as transmission facilities and transfer stations primarily serving 
41.27 	the resource recovery facility. An advanced recycling facility is not a resource recovery 
41.28 	facility.

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

42.1 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
42.2 	to read:
42.3 		Subd. 32e.Solvolysis. "Solvolysis" means a manufacturing process through which 
42.4 	post-use polymers are reacted with the aid of solvents while heated at low temperatures or 
42.5 	pressurized, or both, to make useful products while allowing additives and contaminants to 
42.6 	be separated. The products of solvolysis include but are not limited to monomers, 
42.7 	intermediates, and valuable raw materials. The process includes but is not limited to 
42.8 	hydrolysis, aminolysis, ammonoloysis, methanolysis, and glycolysis.

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

42.10 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 34, is amended to read:
42.11 		Subd. 34.Waste. "Waste" means solid waste, sewage sludge, and hazardous waste.
42.12 	Waste does not include post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks.

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

42.14 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 35, is amended to read:
42.15 		Subd. 35.Waste facility. "Waste facility" means all property, real or personal, including 
42.16 	negative and positive easements and water and air rights, which is or may be needed or 
42.17 	useful for the processing or disposal of waste, except property for the collection of the waste 
42.18 	and property used primarily for the manufacture of scrap metal or paper. Waste facility 
42.19 	includes but is not limited to transfer stations, processing facilities, and disposal sites and 
42.20 	facilities. An advanced recycling facility is not a waste facility.

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

42.22 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, subdivision 36, is amended to read:
42.23 		Subd. 36.Waste management. "Waste management" means activities which are intended 
42.24 	to affect or control the generation of waste and activities which provide for or control the 
42.25 	collection, processing and disposal of waste. Waste management does not include advanced 
42.26 	recycling.

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

42.28 	Sec. 83. [115A.143] MATTRESS RECYCLING.
42.29 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms in this subdivision 
42.30 	have the meanings given.
43.1 	(b) "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that attributes a mattress to the 
43.2 	producer of the mattress.
43.3 	(c) "Covered entity" means a political subdivision of the state, mattress retailer, permitted 
43.4 	transfer station, waste-to-energy facility, health care facility, educational facility, military 
43.5 	base, or commercial or nonprofit lodging establishment that possesses a discarded mattress 
43.6 	that was used and discarded in this state. Covered entity does not include a renovator, 
43.7 	refurbisher, or person that only transports a discarded mattress.
43.8 	(d) "Discarded mattress" means a mattress that a consumer discarded, intends to discard, 
43.9 	or abandoned in the state, but does not include a mattress that cannot be safely recycled 
43.10 	because it is contaminated by putrescible solid waste or is substantially soiled, is infested 
43.11 	with bedbugs, or poses a risk to worker health or equipment, which mattress should be 
43.12 	disposed of through the existing solid waste system.
43.13 	(e) "Energy recovery" means the process by which all or a portion of solid waste materials 
43.14 	are processed or combusted to use the heat content or other forms of energy derived from 
43.15 	the solid waste materials.
43.16 	(f) "Foundation" means any ticking-covered structure that is used to support a mattress 
43.17 	and that is composed of one or more of the following: a constructed frame, foam, or a box 
43.18 	spring, whether stationary, adjustable, or foldable. Foundation does not include any bed 
43.19 	frame or base made of wood, metal, or other material that rests upon the floor and that serves 
43.20 	as a brace for a mattress.
43.21 	(g) "Mattress" means any resilient material or combination of materials that is enclosed 
43.22 	by ticking, used alone or in combination with other products, and that is intended or promoted 
43.23 	for sleeping upon. Mattress includes any foundation and any used or renovated mattress. 
43.24 	Mattress does not include any mattress pad; mattress topper; sleeping bag; pillow; car bed; 
43.25 	carriage; basket; dressing table; stroller; playpen; infant carrier; lounge pad; crib or bassinet 
43.26 	mattress; crib bumper; liquid or gaseous filled ticking, including any water bed and any air 
43.27 	mattress that does not contain upholstery material between the ticking and the mattress core; 
43.28 	or upholstered furniture, including a sleeper sofa.
43.29 	(h) "Mattress core" means the principal support system that is present in a mattress, 
43.30 	including but not limited to springs, foam, air bladder, water bladder, or resilient filling.
43.31 	(i) "Mattress recycling council" or "council" means the nonprofit organization created 
43.32 	by producers or created by any trade association that represents producers who account for 
43.33 	a majority of mattress production in the United States to design, submit, and implement the 
43.34 	mattress stewardship program described in subdivision 2.
44.1 	(j) "Mattress stewardship fee" means the amount added to the purchase price of a mattress 
44.2 	sold to a consumer or to an ultimate end user in this state that is necessary to cover the cost 
44.3 	of collecting, transporting, and processing discarded mattresses by the council according 
44.4 	to the mattress stewardship program.
44.5 	(k) "Mattress stewardship program" or "program" means the statewide program described 
44.6 	in subdivision 2 and implemented according to the mattress stewardship plan developed 
44.7 	under subdivision 2.
44.8 	(l) "Mattress topper" means an item that contains resilient filling, with or without ticking, 
44.9 	that is intended to be used with or on top of a mattress.
44.10 	(m) "Performance goal" means a metric proposed by the council to annually measure 
44.11 	the performance of the mattress stewardship program, taking into consideration technical 
44.12 	and economic feasibilities, in achieving continuous, meaningful improvement in the rate 
44.13 	of mattress recycling in the state and any other specified goal of the program.
44.14 	(n) "Producer" means a person who manufactures or renovates a mattress that is sold, 
44.15 	offered for sale, or distributed in the state under the producer's own name or brand. Producer 
44.16 	includes:
44.17 	(1) the owner of a trademark or brand under which a mattress is sold, offered for sale, 
44.18 	or distributed in this state, whether or not the trademark or brand is registered in this state; 
44.19 	and
44.20 	(2) a person who imports a mattress into the United States that is sold or offered for sale 
44.21 	in this state and that is manufactured or renovated by a person who does not have a presence 
44.22 	in the United States.
44.23 	(o) "Recycling" means a process in which discarded mattresses, components, and 
44.24 	by-products may lose their original identity or form as they are transformed into new, usable, 
44.25 	or marketable materials. Recycling does not include using destructive incineration.
44.26 	(p) "Renovate" or "renovation" means altering a mattress for resale, including any one 
44.27 	or a combination of the following: replacing the ticking or filling, adding additional filling, 
44.28 	or replacing components with new or recycled materials. Renovate or renovation does not 
44.29 	include:
44.30 	(1) stripping a mattress of its ticking or filling without adding new material;
44.31 	(2) sanitizing or sterilizing a mattress without otherwise altering the mattress; or
45.1 	(3) a renovator altering a mattress for a person who retains the altered mattress for 
45.2 	personal use, in accordance with chapter 325F.
45.3 	(q) "Renovator" means a person who renovates discarded mattresses to resell the 
45.4 	mattresses to consumers.
45.5 	(r) "Retailer" means a person who sells mattresses to a consumer or to an ultimate end 
45.6 	user in this state or offers mattresses to a consumer in this state.
45.7 	(s) "Sale" means transfer of title of a mattress for consideration to a consumer or an 
45.8 	ultimate end user in the state, including but not limited to by means of a sales outlet, catalog, 
45.9 	website, or similar electronic means.
45.10 	(t) "Sanitizing" means directly applying chemicals to a mattress to kill human 
45.11 	disease-causing pathogens.
45.12 	(u) "Sterilizing" means mitigating deleterious substances or organisms, including human 
45.13 	disease-causing pathogens, fungi, and insects, from a mattress or filling material using a 
45.14 	chemical or heat process.
45.15 	(v) "Ticking" means the outermost layer of fabric or material of a mattress. Ticking does 
45.16 	not include any layer of fabric or material quilted together with, or otherwise attached to, 
45.17 	the outermost layer of fabric or material of a mattress.
45.18 	(w) "Upholstery material" means all material, loose or attached, between the ticking and 
45.19 	the core of a mattress.
45.20 		Subd. 2.Mattress recycling council; required plan. (a) Within 180 days after the 
45.21 	effective date of this section, each producer or the producer's designee must join the mattress 
45.22 	recycling council. Within 180 days after the effective date of this section, the council must 
45.23 	submit a plan for approval by the commissioner to establish a statewide mattress stewardship 
45.24 	program, as described in this paragraph. Retailers may participate in the council. The mattress 
45.25 	stewardship program must, to the extent technologically feasible and economically practical:
45.26 	(1) provide for free, convenient, and accessible statewide opportunities for receiving 
45.27 	discarded mattresses from any person in the state with a discarded mattress that was used 
45.28 	and discarded in the state, including but not limited to participating covered entities that 
45.29 	accumulate and segregate a minimum of 100 discarded mattresses for collection at one time;
45.30 	(2) provide for free collection of discarded mattresses from transfer stations that 
45.31 	accumulate and segregate fewer than 50 mattresses, provided the transfer stations require 
45.32 	the collection due to space or permit requirements;
46.1 	(3) provide for council-financed end-of-life management for discarded mattresses 
46.2 	collected according to clauses (1) and (2);
46.3 	(4) provide suitable storage containers at or make other mutually agreeable storage and 
46.4 	transport arrangements for permitted transfer stations for segregated, discarded mattresses, 
46.5 	at no cost to the municipality, provided the transfer station makes space available for the 
46.6 	purpose and imposes no fee for placement of the storage container on the transfer station's 
46.7 	premises;
46.8 	(5) provide that the council will conduct research as needed related to improving used 
46.9 	mattress collection, dismantling, and recycling operations, including pilot programs to test 
46.10 	new processes, methods, or equipment on a local, regional, or otherwise limited basis; and
46.11 	(6) include a mattress stewardship fee that is sufficient to cover the costs of operating 
46.12 	and administering the program.
46.13 	(b) The plan submitted according to paragraph (a) must:
46.14 	(1) identify each producer participating in the program;
46.15 	(2) describe the fee structure for the program;
46.16 	(3) establish performance goals for the first two years of the program;
46.17 	(4) identify proposed facilities to be used by the program;
46.18 	(5) set convenience goals and a timeline for implementing and achieving convenient 
46.19 	access to the program;
46.20 	(6) detail how the program will promote recycling discarded mattresses consistent with 
46.21 	the state's solid waste management hierarchy; and
46.22 	(7) include a description of public education regarding the program.
46.23 	(c) The council must set the amount of the mattress stewardship fee that is added to the 
46.24 	purchase price of a mattress at the point of sale. The council must establish and implement 
46.25 	a fee structure that covers but does not exceed the costs of developing the plan described 
46.26 	in paragraph (b), operating and administering the program described in paragraph (a), and 
46.27 	maintaining a financial reserve sufficient to operate the program over multiple years in a 
46.28 	fiscally prudent and responsible manner. The council must set the fee as a flat rate and not 
46.29 	as a percentage of the purchase price. The council must maintain all records relating to the 
46.30 	program for not less than three years.
46.31 	(d) Under the program, recycling is preferred over any other disposal method for 
46.32 	mattresses, to the extent that recycling is technologically feasible and economically practical.
47.1 	(e) The commissioner must approve the plan for establishing the mattress stewardship 
47.2 	program if the plan meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (d). No later than 90 days 
47.3 	after the council submits the plan according to this section, the commissioner must make a 
47.4 	determination whether to approve the plan. Before making the determination, the 
47.5 	commissioner must post the plan on the agency's website and solicit public comments on 
47.6 	the plan. If the commissioner disapproves the plan because the plan does not meet the 
47.7 	requirements of paragraphs (a) to (d), the commissioner must describe the reasons for the 
47.8 	disapproval in a notice of determination that the commissioner provides to the council. The 
47.9 	council must revise and resubmit the plan to the commissioner no later than 45 days after 
47.10 	receiving notice of the commissioner's disapproval. No later than 45 days after receiving 
47.11 	the revised plan, the commissioner must review and approve or disapprove the revised plan 
47.12 	and provide a notice of determination to the council. The council may resubmit a revised 
47.13 	plan to the commissioner for approval no more than twice. If the council fails to submit a 
47.14 	plan that is acceptable to the commissioner because it does not meet the requirements of 
47.15 	paragraphs (a) to (d), the commissioner must modify a submitted plan to make it conform 
47.16 	to the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (d) and approve it. No later than 180 days after 
47.17 	approval of a plan according to this paragraph, the council must implement the mattress 
47.18 	stewardship program. Regardless of when the program begins, the program's fiscal year 
47.19 	begins January 1.
47.20 	(f) The council must submit any proposed substantial change to the program to the 
47.21 	commissioner for approval. If the commissioner does not disapprove a proposed substantial 
47.22 	change within 90 days of receiving notice of the proposed substantial change, the proposed 
47.23 	substantial change is deemed approved. For purposes of this paragraph, "substantial change" 
47.24 	means:
47.25 	(1) a change in the processing facilities to be used for discarded mattresses collected 
47.26 	under the program; or
47.27 	(2) a material change to the system for collecting mattresses.
47.28 	(g) Within 90 days after the end of the program's second fiscal year, the council must 
47.29 	submit updated performance goals to the commissioner that are based on the experience of 
47.30 	the program during the first two years of the program.
47.31 	(h) The council must notify the commissioner of other material changes to the program 
47.32 	on an ongoing basis, without resubmitting the plan to the commissioner for approval. Material 
47.33 	changes include but are not limited to a change in the composition, officers, or contact 
47.34 	information of the council.
48.1 	(i) Within 90 days after the end of the program's second fiscal year and every two years 
48.2 	thereafter, the council must propose a mattress stewardship fee for all mattresses sold in 
48.3 	this state. The council may propose a change to the mattress stewardship fee more frequently 
48.4 	than once every two years if the council determines the change is needed to avoid funding 
48.5 	shortfalls or excesses for the mattress stewardship program. Any proposed mattress 
48.6 	stewardship fee must be reviewed by an auditor to ensure that the assessment does not 
48.7 	exceed the cost to fund the mattress stewardship program described in paragraph (a) and to 
48.8 	maintain financial reserves sufficient to operate the program over multiple years in a fiscally 
48.9 	prudent and responsible manner. Not later than 60 days after the council proposes a mattress 
48.10 	stewardship fee, the auditor must render an opinion to the commissioner as to whether the 
48.11 	proposed mattress stewardship fee is reasonable to achieve the goals set forth in this section. 
48.12 	If the auditor concludes that the mattress stewardship fee is reasonable, then the proposed 
48.13 	fee goes into effect. If the auditor concludes that the mattress stewardship fee is not 
48.14 	reasonable, the auditor must provide the council with written notice explaining the auditor's 
48.15 	opinion. No later than 60 days after the council receives the auditor's opinion, the council 
48.16 	may either propose a new mattress stewardship fee or provide written comments on the 
48.17 	auditor's opinion. If the auditor concludes that the fee is not reasonable, the commissioner 
48.18 	must decide, based on the auditor's opinion and any comments provided by the council, 
48.19 	whether to approve the proposed mattress stewardship fee. The council must select the 
48.20 	auditor. The cost of any work performed by the auditor under this paragraph and paragraph 
48.21 	(k) must be paid by the mattress stewardship fee.
48.22 	(j) Not later than October 15 each year, the council must submit an annual report to the 
48.23 	commissioner for the most recently completed fiscal year. The commissioner must post the 
48.24 	annual report on the agency's website. The report must include:
48.25 	(1) the tonnage of mattresses collected under the program from:
48.26 	(i) transfer stations;
48.27 	(ii) retailers; and
48.28 	(iii) all other covered entities;
48.29 	(2) the tonnage of mattresses diverted for recycling;
48.30 	(3) the weight of mattress materials recycled, as indicated by the weight of each of the 
48.31 	commodities sold to secondary markets;
48.32 	(4) the weight of mattress materials sent for disposal at:
48.33 	(i) waste-to-energy facilities;
49.1 	(ii) landfills; and
49.2 	(iii) any other facilities;
49.3 	(5) a summary of the public education that supports the program;
49.4 	(6) an evaluation of the effectiveness of methods and processes used to achieve 
49.5 	performance goals of the program; and
49.6 	(7) recommendations for any changes to the program.
49.7 	(k) Two years after the program is implemented according to paragraph (e) and every 
49.8 	three years thereafter or upon the request of the commissioner, but not more frequently than 
49.9 	once a year, the council must cause an audit of the program to be conducted by an auditor 
49.10 	as described in paragraph (i). The audit must review the accuracy of the council's data 
49.11 	concerning the program and provide any other information requested by the commissioner, 
49.12 	consistent with the requirements of this section, provided the request does not require the 
49.13 	disclosure of proprietary information or trade or business secrets. The council must pay for 
49.14 	the audit. The council must maintain all records relating to the program for at least three 
49.15 	years.
49.16 		Subd. 3.Charging fee; producer participation. Upon implementation of the mattress 
49.17 	stewardship program, each manufacturer, renovator, retailer, or distributor that sells a 
49.18 	mattress to a consumer or to an ultimate end user in the state must add the mattress 
49.19 	stewardship fee to the purchase price for the mattress and must remit the fee collected to 
49.20 	the council. In each transaction, the fee must appear on the invoice and must be accompanied 
49.21 	by a brief description of the fee. The council must determine the rules and procedures 
49.22 	necessary to implement collection of the fee in a fair, efficient, and lawful manner. Any 
49.23 	producer who fails to participate in the program must not sell mattresses in this state.
49.24 		Subd. 4.Receipt of discarded mattresses. Upon implementation of the mattress 
49.25 	stewardship program according to subdivision 2, paragraph (e), a covered entity that 
49.26 	participates in the program must not charge for the receipt of discarded mattresses that are 
49.27 	discarded in this state, except that covered entities may charge a fee for providing the service 
49.28 	of collecting mattresses and may restrict the acceptance of mattresses by number, source, 
49.29 	or physical condition.

49.30 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.06, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
49.31 		Subd. 22.Solid waste. "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, sludge from a water supply 
49.32 	treatment plant or air contaminant treatment facility, and other discarded waste materials 
49.33 	and sludges, in solid, semisolid, liquid, or contained gaseous form, resulting from industrial, 
50.1 	commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does 
50.2 	not include:
50.3 	(1) hazardous waste;
50.4 	(2) animal waste used as fertilizer;
50.5 	(3) earthen fill, boulders, or rock;
50.6 	(4) concrete diamond grinding and saw slurry associated with the construction, 
50.7 	improvement, or repair of a road when deposited on the road project site in a manner that 
50.8 	is in compliance with best management practices and rules of the agency;
50.9 	(5) sewage sludge;
50.10 	(6) solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other common pollutants in water 
50.11 	resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluents or 
50.12 	discharges which that are point sources subject to permits under section 402 of the Federal 
50.13 	Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows; 
50.14 	or
50.15 	(7) source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act 
50.16 	of 1954, as amended.; or
50.17 	(8) post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks converted at an advanced recycling facility 
50.18 	or held at an advanced recycling facility before being converted.

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

50.20 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.21 		Subd. 2.Adopting standards. (a) The Pollution Control Agency shall improve air 
50.22 	quality by promoting, in the most practicable way possible, the use of energy sources and 
50.23 	waste disposal methods which produce or emit the least air contaminants consistent with 
50.24 	the agency's overall goal of reducing all forms of pollution. The agency shall also adopt 
50.25 	standards of air quality, not including maximum allowable standards of emission of air 
50.26 	contaminants from motor vehicles, recognizing that due to variable factors, no single standard 
50.27 	of purity of air is applicable to all areas of the state. In adopting standards the Pollution 
50.28 	Control Agency shall give due recognition to the fact that the quantity or characteristics of 
50.29 	air contaminants or the duration of their presence in the atmosphere, which may cause air 
50.30 	pollution in one area of the state, may cause less or not cause any air pollution in another 
50.31 	area of the state, and it shall take into consideration in this connection such factors, including 
50.32 	others which it may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, zoning classifications, 
51.1 	topography, prevailing wind directions and velocities, and the fact that a standard of air 
51.2 	quality which may be proper as to an essentially residential area of the state, may not be 
51.3 	proper as to a highly developed industrial area of the state. Such standards of air quality 
51.4 	shall be premised upon scientific knowledge of causes as well as effects based on technically 
51.5 	substantiated criteria and commonly accepted practices. No local government unit shall set 
51.6 	standards of air quality which are more stringent than those set by the Pollution Control 
51.7 	Agency.
51.8 	(b) The Pollution Control Agency shall promote solid waste disposal control by 
51.9 	encouraging the updating of collection systems, elimination of open dumps, and 
51.10 	improvements in incinerator practices. The agency shall also adopt standards for the control 
51.11 	of the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and disposal of solid waste and sewage 
51.12 	sludge for the prevention and abatement of water, air, and land pollution, recognizing that 
51.13 	due to variable factors, no single standard of control is applicable to all areas of the state. 
51.14 	In adopting standards, the Pollution Control Agency shall give due recognition to the fact 
51.15 	that elements of control which may be reasonable and proper in densely populated areas of 
51.16 	the state may be unreasonable and improper in sparsely populated or remote areas of the 
51.17 	state, and it shall take into consideration in this connection such factors, including others 
51.18 	which it may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, topography, soils and geology, 
51.19 	climate, transportation, and land use. Such standards of control shall be premised on technical 
51.20 	criteria and commonly accepted practices.
51.21 	(c) The Pollution Control Agency shall also adopt standards describing the maximum 
51.22 	levels of noise in terms of sound pressure level which may occur in the outdoor atmosphere, 
51.23 	recognizing that due to variable factors no single standard of sound pressure is applicable 
51.24 	to all areas of the state. Such standards shall give due consideration to such factors as the 
51.25 	intensity of noises, the types of noises, the frequency with which noises recur, the time 
51.26 	period for which noises continue, the times of day during which noises occur, and such 
51.27 	other factors as could affect the extent to which noises may be injurious to human health 
51.28 	or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or could interfere unreasonably with the 
51.29 	enjoyment of life or property. In adopting standards, the Pollution Control Agency shall 
51.30 	give due recognition to the fact that the quantity or characteristics of noise or the duration 
51.31 	of its presence in the outdoor atmosphere, which may cause noise pollution in one area of 
51.32 	the state, may cause less or not cause any noise pollution in another area of the state, and 
51.33 	it shall take into consideration in this connection such factors, including others which it 
51.34 	may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, zoning classifications, topography, 
51.35 	meteorological conditions and the fact that a standard which may be proper in an essentially 
52.1 	residential area of the state, may not be proper as to a highly developed industrial area of 
52.2 	the state. Such noise standards shall be premised upon scientific knowledge as well as effects 
52.3 	based on technically substantiated criteria and commonly accepted practices. No local 
52.4 	governing unit shall set standards describing the maximum levels of sound pressure which 
52.5 	are more stringent than those set by the Pollution Control Agency.
52.6 	(d) The Pollution Control Agency shall adopt standards for the identification of hazardous 
52.7 	waste and for the management, identification, labeling, classification, storage, collection, 
52.8 	transportation, processing, and disposal of hazardous waste, recognizing that due to variable 
52.9 	factors, a single standard of hazardous waste control may not be applicable to all areas of 
52.10 	the state. In adopting standards, the Pollution Control Agency shall recognize that elements 
52.11 	of control which may be reasonable and proper in densely populated areas of the state may 
52.12 	be unreasonable and improper in sparsely populated or remote areas of the state. The agency 
52.13 	shall consider existing physical conditions, topography, soils, and geology, climate, 
52.14 	transportation and land use. Standards of hazardous waste control shall be premised on 
52.15 	technical knowledge, and commonly accepted practices. Hazardous waste generator licenses 
52.16 	may be issued for a term not to exceed five years. No local government unit shall set 
52.17 	standards of hazardous waste control which are in conflict or inconsistent with those set by 
52.18 	the Pollution Control Agency.
52.19 	(e) A person who generates less than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per month is 
52.20 	exempt from the following agency hazardous waste rules:
52.21 	(1) rules relating to transportation, manifesting, storage, and labeling for photographic 
52.22 	fixer and x-ray negative wastes that are hazardous solely because of silver content; and
52.23 	(2) any rule requiring the generator to send to the agency or commissioner a copy of 
52.24 	each manifest for the transportation of hazardous waste for off-site treatment, storage, or 
52.25 	disposal, except that counties within the metropolitan area may require generators to provide 
52.26 	manifests.
52.27 	Nothing in this paragraph exempts the generator from the agency's rules relating to on-site 
52.28 	accumulation or outdoor storage. A political subdivision or other local unit of government 
52.29 	may not adopt management requirements that are more restrictive than this paragraph.
52.30 	(f) In any rulemaking proceeding under chapter 14 to adopt standards for air quality, 
52.31 	solid waste, or hazardous waste under this chapter, or standards for water quality under 
52.32 	chapter 115, the statement of need and reasonableness must include:
52.33 	(1) an assessment of any differences between the proposed rule and:
53.1 	(i) existing federal standards adopted under the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 
53.2 	42, section 7412(b)(2); the Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, sections 1312(a) 
53.3 	and 1313(c)(4); and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, United States Code, title 
53.4 	42, section 6921(b)(1);
53.5 	(ii) similar standards in states bordering Minnesota; and
53.6 	(iii) similar standards in states within the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5; 
53.7 	and
53.8 	(2) a specific analysis of the need and reasonableness of each difference.

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

53.10 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
53.11 		Subd. 7.Counties; processing applications for animal lot permits. (a) Any Minnesota 
53.12 	county board may, by resolution, with approval of the Pollution Control Agency, assume 
53.13 	responsibility for processing applications for permits required by the Pollution Control 
53.14 	Agency under this section for livestock feedlots, poultry lots or other animal lots. The 
53.15 	responsibility for permit application processing, if assumed by a county, may be delegated 
53.16 	by the county board to any appropriate county officer or employee.
53.17 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "processing" includes:
53.18 	(1) the distribution to applicants of forms provided by the Pollution Control Agency;
53.19 	(2) the receipt and examination of completed application forms, and the certification, 
53.20 	in writing, to the Pollution Control Agency either that the animal lot facility for which a 
53.21 	permit is sought by an applicant will comply with applicable rules and standards, or, if the 
53.22 	facility will not comply, the respects in which a variance would be required for the issuance 
53.23 	of a permit; and
53.24 	(3) rendering to applicants, upon request, assistance necessary for the proper completion 
53.25 	of an application.
53.26 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "processing" may include, at the option 
53.27 	of the county board, issuing, denying, modifying, imposing conditions upon, or revoking 
53.28 	permits pursuant to the provisions of this section or rules promulgated pursuant to it, subject 
53.29 	to review, suspension, and reversal by the Pollution Control Agency. The Pollution Control 
53.30 	Agency shall, after written notification, have 15 days to review, suspend, modify, or reverse 
53.31 	the issuance of the permit. After this period, the action of the county board is final, subject 
53.32 	to appeal as provided in chapter 14. For permit applications filed after October 1, 2001, 
54.1 	section 15.99 applies to feedlot permits issued by the agency or a county pursuant to this 
54.2 	subdivision.
54.3 	(d) For the purpose of administration of rules adopted under this subdivision, the 
54.4 	commissioner and the agency may provide exceptions for cases where the owner of a feedlot 
54.5 	has specific written plans to close the feedlot within five years. These exceptions include 
54.6 	waiving requirements for major capital improvements.
54.7 	(e) For purposes of this subdivision, a discharge caused by an extraordinary natural event 
54.8 	such as a precipitation event of greater magnitude than the 25-year, 24-hour event, tornado, 
54.9 	or flood in excess of the 100-year flood is not a "direct discharge of pollutants."
54.10 	(f) In adopting and enforcing rules under this subdivision, the commissioner shall 
54.11 	cooperate closely with other governmental agencies.
54.12 	(g) The Pollution Control Agency shall work with the Minnesota Extension Service, the 
54.13 	Department of Agriculture, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, producer groups, local 
54.14 	units of government, as well as with appropriate federal agencies such as the Natural 
54.15 	Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency, to notify and educate 
54.16 	producers of rules under this subdivision at the time the rules are being developed and 
54.17 	adopted and at least every two years thereafter.
54.18 	(h) The Pollution Control Agency shall adopt rules governing the issuance and denial 
54.19 	of permits for livestock feedlots, poultry lots or other animal lots pursuant to this section. 
54.20 	Pastures are exempt from the rules authorized under this paragraph. No feedlot permit shall 
54.21 	include any terms or conditions that impose any requirements related to any pastures owned 
54.22 	or utilized by the feedlot operator other than restrictions under a manure management plan.
54.23 	A feedlot permit is not required for livestock feedlots with more than ten but less than 50 
54.24 	animal units; provided they are not in shoreland areas. A livestock feedlot permit does not 
54.25 	become required solely because of a change in the ownership of the buildings, grounds, or 
54.26 	feedlot. These rules apply both to permits issued by counties and to permits issued by the 
54.27 	Pollution Control Agency directly. No feedlot permit issued by the Pollution Control Agency 
54.28 	shall include terms or conditions that:
54.29 	(1) impose requirements related to pastures owned or used by the feedlot operator other 
54.30 	than restrictions under a manure management plan;
54.31 	(2) prohibit application of solid manure during February and March;
54.32 	(3) require establishing a cover crop as a condition of allowing application of manure 
54.33 	in September; or
55.1 	(4) require implementing nitrogen best management practices as a condition of allowing 
55.2 	application of manure in October.
55.3 	(i) The Pollution Control Agency shall exercise supervising authority with respect to 
55.4 	the processing of animal lot permit applications by a county.
55.5 	(j) Any new rules or amendments to existing rules proposed under the authority granted 
55.6 	in this subdivision, or to implement new fees on animal feedlots, must be submitted to the 
55.7 	members of legislative policy and finance committees with jurisdiction over agriculture and 
55.8 	the environment prior to final adoption. The rules must not become effective until 90 days 
55.9 	after the proposed rules are submitted to the members.
55.10 	(k) Until new rules are adopted that provide for plans for manure storage structures, any 
55.11 	plans for a liquid manure storage structure must be prepared or approved by a registered 
55.12 	professional engineer or a United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources 
55.13 	Conservation Service employee.
55.14 	(l) A county may adopt by ordinance standards for animal feedlots that are more stringent 
55.15 	than standards in Pollution Control Agency rules.
55.16 	(m) After January 1, 2001, a county that has not accepted delegation of the feedlot permit 
55.17 	program must hold a public meeting prior to the agency issuing a feedlot permit for a feedlot 
55.18 	facility with 300 or more animal units, unless another public meeting has been held with 
55.19 	regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted.
55.20 	(n) After the proposed rules published in the State Register, volume 24, number 25, are 
55.21 	finally adopted, the agency may not impose additional conditions as a part of a feedlot 
55.22 	permit, unless specifically required by law or agreed to by the feedlot operator.
55.23 	(o) For the purposes of feedlot permitting, a discharge from land-applied manure or a 
55.24 	manure stockpile that is managed according to agency rule must not be subject to a fine for 
55.25 	a discharge violation.
55.26 	(p) For the purposes of feedlot permitting, manure that is land applied, or a manure 
55.27 	stockpile that is managed according to agency rule, must not be considered a discharge into 
55.28 	waters of the state, unless the discharge is to waters of the state, as defined by section 
55.29 	103G.005, subdivision 17, except type 1 or type 2 wetlands, as defined in section 103G.005, 
55.30 	subdivision 17b, and does not meet discharge standards established for feedlots under agency 
55.31 	rule.
55.32 	(q) Unless the upgrade is needed to correct an immediate public health threat under 
55.33 	section 145A.04, subdivision 8, or the facility is determined to be a concentrated animal 
56.1 	feeding operation under Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 122.23, in effect on 
56.2 	April 15, 2003, the agency may not require a feedlot operator:
56.3 	(1) to spend more than $3,000 to upgrade an existing feedlot with less than 300 animal 
56.4 	units unless cost-share money is available to the feedlot operator for 75 percent of the cost 
56.5 	of the upgrade; or
56.6 	(2) to spend more than $10,000 to upgrade an existing feedlot with between 300 and 
56.7 	500 animal units, unless cost-share money is available to the feedlot operator for 75 percent 
56.8 	of the cost of the upgrade or $50,000, whichever is less.
56.9 	(r) A feedlot operator who stores and applies up to 100,000 gallons per calendar year of 
56.10 	private truck wash wastewater resulting from trucks that transport animals or supplies to 
56.11 	and from the feedlot does not require a permit to land-apply industrial by-products if the 
56.12 	feedlot operator stores and applies the wastewater in accordance with Pollution Control 
56.13 	Agency requirements for land applications of industrial by-product that do not require a 
56.14 	permit.
56.15 	(s) A feedlot operator who holds a permit from the Pollution Control Agency to 
56.16 	land-apply industrial by-products from a private truck wash is not required to have a certified 
56.17 	land applicator apply the private truck wash wastewater if the wastewater is applied by the 
56.18 	feedlot operator to cropland owned or leased by the feedlot operator or by a commercial 
56.19 	animal waste technician licensed by the commissioner of agriculture under chapter 18C. 
56.20 	For purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (r), "private truck wash" means a truck washing 
56.21 	facility owned or leased, operated, and used only by a feedlot operator to wash trucks owned 
56.22 	or leased by the feedlot operator and used to transport animals or supplies to and from the 
56.23 	feedlot.

56.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from February 1, 2021.

56.25 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116G.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
56.26 	to read:
56.27 		Subd. 4.Exemption; Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area. Plans and regulations 
56.28 	of local units of government within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area are exempt 
56.29 	from subdivisions 1 to 3 and are subject to section 116G.15, subdivision 8.

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

57.1 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116G.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
57.2 	to read:
57.3 		Subd. 8.Reviewing and approving local plans and regulations. (a) In the Mississippi 
57.4 	River Corridor Critical Area, the commissioner of natural resources is responsible for 
57.5 	carrying out the duties of the board and the Metropolitan Council is responsible for carrying 
57.6 	out the duties of the regional development commission under sections 116G.07 to 116G.10. 
57.7 	Notwithstanding sections 116G.07, subdivisions 2 and 3, and 116G.10, subdivision 3, the 
57.8 	responsibilities and procedures for reviewing and approving local plans and regulations in 
57.9 	the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area, and amendments thereto, are subject to this 
57.10 	subdivision.
57.11 	(b) Within 60 days of receiving a draft plan from a local unit of government, the 
57.12 	commissioner, in coordination with the Metropolitan Council, must review the plan to 
57.13 	determine the plan's consistency with:
57.14 	(1) this section;
57.15 	(2) Minnesota Rules, chapter 6106; and
57.16 	(3) the local unit of government's comprehensive plan.
57.17 	(c) Within 60 days of receiving draft regulations from a local unit of government, the 
57.18 	commissioner must review the regulations to determine the regulations' consistency with:
57.19 	(1) Minnesota Rules, chapter 6106; and
57.20 	(2) the commissioner-approved plan adopted by the local unit of government under 
57.21 	paragraph (b).
57.22 	(d) Upon review of a draft plan and regulations under paragraphs (b) and (c), the 
57.23 	commissioner must:
57.24 	(1) conditionally approve the draft plan and regulations by written decision; or
57.25 	(2) return the draft plan and regulations to the local unit of government for modification, 
57.26 	along with a written explanation of the need for modification.
57.27 	(i) When the commissioner returns a draft plan and regulations to the local unit of 
57.28 	government for modification, the local unit of government must revise the draft plan and 
57.29 	regulations within 60 days after receiving the commissioner's written explanation and must 
57.30 	resubmit the revised draft plan and regulations to the commissioner.
58.1 	(ii) The Metropolitan Council and the commissioner must review the revised draft plan 
58.2 	and regulations upon receipt from the local unit of government as provided under paragraphs 
58.3 	(b) and (c).
58.4 	(iii) If the local unit of government or the Metropolitan Council requests a meeting, a 
58.5 	final revision need not be made until a meeting is held with the commissioner on the draft 
58.6 	plan and regulations. The request extends the 60-day time limit specified in item (i) until 
58.7 	after the meeting is held.
58.8 	(e) Only plans and regulations receiving final approval from the commissioner have the 
58.9 	force and effect of law. The commissioner must grant final approval under this section only 
58.10 	if:
58.11 	(1) the plan is an element of a comprehensive plan that is authorized by the Metropolitan 
58.12 	Council according to sections 473.175 and 473.858; and
58.13 	(2) the local unit of government adopts a plan and regulations that are consistent with 
58.14 	the draft plan and regulations conditionally approved under paragraph (d).
58.15 	(f) The local unit of government must implement and enforce the commissioner-approved 
58.16 	plan and regulations after the plan and regulations take effect.

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

58.18 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 127A.353, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
58.19 		Subd. 4.Duties; powers. (a) The school trust lands director shall:
58.20 	(1) take an oath of office before assuming any duties as the director;
58.21 	(2) evaluate the school trust land asset position;
58.22 	(3) determine the estimated current and potential market value of school trust lands;
58.23 	(4) advise the governor, Executive Council, commissioner of natural resources, and the 
58.24 	Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission on the management of school trust lands, 
58.25 	including:
58.26 	(i) Department of Natural Resources school trust land management plans;
58.27 	(ii) leases of school trust lands;
58.28 	(iii) royalty agreements on school trust lands;
58.29 	(iv) land sales and exchanges;
58.30 	(v) cost certification; and
59.1 	(vi) revenue generating options;
59.2 	(5) propose to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission legislative changes 
59.3 	that will improve the asset allocation of the school trust lands;
59.4 	(6) develop a ten-year strategic plan and a 25-year framework for management of school 
59.5 	trust lands, in conjunction with the commissioner of natural resources, that is updated every 
59.6 	five years and implemented by the commissioner, with goals to:
59.7 	(i) retain core real estate assets;
59.8 	(ii) increase the value of the real estate assets and the cash flow from those assets;
59.9 	(iii) rebalance the portfolio in assets with high performance potential and the strategic 
59.10 	disposal of selected assets;
59.11 	(iv) establish priorities for management actions; and
59.12 	(v) balance revenue enhancement and resource stewardship; and
59.13 	(vi) advance strategies on school trust lands to capitalize on ecosystem services markets;
59.14 	(7) submit to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission for review an annual 
59.15 	budget and management plan for the director; and
59.16 	(8) keep the beneficiaries, governor, legislature, and the public informed about the work 
59.17 	of the director by reporting to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission in a 
59.18 	public meeting at least once during each calendar quarter.
59.19 	(b) In carrying out the duties under paragraph (a), the school trust lands director shall 
59.20 	have the authority to:
59.21 	(1) direct and control money appropriated to the director;
59.22 	(2) establish job descriptions and employ up to five employees in the unclassified service, 
59.23 	within the limitations of money appropriated to the director;
59.24 	(3) enter into interdepartmental agreements with any other state agency;
59.25 	(4) enter into joint powers agreements under chapter 471;
59.26 	(5) evaluate and initiate real estate development projects on school trust lands with the 
59.27 	advice of the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission in order to generate long-term 
59.28 	economic return to the permanent school fund;
59.29 	(6) serve as temporary trustee of school trust land for school trust lands subject to 
59.30 	proposed or active eminent domain proceedings; and
60.1 	(7) submit recommendations on strategies for school trust land leases, sales, or exchanges 
60.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources and the Legislative Permanent School Fund 
60.3 	Commission.

60.4 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 282.08, is amended to read:
60.5 	282.08 APPORTIONMENT OF PROCEEDS TO TAXING DISTRICTS.
60.6 	The net proceeds from the sale or rental of any parcel of forfeited land, or from the sale 
60.7 	of products from the forfeited land, must be apportioned by the county auditor to the taxing 
60.8 	districts interested in the land, as follows:
60.9 	(1) the portion required to pay any amounts included in the appraised value under section 
60.10 	282.01, subdivision 3, as representing increased value due to any public improvement made 
60.11 	after forfeiture of the parcel to the state, but not exceeding the amount certified by the 
60.12 	appropriate governmental authority must be apportioned to the governmental subdivision 
60.13 	entitled to it;
60.14 	(2) the portion required to pay any amount included in the appraised value under section 
60.15 	282.019, subdivision 5, representing increased value due to response actions taken after 
60.16 	forfeiture of the parcel to the state, but not exceeding the amount of expenses certified by 
60.17 	the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner of agriculture, must be apportioned to 
60.18 	the agency or the commissioner of agriculture and deposited in the fund from which the 
60.19 	expenses were paid;
60.20 	(3) the portion of the remainder required to discharge any special assessment chargeable 
60.21 	against the parcel for drainage or other purpose whether due or deferred at the time of 
60.22 	forfeiture, must be apportioned to the governmental subdivision entitled to it; and
60.23 	(4) any balance must be apportioned as follows:
60.24 	(i) The county board may annually by resolution set aside no more than 30 percent of 
60.25 	the receipts remaining to be used for forest development on tax-forfeited land and dedicated 
60.26 	memorial forests, to be expended under the supervision of the county board. It must be 
60.27 	expended only on projects improving the health and management of the forest resource.
60.28 	(ii) The county board may annually by resolution set aside no more than 20 percent of 
60.29 	the receipts remaining to be used for the acquisition and maintenance of county parks or 
60.30 	recreational areas as defined in sections 398.31 to 398.36, to be expended under the 
60.31 	supervision of the county board.
61.1 	(iii) The county board may by resolution set aside up to 100 percent of the receipts 
61.2 	remaining to be used:
61.3 	(A) according to section 282.09, subdivision 2;
61.4 	(B) for remediating contamination at tax-forfeited properties; or
61.5 	(C) for correcting blighted conditions at tax-forfeited properties.
61.6 	An election made under this item is effective for a minimum of five years, unless the county 
61.7 	board specifies a shorter duration.
61.8 	(iv) Any balance remaining must be apportioned as follows: county, 40 percent; town 
61.9 	or city, 20 percent; and school district, 40 percent, provided, however, that in unorganized 
61.10 	territory that portion which would have accrued to the township must be administered by 
61.11 	the county board of commissioners.

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

61.13 	Sec. 91. Laws 2016, chapter 154, section 16, is amended to read:
61.14 	Sec. 16. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND; AITKIN, BELTRAMI, AND 
61.15 	KOOCHICHING COUNTIES.
 61.16 	(a) Notwithstanding the riparian restrictions in Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, 
61.17 	subdivision 3, and subject to the valuation restrictions described in paragraph (c), the 
61.18 	commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as 
61.19 	required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the 
61.20 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the 
61.21 	state-owned land leased for farming wild rice described in paragraph (b).
61.22 	(b) The state land that may be exchanged is held under the following state leases for 
61.23 	farming of wild rice:
61.24 	(1) Lease LAGR001305, covering 175.1 acres in Aitkin County;
61.25 	(2) Lease LMIS010040, covering 107.1 acres in Beltrami County;
61.26 	(3) Lease LMIS010096, covering 137.4 acres in Beltrami County; and
61.27 	(4) Lease LAGR001295, covering 264.40 acres in Koochiching County.
61.28 	(c) For the appraisal of the land, no improvements paid for by the lessee shall be included 
61.29 	in the estimate of market value.
62.1 	(d) Additional adjoining state lands may be added to the exchanges if mutually agreed 
62.2 	upon by the commissioner and the exchange partner to avoid leaving unmanageable parcels 
62.3 	of land in state ownership after an exchange or to meet county zoning standards or other 
62.4 	regulatory needs for the wild rice farming operations.
62.5 	(e) The state land administered by the commissioner of natural resources in Koochiching 
62.6 	County borders the Lost River. The lands to be exchanged are not required to provide at 
62.7 	least equal opportunity for access to waters by the public, but the lands must be at least 
62.8 	equal in value and have the potential to generate revenue for the school trust lands.
62.9 	(f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.343, subdivision 8a, lessees must 
62.10 	pay to the commissioner all costs, as determined by the commissioner, that are associated 
62.11 	with each exchange transaction, including valuation expenses; legal fees; survey expenses; 
62.12 	costs of title work, advertising, and public hearings; transactional staff costs; and closing 
62.13 	costs.

62.14 	Sec. 92. Laws 2016, chapter 154, section 48, is amended to read:
62.15 	Sec. 48. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 62.16 		Subdivision 1.Exchange of land. (a) Notwithstanding the riparian restrictions in 
62.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 3, the commissioner of natural resources 
62.18 	may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota 
62.19 	Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
62.20 	Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the riparian land described in paragraph (b).
62.21 	(b) The state land that may be exchanged is located in St. Louis County and is described 
62.22 	as: Government Lot 5, Section 35, Township 64 North, Range 12 West.
62.23 	(c) The state land administered by the commissioner of natural resources borders Low 
62.24 	Lake. The land to be exchanged is forest land that includes areas bordering the Whiteface 
62.25 	River. While the land does not provide at least equal opportunity for access to waters by 
62.26 	the public, the land to be acquired by the commissioner in the exchange will improve access 
62.27 	to adjacent state forest lands.
62.28 		Subd. 2.Gifts of land. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342 or 94.343, 
62.29 	or any other law to the contrary, the Land Exchange Board may consider a gift of land from 
62.30 	the exchange partner pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 84.085, subdivision 1, paragraph 
62.31 	(d), in addition to land proposed for exchange with the state land referenced in subdivision 
63.1 	1, paragraph (b), in determining whether the proposal is in the best interests of the school 
63.2 	trust.

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

63.4 	Sec. 93. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 2, subdivision 9, is 
63.5 	amended to read:

63.6	Subd. 9.Environmental Quality Board
 		1,774,000
		1,274,000

63.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
63.8		2020
	2021
	
63.9	General
	1,081,000
	1,081,000
	
63.10	Environmental
	393,000
	193,000
	
63.11	Remediation
	300,000
	-0-
	
63.12 	(a) $200,000 the first year is from the 
63.13 	environmental fund to begin to develop and 
63.14 	assemble the material required under Code of 
63.15 	Federal Regulations, title 40, section 233.10, 
63.16 	to have the state of Minnesota assume the 
63.17 	section 404 permitting program of the Federal 
63.18 	Clean Water Act. The Board may execute 
63.19 	contracts or interagency agreements to 
63.20 	facilitate developing the required agreements 
63.21 	and materials. By February 1, 2021 2022, the 
63.22 	board must submit a report on the additional 
63.23 	funding necessary to secure section 404 
63.24 	assumption and the additional funding needed 
63.25 	to fully implement the state-assumed program 
63.26 	to the chairs and ranking minority members 
63.27 	of the legislative committees and divisions 
63.28 	with jurisdiction over the environment and 
63.29 	natural resources. This is a onetime 
63.30 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
63.31 	2022.
63.32 	(b) $300,000 the first year is from the 
63.33 	remediation fund to conduct a study of the 
63.34 	potential to deploy solar photovoltaic devices 
64.1 	on closed landfill program sites. This is a 
64.2 	onetime appropriation. By December 1, 2020, 
64.3 	the board, in consultation with the Pollution 
64.4 	Control Agency and the commissioners of 
64.5 	administration, commerce, and management 
64.6 	and budget, must provide to the chairs and 
64.7 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
64.8 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
64.9 	over environment and natural resources policy 
64.10 	and finance and energy policy and finance a 
64.11 	report on the use of properties in the state's 
64.12 	closed landfill program for solar energy 
64.13 	production. The report must include:
64.14 	(1) identification and assessment of properties 
64.15 	in the closed landfill program with the highest 
64.16 	potential for solar energy production;
64.17 	(2) identification of potential barriers to solar 
64.18 	energy production and potential ways to 
64.19 	address those barriers; and
64.20 	(3) policy recommendations that would 
64.21 	facilitate solar energy production on closed 
64.22 	landfill program sites in a manner that would 
64.23 	contribute to state and local government 
64.24 	sustainability goals.

64.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 31, 2021.

64.26 	Sec. 94. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 4, article 3, section 109, as amended 
64.27 	by Laws 2020, chapter 83, article 1, section 100, is amended to read:
64.28 	Sec. 109. APPLYING STORM WATER RULES TO CITIES AND TOWNSHIPS.
 64.29 	Until the Pollution Control Agency amends rules for storm water, Minnesota Rules, part 
64.30 	7090.1010, subpart 1, item B, subitem (1), applies only to the portions of a city, a town, 
64.31 	and unorganized areas of counties or township that are designated as urbanized under Code 
64.32 	of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 122.26 (a)(9)(i)(A), and other platted areas within 
64.33 	that jurisdiction those jurisdictions.

65.1 	Sec. 95. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 65.2 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 18.] Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County. The 
65.3 	following areas are added to Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County:
65.4 	(1) that part of Section 28, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, 
65.5 	Minnesota, bounded by the Dakota County line along the Minnesota River and the following 
65.6 	described lines:
65.7 	Beginning at the intersection of the south line of Lot 18 of Auditor's Subdivision Number 
65.8 	29 of Mendota, according to the plat on file in the Office of the Dakota County Recorder, 
65.9 	with the westerly right-of-way line of the existing Sibley Memorial Highway; thence 
65.10 	northerly along said westerly right-of-way line to the north line of said Lot 18; thence 
65.11 	westerly along the north line of said Lot 18 to the easterly right-of-way line of the 
65.12 	Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence northerly and northeasterly along said 
65.13 	easterly right-of-way to the east line of said Section 28;
65.14 	(2) that part of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, 
65.15 	Minnesota, lying westerly of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and Northwestern 
65.16 	Railroad;
65.17 	(3) that part of Government Lot 6 of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, 
65.18 	Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and 
65.19 	Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway 
65.20 	and North of the South 752 feet of said Government Lot 6;
65.21 	(4) the North 152 feet of the South 752 feet of that part of Government Lot 6 of Section 
65.22 	33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the 
65.23 	easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly 
65.24 	right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway;
65.25 	(5) the North 270 feet of the South 600 feet of that part of Government Lot 6 lying 
65.26 	between the westerly right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway and the easterly right-of-way 
65.27 	of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 
65.28 	West, Dakota County, Minnesota;
65.29 	(6) that part of the South 20 rods of Government Lot 6 of Section 33, Township 28 
65.30 	North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way 
65.31 	of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly right-of-way of Sibley 
65.32 	Memorial Highway, excepting therefrom that part described as follows:
66.1 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 6; thence North 89 degrees 
66.2 	56 minutes 54 seconds West assumed bearing along the south line of said Government 
66.3 	Lot 6 a distance of 260.31 feet to the point of beginning of the property to be described; 
66.4 	thence continue North 89 degrees 56 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 71.17 feet; 
66.5 	thence northwesterly a distance of 37.25 feet along a nontangential curve concave to 
66.6 	the East having a radius of 4,098.00 feet and a central angle of 00 degrees 31 minutes 
66.7 	15 seconds the chord of said curve bears North 23 degrees 31 minutes 27 seconds West; 
66.8 	thence northerly a distance of 127.39 feet along a compound curve concave to the East 
66.9 	having a radius of 2,005.98 feet and a central angle of 03 degrees 38 minutes 19 seconds; 
66.10 	thence North 70 degrees 22 minutes 29 seconds East not tangent to said curve a distance 
66.11 	of 65.00 feet; thence southerly a distance of 123.26 feet along a nontangential curve 
66.12 	concave to the East having a radius of 1,940.98 feet and a central angle of 03 degrees 
66.13 	38 minutes 19 seconds the chord of said curve bears South 21 degrees 26 minutes 40 
66.14 	seconds East; thence southerly a distance of 65.42 feet to the point of beginning along 
66.15 	a compound curve concave to the East having a radius of 4,033.00 feet and a central 
66.16 	angle of 00 degrees 55 minutes 46 seconds;
66.17 	(7) that part of Government Lot 5 of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, 
66.18 	Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and 
66.19 	Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway, 
66.20 	excepting therefrom that part described as follows:
66.21 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 5; thence North 89 degrees 
66.22 	56 minutes 18 seconds West assumed bearing along the south line of said Government 
66.23 	Lot 5 a distance of 70.48 feet to the point of beginning of the property to be described; 
66.24 	thence continue North 89 degrees 56 minutes 18 seconds West along said south line of 
66.25 	Government Lot 5 a distance of 40.01 feet; thence North 01 degree 30 minutes 25 seconds 
66.26 	East a distance of 6.08 feet; thence northerly a distance of 185.58 feet along a tangential 
66.27 	curve concave to the West having a radius of 4,427.00 feet and a central angle of 02 
66.28 	degrees 24 minutes 07 seconds; thence South 89 degrees 06 minutes 18 seconds West 
66.29 	not tangent to said curve a distance of 25.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 
66.30 	42 seconds West a distance of 539.13 feet; thence northerly a distance of 103.77 feet 
66.31 	along a tangential curve concave to the West having a radius of 1,524.65 feet and a 
66.32 	central angle of 03 degrees 53 minutes 59 seconds; thence northerly a distance of 159.33 
66.33 	feet along a compound curve concave to the West having a radius of 522.45 feet and a 
66.34 	central angle of 17 degrees 28 minutes 23 seconds; thence northwesterly a distance of 
66.35 	86.78 feet along a tangential curve concave to the West having a radius of 1,240.87 feet 
67.1 	and a central angle of 04 degrees 00 minutes 25 seconds; thence North 26 degrees 16 
67.2 	minutes 30 seconds West tangent to said curve a distance of 92.39 feet; thence 
67.3 	northwesterly a distance of 178.12 feet along a tangential curve concave to the East 
67.4 	having a radius of 4,098.00 feet and a central angle of 02 degrees 29 minutes 25 seconds 
67.5 	to a point on the north line of said Government Lot 5 which is 331.48 feet from the 
67.6 	northeast corner thereof as measured along said north line; thence South 89 degrees 56 
67.7 	minutes 54 seconds East along said north line of Government Lot 5 a distance of 71.17 
67.8 	feet; thence southeasterly a distance of 146.53 feet along a nontangential curve concave 
67.9 	to the East having a radius of 4,033.00 feet and a central angle of 02 degrees 04 minutes 
67.10 	54 seconds the chord of said curve bears South 25 degrees 14 minutes 03 seconds East; 
67.11 	thence South 26 degrees 16 minutes 30 seconds East tangent to said curve a distance of 
67.12 	92.39 feet; thence southerly a distance of 91.33 feet along a tangential curve concave 
67.13 	to the West having a radius of 1,305.87 feet and a central angle of 04 degrees 00 minutes 
67.14 	25 seconds; thence southerly a distance of 179.15 feet along a tangential curve concave 
67.15 	to the West having a radius of 587.45 feet and a central angle of 17 degrees 28 minutes 
67.16 	23 seconds; thence southerly a distance of 108.20 feet along a compound curve concave 
67.17 	to the West having a radius of 1,589.65 feet and a central angle of 03 degrees 53 minutes 
67.18 	59 seconds; thence South 00 degrees 53 minutes 42 seconds East tangent to said curve 
67.19 	a distance of 539.13 feet; thence southerly a distance of 187.26 feet along a tangential 
67.20 	curve concave to the West having a radius of 4,467.00 feet and a central angle of 02 
67.21 	degrees 24 minutes 07 seconds; thence South 01 degree 30 minutes 25 seconds West 
67.22 	tangent to said curve a distance of 5.07 feet to the point of beginning; and
67.23 	(8) that part of Government Lot 4 of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, 
67.24 	Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and 
67.25 	Northwestern Railroad and northerly of the following described line:
67.26 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence North 89 degrees 
67.27 	55 minutes 42 seconds West assumed bearing along the south line of said Government 
67.28 	Lot 4 a distance of 312.44 feet to corner B205, MNDOT Right-of-Way Plat No. 19-93, 
67.29 	according to the recorded map thereof; thence continue North 89 degrees 55 minutes 42 
67.30 	seconds West along said south line of Government Lot 4 a distance of 318.00 feet to the 
67.31 	easterly right-of-way of Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence northerly along 
67.32 	said railroad right-of-way a distance of 387.97 feet along a nontangential curve concave 
67.33 	to the West having a radius of 2,963.54 feet and a central angle of 07 degrees 30 minutes 
67.34 	03 seconds, the chord of said curve bears North 00 degrees 42 minutes 41 seconds East; 
67.35 	thence North 03 degrees 02 minutes 21 seconds West tangent to said curve along said 
68.1 	railroad right-of-way a distance of 619.45 feet to the point of beginning of the line to 
68.2 	be described; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 417.92 
68.3 	feet; thence North 18 degrees 18 minutes 58 seconds East a distance of 317.52 feet to a 
68.4 	point on the north line of said Government Lot 4 which is 135.00 feet from the northeast 
68.5 	corner thereof as measured along said north line and there terminating.
68.6 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 38A.] Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State 
68.7 	Park, St. Louis County. The following areas are added to Lake Vermilion-Soudan 
68.8 	Underground Mine State Park, St. Louis County, and are designated as the Granelda Unit:
68.9 	(1) Lot 3 of Section 28 and Lot 5 of Section 29 in Township 63 North of Range 17, all 
68.10 	West of the 4th Principal Meridian, according to the United States Government Survey 
68.11 	thereof;
68.12 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, the Northwest Quarter, the Southeast 
68.13 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and Lots 
68.14 	numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 29 in Township 63 North of Range 17, all West of the 
68.15 	4th Principal Meridian, according to the United States Government survey thereof;
68.16 	(3) Lots 1 and 2 of Section 32 in Township 63 North of Range 17, all West of the 4th 
68.17 	Principal Meridian, according to the United States Government Survey thereof; and
68.18 	(4) Lot 4 of Section 23 in Township 63 North of Range 18, all West of the 4th Principal 
68.19 	Meridian, according to the United States Government Survey thereof.

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

68.21 	Sec. 96. ADDITION TO STATE RECREATION AREA.
 68.22 	[85.013] [Subd. 12a.] Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, St. Louis 
68.23 	County. The following area is added to Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, 
68.24 	St. Louis County: that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, 
68.25 	Township 58 North, Range 17 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the 
68.26 	following described line:
68.27 	Commencing at the West quarter corner of said Section 15; thence North 01 degree 24 
68.28 	minutes 27 seconds West, bearing assumed, along the west line of said South Half of 
68.29 	the Northwest Quarter a distance of 1,034.09 feet to a 3/4-inch rebar with plastic cap 
68.30 	stamped "MN DNR LS 44974" (DM) and the point of beginning; thence South 62 degrees 
68.31 	44 minutes 07 seconds East 405.24 feet to a DM; thence South 82 degrees 05 minutes 
68.32 	24 seconds East 314.95 feet to a DM; thence South 86 degrees 18 minutes 01 second 
68.33 	East 269.23 feet to a DM; thence North 81 degrees 41 minutes 24 seconds East 243.61 
69.1 	feet to a DM; thence North 71 degrees 48 minutes 05 seconds East 478.17 feet to a DM; 
69.2 	thence North 60 degrees 53 minutes 38 seconds East 257.32 feet to a DM; thence South 
69.3 	09 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds East 179.09 feet to a DM; thence South 49 degrees 
69.4 	16 minutes 00 seconds East 127.27 feet to a DM; thence South 50 degrees 16 minutes 
69.5 	11 seconds East 187.13 feet to a DM; thence South 67 degrees 11 minutes 35 seconds 
69.6 	East 189.33 feet to a DM; thence South 67 degrees 13 minutes 16 seconds East 209.43 
69.7 	feet to a DM; thence South 80 degrees 39 minutes 19 seconds East 167.59 feet to a DM 
69.8 	on the east line of said South Half of the Northwest Quarter, and there terminating.

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

69.10 	Sec. 97. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 69.11 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 18.] Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County. The 
69.12 	following areas are deleted from Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County:
69.13 	(1) all of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West of the 4th Principal Meridian 
69.14 	lying westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of the existing Minnesota Trunk Highway 
69.15 	No. 13, excepting the right-of-way owned by the Chicago and Northwestern railway 
69.16 	company; and
69.17 	(2) all of Section 28, Township 28 North, Range 23 West of the 4th Principal Meridian 
69.18 	bounded by the Dakota County line along the Minnesota River and the following described 
69.19 	lines: Beginning at the south line of said Section 28 at its intersection with the westerly 
69.20 	right-of-way line of the existing Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 13; thence northerly along 
69.21 	the said westerly right-of-way line of existing Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 13 to the 
69.22 	southerly right-of-way line of existing Minnesota Trunk Highway Nos. 55 and 100; thence 
69.23 	along the existing southerly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway Nos. 55 and 
69.24 	100 to the westerly right-of-way line owned by the Chicago and Northwestern railway 
69.25 	company; thence northeasterly along the said westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago and 
69.26 	Northwestern railway to the east line of said Section 28, excepting therefrom the right-of-way 
69.27 	owned by the Chicago and Northwestern railway company.
69.28 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 43.] Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County. The following 
69.29 	area is deleted from Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County: a tract of land located in the 
69.30 	Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 108 North, Range 27 
69.31 	West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, more particularly 
69.32 	described as follows:
70.1 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 21; thence on an assumed bearing 
70.2 	of South 01 degree 31 minutes 27 seconds East, along the west line of the Northwest 
70.3 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 21, a distance of 545.00 feet, to the 
70.4 	south line of the North 545.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
70.5 	of said Section 21, also being the south line of Minneopa Cemetery and the point of 
70.6 	beginning of the tract to be herein described; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 26 
70.7 	seconds East, along said south line of Minneopa Cemetery, a distance of 228.95 feet; 
70.8 	thence southwesterly 58.5 feet, more or less, to the intersection of the west line of Block 
70.9 	188 and the northerly line of the railroad right-of-way, said point of intersection being 
70.10 	31.90 feet distant, measured at right angles from the south line of said Minneopa 
70.11 	Cemetery; thence continue southwesterly along said railroad right-of-way 187 feet, more 
70.12 	or less, to a point on the west line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
70.13 	said Section 21; thence North 01 degree 31 minutes 27 seconds West, along said west 
70.14 	line to the point of beginning.
70.15 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County. The 
70.16 	following areas are deleted from William O'Brien State Park, Washington County:
70.17 	(1) those parts of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 20 West, Washington County, 
70.18 	Minnesota, described as follows:
70.19 	The West two rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West two 
70.20 	rods of the North two rods of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and the 
70.21 	East two rods of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; and
70.22 	(2) the East two rods over and across the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
70.23 	excepting therefrom the North 200 feet of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter. 
70.24 	Also, the West 2 rods of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, excepting therefrom 
70.25 	the North 266 feet of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter. Also, the South 66 
70.26 	feet of the North 266 feet of that part of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
70.27 	lying southwesterly of the existing public road known as 199th Street North.

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

70.29 	Sec. 98. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CASS COUNTY.
 70.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
70.31 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
70.32 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
70.33 	errors and ensure accuracy.
71.1 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Cass County and is described as: the westerly 
71.2 	20.00 feet of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 16, Township 139 North, 
71.3 	Range 30 West, Cass County, Minnesota. The Grantor, its employees and agents only, 
71.4 	reserves a perpetual easement for ingress and egress over and across the above described 
71.5 	land.
71.6 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
71.7 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
71.8 	served if the land was returned to private ownership.

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

71.10 	Sec. 99. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; LAKE OF THE WOODS 
71.11 	COUNTY.
 71.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
71.13 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
71.14 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
71.15 	errors and ensure accuracy.
71.16 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Lake of the Woods County and is described 
71.17 	as: a strip of land lying in Government Lot 3, Section 5, Township 163 North, Range 34 
71.18 	West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota; said strip of 
71.19 	land being 33.00 feet in width lying 16.50 feet on each side of the following described 
71.20 	centerline:
71.21 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence North 00 degrees 
71.22 	09 minutes 28 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the east line of said Government 
71.23 	Lot 3, a distance of 690 feet, more or less, to the south line of that particular tract of land 
71.24 	deeded to the State of Minnesota according to Document No. 75286, on file and of record 
71.25 	in the Office of the Recorder, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota; thence South 89 
71.26 	degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds West, along said south line of that particular tract of 
71.27 	land, a distance of 200.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds East, 
71.28 	parallel with the east line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 40.00 feet; thence 
71.29 	South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of 16.50 feet to the point of 
71.30 	beginning of the centerline to be herein described; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 
71.31 	28 seconds East, parallel with the east line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 650.5 
71.32 	feet, more or less, to the south line of said Government Lot 3 and said centerline there 
71.33 	terminating.
72.1 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
72.2 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
72.3 	served if the land was returned to private ownership.

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

72.5 	Sec. 100. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 72.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
72.7 	natural resources may convey the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c) to a local 
72.8 	unit of government for no consideration.
72.9 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
72.10 	errors and ensure accuracy.
72.11 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as: that part 
72.12 	of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 52 North, Range 
72.13 	17 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows:
72.14 	Commencing at the quarter corner between Sections 27 and 28 of said Township 52 
72.15 	North, Range 17 West; thence running East 624 feet; thence North 629 feet to the point 
72.16 	of beginning; thence North 418 feet; thence East 208 feet; thence South 418 feet; thence 
72.17 	West 208 feet to the point of beginning.
72.18 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
72.19 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
72.20 	served if the land were conveyed to a local unit of government.

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

72.22 	Sec. 101. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 72.23 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
72.24 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
72.25 	described in paragraph (c).
72.26 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
72.27 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
72.28 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
72.29 	(1) Lot 5, Block 9, including part of vacated Seafield Street adjacent, Bristol Beach 1st 
72.30 	Division, Duluth (parcel 010-0300-01030); and
73.1 	(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Township 58, Range 
73.2 	15, Section 5, lying northerly of the northerly right-of-way line of the town of White road 
73.3 	running in an east-west direction connecting County Road No. 138 with State Highway No. 
73.4 	135 and lying westerly of the following described line: commencing at the northeast corner 
73.5 	of Government Lot 3; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 22 seconds West along the north 
73.6 	line of Government Lot 3 558.28 feet; thence South 27 degrees 50 minutes 01 second West 
73.7 	102.75 feet; thence South 41 degrees 51 minutes 46 seconds West 452.29 feet; thence South 
73.8 	28 degrees 19 minutes 22 seconds West 422.74 feet; thence South 30 degrees 55 minutes 
73.9 	42 seconds West 133.79 feet; thence southwesterly 210.75 feet along a tangential curve 
73.10 	concave to the southeast having a radius of 300 feet and a central angle of 40 degrees 15 
73.11 	minutes 00 seconds; thence South 09 degrees 19 minutes 19 seconds East tangent to said 
73.12 	curve 100.30 feet, more or less, to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
73.13 	Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East along said north line 40.44 
73.14 	feet to the point of beginning of the line; thence South 09 degrees 19 minutes 19 seconds 
73.15 	East 148 feet, more or less, to said right-of-way line and said line there terminating. Surface 
73.16 	only (parcel 570-0021-00112).
73.17 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
73.18 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

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

73.20 	Sec. 102. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
73.21 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 73.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
73.23 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
73.24 	in paragraph (c).
73.25 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
73.26 	errors and ensure accuracy.
73.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: the 
73.28 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 136 North, Range 34 
73.29 	West, Wadena County, Minnesota, except that part described as follows:
73.30 	Beginning at the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
73.31 	thence West 10 rods; thence South 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 8 rods to 
73.32 	the point of beginning and there terminating.
74.1 	(d) The land borders the Redeye River. The Department of Natural Resources has 
74.2 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's land 
74.3 	management interests would best be served if the land were returned to private ownership.

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

74.5 	Sec. 103. RIVERLANDS STATE FOREST; BOUNDARIES.
 74.6 	[89.021] [Subd. 42a.] Riverlands State Forest. The following areas are designated as 
74.7 	the Riverlands State Forest:
74.8 	(1) those parts of Carlton County in Township 49 North, Range 16 West, described as 
74.9 	follows:
74.10 	(i) Government Lots 4, 5, and 6, the westerly 50 feet of Government Lot 3, the easterly 
74.11 	50 feet of Government Lot 8, and Government Lot 7 except that part conveyed to the State 
74.12 	of Minnesota for highway right-of-way, Section 30;
74.13 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 and all of Government Lot 
74.14 	14 except the North 890 feet of the West 765 feet and except the railroad right-of-way, 
74.15 	Section 31; and
74.16 	(iii) the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of Section 32;
74.17 	(2) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 50 North, Range 17 West, described as 
74.18 	follows:
74.19 	(i) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 6 and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
74.20 	of Section 7;
74.21 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, and 3, that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 
74.22 	Quarter lying south of Township Road 5703, the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
74.23 	Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Southwest Quarter of the 
74.24 	Southeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northwest Quarter 
74.25 	of the Southeast Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15;
74.26 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 16;
74.27 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 17;
74.28 	(v) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 18;
74.29 	(vi) Government Lots 3, 7, 8, and 9, Section 22;
74.30 	(vii) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying within 50 feet of 
74.31 	the St. Louis River in Section 23;
75.1 	(viii) Government Lots 11 and 12 and that part of Government Lot 6 lying South of the 
75.2 	North 700 feet, except the railroad right-of-way, Section 26; and
75.3 	(ix) Government Lot 3 in Section 27;
75.4 	(3) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 50 North, Range 18 West, described as 
75.5 	follows:
75.6 	(i) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 10, the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
75.7 	the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
75.8 	Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, reserving a 66-foot-wide access 
75.9 	easement across Government Lot 2 for access to Grantor's property in Section 31, Township 
75.10 	51 North, Range 17 West, and that part of Government Lot 6, Section 1, and Government 
75.11 	Lot 6, Section 2, described as follows:
75.12 	Commencing at an iron pin at the centerline curve point of Trunk Highway No. 2, being 
75.13 	the Minnesota Department of Transportation Station No. 2637 + 00, said point bears 
75.14 	North 76 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds West, assumed bearing 762.00 feet from the 
75.15 	point of intersection of the tangent of said Trunk Highway No. 2, being an 
75.16 	aluminum-capped monument on the cap of which are stamped the figures "2644 62.0" 
75.17 	and the letters "PI," "Minn Highway Dept. Monument," thence South 13 degrees 42 
75.18 	minutes 00 seconds West 100.00 feet along the prolongation of the radial line from said 
75.19 	curve point, to the southerly right-of-way line of said Trunk Highway No. 2, the point 
75.20 	of beginning of the tract to be herein described; thence easterly 622.50 feet along said 
75.21 	southerly right-of-way line, along a nontangential curve, concave to the North, having 
75.22 	a radius of 5,830.00 feet, a central angle of 6 degrees 07 minutes 04 seconds, and the 
75.23 	chord of said curve bears South 79 degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds East; thence South 
75.24 	26 degrees 25 minutes 57 seconds West 284.19 feet; thence South 88 degrees 07 minutes 
75.25 	14 seconds West 769 feet, more or less, to the shore of the St. Louis River; thence 
75.26 	northerly along said shore to its intersection with a line that bears North 76 degrees 18 
75.27 	minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence South 76 degrees 18 
75.28 	minutes 00 seconds East 274 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, Section 1; and
75.29 	(ii) Government Lot 1, Section 12;
75.30 	(4) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 51 North, Range 17 West, described as 
75.31 	follows:
75.32 	(i) Government Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, Section 3;
76.1 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and the Northwest Quarter of the 
76.2 	Northeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and East Half of the Southeast 
76.3 	Quarter, Section 9;
76.4 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, 5, and 8 and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
76.5 	Section 16;
76.6 	(iv) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
76.7 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 20;
76.8 	(v) Government Lot 1 and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 29;
76.9 	(vi) Government Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 and the Northeast Quarter of 
76.10 	Southwest Quarter, Section 30; and
76.11 	(vii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Section 31;
76.12 	(5) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 51 North, Range 18 West, described as 
76.13 	follows:
76.14 	(i) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 27;
76.15 	(ii) Government Lot 1, Section 28, except railroad right-of-way;
76.16 	(iii) Government Lots 2, 3, and 4, Section 28;
76.17 	(iv) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 29;
76.18 	(v) Government Lots 2, 3, and 4, Section 30;
76.19 	(vi) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 35; and
76.20 	(vii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
76.21 	Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
76.22 	Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 36, reserving a 
76.23 	66-foot-wide access easement across Government Lots 5 and 6 and the Southwest Quarter 
76.24 	of the Southeast Quarter for access to Grantor's property in Section 31, Township 51 North, 
76.25 	Range 17 West;
76.26 	(6) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 51 North, Range 19 West, described as 
76.27 	follows:
76.28 	(i) that part of Government Lots 1, 2, and 3, Section 26, lying North of the St. Louis 
76.29 	River and Government Lot 7, Section 28;
76.30 	(ii) Government Lot 8, Section 28, lying northerly of G.N. right-of-way and Government 
76.31 	Lot 5, Section 30;
77.1 	(iii) Government Lots 7 and 10, Section 30, except right-of-way;
77.2 	(iv) Government Lot 9, Section 30; and
77.3 	(v) Government Lot 1, Section 31, lying northerly of the northerly railroad right-of-way 
77.4 	line;
77.5 	(7) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 51 North, Range 20 West, described as 
77.6 	follows:
77.7 	(i) Government Lot 2, Section 16;
77.8 	(ii) Government Lot 8, Section 22;
77.9 	(iii) Government Lot 3, Section 26;
77.10 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 36; and
77.11 	(v) Government Lots 6, 7, and 8, Section 36, except railroad right-of-way;
77.12 	(8) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 52 North, Range 15 West, described as 
77.13 	follows:
77.14 	(i) Government Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, Section 16;
77.15 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, Section 17, and Government Lot 6, Section 
77.16 	17, except the West 330 feet; and
77.17 	(iii) Government Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Section 19;
77.18 	(9) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 52 North, Range 16 West, described as 
77.19 	follows:
77.20 	(i) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
77.21 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
77.22 	Section 21;
77.23 	(ii) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and the Northeast Quarter of the 
77.24 	Northwest Quarter and Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 22;
77.25 	(iii) Government Lot 3, Section 23;
77.26 	(iv) Government Lot 2, Section 24;
77.27 	(v) Government Lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Section 25;
77.28 	(vi) Government Lot 1, Section 26;
77.29 	(vii) Government Lots 2 and 7, Section 26;
78.1 	(viii) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 27, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's 
78.2 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Government Lot 3 
78.3 	for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and Grantor's 
78.4 	presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government Lot 1, Section 
78.5 	27, said access road being measured 33 feet from each side of the centerline of that road 
78.6 	that is presently existing at various widths and running in a generally 
78.7 	southwesterly-northeasterly direction;
78.8 	(ix) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 28;
78.9 	(x) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 5 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
78.10 	and Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29;
78.11 	(xi) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 31, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's 
78.12 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Government Lots 
78.13 	1, 2, and 3 for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and 
78.14 	Grantor's presently owned lands that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government 
78.15 	Lot 4, Section 29, said access road being measured 33 feet from each side of the centerline 
78.16 	of that road that is presently existing at various widths and running in a generally East-West 
78.17 	direction and any future extensions thereof as may be reasonably necessary to provide the 
78.18 	access contemplated herein;
78.19 	(xii) Government Lots 5, 7, 8, and 9, Section 31;
78.20 	(xiii) Government Lots 1 and 2, an undivided two-thirds interest in the Northeast Quarter 
78.21 	of the Northwest Quarter, an undivided two-thirds interest in the Southeast Quarter of the 
78.22 	Northwest Quarter, and an undivided two-thirds interest in the Southwest Quarter of the 
78.23 	Northwest Quarter, Section 32, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns 
78.24 	an access road easement across the West 66 feet of the North 66 feet of said Government 
78.25 	Lot 1 for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and 
78.26 	Grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government 
78.27 	Lot 4, Section 29; and
78.28 	(xiv) Northeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter, Section 35;
78.29 	(10) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 52 North, Range 17 West, described 
78.30 	as follows:
78.31 	(i) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
78.32 	Quarter, Section 24, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns a 
78.33 	66-foot-wide access road easement across said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
79.1 	for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and Grantor's 
79.2 	presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government Lot 4, Section 
79.3 	29, Township 52 North, Range 16 West, said access road being measured 33 feet from each 
79.4 	side of the centerline of that road that is presently existing at various widths and running in 
79.5 	a generally North-South direction;
79.6 	(ii) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
79.7 	Section 25, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide 
79.8 	access road easement across said Government Lots 2 and 5 for the purpose of access to 
79.9 	Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and Grantor's presently owned land that 
79.10 	may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government Lot 6, Section 25, said access road 
79.11 	being measured 33 feet from each side of the centerline of that road that is presently existing 
79.12 	at various widths and running in a generally northwesterly-southeasterly direction and any 
79.13 	future extensions thereof as may be reasonably necessary to provide the access contemplated 
79.14 	herein;
79.15 	(iii) Government Lots 2, 4, 5, and 6 and all that part of Government Lot 3 lying East of 
79.16 	U.S. Highway 53, Section 26, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns 
79.17 	a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Government Lots 2 and 3 for the purpose 
79.18 	of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and Grantor's presently owned 
79.19 	land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government Lot 1, Section 26, said access 
79.20 	road being measured 33 feet from each side of the centerline of that road that is presently 
79.21 	existing at various widths and running in a generally southwesterly-northeasterly direction 
79.22 	and reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road 
79.23 	easement across said Government Lots 4, 5, and 6 for the purpose of access to Grantor's or 
79.24 	Grantor's successors or assigns land and Grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, 
79.25 	assigned, or transferred in Government Lot 6, Section 25, said access road being measured 
79.26 	33 feet from each side of the centerline of that road that is presently existing at various 
79.27 	widths and running in a generally southwesterly-northeasterly direction and any future 
79.28 	extensions thereof as may be reasonably necessary to provide the access contemplated 
79.29 	herein; and
79.30 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, and 3, Section 36, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's 
79.31 	successors and assigns an access road easement across the West 66 feet of said Government 
79.32 	Lot 2 for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or assigns land and 
79.33 	Grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in the Southwest 
79.34 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 36;
80.1 	(11) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 52 North, Range 19 West, described 
80.2 	as follows:
80.3 	(i) Government Lot 1, Section 16;
80.4 	(ii) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 17; and
80.5 	(iii) Government Lot 1, Section 19;
80.6 	(12) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 52 North, Range 20 West, described 
80.7 	as follows:
80.8 	(i) Government Lots 2, 3, and 4, Section 13;
80.9 	(ii) Government Lot 6, Section 24;
80.10 	(iii) that part of Government Lot 8, Section 24, described as follows:
80.11 	Commencing at the West Quarter corner of said Section 24, which is also the northwest 
80.12 	corner of Government Lot 8; thence South 01 degree 36 minutes 01 second East (bearing 
80.13 	assigned) 1,230.11 feet along the west line of Government Lot 8 to the centerline of St. 
80.14 	Louis County Highway 29 and the point of beginning; thence North 46 degrees 59 
80.15 	minutes 59 seconds East along said centerline 445.91 feet; thence South 43 degrees 00 
80.16 	minutes 01 second East 82.57 feet to an iron pipe monument on the westerly bank of 
80.17 	the St. Louis River; thence continuing South 43 degrees 00 minutes 01 second East 30 
80.18 	feet, more or less, to the water's edge of the St. Louis River; thence southwesterly along 
80.19 	said water's edge to the west line of said Government Lot 8; thence North 01 degree 36 
80.20 	minutes 01 second West along the west line of said Government Lot 8 to the point of 
80.21 	beginning;
80.22 	(iv) Government Lots 3, 4, and 5 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
80.23 	Section 26; and
80.24 	(v) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 34;
80.25 	(13) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 53 North, Range 13 West, described 
80.26 	as follows:
80.27 	(i) all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying North and West 
80.28 	of the Little Cloquet River, Section 4;
80.29 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
80.30 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
80.31 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
81.1 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
81.2 	Section 5;
81.3 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, and 4 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
81.4 	Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
81.5 	Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
81.6 	Section 6;
81.7 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
81.8 	Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
81.9 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
81.10 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
81.11 	Quarter, Section 7;
81.12 	(v) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
81.13 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
81.14 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
81.15 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
81.16 	Quarter, Section 8;
81.17 	(vi) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
81.18 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
81.19 	Quarter, Section 17;
81.20 	(vii) Government Lots 1 and 4, Section 29;
81.21 	(viii) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
81.22 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
81.23 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
81.24 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
81.25 	Section 30; and
81.26 	(ix) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 31;
81.27 	(14) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Section 36, Township 53 North, 
81.28 	Range 14 West, St. Louis County;
81.29 	(15) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 53 North, Range 18 West, described 
81.30 	as follows:
81.31 	(i) Government Lots 3, 6, 7, and 8, Section 6; and
81.32 	(ii) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 7;
82.1 	(16) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 53 North, Range 19 West, described 
82.2 	as follows:
82.3 	(i) all that part of Government Lot 5 lying within 50 feet of the St. Louis River, Section 
82.4 	5, and Government Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Section 12;
82.5 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9, Section 13;
82.6 	(iii) all that portion of Government Lot 1, Section 23, that lies within 50 feet of the East 
82.7 	bank of the Whiteface River at mean stage of water;
82.8 	(iv) all that portion of Government Lots 2, 4, and 5, Section 23, that lies within 50 feet 
82.9 	of the West bank of the Whiteface River at mean stage of water;
82.10 	(v) all that part of Government Lot 7, Section 23, lying West of the former DM&IR 
82.11 	railroad right-of-way;
82.12 	(vi) Government Lots 8 and 10, Section 23;
82.13 	(vii) all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 23, lying 
82.14 	West of the former DM&IR railroad right-of-way;
82.15 	(viii) Government Lots 5, 7, and 8, Section 31; and
82.16 	(ix) Government Lot 5, Section 33;
82.17 	(17) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 54 North, Range 13 West, described 
82.18 	as follows:
82.19 	(i) Government Lots 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Section 20;
82.20 	(ii) Government Lots 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
82.21 	Section 21;
82.22 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, Section 29;
82.23 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10, Section 30; and
82.24 	(v) Government Lots 5, 6, and 7 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
82.25 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
82.26 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
82.27 	Section 31;
82.28 	(18) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 54 North, Range 16 West, described 
82.29 	as follows:
83.1 	(i) Government Lots 2, 3, and 4 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
83.2 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
83.3 	and Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 1;
83.4 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
83.5 	Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
83.6 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
83.7 	Quarter, and Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 2;
83.8 	(iii) all that part of Government Lot 9 lying South of the Whiteface River and West of 
83.9 	County Road 547, also known as Comstock Lake Road, Section 3; and
83.10 	(iv) Government Lots 3 and 4 and the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and 
83.11 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 10;
83.12 	(19) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 54 North, Range 18 West, described 
83.13 	as follows:
83.14 	(i) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, except the railroad right-of-way, Section 
83.15 	15;
83.16 	(ii) Government Lot 2, except the North 660 feet of the East 990 feet, Section 16;
83.17 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Section 16;
83.18 	(iv) Government Lot 3, Section 20;
83.19 	(v) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Section 21;
83.20 	(vi) Government Lots 1, 4, 5, and 7, Section 22;
83.21 	(vii) those parts of Government Lots 2 and 9, except railroad right-of-way, Section 22;
83.22 	(viii) all that part of Government Lot 6, Section 22, lying West of the Duluth Mesaba 
83.23 	and Northern Railway Company's right-of-way;
83.24 	(ix) Government Lot 9, Section 22, except the following parcels:
83.25 	(A) beginning at a point where the south line of company road, called Kelsey Road, 
83.26 	intersects with the west line of the right-of-way of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway 
83.27 	on the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 22, Township 54, Range 18; 
83.28 	thence West along the south line of said company road 627 feet; thence South 348 1/3 feet; 
83.29 	thence East 627 feet to the west line of the right-of-way of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern 
83.30 	Railway; thence North on the west line of said right-of-way 348 1/3 feet to commencement;
84.1 	(B) beginning at the quarter corner between Sections 22 and 23, Township 54, Range 
84.2 	18; thence running North along the section line 114 feet, 6 inches, to the south line of Kelsey 
84.3 	Road; thence northwesterly along the south line of Kelsey Road 348 feet, 8 inches, to the 
84.4 	boundary of the right-of-way of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway, thence South 
84.5 	along the easterly boundary of the right-of-way of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway 
84.6 	274 feet to the quarter line on Section 22; thence easterly along said quarter line 304 feet, 
84.7 	6 inches, to the point of beginning; and
84.8 	(C) commencing at the southwest corner of Riverside Cemetery as recorded in "P" of 
84.9 	Plats, Page 15; thence easterly along the south line of said cemetery to a point where said 
84.10 	cemetery line intersects the westerly line of Highway No. 7, also known as Mesaba Trunk 
84.11 	Highway; thence southerly along the westerly line of said Highway No. 7 to a point where 
84.12 	said westerly line of said Highway No. 7 intersects the south line of Lot 9, Section 22, 
84.13 	Township 54, Range 18; thence westerly along the southerly line of said Lot 9 to a point 
84.14 	where the southerly line intersects the easterly line of the DM & N Railway Company's 
84.15 	right-of-way; thence northerly along the easterly side of said DM & N Railway Company's 
84.16 	right-of-way to beginning;
84.17 	(x) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Section 29;
84.18 	(xi) Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 30; and
84.19 	(xii) Government Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Section 31;
84.20 	(20) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 54 North, Range 19 West, described 
84.21 	as follows:
84.22 	(i) Government Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, Section 5;
84.23 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Section 8;
84.24 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Section 20;
84.25 	(iv) Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 29;
84.26 	(v) Government Lot 1, Section 32;
84.27 	(vi) Government Lot 5, except the South 1,320 feet, Section 32; and
84.28 	(vii) Government Lot 2, Section 33;
84.29 	(21) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 55 North, Range 15 West, described 
84.30 	as follows:
84.31 	(i) Governments Lot 1 and 2, Section 11;
85.1 	(ii) Government Lot 9, except Highway 4 right-of-way, Section 11;
85.2 	(iii) Government Lot 10, except Highway 4 right-of-way, Section 11;
85.3 	(iv) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Section 15;
85.4 	(v) Government Lots 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and the Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter, 
85.5 	Section 21;
85.6 	(vi) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's 
85.7 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access easement across said Southwest Quarter of 
85.8 	the Northeast Quarter for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or 
85.9 	assigns land and Grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred 
85.10 	in Government Lot 4, Section 21, Township 55 North, Range 15 West, said access road 
85.11 	being measured 33 feet on each side of the centerline of that road that is presently existing 
85.12 	and known as the Whiteface Truck Trail, Section 21;
85.13 	(vii) Government Lots 1, 2, and 3, Section 22;
85.14 	(viii) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
85.15 	Section 28;
85.16 	(ix) Government Lots 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
85.17 	Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
85.18 	Section 29;
85.19 	(x) Government Lots 3 and 4 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
85.20 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
85.21 	Section 30;
85.22 	(xi) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and the Northeast Quarter of the 
85.23 	Southwest Quarter, Section 31; and
85.24 	(xii) Government Lot 1, Section 32;
85.25 	(22) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 55 North, Range 16 West, described 
85.26 	as follows:
85.27 	(i) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's 
85.28 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Southwest Quarter 
85.29 	of the Southeast Quarter for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or 
85.30 	assigns land and Grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred 
85.31 	in Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 54 North, Range 16 West, Section 35; and
86.1 	(ii) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, reserving unto Grantor and Grantor's 
86.2 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Southeast Quarter 
86.3 	of the Southeast Quarter for the purpose of access to Grantor's or Grantor's successors or 
86.4 	assigns land and Grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred 
86.5 	in Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 54 North, Range 16 West, Section 35;
86.6 	(23) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 55 North, Range 19 West, described 
86.7 	as follows:
86.8 	(i) an undivided two-thirds interest in Government Lot 1, Section 2;
86.9 	(ii) Government Lots 2, 9, 10, and 12, Section 2;
86.10 	(iii) Government Lot 11, Section 2, except railroad right-of-way;
86.11 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, Section 10;
86.12 	(v) Government Lot 4, Section 11;
86.13 	(vi) Government Lots 1, 2, 6, 7, and 13, Section 15;
86.14 	(vii) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 16;
86.15 	(viii) Government Lots 1 and 3 and the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and 
86.16 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 22;
86.17 	(ix) Government Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
86.18 	Quarter, Section 29;
86.19 	(x) Government Lot 6, Section 30; and
86.20 	(xi) Government Lots 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Section 31;
86.21 	(24) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 56 North, Range 17 West, described 
86.22 	as follows:
86.23 	(i) Government Lots 2 and 8 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and 
86.24 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 3;
86.25 	(ii) Government Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, Section 3; and
86.26 	(iii) Government Lots 6 and 9, that part of Government Lot 8 lying North of Highway 
86.27 	No. 53, and that part of Government Lot 7 lying West of Highway No. 53, Section 4;
86.28 	(25) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 56 North, Range 18 West, described 
86.29 	as follows:
86.30 	(i) Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 2;
87.1 	(ii) Government Lots 5, 7, and 9 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
87.2 	Section 3;
87.3 	(iii) all that part of Government Lot 11, except the following described parcel of land:
87.4 	Beginning at a point that is located 958 feet North of the southeast corner of said 
87.5 	Government Lot 11, which corner is also the southeast corner of said Section 3, and 33 
87.6 	feet West of the east line of said Lot 11; thence running North parallel with the east line 
87.7 	of said Lot 11 a distance of 700.5 feet to a point; thence southwesterly to a point that is 
87.8 	331.5 feet West and 1226 feet North of the southeast corner of said Lot 11; thence 
87.9 	southerly parallel with the east line of said lot, a distance of 268 feet to a point; thence 
87.10 	easterly a distance of 298.5 feet to the place of beginning, Section 3;
87.11 	(iv) Government Lot 12, Section 3, except the following described parcels of land:
87.12 	(A) commencing at a point along the East and West One-Quarter line of said Section 3, 
87.13 	which point is 33 feet West of the East One-Quarter corner of said Section 3, said point 
87.14 	being on the west right-of-way line of County Highway No. 7; thence westerly along said 
87.15 	quarter line for a distance of 300 feet to a point; thence southerly at right angles and parallel 
87.16 	to the highway right-of-way in question for a distance of 300 feet to a point; thence easterly 
87.17 	for a distance of 300 feet to a point in the west right-of-way line of County Highway No. 
87.18 	7; thence northerly along the west right-of-way line of County Highway No. 7 for a distance 
87.19 	of 300 feet to the point of beginning;
87.20 	(B) commencing at the East Quarter corner of said Section 3; thence westerly along the 
87.21 	East/West Quarter line of said Section 3 a distance of 33.00 feet to the westerly right-of-way 
87.22 	line of County Highway No. 7; thence continuing westerly along said East/West Quarter 
87.23 	line a distance of 300.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence southerly, parallel with the 
87.24 	westerly right-of-way line of County Highway No. 7 a distance of 400.00 feet; thence 
87.25 	westerly, parallel with said East/West Quarter line to the easterly right-of-way line of the 
87.26 	DM&IR Railroad; thence northerly along said easterly right-of-way line to said East/West 
87.27 	Quarter line; thence easterly along said East/West Quarter line to the point of beginning; 
87.28 	and
87.29 	(C) the East 33 feet of the North 300 feet of said Government Lot 12;
87.30 	(v) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 4;
87.31 	(vi) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 7;
87.32 	(vii) Government Lots 6 and 7, Section 8;
87.33 	(viii) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 9;
88.1 	(ix) Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 17;
88.2 	(x) Government Lots 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 and the Southeast Quarter of the 
88.3 	Northwest Quarter, Section 18;
88.4 	(xi) Government Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
88.5 	Quarter, Section 19;
88.6 	(xii) Government Lots 1, 5, 8, and 9, Section 20;
88.7 	(xiii) Government Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and Government Lot 3, except for 1.0 acre for 
88.8 	cemetery, Section 29;
88.9 	(xiv) Government Lot 9, Section 30;
88.10 	(xv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11, Section 31; and
88.11 	(xvi) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 32;
88.12 	(26) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 56 North, Range 19 West, described 
88.13 	as follows:
88.14 	(i) Government Lot 1, Section 35;
88.15 	(ii) Government Lot 2, Section 35; and
88.16 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and the Southeast Quarter of the 
88.17 	Southeast Quarter and Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 36;
88.18 	(27) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 57 North, Range 16 West, described 
88.19 	as follows:
88.20 	(i) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
88.21 	Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
88.22 	Quarter, Section 12; and
88.23 	(ii) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 15; and
88.24 	(28) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 57 North, Range 17 West, described 
88.25 	as follows:
88.26 	(i) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Southwest Quarter of the 
88.27 	Southwest Quarter, Section 25; and
88.28 	(ii) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the 
88.29 	Southeast Quarter, Section 26.

89.1 	Sec. 104. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
 89.2 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
89.3 	other law to the contrary, Aitkin County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
89.4 	described in paragraph (c).
89.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
89.6 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
89.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as:
89.8 	The North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying East of 275th 
89.9 	Avenue in Section 11, Township 47 North, Range 25 West, Aitkin County, Minnesota  
89.10 	(part of parcel 15-0-017700).
89.11 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
89.12 	be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

89.13 	Sec. 105. GOODHUE COUNTY; LAND TRANSFERS.
 89.14 		Subdivision 1.Land transfers. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, 
89.15 	subdivision 1, Goodhue County may sell, lease, or otherwise convey county-owned land 
89.16 	that abuts Lake Byllesby to adjoining property owners who after the transfer will have direct 
89.17 	access to Lake Byllesby. Any sale, lease, or other conveyance must be for the market value 
89.18 	of the property as appraised by the county. A sale, lease, or other conveyance under this 
89.19 	section must reserve to the county mineral rights according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
89.20 	373.01, and flowage easements relating to water levels of Lake Byllesby.
89.21 	(b) This section does not apply to any county-owned land that has been developed by 
89.22 	the county as public parkland.
89.23 		Subd. 2.Effective date; local approval. This section is effective the day after the 
89.24 	governing body of Goodhue County and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota 
89.25 	Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

89.26 	Sec. 106. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 89.27 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
89.28 	other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
89.29 	described in paragraph (c).
89.30 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
89.31 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
90.1 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Itasca County and are described as:
90.2 	(1) all that part of Government Lot 2, Section 27, Township 145 North, Range 26 West, 
90.3 	lying northeasterly of the northeasterly right-of-way line of CSAH 39 and northwesterly of 
90.4 	the following described line: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 
90.5 	2; thence South 89 degrees 21 minutes East, along the north line of said Government Lot 
90.6 	2 a distance of 286 feet, more or less, to a point on the northeasterly right-of-way line of 
90.7 	the CSAH 39 right-of-way; thence South 51 degrees 01 minute East, 260.41 feet to the point 
90.8 	of beginning of the line to be described; thence North 42 degrees 11 minutes East to intersect 
90.9 	the water's edge of Ball Club Lake and there said line terminates; and
90.10 	(2) the South two rods of the East 16 rods of Government Lot 14, Section 4, Township 
90.11 	60 North, Range 26 West of the Fourth Principle Meridian, containing approximately 0.20 
90.12 	acres.
90.13 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
90.14 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

90.15 	Sec. 107. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATERS; 
90.16 	ROSEAU COUNTY.
 90.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
90.18 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus island located in 
90.19 	public water that is described in paragraph (d) to a local unit of government for less than 
90.20 	market value.
90.21 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
90.22 	errors and ensure accuracy.
90.23 	(c) The land described in paragraph (d) may be sold by quit claim deed and the 
90.24 	conveyance must provide that the land described in paragraph (d) be used for the public 
90.25 	and reverts to the state if the local unit of government fails to provide for public use or 
90.26 	abandons the public use of the land. The conveyance is subject to a flowage easement held 
90.27 	by the United States of America.
90.28 	(d) The land that may be conveyed is located in Roseau County and is described as: an 
90.29 	unsurveyed island located in the approximate center of the South Half of the Southeast 
90.30 	Quarter of Section 29, Township 163 North, Range 36 West, Roseau County, Minnesota; 
90.31 	said island contains 6.7 acres, more or less (parcel identification number 563199100).
90.32 	(e) The island is located in Warroad River and was created after statehood when dredge 
90.33 	spoils were deposited on a sandbar in the Warroad River. The Department of Natural 
91.1 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes, the 
91.2 	conveyance would further the public interest, and the state's land management interests 
91.3 	would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of government for a public 
91.4 	park and other public use.

91.5 	Sec. 108. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 91.6 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
91.7 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
91.8 	described in paragraph (c).
91.9 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
91.10 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
91.11 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
91.12 	(1) the South Half of the North Half of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the 
91.13 	Northwest Quarter, except the East 470 feet and except the part taken for a road, Township 
91.14 	50 North, Range 15 West, Section 29 (parcel identification number 395-0010-08713);
91.15 	(2) the East 271 feet of the West 371 feet of the North 669.94 feet of the Northwest 
91.16 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 61 North, Range 15 West of the 
91.17 	Fourth Principal Meridian. Together with the West 100 feet of the North 669.94 feet of the 
91.18 	Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 61 North, Range 15 
91.19 	West of the Fourth Principal Meridian, which lies South of the North 300 feet thereof (part 
91.20 	of parcel identification number 410-0024-00550);
91.21 	(3) the West 371 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, 
91.22 	Township 61 North, Range 15 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian, which lies South of 
91.23 	the North 669.94 feet thereof (part of parcel identification number 410-0024-00550); and
91.24 	(4) the Northeast Quarter, except the Southwest Quarter, and the North Half of the 
91.25 	Northwest Quarter, Township 52 North, Range 19 West, Section 24 (part of parcel 
91.26 	identification number 470-0010-03830).
91.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
91.28 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

91.29 	Sec. 109. ST. LOUIS COUNTY; LAND LEASE.
 91.30 		Subdivision 1.St. Louis County; lease. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
91.31 	16A.695 and 282.04, St. Louis County may lease property legally described as part of 
92.1 	Government Lot 5 except the lake portion of Embarrass Mine, Township 58, Range 15 
92.2 	West, Section 5, for use as a water intake and water treatment project under Laws 2018, 
92.3 	chapter 214, article 1, section 22, subdivision 6, for consideration of more than $12,000 per 
92.4 	year and for a period exceeding ten years.
92.5 		Subd. 2.Department of Natural Resources; lease. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
92.6 	section 92.50, or other law to the contrary, the commissioner may lease property in Township 
92.7 	58, Range 15, Section 5, for use as a water intake and water treatment project under Laws 
92.8 	2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 22, subdivision 6, for a period exceeding 21 years, 
92.9 	including a lease term of 40 years.

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

92.11 	Sec. 110. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 92.12 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
92.13 	other law to the contrary, Beltrami County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
92.14 	described in paragraph (c).
92.15 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
92.16 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
92.17 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
92.18 	(1) the East 285 feet of the North 55 feet of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, 
92.19 	Section 13, Township 149 North, Range 32 West of the Fifth Principle Meridian (parcel 
92.20 	identification number 16.00170.00);
92.21 	(2) Lot 6, Block 12, Plat of Redby, Section 19, Township 151 North, Range 33 West 
92.22 	(parcel identification number 36.00027.00);
92.23 	(3) Lot 7, Block 16, Plat of Redby, Section 20, Township 151 North, Range 33 West 
92.24 	(parcel identification number 36.00052.00);
92.25 	(4) Lot 8, Block 16, Plat of Redby, Section 20, Township 151 North, Range 33 West 
92.26 	(parcel identification number 36.00053.00);
92.27 	(5) Lot 9, Block 16, Plat of Redby, Section 20, Township 151 North, Range 33 West 
92.28 	(parcel identification number 36.00054.00);
92.29 	(6) Lots 10, 11, and 12, Block 16, Plat of Redby, Section 20, Township 151 North, 
92.30 	Range 33 West (parcel identification number 36.00055.00);
93.1 	(7) the southerly 200 feet of vacated Block 28, Plat of Redby, less the northerly 75 feet 
93.2 	of the westerly 150 feet thereof and less the easterly 170 feet thereof, Section 20, Township 
93.3 	151 North, Range 33 West (parcel identification number 36.00077.00);
93.4 	(8) Lot 4, Block 29, Plat of Redby, Section 20, Township 151 North, Range 33 West 
93.5 	(parcel identification number 36.00081.00); and
93.6 	(9) Lot 1, Block 62, Plat of Redby, Section 19, Township 151 North, Range 33 West 
93.7 	(parcel identification number 36.00148.00).
93.8 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
93.9 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

93.10 	Sec. 111. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
93.11 	SHERBURNE COUNTY.
 93.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
93.13 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
93.14 	water that is described in paragraph (c) to a local unit of government for less than market 
93.15 	value.
93.16 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
93.17 	errors and ensure accuracy.
93.18 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Sherburne County and is described as: that 
93.19 	part of Government Lot 3, Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 28 West, described as 
93.20 	follows:
93.21 	The East 400 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 28 West, 
93.22 	according to the United States Government survey thereof.
93.23 	(d) The land borders Big Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has determined 
93.24 	that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management 
93.25 	interests would best be served if the land were conveyed to a local unit of government.

93.26 	Sec. 112. RULEMAKING; WALLEYE AND SAUGER POSSESSION LIMIT.
 93.27 	(a) By March 1, 2022, the commissioner of natural resources must amend Minnesota 
93.28 	Rules, part 6262.0200, subpart 1, item F, to provide that the daily and possession limit for 
93.29 	walleye and sauger in all inland waters is six in aggregate and no more than four may be 
93.30 	walleye.
94.1 	(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, 
94.2 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota 
94.3 	Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
94.4 	section 14.388.

94.5 	Sec. 113. AMENDING FEEDLOT PERMITS.
 94.6 	The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must, when necessary, amend all 
94.7 	general and individual permits for feedlots to conform with Minnesota Statutes, section 
94.8 	116.07, subdivision 7, paragraph (h).

94.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from February 1, 2021.

94.10 	Sec. 114. TIMBER PERMITS; ADDRESSING MARKET CHANGES.
 94.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 90.151, all unexpired timber permits 
94.12 	issued before January 1, 2021, are extended two years beyond the expiration date specified 
94.13 	in the permit.
94.14 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, the holder of a permit to cut and 
94.15 	remove timber issued under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, before January 1, 2021, may 
94.16 	surrender the permit for cancellation to the commissioner of natural resources for a full 
94.17 	refund of the permit down payment and security deposit if:
94.18 	(1) the timber authorized to be cut under the permit is comprised of at least 25 percent 
94.19 	spruce, balsam, or birch; and
94.20 	(2) the permit holder has not begun cutting timber under the permit.
94.21 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, when the holder of a permit to cut 
94.22 	and remove timber issued under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, has begun cutting timber 
94.23 	under the permit, the permit holder may surrender the permit for cancellation to the 
94.24 	commissioner of natural resources under the terms of paragraph (d) if the timber authorized 
94.25 	to be cut under the permit is comprised of at least 25 percent spruce, balsam, or birch.
94.26 	(d) To be eligible for surrender under paragraph (c), the permit must have been issued 
94.27 	before January 1, 2021. The permit holder is liable to the state for the scaled value of the 
94.28 	timber cut and is entitled to a refund of the permit down payment only to the extent the 
94.29 	amount exceeds the amount due the state. Surrender under paragraph (c) is not a default for 
94.30 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 90.161. The permit holder is entitled to a return of 
94.31 	the security deposit if the permit holder's financial obligations to the state are fulfilled 
95.1 	according to a statement issued by the commissioner of natural resources under Minnesota 
95.2 	Statutes, section 90.181.

95.3 	Sec. 115. WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY RULEMAKING.
 95.4 	(a) By January 31, 2022, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must adopt 
95.5 	rules on:
95.6 	(1) evaluating and applying whole effluent toxicity (WET) as water-quality-based effluent 
95.7 	limitations and permit conditions for discharges occurring outside the Lake Superior basin; 
95.8 	and
95.9 	(2) the applicability and standards for acute and chronic mixing zones.
95.10 	(b) Rules adopted under this section must be substantially identical to Minnesota Rules, 
95.11 	parts 7052.0210, subparts 1 and 2, and 7052.0240, so that, to the greatest extent possible, 
95.12 	dischargers in all parts of the state are subject to the same mixing zones requirements and 
95.13 	acute and chronic WET requirements for establishing permit conditions.

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

95.15 	Sec. 116. INTERIM PROVISIONS.
 95.16 	(a) From the effective date of this act until the rules under section 115 are adopted, to 
95.17 	the extent allowable under the federal Clean Water Act or other federal laws, this section 
95.18 	applies to discharges occurring outside the Lake Superior basin.
95.19 	(b) If a whole effluent toxicity test, as defined under Minnesota Rules, part 7050.0218, 
95.20 	subpart 3, item AAA, is performed on the effluent of a point source discharger and results 
95.21 	in less than 50 percent mortality of the test organisms or if a demonstration is provided 
95.22 	under Minnesota Rules, part 7052.0210, subpart 1, that 0.3 acute toxic units can be met at 
95.23 	the edge of an approved acute mixing zone, the effluent must not be considered acutely 
95.24 	toxic or lethal to aquatic organisms unless the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
95.25 	finds that the test species do not represent sensitive organisms in the affected surface water 
95.26 	body or the whole effluent toxicity test was performed on a sample not representative of 
95.27 	the effluent quality.
95.28 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must establish whole effluent 
95.29 	toxicity mixing zones and whole effluent toxicity water-quality-based effluent limitations 
95.30 	and permit conditions according to Minnesota Rules, parts 7052.0210, subparts 1 and 2, 
95.31 	and 7052.0240.
96.1 	(d) The antibacksliding provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 7001.1080, subpart 9, do 
96.2 	not apply to new or revised permit conditions established under paragraph (c).

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

96.4 	Sec. 117. REPEALER.
 96.5 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 85.0505, subdivision 3; 85.0507; 85.054, 
96.6 	subdivision 19; and 97C.515, subdivisions 4 and 5, are repealed.
96.7 	(b) Laws 2013, chapter 121, section 53, is repealed.
96.8 	(c) Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0350, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S0814-1 

85.0505 FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE IN STATE PARKS.Subd. 3.Fort Ridgely State Park. 
The commissioner of public safety, with the approval of the commissioner of natural resources, may issue to a concessionaire, lessee, or person holding a contract with the Department of Natural Resources an on-sale license for the sale of intoxicating liquor at the Fort Ridgely State Park golf course. The annual fee for the license issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be set by the commissioner of public safety at an amount comparable to the fee charged by the surrounding counties for a similar license. All provisions of chapter 340A not inconsistent with this subdivision shall apply to the sale of intoxicating liquor at the Fort Ridgely State Park golf course. 

85.0507 FORT RIDGELY GOLF COURSE; GOLF CARTS.
The commissioner may by contract, concession agreement, or lease authorize the use of golf carts on the golf course at Fort Ridgely State Park. 

85.054 STATE PARK PERMIT EXEMPTIONS.Subd. 19.Fort Ridgely golf course. 
The commissioner may by contract, concession agreement, or lease waive a state park permit and associated fee for motor vehicle entry or parking for persons playing golf at the Fort Ridgely State Park golf course provided that the contract, concession agreement, or lease payment to the state is set, in part, to compensate the state park system for the loss of the state park fees. 

97C.515 IMPORTED MINNOWS.Subd. 4.Private fish hatchery or aquatic farm. 
Live minnows used for feeding fish at a licensed private fish hatchery or aquatic farm must be obtained within the state. Dead minnows may be imported for feeding hatchery or aquatic farm fish according to section 97C.341, paragraph (d). 

Subd. 5.Special permits. 
(a) The commissioner may issue a special permit, without a fee, to allow a person with a private fish hatchery license, which private fish hatchery has been designated as a containment facility under section 17.4982, subdivision 8, to import live minnows from other states for export. A containment facility for the purposes of this section applies to live minnows imported for later export and does not need to comply with section 17.4982, subdivision 8, clause (4). The permit shall include conditions necessary to avoid spreading aquatic invasive species and fish pathogens. Permits shall not be issued to containment facilities located within a 25-year floodplain. 

(b) An applicant for a permit under this subdivision shall submit to the commissioner sufficient information to identify potential threats to native plant and animal species and an evaluation of the feasibility of the proposal. The permit may include reasonable restrictions on importation, transportation, possession, containment, disease certification, and disposal of minnows to ensure that native species are protected. The permit may have a term of up to two years and may be modified, suspended, or revoked by the commissioner for cause, including violation of a condition of the permit. 

(c) The premises, property, vehicles, private aquatic life, and equipment that are part of a containment facility permitted under this subdivision are subject to reasonable and necessary inspections at reasonable times by a fish health specialist delegated by the commissioner. The owner, operator, or designee may be present when inspections are conducted. During the inspection, a representative sample of imported minnows may be collected for the purpose of fish pathogen or invasive species screening. 

(d) The commissioner may require the applicant to furnish evidence of financial responsibility at the time of application for a permit under this section, as prescribed by the commissioner. 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: S0814-1 

Laws 2013, chapter 121, section 53
Sec. 53. ANTLER POINT RESTRICTIONS. 
The commissioner of natural resources may not impose an antler point restriction in areas outside the Series 300 deer permit areas, other than that imposed under Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0200, subpart 6, unless the legislature approves the antler point restriction. 

6232.0350RESTRICTIONS FOR TAKING DEER; 300 SERIES DEER PERMIT AREAS. 
Notwithstanding part 6232.0200, subpart 6, in all 300 series deer permit areas, a legal buck is defined as a deer with a minimum of four antler points on at least one antler. Bucks with fewer antler points than the minimum defined points are protected and not legal for harvest. Youth hunters, age 10 to 17, are exempt from this part.