SF 4528
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/18/2026 09:38 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for forests and forestry capital
projects; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin FORESTS AND FORESTRY CAPITAL PROJECTS.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
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(b) "Reforestation" means the process of natural or artificial forest regeneration consistent
with the reforestation policy under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2, and
includes purchasing native seeds and native seedlings, planting, seeding, site preparation,
and protection on state lands administered by the commissioner.
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(c) "State forest land" means the following state-owned forest land:
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(1) Badoura State Forest;
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(2) Battleground State Forest;
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(3) Bear Island State Forest;
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(4) Beltrami Island State Forest;
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(5) Big Fork State Forest;
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(6) Birch Lakes State Forest;
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(7) Blackduck State Forest;
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(8) Bowstring State Forest;
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(9) Buena Vista State Forest;
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(10) Burntside State Forest;
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(11) Centennial State Forest;
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(12) Chengwatana State Forest;
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(13) Cloquet Valley State Forest;
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(14) Crow Wing State Forest;
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(15) D.A.R. State Forest;
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(16) Emily State Forest;
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(17) Finland State Forest;
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(18) Fond du Lac State Forest;
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(19) Foot Hills State Forest;
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(20) General C. C. Andrews State Forest;
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(21) George Washington State Forest;
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(22) Golden Anniversary State Forest;
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(23) Grand Portage State Forest;
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(24) Hill River State Forest;
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(25) Huntersville State Forest;
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(26) Insula Lake State Forest;
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(27) Kabetogama State Forest;
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(28) Koochiching State Forest;
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(29) Lake Isabella State Forest;
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(30) Lake Jeanette State Forest;
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(31) Lake of the Woods State Forest;
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(32) Land O'Lakes State Forest;
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(33) Lost River State Forest;
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(34) Lyons State Forest;
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(35) Mississippi Headwaters State Forest;
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(36) Nemadji State Forest;
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(37) Northwest Angle State Forest;
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(38) Pat Bayle State Forest;
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(39) Paul Bunyan State Forest;
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(40) Pillsbury State Forest;
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(41) Pine Island State Forest;
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(42) Red Lake State Forest;
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(43) Remer State Forest;
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(44) Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest;
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(45) Riverlands State Forest;
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(46) Rum River State Forest;
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(47) Sand Dunes State Forest;
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(48) Savanna State Forest;
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(49) Smokey Bear State Forest;
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(50) Smoky Hills State Forest;
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(51) Snake River State Forest;
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(52) Solana State Forest;
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(53) St. Croix State Forest;
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(54) Sturgeon River State Forest;
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(55) Two Inlets State Forest;
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(56) Waukenabo State Forest;
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(57) Wealthwood State Forest;
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(58) Welsh Lake State Forest;
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(59) White Earth State Forest; and
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(60) Whiteface River State Forest.
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$18,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
the commissioner of natural resources to provide for reforestation on state forest lands. Of
this amount, $8,000,000 may be used for forest stand improvement and management and
treatment of emerald ash borer and spruce budworm on state forest lands under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 88.01 and 88.06.
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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $18,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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