HF 1359

1st Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying disposition 
  1.3             of lottery ticket in lieu tax; providing for certain 
  1.4             land exchanges; permitting the sale of certain 
  1.5             consolidated conservation land in Roseau county; 
  1.6             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.94. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.94, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     297A.94 [DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.] 
  1.11     (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner 
  1.12  shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, 
  1.13  derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state 
  1.14  treasury and credit them to the general fund.  
  1.15     (b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota 
  1.16  agricultural and economic account in the special revenue fund if:
  1.17     (1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property 
  1.18  and services purchased for the construction and operation of an 
  1.19  agricultural resource project; and 
  1.20     (2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a 
  1.21  conditional commitment was made for a loan guaranty for the 
  1.22  project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3. 
  1.23  The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner 
  1.24  the date on which the project received the conditional 
  1.25  commitment.  The amount deposited in the loan guaranty account 
  1.26  must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the 
  2.1   department of revenue to administer and enforce the assessment 
  2.2   and collection of the taxes.  
  2.3      (c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including 
  2.4   interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed on sales 
  2.5   and purchases included in section 297A.61, subdivision 16, 
  2.6   paragraphs (b) and (f), in the state treasury, and credit them 
  2.7   as follows: 
  2.8      (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt 
  2.9   service account in each fiscal year the amount required by 
  2.10  section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and 
  2.11     (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the 
  2.12  balance to the general fund. 
  2.13     (d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including 
  2.14  interest and penalties, collected under section 297A.64, 
  2.15  subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the 
  2.16  general fund.  By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall 
  2.17  transfer to the highway user tax distribution fund an amount 
  2.18  equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64, 
  2.19  subdivision 5, for the previous calendar year. 
  2.20     (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent, and for fiscal year 
  2.21  2002 and thereafter, 87 86 percent of the revenues, including 
  2.22  interest and penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under 
  2.23  section 297A.65, must be deposited by the commissioner in the 
  2.24  state treasury as follows: 
  2.25     (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  2.26  heritage enhancement account in the game and fish fund, and may 
  2.27  be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or protect 
  2.28  fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, 
  2.29  restoration, and enhancement of land, water, and other natural 
  2.30  resources of the state; 
  2.31     (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  2.32  natural resources fund, and may be spent only for state parks 
  2.33  and trails; 
  2.34     (3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  2.35  natural resources fund, and may be spent only on metropolitan 
  2.36  park and trail grants; 
  3.1      (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  3.2   natural resources fund, and may be spent only on local trail 
  3.3   grants; and 
  3.4      (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the 
  3.5   natural resources fund, and may be spent only for the Minnesota 
  3.6   zoological garden, the Como park zoo and conservatory, and the 
  3.7   Duluth zoo. 
  3.8      (f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be 
  3.9   used as a substitute for traditional sources of funding for the 
  3.10  purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue shall supplement 
  3.11  traditional sources of funding for those purposes.  Land 
  3.12  acquired with money deposited in the game and fish fund under 
  3.13  paragraph (e) must be open to public hunting and fishing during 
  3.14  the open season.  At least 87 percent of the money deposited in 
  3.15  the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or 
  3.16  protection of fish and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) 
  3.17  must be allocated for field operations. 
  3.18     Sec. 2.  [EXCHANGE PARCELS.] 
  3.19     Subdivision 1.  [LAND EXCHANGE.] If a land exchange is 
  3.20  offered to the state that, after evaluation by the department of 
  3.21  natural resources, is determined to meet the state's natural 
  3.22  resource goals and meet all other land exchange requirements 
  3.23  under existing law, the parcels in subdivisions 2 and 3 shall be 
  3.24  exchanged. 
  3.25     Subd. 2.  [MARSHALL COUNTY.] Grygla wildlife management 
  3.26  area:  SE1/4-NE1/4 of Section 29, Township 157 North, Range 39 
  3.27  West, and SW1/4-NE1/4 of Section 31, Township 157 North, Range 
  3.28  39 West. 
  3.29     Subd. 3.  [ROSEAU COUNTY.] (a) Cedarbend wildlife 
  3.30  management area:  NE1/4-NE1/4, and that part of SW1/4-SW1/4 
  3.31  north of county ditch of Section 10, Township 162 North, Range 
  3.32  37 West. 
  3.33     (b) East Branch wildlife management area:  NW1/4-NE1/4 of 
  3.34  Section 21, Township 162 North, Range 36 West; and SE1/4-NE1/4 
  3.35  of Section 28, Township 162 North, Range 36 West. 
  3.36     Sec. 3.  [PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF CONSOLIDATED 
  4.1   CONSERVATION LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.] 
  4.2      (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale 
  4.3   provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, or other 
  4.4   law to the contrary, Roseau county may sell, either by public 
  4.5   sale or private sale, the consolidated conservation land that is 
  4.6   described in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of 
  4.7   Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282. 
  4.8      (b) The land described in paragraph (d) may be sold without 
  4.9   the public hearing required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.10  97A.135, subdivision 2a, with the wildlife management area 
  4.11  designation deemed vacated upon the sale of the land. 
  4.12     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.13  attorney general and for not less than the appraised value of 
  4.14  the land.  Proceeds shall be disposed of according to Minnesota 
  4.15  Statutes, chapter 84A. 
  4.16     (d) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau county 
  4.17  and is described as:  the south ten acres of the SE1/4-NW1/4 of 
  4.18  Section 34, Township 159 North, Range 39 West.