HF 1438

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/11/2013 02:42pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; prohibiting payment of minerals management costs
from permanent school trust fund land proceeds; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 93.22, subdivision 1; 93.2236.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Generally.

(a) All payments under sections 93.14 to 93.285 shall be
made to the Department of Natural Resources and shall be credited according to this section.

(b) Twenty percent of all payments under sections 93.14 to 93.285 new text begin , except for those
payments received for school trust lands, new text end shall be credited to the minerals management
account in the natural resources fund as costs for the administration and management of
state mineral resources by the commissioner of natural resources.

(c) The remainder of the payments shall be credited as follows:

(1) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state
by virtue of an act of Congress, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the
permanent fund of the class of land to which the leased premises belong;

(2) if a lease covers the bed of navigable waters, payments made under the lease
shall be credited to the permanent school fund of the state;

(3) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state
in trust for the taxing districts, payments made under the lease shall be distributed annually
on the first day of September to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be
apportioned among the taxing districts interested therein as follows: county, three-ninths;
town or city, two-ninths; and school district, four-ninths;

(4) if the lands or mineral rights covered by a lease became the absolute property of
the state under the provisions of chapter 84A, payments made under the lease shall be
distributed as follows: county containing the land from which the income was derived,
five-eighths; and general fund of the state, three-eighths; and

(5) except as provided under this section and except where the disposition of
payments may be otherwise directed by law, payments made under a lease shall be paid
into the general fund of the state.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.2236, is amended to read:

93.2236 MINERALS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

(a) The minerals management account is created as an account in the natural
resources fund. Interest earned on money in the account accrues to the account. Money in
the account may be spent or distributed only as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).

(b) If the balance in the minerals management account exceeds $3,000,000 on
June 30, the amount exceeding $3,000,000 must be distributed to the deleted text begin permanent school
fund, the deleted text end permanent university fund deleted text begin , deleted text end and taxing districts as provided in section 93.22,
subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The amount distributed to each fund must be in the same
proportion as the total mineral lease revenue received in the previous biennium from
deleted text begin school trust lands, deleted text end university lands deleted text begin , deleted text end and lands held by the state in trust for taxing districts.

(c) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the minerals management
account may be spent by the commissioner of natural resources for mineral resource
management and projects to enhance future mineral income and promote new mineral
resource opportunities.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the commissioner
of natural resources for the minerals management activities for school trust lands.
new text end