HF 3898

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; requiring refunds on certain timber sales;
appropriating money for a forest fragmentation study.

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

Section 1. new text begin TIMBER SALE REFUND.
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new text begin This section applies in the case of a public auction timber sale conducted in June
2007 by an open bid process where a bidder was later found to be ineligible. The
commissioner of natural resources shall refund to the qualified purchaser the difference
between the purchase price paid and the price the purchaser would have paid at the
qualified purchaser's lowest bid.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $50,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the forest management investment
account to the Forest Resources Council to conduct a study of options and make
recommendations to the legislature for addressing the fragmentation and parcelization of
large blocks of private forest land in the state. This is a onetime appropriation.
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Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
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