SF 2651A

Conference Committee Report - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 01/15/2013 08:28pm

1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 2651

1.2A bill for an act

1.3relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for sale of surplus state
1.4land; creating a Minnesota forests for the future program; establishing a
1.5revolving account; providing for alternative recording of state forest roads;
1.6providing for certain wetland banking credits; modifying provisions related to
1.7aquatic farms; providing for expedited exchanges of public land; providing for
1.8consultation on certain unallotments; providing for viral hemorrhagic septicemia
1.9and wildlife disease control; providing for a voluntary walleye stamp; creating
1.10the Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council; modifying hunting and fishing
1.11licensing and taking provisions; modifying certain fund and account provisions;
1.12modifying outdoor recreation system provisions; adding to and deleting from
1.13state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and private sales,
1.14conveyances, leases, and exchanges of certain state land; requiring reports and
1.15studies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
1.1616B.281, subdivision 3; 16B.282; 16B.283; 16B.284; 16B.287, subdivision 2;
1.1717.4985, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 17.4986, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 17.4987; 17.4988,
1.18subdivision 3; 17.4992, subdivision 2; 17.4993; 84.943, subdivision 5; 84D.03,
1.19subdivision 4; 86A.04; 86A.08, subdivision 1; 89.715; 97A.015, subdivisions
1.2032a, 41a, by adding subdivisions; 97A.045, subdivisions 7, 11; 97A.055,
1.21subdivision 4b; 97A.075, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.311,
1.22subdivision 5; 97A.431, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434,
1.23subdivision 2; 97A.473, subdivision 2; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475,
1.24subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535,
1.25subdivision 1; 97B.015, subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.071; 97B.081; 97B.106,
1.26subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6; 97B.621,
1.27subdivision 3; 97B.721; 97C.203; 97C.205; 97C.341; 97C.355, subdivisions 4,
1.287a; 97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.505, subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivisions 2,
1.294, 5; 97C.821; 325D.55, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement,
1.30sections 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405, subdivisions
1.312, 4; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473, subdivision
1.325; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3; 97B.031, subdivision 1; 97B.036; 97B.328;
1.3397C.355, subdivision 8; Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25; Laws 2006,
1.34chapter 236, article 1, section 43; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.35Statutes, chapters 84; 94; 97A; 97B; 97C; 103G; repealing Minnesota Statutes
1.362006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 16B.285; 97A.411, subdivision 2;
1.3797C.515, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.301,
1.38subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart
1.394.
1.40May 18, 2008
1.41The Honorable James P. Metzen
2.1President of the Senate
2.2The Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher
2.3Speaker of the House of Representatives
2.4We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 2651 report that we have agreed upon
2.5the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
2.6That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 2651 be further
2.7amended as follows:
2.8Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

2.9"ARTICLE 1

2.10STATE LANDS

2.11    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.281, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.12    Subd. 3. Notice to agencies; determination of surplus. On or before October 1 of
2.13each year, the commissioner shall review the certifications of heads of each department or
2.14agency provided for in this section. The commissioner of administration shall send written
2.15notice to all state departments, agencies, and the University of Minnesota describing any
2.16lands or tracts that may be declared surplus. If a department or agency or the University of
2.17Minnesota desires custody of the lands or tracts, it shall submit a written request to the
2.18commissioner, no later than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth
2.19in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of the land or tract. The
2.20commissioner shall then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications
2.21of the heads of the departments or agencies should be declared surplus and offered for
2.22sale or otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state
2.23departments or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for
2.24educational purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall not be
2.25determinative of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of
2.26the lands are no longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of
2.27fact, describe the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for
2.28the sale or disposition of the lands, and notify the Executive Council of the determination.

2.29    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.282, is amended to read:
2.3016B.282 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.
2.31    Subdivision 1. Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a) Before offering
2.32any surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of administration may survey the
2.33lands and, if the value of the lands is estimated to be $40,000 $50,000 or less, may have
3.1the lands appraised. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated
3.2value is in excess of $40,000 $50,000.
3.3    (b) The appraiser shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, take and
3.4subscribe an oath that the appraiser will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties
3.5of appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's ability and that the appraiser is not
3.6interested, directly or indirectly, in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber or
3.7improvements on the lands or in the purchase of the lands, timber, or improvements
3.8and has entered into no agreement or combination to purchase any of the lands, timber,
3.9or improvements. The oath shall be attached to the appraisal report. Appraisals must
3.10be made by an appraiser that holds a state appraiser license issued by the Department
3.11of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of
3.12Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
3.13    (c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall first be
3.14offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic
3.15in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public
3.16purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public
3.17body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner shall give a written notice to
3.18the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional boundaries include
3.19or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase the surplus land,
3.20it shall submit a written offer to the commissioner no later than two weeks after receipt
3.21of notice setting forth in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of
3.22the land. In the event that more than one public body tenders an offer, the commissioner
3.23shall determine which party shall receive the property and shall submit written findings
3.24regarding the decision. If lands are offered for sale for public purposes and if a public
3.25body notifies the commissioner of its desire to acquire the lands, the public body may have
3.26up to two years from the date of the accepted offer to commence payment for the lands
3.27in the manner provided by law.
3.28    Subd. 2. Public sale requirements. (a) Lands certified as surplus by the head of
3.29a department or agency under section 16B.281 shall be offered for public sale by the
3.30commissioner as provided in this subdivision. After complying with subdivision 1 and,
3.31before any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made, and at least 30 days before the
3.32sale, the commissioner of administration shall publish a notice of the sale at least once each
3.33week for four successive weeks in a legal newspaper and also in a newspaper of general
3.34distribution in the city or county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice
3.35shall specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of
4.1the lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. Each tract or
4.2lot shall be sold separately and shall be sold for no less than its appraised value.
4.3    (b) Surplus state-owned land shall be sold for no less than the estimated or appraised
4.4value. The minimum bid may include expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering
4.5the property saleable, including survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses.
4.6    (c) Parcels remaining unsold after the offering may be sold to anyone agreeing to
4.7pay the appraised value. The sale shall continue until all parcels are sold or until the
4.8commissioner orders a reappraisal or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
4.9    (c) Except as provided in section 16B.283, the cost of any survey or appraisal as
4.10provided in subdivision 1 shall be added to and made a part of the appraised value of the
4.11lands to be sold, whether to any political subdivision of the state or to a private purchaser
4.12as provided in this subdivision.

4.13    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.283, is amended to read:
4.1416B.283 TERMS OF PAYMENT.
4.15    No less than ten percent of the purchase price shall be paid at the time of sale with
4.16the balance payable according to this section. If the purchase price of any lot or parcel is
4.17$5,000 or less, the balance shall be paid within 90 days of the date of sale. If the purchase
4.18price of any lot or parcel is in excess of $5,000, the balance shall be paid in equal annual
4.19installments for no more than five years, at the option of the purchaser, with principal
4.20and interest payable annually in advance at a rate equal to the rate in effect at the time
4.21under section 549.09 on the unpaid balance, payable to the state treasury on or before
4.22June 1 each year. Any installment of principal or interest may be prepaid. The purchaser
4.23must pay at the time of sale ten percent of the total amount bid and the remainder of the
4.24payment is due within 90 days of the sale date. A person who fails to make final payment
4.25within 90 days of the sale date is in default. On default, all right, title, and interest of
4.26the purchaser or heirs, representatives, or assigns of the purchaser in the premises shall
4.27terminate without the state doing any act or thing. A record of the default must be made in
4.28the state land records of the commissioner.

4.29    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.284, is amended to read:
4.3016B.284 CONTRACT FOR DEED AND QUITCLAIM DEED.
4.31    In the event a purchaser elects to purchase surplus real property on an installment
4.32basis, the commissioner shall enter into a contract for deed with the purchaser, in which
4.33shall be set forth the description of the real property sold and the price of the property,
4.34the consideration paid and to be paid for the property, the rate of interest, and time and
5.1terms of payment. The contract for deed shall be made assignable and shall further set
5.2forth that in case of the nonpayment of the annual principal or interest payment due by the
5.3purchaser, or any person claiming under the purchaser, then the contract for deed, from the
5.4time of the failure, is entirely void and of no effect and the state may be repossessed of the
5.5lot or tract and may resell the lot or tract as provided in sections 16B.281 to 16B.287. In
5.6the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed are completely fulfilled or if a
5.7purchaser makes a lump-sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering into a
5.8contract for deed, The commissioner of administration shall sign and cause to be issued a
5.9quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. The quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by
5.10the attorney general and shall vest in the purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject
5.11property except as provided in section 16B.285 or 16B.286.

5.12    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.287, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.13    Subd. 2. Payment of expenses. A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in
5.14amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses incurred by the
5.15commissioner of administration or other state official in rendering the property salable shall
5.16be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid and are appropriated and
5.17immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account.

5.18    Sec. 6. [84.66] MINNESOTA FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAM.
5.19    Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Minnesota forests for the future program identifies and
5.20protects private, working forest lands for their timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife
5.21habitat, threatened and endangered species, and other cultural and environmental values.
5.22    Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms have
5.23the meanings given:
5.24    (1) "forest land" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 4;
5.25    (2) "forest resources" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 8;
5.26    (3) "guidelines" has the meaning given under section 89A.01, subdivision 8;
5.27    (4) "riparian land" has the meaning given under section 103F.511, subdivision 8a;
5.28and
5.29    (5) "working forest land" means land that provides a broad range of goods and
5.30services, including forest products, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and
5.31water, and carbon sequestration.
5.32    Subd. 3. Establishment. The commissioner of natural resources shall establish and
5.33administer a Minnesota forests for the future program. Land selected for inclusion in the
5.34program shall be evaluated on the land's potential for:
6.1    (1) producing timber and other forest products;
6.2    (2) maintaining forest landscapes;
6.3    (3) providing public recreation; and
6.4    (4) providing ecological, fish and wildlife habitat, and other cultural and
6.5environmental values and values consistent with working forest lands.
6.6    Subd. 4. Land eligibility. Land may be placed in the Minnesota forests for the
6.7future program if it:
6.8    (1) is:
6.9    (i) forest land;
6.10    (ii) desirable land adjacent to forest land, as determined by the commissioner; or
6.11    (iii) beneficial to forest resource protection;
6.12    (2) is at least five acres in size, except for a riparian area or an area providing access
6.13to state forest land; and
6.14    (3) is not set aside, enrolled, or diverted under another federal or state program,
6.15unless enrollment in the Minnesota forests for the future program would provide additional
6.16conservation benefits or a longer enrollment term than under the current federal or state
6.17program.
6.18    Subd. 5. Land interests. The commissioner may acquire permanent interests in
6.19lands by fee title, easement acquisition, gift, or donation. An acquired easement shall
6.20require a forestry management plan unless the requirement is waived or modified by
6.21the commissioner. The plan will guide forest management activities consistent with the
6.22purposes and terms of the easement and shall incorporate guidelines and other forest
6.23management practices as determined by the commissioner to provide perpetuation of the
6.24forest. The plan shall be developed in accordance with the guidelines.
6.25    Subd. 6. Application. The commissioner shall accept applications from owners of
6.26eligible lands at the time, in the form, and containing the information as the commissioner
6.27may prescribe. If the number of applications exceeds the ability to fund them all, priority
6.28shall be given to those applications covering lands providing the greatest public benefits
6.29for timber productivity, public access, and ecological and wildlife values.
6.30    Subd. 7. Landowner responsibilities. The commissioner may enroll eligible land
6.31in the program by signing an easement in recordable form with a landowner in which
6.32the landowner agrees to:
6.33    (1) convey to the state a permanent easement that is not subject to any prior title,
6.34lien, or encumbrance; and
7.1    (2) manage the land in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the land was
7.2selected for the program and not convert the land to other uses.
7.3    Subd. 8. Correction of easement boundary lines. To correct errors in legal
7.4descriptions for easements that affect the ownership interests in the state and adjacent
7.5landowners, the commissioner may, in the name of the state, convey without consideration,
7.6interests of the state necessary to correct legal descriptions of boundaries. The conveyance
7.7must be by quitclaim deed or release in a form approved by the attorney general.
7.8    Subd. 9. Terminating or changing an easement. The commissioner may terminate
7.9an easement, with the consent of the property owner, if the commissioner determines
7.10termination to be in the public interest. The commissioner may modify the terms of an
7.11easement if the commissioner determines that modification will help implement the
7.12Minnesota forests for the future program or facilitate the program's administration.
7.13    Subd. 10. Payments. Payments to landowners under the Minnesota forests for
7.14the future program shall be made in accordance with law and Department of Natural
7.15Resources acquisition policies, procedures, and other funding requirements.
7.16    Subd. 11. Monitoring, enforcement, and damages. (a) The commissioner shall
7.17establish a long-term program for monitoring and enforcing Minnesota forests for the
7.18future easements. The program must require that a financial contribution be made for each
7.19easement to cover the costs of managing, monitoring, and enforcing the easement.
7.20    (b) A landowner who violates the terms of an easement under this section or induces,
7.21assists, or allows another to do so is liable to the state for damages due to the loss of
7.22timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife habitat, threatened and endangered species,
7.23and other cultural and environmental values.
7.24    (c) Upon request of the commissioner, the attorney general may commence an action
7.25for specific performance, injunctive relief, damages, including attorney's fees, and any
7.26other appropriate relief to enforce this section in district court in the county where all or
7.27part of the violation is alleged to have been committed or where the landowner resides or
7.28has a principal place of business.
7.29    Subd. 12. Rulemaking exemption. Easements agreed to under this section are not
7.30subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.

7.31    Sec. 7. [84.67] FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE REVOLVING ACCOUNT.
7.32    A forests for the future revolving account is created in the natural resources fund.
7.33Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the
7.34acquisition of forest lands that meet the eligibility criteria in section 84.66, subdivision 4.
8.1The commissioner shall sell the lands acquired under this section, subject to an easement
8.2as provided in section 84.66. Money received from the sale of forest lands acquired under
8.3this section and interest earned on the account shall be deposited into the account. The
8.4commissioner must file a report to the house Ways and Means and the senate Finance
8.5Committees and the environment and natural resources finance committees or divisions of
8.6the senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each year indicating all purchases
8.7of forest land using money from this account and sales of forest land for which revenue is
8.8deposited into this account.

8.9    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
8.10    Subd. 5. Pledges and contributions. The commissioner of natural resources may
8.11accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account.
8.12A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported
8.13with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a
8.14contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium,
8.15the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount
8.16that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
8.17    Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only
8.18for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section
8.1984.944 . To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money
8.20matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management
8.21of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes: (1)
8.22purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the
8.23commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects.

8.24    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:
8.2586A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
8.26    The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas;
8.27state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, 85.015, 85.0155, and
8.2885.0156 ; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state
8.29wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites,
8.30which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources
8.31or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic,
8.32and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities
8.33established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use
8.34of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas
9.1and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in
9.2this section that are classified under section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state
9.3recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit."

9.4    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.5    Subdivision 1. Secondary authorization; when permitted. A unit of the outdoor
9.6recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another
9.7unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the
9.8respective units and only in the instances permitted below:
9.9    (a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park:
9.10historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational
9.11river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
9.12    (b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state
9.13recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river,
9.14trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area, and water access site.
9.15    (c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest:
9.16state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and
9.17natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic
9.18management area, and water access site.
9.19    (d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic
9.20site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and
9.21water access site.
9.22    (e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife
9.23management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.
9.24    (f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild,
9.25scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness
9.26area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
9.27    (g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest
9.28area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area,
9.29and water access site.
9.30    (h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic
9.31management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational
9.32river, and water access site.

9.33    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89.715, is amended to read:
9.3489.715 ALTERNATIVE RECORDING FOR STATE FOREST ROAD.
10.1    Subdivision 1. Authorization. The commissioner may adopt a recorded state forest
10.2road map under this section to record the department's state forest road prescriptive
10.3easements. For purposes of this section, "recorded state forest road map" means the
10.4official map of state forest roads adopted by the commissioner.
10.5    Subd. 2. Map requirements. The recorded state forest road map must:
10.6    (1) show state forest roads at the time the map is adopted;
10.7    (2) be prepared at a scale of at least four inches equals one mile compliant with
10.8standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located;
10.9    (3) include section numbers;
10.10    (4) include a north point arrow;
10.11    (5) include the name of the county and state;
10.12    (6) include a blank and a description under the blank for the date of public hearing
10.13and date of adoption;
10.14    (7) include blanks for signatures and dates of signatures for the commissioner; and
10.15    (8) include a list of legal descriptions of all parcels crossed by state forest road
10.16prescriptive easements.
10.17    Subd. 3. Procedure to adopt map. (a) The commissioner must prepare an official
10.18map for each county or smaller geographic area as determined by the commissioner as
10.19provided in subdivision 2, and set a time, place, and date for a public hearing on adopting
10.20a recorded state forest road map to record roads.
10.21    (b) The hearing notice must state that the roads to be recorded will be to the width of
10.22the actual use including ditches, backslopes, fills, and maintained rights-of-way, unless
10.23otherwise specified in a prior easement of record. The hearing notice must be published
10.24once a week for two successive weeks in a qualified newspaper of general circulation that
10.25serves the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the commissioner, the last
10.26publication to be made at least ten days before the date of the public hearing. At least 30
10.27days before the hearing, the hearing notice must be sent by certified mail to the property
10.28owners directly affected in the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the
10.29commissioner at the addresses listed on the tax assessment notices at least seven days
10.30before appearing in the qualified newspaper. The hearing notice may be sent with the tax
10.31assessment, but all additional costs incurred shall be billed to the department.
10.32    (c) After the public hearing is held, the commissioner may amend and adopt the
10.33recorded state forest road map. The recorded state forest road map must be dated and
10.34signed by the commissioner and must be recorded filed for recording with the county
10.35recorder within 90 days after the map is adopted. The map is effective when filed with
10.36the county recorder.
11.1    (d) The recorded state forest road map that is recorded with the county recorder must
11.2comply with the standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located.
11.3    (e) A recorded state forest road map that was prepared by using aerial photographs
11.4to establish road centerlines and that has been duly recorded with the county recorder is an
11.5adequate description for purposes of recording road easements and the map is the legally
11.6constituted description and prevails when a deed for a parcel abutting a road contains
11.7no reference to a road easement. Nothing prevents the commissioner from accepting a
11.8more definitive metes and bounds or survey description of a road easement for a road of
11.9record if the description of the easement is referenced to equal distance on both sides
11.10of the existing road centerline.
11.11    (f) The commissioner shall consult with representatives of county land
11.12commissioners, county auditors, county recorders, and Torrens examiners in implementing
11.13this subdivision.
11.14    Subd. 4. Appeal. (a) Before filing an appeal under paragraph (b), a person may
11.15seek resolution of concerns regarding a decision to record a road under this section by
11.16contacting the commissioner in writing.
11.17    (b) A person may appeal a decision to record or exclude recording a road under this
11.18section to the district court within 120 days after the date the commissioner adopts the
11.19state forest road map. Appeals may be filed only by property owners who are directly
11.20affected by a proposed map designation and only for those portions of the map designation
11.21that directly affect them.
11.22    (b) A property owner may appeal the map designation to the commissioner within 60
11.23days of the map being recorded by filing a written request for review. The commissioner
11.24shall review the request and any supporting evidence and render a decision within 45
11.25days of receipt of the request for review.
11.26    (c) If a property owner wishes to appeal a decision of the commissioner after review
11.27under paragraph (b), the property owner must file an appeal with the district court within
11.2860 days of the commissioner's decision.
11.29    (d) If any portion of a map appealed under paragraph (b) is modified or found to be
11.30invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction under paragraph (c), the remainder of the map
11.31shall not be affected and its recording with the county recorder shall stand.
11.32    Subd. 5. Unrecorded road or trail not affected. This section does not affect or
11.33diminish the legal status or state obligations of roads and trails not shown on the recorded
11.34state forest road map.
12.1    Subd. 6. Exemption. Adoption of a recorded state forest road map under this
12.2section is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14 and section 14.386
12.3does not apply.

12.4    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 90.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.5    Subdivision 1. Issuance; expiration. (a) Following receipt of the down payment
12.6for state timber required under section 90.14 or 90.191, the commissioner shall issue a
12.7numbered permit to the purchaser, in a form approved by the attorney general, by the
12.8terms of which the purchaser shall be authorized to enter upon the land, and to cut and
12.9remove the timber therein described as designated for cutting in the report of the state
12.10appraiser, according to the provisions of this chapter. The permit shall be correctly
12.11dated and executed by the commissioner and signed by the purchaser. If a permit is not
12.12signed by the purchaser within 60 days from the date of purchase, the permit cancels
12.13and the down payment for timber required under section 90.14 forfeits to the state. The
12.14commissioner may grant an additional period for the purchaser to sign the permit, not to
12.15exceed five business days, provided the purchaser pays a $125 penalty fee.
12.16    (b) The permit shall expire no later than five years after the date of sale as the
12.17commissioner shall specify or as specified under section 90.191, and the timber shall
12.18be cut within the time specified therein. All cut timber, equipment, and buildings not
12.19removed from the land within 90 days after expiration of the permit shall become the
12.20property of the state.
12.21    (c) The commissioner may grant an additional period of time not to exceed 120 days
12.22for the removal of cut timber, equipment, and buildings upon receipt of such request by
12.23the permit holder for good and sufficient reasons. The commissioner may grant a second
12.24period of time not to exceed 120 days for the removal of cut timber, equipment, and
12.25buildings upon receipt of a request by the permit holder for hardship reasons only.
12.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
12.27and applies retroactively to permits dated January 1, 2008, and thereafter.

12.28    Sec. 13. [94.3495] EXPEDITED EXCHANGES OF LAND INVOLVING THE
12.29STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.
12.30    Subdivision 1. Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this section is to expedite the
12.31exchange of public land ownership. Consolidation of public land reduces management
12.32costs and aids in the reduction of forest fragmentation.
13.1    (b) This section applies to exchanges of land between the state and a governmental
13.2subdivision of the state. For land exchanges under this section, sections 94.342 to 94.347
13.3apply only to the extent specified in this section.
13.4    Subd. 2. Classes of land; definitions. The classes of public land that may be
13.5involved in an expedited exchange under this section are:
13.6    (1) Class 1 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class A land as defined in
13.7section 94.342, subdivision 1, except for:
13.8    (i) school trust land as defined in section 92.025; and
13.9    (ii) university land granted to the state by acts of Congress;
13.10    (2) Class 2 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class B land as defined in
13.11section 94.342, subdivision 2; and
13.12    (3) Class 3 land, which for the purpose of this section is all land owned in fee by
13.13a governmental subdivision of the state.
13.14    Subd. 3. Valuation of land. (a) In an exchange of Class 1 land for Class 2 or 3 land,
13.15the value of all the land shall be determined by the commissioner of natural resources. In
13.16an exchange of Class 2 land for Class 3 land, the value of all the land shall be determined
13.17by the county board of the county in which the land lies. To determine the value of the
13.18land, the parties to the exchange may cause the land to be appraised, utilize the valuation
13.19process provided under section 84.0272, subdivision 3, or obtain a market analysis from a
13.20qualified real estate broker. Merchantable timber value must be determined and considered
13.21in finalizing valuation of the lands.
13.22    (b) All lands exchanged under this section shall be exchanged only for lands of
13.23at least substantially equal value. For the purposes of this subdivision, "substantially
13.24equal value" has the meaning given under section 94.343, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
13.25No payment is due either party if the lands are of substantially equal value but are not
13.26of the same value.
13.27    Subd. 4. Title. Title to the land must be examined to the extent necessary for the
13.28parties to determine that the title is good, with any encumbrances identified. The parties to
13.29the exchange may utilize title insurance to aid in the determination.
13.30    Subd. 5. Approval by Land Exchange Board. All expedited land exchanges
13.31under this section, and the terms and conditions of the exchanges, require the unanimous
13.32approval of the Land Exchange Board.
13.33    Subd. 6. Conveyance. (a) Conveyance of Class 1 land given in exchange shall be
13.34made by deed executed by the commissioner of natural resources in the name of the
13.35state. Conveyance of Class 2 land given in exchange shall be by a deed executed by the
14.1commissioner of revenue in the name of the state. Conveyance of Class 3 land shall be by
14.2a deed executed by the governing body in the name of the governing authority.
14.3    (b) If Class 1 land is given in exchange for Class 2 or 3 land, the deed to the Class
14.42 or 3 land shall first be delivered to the commissioner of natural resources. Following
14.5the recording of the deed, the commissioner of natural resources shall deliver the deed
14.6conveying the Class 1 land.
14.7    (c) If Class 2 land is given in exchange for Class 3 land, the deed to the Class 3 land
14.8shall first be delivered to the county auditor. Following the recording of the deed, the
14.9commissioner of revenue shall deliver the deed conveying the Class 2 land.
14.10    (d) All deeds shall be recorded or registered in the county in which the lands lie.
14.11    Subd. 7. Reversionary interest; mineral and water power rights and other
14.12reservations. (a) All deeds conveying land given in an expedited land exchange under
14.13this section shall include a reverter that provides that title to the land automatically reverts
14.14to the conveying governmental unit if:
14.15    (1) the receiving governmental unit sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers title of
14.16the land within 40 years of the date of the deed conveying ownership; and
14.17    (2) there is no prior written approval for the transfer from the conveying
14.18governmental unit. The authority for granting approval is the commissioner of natural
14.19resources for former Class 1 land, the county board for former Class 2 land, and the
14.20governing body for former Class 3 land.
14.21    (b) Class 1 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation provisions of section
14.2294.343, subdivision 4. Class 2 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation
14.23provisions of section 94.344, subdivision 4. County fee land given in exchange is subject
14.24to the reservation provisions of section 373.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (g).
14.25    Subd. 8. Land status. Land received in exchange for Class 1 land is subject to the
14.26same trust, if any, and otherwise has the same status as the land given in exchange. Land
14.27received in exchange for Class 2 land is subject to a trust in favor of the governmental
14.28subdivision wherein it lies and all laws relating to tax-forfeited land. Land received in
14.29exchange for Class 3 land has the same status as the land given in exchange.

14.30    Sec. 14. [103G.2251] STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; WETLAND
14.31BANK CREDIT.
14.32    In greater than 80 percent areas, preservation of wetlands owned by the state or a
14.33local unit of government, protected by a permanent conservation easement as defined
14.34under section 84C.01 and held by the board, may be eligible for wetland replacement
14.35or mitigation credits, according to rules adopted by the board. To be eligible for credit
15.1under this section, a conservation easement must be established after enactment of this
15.2section and approved by the board.

15.3    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 282.04, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
15.4    Subd. 4a. Private easements. (a) A county board may convey a road easement
15.5across unsold tax-forfeited land to an individual or a private entity requesting an easement
15.6for access to private property owned by the individual or private entity if:
15.7    (1) there are no reasonable alternatives to obtain access to the individual's or private
15.8entity's property; and
15.9    (2) exercising the easement will not cause significant adverse environmental or
15.10natural resource management impacts.
15.11    (b) The county auditor shall require an individual or a private entity applying for an
15.12easement under paragraph (a) to pay the appraised value of the easement. The conveyance
15.13must provide that the easement reverts to the state in trust for the taxing district in the
15.14event of nonuse.

15.15    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325D.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.16    Subdivision 1. Labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations.
15.17    Nothing contained in sections 325D.49 to 325D.66, shall be construed to forbid the
15.18existence or operation of labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations,
15.19including organizations that operate aquatic farms, as defined in section 17.47, subdivision
15.203, that are instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not conducted for profit, or to
15.21forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out
15.22the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be
15.23held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under the
15.24provisions of sections 325D.49 to 325D.66, when lawfully carrying out the legitimate
15.25objects hereof.

15.26    Sec. 17. Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25, is amended to read:
15.27    Sec. 25. EASEMENT ON STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER;
15.28WASHINGTON COUNTY.
15.29    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue an easement on land bordering
15.30public water that is described in paragraph (c). The easement shall be issued to the current
15.31owners of Lots 7 and 8, Block 2 of Demontreville Highlands and Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5,
15.32Block 1, Demontreville Highlands 5th Addition. The easement is for the purpose of the
15.33easement holders jointly erecting and maintaining one dock from the property described
16.1in paragraph (c). The dock may not exceed 30 feet in length and six feet in width and
16.2overnight mooring of watercraft is prohibited.
16.3    (b) The easement must be in a form approved by the attorney general for
16.4consideration of the easement preparation and recording costs. The attorney general may
16.5make necessary changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.6The easement will expire as to each owner when they convey their ownership interest in
16.7the property described in paragraph (a).
16.8    (c) The land upon which an easement is to be issued is located in Washington County
16.9and is described as: Part of Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 29 North, Range
16.1021 West, being the South 45 feet lying East of the existing centerline of Demontreville
16.11Trail North subject to easements of record.

16.12    Sec. 18. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, is amended to read:
16.13    Sec. 43. LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
16.14    Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other
16.15law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale or lease of tax-forfeited land,
16.16Itasca County must apportion the first $1,000,000 received from the sale or lease of
16.17tax-forfeited lands within Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near Nashwauk,
16.18Minnesota, as provided in Laws 1965, chapter 326, section 1, as amended. Any remaining
16.19proceeds received from the sale or lease must be deposited into a tax-forfeited land
16.20replacement trust fund established by Itasca County under this section. The principal
16.21and interest from this fund may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the
16.22tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land
16.23replacement fund must:
16.24    (1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie
16.25and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and
16.26    (2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under
16.27Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2.
16.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after compliance with
16.29Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the governing body of Itasca
16.30County.

16.31    Sec. 19. FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
16.32UNALLOTMENTS; FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND 2009.
16.33    In addition to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, for
16.34fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall consult with the
17.1chairs and ranking minority members of the house and senate environment and natural
17.2resources finance divisions on proposed allotment reductions from appropriations from
17.3the forest management investment account. The commissioner shall notify the chairs and
17.4ranking minority members of the divisions of the proposed allotment reductions at least
17.530 days prior to taking action on the reductions. The commissioner must also provide
17.6quarterly forest management investment account fund statements, including a report on
17.7the methodology used in calculating the revenue forecasts.

17.8    Sec. 20. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
17.9    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. The
17.10following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139
17.11North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described
17.12as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section
17.1311; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the
17.14westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet;
17.15thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence
17.16North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast
17.17Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44
17.18minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes
17.1947 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10
17.20seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly
17.21line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18
17.22seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for
17.23a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133
17.24acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A
17.2530.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following
17.26described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section
17.2711, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County,
17.28Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along
17.29the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to
17.30the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel
17.31to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section
17.3211, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a
17.33distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.
17.34    Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The
17.35following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
18.1    (1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of
18.2the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section
18.32, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the
18.4point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the
18.5west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15
18.6minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51
18.7degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains;
18.8thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the
18.9village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and
18.10south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains;
18.11thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue
18.12in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23
18.13degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains;
18.14thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80
18.15chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill
18.16Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains
18.17to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to
18.18the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of
18.19beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that
18.20part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described,
18.21as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in
18.22Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said
18.23lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street
18.24in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of
18.25said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low
18.26water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake
18.27Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2,
18.28Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village,
18.29North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line
18.30beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section
18.312 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said
18.32Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes
18.33West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said
18.34Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot
18.3511 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of
18.36said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to
19.1the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the
19.2Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;
19.3    (2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112
19.4North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing
19.5at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence
19.6South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of
19.7said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the
19.8point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39
19.9seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01
19.10minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of
19.11534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of
19.12954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears
19.13South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41
19.14seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State
19.15Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline
19.16of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line
19.17bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence
19.18North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a
19.1950.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the
19.20northwesterly line of the above described property; and
19.21    (3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township
19.22112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at
19.23the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence
19.24South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of
19.25said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the
19.26point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00
19.27seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established;
19.28thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said
19.29West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes
19.3056 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the
19.31Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a
19.32distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.
19.33    Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County. The
19.34following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter
19.35of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.
20.1    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 51.] Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St.
20.2Louis Counties. The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the
20.3Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
20.4Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North,
20.5Range 23 West, Aitkin County.
20.6    Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County. The following
20.7areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast
20.8Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all
20.9in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.
20.10    Subd. 6. [85.012] [Subd. 53a.] Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St.
20.11Louis County. The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the
20.12Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15
20.13West, St. Louis County.
20.14    Subd. 7. [85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.
20.15    The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County:
20.16    (1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on
20.17file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;
20.18    (2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the
20.19Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and
20.20    (3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of
20.21Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

20.22    Sec. 21. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
20.23    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
20.24    The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North,
20.25Range 13 West, Goodhue County:
20.26    (1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter,
20.27Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH
20.28EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office
20.29of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated
20.30Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO
20.31FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona
20.32Avenue;
21.1    (2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70,
21.2WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of
21.3record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;
21.4    (3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3,
21.54, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of
21.6Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for
21.7Goodhue County, Minnesota;
21.8    (4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67,
21.9WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the
21.10Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet
21.11of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said
21.12plat of WESTERVELT;
21.13    (5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66,
21.14WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the
21.15Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and
21.16    (6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of
21.17Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the
21.18southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the
21.19Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.
21.20    Subd. 2. [85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County. Effective
21.21upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the
21.22commissioner of veterans affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery,
21.23the following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park:
21.24    (a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad
21.25right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West;
21.26    (b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad
21.27right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and
21.28    (c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
21.2922, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.
21.30    Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County. The
21.31following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2,
21.32being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in
21.33the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129
21.34North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.
22.1    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 38.] Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The
22.2following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
22.3    (1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the
22.4Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
22.5    (2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the
22.6Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
22.7    (3) that part of Government Lot 6 and that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 6,
22.8Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and that part of
22.9Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray County,
22.10Minnesota, described as follows:
22.11    Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 6; thence on a bearing based
22.12on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 Adjustment), of South 00 degrees
22.1322 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 feet along the east line of said Section 6; thence
22.14North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 feet; thence South 03 degrees 33
22.15minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of Block 5 of FORMAN
22.16ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County
22.17Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds West 525.30 feet along
22.18the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the Private Roadway of
22.19FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private Roadway and the POINT
22.20OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 796.30 feet along
22.21the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and an existing
22.221/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds West 100.06
22.23feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and
22.24an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West
22.25279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line;
22.26thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly line
22.27of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR
22.28LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West 470.40
22.29feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 feet to
22.30a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR
22.31MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east line
22.32of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT
22.331, OF SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of
22.34record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees
22.3528 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line of said Lot A to the northerly
22.36most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to the record plat thereof on file
23.1and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and an existing steel fence post;
23.2thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly
23.3line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON
23.4ACRES to an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of
23.5Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48
23.6degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot
23.731A to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner
23.8thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33
23.9degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31
23.10and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1
23.111/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and
23.12the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23
23.13minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along
23.14the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch
23.15inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 24 and the most
23.16northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes
23.1753 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 23 and along the
23.18northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside
23.19diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 21 and the most northerly
23.20corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds
23.21East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 and along the northeasterly
23.22line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside
23.23diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 and the most northerly
23.24corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds
23.25East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and along the northeasterly
23.26line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron
23.27pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the northwest corner of Lot 10
23.28of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds East 224.90 feet
23.29along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON
23.30ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner
23.31of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON ACRES; thence North 84
23.32degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north line of said Lot 7 and
23.33along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch
23.34inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of HUDSON ACRES;
23.35thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential curve concave to the
23.36north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 minutes 58 seconds, a
24.1distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds East; thence
24.2continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described curve concave to
24.3the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds, a
24.4distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds West and
24.5a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not tangent to said
24.6curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds West
24.7201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds West 196.66
24.8feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West 530.34 feet to
24.9a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 feet to a DNR
24.10MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet to a DNR MON;
24.11thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds West 226.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence
24.12North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR MON; thence North
24.1308 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 24
24.14degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 16 degrees
24.1524 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 76 degrees 04
24.16minutes 53 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 01 minute
24.1732 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 28 minutes 25
24.18seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds
24.19East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes 07 seconds East
24.2026.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.
24.21    Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The
24.22following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range
24.2319 West, Carlton County:
24.24    (1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
24.25of Section 28;
24.26    (2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
24.27of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the
24.28centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a
24.29100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
24.30    (3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
24.31of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the
24.32centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a
24.33road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County
24.34Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at
24.35the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
25.1    (4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the
25.2westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
25.3of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the
25.4South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
25.5    (5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
25.6Quarter of Section 28;
25.7    (6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except
25.8the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
25.9    (7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28,
25.10described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the
25.11Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north
25.12line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east
25.13line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual
25.14point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along
25.15the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to
25.16the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
25.17thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North
25.18One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way
25.19of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate
25.20Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast,
25.21having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and
25.22a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees
25.2344 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35
25.24a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73;
25.25thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on
25.26a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central
25.27angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39
25.28minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of
25.29the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of
25.301,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

25.31    Sec. 22. ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.
25.32    [85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods
25.33County. The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of
25.34the Woods County:
26.1    (1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges
26.2Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range
26.332 West;
26.4    (2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight
26.5Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range
26.632 West; and
26.7    (3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe
26.8Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range
26.932 West.

26.10    Sec. 23. ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.
26.11    [89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest. The following area is added to
26.12Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township
26.13127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.

26.14    Sec. 24. LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
26.15    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary,
26.16St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
26.17    (b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land
26.18administered by the commissioner for a wind energy project.

26.19    Sec. 25. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION
26.20LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
26.21    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and
26.22public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of
26.23natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land
26.24bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
26.25    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
26.26attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
26.27and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
26.28survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of
26.29according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
26.30    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the
26.31East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19,
26.32Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.
27.1    (d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately-owned land to the east and west. The
27.2land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of
27.3Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

27.4    Sec. 26. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION
27.5LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
27.6    (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota
27.7Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the
27.8consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
27.9    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
27.10attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
27.11and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
27.12survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of
27.13according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
27.14    (c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:
27.15    (1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township
27.1649 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres,
27.17more or less;
27.18    (2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West,
27.19lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;
27.20    (3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West,
27.21lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;
27.22    (4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13,
27.23Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or
27.24less; and
27.25    (5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51
27.26North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less.
27.27    (d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The
27.28Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural
27.29resource purposes.

27.30    Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
27.31    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon
27.32completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural
27.33resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described
27.34in paragraph (c).
28.1    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
28.2attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
28.3ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value
28.4of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the
28.5land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant
28.6Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
28.7    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that
28.8part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North,
28.9Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the
28.10northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the
28.11north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of
28.12said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the
28.13property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence
28.14South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said
28.15Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said
28.16west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.
28.17    (d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land. The Department
28.18of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would
28.19best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of
28.20the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural
28.21Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant
28.22Township.

28.23    Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
28.24WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
28.25    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
28.261, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County
28.27may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
28.28paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
28.29    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
28.30general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
28.31    (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly
28.32350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H,
28.33I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot
28.341, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and
28.35Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that
29.1part of the MRL&M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland
29.2Addition to Bemidji.
29.3    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
29.4best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

29.5    Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
29.6WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
29.7    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
29.8Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
29.9paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
29.10    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
29.11general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.12    (c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the SE�� of
29.13the SE�� of Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 17 West, Blackhoof Township.
29.14    (d) The Carlton County Board of Commissioners has classified the parcel as
29.15nonconservation and has determined that the county's land management interests would
29.16best be served if the parcel was returned to private ownership.

29.17    Sec. 30. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS
29.18WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.
29.19    (a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land
29.20Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and
29.21according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange
29.22the lands described in paragraph (b).
29.23    (b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:
29.24    (1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the
29.25Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following
29.26described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter,
29.271,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or
29.28less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there
29.29terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;
29.30    (2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast
29.31Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter
29.32lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North,
29.33Range 24 West;
30.1    (3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the
30.2North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all
30.3in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and
30.4    (4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North,
30.5Range 23 West.
30.6    (c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange with
30.7the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate
30.8management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.

30.9    Sec. 31. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
30.10WATER; CHIPPEWA COUNTY.
30.11    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
30.12and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chippewa County may
30.13convey to Chippewa County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public
30.14water that is described in paragraph (c).
30.15    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
30.16that the land reverts to the state if the county fails to provide for the public use described
30.17in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. The attorney general may make
30.18necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
30.19    (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Chippewa County and is described
30.20as follows:
30.21    (1) Tract 1: a tract in Government Lot 2 described as: beginning at the southeast
30.22corner of Lot 6, Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl; thence West 50 feet South, 50 Feet West
30.23on a line 50 feet South of the south line of Block 1 to the river; thence southeasterly
30.24along the river to a point 165 feet South of the south line of Block 1; thence East on a
30.25line parallel with the south line of Block 1, to the intersection with the continuation of the
30.26east line of Lot 6, Block 1; thence North 165 feet to the point of beginning, Section 3,
30.27Township 116, Range 40;
30.28    (2) Tract 2: a 50 foot strip adjacent to Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl on South from
30.29Lot 3 to river, in Section 3, Township 116, Range 40; and
30.30    (3) Tract 3: Lot 1, Block 2, Aadlands Subdivision.
30.31    (d) The county will use the land to establish a public park.

30.32    Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
30.33WATER; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
31.1    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
31.2Clearwater County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
31.3in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
31.4    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
31.5general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
31.6    (c) The land to be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: Parcel
31.711.300.0020.
31.8    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
31.9best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

31.10    Sec. 33. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
31.11WATER OR WETLANDS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
31.12    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
31.13subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota
31.14County may convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land
31.15bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
31.16    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
31.17that the land reverts to the state if Dakota County stops using the land for the public
31.18purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions imposed by
31.19the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make changes to the
31.20land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
31.21    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as:
31.22    That part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 26, Township 28, Range 22, lying
31.23southeasterly of Lot 2, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION NO. 23, according to the recorded
31.24plat thereof, and lying easterly of the railroad right-of-way and lying northwesterly of the
31.25following described line:
31.26Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North,
31.27assumed bearing, along the west line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 178.00
31.28feet; thence northeasterly along a nontangential curve concave to the southeast a
31.29distance of 290.00 feet, said curve having a radius of 764.50 feet, a central angle of
31.3021 degrees 43 minutes 57 seconds, a chord of 288.24 feet and a chord bearing of
31.31North 24 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East; thence continuing northeasterly along
31.32a tangent curve concave to the southeast a distance of 350.00 feet, said curve having
31.33a radius of 708.80 feet, a central angle of 28 degrees 17 minutes 32 seconds, a chord
31.34of 346.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 49 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East;
31.35thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East tangent to the last described
32.1curve a distance of 578.10 feet, to a point hereinafter referred to as Point B; thence
32.2continuing North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 278.68 feet,
32.3more or less, to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and
32.4Pacific Railroad, said point being the point of beginning of the line to be described;
32.5thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 225.00 feet, more
32.6or less, to the shoreline of the Mississippi River and there terminating. (Dakota
32.7County tax identification number 36-02600-016-32).
32.8    (d) The county has determined that the land is needed as a trail corridor for the
32.9Mississippi River Regional Trail.

32.10    Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
32.11    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
32.12of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is
32.13described in paragraph (c).
32.14    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
32.15attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
32.16ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value
32.17of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the
32.18land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of
32.19Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
32.20    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as:
32.21Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
32.22    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
32.23management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of
32.24Wayzata.

32.25    Sec. 35. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
32.26WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
32.27    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
32.281, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may
32.29sell to Itasca County the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
32.30paragraph (c), for the appraised value of the land.
32.31    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
32.32general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
32.33    (c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the North 1,100 feet
32.34of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 26 West.
33.1    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
33.2best served if the land was under the direct ownership of Itasca County.

33.3    Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
33.4WATER; MARSHALL COUNTY.
33.5    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
33.6Marshall County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
33.7paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.8    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
33.9general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.10    (c) The land to be sold is located in Marshall County and is described as: that part of
33.11the westerly ten acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the
33.12following described line: Commencing at the quarter section corner between Sections 2
33.13and 11; thence South along the quarter section line a distance of 1,080 feet to the northern
33.14edge of County Ditch #25, the point of beginning; thence upstream along said ditch North
33.1540 degrees East 95 feet; thence South 41 degrees East 500 feet to the intersection with
33.16State Ditch #83; thence along said state ditch North 52 degrees 50 minutes East 196 feet;
33.17thence East 2,092 feet to the section line between Sections 11 and 12.
33.18    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
33.19best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

33.20    Sec. 37. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE
33.21PARK; MOWER COUNTY.
33.22    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the
33.23commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as
33.24required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the
33.25remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land
33.26located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).
33.27    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
33.28attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
33.29and ensure accuracy.
33.30    (c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is
33.31described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast
33.32Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota,
33.33described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance
33.34of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North
33.35at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south
34.1line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest
34.2Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less,
34.3to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more
34.4or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.
34.5    (d) The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of
34.6Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park
34.7and provide for increased access to the state park.

34.8    Sec. 38. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
34.9WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
34.10    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
34.111, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
34.12may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
34.13paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
34.14    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
34.15general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.16    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
34.17    Section 19, Township 133, Range 42, River's Bend Reserve, Lot B.
34.18    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
34.19Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

34.20    Sec. 39. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
34.21WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
34.22    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
34.231, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
34.24may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
34.25paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
34.26    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
34.27general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.28    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
34.29    Section 24, Township 136, Range 41, Crystal Beach, Lot 56, Block 1.
34.30    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
34.31Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

34.32    Sec. 40. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
34.33WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
35.1    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
35.21, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
35.3may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
35.4paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.5    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
35.6general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
35.7    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
35.8    Section 9, Township 133, Range 43, South 212 feet of Sub Lot 6 and South 212 feet
35.9of Sub Lot 7, except tract and except platted (1.19) acres.
35.10    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has no objection to the sale of this land.

35.11    Sec. 41. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
35.12WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
35.13    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
35.141, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
35.15may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
35.16paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.17    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
35.18general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
35.19    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
35.20    Section 10, Township 134, Range 42, Heilberger Lake Estates, Reserve Lot A.
35.21    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
35.22Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

35.23    Sec. 42. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
35.24WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
35.25    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
35.26Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
35.27in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.28    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
35.29general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
35.30    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
35.31    Section 31, Township 137, Range 39, Government Lot 5 (37.20 acres).
35.32    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
35.33best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

36.1    Sec. 43. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
36.2WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
36.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
36.4Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
36.5in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.6    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
36.7general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
36.8    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
36.9    Section 29, Township 137, Range 40, Freedom Flyer Estates, Lot 26, Block 1.
36.10    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
36.11best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

36.12    Sec. 44. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
36.13WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
36.14    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
36.151, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
36.16may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
36.17paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.18    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
36.19general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
36.20    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
36.21    Quiet Waters Development Outlot A.
36.22    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
36.23Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

36.24    Sec. 45. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
36.25WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
36.26    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
36.271, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
36.28may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
36.29paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.30    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
36.31general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
36.32    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
36.33    Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, part of Government Lot 4 North and East of
36.34highway (Book 307, Page 31).
37.1    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
37.2Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

37.3    Sec. 46. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
37.4WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
37.5    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
37.61, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
37.7may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
37.8paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.9    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
37.10general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.11    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
37.12    Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, Elm Rest, part of Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 and of
37.13Reserve A lying North of road (Book 307, Page 31).
37.14    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
37.15Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

37.16    Sec. 47. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
37.17WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
37.18    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
37.191, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
37.20may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
37.21paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.22    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
37.23general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.24    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
37.25    Section 27, Township 135, Range 39, Government Lot 7 (9.50 acres).
37.26    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
37.27Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

37.28    Sec. 48. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
37.29WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
37.30    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
37.311, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
37.32may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
37.33paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
38.1    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
38.2general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
38.3    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
38.4    Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, Government Lot 2, except tracts (7.77 acres).
38.5    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
38.6Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

38.7    Sec. 49. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
38.8WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
38.9    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
38.10Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
38.11in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
38.12    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
38.13general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
38.14    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
38.15    38609 County Highway 41, Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, part of Government
38.16Lot 2 beginning 275 feet West, 1,021.36 feet southwesterly, 1,179 feet southeasterly, 132
38.17feet South from northeast corner Section 9; East 33 feet, southerly 314 feet, West 33 feet,
38.18northerly on lake East 110 feet to beginning.

38.19    Sec. 50. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
38.20WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
38.21    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
38.22Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
38.23in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
38.24    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
38.25general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
38.26    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
38.27    Section 27, Township 132, Range 41, Stalker View Acres, Lot 6, Block 1.

38.28    Sec. 51. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
38.29WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
38.30    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
38.31Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
38.32in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
38.33    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
38.34general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
39.1    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
39.2    Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, North Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest
39.3Quarter (7.07 acres).
39.4    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
39.5best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

39.6    Sec. 52. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
39.7WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
39.8    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
39.9Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
39.10in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
39.11    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
39.12general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
39.13    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
39.14    Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, South Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest
39.15Quarter (7.06 acres).
39.16    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
39.17best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

39.18    Sec. 53. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; RICE COUNTY.
39.19    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the
39.20commissioner of administration may convey to Rice County for no consideration the
39.21surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
39.22    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
39.23that the land revert to the state if Rice County stops using the land for the public purpose
39.24described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land description
39.25to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
39.26    (c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is described as:
39.27    (1) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County,
39.28Minnesota, described as follows:
39.29Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5;
39.30thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180
39.31degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30
39.32feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence easterly on an
39.33azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20 feet; thence southerly on an
39.34azimuth of 183 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds 144.38 feet; thence southeasterly on
39.35an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 110.00 feet; thence northeasterly
40.1on an azimuth of 58 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90 feet; thence southeasterly
40.2on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 133.00 feet; thence
40.3southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 199.38 feet;
40.4thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 180.72 feet;
40.5thence northerly on an azimuth of 358 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 55.36 feet;
40.6thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 152.18 feet;
40.7thence northerly on an azimuth of 00 degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds 364.80 feet
40.8to the point of beginning; and
40.9    (2) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County,
40.10Minnesota, described as follows:
40.11Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5;
40.12thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180
40.13degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30
40.14feet; thence easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20
40.15feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence continuing
40.16easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 45.00 feet; thence
40.17southeasterly on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 202.00 feet;
40.18thence southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90
40.19feet; thence northwesterly on an azimuth of 328 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds
40.20110.00 feet; thence northerly on an azimuth of 3 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds
40.21144.38 feet to the point of beginning.
40.22    (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state
40.23purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land
40.24was conveyed to and used by Rice County for a jail.

40.25    Sec. 54. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND;
40.26ROSEAU COUNTY.
40.27    (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota
40.28Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private
40.29sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
40.30    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
40.31attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
40.32and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
40.33survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of
40.34according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
41.1    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the
41.2North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet
41.3of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing
41.40.5 acres, more or less.
41.5    (d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent
41.6trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land. The
41.7Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
41.8resource purposes.

41.9    Sec. 55. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
41.10    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
41.11of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is
41.12described in paragraph (c).
41.13    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
41.14attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
41.15ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of
41.16the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the
41.17land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis
41.18County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
41.19    (c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an
41.20undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13
41.21West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.
41.22    (d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in
41.23the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St.
41.24Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
41.25management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.

41.26    Sec. 56. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
41.27WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
41.28    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
41.29and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may
41.30sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources,
41.31the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the
41.32provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.
41.33    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
41.34attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
41.35and ensure accuracy.
42.1    (c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot
42.27, Klimek's Addition to Grand Lake, according to the plat thereof on file and of record
42.3in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.
42.4    (d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management
42.5purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use
42.6as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.

42.7    Sec. 57. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
42.8WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
42.9    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
42.101, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
42.11may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
42.12paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
42.13    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
42.14attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
42.15accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
42.16conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide
42.17riparian protection and public access to shore fishing. The easements for land described in
42.18paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (3), shall be 450 feet in width from the centerline of the river.
42.19The easements for land described in paragraph (c), clauses (4) and (5), shall be 300 feet in
42.20width from the centerline of the river. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis
42.21County Board and the commissioner of natural resources.
42.22    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
42.23    (1) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3.15 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (23.35
42.24acres) (535-0010-00210);
42.25    (2) Lot 7 except railroad right-of-way 3.9 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (30.1
42.26acres) (535-0010-00300);
42.27    (3) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3 acres, Section 12, T50N, R18W (36 acres)
42.28(535-0010-01910);
42.29    (4) Lot 2 except railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (22.5 acres)
42.30(310-0010-05650); and
42.31    (5) Lot 1 except GN railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (34 acres)
42.32(110-0040-00160).
42.33    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
42.34best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

43.1    Sec. 58. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
43.2WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
43.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
43.4St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
43.5in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
43.6    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
43.7general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
43.8    (c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and
43.9(10) to (12), the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements
43.10according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide riparian protection and public
43.11access for angling. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis County Board and
43.12the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for lands described in
43.13paragraph (d):
43.14    (1) clause (1), 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the creek;
43.15    (2) clause (2), 200 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river;
43.16    (3) clause (10), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river; and
43.17    (4) clauses (11) and (12), 50 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the stream.
43.18    (d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
43.19    (1) N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, T51N, R14W (5 acres)
43.20(520-0016-00590);
43.21    (2) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 8, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-01510);
43.22    (3) undivided 1/6 and undivided 1/2 of Lot 9, Thompson Lake Addition, Section 12,
43.23T53N, R14W (375-0120-00091, 375-0120-00094);
43.24    (4) SLY 200 FT OF NLY 1,220 FT OF LOT 4, Section 20, T54N, R18W (9.5 acres)
43.25(405-0010-03394);
43.26    (5) PART OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 LYING N OF SLY 433 FT, Section 36, T57N,
43.27R21W (25 acres) (141-0050-07345);
43.28    (6) PART OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 LYING W OF DW & P RY AND N OF PLAT OF
43.29HALEY, Section 23, T63N, R19W (11 acres) (350-0020-03730);
43.30    (7) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 26, T58N, R19W (40 acres) (385-0010-02610);
43.31    (8) NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, T59N, R20W (40 acres) (235-0030-03110);
43.32    (9) LOT 4, Section 2, T61N, R19W (40 acres) (200-0010-00230);
43.33    (10) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 19, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-03570);
43.34    (11) LOTS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, BLOCK 1, COLMANS 4th ACRE TRACT
43.35ADDITION TO DULUTH, Section 33, T51N, R14W (520-0090-00150, -00160, -00180);
43.36and
44.1    (12) BLOCKS 17, 18, and 20, PLAT OF VERMILION TRAIL LODGE, Section
44.213, T62N, R14W.
44.3    (e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
44.4best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

44.5    Sec. 59. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
44.6    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
44.7or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
44.8land described in paragraph (c).
44.9    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
44.10general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
44.11    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
44.12    Lots 20 and 21, Plat of Twin Lakes, Government Lot 3, Section 32, T60N, R19W
44.13(1.1 acres) (385-0070-00200).
44.14    (d) This sale resolves an unintentional trespass. The county has determined that the
44.15county's land management interests would best be served if the lands were returned to
44.16private ownership.

44.17    Sec. 60. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
44.18WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
44.19    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
44.201, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
44.21may convey to the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public water
44.22that is described in paragraph (c).
44.23    (b) The conveyance must be according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01,
44.24subdivision 2, and in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may
44.25make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
44.26    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
44.27    (1) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that
44.28part of Government Lot 2 lying southeasterly of the southeasterly right-of-way of the St.
44.29Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway including riparian rights.
44.30    EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 2 beginning at the intersection of the south
44.31line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern
44.32Pacific Railway; thence easterly along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 150
44.33feet to a point; thence deflect to the left and continue in a straight line to a point on the
44.34southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way said point distant 150 feet northeast of
44.35the point of beginning; thence deflect to the left and continue southwesterly along the
45.1southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 150 feet to point of beginning
45.2and there terminating.
45.3    EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 2 commencing at the point of
45.4intersection of the south line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul
45.5and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly
45.6line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 1,064 feet to point of beginning; thence
45.7deflect 44 degrees, 12 minutes, 27 seconds to the right a distance of 105.44 feet to a
45.8point; thence deflect 85 degrees, 16 minutes, 07 seconds to the left a distance of 111.92
45.9feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way; thence
45.10deflect to the left and continue northwesterly along the southeasterly line of said railway
45.11right-of-way a distance of 160 feet more or less to point of beginning and there terminating
45.12(010-2746-00290); and
45.13    (2) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that
45.14part of Government Lot 1, including riparian rights, lying southerly of the Northern Pacific
45.15Short Line right-of-way except 5 18/100 acres for Northern Pacific Main Line and except
45.16a strip of land 75 feet wide and adjoining the Northern Pacific Main Line right-of-way and
45.17formerly used as right-of-way by Duluth Transfer Railway 2 67/100 acres, also except that
45.18part lying North of Grand Avenue 72/100 acres and except a strip of land adjacent to the
45.19Old Transfer Railway right-of-way containing 2 13/100 acres. Revised Description #40,
45.20Recorder of Deeds, Book 686, Page 440.
45.21    EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern Pacific
45.22Short Line right-of-way and northerly of the Old Transfer Railway right-of-way.
45.23    EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern
45.24Pacific Main Line right-of-way and lying northerly of a line parallel to and lying 305 feet
45.25southerly of the north line of said Government Lot 1 (010-2746-00245).

45.26    Sec. 61. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
45.27    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
45.28St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in
45.29paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
45.30    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
45.31general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
45.32    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
45.33    (1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying
45.34east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of
46.1Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North,
46.2Range 20 West;
46.3    (2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County
46.4Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and
46.5    (3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26,
46.6Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of
46.7County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That
46.8part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North,
46.9Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the
46.10north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way
46.11of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section;
46.12thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an
46.13angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle
46.14of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north
46.15boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly
46.16direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a
46.17distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.
46.18    (d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.

46.19    Sec. 62. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
46.20WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
46.21    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
46.22St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
46.23in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
46.24    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
46.25attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
46.26accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits excavating,
46.27filling, dumping, tree cutting, burning, structures, and buildings within an area that is 75
46.28feet in width along the shoreline. A 15-foot strip for landowner lake access is allowed.
46.29    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: E 1/2 of W
46.301/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 27, T57N, R17W (5 acres).
46.31    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
46.32best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

46.33    Sec. 63. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
46.34WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
47.1    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
47.2St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
47.3in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
47.4    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
47.5attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
47.6accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction on buildings, structures, tree
47.7cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area that is 75 feet in
47.8width along the river. A 15-foot strip for landowner river access is allowed.
47.9    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: that
47.10part of Lot 8 beginning at a point 200 feet East of the center of Section 5; thence South
47.11300 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence North 263 feet to shoreline of Ash River; thence
47.12northwesterly along the river 325 feet; thence southerly to point of beginning, Section 5,
47.13T68N, R19W (2 acres) (731-0010-00845).
47.14    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
47.15best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

47.16    Sec. 64. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
47.17WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
47.18    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
47.19St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
47.20in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
47.21    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
47.22general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
47.23    (c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1) to (4), the
47.24commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements according to
47.25Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis
47.26County Board and the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for
47.27lands described in paragraph (d):
47.28    (1) clause (1), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot
47.29strip for landowner river access is allowed;
47.30    (2) clause (2), 125 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot
47.31strip for landowner river access is allowed;
47.32    (3) clause (3), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the tributary; and
47.33    (4) clause (4), for access purposes.
47.34    (d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
47.35    (1) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except W 1/2, Section 14, T62N, R18W (20 acres);
48.1    (2) S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 16, T62N, R18W (20 acres);
48.2    (3) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except 5 acres at NW corner and except S 1/2 and except E 1/2
48.3of NE 1/4, Section 10, T52N, R12W (10 acres);
48.4    (4) NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except that part of the NE 1/4 lying N of the East Van Road
48.5and except S 1/2 of N 1/2 of S 1/2 and except S 1/2 of S 1/2, Section 5, T52N, R14W
48.6(18.3 acres);
48.7    (5) westerly 416 feet of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except westerly 208 feet of southerly 624
48.8feet, Section 21, T56N, R18W (9.63 acres);
48.9    (6) Lot 3, Section 1, T55N, R21W (46.18 acres);
48.10    (7) SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 18, T52N, R15W (40 acres); and
48.11    (8) Lots 23, 73, 95, 118, 119 of NE-NA MIK-KA-TA plat, town of Breitung, located
48.12in Government Lots 1 and 12 of Section 6, T62N, R15W.
48.13    (e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
48.14best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

48.15    Sec. 65. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
48.16    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
48.17St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in
48.18paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
48.19    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
48.20general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
48.21    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Southeast
48.22Quarter of Southwest Quarter, Section 24, Township 65 North, Range 20 West.
48.23    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
48.24best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

48.25    Sec. 66. PRIVATE SALE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LAND;
48.26WABASHA COUNTY.
48.27    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135,
48.28subdivision 2a, the commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the wildlife
48.29management area land described in paragraph (c).
48.30    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
48.31attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
48.32ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to Mazeppa Township for less than
48.33the value of the land as determined by the commissioner.
48.34    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as
48.35follows: all of the following described tract: the southerly 300 feet of the westerly 350
49.1feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 109
49.2North, Range 14 West; together with the southerly 300 feet of the easterly 150 feet of the
49.3Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 109 North, Range 14
49.4West; excepting therefrom the right-of-way of existing highway; containing 3.23 acres
49.5more or less.
49.6    (d) The land is located in Mazeppa Township and is not contiguous to other
49.7state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
49.8management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a local unit
49.9of government.

49.10    Sec. 67. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
49.11WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
49.12    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
49.13resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are
49.14described in paragraph (c).
49.15    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
49.16attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
49.17and ensure accuracy.
49.18    (c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
49.19    (1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing
49.200.01 acres, more or less;
49.21    (2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing
49.221.5 acres, more or less; and
49.23    (3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing
49.240.01 acres, more or less.
49.25    (d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands.
49.26The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for
49.27natural resource purposes.

49.28    Sec. 68. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
49.29WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
49.30    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
49.31and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County
49.32may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the
49.33tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
49.34    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
49.35that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops
50.1using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may
50.2make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
50.3    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:
50.4    (1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the
50.5Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota,
50.6that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No.
50.71, except the following described tracts:
50.8    Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61
50.9intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5,
50.10Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south
50.11line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence
50.12North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet
50.13to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04
50.14minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to
50.15the point of the beginning; and
50.16    That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township
50.1732 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows:
50.18commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of
50.19Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61;
50.20thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along
50.21said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing
50.22southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of
50.23the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page
50.2469; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in
50.25its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise
50.26River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to
50.27the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and
50.28perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly
50.29along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
50.30    (2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the
50.31Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61
50.32and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.
50.33    (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for
50.34purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.

51.1    Sec. 69. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
51.2WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
51.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
51.41, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to
51.5the contrary, Washington County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is
51.6bordering public water and described in paragraph (c).
51.7    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must
51.8provide that the county or watershed district retains an easement for drainage purposes.
51.9The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and
51.10ensure accuracy.
51.11    (c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
51.12    All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 17,
51.13Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, that lies south of
51.14the following described parcel:
51.15Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast
51.16Quarter of Section 17; thence South, assumed bearing, along the east line of said
51.17Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 393 feet to the point of beginning;
51.18thence North 88 degrees 30 minutes West, on a line parallel with the north line of
51.19said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 915.7 feet, more or less, to an iron
51.20pipe; thence North 79 degrees 29 minutes West 395.5 feet, more or less, to a point on
51.21the centerline of the county road; thence southerly along said centerline, 323.4 feet,
51.22more or less, to a point; thence South 76 degrees 00 minutes East 251.9 feet, more or
51.23less, to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1083 feet, more or
51.24less, to a point on the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter;
51.25thence North, along said east line, 312 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
51.26    And, lies east of the plat of Laurelside which is on file and of record in the Office of
51.27the Washington County Recorder.
51.28    And, lies northerly of the following described parcel:
51.29All that part of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17,
51.30and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20,
51.31Township 30 North, Range 21 West; which is also part of vacated Block 146 and
51.32adjacent Linden Street (now vacated) of the plat of Wildwood which is on file and
51.33of record in the Office of the Washington County Recorder; and more specifically
51.34described as follows:
51.35Commencing at the most westerly corner of Block 147, Wildwood; thence on
51.36the northwesterly extension of the southwesterly line of Block 147, a distance of
52.160 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of said Block 146, which is also the
52.2northwesterly line of Bryant Avenue; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly
52.3side of Block 146, a distance of 92 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be
52.4described; thence continuing northeasterly, along said southeasterly side of Block
52.5146, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a contour line being at elevation 947 feet
52.6above mean sea level; thence in a northwesterly direction along said contour line
52.7for 200 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a line that is parallel with and 177
52.8feet from said southeasterly side of Block 146 as measured at right angles; thence
52.9southwesterly along said parallel line, 297 feet, more or less, to a point drawn at
52.10right angles from the point of beginning; thence on a deflection angle of 90 degrees
52.11to the left, 177 feet to the point of beginning.
52.12    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
52.13best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

52.14    Sec. 70. EASEMENT ON TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
52.15    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary,
52.16Itasca County may grant a 40-year easement of tax-forfeited land to the Itasca County
52.17Regional Rail Authority for a rail line right-of-way. The easement may be canceled only
52.18by resolution of the county board after reasonable notice for any substantial breach of the
52.19terms of the easement. The land subject to the easement may not be sold or otherwise
52.20conveyed by the county board during the period of the easement.

52.21    Sec. 71. REPORT.
52.22    By January 15, 2009, the Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with
52.23the attorney general, stakeholders, and a representative from the Voyageurs National
52.24Park, shall report to the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction
52.25over environment and natural resources budget and policy on any state and federal
52.26contractual agreements and the legal relationship between the state and federal authorities
52.27relating to the navigable waters under the state's jurisdiction as described in Minnesota
52.28Statutes, section 84B.061, within Voyageurs National Park. The department shall
52.29make recommendations, including any draft legislation, on how to appropriately share
52.30enforcement duties between state and federal officials.

52.31    Sec. 72. REPEALER.
52.32Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; and 16B.285,
52.33are repealed.

53.1    Sec. 73. EFFECTIVE DATE.
53.2    This article is effective the day following final enactment.

53.3ARTICLE 2

53.4GAME AND FISH

53.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 10A.01, subdivision 35,
53.6is amended to read:
53.7    Subd. 35. Public official. "Public official" means any:
53.8    (1) member of the legislature;
53.9    (2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative
53.10auditor, chief clerk of the house, revisor of statutes, or researcher, legislative analyst, or
53.11attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and Research or House Research;
53.12    (3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative
53.13deputy;
53.14    (4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;
53.15    (5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state
53.16department or agency as listed in section 15.01 or 15.06, or the state chief information
53.17officer;
53.18    (6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a
53.19state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under
53.20chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;
53.21    (7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend,
53.22or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;
53.23    (8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;
53.24    (9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);
53.25    (10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;
53.26    (11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of
53.27Administrative Hearings or referee in the Department of Employment and Economic
53.28Development;
53.29    (12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations
53.30manager of the Metropolitan Council;
53.31    (13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;
53.32    (14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the
53.33Department of Public Safety;
53.34    (15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;
53.35    (16) member of the board of directors or president of Minnesota Technology, Inc.;
54.1    (17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State
54.2High School League;
54.3    (18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 473.755;
54.4    (19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;
54.5    (20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management
54.6organization as defined under section 103B.205, subdivision 13; or
54.7    (21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district; or
54.8    (22) citizen member of the Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council established in section
54.997A.056.
54.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective November 15, 2008, if the
54.11constitutional amendment proposed in Laws 2008, chapter 151, is adopted by the voters.

54.12    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4981, is amended to read:
54.1317.4981 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR REGULATION OF AQUATIC
54.14FARMS.
54.15    (a) Aquatic farms are licensed to culture private aquatic life. Cultured aquatic life
54.16is not wildlife. Aquatic farms must be licensed and given classifications to prevent or
54.17minimize impacts on natural resources. The purpose of sections 17.4981 to 17.4997 is to:
54.18    (1) prevent public aquatic life from entering an aquatic farm;
54.19    (2) prevent release of nonindigenous or exotic species into public waters without
54.20approval of the commissioner;
54.21    (3) protect against release of disease pathogens to public waters;
54.22    (4) protect existing natural aquatic habitats and the wildlife dependent on them; and
54.23    (5) protect private aquatic life from unauthorized taking or harvest.
54.24    (b) Private aquatic life that is legally acquired and possessed is an article of interstate
54.25commerce and may be restricted only as necessary to protect state fish and water resources.
54.26    (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall establish license and other fees as
54.27provided in section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, that would make aquaculture licensing and
54.28enforcement self-sustaining. The commissioner shall develop best management practices
54.29for aquaculture to ensure the long-term sustainability of aquaculture and wetlands used for
54.30aquaculture, including, but not limited to, fish farming in man-made ponds.

54.31    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, is
54.32amended to read:
54.33    Subdivision 1. License required. (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic
54.34farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.
55.1    (b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by
55.2the commissioner.
55.3    (c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the
55.4commissioner.
55.5    (d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required
55.6license fee under section 17.4988.
55.7    (e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property
55.8rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant
55.9detrimental impact on the public resource.
55.10    (f) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house
55.11of representatives committees on natural resource policy and finance on policy
55.12recommendations regarding aquaculture. The commissioner shall not issue a new license
55.13for aquatic farm purposes on a natural water body that has been restored or subject to a
55.14protective easement or other interest in land that was at least partially paid for with state or
55.15federal money.
55.16    (g) Before a new aquatic farm license is issued for a natural water body, the applicant
55.17must notify all owners of property with direct access to the water body. The notification
55.18must include the language of this subdivision.
55.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
55.20and applies to applications submitted after that date.

55.21    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
55.22    Subd. 15. Electronic transactions. (a) The commissioner may receive an
55.23application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate safety
55.24training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the commissioner
55.25by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 97A.472, electronic
55.26and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The commissioner may:
55.27    (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions,
55.28including by telephone;
55.29    (2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or
55.30fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as
55.31temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until
55.32the license or registration is received or expires;
55.33    (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic
55.34transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an
55.35additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50;
56.1    (4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent
56.2of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An
56.3electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic
56.4bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The
56.5sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and
56.6state: "License agents are allowed by state law to charge a fee not to exceed three percent
56.7of the cost of state licenses to persons who use electronic bank cards for payment. The
56.8fee is not required by state law.";
56.9    (5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be
56.10paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system.
56.11The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly
56.12overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing
56.13system; and
56.14    (5) (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.
56.15    (b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clause clauses (3) and (4), and
56.16the commission established under paragraph (a), clause (4) (5), are not subject to the
56.17rulemaking procedures of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
56.18    (c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision,
56.19including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the
56.20natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.

56.21    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.22    Subd. 2. Exceptions. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may place into
56.23the waters of the state a watercraft or trailer with aquatic macrophytes:
56.24    (1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;
56.25    (2) for purposes of shooting or observation blinds attached in or on watercraft in
56.26amounts sufficient for that purpose, if the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut
56.27above the waterline;
56.28    (3) that are wild rice harvested under section 84.091; or
56.29    (4) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally
56.30transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl
56.31season.

56.32    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
57.1    Subd. 4. Warnings; civil citations. After appropriate training, conservation
57.2officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the
57.3commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who:
57.4    (1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;
57.5    (2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a
57.6watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes or prohibited
57.7invasive species attached;
57.8    (3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed
57.9by rule, Eurasian water milfoil;
57.10    (4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before
57.11leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested
57.12waters; or
57.13    (5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property.

57.14    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.15    Subdivision 1. Pass in possession. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while
57.16riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state
57.17trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests, a person 16 years of age
57.18or over shall carry in immediate possession and visibly display on person or horse tack,
57.19a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a
57.20conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 84.0835.
57.21    (b) A valid horse trail pass is not required under this section for a person riding,
57.22leading, or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trail that is owned by the person
57.23or the person's spouse, child, parent, or guardian.

57.24    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 32a, is amended to read:
57.25    Subd. 32a. Muzzle-loader Muzzleloader season. "Muzzle-loader Muzzleloader
57.26season" means the firearms deer season option open only for legal muzzle-loading
57.27muzzleloading firearms, as prescribed by the commissioner.

57.28    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 41a, is amended to read:
57.29    Subd. 41a. Regular firearms season. "Regular firearms season" means any of
57.30the firearms deer season options seasons prescribed by the commissioner that begin in
57.31November, exclusive of the muzzle-loader muzzleloader season.

58.1    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a
58.2subdivision to read:
58.3    Subd. 44a. Shelter. "Shelter" means any structure, other than a self-propelled motor
58.4vehicle, that is set on the ice of state waters to provide shelter.

58.5    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
58.6    Subd. 7. Duty to encourage stamp design and purchases. (a) The commissioner
58.7shall encourage the purchase of:
58.8    (1) Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamps by nonhunters interested in migratory
58.9waterfowl preservation and habitat development;
58.10    (2) pheasant stamps by persons interested in pheasant habitat improvement;
58.11    (3) trout and salmon stamps by persons interested in trout and salmon stream and
58.12lake improvement; and
58.13    (4) turkey stamps by persons interested in wild turkey management and habitat
58.14improvement stamp collecting; and
58.15    (5) walleye stamps by persons interested in walleye stocking and stamp collecting.
58.16    (b) The commissioner shall make rules governing contests for selecting a design for
58.17each stamp, including those stamps not required to be in possession while taking game or
58.18fish. The commissioner shall ensure that stamp design and characteristics are consistent
58.19with the design and characteristics that are sought by pictorial stamp collectors.

58.20    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is
58.21amended to read:
58.22    Subd. 4. Game and fish annual reports. (a) By December 15 each year,
58.23the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over
58.24appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:
58.25    (1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures
58.26were made:
58.27    (i) the small game license surcharge under section 97A.475, subdivision 4;
58.28    (ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision
58.295 , clause (1);
58.30    (iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10;
58.31    (iv) the pheasant stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 5, clause (2);
58.32    (v) the turkey stamp wild turkey management account under section 97A.475,
58.33subdivision 5 , clause (3) 97A.075, subdivision 5; and
59.1    (vi) the deer license donations and surcharges under section 97A.475, subdivisions
59.23, paragraph (b), and 3a; and
59.3    (vii) the walleye stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10a;
59.4    (2) the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and
59.5(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent;
59.6    (3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for
59.7which expenditures were made from the fund;
59.8    (4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and
59.9    (5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under
59.10subdivision 4b.
59.11    (b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for
59.12changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).
59.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

59.14    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
59.15    Subd. 4b. Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint
59.16subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4;
59.17review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes
59.18in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant
59.19information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for
59.20improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
59.21    (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised
59.22of at least three affected persons:
59.23    (1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding
59.24activities related to trout and salmon stamp and walleye stamp funding;
59.25    (2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding
59.26activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp wild turkey
59.27management funding and excluding review of the amounts available under section
59.2897A.075, subdivision 1 , paragraphs (b) and (c);
59.29    (3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4,
59.30paragraph (a), clause (2);
59.31    (4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services
59.32funding;
59.33    (5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support
59.34services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;
60.1    (6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding
60.2issues related to trout and salmon;
60.3    (7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and
60.4address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
60.5    (8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding
60.6issues related to pheasants; and
60.7    (9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp wild turkey management
60.8account and address funding issues related to wild turkeys; and
60.9    (10) a subcommittee to review the walleye stamp and address funding issues related
60.10to walleye stocking.
60.11    (c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight
60.12Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual
60.13report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and
60.14revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the
60.15subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report
60.16in a timely manner.
60.17    (d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a
60.18biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15
60.19of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations
60.20to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
60.21resources finance.
60.22    (e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the
60.23Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not
60.24be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
60.25    (f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the
60.26commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
60.27resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
60.28    (g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the
60.29Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.
60.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

60.31    Sec. 14. [97A.056] OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD OUTDOOR
60.32HERITAGE COUNCIL.
60.33    Subdivision 1. Outdoor heritage fund. An outdoor heritage fund, under article XI,
60.34section 15, of the Minnesota Constitution, is established as an account in the state treasury.
60.35All money earned by the outdoor heritage fund must be credited to the fund. At least 99
61.1percent of the money appropriated from the fund must be expended to restore, protect, and
61.2enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.
61.3    Subd. 2. Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council. (a) The Lessard Outdoor Heritage
61.4Council of 12 members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:
61.5    (1) two public members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of
61.6the Committee on Rules and Administration;
61.7    (2) two public members appointed by the speaker of the house;
61.8    (3) four public members appointed by the governor;
61.9    (4) two members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees
61.10of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and
61.11    (5) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the
61.12house.
61.13    (b) Members appointed under paragraph (a) must not be registered lobbyists.
61.14In making appointments, the governor, senate Subcommittee on Committees of the
61.15Committee on Rules and Administration, and the speaker of the house shall consider
61.16geographic balance, gender, age, ethnicity, and varying interests including hunting and
61.17fishing. The governor's appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent
61.18of the senate.
61.19    (c) Public members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have practical experience
61.20or expertise or demonstrated knowledge in the science, policy, or practice of restoring,
61.21protecting, and enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and
61.22wildlife.
61.23    (d) Legislative members appointed under paragraph (a) shall include the chairs
61.24of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources
61.25finance or their designee, one member from the minority party of the senate, and one
61.26member from the minority party of the house of representatives.
61.27    (e) Members serve four-year terms and shall be initially appointed according to
61.28the following schedule of terms:
61.29    (1) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first
61.30Monday in January 2011;
61.31    (2) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the
61.32Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January
61.332011;
61.34    (3) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending
61.35the first Monday in January 2011;
62.1    (4) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first
62.2Monday in January 2013;
62.3    (5) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the
62.4Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January
62.52013;
62.6    (6) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the
62.7first Monday in January 2013; and
62.8    (7) two members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees
62.9of the Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in
62.10January 2013, and two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker
62.11of the house for a term ending the first Monday in January 2013.
62.12    (f) Compensation and removal of public members are as provided in section
62.1315.0575. A vacancy on the council may be filled by the appointing authority for the
62.14remainder of the unexpired term.
62.15    (g) The first meeting of the council shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative
62.16Coordinating Commission no later than December 1, 2008. Members shall elect a chair,
62.17vice chair, secretary, and other officers as determined by the council. The chair may
62.18convene meetings as necessary to conduct the duties prescribed by this section.
62.19    (h) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide administrative support for
62.20the council. Up to one percent of the money appropriated from the fund may be used to
62.21cover the staffing and related administrative expenses of the department and to cover the
62.22compensation and travel expenses of council members.
62.23    Subd. 3. Council recommendations. (a) The council shall make recommendations
62.24to the legislature on appropriations of money from the outdoor heritage fund that are
62.25consistent with the Constitution and state law and that take into consideration the outcomes
62.26of, including, but not limited to, the Minnesota Conservation and Preservation Plan, that
62.27directly relate to the restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, forests,
62.28and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, and that prevent forest fragmentation, encourage
62.29forest consolidation, and expand restored native prairie. The council shall submit its
62.30initial recommendations to the legislature no later than April 1, 2009. Subsequent
62.31recommendations shall be submitted no later than January 15 each year. The council shall
62.32present its recommendations to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over the
62.33environment and natural resources budget by February 15 in odd numbered years, and
62.34within the first four weeks of the legislative session in even numbered years. The council's
62.35budget recommendations to the legislature shall be separate from the Department of
62.36Natural Resource's budget recommendations.
63.1    (b) To encourage and support local conservation efforts, the council shall establish a
63.2conservation partners program. Local, regional, state, or national organizations may apply
63.3for matching grants for restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies,
63.4forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, prevention of forest fragmentation,
63.5encouragement of forest consolidation, and expansion of restored native prairie.
63.6    (c) The council may work with the Clean Water Council to identify projects that
63.7are consistent with both the purpose of the outdoor heritage fund and the purpose of
63.8the clean water fund.
63.9    (d) The council may make recommendations to the Legislative-Citizen Commission
63.10on Minnesota Resources on scientific research that will assist in restoring, protecting, and
63.11enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, preventing
63.12forest fragmentation, encouraging forest consolidation, and expanding restored native
63.13prairie.
63.14    (e) Recommendations of the council, including approval of recommendations for the
63.15outdoor heritage fund, require an affirmative vote of at least nine members of the council.
63.16    Subd. 4. Conflict of interest. (a) A council member may not be an advocate for
63.17or against a council action or vote on any action that may be a conflict of interest. A
63.18conflict of interest must be disclosed as soon as it is discovered. The council shall follow
63.19the policies and requirements related to conflicts of interest developed by the Office of
63.20Grants Management under section 16B.98.
63.21    (b) For the purposes of this section, a "conflict of interest" exists when a person has
63.22an organizational conflict of interest or direct financial interests and those interests present
63.23the appearance that it will be difficult for the person to impartially fulfill the person's
63.24duty. An "organizational conflict of interest" exists when a person has an affiliation with
63.25an organization that is subject to council activities, which presents the appearance of a
63.26conflict between organizational interests and council member duties. An "organizational
63.27conflict of interest" does not exist if the person's only affiliation with an organization is
63.28being a member of the organization.
63.29    Subd. 5. Open meetings. (a) Meetings of the council and other groups the council
63.30may establish are subject to chapter 13D. Except where prohibited by law, the council
63.31shall establish additional processes to broaden public involvement in all aspects of its
63.32deliberations, including recording meetings, video conferencing, and publishing minutes.
63.33For the purposes of this subdivision, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and the
63.34members receive information or take action on any matter relating to the duties of the
63.35council. The quorum requirement for the council shall be seven members.
64.1    (b) For legislative members of the council, enforcement of this subdivision is
64.2governed by section 3.055, subdivision 2. For nonlegislative members of the council,
64.3enforcement of this subdivision is governed by section 13D.06, subdivisions 1 and 2.
64.4    Subd. 6. Audit. The council shall select an independent auditor to audit the outdoor
64.5heritage fund expenditures every two years to ensure that the money is spent to restore,
64.6protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.
64.7    Subd. 7. Legislative oversight. (a) The senate and house chairs of the committees
64.8with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources budget shall convene a joint
64.9hearing to review the activities and evaluate the effectiveness of the council and evaluate
64.10the effectiveness and efficiency of the department's administration and staffing of the
64.11council after five years but no later than June 30, 2014.
64.12    (b) By January 15, 2013, a professional outside review authority shall be chosen by
64.13the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over
64.14environment and natural resources to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the
64.15department's administration and staffing of the council. A report shall be submitted to
64.16the chairs by January 15, 2014.
64.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective November 15, 2008, if the
64.18constitutional amendment proposed in Laws 2008, chapter 151, is adopted by the voters.

64.19    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.20    Subdivision 1. Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this
64.21subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2,
64.22clauses (4) , (5), (9), (11), (13), and (14) (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (15), (16), and (17), and 3,
64.23clauses (2), (3), and (7) (2), (3), (4), (9), (11), (12), and (13), and licenses issued under
64.24section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
64.25    (b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and
64.26wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under section
64.2797A.473, subdivision 4 , shall be credited to the deer management account and shall be
64.28used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.
64.29    (c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from
64.30the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license
64.31issued under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear
64.32management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including
64.33a computerized licensing system.
65.1    (d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding
65.2and wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer
65.3feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency
65.4deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When
65.5the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild
65.6cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first
65.7time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund.
65.8The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance
65.9committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild
65.10cervidae health management has been spent.
65.11    Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer
65.12feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal
65.13year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer
65.14and bear management programs and computerized licensing.

65.15    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
65.16    Subd. 4. Pheasant stamp. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from pheasant stamps
65.17must be credited to the pheasant habitat improvement account. Money in the account
65.18may be used only for:
65.19    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for ringnecked
65.20pheasants on public and private land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter
65.21cover, and reliable food sources;
65.22    (2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for pheasant habitat;
65.23    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant habitat on public and private
65.24land;
65.25    (4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and maintenance, including
65.26promotion and evaluation of government farm program benefits for pheasant habitat; and
65.27    (5) the acquisition of lands suitable for pheasant habitat management and public
65.28hunting.
65.29    (b) Money in the account may not be used for:
65.30    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph
65.31(a), clause (1), (3), or (5), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under
65.32paragraph (a), clause (4); or
65.33    (2) any personnel costs, except that prior to July 1, 2009 2019, personnel may be
65.34hired to provide technical and promotional assistance for private landowners to implement
65.35conservation provisions of state and federal programs.

66.1    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
66.2    Subd. 5. Turkey stamps account. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from
66.3turkey stamps $4.50 from each turkey license sold must be credited to the wild turkey
66.4management account. Money in the account may be used only for:
66.5    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for wild
66.6turkeys on public and private land including forest stand improvement and establishment
66.7of nesting cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources;
66.8    (2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey habitat;
66.9    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey habitat on public and
66.10private land;
66.11    (4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and
66.12    (5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and maintenance, population
66.13surveys and monitoring, and research.
66.14    (b) Money in the account may not be used for:
66.15    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph
66.16(a), clauses (1) to (3), a specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause (4),
66.17or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph (a), clause (5); or
66.18    (2) any permanent personnel costs.
66.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

66.20    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, is amended by adding a
66.21subdivision to read:
66.22    Subd. 6. Walleye stamp. (a) Revenue from walleye stamps must be credited to the
66.23walleye stamp account. Money in the account must be used only for stocking walleye in
66.24waters of the state and related activities.
66.25    (b) Money in the account may not be used for costs unless they are directly related to
66.26a specific body of water under paragraph (a), or for costs associated with supplies and
66.27equipment to implement walleye stocking activities under paragraph (a).
66.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective on March 1, 2009.

66.29    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
66.30    Subd. 5. Refunds. (a) The commissioner may issue a refund on a license, not
66.31including any issuing fees paid under section 97A.485, subdivision 6, if:
66.32    (1) the licensee dies before the opening of the licensed season. The original license
66.33and a copy of the death certificate must be provided to the commissioner; or
67.1    (2) the licensee is unable to participate in the licensed activity because the licensee is
67.2called to active military duty or military leave is canceled during the entire open season of
67.3the licensed activity. The original license and a copy of the military orders or notice of
67.4cancellation of leave must be provided to the commissioner; or
67.5    (3) the licensee purchased two licenses for the same license season in error.
67.6    (b) This subdivision does not apply to lifetime licenses.

67.7    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is
67.8amended to read:
67.9    Subd. 2. Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from
67.10an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either:
67.11(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2)
67.12the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to
67.13the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
67.14    (b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person
67.15must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper
67.16license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper
67.17license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state
67.18identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the
67.19license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been
67.20issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement
67.21shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer,
67.22the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest,
67.23or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon
67.24request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name
67.25in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
67.26    (c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a
67.27copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license
67.28identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights
67.29or privileges conferred by a license.
67.30    (d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall
67.31be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial turkey,
67.32migratory waterfowl, pheasant, or trout and salmon, or walleye stamp shall be provided to
67.33the licensee after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2
67.34fee. A pictorial turkey stamp may be purchased for a $2 fee.
67.35EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

68.1    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.2    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for a moose license shall be determined
68.3under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a moose license only
68.4if the person:
68.5    (1) is a resident; and
68.6    (2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
68.7    (3) (2) has not been issued a moose license for any of the last five seasons or after
68.8January 1, 1991.

68.9    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.433, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.10    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for an elk license shall be determined under this
68.11section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for an elk license only if the person:
68.12    (1) is a resident; and
68.13    (2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
68.14    (3) (2) has never been issued an elk license.

68.15    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.434, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.16    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Eligibility for a prairie chicken license shall be determined by
68.17this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie
68.18chicken license only if the person:
68.19    (1) is a resident; and
68.20    (2) was born before January 1, 1980, or possesses a firearms safety certificate.

68.21    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is
68.22amended to read:
68.23    Subd. 7. Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may
68.24issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person resident who is an
68.25owner or tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land,
68.26as defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to
68.27take additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only
68.28one license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants,
68.29only one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The
68.30license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes
68.31or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land
68.32is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or
68.33dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision
69.12 , the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may
69.2take an additional deer under that license.
69.3    (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer
69.4hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first
69.5Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under
69.6section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13).

69.7    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is
69.8amended to read:
69.9    Subd. 3. Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 may
69.10not must obtain a small game license but may in order to take small game by firearms
69.11or bow and arrow without a license paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475,
69.12subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if the resident is:
69.13    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
69.14    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
69.15guardian;
69.16    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied
69.17by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an
69.18apprentice hunter validation; or
69.19    (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
69.20    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game
69.21license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident
69.22under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter,
69.23bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat,
69.24or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the
69.25accompanying parent or guardian.
69.26    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey
69.27without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or
69.28guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
69.29    (d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a
69.30prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an
69.31adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
69.32EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to paragraph (a) are effective March 1, 2009.

69.33    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
70.1    Subd. 4. Persons under age 16; big game. (a) A person under the age of 16 12,
70.213, 14, or 15 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses a
70.3firearms safety certificate. A person under the age of 14 12 or 13 must be accompanied
70.4by a parent or guardian to hunt big game.
70.5    (b) A person age 10 or 11 may take big game provided the person is under the direct
70.6supervision of a parent or guardian where the parent or guardian is within immediate
70.7reach. Until March 1, 2009, a person age 10 or 11 may take big game under a parent or
70.8guardian's license. Beginning March 1, 2009, a person age 10 or 11 must obtain a license
70.9in order to take big game and may obtain the license without paying the fee required under
70.10section 97A.475, subdivision 2.

70.11    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.473, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
70.12    Subd. 2. Lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime angling license
70.13authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those
70.14activities authorized by the annual resident angling license. The license does not include a
70.15trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required
70.16by law.
70.17    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling license are:
70.18    (1) age 3 and under, $227;
70.19    (2) age 4 to age 15, $300;
70.20    (3) age 16 to age 50, $383; and
70.21    (4) age 51 and over, $203.

70.22    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is
70.23amended to read:
70.24    Subd. 5. Lifetime sporting license; fee. (a) A resident lifetime sporting license
70.25authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game in the state. The
70.26license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling, resident
70.27small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include a trout
70.28and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or
70.29any other hunting stamps required by law.
70.30    (b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are:
70.31    (1) age 3 and under, $357;
70.32    (2) age 4 to age 15, $480;
70.33    (3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and
70.34    (4) age 51 and over, $413.

71.1    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.474, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.2    Subd. 2. Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee. (a) A nonresident lifetime
71.3angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license
71.4authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The
71.5license does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation,
71.6or other stamps required by law.
71.7    (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:
71.8    (1) age 3 and under, $447;
71.9    (2) age 4 to age 15, $600;
71.10    (3) age 16 to age 50, $773; and
71.11    (4) age 51 and over, $513.

71.12    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is
71.13amended to read:
71.14    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents
71.15only, are:
71.16    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
71.17    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
71.18    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $18 $23;
71.19    (4) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
71.20    (4) (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular
71.21firearms season, $26;
71.22    (5) (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
71.23    (7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
71.24season, $26;
71.25    (6) (8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
71.26    (7) (9) to take bear, $38;
71.27    (8) (10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
71.28    (9) (11) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
71.29    (10) (12) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
71.30    (11) (13) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer
71.31season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
71.32    (12) (14) to take prairie chickens, $20;
71.33    (13) (15) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms
71.34during the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and
72.1    (14) (16) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery,
72.2$13; and
72.3    (17) for persons under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
72.4season, $13.
72.5EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to clauses (3) and (4) are effective March
72.61, 2009.

72.7    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is
72.8amended to read:
72.9    Subd. 3. Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued
72.10to nonresidents, are:
72.11    (1) for persons age 18 and older or over to take small game, $73;
72.12    (2) for persons age 18 and older or over to take deer with firearms during the regular
72.13firearms season, $135;
72.14    (3) for persons age 18 and older to take deer by archery, $135;
72.15    (4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
72.16season, $135;
72.17    (4) (5) to take bear, $195;
72.18    (5) (6) for persons age 18 and older to take turkey, $73 $78;
72.19    (7) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
72.20    (6) (8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;
72.21    (7) (9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270;
72.22    (8) (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
72.23    (9) (11) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during
72.24the regular firearms season in any open zone season option or time period, $13; and
72.25    (10) (12) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery,
72.26$13; and
72.27    (13) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.
72.28    (b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under
72.29paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (7) (9). An additional commission may not be assessed
72.30on this surcharge.
72.31EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to paragraph (a), clauses (6) and (7), are
72.32effective March 1, 2009.

72.33    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3a,
72.34is amended to read:
73.1    Subd. 3a. Deer license surcharge. A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3,
73.2or $5 to the fees for annual resident and nonresident licenses to take deer by firearms or
73.3archery established under subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), (9), and (11) (5), (6), (7), (11),
73.4and (13), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7) (4), and (9). Beginning March 1, 2008, fees for
73.5bonus licenses to take deer by firearms or archery established under section 97B.301,
73.6subdivision 4 , must be increased by a surcharge of $1. An additional commission may not
73.7be assessed on the donation or surcharge and the following statement must be included in
73.8the annual deer hunting regulations: "The deer license donations and surcharges are being
73.9paid by hunters for deer management, including assisting with the costs of processing deer
73.10donated for charitable purposes."

73.11    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
73.12    Subd. 5. Hunting stamps. Fees for the following stamps and stamp validations are:
73.13    (1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $7.50; and
73.14    (2) pheasant stamp, $7.50; and
73.15    (3) turkey stamp validation, $5.
73.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

73.17    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, is amended by adding a
73.18subdivision to read:
73.19    Subd. 10a. Walleye stamp validation. A person may agree to purchase a walleye
73.20stamp validation for $5.
73.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

73.22    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 16,
73.23is amended to read:
73.24    Subd. 16. Resident bear hunting guides outfitters. (a) The fee for a resident
73.25bear hunting outfitter license to guide bear hunters is $82.50 and is available only to
73.26a Minnesota resident individual.
73.27    (b) The fee for a resident master bear hunting outfitter license is $165. The fee to
73.28add an additional person under the license is $82.50 per person.

73.29    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
73.30    Subd. 6. Licenses to be sold and issuing fees. (a) Persons authorized to sell
73.31licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the
73.32following issuing fees:
74.1    (1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
74.2    (2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and
74.3    (3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing
74.4animals, the issuing fee is $1;
74.5    (4) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an issuing
74.6fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
74.7    (5) for stamps stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
74.8    (6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 97A.441
74.9or 97A.465, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized
74.10seller;
74.11    (7) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
74.12    (8) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction
74.13through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an
74.14issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion
74.15of the authorized seller.
74.16    (b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a trout and salmon stamp if
74.17a stamp validation is issued simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license.
74.18Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one trout and salmon stamp
74.19in the same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
74.20    (c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
74.21    (d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the
74.22commissioner.
74.23    (e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the
74.24issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
74.25    (f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
74.26    (1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
74.27    (2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
74.28    (g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses
74.29each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license
74.30fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold
74.31licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter
74.32boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be
74.33maintained by the commissioner for one year.

74.34    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
75.1    Subdivision 1. Tags required. (a) A person may not possess or transport deer,
75.2bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner
75.3prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has
75.4the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by
75.5the commissioner.
75.6    (b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by
75.7the commissioner.
75.8    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the
75.9deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the
75.10site of the kill.
75.11    (d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for
75.12storage.
75.13    (e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the
75.14kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually
75.15or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while
75.16possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the
75.17animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the
75.18deer, bear, elk, or moose:
75.19    (1) as otherwise provided in this section; and
75.20    (2) prior to the animal being placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being
75.21hung from a tree or other structure or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or
75.22other place of habitation.

75.23    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
75.24    Subd. 5. Firearms safety certificate. The commissioner shall issue a firearms
75.25safety certificate to a person that satisfactorily completes the required course of instruction.
75.26A person must be at least age 11 to take the firearms safety course and may receive a
75.27firearms safety certificate, but the certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the
75.28person reaches age 12. A person who is age 11 and has a firearms safety certificate may
75.29purchase a deer, bear, turkey, or prairie chicken license to take big game that will become
75.30be valid when for hunting during the entire regular season for which the license is valid if
75.31the person reaches will reach age 12 during that calendar year. A firearms safety certificate
75.32issued to a person under age 12 by another state as provided in section 97B.020 is not
75.33valid for hunting in Minnesota until the person reaches age 12. The form and content of
75.34the firearms safety certificate shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

76.1    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is
76.2amended to read:
76.3    Subdivision 1. Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game. (a)
76.4A person may take big game with a firearm only if:
76.5    (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and
76.6with centerfire ignition;
76.7    (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
76.8    (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and has a soft point or is
76.9an expanding bullet type;
76.10    (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 inches;
76.11    (5) (4) the muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is incapable of being loaded at the
76.12breech;
76.13    (6) (5) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least
76.14.45 inches; and
76.15    (7) (6) the rifled muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.
76.16    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a
76.17ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum
76.18cartridge, a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50
76.19Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.

76.20    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.035, subdivision 1a,
76.21is amended to read:
76.22    Subd. 1a. Minimum draw weight. A bow used to take big game or turkey must
76.23have a pull that meets or exceeds 30 pounds at or before full draw.

76.24    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.036, is amended to read:
76.2597B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS DEER SEASON.
76.26    Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer,
76.27bear, or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms deer season seasons.
76.28The transportation requirements of section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular
76.29firearms deer, bear, or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section
76.3097B.106, subdivision 2 . A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this
76.31section must have a valid firearms deer license to take the respective game.

76.32    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.041, is amended to read:
77.197B.041 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED
77.2IN DEER ZONES.
77.3    A person may not possess a firearm or ammunition outdoors during the period
77.4beginning the fifth day before the open firearms season and ending the second day after
77.5the close of the season within an area where deer may be taken by a firearm, except:
77.6    (1) during the open season and in an area where big game may be taken, a firearm
77.7and ammunition authorized for taking big game in that area may be used to take big game
77.8in that area if the person has a valid big game license in possession;
77.9    (2) an unloaded firearm that is in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle;
77.10    (3) a shotgun and shells containing No. 4 buckshot or smaller diameter lead shot
77.11or steel shot;
77.12    (4) a handgun or rifle and only short, long, and long rifle cartridges that are caliber
77.13of .22 inches capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 and .22 caliber, including
77.14.22 magnum caliber cartridges;
77.15    (5) handguns possessed by a person authorized to carry a handgun under sections
77.16624.714 and 624.715 for the purpose authorized; and
77.17    (6) on a target range operated under a permit from the commissioner.
77.18    This section does not apply during an open firearms season in an area where deer
77.19may be taken only by muzzleloader, except that muzzleloading firearms lawful for the
77.20taking of deer may be possessed only by persons with a valid license to take deer by
77.21muzzleloader during that season.
77.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2008.

77.23    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.071, is amended to read:
77.2497B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.
77.25    (a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt
77.26or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws
77.27and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the
77.28waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage
77.29pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not
77.30apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting
77.31location or to trappers on waters of this state.
77.32    (b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to
77.33the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey,
77.34migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with nontoxic shot or while
78.1trapping, unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the
78.2waist is blaze orange. This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting by falconry.
78.3    (c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where
78.4paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public
78.5Law 103-141.
78.6    (d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only
78.7by a safety warning.

78.8    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.106, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.9    Subdivision 1. Qualifications for crossbow permits. (a) The commissioner may
78.10issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a
78.11crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a
78.12permanent or temporary physical disability. A crossbow permit issued under this section
78.13also allows the permittee to use a bow with a mechanical device that draws, releases, or
78.14holds the bow at full draw as provided in section 97B.035, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
78.15    (b) To qualify for a crossbow permit under this section, a temporary disability
78.16must render the person unable to hunt or fish by archery for a minimum of two years
78.17after application for the permit is made. The permanent or temporary disability must
78.18be established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt or fish by archery for the
78.19required period of time must be verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor.
78.20A person who has received a special permit under this section because of a permanent
78.21disability is eligible for subsequent special permits without providing medical evidence
78.22and verification of the disability.
78.23    (c) The person must obtain the appropriate license.

78.24    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.25    Subdivision 1. Possession of firearms prohibited. Except when hunting bear, A
78.26person may not take big game deer by archery while in possession of a firearm.

78.27    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.28    Subdivision 1. Licenses required. A person may not take deer without a license.
78.29A person must have a firearms deer license to take deer with firearms during the regular
78.30firearms season, a muzzleloader license to take deer with a muzzleloader during the
78.31muzzleloader season, and an archery deer license to take deer by archery except as
78.32provided in this section.

79.1    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
79.2    Subd. 2. Limit of one deer. Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, A person
79.3may obtain one regular firearms season deer license, one muzzleloader season deer
79.4license, and one archery season deer license in the same license year, but may take only
79.5not tag more than one deer except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4.

79.6    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
79.7    Subd. 4. Taking more than one deer. (a) The commissioner may, by rule, allow
79.8a person to take more than one deer. The commissioner shall prescribe the conditions
79.9for taking the additional deer including:
79.10    (1) taking by firearm, muzzleloader, or archery;
79.11    (2) obtaining additional licenses; and
79.12    (3) payment of a fee not more than the fee for a firearms deer license; and
79.13    (4) the total number of deer that an individual may take.
79.14    (b) In Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, and Roseau Counties, a
79.15person may obtain one firearms deer license and one archery deer license in the same
79.16license year, and may take one deer under each license. The commissioner may limit the
79.17use of this provision in certain years to protect the deer population in the area.

79.18    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
79.19    Subd. 6. Residents or nonresidents under age 18 may take deer of either sex.
79.20    A resident or nonresident under the age of 18 may take a deer of either sex except in
79.21those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no antlerless permits are offered. In
79.22antlerless permit areas where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may
79.23provide a limited number of youth either sex permits to residents or nonresidents under
79.24age 18, under the procedures provided in section 97B.305, and may give preference to
79.25residents or nonresidents under the age of 18 that have not previously been selected.
79.26This subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer by another member
79.27of a party under subdivision 3.

79.28    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, is amended by adding a
79.29subdivision to read:
79.30    Subd. 8. Sale of multiple zone or multiple season licenses. If the commissioner
79.31adopts rules on deer zones, or seasons that eliminate the need for purchasing an all season
79.32deer or multizone license, then the commissioner is not required to offer all season deer or
79.33multizone licenses for sale.

80.1    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.328, is amended to read:
80.297B.328 BAITING PROHIBITED.
80.3    Subdivision 1. Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. (a) A person may
80.4not hunt deer:
80.5    (1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or
80.6    (2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that
80.7bait or feed is present; or.
80.8    (3) in the vicinity of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed
80.9within the previous ten days.
80.10    (b) This restriction does not apply to:
80.11    Subd. 2. Removal of bait. An area is considered baited for ten days after the
80.12complete removal of all bait or feed.
80.13    Subd. 3. Definition. For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains,
80.14fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer and
80.15that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, minerals, and bird feeders containing
80.16grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed.
80.17    (1) Food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife
80.18food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities; or
80.19is not bait or feed.
80.20    Subd. 4. Exception for bait or feed on adjacent land. (2) A person otherwise
80.21in compliance with this section who is hunting on the person's own private or public
80.22property, when that is adjacent to property where bait or feed is present is not in violation
80.23of this section if the person has not participated in, been involved with, or agreed to
80.24baiting or feeding wildlife on the adjacent land owned by another person property.

80.25    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.401, is amended to read:
80.2697B.401 BEAR LICENSE REQUIRED.
80.27    A person may not take bear without a bear license except as provided in section
80.2897B.415 to protect property. A person may not place bait for bears on or after the Friday
80.29nearest August 14 unless the person has a bear license or is operating under the direction
80.30of a person with a valid bear license.

80.31    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.405, is amended to read:
80.3297B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
81.1    (a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an
81.2area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters.
81.3The commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially
81.4select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have
81.5previously applied and have not been selected.
81.6    (b) In the case of a drawing, the commissioner shall allow a person to apply for a
81.7permit in more than one area at the same time and rank the person's choice of area.

81.8    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.425, is amended to read:
81.997B.425 BAITING BEARS.
81.10    Notwithstanding section 609.68, a person may place bait to take bear and must
81.11display a tag at each site where bait is placed and register the sites. The commissioner
81.12shall prescribe the method of tagging and registering the sites. The tag displayed at each
81.13site where bait is placed must contain identification information for a licensed bear hunter
81.14or a licensed bear outfitter. A person must have the license identification number of the
81.15person with the bear license in their possession or be a licensed bear outfitter while
81.16attending a bear bait station. To attract bear a person may not use a bait with:
81.17    (1) a carcass from a mammal, if the carcass contains more than 25 percent of the
81.18intact carcass;
81.19    (2) meat from mammals, if the meat contains bones;
81.20    (3) bones of mammals;
81.21    (4) solid waste containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, or metal;
81.22    (5) materials that are not readily biodegradable; or
81.23    (6) any part of a swine, except cured pork.

81.24    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.431, is amended to read:
81.2597B.431 BEAR HUNTING GUIDES OUTFITTERS.
81.26    (a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for
81.27compensation without a bear hunting guide outfitter license. A bear hunting guide outfitter
81.28is not required to have a license to take bear unless the guide outfitter is attempting
81.29to shoot a bear. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and
81.30administration of the licenses.
81.31    (b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear hunting outfitter license
81.32under which one person serves as the bear hunting outfitter and one other person is eligible
81.33to guide and bait bear. Additional persons may be added to the license and are eligible to
81.34guide and bait bear under the license, provided the additional fee under section 97A.475,
82.1subdivision 16, is paid for each person added. The commissioner shall adopt rules for
82.2qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses.

82.3    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.621, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
82.4    Subd. 3. Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between one-half hour
82.5after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a person:
82.6    (1) must be on foot;
82.7    (2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;
82.8    (3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or
82.9long rifle, rimfire ammunition may use a handgun or rifle capable of firing only rimfire
82.10cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber, including .22 magnum; and
82.11    (4) may not use shotgun shells with larger diameter of shot than No. 4 shot.

82.12    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.13    Subdivision 1. Seasons for certain upland game birds. (a) The commissioner
82.14may, by rule, prescribe an open season in designated areas between September 16 and
82.15January 3 for:
82.16    (1) pheasant;
82.17    (2) ruffed grouse;
82.18    (3) sharp tailed grouse;
82.19    (4) Canada spruce grouse;
82.20    (5) prairie chicken;
82.21    (6) gray partridge;
82.22    (7) bob-white quail; and
82.23    (8) turkey.
82.24    (b) The commissioner may by rule prescribe an open season for turkey in the spring.
82.25    (c) The commissioner shall allow a four-week fall season for turkey in the area
82.26designated as turkey permit area 601 as of the 2008 season. All applicable local and state
82.27regulations apply.

82.28    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.721, is amended to read:
82.2997B.721 LICENSE AND STAMP VALIDATION REQUIRED TO TAKE
82.30TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
82.31    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person
82.32may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license and a turkey stamp validation.
83.1    (b) The requirement in paragraph (a) to have a turkey stamp validation does not
83.2apply to persons under age 18. An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed
83.3wild turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or possess a firearm or bow while
83.4assisting a hunter under this paragraph and may not charge a fee for the assistance.
83.5    (c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the tagging and
83.6registration of turkeys.
83.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

83.8    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.205, is amended to read:
83.997C.205 TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.
83.10    (a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a
83.11quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:
83.12    (1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections
83.1317.4985 and 17.4986;
83.14    (2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;
83.15    (3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;
83.16    (4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section
83.1797C.821 ; or
83.18    (5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section.
83.19    (b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:
83.20    (1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs; and
83.21    (2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.
83.22    (c) The commissioner must allow the possession of fish on special management or
83.23experimental waters to be prepared as a meal on the ice or on the shore of that water
83.24body if the fish:
83.25    (1) were lawfully taken;
83.26    (2) have been packaged by a licensed fish packer; and
83.27    (3) do not otherwise exceed the statewide possession limits.
83.28    (c) (d) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting
83.29organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:
83.30    (1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;
83.31    (2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary
83.32equipment; and
83.33    (3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the
83.34needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization
83.35operating the rearing pond.
84.1    (d) (e) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium,
84.2transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie,
84.3white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black,
84.4yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may
84.5be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches
84.6in total length.

84.7    Sec. 60. [97C.303] CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.
84.8    Subdivision 1. Availability. The commissioner shall make available a conservation
84.9angling license according to this section. Conservation angling licenses shall be offered
84.10for resident individuals and resident married couples.
84.11    Subd. 2. Daily and possession limits. Daily and possession limits for fish taken
84.12under a conservation angling license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the
84.13corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, rounded down to the next
84.14whole number if necessary.
84.15    Subd. 3. License fee. The fee for a conservation angling license issued under this
84.16section is two-thirds of the corresponding standard angling license fee under section
84.1797A.475, subdivision 6, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
84.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

84.19    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 2, is
84.20amended to read:
84.21    Subd. 2. License required. A person may not take fish from leave a dark house
84.22or fish house that is left unattended on the ice overnight at any time between midnight
84.23and one hour before sunrise unless the house is licensed and has a license tag attached
84.24to the exterior in a readily visible location, except as provided in this subdivision. The
84.25commissioner must issue a tag with a dark house or fish house license, marked with a
84.26number to correspond with the license and the year of issue. A dark house or fish house
84.27license is not required of a resident on boundary waters where the adjacent state does not
84.28charge a fee for the same activity.

84.29    Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
84.30    Subd. 4. Distance between houses. A person may not erect a dark house or, fish
84.31house, or shelter within ten feet of an existing dark house or, fish house, or shelter.

84.32    Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
85.1    Subd. 7. Dates and times houses may remain on ice. (a) Except as provided in
85.2paragraph (d), A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice
85.3unattended between 12:00 a.m. midnight and one hour before sunrise after the following
85.4dates:
85.5    (1) the last day of February first Monday in March, for state waters south of a line
85.6starting at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route
85.7No. 10, then east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along
85.8Trunk Highway No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No.
85.9200 to U.S. Route No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin
85.10border; and
85.11    (2) the third Monday in March 15, for other state waters.
85.12    A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice in violation of this
85.13subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner
85.14may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of
85.15the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the
85.16commissioner.
85.17    (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house, dark house, or shelter in
85.18violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house or shelter.
85.19The officer shall seize the contents of the house or shelter and hold them for 60 days. If the
85.20seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the
85.21division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
85.22    (c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15,
85.23under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a Saturday, a shelter, including a fish house or
85.24dark house, may be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until
85.2512:00 a.m. the following Monday.
85.26    (d) A person may have a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice
85.27between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in
85.28paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house or shelter may not be unattended during those
85.29hours.

85.30    Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
85.31    Subd. 7a. Houses left overnight. A fish house or, dark house, or shelter left on the
85.32ice overnight must be marked with reflective material on each side of the house structure.
85.33The reflective material must measure a total area of no less than two square inches on each
85.34side of the house structure. Violation of this subdivision is not subject to subdivision 8
85.35or section 97A.301.

86.1    Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is
86.2amended to read:
86.3    Subd. 8. Confiscation of unlawful structures; civil penalty. (a) Structures on the
86.4ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division,
86.5or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
86.6    (b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the
86.7ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 115A.99.
86.8    (c) This subdivision also applies to structures left on state public access sites for
86.9more than 48 hours past the deadlines specified in subdivision 7.

86.10    Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
86.11    Subd. 4. Open season. The open season for spearing through the ice is December 1
86.12November 15 to the last Sunday in February.

86.13    Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
86.14    Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by
86.15angling are as follows:
86.16    (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and
86.17smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend
86.18to the last Sunday in February;
86.19    (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
86.20    (3) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes, from January 15 to March 31;
86.21    (4) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to
86.22October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section
86.2397C.415, subdivision 2 ; and
86.24    (5) for the winter season for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on
86.25all lakes, from January 15 to March 31; and
86.26    (4) (6) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
86.27    (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are
86.28spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.

86.29    Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
86.30    Subd. 2. Walleye; northern pike. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person
86.31may take have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches and one northern pike
86.32larger than 30 inches daily in possession.
86.33    (b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to boundary waters.
87.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

87.2    Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.865, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
87.3    Subd. 2. Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules establishing requirements for
87.4labeling and packing fish under a fish packer's license. The commissioner shall require
87.5only the license number of the fish packer, the name and license number of the angler
87.6or person who lawfully possesses the fish, the name of the lake on which the fish were
87.7caught, the species of fish, and the number of fish to appear on a label. The commissioner
87.8must not allow sauger to be labeled as walleye.

87.9    Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 624.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.10    Subdivision 1. Regulation. (a) As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, the term
87.11"fireworks" means any substance or combination of substances or article prepared
87.12for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion,
87.13deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, and toy canes in
87.14which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel
87.15them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, sparklers other
87.16than those specified in paragraph (c), or other fireworks of like construction, and any
87.17fireworks containing any explosive or inflammable compound, or any tablets or other
87.18device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as fireworks.
87.19    (b) The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy guns, in which paper caps
87.20containing 25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps
87.21which contain less than 20/100 grains of explosive mixture.
87.22    (c) The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100
87.23grams of mixture per item, other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial
87.24and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 500 grams
87.25or less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers
87.26which include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops,
87.27each consisting of not more than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture. The
87.28use of items listed in this paragraph is not permitted on public property. This paragraph
87.29does not authorize the purchase of items listed in it by persons younger than 18 years
87.30of age. The age of a purchaser of items listed in this paragraph must be verified by
87.31photographic identification.
87.32    (d) A local unit of government may impose an annual license fee for the retail
87.33sale of items authorized under paragraph (c). The annual license fee of each retail seller
87.34that is in the business of selling only the items authorized under paragraph (c) may not
88.1exceed $350, and the annual license of each other retail seller may not exceed $100. A
88.2local unit of government may not:
88.3    (1) impose any fee or charge, other than the fee authorized by this paragraph, on the
88.4retail sale of items authorized under paragraph (c);
88.5    (2) prohibit or restrict the display of items for permanent or temporary retail sale
88.6authorized under paragraph (c) that comply with National Fire Protection Association
88.7Standard 1124 (2003 edition); or
88.8    (3) impose on a retail seller any financial guarantee requirements, including bonding
88.9or insurance provisions, containing restrictions or conditions not imposed on the same
88.10basis on all other business licensees.
88.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

88.12    Sec. 71. MASTER ANGLER PROPOSAL; APPROPRIATION.
88.13    (a) By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources, after consultation
88.14with the director of Explore Minnesota Tourism and interested stakeholders, shall submit a
88.15proposal to improve, expand, and promote the master angler program.
88.16    (b) $10,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and fish fund is appropriated to the
88.17commissioner of natural resources for development of the proposal in paragraph (a).

88.18    Sec. 72. BEAR HUNTING PERMIT DRAWING; RULEMAKING.
88.19    The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules to comply with the changes
88.20made to Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.405. The commissioner may use the good cause
88.21exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt
88.22the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in
88.23Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

88.24    Sec. 73. WILD TURKEY HUNTING MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
88.25    The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the National
88.26Wild Turkey Federation, shall, by January 15, 2009, provide the legislature with
88.27recommendations for future management of hunting wild turkeys in Minnesota.

88.28    Sec. 74. RULES.
88.29    The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules in compliance with the
88.30changes to Minnesota Statutes, sections 97C.205 and 97C.865, subdivision 2. The rules
88.31required by this section are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
88.32chapter 14. The rules are subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, except that
88.33notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, paragraph (b), the rules continue
89.1in effect until repealed or superseded by other law or rule. As part of this rulemaking,
89.2the commissioner shall:
89.3    (1) amend Minnesota Rules, part 6262.3250, by deleting item A and amending the
89.4part so that labels required under item D are consistent with the new requirements in
89.5Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.865, subdivision 2; and
89.6    (2) amend Minnesota Rules, part 6262.0100, to allow the possession of fish on
89.7special management or experimental waters for a meal, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
89.8section 97C.205.

89.9    Sec. 75. DISABLED HUNTING REPORT.
89.10    By January 1, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall report to the
89.11chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over the
89.12environment and natural resources on changes, including any statutory changes, necessary
89.13to simplify the process for obtaining disabled hunting permits and for landowners to allow
89.14hunts on their land for the disabled. The commissioner shall work with nonprofit groups
89.15and other interested parties in simplifying the process.

89.16    Sec. 76. MINNESOTA MOOSE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH PLAN.
89.17    The commissioner of natural resources shall consult with research scientists, wildlife
89.18managers, tribal interests, other agencies with moose research and management expertise,
89.19and other key stakeholder groups on the development of a moose management and
89.20research plan for Minnesota. The plan shall address moose populations and habitats,
89.21including, but not limited to, the northwest Minnesota herd; likely causes of observed
89.22changes and trends; moose habitat and hunting management; and monitoring, research, and
89.23evaluation needs. The plan shall establish future moose management and research goals
89.24and strategies within the context of habitat and climate trends in Minnesota. By January
89.2515, 2009, the commissioner shall provide a progress report on the plan to the senate and
89.26house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over natural resource policy.

89.27    Sec. 77. WALLEYE STOCKING.
89.28    The commissioner of natural resources shall stock 22,500,000 additional walleye fry
89.29in calendar year 2009 and 22,500,000 additional walleye fry in calendar year 2010. This
89.30stocking shall be in a lake where the commissioner is studying the effects of cormorant
89.31control and the lack of natural reproduction of the walleye. The commissioner of natural
89.32resources may stock the lake at the commissioner's discretion in calendar year 2011.

89.33    Sec. 78. UNCASED FIREARMS REPORT.
90.1    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a report funded by the game
90.2and fish fund to the legislature by January 1, 2009, on uncased firearms for the purposes
90.3of hunting, predator control, and trapping.
90.4    (b) The report must comply with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197, and
90.5be submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over the
90.6environment and natural resources. The commissioner may include additional information
90.7that the commissioner feels is important to this issue.

90.8    Sec. 79. COCK PHEASANT BAG LIMIT; RULEMAKING.
90.9    The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part
90.106234.0400, subpart 2, to allow a person to take up to three cock pheasants per day and
90.11nine in possession beginning on December 1, until the end of the pheasant season. The
90.12commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section
90.1314.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rule and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386,
90.14does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

90.15    Sec. 80. OUTDOOR EDUCATION WORKING GROUP.
90.16    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall coordinate a working group with the
90.17commissioner of education to report recommendations to the legislature on the teaching of
90.18outdoor education in grades 7 through 12.
90.19    (b) Each commissioner shall designate members of the working group and shall
90.20include at least one parent, one representative of higher education, one outdoor educator,
90.21and one representative from a sportsman or wildlife organization. The appointments and
90.22designations must be completed by August 1, 2008.
90.23    (c) The working group must report recommendations, proposed changes, sources
90.24of funding, and draft legislation to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
90.25kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance, and environment policy and
90.26environment finance by January 15, 2009. The working group expires June 30, 2009.

90.27    Sec. 81. APPROPRIATIONS.
90.28    (a) $102,000 in fiscal year 2009 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the
90.29commissioner of natural resources for the development of aquaculture best management
90.30practices. The base in fiscal year 2010 is $150,000. The base for fiscal year 2011 is $0.
90.31    (b) $123,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $246,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and
90.32fish fund are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to implement fish virus
90.33surveillance, prepare infrastructure to handle possible outbreaks, and implement control
90.34procedures for highest risk waters and fish production operations. This is a onetime
91.1appropriation. If an appropriation for the same purpose is enacted in 2008 H.F. No. 1812,
91.2or another bill, the comparable appropriation in that act is void.
91.3    (c) $128,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the game and fish fund for
91.4walleye stocking. This is a onetime appropriation.

91.5    Sec. 82. REPEALER.
91.6Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411, subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules,
91.7parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart 4; and 6234.0100, subpart 4, are repealed.

91.8ARTICLE 3

91.9LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK

91.10    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.012, is amended by adding a
91.11subdivision to read:
91.12    Subd. 38a. Lake Vermilion State Park, St. Louis County.

91.13    Sec. 2. LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
91.14    Subdivision 1. Lake Vermilion State Park. Lake Vermilion State Park is
91.15established in St. Louis County.
91.16    Subd. 2. Management. All lands acquired for Lake Vermilion State Park must be
91.17administered in the same manner as provided for other state parks and must be perpetually
91.18dedicated for that use.
91.19    Subd. 3. Boundaries. The following described lands are located within the
91.20boundaries of Lake Vermilion State Park:
91.21    (1) Government Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, all
91.22in Section 13, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
91.23    (2) Government Lots 6 and 8, Section 14, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
91.24    (3) Government Lots 1 and 7 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, all
91.25in Section 22, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
91.26    (4) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and
91.27the South Half, all in Section 23, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
91.28    (5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
91.29    (6) all of Section 25, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
91.30    (7) all of Section 26, Township 62 North, Range 15 West, excepting therefrom
91.31all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying South of the south
91.32right-of-way line of State Highway 169 and also excepting therefrom the East 845 feet of
92.1the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying South of the south right-of-way
92.2line of State Highway 169;
92.3    (8) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the
92.4Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
92.5    (9) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 62
92.6North, Range 15 West, except that part lying South of the centerline of the McKinley
92.7Park Road; and
92.8    (10) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the East Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section
92.919, Township 62 North, Range 14 West.
92.10    Subd. 4. Annual payments. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2010, in lieu of the
92.11payment amount provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.12, subdivision
92.121, clause (1), the county shall receive an annual payment for land acquired for Lake
92.13Vermilion State Park equal to 1.5 percent of the appraised value of the land.
92.14    (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the appraised value of the land acquired for
92.15Lake Vermilion State Park for the first five years after acquisition shall be the purchase
92.16price of the land, plus the value of any portion of the land that is acquired by donation.
92.17The appraised value must be redetermined by the county assessor every five years after
92.18the land is acquired.
92.19    (c) The annual payments under this subdivision shall be distributed to the taxing
92.20jurisdictions containing the property as follows: one-third to the school districts; one-third
92.21to the town; and one-third to the county. The payment to school districts is not a county
92.22apportionment under section 127A.34 and is not subject to aid recapture. Each of those
92.23taxing jurisdictions may use the payments for their general purposes.
92.24    (d) Except as provided in this subdivision, the payments shall be made as provided
92.25in Minnesota Statutes, sections 477A.11 to 477A.13.
92.26    (e) Article 2, section 11, of 2008 H.F. No. 3149, if enacted, is repealed.

92.27    Sec. 3.EFFECTIVE DATE.
92.28    Sections 1 and 2 are effective upon acquisition by the state by purchase or by gift of
92.29all lands described in section 2, subdivision 3."
92.30Delete the title and insert:

92.31"A bill for an act

92.32relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for sale of surplus state land;
92.33creating a Minnesota forests for the future program; providing for alternative
92.34recording of state forest roads; providing for certain wetland banking credits;
92.35modifying provisions related to aquatic farms; providing for expedited exchanges
92.36of public land; providing for consultation on certain unallotments; adding to and
92.37deleting from state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and
93.1private sales, conveyances, leases, and exchanges of certain state land; modifying
93.2Minnesota critical habitat private sector matching account; modifying timber
93.3permit provisions; modifying outdoor recreation system; modifying authority
93.4to convey private easements on tax-forfeited land; authorizing certain leases
93.5of tax-forfeited and other state lands; modifying invasive species provisions;
93.6authorizing certain fees; modifying horse trail pass requirements; modifying
93.7disposition of pheasant habitat improvement account; modifying wild turkey
93.8management account; providing for a voluntary walleye stamp; modifying
93.9hunting and fishing licensing and taking provisions; modifying fireworks
93.10regulation; establishing the Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council; requiring
93.11reports; providing for rulemaking; establishing Lake Vermilion State Park;
93.12appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281,
93.13subdivision 3; 16B.282; 16B.283; 16B.284; 16B.287, subdivision 2; 17.4981;
93.1484.027, subdivision 15; 84.943, subdivision 5; 84D.10, subdivision 2; 84D.13,
93.15subdivision 4; 85.012, by adding a subdivision; 85.46, subdivision 1; 86A.04;
93.1686A.08, subdivision 1; 89.715; 90.151, subdivision 1; 97A.015, subdivisions
93.1732a, 41a, by adding a subdivision; 97A.045, subdivision 7; 97A.055, subdivision
93.184b; 97A.075, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.311, subdivision
93.195; 97A.431, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434, subdivision 2;
93.2097A.451, subdivision 4; 97A.473, subdivision 2; 97A.474, subdivision 2;
93.2197A.475, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 6;
93.2297A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.015, subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.071; 97B.106,
93.23subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6,
93.24by adding a subdivision; 97B.401; 97B.405; 97B.425; 97B.431; 97B.621,
93.25subdivision 3; 97B.711, subdivision 1; 97B.721; 97C.205; 97C.355, subdivisions
93.264, 7, 7a; 97C.371, subdivision 4; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 97C.401, subdivision
93.272; 97C.865, subdivision 2; 282.04, subdivision 4a; 325D.55, subdivision 1;
93.28624.20, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 10A.01,
93.29subdivision 35; 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405,
93.30subdivision 2; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473,
93.31subdivision 5; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 16; 97B.031, subdivision 1;
93.3297B.035, subdivision 1a; 97B.036; 97B.328; 97C.355, subdivisions 2, 8; Laws
93.332005, chapter 161, section 25; Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43;
93.34proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 94; 97A; 97C;
93.35103G; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, 5;
93.3616B.285; 97A.411, subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4;
93.376232.0300, subpart 4; 6234.0100, subpart 4."
We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.Senate Conferees: (Signed) Satveer S. Chaudhary, Ellen R. Anderson, Tom Saxhaug, Dennis R. Frederickson, Steve DilleHouse Conferees: (Signed) David Dill, Jean Wagenius, Cy Thao, Frank Moe, Denny McNamara

94.1	We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.
94.2	Senate Conferees:(Signed)
94.3	.....		.....
94.4	Satveer S. Chaudhary		Ellen R. Anderson
94.5	.....		.....
94.6	Tom Saxhaug		Dennis R. Frederickson
94.7	.....
94.8	Steve Dille
94.9	House Conferees:(Signed)
94.10	.....		.....
94.11	David Dill		Jean Wagenius
94.12	.....		.....
94.13	Cy Thao		Frank Moe
94.14	.....
94.15	Denny McNamara