SF 2651

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

1.1A bill for an act

1.2relating to natural resources; modifying Minnesota critical habitat private sector
1.3matching account; modifying certain enforcement authority; modifying timber
1.4permit provisions; providing for expedited exchanges of public land; modifying
1.5outdoor recreation system; adding to and deleting from state parks, recreation
1.6areas, and forests; providing for public and private sales, conveyances, and
1.7exchanges of certain state land; providing for certain leases of and easements on
1.8tax-forfeited and other state lands; modifying aquatic farm and invasive species
1.9provisions; authorizing certain fees; modifying horse trail pass requirements;
1.10modifying report requirements for game and fish fund; modifying disposition
1.11of pheasant habitat improvement account; modifying wild turkey management
1.12account; modifying hunting and fishing licensing and taking provisions;
1.13modifying fireworks regulation; requiring reports; providing for rulemaking;
1.14establishing an Outdoor Heritage Council; appropriating money;amending
1.15Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 17.4981; 84.027, subdivision 15; 84.943,
1.16subdivision 5; 84D.10, subdivision 2; 84D.13, subdivision 4; 85.46, subdivision
1.171; 86A.04; 86A.08, subdivision 1; 90.151, subdivision 1; 97A.015, by adding
1.18a subdivision; 97A.055, subdivision 4b; 97A.075, subdivisions 4, 5; 97A.311,
1.19subdivision 5; 97A.431, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434,
1.20subdivision 2; 97A.451, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475,
1.21subdivision 5; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.015,
1.22subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.106, subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1;
1.2397B.301, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 97B.405; 97B.431; 97B.621,
1.24subdivision 3; 97B.711, subdivision 1; 97B.721; 97C.001, subdivision 3;
1.2597C.005, subdivision 3; 97C.205; 97C.315, subdivision 1; 97C.355, subdivisions
1.264, 7, 7a; 97C.371, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 97C.395, subdivision
1.271; 97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.865, subdivision 2; 282.04, subdivision 4a;
1.28624.20, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 10A.01,
1.29subdivision 35; 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405,
1.30subdivision 2; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.475,
1.31subdivisions 2, 3, 7, 12, 16; 97B.031, subdivision 1; 97B.035, subdivision 1a;
1.3297B.036; 97B.328; 97C.355, subdivisions 2, 8; Laws 2006, chapter 236, article
1.331, section 43; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
1.3484B; 94; 97A; 97C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411,
1.35subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart
1.364; 6234.0100, subpart 4.
1.37BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.1ARTICLE 1

2.2STATE LANDS

2.3    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.4    Subd. 5. Pledges and contributions. The commissioner of natural resources may
2.5accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account.
2.6A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported
2.7with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a
2.8contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium,
2.9the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount
2.10that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
2.11    Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only
2.12for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section
2.1384.944 . To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money
2.14matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management
2.15of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes: (1)
2.16purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the
2.17commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects.

2.18    Sec. 2. [84B.062] ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS.
2.19    A state employee shall not enforce federal laws or regulations pertaining to speed
2.20limits on snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles, to the prohibition of all-terrain vehicles, or
2.21to the prohibition of commercial float planes or ski planes on the navigable waters within
2.22Voyageurs National Park under the state's jurisdiction as described in section 84B.061.

2.23    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:
2.2486A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
2.25    The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas;
2.26state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, 85.015, 85.0155, and
2.2785.0156 ; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state
2.28wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites,
2.29which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources
2.30or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic,
2.31and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities
2.32established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use
2.33of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas
3.1and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in
3.2this section that are classified under section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state
3.3recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit."

3.4    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.5    Subdivision 1. Secondary authorization; when permitted. A unit of the outdoor
3.6recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another
3.7unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the
3.8respective units and only in the instances permitted below:
3.9    (a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park:
3.10historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational
3.11river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
3.12    (b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state
3.13recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river,
3.14trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area, and water access site.
3.15    (c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest:
3.16state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and
3.17natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic
3.18management area, and water access site.
3.19    (d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic
3.20site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and
3.21water access site.
3.22    (e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife
3.23management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.
3.24    (f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild,
3.25scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness
3.26area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
3.27    (g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest
3.28area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area,
3.29and water access site.
3.30    (h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic
3.31management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational
3.32river, and water access site.

3.33    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 90.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.1    Subdivision 1. Issuance; expiration. (a) Following receipt of the down payment
4.2for state timber required under section 90.14 or 90.191, the commissioner shall issue a
4.3numbered permit to the purchaser, in a form approved by the attorney general, by the
4.4terms of which the purchaser shall be authorized to enter upon the land, and to cut and
4.5remove the timber therein described as designated for cutting in the report of the state
4.6appraiser, according to the provisions of this chapter. The permit shall be correctly
4.7dated and executed by the commissioner and signed by the purchaser. If a permit is not
4.8signed by the purchaser within 60 days from the date of purchase, the permit cancels
4.9and the down payment for timber required under section 90.14 forfeits to the state. The
4.10commissioner may grant an additional period for the purchaser to sign the permit, not to
4.11exceed five business days, provided the purchaser pays a $125 penalty fee.
4.12    (b) The permit shall expire no later than five years after the date of sale as the
4.13commissioner shall specify or as specified under section 90.191, and the timber shall
4.14be cut within the time specified therein. All cut timber, equipment, and buildings not
4.15removed from the land within 90 days after expiration of the permit shall become the
4.16property of the state.
4.17    (c) The commissioner may grant an additional period of time not to exceed 120 days
4.18for the removal of cut timber, equipment, and buildings upon receipt of such request by
4.19the permit holder for good and sufficient reasons. The commissioner may grant a second
4.20period of time not to exceed 120 days for the removal of cut timber, equipment, and
4.21buildings upon receipt of a request by the permit holder for hardship reasons only.
4.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
4.23and applies retroactively to permits dated January 1, 2008, and thereafter.

4.24    Sec. 6. [94.3495] EXPEDITED EXCHANGES OF LAND INVOLVING THE
4.25STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.
4.26    Subdivision 1. Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this section is to expedite the
4.27exchange of public land ownership. Consolidation of public land reduces management
4.28costs and aids in the reduction of forest fragmentation.
4.29    (b) This section applies to exchanges of land between the state and a governmental
4.30subdivision of the state. For land exchanges under this section, sections 94.342 to 94.347
4.31apply only to the extent specified in this section.
4.32    Subd. 2. Classes of land; definitions. The classes of public land that may be
4.33involved in an expedited exchange under this section are:
4.34    (1) Class 1 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class A land as defined in
4.35section 94.342, subdivision 1, except for:
5.1    (i) school trust land as defined in section 92.025; and
5.2    (ii) university land granted to the state by acts of Congress;
5.3    (2) Class 2 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class B land as defined in
5.4section 94.342, subdivision 2; and
5.5    (3) Class 3 land, which for the purpose of this section is all land owned in fee by
5.6a governmental subdivision of the state.
5.7    Subd. 3. Valuation of land. (a) In an exchange of Class 1 land for Class 2 or 3 land,
5.8the value of all the land shall be determined by the commissioner of natural resources. In
5.9an exchange of Class 2 land for Class 3 land, the value of all the land shall be determined
5.10by the county board of the county in which the land lies. To determine the value of the
5.11land, the parties to the exchange may cause the land to be appraised, utilize the valuation
5.12process provided under section 84.0272, subdivision 3, or obtain a market analysis from a
5.13qualified real estate broker. Merchantable timber value must be determined and considered
5.14in finalizing valuation of the lands.
5.15    (b) All lands exchanged under this section shall be exchanged only for lands of
5.16at least substantially equal value. For the purposes of this subdivision, "substantially
5.17equal value" has the meaning given under section 94.343, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
5.18No payment is due either party if the lands are of substantially equal value but are not
5.19of the same value.
5.20    Subd. 4. Title. Title to the land must be examined to the extent necessary for the
5.21parties to determine that the title is good, with any encumbrances identified. The parties to
5.22the exchange may utilize title insurance to aid in the determination.
5.23    Subd. 5. Approval by Land Exchange Board. All expedited land exchanges
5.24under this section, and the terms and conditions of the exchanges, require the unanimous
5.25approval of the Land Exchange Board.
5.26    Subd. 6. Conveyance. (a) Conveyance of Class 1 land given in exchange shall be
5.27made by deed executed by the commissioner of natural resources in the name of the
5.28state. Conveyance of Class 2 land given in exchange shall be by a deed executed by the
5.29commissioner of revenue in the name of the state. Conveyance of Class 3 land shall be by
5.30a deed executed by the governing body in the name of the governing authority.
5.31    (b) If Class 1 land is given in exchange for Class 2 or 3 land, the deed to the Class
5.322 or 3 land shall first be delivered to the commissioner of natural resources. Following
5.33the recording of the deed, the commissioner of natural resources shall deliver the deed
5.34conveying the Class 1 land.
6.1    (c) If Class 2 land is given in exchange for Class 3 land, the deed to the Class 3 land
6.2shall first be delivered to the county auditor. Following the recording of the deed, the
6.3commissioner of revenue shall deliver the deed conveying the Class 2 land.
6.4    (d) All deeds shall be recorded or registered in the county in which the lands lie.
6.5    Subd. 7. Reversionary interest; mineral and water power rights and other
6.6reservations. (a) All deeds conveying land given in an expedited land exchange under
6.7this section shall include a reverter that provides that title to the land automatically reverts
6.8to the conveying governmental unit if:
6.9    (1) the receiving governmental unit sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers title of
6.10the land within 40 years of the date of the deed conveying ownership; and
6.11    (2) there is no prior written approval for such transfer from the conveying
6.12governmental unit. The authority for granting approval is the commissioner of natural
6.13resources for former Class 1 land, the county board for former Class 2 land, and the
6.14governing body for former Class 3 land.
6.15    (b) Class 1 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation provisions of section
6.1694.343, subdivision 4. Class 2 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation
6.17provisions of section 94.344, subdivision 4. County fee land given in exchange is subject
6.18to the reservation provisions of section 373.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (g).
6.19    Subd. 8. Land status. Land received in exchange for Class 1 land is subject to the
6.20same trust, if any, and otherwise has the same status as the land given in exchange. Land
6.21received in exchange for Class 2 land is subject to a trust in favor of the governmental
6.22subdivision wherein it lies and all laws relating to tax-forfeited land. Land received in
6.23exchange for Class 3 land has the same status as the land given in exchange.

6.24    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 282.04, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
6.25    Subd. 4a. Private easements. (a) A county board may convey a road easement
6.26across unsold tax-forfeited land to an individual a person, as defined under section
6.27645.44, subdivision 7, requesting an easement for access to private property owned by
6.28the individual person if:
6.29    (1) there are no reasonable alternatives to obtain access to the individual's person's
6.30property; and
6.31    (2) exercising the easement will not cause significant adverse environmental or
6.32natural resource management impacts.
6.33    (b) The county auditor shall require an individual a person applying for an easement
6.34under paragraph (a) to pay the appraised value of the easement. The conveyance must
7.1provide that the easement reverts to the state in trust for the taxing district in the event
7.2of nonuse.

7.3    Sec. 8. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, is amended to read:
7.4    Sec. 43. LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
7.5    Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other
7.6law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale or lease of tax-forfeited land,
7.7Itasca County must apportion the first $1,000,000 received from the sale or lease of
7.8tax-forfeited lands within Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near Nashwauk,
7.9Minnesota, as provided in Laws 1965, chapter 326, section 1, as amended. Any remaining
7.10proceeds received from the sale or lease must be deposited into a tax-forfeited land
7.11replacement trust fund established by Itasca County under this section. The principal
7.12and interest from this fund may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the
7.13tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land
7.14replacement fund must:
7.15    (1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie
7.16and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and
7.17    (2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under
7.18Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2.
7.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after compliance with
7.20Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the governing body of Itasca
7.21County.

7.22    Sec. 9. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
7.23    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. The
7.24following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139
7.25North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described
7.26as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section
7.2711; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the
7.28westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet;
7.29thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence
7.30North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast
7.31Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44
7.32minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes
7.3347 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10
7.34seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly
8.1line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18
8.2seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for
8.3a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133
8.4acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A
8.530.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following
8.6described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section
8.711, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County,
8.8Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along
8.9the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to
8.10the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel
8.11to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section
8.1211, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a
8.13distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.
8.14    Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The
8.15following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
8.16    (1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of
8.17the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section
8.182, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the
8.19point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the
8.20west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15
8.21minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51
8.22degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains;
8.23thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the
8.24village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and
8.25south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains;
8.26thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue
8.27in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23
8.28degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains;
8.29thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80
8.30chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill
8.31Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains
8.32to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to
8.33the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of
8.34beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that
8.35part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described,
8.36as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in
9.1Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said
9.2lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street
9.3in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of
9.4said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low
9.5water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake
9.6Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2,
9.7Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village,
9.8North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line
9.9beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section
9.102 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said
9.11Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes
9.12West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said
9.13Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot
9.1411 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of
9.15said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to
9.16the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the
9.17Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;
9.18    (2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112
9.19North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing
9.20at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence
9.21South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of
9.22said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the
9.23point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39
9.24seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01
9.25minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of
9.26534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of
9.27954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears
9.28South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41
9.29seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State
9.30Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline
9.31of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line
9.32bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence
9.33North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a
9.3450.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the
9.35northwesterly line of the above described property; and
10.1    (3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township
10.2112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at
10.3the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence
10.4South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of
10.5said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the
10.6point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00
10.7seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established;
10.8thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said
10.9West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes
10.1056 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the
10.11Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a
10.12distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.
10.13    Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County. The
10.14following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter
10.15of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.
10.16    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 51.] Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St.
10.17Louis Counties. The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the
10.18Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
10.19Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North,
10.20Range 23 West, Aitkin County.
10.21    Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County. The following
10.22areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast
10.23Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all
10.24in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.
10.25    Subd. 6. [85.012] [Subd. 53a.] Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St.
10.26Louis County. The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the
10.27Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15
10.28West, St. Louis County.
10.29    Subd. 7. [85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.
10.30    The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County:
10.31    (1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on
10.32file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;
10.33    (2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the
10.34Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and
10.35    (3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of
10.36Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

11.1    Sec. 10. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
11.2    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
11.3    The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North,
11.4Range 13 West, Goodhue County:
11.5    (1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter,
11.6Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH
11.7EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office
11.8of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated
11.9Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO
11.10FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona
11.11Avenue;
11.12    (2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70,
11.13WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of
11.14record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;
11.15    (3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3,
11.164, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of
11.17Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for
11.18Goodhue County, Minnesota;
11.19    (4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67,
11.20WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the
11.21Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet
11.22of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said
11.23plat of WESTERVELT;
11.24    (5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66,
11.25WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the
11.26Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and
11.27    (6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of
11.28Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the
11.29southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the
11.30Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.
11.31    Subd. 2. [85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County. Effective
11.32upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the
11.33commissioner of military affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery, the
11.34following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park:
11.35    (a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad
11.36right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West;
12.1    (b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad
12.2right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and
12.3    (c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
12.422, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.
12.5    Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County. The
12.6following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2,
12.7being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in
12.8the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129
12.9North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.
12.10    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 38.] Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The
12.11following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
12.12    (1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the
12.13Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
12.14    (2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the
12.15Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
12.16    (3) that part of Government Lot 6 and that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 6,
12.17Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and that part of
12.18Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray County,
12.19Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section
12.206; thence on a bearing based on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996
12.21Adjustment), of South 00 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 feet along the east
12.22line of said Section 6; thence North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 feet;
12.23thence South 03 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner
12.24of Block 5 of FORMAN ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of
12.25record in the Murray County Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00
12.26seconds West 525.30 feet along the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line
12.27of the Private Roadway of FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private
12.28Roadway and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00
12.29seconds West 796.30 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle
12.30point on said line and an existing �� inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28
12.31minutes 26 seconds West 100.06 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to
12.32an angle point on said line and an existing �� inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees
12.3301 minute 32 seconds West 279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to
12.34an angle point on said line; thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53
12.35feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with
12.36a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24
13.1minutes 50 seconds West 470.40 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes
13.257 seconds West 262.69 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09
13.3seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds
13.4West 341.79 feet to the east line of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6
13.5AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT 1, OF SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded
13.6plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR
13.7MON; thence South 14 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line
13.8of said Lot A to the northerly most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to
13.9the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office
13.10and an existing steel fence post; thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East
13.11418.97 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of
13.12Lots 35,34,33,32 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe
13.13marking the easterly most corner of Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of
13.14HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 48 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet
13.15along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31A to an existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron
13.16pipe marking the easterly most corner thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of
13.17HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 33 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet
13.18along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and
13.1929 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the
13.20easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS
13.21ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23 minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the
13.22northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 27,26,25,24 of
13.23HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly
13.24most corner of said Lot 24 and the most northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES;
13.25thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes 53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly
13.26line of said Lot 23 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES
13.27to an existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said
13.28Lot 21 and the most northerly corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39
13.29degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20
13.30and along the northeasterly line of Lots 19,18,17,16,15,14 of HUDSON ACRES to an
13.31existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14
13.32and the most northerly corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees
13.3331 minutes 43 seconds East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and
13.34along the northeasterly line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1��
13.35inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the
13.36northwest corner of Lot 10 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes
14.149 seconds East 224.90 feet along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line
14.2of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron pipe
14.3marking the northeast corner of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON
14.4ACRES; thence North 84 degree 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north
14.5line of said Lot 7 and along the north line of Lots 6,5,4,3,2,1 of HUDSON ACRES to an
14.6existing 1�� inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of
14.7HUDSON ACRES; thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential
14.8curve concave to the north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41
14.9minutes 58 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12
14.10seconds East; thence continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described
14.11curve concave to the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42
14.12minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47
14.13seconds West and a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not
14.14tangent to said curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40
14.15seconds West 201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds
14.16West 196.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West
14.17530.34 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01
14.18feet to a DNR MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet
14.19to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds West 226.66 feet to a
14.20DNR MON; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR
14.21MON; thence North 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON;
14.22thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence
14.23North 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North
14.2476 degrees 04 minutes 53 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33
14.25degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees
14.2628 minutes 25 seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15
14.27minutes 00 seconds East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes
14.2807 seconds East 26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.
14.29    Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The
14.30following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range
14.3119 West, Carlton County:
14.32    (1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
14.33of Section 28;
14.34    (2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
14.35of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the
15.1centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a
15.2100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
15.3    (3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
15.4of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the
15.5centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a
15.6road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County
15.7Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at
15.8the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
15.9    (4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the
15.10westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
15.11of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the
15.12South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
15.13    (5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
15.14Quarter of Section 28;
15.15    (6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except
15.16the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
15.17    (7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28,
15.18described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the
15.19Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north
15.20line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east
15.21line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual
15.22point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along
15.23the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to
15.24the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
15.25thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North
15.26One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way
15.27of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate
15.28Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast,
15.29having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and
15.30a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees
15.3144 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35
15.32a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73;
15.33thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on
15.34a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central
15.35angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39
15.36minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of
16.1the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of
16.21,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

16.3    Sec. 11. ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.
16.4    [85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods
16.5County. The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of
16.6the Woods County:
16.7    (1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges
16.8Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range
16.932 West;
16.10    (2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight
16.11Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range
16.1232 West; and
16.13    (3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe
16.14Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range
16.1532 West.

16.16    Sec. 12. ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.
16.17    [89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest. The following area is added to
16.18Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township
16.19127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.

16.20    Sec. 13. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION
16.21LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
16.22    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and
16.23public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of
16.24natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land
16.25bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
16.26    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
16.27attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
16.28and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
16.29survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of
16.30according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
16.31    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the
16.32East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19,
16.33Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.
17.1    (d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately owned land to the east and west. The
17.2land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of
17.3Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

17.4    Sec. 14. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION
17.5LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
17.6    (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota
17.7Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the
17.8consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
17.9    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
17.10attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
17.11and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
17.12survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of
17.13according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
17.14    (c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:
17.15    (1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township
17.1649 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres,
17.17more or less;
17.18    (2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West,
17.19lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;
17.20    (3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West,
17.21lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;
17.22    (4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13,
17.23Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or
17.24less; and
17.25    (5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51
17.26North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less.
17.27    (d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The
17.28Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural
17.29resource purposes.

17.30    Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
17.31    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon
17.32completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural
17.33resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described
17.34in paragraph (c).
18.1    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
18.2attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
18.3ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value
18.4of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the
18.5land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant
18.6Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
18.7    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that
18.8part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North,
18.9Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the
18.10northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the
18.11north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of
18.12said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the
18.13property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence
18.14South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said
18.15Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said
18.16west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.
18.17    (d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land. The Department
18.18of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would
18.19best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of
18.20the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural
18.21Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant
18.22Township.

18.23    Sec. 16. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
18.24WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
18.25    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
18.261, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County
18.27may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
18.28paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
18.29    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
18.30general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.31    (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly
18.32350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H,
18.33I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot
18.341, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and
18.35Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that
19.1part of the MRL&M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland
19.2Addition to Bemidji.
19.3    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
19.4best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

19.5    Sec. 17. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
19.6WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
19.7    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
19.8Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
19.9paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
19.10    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
19.11general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
19.12    (c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the SE�� of
19.13the SE�� of Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 17 West, Blackhoof Township.
19.14    (d) The Carlton County Board of Commissioners has classified the parcel as
19.15nonconservation and has determined that the county's land management interests would
19.16best be served if the parcel was returned to private ownership.

19.17    Sec. 18. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS
19.18WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.
19.19    (a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land
19.20Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and
19.21according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange
19.22the lands described in paragraph (b).
19.23    (b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:
19.24    (1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the
19.25Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following
19.26described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter,
19.271,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or
19.28less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there
19.29terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;
19.30    (2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast
19.31Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter
19.32lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North,
19.33Range 24 West;
20.1    (3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the
20.2North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all
20.3in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and
20.4    (4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North,
20.5Range 23 West.
20.6    (c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange with
20.7the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate
20.8management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.

20.9    Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
20.10WATER; CHIPPEWA COUNTY.
20.11    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
20.12and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chippewa County may
20.13convey to Chippewa County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public
20.14water that is described in paragraph (c).
20.15    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
20.16that the land reverts to the state if the county fails to provide for the public use described
20.17in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. The attorney general may make
20.18necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.19    (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Chippewa County and is described
20.20as follows:
20.21    (1) Tract 1: a tract in Government Lot 2 described as: beginning at the southeast
20.22corner of Lot 6, Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl; thence West 50 feet South, 50 Feet West
20.23on a line 50 feet South of the south line of Block 1 to the river; thence southeasterly
20.24along the river to a point 165 feet South of the south line of Block 1; thence East on a
20.25line parallel with the south line of Block 1, to the intersection with the continuation of the
20.26east line of Lot 6, Block 1; thence North 165 feet to the point of beginning, Section 3,
20.27Township 116, Range 40;
20.28    (2) Tract 2: a 50 foot strip adjacent to Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl on South from
20.29Lot 3 to river, in Section 3, Township 116, Range 40; and
20.30    (3) Tract 3: Lot 1, Block 2, Aadlands Subdivision.
20.31    (d) The county will use the land to establish a public park.

20.32    Sec. 20. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
20.33WATER; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
21.1    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
21.2Clearwater County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
21.3in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
21.4    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
21.5general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
21.6    (c) The land to be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: Parcel
21.711.300.0020.
21.8    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
21.9best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

21.10    Sec. 21. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
21.11WATER OR WETLANDS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
21.12    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
21.13subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota
21.14County may convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land
21.15bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
21.16    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
21.17that the land reverts to the state if Dakota County stops using the land for the public
21.18purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions imposed by
21.19the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make changes to the
21.20land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
21.21    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as:
21.22    That part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 26, Township 28, Range 22, lying
21.23southeasterly of Lot 2, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION NO. 23, according to the recorded
21.24plat thereof, and lying easterly of the railroad right-of-way and lying northwesterly of the
21.25following described line:
21.26Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North,
21.27assumed bearing, along the west line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 178.00
21.28feet; thence northeasterly along a nontangential curve concave to the southeast a
21.29distance of 290.00 feet, said curve having a radius of 764.50 feet, a central angle of
21.3021 degrees 43 minutes 57 seconds, a chord of 288.24 feet and a chord bearing of
21.31North 24 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East; thence continuing northeasterly along
21.32a tangent curve concave to the southeast a distance of 350.00 feet, said curve having
21.33a radius of 708.80 feet, a central angle of 28 degrees 17 minutes 32 seconds, a chord
21.34of 346.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 49 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East;
21.35thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East tangent to the last described
22.1curve a distance of 578.10 feet, to a point hereinafter referred to as Point B; thence
22.2continuing North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 278.68 feet,
22.3more or less, to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and
22.4Pacific Railroad, said point being the point of beginning of the line to be described;
22.5thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 225.00 feet, more
22.6or less, to the shoreline of the Mississippi River and there terminating. (Dakota
22.7County tax identification number 36-02600-016-32).
22.8    (d) The county has determined that the land is needed as a trail corridor for the
22.9Mississippi River Regional Trail.

22.10    Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
22.11    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
22.12of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is
22.13described in paragraph (c).
22.14    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
22.15attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
22.16ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value
22.17of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the
22.18land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of
22.19Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
22.20    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as:
22.21Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
22.22    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
22.23management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of
22.24Wayzata.

22.25    Sec. 23. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
22.26WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
22.27    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
22.281, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may
22.29sell to Itasca County the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
22.30paragraph (c), for the appraised value of the land.
22.31    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
22.32general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
22.33    (c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the North 1,100 feet
22.34of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 26 West.
23.1    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
23.2best served if the land was under the direct ownership of Itasca County.

23.3    Sec. 24. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
23.4WATER; MARSHALL COUNTY.
23.5    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
23.6Marshall County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
23.7paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
23.8    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
23.9general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
23.10    (c) The land to be sold is located in Marshall County and is described as: that part of
23.11the westerly ten acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the
23.12following described line: Commencing at the quarter section corner between Sections 2
23.13and 11; thence South along the quarter section line a distance of 1,080 feet to the northern
23.14edge of County Ditch #25, the point of beginning; thence upstream along said ditch North
23.1540 degrees East 95 feet; thence South 41 degrees East 500 feet to the intersection with
23.16State Ditch #83; thence along said state ditch North 52 degrees 50 minutes East 196 feet;
23.17thence East 2,092 feet to the section line between Sections 11 and 12.
23.18    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
23.19best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

23.20    Sec. 25. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE
23.21PARK; MOWER COUNTY.
23.22    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the
23.23commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as
23.24required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the
23.25remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land
23.26located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).
23.27    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
23.28attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
23.29and ensure accuracy.
23.30    (c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is
23.31described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast
23.32Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota,
23.33described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance
23.34of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North
24.1at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south
24.2line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest
24.3Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less,
24.4to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more
24.5or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.
24.6    (d) The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of
24.7Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park
24.8and provide for increased access to the state park.

24.9    Sec. 26. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
24.10WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
24.11    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
24.121, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
24.13may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
24.14paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
24.15    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
24.16general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.17    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
24.18    Section 19, Township 133, Range 42, River's Bend Reserve, Lot B.
24.19    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
24.20Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

24.21    Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
24.22WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
24.23    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
24.241, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
24.25may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
24.26paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
24.27    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
24.28general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.29    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
24.30    Section 24, Township 136, Range 41, Crystal Beach, Lot 56, Block 1.
24.31    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
24.32Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

25.1    Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
25.2WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
25.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
25.41, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
25.5may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
25.6paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
25.7    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
25.8general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
25.9    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
25.10    Section 9, Township 133, Range 43, South 212 feet of Sub Lot 6 and South 212 feet
25.11of Sub Lot 7, except tract and except platted (1.19) acres.
25.12    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has no objection to the sale of this land.

25.13    Sec. 29. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
25.14WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
25.15    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
25.161, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
25.17may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
25.18paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
25.19    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
25.20general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
25.21    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
25.22    Section 10, Township 134, Range 42, Heilberger Lake Estates, Reserve Lot A.
25.23    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
25.24Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

25.25    Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
25.26WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
25.27    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
25.28Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
25.29in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
25.30    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
25.31general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
25.32    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
25.33    Section 31, Township 137, Range 39, Government Lot 5 (37.20 acres).
26.1    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
26.2best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

26.3    Sec. 31. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
26.4WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
26.5    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
26.6Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
26.7in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
26.8    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
26.9general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
26.10    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
26.11    Section 29, Township 137, Range 40, Freedom Flyer Estates, Lot 26, Block 1.
26.12    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
26.13best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

26.14    Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
26.15WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
26.16    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
26.171, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
26.18may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
26.19paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
26.20    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
26.21general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
26.22    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
26.23    Quiet Waters Development Outlot A.
26.24    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
26.25Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

26.26    Sec. 33. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
26.27WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
26.28    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
26.291, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
26.30may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
26.31paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
26.32    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
26.33general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
27.1    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
27.2    Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, part of Government Lot 4 North and East of
27.3highway (Book 307, Page 31).
27.4    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
27.5Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

27.6    Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
27.7WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
27.8    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
27.91, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
27.10may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
27.11paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
27.12    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
27.13general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
27.14    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
27.15    Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, Elm Rest, part of Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 and of
27.16Reserve A lying North of road (Book 307, Page 31).
27.17    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
27.18Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

27.19    Sec. 35. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
27.20WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
27.21    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
27.221, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
27.23may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
27.24paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
27.25    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
27.26general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
27.27    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
27.28    Section 27, Township 135, Range 39, Government Lot 7 (9.50 acres).
27.29    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
27.30Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

27.31    Sec. 36. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
27.32WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
28.1    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
28.21, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County
28.3may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
28.4paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
28.5    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
28.6general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
28.7    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
28.8    Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, Government Lot 2, except tracts (7.77 acres).
28.9    (d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
28.10Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

28.11    Sec. 37. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
28.12WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
28.13    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
28.14Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
28.15in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
28.16    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
28.17general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
28.18    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
28.19    38609 County Highway 41, Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, part of Government
28.20Lot 2 beginning 275 feet West, 1,021.36 feet southwesterly, 1,179 feet southeasterly, 132
28.21feet South from northeast corner Section 9; East 33 feet, southerly 314 feet, West 33 feet,
28.22northerly on lake East 110 feet to beginning.

28.23    Sec. 38. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
28.24WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
28.25    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
28.26Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
28.27in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
28.28    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
28.29general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
28.30    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
28.31    Section 27, Township 132, Range 41, Stalker View Acres, Lot 6, Block 1.

28.32    Sec. 39. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
28.33WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
29.1    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
29.2Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
29.3in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
29.4    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
29.5general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.6    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
29.7    Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, North Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest
29.8Quarter (7.07 acres).
29.9    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
29.10best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

29.11    Sec. 40. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC
29.12WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
29.13    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
29.14Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
29.15in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
29.16    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
29.17general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.18    (c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
29.19    Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, South Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest
29.20Quarter (7.06 acres).
29.21    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
29.22best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

29.23    Sec. 41. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; RICE COUNTY.
29.24    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the
29.25commissioner of administration may convey to Rice County for no consideration the
29.26surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
29.27    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
29.28that the land revert to the state if Rice County stops using the land for the public purpose
29.29described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land description
29.30to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.31    (c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is described as:
29.32    (1) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County,
29.33Minnesota, described as follows:
30.1Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5;
30.2thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180
30.3degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30
30.4feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence easterly on an
30.5azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20 feet; thence southerly on an
30.6azimuth of 183 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds 144.38 feet; thence southeasterly on
30.7an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 110.00 feet; thence northeasterly
30.8on an azimuth of 58 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90 feet; thence southeasterly
30.9on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 133.00 feet; thence
30.10southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 199.38 feet;
30.11thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 180.72 feet;
30.12thence northerly on an azimuth of 358 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 55.36 feet;
30.13thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 152.18 feet;
30.14thence northerly on an azimuth of 00 degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds 364.80 feet
30.15to the point of beginning; and
30.16    (2) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County,
30.17Minnesota, described as follows:
30.18Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5;
30.19thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180
30.20degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30
30.21feet; thence easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20
30.22feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence continuing
30.23easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 45.00 feet; thence
30.24southeasterly on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 202.00 feet;
30.25thence southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90
30.26feet; thence northwesterly on an azimuth of 328 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds
30.27110.00 feet; thence northerly on an azimuth of 3 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds
30.28144.38 feet to the point of beginning.
30.29    (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state
30.30purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land
30.31was conveyed to and used by Rice County for a jail.

30.32    Sec. 42. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND;
30.33ROSEAU COUNTY.
31.1    (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota
31.2Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private
31.3sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
31.4    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
31.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
31.6and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
31.7survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of
31.8according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
31.9    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the
31.10North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet
31.11of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing
31.120.5 acres, more or less.
31.13    (d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent
31.14trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land. The
31.15Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural
31.16resource purposes.

31.17    Sec. 43. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
31.18    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
31.19of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is
31.20described in paragraph (c).
31.21    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
31.22attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
31.23ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of
31.24the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the
31.25land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis
31.26County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
31.27    (c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an
31.28undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13
31.29West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.
31.30    (d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in
31.31the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St.
31.32Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
31.33management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.

32.1    Sec. 44. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
32.2WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
32.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
32.4and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may
32.5sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources,
32.6the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the
32.7provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.
32.8    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
32.9attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
32.10and ensure accuracy.
32.11    (c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot
32.127, Klimek's Addition to Grand Lake, according to the plat thereof on file and of record
32.13in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.
32.14    (d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management
32.15purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use
32.16as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.

32.17    Sec. 45. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
32.18WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
32.19    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
32.201, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
32.21may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
32.22paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
32.23    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
32.24attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
32.25accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
32.26conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide
32.27riparian protection and public access to shore fishing. The easements for land described in
32.28paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (3), shall be 450 feet in width from the centerline of the river.
32.29The easements for land described in paragraph (c), clauses (4) and (5), shall be 300 feet in
32.30width from the centerline of the river. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis
32.31County Board and the commissioner of natural resources.
32.32    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
32.33    (1) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3.15 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (23.35
32.34acres) (535-0010-00210);
33.1    (2) Lot 7 except railroad right-of-way 3.9 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (30.1
33.2acres) (535-0010-00300);
33.3    (3) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3 acres, Section 12, T50N, R18W (36 acres)
33.4(535-0010-01910);
33.5    (4) Lot 2 except railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (22.5 acres)
33.6(310-0010-05650); and
33.7    (5) Lot 1 except GN railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (34 acres)
33.8(110-0040-00160).
33.9    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
33.10best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

33.11    Sec. 46. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
33.12WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
33.13    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
33.14St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
33.15in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.16    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
33.17general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.18    (c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and
33.19(10) to (12), the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements
33.20according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide riparian protection and public
33.21access for angling. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis County Board and
33.22the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for lands described in
33.23paragraph (d):
33.24    (1) clause (1), 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the creek;
33.25    (2) clause (2), 200 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river;
33.26    (3) clause (10), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river; and
33.27    (4) clauses (11) and (12), 50 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the stream.
33.28    (d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
33.29    (1) N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, T51N, R14W (5 acres)
33.30(520-0016-00590);
33.31    (2) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 8, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-01510);
33.32    (3) undivided 1/6 and undivided 1/2 of Lot 9, Thompson Lake Addition, Section 12,
33.33T53N, R14W (375-0120-00091, 375-0120-00094);
33.34    (4) SLY 200 FT OF NLY 1,220 FT OF LOT 4, Section 20, T54N, R18W (9.5 acres)
33.35(405-0010-03394);
34.1    (5) PART OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 LYING N OF SLY 433 FT, Section 36, T57N,
34.2R21W (25 acres) (141-0050-07345);
34.3    (6) PART OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 LYING W OF DW & P RY AND N OF PLAT OF
34.4HALEY, Section 23, T63N, R19W (11 acres) (350-0020-03730);
34.5    (7) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 26, T58N, R19W (40 acres) (385-0010-02610);
34.6    (8) NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, T59N, R20W (40 acres) (235-0030-03110);
34.7    (9) LOT 4, Section 2, T61N, R19W (40 acres) (200-0010-00230);
34.8    (10) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 19, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-03570);
34.9    (11) LOTS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, BLOCK 1, COLMANS 4th ACRE TRACT
34.10ADDITION TO DULUTH, Section 33, T51N, R14W (520-0090-00150, -00160, -00180);
34.11and
34.12    (12) BLOCKS 17, 18, and 20, PLAT OF VERMILION TRAIL LODGE, Section
34.1313, T62N, R14W.
34.14    (e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
34.15best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

34.16    Sec. 47. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
34.17    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
34.18or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
34.19land described in paragraph (c).
34.20    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
34.21general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.22    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
34.23    Lots 20 and 21, Plat of Twin Lakes, Government Lot 3, Section 32, T60N, R19W
34.24(1.1 acres) (385-0070-00200).
34.25    (d) This sale resolves an unintentional trespass. The county has determined that the
34.26county's land management interests would best be served if the lands were returned to
34.27private ownership.

34.28    Sec. 48. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
34.29WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
34.30    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
34.311, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
34.32may convey to the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public water
34.33that is described in paragraph (c).
35.1    (b) The conveyance must be according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01,
35.2subdivision 2, and in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may
35.3make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
35.4    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
35.5    (1) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that
35.6part of Government Lot 2 lying southeasterly of the southeasterly right-of-way of the St.
35.7Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway including riparian rights.
35.8    EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 2 beginning at the intersection of the south
35.9line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern
35.10Pacific Railway; thence easterly along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 150
35.11feet to a point; thence deflect to the left and continue in a straight line to a point on the
35.12southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way said point distant 150 feet northeast of
35.13the point of beginning; thence deflect to the left and continue southwesterly along the
35.14southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 150 feet to point of beginning
35.15and there terminating.
35.16    EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 2 commencing at the point of
35.17intersection of the south line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul
35.18and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly
35.19line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 1,064 feet to point of beginning; thence
35.20deflect 44 degrees, 12 minutes, 27 seconds to the right a distance of 105.44 feet to a
35.21point; thence deflect 85 degrees, 16 minutes, 07 seconds to the left a distance of 111.92
35.22feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way; thence
35.23deflect to the left and continue northwesterly along the southeasterly line of said railway
35.24right-of-way a distance of 160 feet more or less to point of beginning and there terminating
35.25(010-2746-00290); and
35.26    (2) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that
35.27part of Government Lot 1, including riparian rights, lying southerly of the Northern Pacific
35.28Short Line right-of-way except 5 18/100 acres for Northern Pacific Main Line and except
35.29a strip of land 75 feet wide and adjoining the Northern Pacific Main Line right-of-way and
35.30formerly used as right-of-way by Duluth Transfer Railway 2 67/100 acres, also except that
35.31part lying North of Grand Avenue 72/100 acres and except a strip of land adjacent to the
35.32Old Transfer Railway right-of-way containing 2 13/100 acres. Revised Description #40,
35.33Recorder of Deeds, Book 686, Page 440.
35.34    EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern Pacific
35.35Short Line right-of-way and northerly of the Old Transfer Railway right-of-way.
36.1    EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern
36.2Pacific Main Line right-of-way and lying northerly of a line parallel to and lying 305 feet
36.3southerly of the north line of said Government Lot 1 (010-2746-00245).

36.4    Sec. 49. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
36.5WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
36.6    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
36.7St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
36.8in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.9    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
36.10attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
36.11accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits excavating,
36.12filling, dumping, tree cutting, burning, structures, and buildings within an area that is 75
36.13feet in width along the shoreline. A 15-foot strip for landowner lake access is allowed.
36.14    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: E 1/2 of W
36.151/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 27, T57N, R17W (5 acres).
36.16    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
36.17best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

36.18    Sec. 50. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
36.19WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
36.20    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
36.21St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
36.22in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.23    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
36.24attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
36.25accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction on buildings, structures, tree
36.26cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area that is 75 feet in
36.27width along the river. A 15-foot strip for landowner river access is allowed.
36.28    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: that
36.29part of Lot 8 beginning at a point 200 feet East of the center of Section 5; thence South
36.30300 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence North 263 feet to shoreline of Ash River; thence
36.31northwesterly along the river 325 feet; thence southerly to point of beginning, Section 5,
36.32T68N, R19W (2 acres) (731-0010-00845).
36.33    (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
36.34best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

37.1    Sec. 51. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
37.2WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
37.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
37.4St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
37.5in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.6    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
37.7general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.8    (c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1) to (4), the
37.9commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements according to
37.10Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis
37.11County Board and the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for
37.12lands described in paragraph (d):
37.13    (1) clause (1), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot
37.14strip for landowner river access is allowed;
37.15    (2) clause (2), 125 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot
37.16strip for landowner river access is allowed;
37.17    (3) clause (3), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the tributary; and
37.18    (4) clause (4), for access purposes.
37.19    (d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
37.20    (1) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except W 1/2, Section 14, T62N, R18W (20 acres);
37.21    (2) S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 16, T62N, R18W (20 acres);
37.22    (3) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except 5 acres at NW corner and except S 1/2 and except E 1/2
37.23of NE 1/4, Section 10, T52N, R12W (10 acres);
37.24    (4) NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except that part of the NE 1/4 lying N of the East Van Road
37.25and 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
37.26(18.3 acres);
37.27    (5) westerly 416 feet of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except westerly 208 feet of southerly 624
37.28feet, Section 21, T56N, R18W (9.63 acres);
37.29    (6) Lot 3, Section 1, T55N, R21W (46.18 acres);
37.30    (7) SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 18, T52N, R15W (40 acres); and
37.31    (8) Lots 23, 73, 95, 118, 119 of NE-NA MIK-KA-TA plat, town of Breitung, located
37.32in Government Lots 1 and 12 of Section 6, T62N, R15W.
37.33    (e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
37.34best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

37.35    Sec. 52. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
38.1    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
38.2St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in
38.3paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
38.4    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
38.5general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
38.6    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
38.7    (1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying
38.8east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of
38.9Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North,
38.10Range 20 West;
38.11    (2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County
38.12Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and
38.13    (3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26,
38.14Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of
38.15County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That
38.16part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North,
38.17Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the
38.18north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way
38.19of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section;
38.20thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an
38.21angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle
38.22of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north
38.23boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly
38.24direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a
38.25distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.
38.26    (d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.

38.27    Sec. 53. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
38.28    (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
38.29St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in
38.30paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
38.31    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
38.32general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
38.33    (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Southeast
38.34Quarter of Southwest Quarter, Section 24, Township 65 North, Range 20 West.

39.1    Sec. 54. PRIVATE SALE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LAND;
39.2WABASHA COUNTY.
39.3    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135,
39.4subdivision 2a, the commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the wildlife
39.5management area land described in paragraph (c).
39.6    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
39.7attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
39.8ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to Mazeppa Township for less than
39.9the value of the land as determined by the commissioner.
39.10    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as
39.11follows: all of the following described tract: the southerly 300 feet of the westerly 350
39.12feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 109
39.13North, Range 14 West; together with the southerly 300 feet of the easterly 150 feet of the
39.14Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 109 North, Range 14
39.15West; excepting therefrom the right-of-way of existing highway; containing 3.23 acres
39.16more or less.
39.17    (d) The land is located in Mazeppa Township and is not contiguous to other
39.18state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
39.19management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a local unit
39.20of government.

39.21    Sec. 55. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
39.22WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
39.23    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
39.24resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are
39.25described in paragraph (c).
39.26    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
39.27attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
39.28and ensure accuracy.
39.29    (c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
39.30    (1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing
39.310.01 acres, more or less;
39.32    (2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing
39.331.5 acres, more or less; and
39.34    (3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing
39.350.01 acres, more or less.
40.1    (d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands.
40.2The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for
40.3natural resource purposes.

40.4    Sec. 56. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
40.5WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
40.6    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
40.7and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County
40.8may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the
40.9tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
40.10    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
40.11that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops
40.12using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may
40.13make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
40.14    (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:
40.15    (1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the
40.16Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota,
40.17that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No.
40.181, except the following described tracts:
40.19    Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61
40.20intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5,
40.21Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south
40.22line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence
40.23North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet
40.24to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04
40.25minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to
40.26the point of the beginning; and
40.27    That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township
40.2832 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows:
40.29commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of
40.30Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61;
40.31thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along
40.32said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing
40.33southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of
40.34the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page
40.3569; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in
41.1its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise
41.2River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to
41.3the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and
41.4perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly
41.5along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
41.6    (2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the
41.7Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61
41.8and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.
41.9    (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for
41.10purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.

41.11    Sec. 57. LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
41.12    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary,
41.13St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
41.14    (b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land
41.15administered by the commissioner for a wind energy project.

41.16    Sec. 58. EASEMENT ON TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
41.17    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary,
41.18Itasca County may grant a 40-year easement of tax-forfeited land to the Itasca County
41.19Regional Rail Authority for a rail line right-of-way. The easement may be canceled only
41.20by resolution of the county board after reasonable notice for any substantial breach of the
41.21terms of the easement. The land subject to the easement may not be sold or otherwise
41.22conveyed by the county board during the period of the easement.

41.23    Sec. 59. EFFECTIVE DATE.
41.24    This article is effective the day following final enactment.

41.25ARTICLE 2

41.26GAME AND FISH

41.27    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4981, is amended to read:
41.2817.4981 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR REGULATION OF AQUATIC
41.29FARMS.
41.30    (a) Aquatic farms are licensed to culture private aquatic life. Cultured aquatic life
41.31is not wildlife. Aquatic farms must be licensed and given classifications to prevent or
41.32minimize impacts on natural resources. The purpose of sections 17.4981 to 17.4997 is to:
42.1    (1) prevent public aquatic life from entering an aquatic farm;
42.2    (2) prevent release of nonindigenous or exotic species into public waters without
42.3approval of the commissioner;
42.4    (3) protect against release of disease pathogens to public waters;
42.5    (4) protect existing natural aquatic habitats and the wildlife dependent on them; and
42.6    (5) protect private aquatic life from unauthorized taking or harvest.
42.7    (b) Private aquatic life that is legally acquired and possessed is an article of interstate
42.8commerce and may be restricted only as necessary to protect state fish and water resources.
42.9    (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall report to the legislature, in
42.10odd-numbered years, the proposed license and other fees that would make aquaculture
42.11self-sustaining. The fees shall not cover the costs of other programs. The commissioner
42.12shall encourage fish farming in man-made ponds and develop best management practices
42.13for aquaculture to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program.

42.14    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, is
42.15amended to read:
42.16    Subdivision 1. License required. (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic
42.17farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.
42.18    (b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by
42.19the commissioner.
42.20    (c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the
42.21commissioner.
42.22    (d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required
42.23license fee under section 17.4988.
42.24    (e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property
42.25rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant
42.26detrimental impact on the public resource.
42.27    (f) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house
42.28of representatives committees on natural resource policy and finance on policy
42.29recommendations regarding aquaculture.
42.30    (f) The commissioner shall not issue or renew a license to raise minnows in a natural
42.31water body if the natural water body is the subject of a protective easement or other
42.32interest in land that was acquired with funding from federal waterfowl stamp proceeds
42.33or migratory waterfowl stamp proceeds under section 97A.075, subdivision 2, or if the
42.34natural water body was the subject of any other development, restoration, maintenance, or
42.35preservation project funded under section 97A.075, subdivision 2.
43.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

43.2    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
43.3    Subd. 15. Electronic transactions. (a) The commissioner may receive an
43.4application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate safety
43.5training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the commissioner
43.6by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 97A.472, electronic
43.7and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The commissioner may:
43.8    (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions,
43.9including by telephone;
43.10    (2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or
43.11fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as
43.12temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until
43.13the license or registration is received or expires;
43.14    (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic
43.15transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an
43.16additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50;
43.17    (4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent
43.18of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An
43.19electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic
43.20bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The
43.21sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and
43.22state that charging the fee is not required by state law and that it is the agent's choice to
43.23charge the fee;
43.24    (5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be
43.25paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system.
43.26The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly
43.27overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing
43.28system; and
43.29    (5) (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.
43.30    (b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clause clauses (3) and (4), and
43.31the commission established under paragraph (a), clause (4) (5), are not subject to the
43.32rulemaking procedures of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
43.33    (c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision,
43.34including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the
43.35natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.

44.1    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44.2    Subd. 2. Exceptions. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may place into
44.3the waters of the state a watercraft or trailer with aquatic macrophytes:
44.4    (1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;
44.5    (2) for purposes of shooting or observation blinds attached in or on watercraft in
44.6amounts sufficient for that purpose, if the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut
44.7above the waterline;
44.8    (3) that are wild rice harvested under section 84.091; or
44.9    (4) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally
44.10transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl
44.11season.

44.12    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.13    Subd. 4. Warnings; civil citations. After appropriate training, conservation
44.14officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the
44.15commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who:
44.16    (1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;
44.17    (2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a
44.18watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes or prohibited
44.19invasive species attached;
44.20    (3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed
44.21by rule, Eurasian water milfoil;
44.22    (4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before
44.23leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested
44.24waters; or
44.25    (5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property.

44.26    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.27    Subdivision 1. Pass in possession. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while
44.28riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state
44.29trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests, a person 16 years of age
44.30or over shall carry in immediate possession and visibly display on person or horse tack,
44.31a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a
44.32conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 84.0835.
45.1    (b) A valid horse trail pass is not required under this section for a person riding,
45.2leading, or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trail that is owned by the person
45.3or the person's spouse, child, or parent.

45.4    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision
45.5to read:
45.6    Subd. 44a. Shelter. "Shelter" means any structure, other than a self-propelled motor
45.7vehicle, set on the ice of state waters to provide shelter.

45.8    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is
45.9amended to read:
45.10    Subd. 4. Game and fish annual reports. (a) By December 15 each year,
45.11the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over
45.12appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:
45.13    (1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures
45.14were made:
45.15    (i) the small game license surcharge under section 97A.475, subdivision 4;
45.16    (ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision
45.175 , clause (1);
45.18    (iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10;
45.19    (iv) the pheasant stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 5, clause (2);
45.20    (v) the turkey stamp wild turkey management account under section 97A.475,
45.21subdivision 5 , clause (3) 97A.075, subdivision 5; and
45.22    (vi) the deer license donations and surcharges under section 97A.475, subdivisions
45.233, paragraph (b), and 3a;
45.24    (2) the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and
45.25(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent;
45.26    (3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for
45.27which expenditures were made from the fund;
45.28    (4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and
45.29    (5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under
45.30subdivision 4b.
45.31    (b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for
45.32changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).
45.33EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

46.1    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
46.2    Subd. 4b. Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint
46.3subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4;
46.4review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes
46.5in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant
46.6information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for
46.7improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
46.8    (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised
46.9of at least three affected persons:
46.10    (1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding
46.11activities related to trout and salmon stamp funding;
46.12    (2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding
46.13activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp wild turkey
46.14management funding and excluding review of the amounts available under section
46.1597A.075, subdivision 1 , paragraphs (b) and (c);
46.16    (3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4,
46.17paragraph (a), clause (2);
46.18    (4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services
46.19funding;
46.20    (5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support
46.21services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;
46.22    (6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding
46.23issues related to trout and salmon;
46.24    (7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and
46.25address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
46.26    (8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding
46.27issues related to pheasants; and
46.28    (9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp wild turkey management
46.29account and address funding issues related to wild turkeys.
46.30    (c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight
46.31Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual
46.32report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and
46.33revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the
46.34subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report
46.35in a timely manner.
47.1    (d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a
47.2biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15
47.3of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations
47.4to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
47.5resources finance.
47.6    (e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the
47.7Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not
47.8be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
47.9    (f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the
47.10commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
47.11resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
47.12    (g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the
47.13Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.
47.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

47.15    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
47.16    Subd. 4. Pheasant stamp. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from pheasant stamps
47.17must be credited to the pheasant habitat improvement account. Money in the account
47.18may be used only for:
47.19    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for ringnecked
47.20pheasants on public and private land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter
47.21cover, and reliable food sources;
47.22    (2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for pheasant habitat;
47.23    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant habitat on public and private
47.24land;
47.25    (4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and maintenance, including
47.26promotion and evaluation of government farm program benefits for pheasant habitat; and
47.27    (5) the acquisition of lands suitable for pheasant habitat management and public
47.28hunting.
47.29    (b) Money in the account may not be used for:
47.30    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph
47.31(a), clause (1), (3), or (5), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under
47.32paragraph (a), clause (4); or
47.33    (2) any personnel costs, except that prior to July 1, 2009 2019, personnel may be
47.34hired to provide technical and promotional assistance for private landowners to implement
47.35conservation provisions of state and federal programs.

48.1    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
48.2    Subd. 5. Turkey stamps account. (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from
48.3turkey stamps $4.50 from each turkey license sold must be credited to the wild turkey
48.4management account. Money in the account may be used only for:
48.5    (1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for wild
48.6turkeys on public and private land including forest stand improvement and establishment
48.7of nesting cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources;
48.8    (2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey habitat;
48.9    (3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey habitat on public and
48.10private land;
48.11    (4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and
48.12    (5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and maintenance, population
48.13surveys and monitoring, and research.
48.14    (b) Money in the account may not be used for:
48.15    (1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph
48.16(a), clauses (1) to (3), a specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause (4),
48.17or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph (a), clause (5); or
48.18    (2) any permanent personnel costs.
48.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

48.20    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
48.21    Subd. 5. Refunds. (a) The commissioner may issue a refund on a license, not
48.22including any issuing fees paid under section 97A.485, subdivision 6, if:
48.23    (1) the licensee dies before the opening of the licensed season. The original license
48.24and a copy of the death certificate must be provided to the commissioner; or
48.25    (2) the licensee is unable to participate in the licensed activity because the licensee is
48.26called to active military duty or military leave is canceled during the entire open season of
48.27the licensed activity. The original license and a copy of the military orders or notice of
48.28cancellation of leave must be provided to the commissioner; or
48.29    (3) the licensee purchased two licenses for the same license season in error.
48.30    (b) This subdivision does not apply to lifetime licenses.

48.31    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is
48.32amended to read:
48.33    Subd. 2. Personal possession. (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from
48.34an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either:
49.1(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2)
49.2the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to
49.3the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.
49.4    (b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person
49.5must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper
49.6license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper
49.7license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state
49.8identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the
49.9license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been
49.10issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement
49.11shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer,
49.12the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest,
49.13or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon
49.14request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name
49.15in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.
49.16    (c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a
49.17copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license
49.18identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights
49.19or privileges conferred by a license.
49.20    (d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee
49.21shall be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial
49.22turkey, migratory waterfowl, pheasant, or trout and salmon stamp shall be provided to the
49.23licensee after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2
49.24fee. A pictorial turkey stamp may be purchased for a $2 fee.
49.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

49.26    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.27    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for a moose license shall be determined
49.28under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a moose license only
49.29if the person:
49.30    (1) is a resident; and
49.31    (2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
49.32    (3) (2) has not been issued a moose license for any of the last five seasons or after
49.33January 1, 1991.

49.34    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.433, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.1    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Persons eligible for an elk license shall be determined under this
50.2section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for an elk license only if the person:
50.3    (1) is a resident; and
50.4    (2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and
50.5    (3) (2) has never been issued an elk license.

50.6    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.434, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.7    Subd. 2. Eligibility. Eligibility for a prairie chicken license shall be determined by
50.8this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie
50.9chicken license only if the person:
50.10    (1) is a resident; and
50.11    (2) was born before January 1, 1980, or possesses a firearms safety certificate.

50.12    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is
50.13amended to read:
50.14    Subd. 7. Owners or tenants of agricultural land. (a) The commissioner may
50.15issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person resident who is an
50.16owner or tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land,
50.17as defined in section 97B.001, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to
50.18take additional deer under section 97B.301, subdivision 4. A person may receive only
50.19one license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants,
50.20only one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The
50.21license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes
50.22or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land
50.23is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or
50.24dependent. Notwithstanding sections 97A.415, subdivision 1, and 97B.301, subdivision
50.252 , the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may
50.26take an additional deer under that license.
50.27    (b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer
50.28hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first
50.29Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under
50.30section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (13).

50.31    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is
50.32amended to read:
51.1    Subd. 3. Residents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident under age 16 may
51.2not must obtain a small game license but may in order to take small game by firearms
51.3or bow and arrow without a license paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475,
51.4subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if the resident is:
51.5    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
51.6    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
51.7guardian;
51.8    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied
51.9by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an
51.10apprentice hunter validation; or
51.11    (4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
51.12    (b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game
51.13license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident
51.14under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter,
51.15bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat,
51.16or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the
51.17accompanying parent or guardian.
51.18    (c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey
51.19without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or
51.20guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.
51.21    (d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a
51.22prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an
51.23adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

51.24    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
51.25    Subd. 4. Persons Residents under age 16; big game. A person resident under the
51.26age of 16 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses a firearms
51.27safety certificate. A person under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a parent or
51.28guardian to hunt big game. by firearms or bow and arrow if the resident obtains a license
51.29to take big game and is:
51.30    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
51.31    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
51.32guardian;
51.33    (3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied
51.34by a parent or guardian who possesses a big game license that was not obtained using
51.35an apprentice hunter validation;
52.1    (4) age 12 and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. A resident age 12 or under
52.2is not required to possess a firearms safety certificate under section 97B.020 to take big
52.3game; or
52.4    (5) age 10 or 11 and is under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian where the
52.5parent is within immediate reach and the youth obtains a license without paying the fee.

52.6    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a
52.7subdivision to read:
52.8    Subd. 4a. Nonresidents under age 16; big game. (a) A nonresident under age
52.916 may obtain a big game license at the applicable resident fee under section 97A.475,
52.10subdivision 2, if the nonresident is:
52.11    (1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
52.12    (2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or
52.13guardian;
52.14    (3) age 12 and is accompanied by a parent or guardian. A nonresident age 12
52.15or under is not required to possess a firearms safety certificate under section 97B.020
52.16to take big game; or
52.17    (4) age 10 or 11 and is under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian where the
52.18parent is within immediate reach.

52.19    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is
52.20amended to read:
52.21    Subd. 2. Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents
52.22only, are:
52.23    (1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;
52.24    (2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;
52.25    (3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $18 $23;
52.26    (4) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
52.27    (4) (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms, $26;
52.28    (5) (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;
52.29    (6) (7) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;
52.30    (7) (8) to take bear, $38;
52.31    (8) (9) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;
52.32    (9) (10) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;
52.33    (10) (11) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
53.1    (11) (12) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer
53.2season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $78;
53.3    (12) (13) all-firearm season license to take two deer throughout the state in any open
53.4firearms deer season, except as restricted under section 97B.305, $52;
53.5    (14) to take prairie chickens, $20;
53.6    (13) (15) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms
53.7during the muzzle-loader season or during the regular firearms season in any open zone
53.8or time period, $13; and
53.9    (14) (16) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.
53.10EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to clauses (3) and (4) are effective March
53.111, 2009.

53.12    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is
53.13amended to read:
53.14    Subd. 3. Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued
53.15to nonresidents, are:
53.16    (1) for persons age 18 and older to take small game, $73;
53.17    (2) for persons age 18 and older to take deer with firearms, $135;
53.18    (3) for persons age 18 and older to take deer by archery, $135;
53.19    (4) to take bear, $195;
53.20    (5) for persons age 18 and older to take turkey, $73 $78;
53.21    (6) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;
53.22    (6) (7) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;
53.23    (7) (8) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270;
53.24    (8) (9) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
53.25    (9) (10) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms
53.26during the muzzle-loader season or during the regular firearms season in any open zone
53.27or time period, $13; and
53.28    (10) (11) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $13.
53.29    (b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under
53.30paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (7) (5), (7), and (8). An additional commission may not be
53.31assessed on this surcharge.
53.32EFFECTIVE DATE.The amendments to paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6), are
53.33effective March 1, 2009.

54.1    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
54.2    Subd. 5. Hunting stamps. Fees for the following stamps and stamp validations are:
54.3    (1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $7.50; and
54.4    (2) pheasant stamp, $7.50; and
54.5    (3) turkey stamp validation, $5.
54.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

54.7    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 7, is
54.8amended to read:
54.9    Subd. 7. Nonresident fishing. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued
54.10to nonresidents, are:
54.11    (1) to take fish by angling, $37.50;
54.12    (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive days selected by the licensee,
54.13$26.50;
54.14    (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected by the licensee, $22;
54.15    (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a family for one or both parents
54.16and dependent children under the age of 16, $50.50;
54.17    (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected by the licensee, $8.50; and
54.18    (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a married couple, limited to 14
54.19consecutive days selected by one of the licensees, $38.50.; and
54.20    (7) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $37.50.
54.21    (b) A $2 surcharge shall be added to all nonresident fishing licenses, except licenses
54.22issued under paragraph (a), clause (5). An additional commission may not be assessed
54.23on this surcharge.

54.24    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 12,
54.25is amended to read:
54.26    Subd. 12. Fish houses or dark houses; nonresident. Fees for fish house or dark
54.27house licenses for a nonresident are:
54.28    (1) annual, $33;
54.29    (2) seven consecutive days, $19; and
54.30    (3) three-year, $99.

54.31    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 16,
54.32is amended to read:
55.1    Subd. 16. Resident bear hunting guides outfitters. (a) The fee for a resident
55.2bear hunting outfitter license to guide bear hunters is $82.50 and is available only to
55.3a Minnesota resident individual.
55.4    (b) The fee for a resident master bear hunting outfitter license is $165. The fee to
55.5add an additional person under the license is $82.50 per person.

55.6    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
55.7    Subd. 6. Licenses to be sold and issuing fees. (a) Persons authorized to sell
55.8licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the
55.9following issuing fees:
55.10    (1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
55.11    (2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and
55.12    (3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing
55.13animals, the issuing fee is $1;
55.14    (4) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an issuing
55.15fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
55.16    (5) for stamps stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
55.17    (6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 97A.441
55.18or 97A.465, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized
55.19seller;
55.20    (7) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
55.21    (8) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction
55.22through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an
55.23issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion
55.24of the authorized seller.
55.25    (b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a trout and salmon stamp if
55.26a stamp validation is issued simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license.
55.27Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one trout and salmon stamp
55.28in the same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
55.29    (c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
55.30    (d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the
55.31commissioner.
55.32    (e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the
55.33issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
55.34    (f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
55.35    (1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
56.1    (2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
56.2    (g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses
56.3each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license
56.4fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold
56.5licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter
56.6boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be
56.7maintained by the commissioner for one year.

56.8    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
56.9    Subdivision 1. Tags required. (a) A person may not possess or transport deer,
56.10bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner
56.11prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has
56.12the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by
56.13the commissioner.
56.14    (b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by
56.15the commissioner.
56.16    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the
56.17deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the
56.18site of the kill.
56.19    (d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for
56.20storage.
56.21    (e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the
56.22kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually
56.23or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while
56.24possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the
56.25animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the
56.26deer, bear, elk, or moose:
56.27    (1) as otherwise provided in this section; and
56.28    (2) prior to the animal being placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being
56.29hung from a tree or other structure or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or
56.30other place of habitation.

56.31    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
56.32    Subd. 5. Firearms safety certificate. The commissioner shall issue a firearms
56.33safety certificate to a person that satisfactorily completes the required course of instruction.
56.34A person must be at least age 11 to take the firearms safety course and may receive a
57.1firearms safety certificate, but the certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the
57.2person reaches age 12. A person who is age 11 and has a firearms safety certificate may
57.3purchase a deer, bear, turkey, or prairie chicken license to take big game that will become
57.4be valid when for hunting during the entire regular season for which the license is valid if
57.5the person reaches will reach age 12 during that calendar year. A firearms safety certificate
57.6issued to a person under age 12 by another state as provided in section 97B.020 is not
57.7valid for hunting in Minnesota until the person reaches age 12. The form and content of
57.8the firearms safety certificate shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

57.9    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is
57.10amended to read:
57.11    Subdivision 1. Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game. (a)
57.12A person may take big game with a firearm only if:
57.13    (1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and
57.14with centerfire ignition;
57.15    (2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
57.16    (3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and has a soft point or is
57.17an expanding bullet type;
57.18    (4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 1.285 inches;
57.19    (5) (4) the muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is incapable of being loaded at the
57.20breech;
57.21    (6) (5) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least
57.22.45 inches; and
57.23    (7) (6) the rifled muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.
57.24    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a
57.25ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum
57.26cartridge, a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50
57.27Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.

57.28    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.035, subdivision 1a,
57.29is amended to read:
57.30    Subd. 1a. Minimum draw weight. A bow used to take big game or turkey must
57.31have a pull that meets or exceeds 30 pounds at or before full draw.

57.32    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.036, is amended to read:
57.3397B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS DEER SEASON.
58.1    Notwithstanding section 97B.035, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person may take deer,
58.2bear, or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms deer season seasons.
58.3The transportation requirements of section 97B.051 apply to crossbows during the regular
58.4firearms deer, bear, or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section
58.597B.106, subdivision 2 . A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this
58.6section must have a valid firearms deer license to take the respective game.

58.7    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.041, is amended to read:
58.897B.041 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED
58.9IN DEER ZONES.
58.10    A person may not possess a firearm or ammunition outdoors during the period
58.11beginning the fifth day before the open firearms season and ending the second day after
58.12the close of the season within an area where deer may be taken by a firearm, except:
58.13    (1) during the open season and in an area where big game may be taken, a firearm
58.14and ammunition authorized for taking big game in that area may be used to take big game
58.15in that area if the person has a valid big game license in possession;
58.16    (2) an unloaded firearm that is in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle;
58.17    (3) a shotgun and shells containing No. 4 buckshot or smaller diameter lead shot
58.18or steel shot;
58.19    (4) a handgun or rifle and only short, long, and long rifle cartridges that are caliber
58.20of .22 inches capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 and .22 caliber, including
58.21.22 magnum caliber cartridges;
58.22    (5) handguns possessed by a person authorized to carry a handgun under sections
58.23624.714 and 624.715 for the purpose authorized; and
58.24    (6) on a target range operated under a permit from the commissioner.
58.25    This section does not apply during an open firearms season in an area where deer
58.26may be taken only by muzzleloader, except that muzzleloading firearms lawful for the
58.27taking of deer may be possessed only by persons with a valid license to take deer by
58.28muzzleloader during that season.
58.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2008.

58.30    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.106, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.31    Subdivision 1. Qualifications for crossbow permits. (a) The commissioner may
58.32issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a
58.33crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a
59.1permanent or temporary physical disability. A crossbow permit issued under this section
59.2also allows the permittee to use a bow with a mechanical device that draws, releases, or
59.3holds the bow at full draw as provided in section 97B.035, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
59.4    (b) To qualify for a crossbow permit under this section, a temporary disability
59.5must render the person unable to hunt or fish by archery for a minimum of two years
59.6after application for the permit is made. The permanent or temporary disability must
59.7be established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt or fish by archery for the
59.8required period of time must be verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor.
59.9A person who has received a special permit under this section because of a permanent
59.10disability is eligible for subsequent special permits without providing medical evidence
59.11and verification of the disability.
59.12    (c) The person must obtain the appropriate license.

59.13    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.14    Subdivision 1. Possession of firearms prohibited. Except when hunting bear, A
59.15person may not take big game deer by archery while in possession of a firearm.

59.16    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
59.17    Subd. 6. Residents or nonresidents under age 18 may take deer of either sex.
59.18    A resident or nonresident under the age of 18 may take a deer of either sex except in
59.19those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no antlerless permits are offered. In
59.20antlerless permit areas where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may
59.21provide a limited number of youth either sex permits to residents or nonresidents under
59.22age 18, under the procedures provided in section 97B.305, and may give preference to
59.23residents or nonresidents under the age of 18 that have not previously been selected.
59.24This subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer by another member
59.25of a party under subdivision 3.

59.26    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, is amended by adding a
59.27subdivision to read:
59.28    Subd. 8. All-firearm season deer license. (a) A resident may obtain an all-firearm
59.29season deer license that authorizes the resident to hunt during the regular firearms and
59.30muzzle-loader seasons. The all-firearm season license is valid for taking two deer, no
59.31more than one of which may be a legal buck.
59.32    (b) The all-firearm season deer license is valid for taking antlerless deer as prescribed
59.33by the commissioner.
60.1    (c) The commissioner shall issue two tags when issuing a license under this
60.2subdivision.

60.3    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.328, is amended to read:
60.497B.328 BAITING PROHIBITED.
60.5    Subdivision 1. Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. (a) A person may
60.6not hunt deer:
60.7    (1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or
60.8    (2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that
60.9bait or feed is present; or.
60.10    (3) in the vicinity of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed
60.11within the previous ten days.
60.12    (b) This restriction does not apply to:
60.13    Subd. 2. Removal of bait. An area is considered baited for ten days after the
60.14complete removal of all bait or feed.
60.15    Subd. 3. Definition. For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains,
60.16fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer and
60.17that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, minerals, and bird feeders containing
60.18grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed.
60.19    (1) Food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife
60.20food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities; or is
60.21not bait or feed unless it has been placed by a person.
60.22    Subd. 4. Exception for bait or feed on adjacent land. (2) A person otherwise
60.23in compliance with this section who is hunting on the person's own private or public
60.24property, when that is adjacent to property where bait or feed is present is not in violation
60.25of this section if the person has not participated in, been involved with, or agreed to
60.26baiting or feeding wildlife on the adjacent land owned by another person property.

60.27    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.405, is amended to read:
60.2897B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
60.29    (a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an
60.30area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters.
60.31The commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially
60.32select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have
60.33previously applied and have not been selected.
61.1    (b) In the case of a drawing, the commissioner shall allow a person to apply for a
61.2permit in more than one area at the same time and rank the person's choice of area. A
61.3person applying for a permit shall submit the applicable license fee under section 97A.475
61.4with the application. If a person is not selected for a bear hunting permit, the person may
61.5elect to have the license fee refunded or held and applied to a future license or permit.

61.6    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.431, is amended to read:
61.797B.431 BEAR HUNTING GUIDES OUTFITTERS.
61.8    (a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for
61.9compensation without a bear hunting guide outfitter license. A bear hunting guide outfitter
61.10is not required to have a license to take bear unless the guide outfitter is attempting
61.11to shoot a bear. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and
61.12administration of the licenses.
61.13    (b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear hunting outfitter license
61.14under which one person serves as the bear hunting outfitter and one other person is eligible
61.15to guide and bait bear. Additional persons may be added to the license and are eligible to
61.16guide and bait bear under the license, provided the additional fee under section 97A.475,
61.17subdivision 16, is paid for each person added. The commissioner shall adopt rules for
61.18qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses.

61.19    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.621, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
61.20    Subd. 3. Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between one-half hour
61.21before sunset and one-half hour after sunrise, a person:
61.22    (1) must be on foot;
61.23    (2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;
61.24    (3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or
61.25long rifle, rimfire ammunition may use a handgun or rifle capable of firing only rimfire
61.26cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber, including .22 magnum; and
61.27    (4) may not use shotgun shells with larger than No. 4 shot.

61.28    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
61.29    Subdivision 1. Seasons for certain upland game birds. (a) The commissioner
61.30may, by rule, prescribe an open season in designated areas between September 16 and
61.31January 3 for:
61.32    (1) pheasant;
61.33    (2) ruffed grouse;
62.1    (3) sharp tailed grouse;
62.2    (4) Canada spruce grouse;
62.3    (5) prairie chicken;
62.4    (6) gray partridge;
62.5    (7) bob-white quail; and
62.6    (8) turkey.
62.7    (b) The commissioner may by rule prescribe an open season for turkey in the spring.
62.8    (c) The commissioner shall allow a four-week season for turkey in the fall for the
62.9area designated as turkey permit area 601 as of the 2008 season. All applicable local
62.10and state regulations apply.

62.11    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.721, is amended to read:
62.1297B.721 LICENSE AND STAMP VALIDATION REQUIRED TO TAKE
62.13TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
62.14    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person
62.15may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license and a turkey stamp validation.
62.16    (b) The requirement in paragraph (a) to have a turkey stamp validation does not
62.17apply to persons under age 18. An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed
62.18wild turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or possess a firearm or bow while
62.19assisting a hunter under this paragraph and may not charge a fee for the assistance.
62.20    (c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the tagging and
62.21registration of turkeys.
62.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

62.23    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.001, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
62.24    Subd. 3. Seasons, limits, and other requirements. The commissioner may, in
62.25accordance with the procedures in subdivision 2 or by rule under chapter 14, establish
62.26open seasons, limits, methods, and other requirements for taking fish on experimental
62.27waters. Notwithstanding the limits on seasons in section 97C.395, subdivision 1, the
62.28commissioner may extend the end of a season for up to two weeks to take a fish species in
62.29an experimental water when the harvest level for the species in that season is less than the
62.30harvest goal of the experimental regulations.

62.31    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.005, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
63.1    Subd. 3. Seasons, limits, and other rules. The commissioner may, in accordance
63.2with the procedures in subdivision 2, paragraphs (c) and (e), or by rule under chapter
63.314, establish open seasons, limits, methods, and other requirements for taking fish on
63.4special management waters. Notwithstanding the limits on seasons in section 97C.395,
63.5subdivision 1, the commissioner may extend the end of a season for up to two weeks to
63.6take a fish species in a special management water when the harvest level for the species in
63.7that season is less than the harvest goal of the special management regulations.

63.8    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.205, is amended to read:
63.997C.205 TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.
63.10    (a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a
63.11quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:
63.12    (1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections
63.1317.4985 and 17.4986;
63.14    (2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 97C.081;
63.15    (3) is a minnow being transported under section 97C.505 or 97C.515;
63.16    (4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section
63.1797C.821 ; or
63.18    (5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section.
63.19    (b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:
63.20    (1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs; and
63.21    (2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.
63.22    (c) The commissioner must allow the possession of fish on special management or
63.23experimental waters to be prepared as a meal on the ice or on the shore of that water
63.24body if the fish:
63.25    (1) were lawfully taken;
63.26    (2) have been packaged by a licensed fish packer; and
63.27    (3) do not otherwise exceed the daily possession limits.
63.28    (c) (d) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting
63.29organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:
63.30    (1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;
63.31    (2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary
63.32equipment; and
63.33    (3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the
63.34needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization
63.35operating the rearing pond.
64.1    (d) (e) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium,
64.2transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie,
64.3white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black,
64.4yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may
64.5be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches
64.6in total length.

64.7    Sec. 47. [97C.303] CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.
64.8    Subdivision 1. Availability. The commissioner shall make available a conservation
64.9angling license according to this section. Conservation angling licenses shall be offered
64.10for resident individuals and resident married couples.
64.11    Subd. 2. Daily and possession limits. Daily and possession limits for fish taken
64.12under a conservation angling license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the
64.13corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, rounded down to the next
64.14whole number if necessary.
64.15    Subd. 3. License fee. The fee for a conservation angling license issued under this
64.16section is two-thirds of the corresponding standard angling license fee under section
64.1797A.475, subdivision 6, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

64.18    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.315, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.19    Subdivision 1. Lines. An angler may not use more than one line except two lines
64.20may be used to take fish:
64.21    (1) two lines may be used to take fish through the ice; and (1) through the ice; or
64.22    (2) the commissioner may, by rule, authorize the use of two lines in areas
64.23designated by the commissioner in Lake Superior (2) if the angler purchases a second
64.24line endorsement for $5.

64.25    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 2, is
64.26amended to read:
64.27    Subd. 2. License required. A person may not take fish from leave a dark house
64.28or fish house that is left unattended on the ice overnight at any time between midnight
64.29and one hour before sunrise unless the house is licensed and has a license tag attached
64.30to the exterior in a readily visible location, except as provided in this subdivision. The
64.31commissioner must issue a tag with a dark house or fish house license, marked with a
64.32number to correspond with the license and the year of issue. A dark house or fish house
65.1license is not required of a resident on boundary waters where the adjacent state does not
65.2charge a fee for the same activity.

65.3    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
65.4    Subd. 4. Distance between houses. A person may not erect a dark house or, fish
65.5house, or shelter within ten feet of an existing dark house or, fish house, or shelter.

65.6    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
65.7    Subd. 7. Dates and times houses may remain on ice. (a) Except as provided in
65.8paragraph (d), A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice
65.9unattended between 12:00 a.m. midnight and one hour before sunrise after the following
65.10dates:
65.11    (1) the last day of February first Monday in March, for state waters south of a line
65.12starting at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route
65.13No. 10, then east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along
65.14Trunk Highway No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No.
65.15200 to U.S. Route No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin
65.16border; and
65.17    (2) the third Monday in March 15, for other state waters.
65.18    A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice in violation of this
65.19subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner
65.20may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of
65.21the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the
65.22commissioner.
65.23    (b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house, dark house, or shelter in
65.24violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house or shelter.
65.25The officer shall seize the contents of the house or shelter and hold them for 60 days. If the
65.26seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the
65.27division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
65.28    (c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15,
65.29under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a Saturday, a shelter, including a fish house or
65.30dark house, may be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until
65.3112:00 a.m. the following Monday.
65.32    (d) A person may have a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice
65.33between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in
66.1paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house or shelter may not be unattended during those
66.2hours.

66.3    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
66.4    Subd. 7a. Houses left overnight. A fish house or, dark house, or shelter left on the
66.5ice overnight must be marked with reflective material on each side of the house structure.
66.6The reflective material must measure a total area of no less than two square inches on each
66.7side of the house structure. Violation of this subdivision is not subject to subdivision 8
66.8or section 97A.301.

66.9    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is
66.10amended to read:
66.11    Subd. 8. Confiscation of unlawful structures; civil penalty. (a) Structures on the
66.12ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division,
66.13or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
66.14    (b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the
66.15ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 115A.99.
66.16    (c) This subdivision also applies to structures left on state public access sites for
66.17more than 48 hours past the deadlines specified in subdivision 7.

66.18    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
66.19    Subd. 4. Open season. The open season for spearing through the ice is December 1
66.20November 15 to the last second Sunday in February March.

66.21    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, is amended by adding a
66.22subdivision to read:
66.23    Subd. 5. Nonresidents. Nonresidents may spear from a fish house or dark house.

66.24    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.25    Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by
66.26angling are as follows:
66.27    (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and
66.28smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend
66.29to the last Sunday in February;
66.30    (2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;
67.1    (3) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes and streams, from January 15
67.2to March 31;
67.3    (4) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to
67.4October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section
67.597C.415, subdivision 2 ; and
67.6    (4) (5) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
67.7    (b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are
67.8spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.

67.9    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
67.10    Subd. 2. Walleye; northern pike. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person
67.11may take have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches and one northern pike
67.12larger than 30 inches daily in possession.
67.13    (b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to boundary waters.
67.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective March 1, 2009.

67.15    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.865, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
67.16    Subd. 2. Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules establishing requirements for
67.17labeling and packing fish under a fish packer's license. The commissioner shall require
67.18only the license number of the fish packer, the name and license number of the angler
67.19or person who lawfully possesses the fish, the name of the lake on which the fish were
67.20caught, the species of fish, and the number of fish to appear on a label. The commissioner
67.21must not allow sauger to be labeled as walleye.

67.22    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 624.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
67.23    Subdivision 1. Regulation. (a) As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, the term
67.24"fireworks" means any substance or combination of substances or article prepared
67.25for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion,
67.26deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, and toy canes in
67.27which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel
67.28them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, sparklers other
67.29than those specified in paragraph (c), or other fireworks of like construction, and any
67.30fireworks containing any explosive or inflammable compound, or any tablets or other
67.31device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as fireworks.
68.1    (b) The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy guns, in which paper caps
68.2containing 25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps
68.3which contain less than 20/100 grains of explosive mixture.
68.4    (c) The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100
68.5grams of mixture per item, other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial
68.6and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 500 grams
68.7or less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers
68.8which include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops,
68.9each consisting of not more than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture. The
68.10use of items listed in this paragraph is not permitted on public property. This paragraph
68.11does not authorize the purchase of items listed in it by persons younger than 18 years
68.12of age. The age of a purchaser of items listed in this paragraph must be verified by
68.13photographic identification.
68.14    (d) A local unit of government may impose an annual license fee for the retail
68.15sale of items authorized under paragraph (c). The annual license fee of each retail seller
68.16that is in the business of selling only the items authorized under paragraph (c) may not
68.17exceed $350, and the annual license of each other retail seller may not exceed $100. A
68.18local unit of government may not:
68.19    (1) impose any fee or charge, other than the fee authorized by this paragraph, on the
68.20retail sale of items authorized under paragraph (c);
68.21    (2) prohibit or restrict the display of items for permanent or temporary retail sale
68.22authorized under paragraph (c) that comply with National Fire Protection Association
68.23Standard 1124 (2003 edition); or
68.24    (3) impose on a retail seller any financial guarantee requirements, including bonding
68.25or insurance provisions, containing restrictions or conditions not imposed on the same
68.26basis on all other business licensees.
68.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

68.28    Sec. 60. UNCASED FIREARMS REPORT.
68.29    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a report to the legislature by
68.30January 1, 2009, on uncased firearms that answers the questions listed below.
68.31    (1) How many other states have laws like Minnesota's governing uncased firearms?
68.32    (2) Are there any studies that prove that uncased firearms laws like Minnesota's
68.33reduce firearm-related accidents?
69.1    (3) Is there evidence that more accidents occur loading and unloading firearms and
69.2putting firearms in and out of cases than would occur if the firearms were not required to
69.3be cased?
69.4    (4) Are there any studies to prove that having a cased gun law reduces other criminal
69.5violations? For example, there are thousands of tickets written for uncased guns every
69.6year; is this the activity the state is trying to stop or is the state trying to reduce other
69.7crimes? Is there any proof that by issuing tickets Minnesota is stopping other crimes?
69.8    (5) If the state cannot verify that it is reducing accidents or reducing other criminal
69.9violations by writing uncased gun tickets, why is the state writing them?
69.10    (6) If the state is reducing other wildlife crimes such as shooting from the roadway,
69.11how is it doing this?
69.12    (b) The report must comply with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197, and
69.13be submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over the
69.14environment and natural resources. The commissioner may include additional information
69.15that the commissioner feels is important to this issue.

69.16    Sec. 61. COCK PHEASANT BAG LIMIT; RULEMAKING.
69.17    The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part
69.186234.0400, subpart 2, to allow a person to take up to three cock pheasants per day after the
69.1916th day of the pheasant season. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption
69.20under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rule and
69.21Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota
69.22Statutes, section 14.388.

69.23    Sec. 62. BEAR HUNTING PERMIT DRAWING; RULEMAKING.
69.24    The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules to comply with the changes
69.25made to Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.405. The commissioner may use the good cause
69.26exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt
69.27the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in
69.28Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

69.29    Sec. 63. NONRESIDENT SPEAR FISHING; RULEMAKING.
69.30    The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules, including amending
69.31Minnesota Rules, part 6262.0600, to allow taking fish by spear by nonresidents. The
69.32commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section
70.114.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386,
70.2does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

70.3    Sec. 64. WILD TURKEY HUNTING MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
70.4    The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the National
70.5Wild Turkey Federation, shall, by January 15, 2009, provide the legislature with
70.6recommendations for future management of hunting wild turkeys in Minnesota.

70.7    Sec. 65. WALLEYE STOCKING ON LEECH LAKE.
70.8    While continuing to study the effects of cormorant control on Leech Lake and the
70.9lack of natural reproduction of the walleye, the commissioner of natural resources shall
70.10stock Leech Lake with 25,000,000 walleye fry in calendar year 2009 and with 25,000,000
70.11walleye fry in calendar year 2010 unless the commissioner can show evidence that the
70.12stocking is harmful to the lake's natural walleye population or that the fishery has fully
70.13recovered.

70.14    Sec. 66. RULES.
70.15    The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules in compliance with the
70.16changes to Minnesota Statutes, sections 97C.205 and 97C.865, subdivision 2. The rules
70.17required by this section are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
70.18chapter 14. The rules are subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, except that
70.19notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, paragraph (b), the rules continue
70.20in effect until repealed or superseded by other law or rule. As part of this rulemaking,
70.21the commissioner shall:
70.22    (1) amend Minnesota Rules, part 6262.3250, by deleting item A and amending the
70.23part so that labels required under item D are consistent with the new requirements in
70.24Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.865, subdivision 2; and
70.25    (2) amend Minnesota Rules, part 6262.0100, to allow the possession of fish on
70.26special management or experimental waters for a meal, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
70.27section 97C.205.

70.28    Sec. 67. DISABLED HUNTING; RULES.
70.29    By January 1, 2010, the commissioner of natural resources shall consider amending
70.30Minnesota Rules in order to simplify the process for obtaining disabled hunting permits
70.31and for landowners to allow hunts on their land for the disabled. By January 1, 2009,
70.32the commissioner shall report to the chairs of the senate and house committees with
71.1jurisdiction over natural resources on any statutory changes needed in order to achieve the
71.2simplification. The commissioner shall work with nonprofit groups and other interested
71.3parties in simplifying the process.

71.4    Sec. 68. MISSISSIPPI RIVER SLOT LIMITS.
71.5    The Department of Natural Resources must not adopt rules regarding slot limits on
71.6the Mississippi River between the Crow River and Coon Rapids Dam without legislative
71.7authorization.

71.8    Sec. 69. APPROPRIATION.
71.9    $102,000 in fiscal year 2009 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the
71.10commissioner of natural resources for the development of aquaculture best management
71.11practices. The base in fiscal year 2010 is $150,000. The base for fiscal year 2011 is $0.

71.12    Sec. 70. REPEALER.
71.13Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411, subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules,
71.14parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart 4; and 6234.0100, subpart 4, are repealed.

71.15ARTICLE 3

71.16OUTDOOR HERITAGE

71.17    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 10A.01, subdivision 35,
71.18is amended to read:
71.19    Subd. 35. Public official. "Public official" means any:
71.20    (1) member of the legislature;
71.21    (2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative
71.22auditor, chief clerk of the house, revisor of statutes, or researcher, legislative analyst, or
71.23attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and Research or House Research;
71.24    (3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative
71.25deputy;
71.26    (4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;
71.27    (5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state
71.28department or agency as listed in section 15.01 or 15.06, or the state chief information
71.29officer;
71.30    (6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a
71.31state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under
71.32chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;
72.1    (7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend,
72.2or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;
72.3    (8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;
72.4    (9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);
72.5    (10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;
72.6    (11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of
72.7Administrative Hearings or referee in the Department of Employment and Economic
72.8Development;
72.9    (12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations
72.10manager of the Metropolitan Council;
72.11    (13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;
72.12    (14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the
72.13Department of Public Safety;
72.14    (15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;
72.15    (16) member of the board of directors or president of Minnesota Technology, Inc.;
72.16    (17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State
72.17High School League;
72.18    (18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 473.755;
72.19    (19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;
72.20    (20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management
72.21organization as defined under section 103B.205, subdivision 13; or
72.22    (21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district; or
72.23    (22) citizen member of the Outdoor Heritage Council established in section 97A.056.

72.24    Sec. 2. [97A.056] OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; OUTDOOR HERITAGE
72.25COUNCIL.
72.26    Subdivision 1. Outdoor heritage fund. An outdoor heritage fund, under article XI,
72.27section 15, of the Minnesota Constitution, is established as an account in the state treasury.
72.28All money earned by the outdoor heritage fund must be credited to the fund. At least 99
72.29and one-half percent of the money appropriated from the fund must be expended to restore,
72.30protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.
72.31    Subd. 2. Outdoor Heritage Council. (a) The Outdoor Heritage Council of 12
72.32members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:
72.33    (1) four public members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of
72.34the Committee on Rules and Administration;
72.35    (2) four public members appointed by the speaker of the house; and
73.1    (3) four public members appointed by the governor.
73.2    (b) Members appointed under paragraph (a) must not be registered lobbyists and
73.3must not have a personal or organizational conflict of interest, as provided in subdivision
73.44. In making appointments, the governor, senate Subcommittee on Committees of the
73.5Committee on Rules and Administration, and the speaker of the house shall attempt to
73.6provide for geographic balance. The governor's appointments to the council are subject
73.7to the advice and consent of the senate.
73.8    (c) Members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have experience or expertise in
73.9the science, policy, or practice of restoring, protecting, and enhancing wetlands, prairies,
73.10forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.
73.11    (d) Public members serve four-year terms and shall be initially appointed according
73.12to the following schedule of terms:
73.13    (1) two members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in
73.14January 2011;
73.15    (2) two members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the
73.16Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January
73.172011;
73.18    (3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first
73.19Monday in January 2011;
73.20    (4) two members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday in
73.21January 2013;
73.22    (5) two members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the
73.23Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January
73.242013; and
73.25    (6) two members appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first
73.26Monday in January 2013.
73.27    (e) Compensation and removal of council members are as provided in section
73.2815.059, subdivisions 3 and 4. A vacancy on the council may be filled by the appointing
73.29authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.
73.30    (f) The first meeting of the council shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative
73.31Coordinating Commission. Members shall elect a chair, vice chair, secretary, and other
73.32officers as determined by the council. The chair may convene meetings as necessary to
73.33conduct the duties prescribed by this section.
73.34    (g) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide administrative support for
73.35the council. Up to one-half of one percent of the money appropriated from the fund may
74.1be used to cover the staffing and related administrative expenses of the department, and to
74.2cover the compensation and travel expenses of council members.
74.3    Subd. 3. Council recommendations. (a) The council shall make recommendations
74.4to the legislature on appropriations of money from the outdoor heritage fund that are
74.5consistent with the Constitution and state law, and that best achieve the land and aquatic
74.6habitat outcomes of the Minnesota Conservation and Preservation Plan. The council
74.7shall submit its initial recommendations to the legislature no later than April 1, 2009.
74.8Subsequent recommendations shall be submitted no later than January 15 each year.
74.9    (b) The council shall work with the Clean Water Council to identify projects that
74.10are consistent with both the purpose of the outdoor heritage fund and the purpose of
74.11the clean water fund.
74.12    (c) The council may make recommendations to the Legislative-Citizen Commission
74.13of Minnesota Resources on scientific research that will assist in restoring, protecting, and
74.14enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.
74.15    (d) Recommendations of the council, including approval of recommendations for the
74.16outdoor heritage fund, require an affirmative vote of at least seven members of the council.
74.17    Subd. 4. Conflict of interest. (a) A council member may not advocate for or
74.18against a council action or vote on any action that may be a conflict of interest. A conflict
74.19of interest must be disclosed as soon as it is discovered. The council shall follow the
74.20policies and requirements related to conflicts of interest developed by the Office of Grants
74.21Management under section 16B.98.
74.22    (b) For the purposes of this section, a "conflict of interest" exists when a person has
74.23an organizational conflict of interest or direct financial interests and those interests present
74.24the appearance that it will be difficult for the person to impartially fulfill the person's duty.
74.25An "organizational conflict of interest" exists when a person has had an affiliation within
74.26the past three years, which presents the appearance of a conflict between organizational
74.27interests and council member duties, with an organization within the previous three years
74.28of council activity that involves the organization.
74.29    Subd. 5. Open meetings. Meetings of the council and other groups the council
74.30may establish are subject to chapter 13D. Except where prohibited by law, the council
74.31shall establish additional processes to broaden public involvement in all aspects of its
74.32deliberations, including recording meetings, video conferencing, and publishing minutes.
74.33For the purposes of this subdivision, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and the
74.34members receive information on, discuss, or take action on any matter relating to the duties
74.35of the council. Enforcement of this subdivision shall be governed by section 13D.06,
74.36subdivisions 1 and 2. The quorum requirement for the council shall be seven members.
75.1    Subd. 6. Audit. The legislative auditor shall audit outdoor heritage fund
75.2expenditures every two years to ensure that the money is spent for the purposes for which
75.3the money was appropriated.
75.4    Subd. 7. Sunset. This section expires January 15, 2015.

75.5    Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
75.6    This article is effective January 15, 2009, if the constitutional amendment proposed
75.7in Laws 2008, chapter 151, is adopted by the voters.