SF 3056

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

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; providing for disposition of proceeds from sale of
administrative sites; modifying certain requirements for environmental learning
centers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
84.0857; 84.0875; 94.16, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0857, is amended to read:

84.0857 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within
the Department of Natural Resources for the costs of providing them with building and
infrastructure facilities. Costs billed may include modifications and adaptations to allow
for appropriate building occupancy, building code compliance, insurance, utility services,
maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts
shall be credited to a special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the
commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings were made.

new text begin (b) Money deposited in the special account from the proceeds of a sale under
section 94.16, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner to acquire
facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for,
design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0875, is amended to read:

84.0875 ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS.

new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner may acquire and better, or make grants to counties, home
rule charter or statutory cities, or school districts to acquire and better, residential
environmental learning centers where students may learn how to use, preserve, and
renew the natural resources of this state. A facility and reasonable access to it must be
owned by the state or a political subdivision but may be leased to or managed by a
nonprofit organization to carry out an environmental learning program established by the
commissioner. The lease or management agreement must comply with the requirements
of section 16A.695 and must provide for the procurement of liability insurance by the
nonprofit organization. A nonprofit organization that is operating an environmental
learning center under this section is a municipality for purposes of the liability limitations
of section 466.04 while acting within the scope of these activities.

new text begin (b) During the time the center is used for educational programs offered in
conjunction with a college or university, the rules and standards related to space
requirements are governed by section 144.74.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 94.16, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Proceeds from natural resources land.

new text begin (a) Except as provided in
paragraph (b), new text end the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of lands that were under the
control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the
land acquisition account in the natural resources fund.

new text begin (b) The remainder of the proceeds from the sale of administrative sites under the
control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the
facilities management account established under section 84.0857 and used to acquire
facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for,
design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.
new text end