NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

All-terrain vehicles, sales and use taxes, collection and refund agreement, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 21 s 7

All-terrain vehicles, see ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

Appropriations to

Body cameras, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 11 art 1 s 19

Cancellations, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 3, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 4 s 6

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2020 5Sp c 3 art 1 s 7, 2020 5Sp c 3 art 5 s 29

Civil unrest costs, Minn. Laws 2020 5Sp c 3 art 9 s 9, 2021 c 13 s

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 5

Conservation officers, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 4 s 4, 5

Environment and natural resource trust projects, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 5 s 2

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2020 7Sp c 1 art 1 s 1, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 6 s 2

Generally, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 3

Outdoor engagement grant account, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 30

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2

Parks and trails fund projects, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 1 art 3 s 3, 7

Appropriations to

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2020 5Sp c 3 art 1 s 7, 2020 5Sp c 3 art 5 s 29

Civil unrest costs, Minn. Laws 2020 5Sp c 3 art 9 s 9

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2020 7Sp c 1 art 1 s 1

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2020 c 104 art 1 s 2

Appropriations to

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 6

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2019 c 2 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 2

Generally, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 3

Native prairie stewardship, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 4

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2

Scientific and natural areas, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 4

Appropriations to

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2018 c 214 art 1 s 7

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2018 c 214 art 4 s 2, 2018 c 214 art 6 s 4

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2018 c 208 s 2

Appropriations to

Bee and beneficial species habitat restoration, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Biological survey, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 6

Chemicals of emerging concern in fish, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Clean energy investments, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Laws 2017 c 91 art 2 s 6

Connecting youth to waterways, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Diversity in environmental careers, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Environmental education, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Generally, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 1 s 3

Invasive bighead and silver carp, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Leech Lake acquisition, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Mesabi Trail development, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Minnesota Wildflowers Information, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Mississippi River habitat restoration, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Native prairie stewardship, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2017 c 91 art 1 s 2

Payments in lieu of taxes, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 22

Petrochemical spills assessment, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Planning and implementation of bird habitat, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Prairie bank easement acquisition, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Precision conservation and agriculture assessment, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Residential Environmental Learning Center opportunities, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Scientific and natural areas acquisition, restoration, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

State park pollinator habitat restoration, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

State parks and trails land acquisition, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

State trails acquisition, development, and enhancement, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Sustainable forest incentive program, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 10 s 16

Tower trailhead boat landing and habitat improvement, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Urban natural resources restoration, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Vermillion River habitat restoration, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Volunteer fire assistance grant account, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 3 s 1

Voyageurs National Park Crane Lake visitors center, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Water impoundment improvement, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Wild rice restoration assessment, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Wolf predation assessment, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Youth watershed stewardship, Minn. Laws 2017 c 96 s 2

Appropriations to

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Laws 2016 c 172 art 2 s 6

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2016 c 186 s 2

Generally, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 3

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 5-7

Park and trail grants, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 42

White Bear Lake augmentation, Minn. Laws 2016 c 172 art 2 s 12

Appropriations to

Aquatic habitat, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 9

Avian influenza response activities, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 5

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 4

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 6, 16-18

Conservation partners legacy grant program, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 9

Deficiency appropriation, Minn. Laws 2015 c 3 s 6

Enforcement, deficiency appropriation, Minn. Laws 2015 c 3 s 6

Environmental projects, Minn. Laws 2015 c 76 s 2

Flood relief, 2012, cancellation, Minn. Laws 2015 c 2 s 2

Generally, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Hunter and angler recruitment and retention, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3, 11

Invasive species, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Local water management, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 10

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 8, 9

Park and trail grants, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Parks and trails fund projects, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 3 s 1-3

Reductions, Minn. Laws 2015 c 3 s 9

Saint Croix River land protection, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 8

Shooting sports facility grants, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3, 11

State parks and recreation areas projects, 2008 appropriation extended, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 5 art 3 s 6

2010 reductions and transfers, repealed, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 12

Virginia (city)

Silver Lake erosion control, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

U.S. Highway 53 rerouting, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

White Bear Lake augmentation, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Windstorm disaster relief, 2012 cancellation, Minn. Laws 2015 c 2 s 2

Appropriations to, see Natural Resources Department under APPROPRIATIONS

Battle Point conveyance, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 248 s 19

Boats and boating, sales and use taxes, collection and refund agreement, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 21 s 7

Boats and boating, see BOATS AND BOATING

Buffers, riparian protection maps, duties, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 24

Calcareous fens, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 112

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2018 c 214 art 1 s 7

Capital improvement projects

Generally, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 6

Natural resource asset preservation and replacement program, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 8 art 2 s 4

Capital improvement projects

Generally, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 5 art 1 s 4

State parks and recreation areas projects, 2008 appropriation extended, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 5 art 3 s 6

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Laws 2014 c 294 art 1 s 7, 2014 c 295 s 2

Citizen oversight committees, expiration, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 4 s 69

Citizen oversight committees, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 47

Citizen oversight committees, Minn. Laws 2014 c 286 art 8 s 11, 2014 c 290 s 15

Confiscated property, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 74

Conservation partners legacy grant program, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 4

Conservation Partners Legacy grant program, Minn. Laws 2020 c 104 art 1 s 2

Contracts and agreements, procurement guidelines, repealed, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166

Counties, county water safety funding, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 40

Critical habitat for wildlife, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 26-28

Data, stream gauge data, Minn. Laws 2014 c 312 art 14 s 9

Decorative materials (trees and boughs), Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 38

Definitions, game and fish law, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 62-67

Definitions, police state aid, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 6 art 20 s 1

Definitions, revisor's correction, Minn. Laws 2020 c 83 art 1 s 11

Division names, Minn. Laws 2014 c 248 s 3-5, 11, 12, 2014 c 290 s 49-51

Duties generally, obsolete law, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 248 s 10, 19

Easements, power to convey, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 21

Easements, road easements, exchange, Minn. Laws 2017 c 54 s 1

Elk hunting, Minn. Laws 2016 c 184 s 8

Elk management, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 97

Enforcement Division, firearms safety course program, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 63

Environmental review, notices about, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 4 s 122

Facilities, operating costs, billing for, Minn. Laws 2014 c 289 s 6

Farmed cervidae, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 16

Fees, all-terrain vehicle trail passes, nonresidents, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 14

Firearms safety, training courses, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 63

Fishing, see FISH AND FISHING

Forest resources management, sustainable forest incentive program, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 10 s 12

Forest road coordination committee, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 289 s 70

Grants by

No Child Left Inside program, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 30

Recreation grants, local, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 32

Trail grants, local, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 32

Grants by

Generally, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 11

No Child Left Inside program, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 3, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 23

Groundwater management areas, advisory teams, Minn. Laws 2014 c 289 s 56

Hunting, see HUNTING

Iron ore, prospecting leases, responsible vendors, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 43

Island Lake FMHA Wildlife Management Area, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 163

Klondike clean water retention project, land recommendations, Minn. Laws 2016 c 154 s 34

Land acquisition, condemnation by owner's request, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 2, 3

Land classification committees, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 286 art 2 s 1

Land exchanges, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 60, 61

Land

Exchanges, Minn. Laws 2016 c 154 s 7, 2016 c 189 art 3 s 34

Sales, valuation, Minn. Laws 2016 c 154 s 5

Lands, posting, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 290 s 70

Leases, permanent school fund lands, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 41, 42

Leases, state forest lands, Minn. Laws 2018 c 186 s 1

Leases, state forest lands, Minn. Laws 2017 c 54 s 2

Leases

Conservation planning leases, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 46, 48

Recreational trails and facilities, lands leased for, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 47

Legal costs, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 3

Legal counsel, appointments, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 1

Licenses

Applications for, deadlines, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 50

Decorative materials buyers, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 38

Maps, riparian buffers protection, duties, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 24

Milkweed, planting, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 3

Mineland reclamation, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 58

Mineral leases, generally, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 55

Mineral leases, termination, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 130

Mining, rules, enforcement, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 56

Minnesota Naturalist Corps, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 17-20

Motor vehicles, criminal property damage, Minn. Laws 2017 c 95 art 3 s 17

Natural Resource Asset Preservation and Replacement program, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 15, 16

Natural resources lands, payments in lieu of taxes, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 22

Natural resources lands, payments in lieu of taxes, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 10

Nonnative species, see NONNATIVE SPECIES

Obsolete or unnecessary provisions, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 290 s 70

Off-road vehicles, grant-in-aid program, duties, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 6

Off-road vehicles, registration, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 11

Organ donors

Duties, Minn. Laws 2016 c 131 s 2

Report, Minn. Laws 2016 c 131 s 3

Outboard motors, purchases, Minn. Laws 2014 c 248 s 2

Payments in lieu of taxes, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 14 art 13 s 11

Payments in lieu of taxes, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 22

Permits, service providers, Lake Minnetonka pilot study, zebra mussels, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 18, 19

Permits

Expedited, cost reimbursement, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 3

Invasive species, research, control, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 28

Issuance, efficiency, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 2

Service providers, Lake Minnetonka pilot study, zebra mussels, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 25

Permits

Deadlines for action on, Minn. Laws 2014 c 237 s 2, 2014 c 289 s 5

Reimbursement for expedited action, Minn. Laws 2014 c 237 s 3, 12

Pets, taking wild animals as, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 53

Police state aid

Application of funds, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 6 art 20 s 4

Certification reports, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 6 art 20 s 2

Promotional activities, Minn. Laws 2014 c 289 s 2

Publications by, summary of rules and laws, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 46

Regional forest resource committees, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 289 s 70

Reports given, carbon monoxide exposure, Minn. Laws 2018 c 183 s 3

Reports given, wildlife management areas, accessibility, Minn. Laws 2020 1Sp c 4 s 3

Reports given

Carbon sequestration, state goals, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 132

Farmed cervidae, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 17

Firefighting costs, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 3

School trust lands, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 19

Reports given

Chronic wasting disease dumpsters, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 3

Firefighting costs, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 3

Natural resources damages account, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 99

School trust lands, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 12

Reports given

Base budget, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 1 s 3, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 157

Firefighting costs, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 1 s 3

Lead shot, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 1 s 3

Minnow importation, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 162

Natural resource asset preservation and replacement project list, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 16

Prescribed burns, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 152

Timber harvest, state lands, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 1 s 3

Reports given

Cold Spring water appropriation permits, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 44

Lake service, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 48

Marine carbon monoxide detectors, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 45

Prescribed burns, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 46

Sand Dunes State Forest, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 47

Workers' compensation, volunteers, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 49

Reports given

Base budget, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 4 s 142

Cast nets, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 28

Firefighting costs, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Natural resources lands, payments in lieu of taxes, alternatives, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 10

Water appropriations, negative impacts to surface waters, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 4 s 143

White Bear Lake augmentation, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Reports given

Bobwhite quail, Minn. Laws 2014 c 312 art 12 s 6

Cattail management, Minn. Laws 2014 c 312 art 12 s 6

School trust land, Minn. Laws 2014 c 312 art 12 s 6

University of Minnesota football stadium, obsolete provisions, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 149 s 73

Riparian protection aid, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 1 s 11, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 146

Rulemaking authority, invasive species, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 3 s 8, 9

Rulemaking authority

Decoys, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 69

Expedited permanent rules, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 18

Fish and fishing, limits, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 74

Lake Superior commercial fishing, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 78

Rulemaking authority

Bear, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 95

Bear hunting outfitters, licenses, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 96

Lead shot, restriction, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 164

Minnow licenses, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 158

Solid waste management facilities, permits, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 160

Rulemaking authority

Dogs, training with rabbits and hares, Minn. Laws 2014 c 290 s 64

Gray partridges, Minn. Laws 2014 c 290 s 62

Snowmobile operation, deer seasons, Minn. Laws 2014 c 290 s 63

Training dogs with rabbits or hares, Minn. Laws 2014 c 289 s 68

Rulemaking, stamp design, Minn. Laws 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 115

Rulemaking

Boats and boating, temporary special controls, time limits, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 31

Expedited emergency rules, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 1

Northern pike restrictions, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 30

Personal flotation devices, rule amendments, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 32

Spearing, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 30, 34

Side Lake ranger tower, cell phone transmitter, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 3

Snowmobile purchases, Minn. Laws 2014 c 248 s 2

Snowmobiles, see SNOWMOBILES

Special management waters, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 70

State forests, see STATE FORESTS

State lands, see STATE LANDS

State parks, see STATE PARKS

State recreation areas, see RECREATIONAL AREAS

State recreation trails, see RECREATIONAL TRAILS

State trails, see STATE TRAILS

Tax return data, Minn. Laws 2017 1Sp c 1 art 21 s 4

University of Minnesota football stadium, obsolete provisions, Minn. Laws 2014 c 149 s 73

Unsession bill, Minn. Laws 2014 c 248 s

Water level controls, Minn. Laws 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 84

Water use permits, see under WATER APPROPRIATION AND IMPOUNDMENTS

Wetlands, violations, cease and desist orders, Minn. Laws 2017 c 93 art 2 s 115