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Laws of Minnesota 1987 CHAPTER 226-H.F.No. 834 An act relating to natural resources; providing for the deposit of receipts from private forest management services into the forest management fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, sections 88.79, subdivision 2; and 89.04. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 88.79, subdivision 2, is amended to read: Subd. 2. [CHARGE FOR SERVICE; RECEIPTS TOGENERALFOREST MANAGEMENT FUND.] The commissioner of natural resources may charge the owner receiving such services such sums as the commissioner shall determine to be fair and reasonable. The receipts from such services shall bedeposited incredited to thegeneralforest management fund. Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 89.04, is amended to read: 89.04 [FOREST MANAGEMENT FUND.] Subdivision 1. [FUND ESTABLISHED; SOURCES.] The forest management fund is created as an account in the state treasury and may be spent only for the purposes provided in subdivision 2. The following revenue shall be deposited in the forest management fund:(a)(1) money transferred from the state forest fund as provided in section 89.036;(b)(2) money transferred from the state forest suspense account as provided in section 16A.125, subdivision 5, which may be appropriated to implement the state forest resource management policy and plan only on state forest trust fund lands as defined in section 16A.125, subdivision 5;(c)(3) money from the sale of tree planting stock as provided in section 89.37, subdivision 4;and(4) money from forest management services provided under section 88.79; and(d)(5) interest accruing from investment of the fund. Subd. 2. [PURPOSES OF FUND.] Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the forest management fund may be spent by the department of natural resources in accordance with the forest resource management policy and plan for any of the following purposes:(a)(1) reforestation consistent with the state reforestation policy and forest resource management plan;(b)(2) forest road improvements consistent with the state forest road policy and forest resource management plan;(c)(3) equipment and training needed for the prevention and suppression of forest fires;(d)(4) forest pest prevention and treatment; and (5) forest management services authorized by section 88.79. Sec. 3. [APPROPRIATION.] $16,800 for fiscal year 1988 and $16,900 for fiscal year 1989 is appropriated from money deposited in the forest management fund pursuant to section 89.04, subdivision 1, clause (4), to the commissioner of natural resources for private forest management services authorized under section 88.79. The general fund appropriations to the commissioner of natural resources are reduced by these same amounts. Sec. 4. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This act is effective July 1, 1987. Approved May 26, 1987
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