Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 301-S.F.No. 2193 
                  An act relating to commerce; regulating contracts for 
                  the sale of wood; defining a term; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1998, section 239.33. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 239.33, is 
        amended to read: 
           239.33 [STANDARD MEASUREMENT OF WOOD.] 
           In all contracts for sale of wood the term "cord" shall 
        mean 128 cubic feet of wood, in four-foot lengths; and if the 
        sale is of "sawed wood," a cord shall mean 110 cubic feet when 
        ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown irregularly or loosely 
        into a conveyance for delivery to the purchaser; and if the sale 
        is of "sawed and split wood," a cord shall mean 120 cubic feet, 
        when ranked, and 175 cubic feet when thrown irregularly and 
        loosely into a conveyance for delivery.  If a measurement is 
        made by weight, the term "cord" or any other term used to 
        describe freshly cut green aspen in 100-inch or pole lengths 
        containing 133-1/3 cubic feet of loosely or irregularly piled 
        wood for transportation constitutes 4,300 pounds during the 
        period of May 1 through October 31 and 4,500 pounds during the 
        period of November 1 through April 30.  Specified weights are 
        based on 74 cubic feet of solid wood content per cord. 
           In all contracts for sale of wood, the term "board foot" 
        means 144 cubic inches of wood measured in any combination of 
        length, thickness, and width.  If a measurement or scale is made 
        of logs, Scribner's decimal C rule is the standard rule for 
        determining board feet log scale.  When measuring or scaling 
        logs, each log must be scaled individually by the largest number 
        of even feet in its length above eight and under 24 feet.  All 
        logs of 24 feet or more in length must be scaled as two or more 
        logs.  This section does not apply to finished lumber measured 
        in nominal dimensions. 
           Presented to the governor March 28, 2000 
           Signed by the governor March 31, 2000, 2:40 p.m.