1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring an
1.3 	application fee to obtain road easements across state
1.4 	lands; creating a land management account;
1.5 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	section 84.631; proposing coding for new law in
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.631, is
1.10 	amended to read:
1.11 	84.631 ROAD EASEMENTS ACROSS STATE LANDS.
1.12 	(a) Except as provided in section 85.015, subdivision 1b,
1.13 	the commissioner, on behalf of the state, may convey a road
1.14 	easement across state land under the commissioner's jurisdiction
1.15 	other than school trust land, to a private person requesting an
1.16 	easement for access to property owned by the person only if the
1.17 	following requirements are met:  (1) there are no reasonable
1.18 	alternatives to obtain access to the property; and (2) the
1.19 	exercise of the easement will not cause significant adverse
1.20 	environmental or natural resource management impacts.
1.21 	(b) The commissioner shall:
1.22 	(1) require the applicant to pay the market value of the
1.23 	easement;
1.24 	(2) provide that the easement reverts to the state in the
1.25 	event of nonuse; and
1.26 	(3) impose other terms and conditions of use as necessary
2.1 	and appropriate under the circumstances.
2.2 	(c) An applicant shall submit a fee of $2,000 with each
2.3 	application for a road easement across state land.  The
2.4 	application fee is nonrefundable, even if the application is
2.5 	withdrawn or denied.
2.6 	(d) Fees collected under paragraph (c) must be deposited in
2.7 	the land management account in the natural resources fund.

2.8 	Sec. 2. [92.685] LAND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
2.9 	The land management account is created in the natural
2.10 	resources fund.  Money credited to the account is appropriated
2.11 	annually to the commissioner of natural resources for the Lands
2.12 	and Minerals Division to administer the road easement program
2.13 	under section 84.631.