1997 Minnesota Statutes

     18.024 Diseased shade tree utilization. 

    Subdivision 1.    Wood utilization.  The departments of 
 agriculture and natural resources, after consultation with the 
 Minnesota shade tree advisory committee and the commissioner of 
 public service, shall investigate, evaluate, and make 
 recommendations to the legislature concerning the potential uses 
 of wood from community trees removed due to disease or other 
 disorders.  These recommendations shall include maximum resource 
 recovery through recycling, use as an alternative energy source, 
 or use in construction or the manufacture of new products.  Wood 
 utilization or disposal systems as defined in section 18.023 
 must be included to ensure maximum utilization of diseased shade 
 trees with designs and procedures to ensure public safety and to 
 assure compliance with approved disease control programs. 

    Subd. 2.    Municipalities' programs.  A municipality 
 operating a program of sanitation as defined in section 18.023 
 and conforming to all rules relating to shade tree disease 
 control may, with due attention to the recommendations developed 
 pursuant to subdivision 1, institute a program of wood 
 utilization and disposal which will, to the extent practicable, 
 encourage utilization of diseased trees including but not 
 limited to making the trees available to the public for use as 
 firewood. 

    HIST: 1979 c 299 s 1; 1981 c 356 s 98; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 
 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 2; 1991 c 116 s 3; 1993 c 
 163 art 1 s 2