89.41 EDUCATIONAL UNITS MAY ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FORESTS.
Any school district in the state, however organized, the University of Minnesota, or any
branch thereof, any state university, community college, or other public educational institution or
agency of the state, all herein referred to as agencies, may establish and maintain forests as herein
provided, subject to the approval of the commissioner of natural resources. Any such agency may
use for the purpose of such a forest any land belonging to it, or may acquire land therefor by gift
or with contributed funds. For the purposes of such forest any tax-forfeited lands may be sold by
the county board to any such agency or may be conveyed by the commissioner of revenue to any
such agency in like manner as provided for the sale or conveyance of such lands to governmental
subdivisions under section
282.01 and amendments thereof.
History: 1949 c 431 s 1; 1957 c 576 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 349 s 2; 1973
c 582 s 3; 1975 c 321 s 2