2002 Minnesota Statutes

     90.121 Intermediate auction sales; maximum lots of 3,000 
  cords. 

    The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract of state 
 land in lots not exceeding 3,000 cords in volume, in the same 
 manner as timber sold at public auction under section 90.101, 
 and related laws, subject to the following special exceptions 
 and limitations:  

    (1) sales shall be at the forest office or other public 
 facility most accessible to potential bidders or close to where 
 the tract is located; 

    (2) the commissioner's list describing the tract, quantity 
 of timber, and appraised price shall be compiled not less than 
 30 days before the date of sale and a copy of the list posted 
 not less than 30 days before the date of the sale at the 
 location designated for the sale; 

    (3) notice of the sale shall be published once, not less 
 than one week before the date of the sale; 

    (4) no bidder may be awarded more than 25 percent of the 
 total tracts offered at the first round of bidding unless fewer 
 than four tracts are offered, in which case not more than one 
 tract shall be awarded to one bidder.  Any tract not sold may be 
 offered for sale for a period of no more than six months for 
 purchase by persons eligible under this section at the appraised 
 value; 

    (5) the bond or deposit required pursuant to section 90.161 
 or 90.173 shall be given or deposited and approved as to form 
 and execution by the commissioner before any cutting begins; 

    (6) in lieu of the placing of the marks M I N on cut 
 products as prescribed under section 90.151, subdivision 2, all 
 landings of cut products shall be legibly marked with the name 
 of the permit holder and the assigned permit number; and 

    (7) no sale may be made to a person having more than 20 
 employees.  

    The auction sale procedure set forth in this section 
 constitutes an additional alternative timber sale procedure 
 available to the commissioner and is not intended to replace 
 other authority possessed by the commissioner to sell timber in 
 lots of 3,000 cords or less. 

    HIST: 1981 c 305 s 4; 1991 c 92 s 1; 1993 c 172 s 46; 1994 c 
 551 s 5; 1996 c 295 s 7; 2000 c 485 s 2