2006 Minnesota Statutes

477A.12 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS; LANDS ELIGIBLE; CERTIFICATION OF
ACREAGE.
    Subdivision 1. Types of land; payments. (a) As an offset for expenses incurred by counties
and towns in support of natural resources lands, the following amounts are annually appropriated
to the commissioner of natural resources from the general fund for transfer to the commissioner of
revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the transferred funds to counties as required by
sections 477A.11 to 477A.145. The amounts are:
(1) for acquired natural resources land, $3, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145,
multiplied by the total number of acres of acquired natural resources land or, at the county's
option three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of all acquired natural resources land
in the county, whichever is greater;
(2) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the number of
acres of county-administered other natural resources land;
(3) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the total number
of acres of land utilization project land; and
(4) 37.5 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the number
of acres of commissioner-administered other natural resources land located in each county as of
July 1 of each year prior to the payment year.
(b) The amount determined under paragraph (a), clause (1), is payable for land that is
acquired from a private owner and owned by the Department of Transportation for the purpose of
replacing wetland losses caused by transportation projects, but only if the county contains more
than 500 acres of such land at the time the certification is made under subdivision 2.
    Subd. 2. Procedure. Lands for which payments in lieu are made pursuant to section 97A.061,
subdivision 3 , and Laws 1973, chapter 567, shall not be eligible for payments under this section.
Each county auditor shall certify to the Department of Natural Resources during July of each year
prior to the payment year the number of acres of county-administered other natural resources land
within the county. The Department of Natural resources may, in addition to the certification of
acreage, require descriptive lists of land so certified. The commissioner of natural resources shall
determine and certify to the commissioner of revenue by March 1 of the payment year:
(1) the number of acres and most recent appraised value of acquired natural resources land
within each county;
(2) the number of acres of commissioner-administered natural resources land within each
county;
(3) the number of acres of county-administered other natural resources land within each
county, based on the reports filed by each county auditor with the commissioner of natural
resources; and
(4) the number of acres of land utilization project land within each county.
The commissioner of transportation shall determine and certify to the commissioner of
revenue by March 1 of the payment year the number of acres of land and the appraised value of
the land described in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), but only if it exceeds 500 acres.
The commissioner of revenue shall determine the distributions provided for in this section
using the number of acres and appraised values certified by the commissioner of natural resources
and the commissioner of transportation by March 1 of the payment year.
    Subd. 3. Determination of appraised value. For the purposes of this section, the appraised
value of acquired natural resources land is the purchase price for the first five years after
acquisition. The appraised value of acquired natural resources land received as a donation is the
value determined for the commissioner of natural resources by a licensed appraiser, or the county
assessor's estimated market value if no appraisal is done. The appraised value must be determined
by the county assessor every five years after the land is acquired.
History: 1979 c 303 art 8 s 2; 1986 c 386 art 4 s 29; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 54;
1995 c 220 s 125; 2000 c 490 art 6 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 80; 1Sp2005 c 3 art 1 s 33,34