Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2583

E Relating to sustainable forest resources; modifying the forest + resources
interagency information cooperative, transferring jurisdiction from +the
commissioner of natural resources to the university of Minnesota and +requiring
university representation on the cooperative, encouraging the dean of+ the
university of Minnesota college of natural resources to coordinate +the
establishment of the cooperative; modifying certain provisions under +the state
timber act; requiring the commissioner of the DNR to establish +specific timber
sale allocation standards, requiring inclusion in the timber sales +manual;
eliminating a certain cord volume restriction on the sale of timber +by public
auction; clarifying the procedure for issuance of timber cutting and +removal
permits; transferring jurisdiction over delinquent deferred sold +timber
payments from the attorney general to the commissioner of revenue for+ state
debt collection purposes; modifying the time frame for the removal of+ cut
timber; designating the informal sale procedure as an additional +alternative
timber sale procedure; requiring attorney general approval of the +form and
content of consumer scaling agreements; authorizing the commissioner +to enter
into agreements with owners or operators of inspected, tested and +approved
weight scales to provide weight measurements for the scaling of state+ timber,
specifying certain agreement requirements and requiring costs to be +paid by
permit holders;modifying certain provisions relating to timber sales on
+tax-forfeited lands; authorizing county auditors to credit security provided
for payment +to other contracts issued to the contract holder by the county upon
request of+ the contract holder under certain conditions and to accept
irrevocable +bank letters of credit, authorizing reduction proportionate to the
value of the +timber and transfer to other contracts; repealing certain scaling
and marking +requirements for informal sales (ra, ja)