1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; adding to and deleting 
  1.3             from state parks and state recreation areas; 
  1.4             redescribing a state park boundary and administration; 
  1.5             modifying administration of certain boathouse lot 
  1.6             leases in Soudan underground mine state park; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.012, subdivision 
  1.8             17; Laws 2000, chapter 486, section 4. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.012, 
  1.11  subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 17.  Fort Ridgely state park, Nicollet county, which 
  1.13  is hereby renamed from Fort Ridgely memorial state park and 
  1.14  Renville counties. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  Laws 2000, chapter 486, section 4, is amended to 
  1.16  read: 
  1.17     Sec. 4.  [BOATHOUSE LEASES; SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE 
  1.18  PARK.] 
  1.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 85.011; 
  1.20  85.012, subdivision 1; and 86A.05, subdivision 2, the leased 
  1.21  boathouse lots located at Stuntz bay in the Soudan underground 
  1.22  mine state park are extended for the lifetime of the current 
  1.23  leaseholder.  The commissioner of natural resources shall not 
  1.24  cancel a lease, except for noncompliance with the lease 
  1.25  agreement. 
  1.26     (b) A lease, described under paragraph (a), may be 
  1.27  transferred only once by the current leaseholder to a person 
  2.1   within the third degree of kindred according to civil law or to 
  2.2   first cousins.  When possession is transferred, the transferee 
  2.3   shall notify the commissioner and pay to the department of 
  2.4   natural resources an annual lease fee.  The commissioner may 
  2.5   offer and, after agreement with the leaseholder, lease 
  2.6   equivalent alternative boathouse sites to a leaseholder. 
  2.7      (a) In 1965, United States Steel Corporation conveyed land 
  2.8   to the state of Minnesota that was included in the Soudan 
  2.9   underground mine state park, with certain lands at Stuntz Bay 
  2.10  subject to leases outstanding for employee boathouse sites. 
  2.11     (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
  2.12  subdivision 2, upon the expiration of a boathouse lease 
  2.13  described under paragraph (a), the commissioner of natural 
  2.14  resources shall offer a new lease to the party in possession at 
  2.15  the time of lease expiration, or, if there has been a 
  2.16  miscellaneous lease issued by the department of natural 
  2.17  resources due to expiration of a lease described under paragraph 
  2.18  (a), upon its expiration to the lessee.  The new lease shall be 
  2.19  issued under the terms and conditions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.20  section 92.50, with the following limitations: 
  2.21     (1) the term of the lease shall be for the lifetime of the 
  2.22  party being issued a renewed lease and, if transferred, for the 
  2.23  lifetime of the party to whom the lease is transferred; 
  2.24     (2) the new lease shall provide that the lease may be 
  2.25  transferred only once and the transfer must be to a person 
  2.26  within the third degree of kindred or first cousin according to 
  2.27  civil law; and 
  2.28     (3) the commissioner shall limit the number of lessees per 
  2.29  lease to no more than two persons who have attained legal age. 
  2.30  At the time of the new lease, the commissioner may offer, and 
  2.31  after agreement with the leaseholder, lease equivalent 
  2.32  alternative sites to the leaseholder. 
  2.33     (c) The commissioner shall not cancel a boathouse lease 
  2.34  described under paragraphs (a) and (b) except for noncompliance 
  2.35  with the lease agreement. 
  2.36     (c) (d) By January 15, 2001, the commissioner of natural 
  3.1   resources shall report to the senate and house environment and 
  3.2   natural resources policy and finance committees on boathouse 
  3.3   leases in state parks.  The report shall include information on: 
  3.4      (1) the number of boathouse leases; 
  3.5      (2) the number of leases that have forfeited; 
  3.6      (3) the expiration dates of the leases; 
  3.7      (4) the historical significance of the boathouses; 
  3.8      (5) recommendations on the inclusion of the land described 
  3.9   in paragraph (d) within the park boundary; and 
  3.10     (6) any other relevant information on the leases. 
  3.11     (d) (e) The commissioner of natural resources shall contact 
  3.12  U.S.X. Corporation and local units of government regarding the 
  3.13  inclusion of the following lands within Soudan underground mine 
  3.14  state park: 
  3.15     (1) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in 
  3.16  Section 13, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; 
  3.17     (2) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in 
  3.18  the S1/2-SE1/4 of Section 14, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; 
  3.19     (3) NE1/4-SE1/4 and E1/2-NE1/4 of Section 22, Township 62 
  3.20  North, Range 15 West; 
  3.21     (4) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in 
  3.22  Section 23, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; 
  3.23     (5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; 
  3.24     (6) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in 
  3.25  Section 25, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; 
  3.26     (7) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in 
  3.27  Section 26, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; 
  3.28     (8) NE1/4-SE1/4 and SE1/4-NE1/4 of Section 27, Township 62 
  3.29  North, Range 15 West; and 
  3.30     (9) NW1/4 of Section 19, Township 62 North, Range 14 West. 
  3.31     Sec. 3.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.] 
  3.32     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 4.] [BEAR HEAD LAKE STATE 
  3.33  PARK, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following area is added to Bear 
  3.34  Head Lake state park, St. Louis county:  the North Half of the 
  3.35  Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 61 North, Range 14 
  3.36  West. 
  4.1      Subd. 2.  [85.012] [Subd. 12.] [CASCADE RIVER STATE PARK, 
  4.2   COOK COUNTY.] (a) The following areas are added to Cascade River 
  4.3   state park, all in Cook county: 
  4.4      (1) the North Half of the Southwest Quarter, the Southwest 
  4.5   Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and the East Half of the 
  4.6   Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter EXCEPT the westerly 
  4.7   155 feet of the South Half of the East Half of the Southeast 
  4.8   Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 31; that part of the 
  4.9   Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter that lies southerly 
  4.10  and southeasterly of county road No. 7 as it exists on January 
  4.11  13, 1976, of Section 32; the East 150 feet of Government Lot 4, 
  4.12  lying South of highway 61, of Section 33; all in Township 61 
  4.13  North, Range 1 West; 
  4.14     (2) the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1; 
  4.15  the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast 
  4.16  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the North Half of the 
  4.17  Southwest Quarter, and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
  4.18  Quarter of Section 2; the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, 
  4.19  the North Half of the Northwest Quarter, the Southwest Quarter 
  4.20  of the Northwest Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
  4.21  Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and the 
  4.22  Southeast Quarter of Section 3; the Northeast Quarter of Section 
  4.23  9; the Northwest Quarter and the East 10 acres of the Southeast 
  4.24  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10; all in Township 
  4.25  60 North, Range 2 West; and 
  4.26     (3) that part of the Southwest Quarter that lies southerly 
  4.27  and easterly of county road No. 45, and that part of the 
  4.28  Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter that lies southerly 
  4.29  of county road No. 45 excepting therefrom that part of the 
  4.30  Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter described as 
  4.31  follows:  Commencing at the monument at the southwest corner of 
  4.32  said SW1/4 of SE1/4, thence east along the south boundary of 
  4.33  said SW1/4 a distance of 835 feet, and which is the point of 
  4.34  beginning (marked with an iron stake); thence North 120 feet, 
  4.35  more or less, to the centerline of Cook county road No. 45 
  4.36  (known as Pike Lake road); thence in a northwesterly direction 
  5.1   along the centerline of Cook county road No. 45 a distance of 
  5.2   580.0 feet, more or less, to the intersection with the 
  5.3   centerline of the former Babineau road; thence southeasterly 
  5.4   along the centerline of the former Babineau road a distance of 
  5.5   370 feet, more or less, to intersect with the south boundary of 
  5.6   said SW1/4 of SW1/4; thence East along the south boundary of 
  5.7   said SW1/4 of SE1/4 a distance of 325 feet, more or less, to the 
  5.8   point of beginning, containing approximately 1.9 acres, of 
  5.9   Section 24; the East Half, the South Half of the Southwest 
  5.10  Quarter, and that part of the Northwest Quarter that lies 
  5.11  southerly of county road No. 45 of Section 25; that part of the 
  5.12  Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter that lies southerly 
  5.13  of county road No. 45, the South Half of the Northeast Quarter, 
  5.14  and the Southeast Quarter of Section 26; all of Section 35; all 
  5.15  in Township 61 North, Range 2 West. 
  5.16     (b) The commissioner of natural resources shall manage the 
  5.17  addition under paragraph (a) as a state park according to 
  5.18  Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 2, and in 
  5.19  addition to other activities authorized in Cascade River state 
  5.20  park, public hunting shall be allowed on public lands in that 
  5.21  portion of the addition under paragraph (a) that lies north of 
  5.22  Minnesota trunk highway No. 61. 
  5.23     Subd. 3.  [85.012] [Subd. 17.] [FORT RIDGELY STATE PARK, 
  5.24  NICOLLET AND RENVILLE COUNTIES.] The following areas are added 
  5.25  to Fort Ridgely state park, all in Township 112 North, Range 32 
  5.26  West, Renville county: 
  5.27     (1) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29; 
  5.28     (2) the North Half of the Southeast Quarter, the Southeast 
  5.29  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and the Southwest Quarter of 
  5.30  the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, excepting that part of said 
  5.31  Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter described as follows: 
  5.32  Beginning at the southwest corner of said Southeast Quarter of 
  5.33  Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south 
  5.34  line of said Section 30 a distance of 250 feet; thence northerly 
  5.35  along a line parallel to the east line of said Southeast 
  5.36  Quarter, a distance of 872 feet; thence westerly along a line 
  6.1   parallel to the south line of said Southeast Quarter, a distance 
  6.2   of 250 feet, thence southerly along a line parallel to the east 
  6.3   line of said Southeast Quarter, a distance of 872 feet to the 
  6.4   point of beginning; 
  6.5      (3) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the 
  6.6   North Half of the Southwest Quarter, and the North Half of the 
  6.7   South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 31; and 
  6.8      (4) the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32. 
  6.9      Subd. 4.  [85.012] [Subd. 19.] [FORESTVILLE MYSTERY CAVE 
  6.10  STATE PARK, FILLMORE COUNTY.] The following area is added to 
  6.11  Forestville Mystery Cave state park, all in Section 14, Township 
  6.12  102 North, Range 12 West, Fillmore county:  That part of the 
  6.13  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14 
  6.14  described as follows:  Beginning at a point on the east line of 
  6.15  the Southeast Quarter of Section 14 a distance of 15.25 chains 
  6.16  North of the southeast corner thereof; thence South 15.25 chains 
  6.17  to said corner; thence West 6.25 chains; thence North 18 chains; 
  6.18  thence South 69 1/2 degrees East to the place of beginning. 
  6.19     Subd. 5.  [85.012] [Subd. 34.] [LAKE BRONSON STATE PARK, 
  6.20  KITTSON COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Bronson 
  6.21  state park, Kittson county:  all of Section 4, Township 160 
  6.22  North, Range 46 West. 
  6.23     Subd. 6.  [85.012] [Subd. 38.] [LAKE SHETEK STATE PARK, 
  6.24  MURRAY COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Shetek state 
  6.25  park, all in Section 32, Township 108 North, Range 40 West, 
  6.26  Murray county:  That part of Sublots 1 and 2 of Government Lot 
  6.27  4, lying westerly of the following described line:  Commencing 
  6.28  at the south quarter corner of said Section 32; thence on an 
  6.29  assumed bearing of West along the south line of said Section 32 
  6.30  a distance of 439.20 feet to the point of beginning; thence 
  6.31  North 00 degrees 23 minutes 26 seconds East 1164.26 feet along 
  6.32  the center line of an existing road; thence North 41 degrees 07 
  6.33  minutes 40 seconds West 468.30 feet along the center line of an 
  6.34  existing road; thence North 48 degrees 27 minutes 52 seconds 
  6.35  West 114.73 feet along the center line of an existing road; 
  6.36  thence South 66 degrees 19 minutes 52 seconds West 60.70 feet; 
  7.1   thence North 14 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West 200 feet, 
  7.2   more or less, to the shoreline of Lake Shetek and there 
  7.3   terminating and lying outside of the existing statutory boundary.
  7.4      Subd. 7.  [85.012] [Subd. 45.] [NERSTRAND BIG WOODS STATE 
  7.5   PARK, RICE COUNTY.] The following area is added to Nerstrand Big 
  7.6   Woods state park, all in Township 110 North, Range 19 West, Rice 
  7.7   county:  The West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
  7.8   Quarter of Section 3 and the North Half of the Southeast Quarter 
  7.9   of Section 4; EXCEPTING THEREFROM:  Beginning at the northwest 
  7.10  corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said 
  7.11  Section 3; thence East 231.0 feet; thence South 43 rods; thence 
  7.12  West 24 rods; thence North 17 rods; thence East 3 rods; thence 
  7.13  North 26 rods to the north line of the Southeast Quarter of said 
  7.14  Section 4; thence East 7 rods to the place of beginning. 
  7.15     Subd. 8.  [85.012] [Subd. 54.] [SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE 
  7.16  PARK, LAKE COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Split Rock 
  7.17  state park, all in Township 55 North, Range 8 West, Lake county: 
  7.18     (1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  7.19  Quarter of Section 32 lying north and west of the centerline of 
  7.20  Minnesota trunk highway No. 61; 
  7.21     (2) that part of Government Lots 2 and 3 of Section 28 
  7.22  lying westerly of Minnesota Department of Transportation 
  7.23  right-of-way plat number 38-2 as the same is on file and of 
  7.24  record in the office of the county recorder and the register of 
  7.25  titles, in and for Lake county, Minnesota, as Torrens Document 
  7.26  No. 19231; 
  7.27     (3) Outlot 3 of Government Lot 2 of Section 33; and 
  7.28     (4) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of 
  7.29  Section 31. 
  7.30     Sec. 4.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.] 
  7.31     Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE 
  7.32  RECREATION AREA, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] (a) The following area is 
  7.33  added to Big Bog state recreation area, Beltrami county:  That 
  7.34  part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying 
  7.35  west of the Tamarac river, all in Section 9, Township 154 North, 
  7.36  Range 30 West. 
  8.1      (b) The commissioner of natural resources shall manage the 
  8.2   state recreation area according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.3   86A.05, subdivision 3, and in addition to other activities 
  8.4   authorized in the state recreation area, portions of the 
  8.5   northern unit of Big Bog state recreation area shall be open to 
  8.6   hunting and trapping activities as described in the state 
  8.7   recreation area management plan. 
  8.8      Subd. 2.  [85.013] [Subd. 11a.] [GARDEN ISLAND STATE 
  8.9   RECREATION AREA, LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] The following area 
  8.10  is added to Garden Island state recreation area, Lake of the 
  8.11  Woods county:  All that part of Government Lot 1, Section 36, 
  8.12  Township 167 North, Range 33 West, Little Oak Island, that lies 
  8.13  northerly of a line as defined by Marker A now in place on the 
  8.14  west shore of said Lot 1 and Marker B now in place on the east 
  8.15  shore of said Lot 1 (said monuments or markers being the 
  8.16  identical Marker A and Marker B that were described in a certain 
  8.17  CORRECTED CONTRACT FOR DEED that was filed for record in Book 
  8.18  49, page 177) and the northeasterly and southwesterly extensions 
  8.19  of said line, said Marker A lies 938.23 feet due North, and 
  8.20  1011.81 feet due West of the center 1/4 corner of said Section 
  8.21  36.  Marker B bears North 67 degrees 15 minutes 17 seconds East 
  8.22  a distance of 535.96 feet from said Marker A. 
  8.23     Sec. 5.  [DELETION FROM BIG BOG STATE RECREATION AREA.] 
  8.24     [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE RECREATION AREA, 
  8.25  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Big Bog 
  8.26  state recreation area, Beltrami county:  That part of Government 
  8.27  Lot 1 of Section 8, Township 154 North, Range 30 West, lying 
  8.28  westerly of state trunk highway No. 72 and northerly of the 
  8.29  Tamarac river. 
  8.30     Sec. 6.  [DELETION FROM CROW WING STATE PARK.] 
  8.31     [85.012] [Subd. 14.] [CROW WING STATE PARK, CROW WING 
  8.32  COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Crow Wing state 
  8.33  park, all in Township 44 North, Range 32 West, Crow Wing county: 
  8.34  That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
  8.35  Section 25 lying southeasterly of the northwesterly right-of-way 
  8.36  line of Minnesota trunk highway No. 371. 
  9.1      Sec. 7.  [REDESCRIBING GEORGE H. CROSBY MANITOU STATE PARK 
  9.2   BOUNDARIES.] 
  9.3      [85.012] [Subd. 22.] [GEORGE H. CROSBY MANITOU STATE PARK, 
  9.4   LAKE COUNTY.] (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Laws 
  9.5   1955, chapter 144, George H. Crosby Manitou state park, 
  9.6   heretofore established, shall consist of the following described 
  9.7   lands, all in Lake county: 
  9.8      (1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
  9.9   Section 2; the Northwest Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast 
  9.10  Quarter, the North Half of the Southwest Quarter, and the 
  9.11  Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3; all in 
  9.12  Township 57 North, Range 6 West; 
  9.13     (2) the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the 
  9.14  Southwest Quarter of Section 14; the Southeast Quarter of the 
  9.15  Northeast Quarter, the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
  9.16  Quarter, and the South Half of Section 15; that part of the 
  9.17  Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and that part of the 
  9.18  South Half lying southerly and easterly of Lake county road No. 
  9.19  7 of Section 17; that part of the East Half and that part of the 
  9.20  Southwest Quarter lying easterly of Lake county road No. 7 of 
  9.21  Section 20; all of Sections 21 and 22; the Southwest Quarter of 
  9.22  the Northeast Quarter, the North Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
  9.23  the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the 
  9.24  Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23; the 
  9.25  Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26; the 
  9.26  Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the South Half of 
  9.27  the Northeast Quarter, the Northwest Quarter, the North Half of 
  9.28  the Southwest Quarter, and the Southwest Quarter of the 
  9.29  Southwest Quarter of Section 27; all of Section 28; the East 
  9.30  Half and that part of the West Half lying southerly and easterly 
  9.31  of Lake county road No. 7 of Section 29; that part of the 
  9.32  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of 
  9.33  Lake county road No. 7 of Section 30; the North Half of the 
  9.34  Southeast Quarter and that part of the East Half of the 
  9.35  Northeast Quarter lying easterly of Lake county road No. 7 of 
  9.36  Section 31; the East Half, the Northwest Quarter, and the East 
 10.1   Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 32; all of Section 33; 
 10.2   the West Half of the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the 
 10.3   Southwest Quarter of Section 34; all in Township 58 North, Range 
 10.4   6 West. 
 10.5      (b) The commissioner shall manage the state park as 
 10.6   provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3, 
 10.7   but in addition to other activities authorized in George H. 
 10.8   Crosby Manitou state park, shall allow public hunting in that 
 10.9   portion of the park lying east of the Manitou river and north of 
 10.10  Minnesota trunk highway No. 61. 
 10.11     (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, 
 10.12  subdivision 1, tax-forfeited land located within George H. 
 10.13  Crosby Manitou state park is not withdrawn from sale and is not 
 10.14  transferred from the custody, control, and supervision of the 
 10.15  county board.