<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 2651<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for sale of surplus state <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>land; creating a Minnesota forests for the future program; establishing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>revolving account; providing for alternative recording of state forest roads; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>providing for certain wetland banking credits; modifying provisions related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>aquatic farms; providing for expedited exchanges of public land; providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>consultation on certain unallotments; providing for viral hemorrhagic septicemia <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>and wildlife disease control; providing for a voluntary walleye stamp; creating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>the Lessard-Heritage Enhancement Council; modifying hunting and fishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>licensing and taking provisions; modifying certain fund and account provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>modifying outdoor recreation system provisions; adding to and deleting from <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and private sales, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>conveyances, leases, and exchanges of certain state land; requiring reports and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>studies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>16B.281, subdivision 3; 16B.282; 16B.283; 16B.284; 16B.287, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>17.4985, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 17.4986, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 17.4987; 17.4988, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivision 3; 17.4992, subdivision 2; 17.4993; 84.943, subdivision 5; 84D.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>subdivision 4; 86A.04; 86A.08, subdivision 1; 89.715; 97A.015, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>32a, 41a, by adding subdivisions; 97A.045, subdivisions 7, 11; 97A.055, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivision 4b; 97A.075, subdivisions 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.311, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>subdivision 5; 97A.431, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>subdivision 2; 97A.473, subdivision 2; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>subdivision 1; 97B.015, subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.071; 97B.081; 97B.106, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6; 97B.621, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>subdivision 3; 97B.721; 97C.203; 97C.205; 97C.341; 97C.355, subdivisions 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>7a; 97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.505, subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>4, 5; 97C.821; 325D.55, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>sections 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>2, 4; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>5; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3; 97B.031, subdivision 1; 97B.036; 97B.328; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>97C.355, subdivision 8; Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25; Laws 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>chapter 236, article 1, section 43; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>Statutes, chapters 84; 94; 97A; 97B; 97C; 103G; repealing Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 16B.285; 97A.411, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>97C.515, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.301, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.40"></a><var>1.40</var>May 18, 2008<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.41"></a><var>1.41</var>The Honorable James P. Metzen<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>The Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 2651 report that we have agreed upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 2651 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><b>STATE LANDS</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.281, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Notice to agencies; determination of surplus.</b> On or before October 1 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>each year, the commissioner shall review the certifications of heads of each department or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>agency provided for in this section. The commissioner of administration shall send written <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>notice to all state departments, agencies, and the University of Minnesota describing any <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>lands or tracts that may be declared surplus. If a department or agency or the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>Minnesota desires custody of the lands or tracts, it shall submit a written request to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>commissioner, no later than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of the land or tract. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>commissioner shall then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>of the heads of the departments or agencies should be declared surplus and offered for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>sale or otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>departments or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>educational purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>determinative of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>the lands are no longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>fact, describe the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>the sale or disposition of the lands, and notify the Executive Council of the determination.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.282, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var><b>16B.282 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies.</b> (a) Before offering <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>any surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of administration may survey the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>lands and, if the value of the lands is estimated to be $40,000 $50,000 or less, may have <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>the lands appraised. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>value is in excess of $40,000 $50,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The appraiser shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, take and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>subscribe an oath that the appraiser will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>of appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's ability and that the appraiser is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>interested, directly or indirectly, in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>improvements on the lands or in the purchase of the lands, timber, or improvements <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>and has entered into no agreement or combination to purchase any of the lands, timber, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>or improvements. The oath shall be attached to the appraisal report. Appraisals must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>be made by an appraiser that holds a state appraiser license issued by the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall first be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner shall give a written notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional boundaries include <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase the surplus land, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>it shall submit a written offer to the commissioner no later than two weeks after receipt <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>of notice setting forth in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>the land. In the event that more than one public body tenders an offer, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>shall determine which party shall receive the property and shall submit written findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>regarding the decision. If lands are offered for sale for public purposes and if a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>body notifies the commissioner of its desire to acquire the lands, the public body may have <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>up to two years from the date of the accepted offer to commence payment for the lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>in the manner provided by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Public sale requirements.</b> (a) Lands certified as surplus by the head of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>a department or agency under section 
         <statute_ref>16B.281</statute_ref> shall be offered for public sale by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>commissioner as provided in this subdivision. After complying with subdivision 1 and, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>before any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made, and at least 30 days before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>sale, the commissioner of administration shall publish a notice of the sale at least once each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>week for four successive weeks in a legal newspaper and also in a newspaper of general <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>distribution in the city or county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>shall specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>the lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. Each tract or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>lot shall be sold separately and shall be sold for no less than its appraised value. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Surplus state-owned land shall be sold for no less than the estimated or appraised <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>value. The minimum bid may include expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>the property saleable, including survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Parcels remaining unsold after the offering may be sold to anyone agreeing to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>pay the appraised value. The sale shall continue until all parcels are sold or until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>commissioner orders a reappraisal or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>16B.283</statute_ref>, the cost of any survey or appraisal as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>provided in subdivision 1 shall be added to and made a part of the appraised value of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>lands to be sold, whether to any political subdivision of the state or to a private purchaser <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>as provided in this subdivision. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.283, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var><b>16B.283 TERMS OF PAYMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No less than ten percent of the purchase price shall be paid at the time of sale with <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>the balance payable according to this section. If the purchase price of any lot or parcel is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>$5,000 or less, the balance shall be paid within 90 days of the date of sale. If the purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>price of any lot or parcel is in excess of $5,000, the balance shall be paid in equal annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>installments for no more than five years, at the option of the purchaser, with principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>and interest payable annually in advance at a rate equal to the rate in effect at the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>549.09</statute_ref> on the unpaid balance, payable to the state treasury on or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>June 1 each year. Any installment of principal or interest may be prepaid. The purchaser <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>must pay at the time of sale ten percent of the total amount bid and the remainder of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>payment is due within 90 days of the sale date. A person who fails to make final payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>within 90 days of the sale date is in default. On default, all right, title, and interest of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>the purchaser or heirs, representatives, or assigns of the purchaser in the premises shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>terminate without the state doing any act or thing. A record of the default must be made in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>the state land records of the commissioner. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.284, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var><b>16B.284 </b><b>CONTRACT FOR DEED AND</b><b> QUITCLAIM DEED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event a purchaser elects to purchase surplus real property on an installment <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>basis, the commissioner shall enter into a contract for deed with the purchaser, in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>shall be set forth the description of the real property sold and the price of the property, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>the consideration paid and to be paid for the property, the rate of interest, and time and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>terms of payment. The contract for deed shall be made assignable and shall further set <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>forth that in case of the nonpayment of the annual principal or interest payment due by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>purchaser, or any person claiming under the purchaser, then the contract for deed, from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>time of the failure, is entirely void and of no effect and the state may be repossessed of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>lot or tract and may resell the lot or tract as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>16B.281</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>16B.287</statute_ref>. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed are completely fulfilled or if a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>purchaser makes a lump-sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering into a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>contract for deed, The commissioner of administration shall sign and cause to be issued a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. The quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>the attorney general and shall vest in the purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>property except as provided in section 16B.285 or 
         <statute_ref>16B.286</statute_ref>. <br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.287, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Payment of expenses.</b> A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses incurred by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>commissioner of administration or other state official in rendering the property salable shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid and are appropriated and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>[84.66] MINNESOTA FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> The Minnesota forests for the future program identifies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>protects private, working forest lands for their timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>habitat, threatened and endangered species, and other cultural and environmental values.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purpose of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>the meanings given:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) "forest land" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "forest resources" has the meaning given under section 89.001, subdivision 8;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) "guidelines" has the meaning given under section 89A.01, subdivision 8;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) "riparian land" has the meaning given under section 103F.511, subdivision 8a; <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) "working forest land" means land that provides a broad range of goods and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>services, including forest products, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>water, and carbon sequestration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Establishment.</b> The commissioner of natural resources shall establish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>administer a Minnesota forests for the future program. Land selected for inclusion in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>program shall be evaluated on the land's potential for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) producing timber and other forest products;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) maintaining forest landscapes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) providing public recreation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) providing ecological, fish and wildlife habitat, and other cultural and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>environmental values and values consistent with working forest lands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Land eligibility.</b> Land may be placed in the Minnesota forests for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>future program if it:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) forest land;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) desirable land adjacent to forest land, as determined by the commissioner; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) beneficial to forest resource protection;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is at least five acres in size, except for a riparian area or an area providing access <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>to state forest land; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) is not set aside, enrolled, or diverted under another federal or state program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>unless enrollment in the Minnesota forests for the future program would provide additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>conservation benefits or a longer enrollment term than under the current federal or state <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Land interests.</b> The commissioner may acquire permanent interests in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>lands by fee title, easement acquisition, gift, or donation. An acquired easement shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>require a forestry management plan unless the requirement is waived or modified by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>the commissioner. The plan will guide forest management activities consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>purposes and terms of the easement and shall incorporate guidelines and other forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>management practices as determined by the commissioner to provide perpetuation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>forest. The plan shall be developed in accordance with the guidelines.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Application.</b> The commissioner shall accept applications from owners of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>eligible lands at the time, in the form, and containing the information as the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>may prescribe. If the number of applications exceeds the ability to fund them all, priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>shall be given to those applications covering lands providing the greatest public benefits <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>for timber productivity, public access, and ecological and wildlife values.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Landowner responsibilities.</b> The commissioner may enroll eligible land <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>in the program by signing an easement in recordable form with a landowner in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>the landowner agrees to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) convey to the state a permanent easement that is not subject to any prior title, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>lien, or encumbrance; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) manage the land in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the land was <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>selected for the program and not convert the land to other uses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Correction of easement boundary lines.</b> To correct errors in legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>descriptions for easements that affect the ownership interests in the state and adjacent <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>landowners, the commissioner may, in the name of the state, convey without consideration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>interests of the state necessary to correct legal descriptions of boundaries. The conveyance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>must be by quitclaim deed or release in a form approved by the attorney general.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Terminating or changing an easement.</b> The commissioner may terminate <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>an easement, with the consent of the property owner, if the commissioner determines <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>termination to be in the public interest. The commissioner may modify the terms of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>easement if the commissioner determines that modification will help implement the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>Minnesota forests for the future program or facilitate the program's administration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Payments.</b> Payments to landowners under the Minnesota forests for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>the future program shall be made in accordance with law and Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>Resources acquisition policies, procedures, and other funding requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Monitoring, enforcement, and damages.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>establish a long-term program for monitoring and enforcing Minnesota forests for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>future easements. The program must require that a financial contribution be made for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>easement to cover the costs of managing, monitoring, and enforcing the easement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A landowner who violates the terms of an easement under this section or induces, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>assists, or allows another to do so is liable to the state for damages due to the loss of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>timber, scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife habitat, threatened and endangered species, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>and other cultural and environmental values.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Upon request of the commissioner, the attorney general may commence an action <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>for specific performance, injunctive relief, damages, including attorney's fees, and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>other appropriate relief to enforce this section in district court in the county where all or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>part of the violation is alleged to have been committed or where the landowner resides or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>has a principal place of business.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Rulemaking exemption.</b> Easements agreed to under this section are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[84.67] FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE REVOLVING ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A forests for the future revolving account is created in the natural resources fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>acquisition of forest lands that meet the eligibility criteria in section 84.66, subdivision 4. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>The commissioner shall sell the lands acquired under this section, subject to an easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>as provided in section 84.66. Money received from the sale of forest lands acquired under <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>this section and interest earned on the account shall be deposited into the account. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>commissioner must file a report to the house Ways and Means and the senate Finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>Committees and the environment and natural resources finance committees or divisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>the senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each year indicating all purchases <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>of forest land using money from this account and sales of forest land for which revenue is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>deposited into this account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Pledges and contributions.</b> The commissioner of natural resources may <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>84.944
         </statute_ref>. To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>290.431</statute_ref>. Acquisition includes: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var><b>86A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas; <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>state trails established pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>84.029, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>85.015</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>85.0155</statute_ref>, and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>85.0156
         </statute_ref>; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>this section that are classified under section 
         <statute_ref>86A.05</statute_ref>. Each individual state park, state <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit." <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Secondary authorization; when permitted.</b> A unit of the outdoor <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>respective units and only in the instances permitted below:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park: <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area, and water access site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest: <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>management area, and water access site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>water access site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>and water access site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>river, and water access site.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89.715, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var><b>89.715 ALTERNATIVE RECORDING FOR STATE FOREST ROAD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Authorization.</b> The commissioner may adopt a recorded state forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>road map under this section to record the department's state forest road prescriptive <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>easements. For purposes of this section, "recorded state forest road map" means the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>official map of state forest roads adopted by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Map requirements.</b> The recorded state forest road map must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) show state forest roads at the time the map is adopted;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) be prepared at a scale of at least four inches equals one mile compliant with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) include section numbers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) include a north point arrow;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) include the name of the county and state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) include a blank and a description under the blank for the date of public hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>and date of adoption;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) include blanks for signatures and dates of signatures for the commissioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) include a list of legal descriptions of all parcels crossed by state forest road <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>prescriptive easements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Procedure to adopt map.</b> (a) The commissioner must prepare an official <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>map for each county or smaller geographic area as determined by the commissioner as <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>provided in subdivision 2, and set a time, place, and date for a public hearing on adopting <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>a recorded state forest road map to record roads.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The hearing notice must state that the roads to be recorded will be to the width of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>the actual use including ditches, backslopes, fills, and maintained rights-of-way, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>otherwise specified in a prior easement of record. The hearing notice must be published <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>once a week for two successive weeks in a qualified newspaper of general circulation that <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>serves the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the commissioner, the last <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>publication to be made at least ten days before the date of the public hearing. At least 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>days before the hearing, the hearing notice must be sent by certified mail to the property <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>owners directly affected in the county or smaller geographic areas as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>commissioner at the addresses listed on the tax assessment notices at least seven days <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>before appearing in the qualified newspaper. The hearing notice may be sent with the tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>assessment, but all additional costs incurred shall be billed to the department.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) After the public hearing is held, the commissioner may amend and adopt the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>recorded state forest road map. The recorded state forest road map must be dated and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>signed by the commissioner and must be recorded filed for recording with the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>recorder within 90 days after the map is adopted. The map is effective when filed with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>the county recorder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The recorded state forest road map that is recorded with the county recorder must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>comply with the standards of the county recorder where the state forest roads are located.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A recorded state forest road map that was prepared by using aerial photographs <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>to establish road centerlines and that has been duly recorded with the county recorder is an <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>adequate description for purposes of recording road easements and the map is the legally <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>constituted description and prevails when a deed for a parcel abutting a road contains <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>no reference to a road easement. Nothing prevents the commissioner from accepting a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>more definitive metes and bounds or survey description of a road easement for a road of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>record if the description of the easement is referenced to equal distance on both sides <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>of the existing road centerline.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The commissioner shall consult with representatives of county land <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>commissioners, county auditors, county recorders, and Torrens examiners in implementing <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Appeal.</b> (a) Before filing an appeal under paragraph (b), a person may <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>seek resolution of concerns regarding a decision to record a road under this section by <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>contacting the commissioner in writing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person may appeal a decision to record or exclude recording a road under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>section to the district court within 120 days after the date the commissioner adopts the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>state forest road map. Appeals may be filed only by property owners who are directly <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>affected by a proposed map designation and only for those portions of the map designation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>that directly affect them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A property owner may appeal the map designation to the commissioner within 60 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>days of the map being recorded by filing a written request for review. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>shall review the request and any supporting evidence and render a decision within 45 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>days of receipt of the request for review.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If a property owner wishes to appeal a decision of the commissioner after review <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>under paragraph (b), the property owner must file an appeal with the district court within <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>60 days of the commissioner's decision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If any portion of a map appealed under paragraph (b) is modified or found to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction under paragraph (c), the remainder of the map <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>shall not be affected and its recording with the county recorder shall stand.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Unrecorded road or trail not affected.</b> This section does not affect or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>diminish the legal status or state obligations of roads and trails not shown on the recorded <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>state forest road map.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Exemption.</b> Adoption of a recorded state forest road map under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>section is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>does not apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 90.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance; expiration.</b> (a) Following receipt of the down payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>for state timber required under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>90.191</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall issue a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>numbered permit to the purchaser, in a form approved by the attorney general, by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>terms of which the purchaser shall be authorized to enter upon the land, and to cut and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>remove the timber therein described as designated for cutting in the report of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>appraiser, according to the provisions of this chapter. The permit shall be correctly <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>dated and executed by the commissioner and signed by the purchaser. If a permit is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>signed by the purchaser within 60 days from the date of purchase, the permit cancels <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>and the down payment for timber required under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref> forfeits to the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>commissioner may grant an additional period for the purchaser to sign the permit, not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>exceed five business days, provided the purchaser pays a $125 penalty fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The permit shall expire no later than five years after the date of sale as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>commissioner shall specify or as specified under section 
         <statute_ref>90.191</statute_ref>, and the timber shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>be cut within the time specified therein. All cut timber, equipment, and buildings not <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>removed from the land within 90 days after expiration of the permit shall become the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>property of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner may grant an additional period of time not to exceed 120 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>for the removal of cut timber, equipment, and buildings upon receipt of such request by <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>the permit holder for good and sufficient reasons. The commissioner may grant a second <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>period of time not to exceed 120 days for the removal of cut timber, equipment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>buildings upon receipt of a request by the permit holder for hardship reasons only.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>and applies retroactively to permits dated January 1, 2008, and thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>[94.3495] EXPEDITED EXCHANGES OF LAND INVOLVING THE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var><b>STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose and scope.</b> (a) The purpose of this section is to expedite the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>exchange of public land ownership. Consolidation of public land reduces management <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>costs and aids in the reduction of forest fragmentation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This section applies to exchanges of land between the state and a governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>subdivision of the state. For land exchanges under this section, sections 94.342 to 94.347 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>apply only to the extent specified in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Classes of land; definitions.</b> The classes of public land that may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>involved in an expedited exchange under this section are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Class 1 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class A land as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>section 94.342, subdivision 1, except for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) school trust land as defined in section 92.025; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) university land granted to the state by acts of Congress;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Class 2 land, which for the purpose of this section is Class B land as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>section 94.342, subdivision 2; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Class 3 land, which for the purpose of this section is all land owned in fee by <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>a governmental subdivision of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Valuation of land.</b> (a) In an exchange of Class 1 land for Class 2 or 3 land, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>the value of all the land shall be determined by the commissioner of natural resources. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>an exchange of Class 2 land for Class 3 land, the value of all the land shall be determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>by the county board of the county in which the land lies. To determine the value of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>land, the parties to the exchange may cause the land to be appraised, utilize the valuation <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>process provided under section 84.0272, subdivision 3, or obtain a market analysis from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>qualified real estate broker. Merchantable timber value must be determined and considered <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>in finalizing valuation of the lands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) All lands exchanged under this section shall be exchanged only for lands of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>at least substantially equal value. For the purposes of this subdivision, "substantially <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>equal value" has the meaning given under section 94.343, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>No payment is due either party if the lands are of substantially equal value but are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>of the same value.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Title.</b> Title to the land must be examined to the extent necessary for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>parties to determine that the title is good, with any encumbrances identified. The parties to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>the exchange may utilize title insurance to aid in the determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Approval by Land Exchange Board.</b> All expedited land exchanges <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>under this section, and the terms and conditions of the exchanges, require the unanimous <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>approval of the Land Exchange Board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Conveyance.</b> (a) Conveyance of Class 1 land given in exchange shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>made by deed executed by the commissioner of natural resources in the name of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>state. Conveyance of Class 2 land given in exchange shall be by a deed executed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>commissioner of revenue in the name of the state. Conveyance of Class 3 land shall be by <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>a deed executed by the governing body in the name of the governing authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If Class 1 land is given in exchange for Class 2 or 3 land, the deed to the Class <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>2 or 3 land shall first be delivered to the commissioner of natural resources. Following <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>the recording of the deed, the commissioner of natural resources shall deliver the deed <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>conveying the Class 1 land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If Class 2 land is given in exchange for Class 3 land, the deed to the Class 3 land <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>shall first be delivered to the county auditor. Following the recording of the deed, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>commissioner of revenue shall deliver the deed conveying the Class 2 land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) All deeds shall be recorded or registered in the county in which the lands lie.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Reversionary interest; mineral and water power rights and other </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var><b>reservations.</b> (a) All deeds conveying land given in an expedited land exchange under <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>this section shall include a reverter that provides that title to the land automatically reverts <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>to the conveying governmental unit if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the receiving governmental unit sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers title of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>the land within 40 years of the date of the deed conveying ownership; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) there is no prior written approval for the transfer from the conveying <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>governmental unit. The authority for granting approval is the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>resources for former Class 1 land, the county board for former Class 2 land, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>governing body for former Class 3 land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Class 1 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation provisions of section <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>94.343, subdivision 4. Class 2 land given in exchange is subject to the reservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>provisions of section 94.344, subdivision 4. County fee land given in exchange is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>to the reservation provisions of section 373.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (g).<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Land status.</b> Land received in exchange for Class 1 land is subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>same trust, if any, and otherwise has the same status as the land given in exchange. Land <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>received in exchange for Class 2 land is subject to a trust in favor of the governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>subdivision wherein it lies and all laws relating to tax-forfeited land. Land received in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>exchange for Class 3 land has the same status as the land given in exchange.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>[103G.2251] STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; WETLAND </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var><b>BANK CREDIT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In greater than 80 percent areas, preservation of wetlands owned by the state or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>local unit of government, protected by a permanent conservation easement as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>under section 84C.01 and held by the board, may be eligible for wetland replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>or mitigation credits, according to rules adopted by the board. To be eligible for credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>under this section, a conservation easement must be established after enactment of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>section and approved by the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 282.04, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Private easements.</b> (a) A county board may convey a road easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>across unsold tax-forfeited land to an individual or a private entity requesting an easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>for access to private property owned by the individual or private entity if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) there are no reasonable alternatives to obtain access to the individual's or private <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>entity's property; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) exercising the easement will not cause significant adverse environmental or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>natural resource management impacts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The county auditor shall require an individual or a private entity applying for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>easement under paragraph (a) to pay the appraised value of the easement. The conveyance <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>must provide that the easement reverts to the state in trust for the taxing district in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>event of nonuse.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325D.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing contained in sections 
         <statute_ref>325D.49</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>325D.66</statute_ref>, shall be construed to forbid the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>existence or operation of labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>including organizations that operate aquatic farms, as defined in section 17.47, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>3, that are  instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not conducted for profit, or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>325D.49</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>325D.66</statute_ref>, when lawfully carrying out the legitimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>objects hereof.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Laws 2005, chapter 161, section 25, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b>EASEMENT ON STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var><b>WASHINGTON COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue an easement on land bordering <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>public water that is described in paragraph (c). The easement shall be issued to the current <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>owners of Lots 7 and 8, Block 2 of Demontreville Highlands and Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>Block 1, Demontreville Highlands 5th Addition. The easement is for the purpose of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>easement holders jointly erecting and maintaining one dock from the property described <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>in paragraph (c). The dock may not exceed 30 feet in length and six feet in width and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>overnight mooring of watercraft is prohibited. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The easement must be in a form approved by the attorney general for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>consideration of the easement preparation and recording costs. The attorney general may <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>make necessary changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>The easement will expire as to each owner when they convey their ownership interest in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>the property described in paragraph (a). <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land upon which an easement is to be issued is located in Washington County <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>and is described as: Part of Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 29 North, Range <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>21 West, being the South 45 feet lying East of the existing centerline of Demontreville <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>Trail North subject to easements of record.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. <b>LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale or lease of tax-forfeited land, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>Itasca County must apportion the first $1,000,000 received from the sale or lease of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>tax-forfeited lands within Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near Nashwauk, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>Minnesota, as provided in Laws 1965, chapter 326, section 1, as amended. Any remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>proceeds received from the sale or lease must be deposited into a tax-forfeited land <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>replacement trust fund established by Itasca County under this section. The principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>and interest from this fund may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>replacement fund must: <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>459.06, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after compliance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the governing body of Itasca <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>County.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. <b>FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var><b>UNALLOTMENTS; FISCAL YEARS 2008 AND 2009.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall consult with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>chairs and ranking minority members of the house and senate environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>resources finance divisions on proposed allotment reductions from appropriations from <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>the forest management investment account. The commissioner shall notify the chairs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>ranking minority members of the divisions of the proposed allotment reductions at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>30 days prior to taking action on the reductions. The commissioner must also provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>quarterly forest management investment account fund statements, including a report on <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>the methodology used in calculating the revenue forecasts.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>11; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>47 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>30.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>11, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>11, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>2 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>11 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.36"></a><var>18.36</var>said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>50.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>northwesterly line of the above described property; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established; <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>56 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 51.]  Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St. </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var><b>Louis Counties.</b> The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>Range 23 West, Aitkin County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County.</b> The following <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 53a.]  Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var><b>Louis County.</b> The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>West, St. Louis County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County: <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>Range 13 West, Goodhue County:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>Avenue;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>Goodhue County, Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>plat of WESTERVELT;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>[85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County.</b> Effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>commissioner of veterans affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>the following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 38.]  Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>Office of the Recorder for Murray County;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that part of Government Lot 6 and that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 6, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and that part of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray County, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>Minnesota, described as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 6; thence on a bearing based <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 Adjustment), of South 00 degrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>22 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 feet along the east line of said Section 6; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 feet; thence South 03 degrees 33 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner of Block 5 of FORMAN <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds West 525.30 feet along <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line of the Private Roadway of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private Roadway and the POINT <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 796.30 feet along <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and an existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 minutes 26 seconds West 100.06 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>an existing 1/2 inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle point on said line; <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 feet along the southerly line <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds West 470.40 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 57 seconds West 262.69 feet to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds West 341.79 feet to the east line <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>1, OF SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR MON; thence South 14 degrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line of said Lot A to the northerly <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.36"></a><var>22.36</var>most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to the record plat thereof on file <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and an existing steel fence post; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 418.97 feet along the northeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 35, 34, 33, 32 of HUDSON <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>ACRES to an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 48 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>31A to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 33 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>the northeasterly line of Lots 27, 26, 25, 24 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 24 and the most <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 23 and along the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 21 and the most northerly <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 and along the northeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>line of Lots 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 and the most northerly <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and along the northeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the northwest corner of Lot 10 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds East 224.90 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON ACRES; thence North 84 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>degrees 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north line of said Lot 7 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>along the north line of Lots 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 1/2 inch <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of HUDSON ACRES; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential curve concave to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.36"></a><var>23.36</var>north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 minutes 58 seconds, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 seconds East; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described curve concave to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds West and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not tangent to said <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds West <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds West 196.66 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West 530.34 feet to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 feet to a DNR <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet to a DNR MON; <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds West 226.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR MON; thence North <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 24 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 16 degrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 76 degrees 04 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>minutes 53 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 01 minute <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 28 minutes 25 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes 07 seconds East <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>[85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>19 West, Carlton County:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>of Section 28;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>Quarter of Section 28;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28; <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>44 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73; <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>1,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var><b>County.</b> The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>the Woods County:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>32 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>32 West; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>32 West.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b>ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest.</b> The following area is added to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. <b>LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>administered by the commissioner for a wind energy project.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b>PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var><b>LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately-owned land to the east and west.  The <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. <b>PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var><b>LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>49 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>more or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>less; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>resource purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land.  The Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>Township.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var><b>WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>1, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>part of the MRL&amp;M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>Addition to Bemidji.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var><b>WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the SE�� of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>the SE�� of Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 17 West, Blackhoof Township.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Carlton County Board of Commissioners has classified the parcel as <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>nonconservation and has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>best be served if the parcel was returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. <b>EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var><b>WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>the lands described in paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>1,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>Range 24 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>Range 23 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations.  The exchange with <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var><b>WATER; CHIPPEWA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chippewa County may <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>convey to Chippewa County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>water that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>that the land reverts to the state if the county fails to provide for the public use described <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. The attorney general may make <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Chippewa County and is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Tract 1: a tract in Government Lot 2 described as: beginning at the southeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>corner of Lot 6, Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl; thence West 50 feet South, 50 Feet West <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>on a line 50 feet South of the south line of Block 1 to the river; thence southeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>along the river to a point 165 feet South of the south line of Block 1; thence East on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>line parallel with the south line of Block 1, to the intersection with the continuation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>east line of Lot 6, Block 1; thence North 165 feet to the point of beginning, Section 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>Township 116, Range 40;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Tract 2: a 50 foot strip adjacent to Block 1, Original Plat Wegdahl on South from <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>Lot 3 to river, in Section 3, Township 116, Range 40; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Tract 3: Lot 1, Block 2, Aadlands Subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county will use the land to establish a public park.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var><b>WATER; CLEARWATER COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>Clearwater County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: Parcel <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>11.300.0020.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var><b>WATER OR WETLANDS; DAKOTA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>County may convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>that the land reverts to the state if Dakota County stops using the land for the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions imposed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make changes to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 26, Township 28, Range 22, lying <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>southeasterly of Lot 2, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION NO. 23, according to the recorded <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>plat thereof, and lying easterly of the railroad right-of-way and lying northwesterly of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>following described line:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>assumed bearing, along the west line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 178.00 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>feet; thence northeasterly along a nontangential curve concave to the southeast a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>distance of 290.00 feet, said curve having a radius of 764.50 feet, a central angle of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>21 degrees 43 minutes 57 seconds, a chord of 288.24 feet and a chord bearing of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>North 24 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East; thence continuing northeasterly along <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>a tangent curve concave to the southeast a distance of 350.00 feet, said curve having <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>a radius of 708.80 feet, a central angle of 28 degrees 17 minutes 32 seconds, a chord <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>of 346.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 49 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East; <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East tangent to the last described <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>curve a distance of 578.10 feet, to a point hereinafter referred to as Point B; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>continuing North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 278.68 feet, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>more or less, to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>Pacific Railroad, said point being the point of beginning of the line to be described; <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 225.00 feet, more <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>or less, to the shoreline of the Mississippi River and there terminating. (Dakota <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>County tax identification number 36-02600-016-32).<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the land is needed as a trail corridor for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>Mississippi River Regional Trail.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>Wayzata.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var><b>WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>sell to Itasca County the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>paragraph (c), for the appraised value of the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the North 1,100 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 26 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>best served if the land was under the direct ownership of Itasca County.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var><b>WATER; MARSHALL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>Marshall County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Marshall County and is described as: that part of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>the westerly ten acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>following described line: Commencing at the quarter section corner between Sections 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>and 11; thence South along the quarter section line a distance of 1,080 feet to the northern <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>edge of County Ditch #25, the point of beginning; thence upstream along said ditch North <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>40 degrees East 95 feet; thence South 41 degrees East 500 feet to the intersection with <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>State Ditch #83; thence along said state ditch North 52 degrees 50 minutes East 196 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>thence East 2,092 feet to the section line between Sections 11 and 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. <b>EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var><b>PARK; MOWER COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)  The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>and provide for increased access to the state park.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 19, Township 133, Range 42, River's Bend Reserve, Lot B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 24, Township 136, Range 41, Crystal Beach, Lot 56, Block 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 9, Township 133, Range 43, South 212 feet of Sub Lot 6 and South 212 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>of Sub Lot 7, except tract and except platted (1.19) acres.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Department of Natural Resources has no objection to the sale of this land.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 10, Township 134, Range 42, Heilberger Lake Estates, Reserve Lot A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 31, Township 137, Range 39, Government Lot 5 (37.20 acres).<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 29, Township 137, Range 40, Freedom Flyer Estates, Lot 26, Block 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quiet Waters Development Outlot A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, part of Government Lot 4 North and East of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>highway (Book 307, Page 31).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, Elm Rest, part of Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 and of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>Reserve A lying North of road (Book 307, Page 31).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 27, Township 135, Range 39, Government Lot 7 (9.50 acres).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, Government Lot 2, except tracts (7.77 acres).<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;38609 County Highway 41, Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, part of Government <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>Lot 2 beginning 275 feet West, 1,021.36 feet southwesterly, 1,179 feet southeasterly, 132 <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>feet South from northeast corner Section 9; East 33 feet, southerly 314 feet, West 33 feet, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>northerly on lake East 110 feet to beginning.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 27, Township 132, Range 41, Stalker View Acres, Lot 6, Block 1.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, North Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>Quarter (7.07 acres).<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var><b>WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, South Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>Quarter (7.06 acres).<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. <b>CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; RICE COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>commissioner of administration may convey to Rice County for no consideration the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>that the land revert to the state if Rice County stops using the land for the public purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land description <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>Minnesota, described as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180 <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence easterly on an <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20 feet; thence southerly on an <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>azimuth of 183 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds 144.38 feet; thence southeasterly on <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 110.00 feet; thence northeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>on an azimuth of 58 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90 feet; thence southeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 133.00 feet; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 199.38 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 180.72 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>thence northerly on an azimuth of 358 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 55.36 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 152.18 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>thence northerly on an azimuth of 00 degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds 364.80 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>to the point of beginning; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>Minnesota, described as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180 <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>feet; thence easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20 <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 45.00 feet; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>southeasterly on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 202.00 feet; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>thence southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90 <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>feet; thence northwesterly on an azimuth of 328 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>110.00 feet; thence northerly on an azimuth of 3 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>144.38 feet to the point of beginning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>was conveyed to and used by Rice County for a jail.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var><b>ROSEAU COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>0.5 acres, more or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land.  The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>resource purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13 <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var>and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>7, Klimek's Addition to Grand Lake, according to the plat thereof on file and of record <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.57.0"></a><a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>riparian protection and public access to shore fishing. The easements for land described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (3), shall be 450 feet in width from the centerline of the river. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>The easements for land described in paragraph (c), clauses (4) and (5), shall be 300 feet in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>width from the centerline of the river. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>County Board and the commissioner of natural resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3.15 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (23.35 <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>acres) (535-0010-00210);<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Lot 7 except railroad right-of-way 3.9 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (30.1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>acres) (535-0010-00300);<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3 acres, Section 12, T50N, R18W (36 acres) <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>(535-0010-01910);<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Lot 2 except railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (22.5 acres) <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>(310-0010-05650); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Lot 1 except GN railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (34 acres) <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>(110-0040-00160).<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.58.0"></a><a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>(10) to (12), the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide riparian protection and public <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>access for angling. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis County Board and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for lands described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>paragraph (d):<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) clause (1), 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the creek;<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) clause (2), 200 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river;<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) clause (10), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) clauses (11) and (12), 50 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the stream.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, T51N, R14W (5 acres) <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>(520-0016-00590);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 8, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-01510);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) undivided 1/6 and undivided 1/2 of Lot 9, Thompson Lake Addition, Section 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>T53N, R14W (375-0120-00091, 375-0120-00094);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) SLY 200 FT OF NLY 1,220 FT OF LOT 4, Section 20, T54N, R18W (9.5 acres) <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>(405-0010-03394);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) PART OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 LYING N OF SLY 433 FT, Section 36, T57N, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>R21W (25 acres) (141-0050-07345);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) PART OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 LYING W OF DW &amp; P RY AND N OF PLAT OF <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>HALEY, Section 23, T63N, R19W (11 acres) (350-0020-03730);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 26, T58N, R19W (40 acres) (385-0010-02610);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, T59N, R20W (40 acres) (235-0030-03110);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) LOT 4, Section 2, T61N, R19W (40 acres) (200-0010-00230);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 19, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-03570);<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) LOTS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, BLOCK 1, COLMANS 4th ACRE TRACT <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>ADDITION TO DULUTH, Section 33, T51N, R14W (520-0090-00150, -00160, -00180); <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.36"></a><var>43.36</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) BLOCKS 17, 18, and 20, PLAT OF VERMILION TRAIL LODGE, Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>13, T62N, R14W.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.59.0"></a><a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>land described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lots 20 and 21, Plat of Twin Lakes, Government Lot 3, Section 32, T60N, R19W <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>(1.1 acres) (385-0070-00200).<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) This sale resolves an unintentional trespass. The county has determined that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>county's land management interests would best be served if the lands were returned to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.60.0"></a><a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>may convey to the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public water <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>subdivision 2, and in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>part of Government Lot 2 lying southeasterly of the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway including riparian rights.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 2 beginning at the intersection of the south <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>Pacific Railway; thence easterly along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 150 <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>feet to a point; thence deflect to the left and continue in a straight line to a point on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way said point distant 150 feet northeast of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>the point of beginning; thence deflect to the left and continue southwesterly along the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 150 feet to point of beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>and there terminating.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 2 commencing at the point of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>intersection of the south line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 1,064 feet to point of beginning; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>deflect 44 degrees, 12 minutes, 27 seconds to the right a distance of 105.44 feet to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>point; thence deflect 85 degrees, 16 minutes, 07 seconds to the left a distance of 111.92 <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>deflect to the left and continue northwesterly along the southeasterly line of said railway <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>right-of-way a distance of 160 feet more or less to point of beginning and there terminating <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>(010-2746-00290); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>part of Government Lot 1, including riparian rights, lying southerly of the Northern Pacific <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>Short Line right-of-way except 5 18/100 acres for Northern Pacific Main Line and except <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>a strip of land 75 feet wide and adjoining the Northern Pacific Main Line right-of-way and <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>formerly used as right-of-way by Duluth Transfer Railway 2 67/100 acres, also except that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>part lying North of Grand Avenue 72/100 acres and except a strip of land adjacent to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>Old Transfer Railway right-of-way containing 2 13/100 acres. Revised Description #40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>Recorder of Deeds, Book 686, Page 440.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern Pacific <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>Short Line right-of-way and northerly of the Old Transfer Railway right-of-way.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>Pacific Main Line right-of-way and lying northerly of a line parallel to and lying 305 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>southerly of the north line of said Government Lot 1 (010-2746-00245).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.61.0"></a><a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>Range 20 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section; <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.62.0"></a><a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits excavating, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>filling, dumping, tree cutting, burning, structures, and buildings within an area that is 75 <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>feet in width along the shoreline. A 15-foot strip for landowner lake access is allowed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: E 1/2 of W <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 27, T57N, R17W (5 acres).<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.63.0"></a><a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction on buildings, structures, tree <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area that is 75 feet in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>width along the river. A 15-foot strip for landowner river access is allowed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: that <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>part of Lot 8 beginning at a point 200 feet East of the center of Section 5; thence South <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>300 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence North 263 feet to shoreline of Ash River; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>northwesterly along the river 325 feet; thence southerly to point of beginning, Section 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>T68N, R19W (2 acres) (731-0010-00845).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.64.0"></a><a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var><b>WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1) to (4), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>County Board and the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>lands described in paragraph (d):<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) clause (1), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>strip for landowner river access is allowed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) clause (2), 125 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>strip for landowner river access is allowed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) clause (3), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the tributary; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) clause (4), for access purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except W 1/2, Section 14, T62N, R18W (20 acres);<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 16, T62N, R18W (20 acres);<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except 5 acres at NW corner and except S 1/2 and except E 1/2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>of NE 1/4, Section 10, T52N, R12W (10 acres);<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except that part of the NE 1/4 lying N of the East Van Road <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>and except S 1/2 of N 1/2 of S 1/2 and except S 1/2 of S 1/2, Section 5, T52N, R14W <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>(18.3 acres);<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) westerly 416 feet of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except westerly 208 feet of southerly 624 <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>feet, Section 21, T56N, R18W (9.63 acres);<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) Lot 3, Section 1, T55N, R21W (46.18 acres);<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 18, T52N, R15W (40 acres); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) Lots 23, 73, 95, 118, 119 of NE-NA MIK-KA-TA plat, town of Breitung, located <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>in Government Lots 1 and 12 of Section 6, T62N, R15W.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.65.0"></a><a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Southeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>Quarter of Southwest Quarter, Section 24, Township 65 North, Range 20 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.66.0"></a><a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 66. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LAND; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var><b>WABASHA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>subdivision 2a, the commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>management area land described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to Mazeppa Township for less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>the value of the land as determined by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>follows: all of the following described tract: the southerly 300 feet of the westerly 350 <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 109 <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>North, Range 14 West; together with the southerly 300 feet of the easterly 150 feet of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 109 North, Range 14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>West; excepting therefrom the right-of-way of existing highway; containing 3.23 acres <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>more or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The land is located in Mazeppa Township and is not contiguous to other <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a local unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>of government.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.67.0"></a><a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 67. <b>PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var><b>WATER; WADENA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>0.01 acres, more or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>1.5 acres, more or less; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>0.01 acres, more or less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>natural resource purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.68.0"></a><a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 68. <b>CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var><b>WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>1, except the following described tracts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>the point of the beginning; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>32 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>69; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.69.0"></a><a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 69. <b>PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var><b>WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>the contrary, Washington County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>bordering public water and described in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>provide that the county or watershed district retains an easement for drainage purposes. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>ensure accuracy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 17, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, that lies south of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>the following described parcel:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>Quarter of Section 17; thence South, assumed bearing, along the east line of said <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 393 feet to the point of beginning; <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>thence North 88 degrees 30 minutes West, on a line parallel with the north line of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 915.7 feet, more or less, to an iron <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>pipe; thence North 79 degrees 29 minutes West 395.5 feet, more or less, to a point on <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>the centerline of the county road; thence southerly along said centerline, 323.4 feet, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>more or less, to a point; thence South 76 degrees 00 minutes East 251.9 feet, more or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>less, to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1083 feet, more or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>less, to a point on the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>thence North, along said east line, 312 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And, lies east of the plat of Laurelside which is on file and of record in the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>the Washington County Recorder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And, lies northerly of the following described parcel:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>All that part of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>Township 30 North, Range 21 West; which is also part of vacated Block 146 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>adjacent Linden Street (now vacated) of the plat of Wildwood which is on file and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>of record in the Office of the Washington County Recorder; and more specifically <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>described as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>Commencing at the most westerly corner of Block 147, Wildwood; thence on <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.36"></a><var>51.36</var>the northwesterly extension of the southwesterly line of Block 147, a distance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>60 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of said Block 146, which is also the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>northwesterly line of Bryant Avenue; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>side of Block 146, a distance of 92 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>described; thence continuing northeasterly, along said southeasterly side of Block <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>146, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a contour line being at elevation 947 feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>above mean sea level; thence in a northwesterly direction along said contour line <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>for 200 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a line that is parallel with and 177 <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>feet from said southeasterly side of Block 146 as measured at right angles; thence <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>southwesterly along said parallel line, 297 feet, more or less, to a point drawn at <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>right angles from the point of beginning; thence on a deflection angle of 90 degrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>to the left, 177 feet to the point of beginning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.70.0"></a><a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 70. <b>EASEMENT ON TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>Itasca County may grant a 40-year easement of tax-forfeited land to the Itasca County <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>Regional Rail Authority for a rail line right-of-way. The easement may be canceled only <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>by resolution of the county board after reasonable notice for any substantial breach of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>terms of the easement. The land subject to the easement may not be sold or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>conveyed by the county board during the period of the easement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.71.0"></a><a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 71. <b>REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By January 15, 2009, the Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>the attorney general, stakeholders, and a representative from the Voyageurs National <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>Park, shall report to the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>over environment and natural resources budget and policy on any state and federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>contractual agreements and the legal relationship between the state and federal authorities <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>relating to the navigable waters under the state's jurisdiction as described in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>Statutes, section 84B.061, within Voyageurs National Park. The department shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>make recommendations, including any draft legislation, on how to appropriately share <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>enforcement duties between state and federal officials.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.72.0"></a><a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 72. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; and 16B.285, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.73.0"></a><a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 73. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This article is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var><b>GAME AND FISH</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 35. <b>Public official.</b> "Public official" means any:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) member of the legislature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>auditor, chief clerk of the house, revisor of statutes, or researcher, legislative analyst, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and Research or House Research;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>deputy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>department or agency as listed in section 
         <statute_ref>15.01</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>15.06</statute_ref>, or the state chief information <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>officer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>Administrative Hearings or referee in the Department of Employment and Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>Development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>manager of the Metropolitan Council;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>Department of Public Safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) member of the board of directors or president of Minnesota Technology, Inc.; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>High School League;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 
         <statute_ref>473.755</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>organization as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>103B.205, subdivision 13</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(22) citizen member of the Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council established in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>97A.056.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective November 15, 2008, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>constitutional amendment proposed in Laws 2008, chapter 151, is adopted by the voters.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 17.4981, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var><b>17.4981 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR REGULATION OF AQUATIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var><b>FARMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Aquatic farms are licensed to culture private aquatic life. Cultured aquatic life <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>is not wildlife. Aquatic farms must be licensed and given classifications to prevent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>minimize impacts on natural resources. The purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>17.4981</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>17.4997</statute_ref> is to: <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) prevent public aquatic life from entering an aquatic farm;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) prevent release of nonindigenous or exotic species into public waters without <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>approval of the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) protect against release of disease pathogens to public waters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) protect existing natural aquatic habitats and the wildlife dependent on them; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) protect private aquatic life from unauthorized taking or harvest.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Private aquatic life that is legally acquired and possessed is an article of interstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>commerce and may be restricted only as necessary to protect state fish and water resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner of natural resources shall establish license and other fees as <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>provided in section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, that would make aquaculture licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>enforcement self-sustaining. The commissioner shall develop best management practices <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>for aquaculture to ensure the long-term sustainability of aquaculture and wetlands used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>aquaculture, including, but not limited to, fish farming in man-made ponds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 17.4984, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>License required.</b> (a) A person or entity may not operate an aquatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>farm without first obtaining an aquatic farm license from the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Applications for an aquatic farm license must be made on forms provided by <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Licenses are valid for five years and are transferable upon notification to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner shall issue an aquatic farm license on payment of the required <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>license fee under section 
         <statute_ref>17.4988</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A license issued by the commissioner is not a determination of private property <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>rights, but is only based on a determination that the licensee does not have a significant <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>detrimental impact on the public resource.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>of representatives committees on natural resource policy and finance on policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>recommendations regarding aquaculture. The commissioner shall not issue a new license <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>for aquatic farm purposes on a natural water body that has been restored or subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>protective easement or other interest in land that was at least partially paid for with state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>federal money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Before a new aquatic farm license is issued for a natural water body, the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>must notify all owners of property with direct access to the water body. The notification <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>must include the language of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>and applies to applications submitted after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.027, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Electronic transactions.</b> (a) The commissioner may receive an <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>application for, sell, and issue any license, stamp, permit, pass, sticker, duplicate safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>training certification, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction of the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>by electronic means, including by telephone. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>97A.472</statute_ref>, electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>and telephone transactions may be made outside of the state. The commissioner may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated by electronic transactions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>including by telephone;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) assign an identification number to an applicant who purchases a hunting or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>fishing license or recreational vehicle registration by electronic means, to serve as <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>temporary authorization to engage in the activity requiring a license or registration until <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>the license or registration is received or expires;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals who make electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>transactions and transactions by telephone or Internet, including issuing fees and an <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>additional transaction fee not to exceed $3.50;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) charge and permit agents to charge a convenience fee not to exceed three percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>of the cost of the license to individuals who use electronic bank cards for payment. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>electronic licensing system agent charging a fee of individuals making an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>bank card transaction in person must post a sign informing individuals of the fee. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>sign must be near the point of payment, clearly visible, include the amount of the fee, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>state: "License agents are allowed by state law to charge a fee not to exceed three percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>of the cost of state licenses to persons who use electronic bank cards for payment. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>fee is not required by state law.";<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) establish, by written order, an electronic licensing system commission to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>paid by revenues generated from all sales made through the electronic licensing system. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>The commissioner shall establish the commission in a manner that neither significantly <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>overrecovers nor underrecovers costs involved in providing the electronic licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fees established under paragraph (a), clause clauses (3) and (4), and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>the commission established under paragraph (a), clause (4) (5), are not subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>rulemaking procedures of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Money received from fees and commissions collected under this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>including interest earned, is annually appropriated from the game and fish fund and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>natural resources fund to the commissioner for the cost of electronic licensing.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Exceptions.</b> Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may place into <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>the waters of the state a watercraft or trailer with aquatic macrophytes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for purposes of shooting or observation blinds attached in or on watercraft in <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>amounts sufficient for that purpose, if the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>above the waterline;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that are wild rice harvested under section 
         <statute_ref>84.091</statute_ref>; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>season.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Warnings; civil citations.</b> After appropriate training, conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>officers, other licensed peace officers, and other department personnel designated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>commissioner may issue warnings or citations to a person who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) unlawfully transports prohibited invasive species or aquatic macrophytes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) unlawfully places or attempts to place into waters of the state a trailer, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>watercraft, or plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic macrophytes or prohibited <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>invasive species attached;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) intentionally damages, moves, removes, or sinks a buoy marking, as prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>by rule, Eurasian water milfoil;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) fails to drain water, as required by rule, from watercraft and equipment before <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>leaving designated zebra mussel, spiny water flea, or other invasive plankton infested <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>waters; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) transports infested water, in violation of rule, off riparian property.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Pass in possession.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>riding, leading, or driving a horse on horse trails and associated day use areas on state <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>trails, in state parks, in state recreation areas, and in state forests, a person 16 years of age <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>or over shall carry in immediate possession and visibly display on person or horse tack, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>a valid horse trail pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a peace officer, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 
         <statute_ref>84.0835</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A valid horse trail pass is not required under this section for a person riding, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>leading, or driving a horse only on the portion of a horse trail that is owned by the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>or the person's spouse, child, parent, or guardian.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 32a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 32a. <b>Muzzle-loader</b><b> Muzzleloader</b><b> season.</b> "Muzzle-loader Muzzleloader <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>season" means the firearms deer season option open only for legal muzzle-loading <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>muzzleloading firearms, as prescribed by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, subdivision 41a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 41a. <b>Regular firearms season.</b> "Regular firearms season" means any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>the firearms deer season options seasons prescribed by the commissioner that begin in <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>November, exclusive of the muzzle-loader muzzleloader season.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 44a. <b>Shelter.</b> "Shelter" means any structure, other than a self-propelled motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>vehicle, that is set on the ice of state waters to provide shelter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.045, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Duty to encourage stamp design and purchases.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>shall encourage the purchase of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamps by nonhunters interested in migratory <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>waterfowl preservation and habitat development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) pheasant stamps by persons interested in pheasant habitat improvement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) trout and salmon stamps by persons interested in trout and salmon stream and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>lake improvement; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) turkey stamps by persons interested in wild turkey management and habitat <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>improvement stamp collecting; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) walleye stamps by persons interested in walleye stocking and stamp collecting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall make rules governing contests for selecting a design for <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>each stamp, including those stamps not required to be in possession while taking game or <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>fish. The commissioner shall ensure that stamp design and characteristics are consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>with the design and characteristics that are sought by pictorial stamp collectors.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Game and fish annual reports.</b> (a) By December 15 each year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>were made:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the small game license surcharge under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>5
         </statute_ref>, clause (1); <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 10</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the pheasant stamp under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, clause (2);  <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) the turkey stamp wild turkey management account under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, <br />
            		<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, clause (3) 97A.075, subdivision 5; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) the deer license donations and surcharges under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivisions <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>3, paragraph (b), and 3a; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) the walleye stamp under section 97A.475, subdivision 10a;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the amounts available under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.075, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) and <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent; <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>which expenditures were made from the fund;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>subdivision 4b.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4b. <b>Citizen oversight subcommittees.</b> (a) The commissioner shall appoint <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>of at least three affected persons:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>activities related to trout and salmon stamp and walleye stamp funding;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp wild turkey <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>management funding and excluding review of the amounts available under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>97A.075, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) and (c);<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>paragraph (a), clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>funding;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>issues related to trout and salmon;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>issues related to pheasants; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp wild turkey management <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>account and address funding issues related to wild turkeys; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) a subcommittee to review the walleye stamp and address funding issues related <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>to walleye stocking.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>in a timely manner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>resources finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>be the chair of any of the subcommittees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>15.059, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, or other law to the contrary, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>[97A.056] OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD OUTDOOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var><b>HERITAGE COUNCIL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Outdoor heritage fund.</b> An outdoor heritage fund, under article XI, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>section 15, of the Minnesota Constitution, is established as an account in the state treasury. <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.35"></a><var>60.35</var>All money earned by the outdoor heritage fund must be credited to the fund. At least 99 <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>percent of the money appropriated from the fund must be expended to restore, protect, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council.</b> (a) The Lessard Outdoor Heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>Council of 12 members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two public members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>the Committee on Rules and Administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) two public members appointed by the speaker of the house;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) four public members appointed by the governor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) two members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>house.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Members appointed under paragraph (a) must not be registered lobbyists. <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>In making appointments, the governor, senate Subcommittee on Committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>Committee on Rules and Administration, and the speaker of the house shall consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>geographic balance, gender, age, ethnicity, and varying interests including hunting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>fishing. The governor's appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>of the senate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Public members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have practical experience <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>or expertise or demonstrated knowledge in the science, policy, or practice of restoring, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>protecting, and enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>wildlife.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Legislative members appointed under paragraph (a) shall include the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>finance or their designee, one member from the minority party of the senate, and one <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>member from the minority party of the house of representatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Members serve four-year terms and shall be initially appointed according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>the following schedule of terms:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>Monday in January 2011;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>2011;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.35"></a><var>61.35</var>the first Monday in January 2011;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>Monday in January 2013;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>2013; <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>first Monday in January 2013; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) two members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>of the Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>January 2013, and two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>of the house for a term ending the first Monday in January 2013.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Compensation and removal of public members are as provided in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>15.0575. A vacancy on the council may be filled by the appointing authority for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>remainder of the unexpired term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The first meeting of the council shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>Coordinating Commission no later than December 1, 2008. Members shall elect a chair, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>vice chair, secretary, and other officers as determined by the council. The chair may <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>convene meetings as necessary to conduct the duties prescribed by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide administrative support for <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>the council. Up to one percent of the money appropriated from the fund may be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>cover the staffing and related administrative expenses of the department and to cover the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>compensation and travel expenses of council members.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Council recommendations.</b> (a) The council shall make recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>to the legislature on appropriations of money from the outdoor heritage fund that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>consistent with the Constitution and state law and that take into consideration the outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>of, including, but not limited to, the Minnesota Conservation and Preservation Plan, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>directly relate to the restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, forests, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, and that prevent forest fragmentation, encourage <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>forest consolidation, and expand restored native prairie. The council shall submit its <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>initial recommendations to the legislature no later than April 1, 2009. Subsequent <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>recommendations shall be submitted no later than January 15 each year. The council shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>present its recommendations to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>environment and natural resources budget by February 15 in odd numbered years, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>within the first four weeks of the legislative session in even numbered years. The council's <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.35"></a><var>62.35</var>budget recommendations to the legislature shall be separate from the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.36"></a><var>62.36</var>Natural Resource's budget recommendations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) To encourage and support local conservation efforts, the council shall establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>conservation partners program. Local, regional, state, or national organizations may apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>for matching grants for restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, prevention of forest fragmentation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>encouragement of forest consolidation, and expansion of restored native prairie.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The council may work with the Clean Water Council to identify projects that <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>are consistent with both the purpose of the outdoor heritage fund and the purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>the clean water fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The council may make recommendations to the Legislative-Citizen Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>on Minnesota Resources on scientific research that will assist in restoring, protecting, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, preventing <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>forest fragmentation, encouraging forest consolidation, and expanding restored native <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>prairie.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Recommendations of the council, including approval of recommendations for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>outdoor heritage fund, require an affirmative vote of at least nine members of the council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Conflict of interest.</b> (a) A council member may not be an advocate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>or against a council action or vote on any action that may be a conflict of interest. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>conflict of interest must be disclosed as soon as it is discovered. The council shall follow <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>the policies and requirements related to conflicts of interest developed by the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>Grants Management under section 16B.98.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For the purposes of this section, a "conflict of interest" exists when a person has <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>an organizational conflict of interest or direct financial interests and those interests present <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>the appearance that it will be difficult for the person to impartially fulfill the person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>duty. An "organizational conflict of interest" exists when a person has an affiliation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>an organization that is subject to council activities, which presents the appearance of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>conflict between organizational interests and council member duties. An "organizational <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>conflict of interest" does not exist if the person's only affiliation with an organization is <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>being a member of the organization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Open meetings.</b> (a) Meetings of the council and other groups the council <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>may establish are subject to chapter 13D. Except where prohibited by law, the council <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>shall establish additional processes to broaden public involvement in all aspects of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>deliberations, including recording meetings, video conferencing, and publishing minutes. <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>For the purposes of this subdivision, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>members receive information or take action on any matter relating to the duties of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.35"></a><var>63.35</var>council. The quorum requirement for the council shall be seven members.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For legislative members of the council, enforcement of this subdivision is <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>governed by section 3.055, subdivision 2. For nonlegislative members of the council, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>enforcement of this subdivision is governed by section 13D.06, subdivisions 1 and 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Audit.</b> The council shall select an independent auditor to audit the outdoor <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>heritage fund expenditures every two years to ensure that the money is spent to restore, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Legislative oversight.</b> (a) The senate and house chairs of the committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources budget shall convene a joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>hearing to review the activities and evaluate the effectiveness of the council and evaluate <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>the effectiveness and efficiency of the department's administration and staffing of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>council after five years but no later than June 30, 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) By January 15, 2013, a professional outside review authority shall be chosen by <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>environment and natural resources to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>department's administration and staffing of the council. A report shall be submitted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>the chairs by January 15, 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective November 15, 2008, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>constitutional amendment proposed in Laws 2008, chapter 151, is adopted by the voters.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses.</b> (a) For purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivisions 2, <br />
            		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>clauses (4)
         </statute_ref>, (5), (9), (11), (13), and (14) (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (15), (16), and (17), and 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>clauses (2), (3), and (7) (2), (3), (4), (9), (11), (12), and (13), and licenses issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>wildlife trust fund, established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license issued under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>97A.473, subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, shall be credited to the deer management account and shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.473, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, shall be credited to the deer and bear <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>a computerized licensing system. <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>and wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>cervidae health management has been spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>and bear management programs and computerized licensing.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Pheasant stamp.</b> (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from pheasant stamps <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>must be credited to the pheasant habitat improvement account. Money in the account <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>may be used only for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for ringnecked <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>pheasants on public and private land including the establishment of nesting cover, winter <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>cover, and reliable food sources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) reimbursement of landowners for setting aside lands for pheasant habitat;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide pheasant habitat on public and private <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>land;<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the promotion of pheasant habitat development and maintenance, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>promotion and evaluation of government farm program benefits for pheasant habitat; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the acquisition of lands suitable for pheasant habitat management and public <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>hunting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Money in the account may not be used for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>(a), clause (1), (3), or (5), or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>paragraph (a), clause (4); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) any personnel costs, except that prior to July 1, 2009 2019, personnel may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>hired to provide technical and promotional assistance for private landowners to implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.35"></a><var>65.35</var>conservation provisions of state and federal programs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Turkey </b><b>stamps</b><b> account</b><b>.</b> (a) Ninety percent of the revenue from <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>turkey stamps $4.50 from each turkey license sold must be credited to the wild turkey <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>management account. Money in the account may be used only for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the development, restoration, and maintenance of suitable habitat for wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>turkeys on public and private land including forest stand improvement and establishment <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>of nesting cover, winter roost area, and reliable food sources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) acquisitions of, or easements on, critical wild turkey habitat;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) reimbursement of expenditures to provide wild turkey habitat on public and <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>private land;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) trapping and transplantation of wild turkeys; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the promotion of turkey habitat development and maintenance, population <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>surveys and monitoring, and research.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Money in the account may not be used for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) costs unless they are directly related to a specific parcel of land under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>(a), clauses (1) to (3), a specific trap and transplant project under paragraph (a), clause (4), <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>or to specific promotional or evaluative activities under paragraph (a), clause (5); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) any permanent personnel costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.075, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Walleye stamp.</b> (a) Revenue from walleye stamps must be credited to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>walleye stamp account. Money in the account must be used only for stocking walleye in <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>waters of the state and related activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Money in the account may not be used for costs unless they are directly related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>a specific body of water under paragraph (a), or for costs associated with supplies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>equipment to implement walleye stocking activities under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective on March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Refunds.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue a refund on a license, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>including any issuing fees paid under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.485, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, if: <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the licensee dies before the opening of the licensed season. The original license <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>and a copy of the death certificate must be provided to the commissioner; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the licensee is unable to participate in the licensed activity because the licensee is <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>called to active military duty or military leave is canceled during the entire open season of <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>the licensed activity. The original license and a copy of the military orders or notice of <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>cancellation of leave must be provided to the commissioner; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the licensee purchased two licenses for the same license season in error.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This subdivision does not apply to lifetime licenses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.405, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Personal possession.</b> (a) A person acting under a license or traveling from <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>an area where a licensed activity was performed must have in personal possession either: <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>(1) the proper license, if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>the proper license identification number or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and received.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If possession of a license or a license identification number is required, a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>must exhibit, as requested by a conservation officer or peace officer, either: (1) the proper <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>license if the license has been issued to and received by the person; or (2) the proper <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>license identification number or stamp validation and a valid state driver's license, state <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>identification card, or other form of identification provided by the commissioner, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>license has been sold to the person by electronic means but the actual license has not been <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>issued and received. A person charged with violating the license possession requirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>shall not be convicted if the person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>the actual license previously issued to that person, which was valid at the time of arrest, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>or satisfactory proof that at the time of the arrest the person was validly licensed. Upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>request of a conservation officer or peace officer, a licensee shall write the licensee's name <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>in the presence of the officer to determine the identity of the licensee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a receipt for license fees, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>copy of a license, or evidence showing the issuance of a license, including the license <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a licensee to exercise the rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>or privileges conferred by a license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A license issued electronically and not immediately provided to the licensee shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>be mailed to the licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license. A pictorial turkey, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>migratory waterfowl, pheasant, or trout and salmon, or walleye stamp shall be provided to <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>the licensee after purchase of a stamp validation only if the licensee pays an additional $2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>fee. A pictorial turkey stamp may be purchased for a $2 fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> Persons eligible for a moose license shall be determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>under this section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for a moose license only <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>if the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is a resident; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (2) has not been issued a moose license for any of the last five seasons or after <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>January 1, 1991.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.433, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> Persons eligible for an elk license shall be determined under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>section and commissioner's rule. A person is eligible for an elk license only if the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is a resident; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is at least age 16 before the season opens; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (2) has never been issued an elk license.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.434, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> Eligibility for a prairie chicken license shall be determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>chicken license only if the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is a resident; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) was born before January 1, 1980, or possesses a firearms safety certificate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.441, subdivision 7, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Owners or tenants of agricultural land.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>issue, without a fee, a license to take an antlerless deer to a person resident who is an <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>owner or tenant, or a nonresident who is an owner, of at least 80 acres of agricultural land, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>97B.001</statute_ref>, in deer permit areas that have deer archery licenses to <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>take additional deer under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. A person may receive only <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>one license per year under this subdivision. For properties with co-owners or cotenants, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>only one co-owner or cotenant may receive a license under this subdivision per year. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>license issued under this subdivision is restricted to land leased for agricultural purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>or owned by the holder of the license within the permit area where the qualifying land <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>is located. The holder of the license may transfer the license to the holder's spouse or <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>dependent. Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>97A.415, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>2
         </statute_ref>, the holder of the license may purchase an additional license for taking deer and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>take an additional deer under that license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person who obtains a license under paragraph (a) must allow public deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>hunting on their land during that deer hunting season, with the exception of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>Saturday and Sunday during the deer hunting season applicable to the license issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clauses (4) and (13).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Residents under age 16; small game.</b> (a) A resident under age 16 may <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>not must obtain a small game license but may in order to take small game by firearms <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>or bow and arrow without a license paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>subdivisions 2, 4, and 5, if the resident is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>guardian;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) age 13, 14, or 15, possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is accompanied <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not obtained using an <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>apprentice hunter validation; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A resident under age 16 may take small game by trapping without a small game <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping license. A resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>under age 13 may trap without a trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>bobcat, or pine marten unless the resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>or pine marten taken by a resident under age five must be included in the limit of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>accompanying parent or guardian.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A resident under age 12 may apply for a turkey license and may take a turkey <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an adult parent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A resident under age 12 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>The amendments to paragraph (a) are effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Persons under age 16; big game.</b> (a) A person under the age of 16 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>13, 14, or 15 may not obtain a license to take big game unless the person possesses a <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>firearms safety certificate. A person under the age of 14 12 or 13 must be accompanied <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>by a parent or guardian to hunt big game.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person age 10 or 11 may take big game provided the person is under the direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>supervision of a parent or guardian where the parent or guardian is within immediate <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>reach. Until March 1, 2009, a person age 10 or 11 may take big game under a parent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>guardian's license. Beginning March 1, 2009, a person age 10 or 11 must obtain a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>in order to take big game and may obtain the license without paying the fee required under <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>section 97A.475, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.473, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Lifetime angling license; fee.</b> (a) A resident lifetime angling license <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>activities authorized by the annual resident angling license. The license does not include a <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling license are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) age 3 and under, $227;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) age 4 to age 15, $300;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) age 16 to age 50, $383; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) age 51 and over, $203.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.473, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Lifetime sporting license; fee.</b> (a) A resident lifetime sporting license <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>authorizes a person to take fish by angling and hunt and trap small game in the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident angling, resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>small game hunting, and resident trapping licenses. The license does not include a trout <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>and salmon stamp validation, a turkey stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>any other hunting stamps required by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) age 3 and under, $357;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) age 4 to age 15, $480;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) age 51 and over, $413.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.474, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Nonresident lifetime angling license; fee.</b> (a) A nonresident lifetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>license does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>or other stamps required by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) age 3 and under, $447;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) age 4 to age 15, $600;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) age 16 to age 50, $773; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) age 51 and over, $513.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Resident hunting.</b> Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>only, are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $12.50;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for persons ages 16 and 17 and age 65 or over, $6 to take small game;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $18 $23;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>firearms season, $26;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $26;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>season, $26;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) (8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $310;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) (9) to take bear, $38;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) (10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $250;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) (11) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $52;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) (12) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) (13) all season license to take three deer throughout the state in any open deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>season, except as restricted under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.305</statute_ref>, $78;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) (14) to take prairie chickens, $20;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) (15) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var>during the regular firearms season in any open zone or time period, $13; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) (16) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>$13; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) for persons under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>season, $13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>The amendments to clauses (3) and (4) are effective March <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Nonresident hunting.</b> (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>to nonresidents, are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for persons age 18 and older or over to take small game, $73;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for persons age 18 and older or over to take deer with firearms during the regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>firearms season, $135;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for persons age 18 and older to take deer by archery, $135;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>season, $135;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (5) to take bear, $195;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (6) for persons age 18 and older to take turkey, $73 $78;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) for persons under age 18 to take turkey, $12;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) (8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $155;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) (9) multizone license to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $270; <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) (11) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>the regular firearms season in any open zone season option or time period, $13; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) (12) for persons at least age 12 and under age 18 to take deer by archery, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>$13; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) for persons under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, $13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (7) (9). An additional commission may not be assessed <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>on this surcharge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>The amendments to paragraph (a), clauses (6) and (7), are <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 3a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Deer license surcharge.</b> A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>or $5 to the fees for annual resident and nonresident licenses to take deer by firearms or <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>archery established under subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), (9), and (11) (5), (6), (7), (11), <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>and (13), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7) (4), and (9). Beginning March 1, 2008, fees for <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>bonus licenses to take deer by firearms or archery established under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, <br />
            		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, must be increased by a surcharge of $1. An additional commission may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>be assessed on the donation or surcharge and the following statement must be included in <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>the annual deer hunting regulations: "The deer license donations and surcharges are being <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>paid by hunters for deer management, including assisting with the costs of processing deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>donated for charitable purposes."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Hunting stamps.</b> Fees for the following stamps and stamp validations are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $7.50; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) pheasant stamp, $7.50; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) turkey stamp validation, $5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10a. <b>Walleye stamp validation.</b> A person may agree to purchase a walleye <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>stamp validation for $5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 16, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Resident</b><b> bear</b><b> hunting </b><b>guides</b><b> outfitters</b><b>.</b> (a) The fee for a resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>bear hunting outfitter license to guide bear hunters is $82.50 and is available only to <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>a Minnesota resident individual.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fee for a resident master bear hunting outfitter license is $165. The fee to <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>add an additional person under the license is $82.50 per person.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Licenses to be sold and issuing fees.</b> (a) Persons authorized to sell <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>following issuing fees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>animals, the issuing fee is $1;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) for stamps stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.441</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>or 
         <statute_ref>97A.465</statute_ref>, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>seller;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>of the authorized seller.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a trout and salmon stamp if <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>a stamp validation is issued simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license. <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one trout and salmon stamp <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>in the same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>maintained by the commissioner for one year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.535, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Tags required.</b> (a) A person may not possess or transport deer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag that has <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, and other information prescribed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The tag and the license must be validated at the site of the kill as prescribed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the tag must be attached to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of the kill before the animal is removed from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>site of the kill.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The tag must remain attached to the animal until the animal is processed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>storage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A person may move a lawfully taken deer, bear, elk, or moose from the site of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>kill without attaching the validated tag to the animal only while in the act of manually <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>or mechanically dragging, carrying, or carting the animal across the ground and while <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>possessing the validated tag on their person. A motor vehicle may be used to drag the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>animal across the ground. At all other times, the validated tag must be attached to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>deer, bear, elk, or moose:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) as otherwise provided in this section; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) prior to the animal being placed onto and transported on a motor vehicle, being <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>hung from a tree or other structure or device, or being brought into a camp or yard or <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>other place of habitation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.015, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Firearms safety certificate.</b> The commissioner shall issue a firearms <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>safety certificate to a person that satisfactorily completes the required course of instruction. <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>A person must be at least age 11 to take the firearms safety course and may receive a <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>firearms safety certificate, but the certificate is not valid for hunting until the year the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>person reaches age 12. A person who is age 11 and has a firearms safety certificate may <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>purchase a deer, bear, turkey, or prairie chicken license to take big game that will become <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>be valid when for hunting during the entire regular season for which the license is valid if <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>the person reaches will reach age 12 during that calendar year. A firearms safety certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>issued to a person under age 12 by another state as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>97B.020</statute_ref> is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>valid for hunting in Minnesota until the person reaches age 12. The form and content of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>the firearms safety certificate shall be prescribed by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.031, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Firearms and ammunition that may be used to take big game.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>A person may take big game with a firearm only if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the rifle, shotgun, and handgun used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>with centerfire ignition;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the firearm is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a projectile used is a caliber of at least .23 .22 inches and has a soft point or is <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>an expanding bullet type;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the ammunition has a case length of at least 
         <statute_ref>1.285</statute_ref> inches;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (4) the muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is incapable of being loaded at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>breech;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) (5) the smooth-bore muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>.45 inches; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) (6) the rifled muzzle-loader muzzleloader used is a caliber of at least .40 inches.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (4), a person may take big game with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>ten millimeter cartridge that is at least 0.95 inches in length, a .45 Winchester Magnum <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>cartridge, a .50 A. E. (Action Express) handgun cartridge, or a 56-46 Spencer, 56-50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>Spencer, or 56-56 Spencer cartridge.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.035, subdivision 1a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Minimum draw weight.</b> A bow used to take big game or turkey must <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>have a pull that meets or exceeds 30 pounds at or before full draw.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.036, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var><b>97B.036 CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS </b><b>DEER</b><b> SEASON.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>97B.035, subdivisions 1</statute_ref> and 2, a person may take deer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>bear, or turkey by crossbow during the respective regular firearms deer season seasons. <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>The transportation requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>97B.051</statute_ref> apply to crossbows during the regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>firearms deer, bear, or turkey season. Crossbows must meet the requirements of section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>97B.106, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>. A person taking deer, bear, or turkey by crossbow under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>section must have a valid firearms deer license to take the respective game.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.041, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var><b>97B.041 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var><b>IN DEER ZONES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person may not possess a firearm or ammunition outdoors during the period <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>beginning the fifth day before the open firearms season and ending the second day after <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>the close of the season within an area where deer may be taken by a firearm, except:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) during the open season and in an area where big game may be taken, a firearm <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>and ammunition authorized for taking big game in that area may be used to take big game <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>in that area if the person has a valid big game license in possession;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an unloaded firearm that is in a case or in a closed trunk of a motor vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a shotgun and shells containing No. 4 buckshot or smaller diameter lead shot <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>or steel shot;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a handgun or rifle and only short, long, and long rifle cartridges that are caliber <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>of .22 inches capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 and .22 caliber, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>.22 magnum caliber cartridges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) handguns possessed by a person authorized to carry a handgun under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>624.714
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>624.715</statute_ref> for the purpose authorized; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) on a target range operated under a permit from the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This section does not apply during an open firearms season in an area where deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>may be taken only by muzzleloader, except that muzzleloading firearms lawful for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>taking of deer may be possessed only by persons with a valid license to take deer by <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>muzzleloader during that season.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.071, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var><b>97B.071 BLAZE ORANGE REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange. Blaze orange includes a camouflage <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange within each foot square. This section does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>apply to migratory waterfowl hunters on waters of this state or in a stationary shooting <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>location or to trappers on waters of this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>the requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>migratory birds, raccoons, and predators, except when hunting with nontoxic shot or while <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>trapping, unless a visible portion of at least one article of the person's clothing above the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>waist is blaze orange. This paragraph does not apply to a person hunting by falconry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>Law 103-141.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>by a safety warning.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.106, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Qualifications for crossbow permits.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>permanent or temporary physical disability. A crossbow permit issued under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>also allows the permittee to use a bow with a mechanical device that draws, releases, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>holds the bow at full draw as provided in section 97B.035, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) To qualify for a crossbow permit under this section, a temporary disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>must render the person unable to hunt or fish by archery for a minimum of two years <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>after application for the permit is made. The permanent or temporary disability must <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>be established by medical evidence, and the inability to hunt or fish by archery for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>required period of time must be verified in writing by a licensed physician or chiropractor. <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>A person who has received a special permit under this section because of a permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>disability is eligible for subsequent special permits without providing medical evidence <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>and verification of the disability.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The person must obtain the appropriate license.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Possession of firearms prohibited.</b> Except when hunting bear, A <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>person may not take big game deer by archery while in possession of a firearm.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Licenses required.</b> A person may not take deer without a license. <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>A person must have a firearms deer license to take deer with firearms during the regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>firearms season, a muzzleloader license to take deer with a muzzleloader during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>muzzleloader season, and an archery deer license to take deer by archery except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>provided in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limit of one deer.</b> Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>may obtain one regular firearms season deer license, one muzzleloader season deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>license, and one archery season deer license in the same license year, but may take only <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>not tag more than one deer except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Taking more than one deer.</b> (a) The commissioner may, by rule, allow <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>a person to take more than one deer. The commissioner shall prescribe the conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>for taking the additional deer including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) taking by firearm, muzzleloader, or archery;<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) obtaining additional licenses; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) payment of a fee not more than the fee for a firearms deer license; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the total number of deer that an individual may take.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, and Roseau Counties, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>person may obtain one firearms deer license and one archery deer license in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>license year, and may take one deer under each license. The commissioner may limit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>use of this provision in certain years to protect the deer population in the area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Residents</b><b> or nonresidents</b><b> under age 18 may take deer of either sex.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A resident or nonresident under the age of 18 may take a deer of either sex except in <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no antlerless permits are offered. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>antlerless permit areas where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>provide a limited number of youth either sex permits to residents or nonresidents under <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>age 18, under the procedures provided in section 
         <statute_ref>97B.305</statute_ref>, and may give preference to <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>residents or nonresidents under the age of 18 that have not previously been selected. <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>This subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer by another member <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>of a party under subdivision 3. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.301, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Sale of multiple zone or multiple season licenses.</b> If the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>adopts rules on deer zones, or seasons that eliminate the need for purchasing an all season <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>deer or multizone license, then the commissioner is not required to offer all season deer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>multizone licenses for sale.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97B.328, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var><b>97B.328 BAITING PROHIBITED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited.</b> (a) A person may <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>not hunt deer:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>bait or feed is present; or.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) in the vicinity of where the person has placed bait or caused bait to be placed <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>within the previous ten days.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This restriction does not apply to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Removal of bait.</b>  An area is considered baited for ten days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>complete removal of all bait or feed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Definition.</b>  For purposes of this section, "bait or feed" includes grains, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer and <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>that has been placed by a person. Liquid scents, salt, minerals, and bird feeders containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>grains or nuts that are at least six feet above the ground are not bait or feed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Food resulting from normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>food plantings, orchard management, or other similar land management activities; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>is not bait or feed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Exception for bait or feed on adjacent land.</b> (2) A person otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>in compliance with this section who is hunting on the person's own private or public <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>property, when that is adjacent to property where bait or feed is present is not in violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>of this section if the person has not participated in, been involved with, or agreed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>baiting or feeding wildlife on the adjacent land owned by another person property.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.401, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var><b>97B.401 BEAR LICENSE REQUIRED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person may not take bear without a bear license except as provided in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>97B.415
         </statute_ref> to protect property. A person may not place bait for bears on or after the Friday <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>nearest August 14 unless the person has a bear license or is operating under the direction <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>of a person with a valid bear license.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.405, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var><b>97B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters. <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>The commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>previously applied and have not been selected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In the case of a drawing, the commissioner shall allow a person to apply for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>permit in more than one area at the same time and rank the person's choice of area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.425, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var><b>97B.425 BAITING BEARS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>609.68</statute_ref>, a person may place bait to take bear and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>display a tag at each site where bait is placed and register the sites. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>shall prescribe the method of tagging and registering the sites. The tag displayed at each <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>site where bait is placed must contain identification information for a licensed bear hunter <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>or a licensed bear outfitter. A person must have the license identification number of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>person with the bear license in their possession or be a licensed bear outfitter while <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>attending a bear bait station. To attract bear a person may not use a bait with: <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a carcass from a mammal, if the carcass contains more than 25 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>intact carcass;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) meat from mammals, if the meat contains bones;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) bones of mammals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) solid waste containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, or metal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) materials that are not readily biodegradable; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) any part of a swine, except cured pork.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.431, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var><b>97B.431 BEAR HUNTING </b><b>GUIDES</b><b> OUTFITTERS</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>compensation without a bear hunting guide outfitter license. A bear hunting guide outfitter <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>is not required to have a license to take bear unless the guide outfitter is attempting <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>to shoot a bear. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>administration of the licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear hunting outfitter license <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>under which one person serves as the bear hunting outfitter and one other person is eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>to guide and bait bear. Additional persons may be added to the license and are eligible to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.34"></a><var>81.34</var>guide and bait bear under the license, provided the additional fee under section 97A.475, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>subdivision 16, is paid for each person added. The commissioner shall adopt rules for <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.621, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Nighttime hunting restrictions.</b> To take raccoons between one-half hour <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) must be on foot;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>long rifle, rimfire ammunition may use a handgun or rifle capable of firing only rimfire <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber, including .22 magnum; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) may not use shotgun shells with larger diameter of shot than No. 4 shot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Seasons for certain upland game birds.</b> (a) The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>may, by rule, prescribe an open season in designated areas between September 16 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>January 3 for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) pheasant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) ruffed grouse;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) sharp tailed grouse;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Canada spruce grouse;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) prairie chicken;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) gray partridge;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) bob-white quail; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) turkey.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may by rule prescribe an open season for turkey in the spring.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner shall allow a four-week fall season for turkey in the area <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>designated as turkey permit area 601 as of the 2008 season. All applicable local and state <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>regulations apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.721, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var><b>97B.721 LICENSE </b><b>AND STAMP VALIDATION</b><b> REQUIRED TO TAKE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var><b>TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 
         <statute_ref>97A.405, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license and a turkey stamp validation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The requirement in paragraph (a) to have a turkey stamp validation does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>apply to persons under age 18. An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>wild turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or possess a firearm or bow while <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>assisting a hunter under this paragraph and may not charge a fee for the assistance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the tagging and <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>registration of turkeys.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.59.0"></a><a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.205, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var><b>97C.205 TRANSPORTING AND STOCKING FISH.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Except on the water body where taken, a person may not transport a live fish in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>quantity of water sufficient to keep the fish alive, unless the fish:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is being transported under an aquaculture license as authorized under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>17.4985
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>17.4986</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is being transported for a fishing contest weigh-in under section 
         <statute_ref>97C.081</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) is a minnow being transported under section 
         <statute_ref>97C.505</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>97C.515</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) is being transported by a commercial fishing license holder under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>97C.821
         </statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) is being transported as otherwise authorized in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may adopt rules to allow and regulate:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the transportation of fish and fish eggs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the stocking of waters with fish or fish eggs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner must allow the possession of fish on special management or <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>experimental waters to be prepared as a meal on the ice or on the shore of that water <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>body if the fish: <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) were lawfully taken;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) have been packaged by a licensed fish packer; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) do not otherwise exceed the statewide possession limits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) (d) The commissioner shall prescribe rules designed to encourage local sporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>organizations to propagate game fish by using rearing ponds. The rules must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) prescribe methods to acquire brood stock for the ponds by seining public waters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) allow the sporting organizations to own and use seines and other necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>equipment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) prescribe methods for stocking the fish in public waters that give priority to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.34"></a><var>83.34</var>needs of the community where the fish are reared and the desires of the organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.35"></a><var>83.35</var>operating the rearing pond.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) (e) A person age 16 or under may, for purposes of display in a home aquarium, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>transport largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, rock bass, black crappie, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>white crappie, bluegill pumpkinseed, green sunfish, orange spotted sunfish, and black, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>yellow, and brown bullheads taken by angling. No more than four of each species may <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>be transported at any one time, and any individual fish can be no longer than ten inches <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>in total length.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.60.0"></a><a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. <b>[97C.303] CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Availability.</b> The commissioner shall make available a conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>angling license according to this section. Conservation angling licenses shall be offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>for resident individuals and resident married couples.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Daily and possession limits.</b> Daily and possession limits for fish taken <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>under a conservation angling license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, rounded down to the next <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>whole number if necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>License fee.</b> The fee for a conservation angling license issued under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>section is two-thirds of the corresponding standard angling license fee under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>97A.475, subdivision 6, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.61.0"></a><a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>License required.</b> A person may not take fish from leave a dark house <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>or fish house that is left unattended on the ice overnight at any time between midnight <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>and one hour before sunrise unless the house is licensed and has a license tag attached <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>to the exterior in a readily visible location, except as provided in this subdivision. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>commissioner must issue a tag with a dark house or fish house license, marked with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>number to correspond with the license and the year of issue. A dark house or fish house <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>license is not required of a resident on boundary waters where the adjacent state does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>charge a fee for the same activity.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.62.0"></a><a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Distance between houses.</b> A person may not erect a dark house or, fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>house, or shelter within ten feet of an existing dark house or, fish house, or shelter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.63.0"></a><a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Dates and times houses may remain on ice.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>paragraph (d), A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, may not be on the ice <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>unattended between 12:00 a.m. midnight  and one hour before sunrise after the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>dates:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the last day of February first Monday in March, for state waters south of a line <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>starting at the Minnesota-North Dakota border and formed by rights-of-way of U.S. Route <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>No. 10, then east along U.S. Route No. 10 to Trunk Highway No. 34, then east along <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>Trunk Highway No. 34 to Trunk Highway No. 200, then east along Trunk Highway No. <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>200 to U.S. Route No. 2, then east along U.S. Route No. 2 to the Minnesota-Wisconsin <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>border; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the third Monday in March 15, for other state waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice in violation of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>subdivision is subject to the enforcement provisions of paragraph (b). The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>may, by rule, change the dates in this paragraph for any part of state waters. Copies of <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>the rule must be conspicuously posted on the shores of the waters as prescribed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A conservation officer must confiscate a fish house, dark house, or shelter in <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>violation of paragraph (a). The officer may remove, burn, or destroy the house or shelter. <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>The officer shall seize the contents of the house or shelter and hold them for 60 days. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>seized articles have not been claimed by the owner, they may be retained for the use of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>division or sold at the highest price obtainable in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) When the last day of February, under paragraph (a), clause (1), or March 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>under paragraph (a), clause (2), falls on a Saturday, a shelter, including a fish house or <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>dark house, may be on the ice between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise until <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>12:00 a.m. the following Monday.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A person may have a shelter, including a fish house or dark house, on the ice <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>between 12:00 a.m. and one hour before sunrise on waters within the area prescribed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>paragraph (a), clause (2), but the house or shelter may not be unattended during those <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>hours.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.64.0"></a><a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.355, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7a. <b>Houses left overnight.</b> A fish house or, dark house, or shelter left on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>ice overnight must be marked with reflective material on each side of the house structure. <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>The reflective material must measure a total area of no less than two square inches on each <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>side of the house structure. Violation of this subdivision is not subject to subdivision 8 <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.35"></a><var>85.35</var>or section 
         <statute_ref>97A.301</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.65.0"></a><a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97C.355, subdivision 8, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Confiscation of unlawful structures; civil penalty.</b> (a) Structures on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>ice in violation of this section may be confiscated and disposed of, retained by the division, <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>or sold at the highest price obtainable, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the owner of a structure left on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>ice in violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.99</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) This subdivision also applies to structures left on state public access sites for <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>more than 48 hours past the deadlines specified in subdivision 7.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.66.0"></a><a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.371, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Open season.</b> The open season for spearing through the ice is December 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>November 15 to the last Sunday in February.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.67.0"></a><a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.395, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Dates for certain species.</b> (a) The open seasons to take fish by <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>angling are as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>to the last Sunday in February;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for lake trout, from January 1 to October 31;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for the winter season for lake trout on all lakes, from January 15 to March 31;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake, between January 1 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>October 31 as prescribed by the commissioner by rule except as provided in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>97C.415, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) for the winter season for brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, and splake on <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>all lakes, from January 15 to March 31; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (6) for salmon, as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall close the season in areas of the state where fish are <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>spawning and closing the season will protect the resource.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.68.0"></a><a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Walleye; northern pike.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>may take have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches and one northern pike <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var>larger than 30 inches daily in possession.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to boundary waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.69.0"></a><a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.865, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Rules.</b> The commissioner may adopt rules establishing requirements for <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>labeling and packing fish under a fish packer's license. The commissioner shall require <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>only the license number of the fish packer, the name and license number of the angler <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>or person who lawfully possesses the fish, the name of the lake on which the fish were <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>caught, the species of fish, and the number of fish to appear on a label. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>must not allow sauger to be labeled as walleye.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.70.0"></a><a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 624.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Regulation.</b> (a) As used in sections 
         <statute_ref>624.20</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>624.25</statute_ref>, the term <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>"fireworks" means any substance or combination of substances or article prepared <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, and toy canes in <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, sparklers other <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>than those specified in paragraph (c), or other fireworks of like construction, and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>fireworks containing any explosive or inflammable compound, or any tablets or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as fireworks. <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy guns, in which paper caps <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>containing 25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>which contain less than 20/100 grains of explosive mixture.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>grams of mixture per item, other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>and contain 75 grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 500 grams <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>or less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>which include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops, <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>each consisting of not more than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>use of items listed in this paragraph is not permitted on public property. This paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>does not authorize the purchase of items listed in it by persons younger than 18 years <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>of age. The age of a purchaser of items listed in this paragraph must be verified by <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var>photographic identification.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A local unit of government may impose an annual license fee for the retail <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.33"></a><var>87.33</var>sale of items authorized under paragraph (c). The annual license fee of each retail seller <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.34"></a><var>87.34</var>that is in the business of selling only the items authorized under paragraph (c) may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>exceed $350, and the annual license of each other retail seller may not exceed $100. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>local unit of government may not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) impose any fee or charge, other than the fee authorized by this paragraph, on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>retail sale of items authorized under paragraph (c);<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) prohibit or restrict the display of items for permanent or temporary retail sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>authorized under paragraph (c) that comply with National Fire Protection Association <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>Standard 1124 (2003 edition); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) impose on a retail seller any financial guarantee requirements, including bonding <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>or insurance provisions, containing restrictions or conditions not imposed on the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>basis on all other business licensees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.71.0"></a><a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 71. <b>MASTER ANGLER PROPOSAL; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources, after consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>with the director of Explore Minnesota Tourism and interested stakeholders, shall submit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>proposal to improve, expand, and promote the master angler program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) $10,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and fish fund is appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>commissioner of natural resources for development of the proposal in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.72.0"></a><a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 72. <b>BEAR HUNTING PERMIT DRAWING; RULEMAKING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules to comply with the changes <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>made to Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.405. The commissioner may use the good cause <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>the rules. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.73.0"></a><a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 73. <b>WILD TURKEY HUNTING MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the National <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>Wild Turkey Federation, shall, by January 15, 2009, provide the legislature with <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>recommendations for future management of hunting wild turkeys in Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.74.0"></a><a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 74. <b>RULES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules in compliance with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>changes to Minnesota Statutes, sections 97C.205 and 97C.865, subdivision 2. The rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>required by this section are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var>chapter 14. The rules are subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, except that <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.33"></a><var>88.33</var>notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, paragraph (b), the rules continue <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>in effect until repealed or superseded by other law or rule. As part of this rulemaking, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>the commissioner shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) amend Minnesota Rules, part 6262.3250, by deleting item A and amending the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>part so that labels required under item D are consistent with the new requirements in <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.865, subdivision 2; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) amend Minnesota Rules, part 6262.0100, to allow the possession of fish on <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>special management or experimental waters for a meal, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>section 97C.205.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.75.0"></a><a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 75. <b>DISABLED HUNTING REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By January 1, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>environment and natural resources on changes, including any statutory changes, necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>to simplify the process for obtaining disabled hunting permits and for landowners to allow <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>hunts on their land for the disabled. The commissioner shall work with nonprofit groups <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>and other interested parties in simplifying the process.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.76.0"></a><a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 76. <b>MINNESOTA MOOSE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH PLAN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources shall consult with research scientists, wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>managers, tribal interests, other agencies with moose research and management expertise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>and other key stakeholder groups on the development of a moose management and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>research plan for Minnesota. The plan shall address moose populations and habitats, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>including, but not limited to, the northwest Minnesota herd; likely causes of observed <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>changes and trends; moose habitat and hunting management; and monitoring, research, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>evaluation needs. The plan shall establish future moose management and research goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>and strategies within the context of habitat and climate trends in Minnesota. By January <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>15, 2009, the commissioner shall provide a progress report on the plan to the senate and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over natural resource policy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.77.0"></a><a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 77. <b>WALLEYE STOCKING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources shall stock 22,500,000 additional walleye fry <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>in calendar year 2009 and 22,500,000 additional walleye fry in calendar year 2010. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>stocking shall be in a lake where the commissioner is studying the effects of cormorant <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>control and the lack of natural reproduction of the walleye. The commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>resources may stock the lake at the commissioner's discretion in calendar year 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.78.0"></a><a id="pl.89.33"></a><var>89.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 78. <b>UNCASED FIREARMS REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a report funded by the game <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>and fish fund to the legislature by January 1, 2009, on uncased firearms for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>of hunting, predator control, and trapping.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The report must comply with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>be submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>environment and natural resources. The commissioner may include additional information <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>that the commissioner feels is important to this issue.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.79.0"></a><a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 79. <b>COCK PHEASANT BAG LIMIT; RULEMAKING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>6234.0400, subpart 2, to allow a person to take up to three cock pheasants per day and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>nine in possession beginning on December 1, until the end of the pheasant season. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt the rule and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.80.0"></a><a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 80. <b>OUTDOOR EDUCATION WORKING GROUP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall coordinate a working group with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>commissioner of education to report recommendations to the legislature on the teaching of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>outdoor education in grades 7 through 12. <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Each commissioner shall designate members of the working group and shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>include at least one parent, one representative of higher education, one outdoor educator, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>and one representative from a sportsman or wildlife organization. The appointments and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>designations must be completed by August 1, 2008. <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The working group must report recommendations, proposed changes, sources <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>of funding, and draft legislation to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance, and environment policy and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>environment finance by January 15, 2009. The working group expires June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.81.0"></a><a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 81. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) $102,000 in fiscal year 2009 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>commissioner of natural resources for the development of aquaculture best management <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>practices. The base in fiscal year 2010 is $150,000. The base for fiscal year 2011 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) $123,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $246,000 in fiscal year 2009 from the game and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>fish fund are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to implement fish virus <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.33"></a><var>90.33</var>surveillance, prepare infrastructure to handle possible outbreaks, and implement control <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.34"></a><var>90.34</var>procedures for highest risk waters and fish production operations. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>appropriation. If an appropriation for the same purpose is enacted in 2008 H.F. No. 1812, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>or another bill, the comparable appropriation in that act is void.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) $128,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the game and fish fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>walleye stocking. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.82.0"></a><a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 82. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.411, subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; 6232.0300, subpart 4; and 6234.0100, subpart 4, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var><b>LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.012, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 38a. Lake Vermilion State Park, St. Louis County.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Lake Vermilion State Park.</b> Lake Vermilion State Park is <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>established in St. Louis County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Management.</b> All lands acquired for Lake Vermilion State Park must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>administered in the same manner as provided for other state parks and must be perpetually <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>dedicated for that use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Boundaries.</b> The following described lands are located within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>boundaries of Lake Vermilion State Park:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Government Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, all <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>in Section 13, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Government Lots 6 and 8, Section 14, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Government Lots 1 and 7 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, all <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>in Section 22, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>the South Half, all in Section 23, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) all of Section 25, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) all of Section 26, Township 62 North, Range 15 West, excepting therefrom <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying South of the south <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>right-of-way line of State Highway 169 and also excepting therefrom the East 845 feet of <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying South of the south right-of-way <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>line of State Highway 169;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>Southeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 62 <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>North, Range 15 West, except that part lying South of the centerline of the McKinley <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>Park Road; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the East Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>19, Township 62 North, Range 14 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Annual payments.</b> (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2010, in lieu of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>payment amount provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.12, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>1, clause (1), the county shall receive an annual payment for land acquired for Lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>Vermilion State Park equal to 1.5 percent of the appraised value of the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the appraised value of the land acquired for <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>Lake Vermilion State Park for the first five years after acquisition shall be the purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>price of the land, plus the value of any portion of the land that is acquired by donation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>The appraised value must be redetermined by the county assessor every five years after <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>the land is acquired.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The annual payments under this subdivision shall be distributed to the taxing <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>jurisdictions containing the property as follows: one-third to the school districts; one-third <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>to the town; and one-third to the county. The payment to school districts is not a county <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>apportionment under section 127A.34 and is not subject to aid recapture. Each of those <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>taxing jurisdictions may use the payments for their general purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Except as provided in this subdivision, the payments shall be made as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>in Minnesota Statutes, sections 477A.11 to 477A.13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Article 2, section 11, of 2008 H.F. No. 3149, if enacted, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3.<b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 1 and 2 are effective upon acquisition by the state by purchase or by gift of <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>all lands described in section 2, subdivision 3."<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>relating to natural resources; modifying provisions for sale of surplus state land; <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>creating a Minnesota forests for the future program; providing for alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.34"></a><var>92.34</var>recording of state forest roads; providing for certain wetland banking credits; <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.35"></a><var>92.35</var>modifying provisions related to aquatic farms; providing for expedited exchanges <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.36"></a><var>92.36</var>of public land; providing for consultation on certain unallotments; adding to and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.37"></a><var>92.37</var>deleting from state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>private sales, conveyances, leases, and exchanges of certain state land; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>Minnesota critical habitat private sector matching account; modifying timber <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>permit provisions; modifying outdoor recreation system; modifying authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>to convey private easements on tax-forfeited land; authorizing certain leases <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>of tax-forfeited and other state lands; modifying invasive species provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>authorizing certain fees; modifying horse trail pass requirements; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>disposition of pheasant habitat improvement account; modifying wild turkey <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>management account; providing for a voluntary walleye stamp; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>hunting and fishing licensing and taking provisions; modifying fireworks <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>regulation; establishing the Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>reports; providing for rulemaking; establishing Lake Vermilion State Park; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>subdivision 3; 16B.282; 16B.283; 16B.284; 16B.287, subdivision 2; 17.4981; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>84.027, subdivision 15; 84.943, subdivision 5; 84D.10, subdivision 2; 84D.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>subdivision 4; 85.012, by adding a subdivision; 85.46, subdivision 1; 86A.04; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>86A.08, subdivision 1; 89.715; 90.151, subdivision 1; 97A.015, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>32a, 41a, by adding a subdivision; 97A.045, subdivision 7; 97A.055, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>4b; 97A.075, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.311, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>5; 97A.431, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivision 2; 97A.434, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>97A.451, subdivision 4; 97A.473, subdivision 2; 97A.474, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>97A.475, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>97A.535, subdivision 1; 97B.015, subdivision 5; 97B.041; 97B.071; 97B.106, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>subdivision 1; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>by adding a subdivision; 97B.401; 97B.405; 97B.425; 97B.431; 97B.621, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>subdivision 3; 97B.711, subdivision 1; 97B.721; 97C.205; 97C.355, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>4, 7, 7a; 97C.371, subdivision 4; 97C.395, subdivision 1; 97C.401, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>2; 97C.865, subdivision 2; 282.04, subdivision 4a; 325D.55, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>624.20, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 10A.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>subdivision 35; 17.4984, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision 4; 97A.405, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>subdivision 2; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivision 3; 97A.473, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>subdivision 5; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 16; 97B.031, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>97B.035, subdivision 1a; 97B.036; 97B.328; 97C.355, subdivisions 2, 8; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.33"></a><var>93.33</var>2005, chapter 161, section 25; Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.34"></a><var>93.34</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 94; 97A; 97C; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.35"></a><var>93.35</var>103G; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.36"></a><var>93.36</var>16B.285; 97A.411, subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 6232.0200, subpart 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.37"></a><var>93.37</var>6232.0300, subpart 4; 6234.0100, subpart 4."<br />
         		We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.Senate Conferees: (Signed) Satveer S. Chaudhary, Ellen R. Anderson, Tom Saxhaug, Dennis R. Frederickson, Steve DilleHouse Conferees: (Signed) David Dill, Jean Wagenius, Cy Thao, Frank Moe, Denny McNamara
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               <td><a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Senate Conferees:<span width="2em"></span>(Signed)<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Satveer S. Chaudhary<br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Ellen R. Anderson<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Tom Saxhaug<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Dennis R. Frederickson<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Steve Dille<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">House Conferees:<span width="2em"></span>(Signed)<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom">David Dill<br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Jean Wagenius<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Cy Thao<br />
                  		
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               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Frank Moe<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Denny McNamara<br />
                  		
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