1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying licensing requirements; modifying 
1.3 	commissioner's duties; prohibiting bear feeding; modifying Wildfire Act; modifying 
1.4 	tagging requirements for gear used in commercial fishing; modifying restrictions 
1.5 	on using cast nets; modifying penalties related to approved firewood; providing 
1.6 	for legal counsel to vacate roads; providing for lease security; modifying 
1.7 	requirements of public land sales; adding to and deleting from state parks, recreation 
1.8 	areas, and forests; providing criminal penalties;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.9 	2016, sections 88.75, subdivision 1; 89.551; 92.50, by adding a subdivision; 94.10, 
1.10 	subdivision 2; 97A.051, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivisions 4, 5; 97C.345, 
1.11 	subdivision 3a; Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, sections 84.01, subdivision 
1.12 	6; 84D.03, subdivisions 3, 4; 89.17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.13 	Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, 
1.14 	subdivision 2.
1.15 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 84.01, subdivision 6, is amended 
1.17 	to read:
1.18 		Subd. 6.Legal counsel. The commissioner of natural resources may appoint attorneys 
1.19 	or outside counsel to render title opinions, represent the department in severed mineral 
1.20 	interest forfeiture actions brought pursuant to section 93.55, and, notwithstanding any statute 
1.21 	to the contrary, represent the state in quiet title or title registration actions affecting land or 
1.22 	interests in land administered by the commissioner and in all proceedings relating to road 
1.23 	vacations.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is amended 
2.2 	to read:
2.3 		Subd. 3.Bait harvest from infested waters. (a) Taking wild animals from infested 
2.4 	waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited except as provided in paragraph (b), 
2.5 	(c), or (d) and section 97C.341.
2.6 	(b) In waters that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested with 
2.7 	prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 
2.8 	17.4982, subdivision 6, taking wild animals may be permitted for:
2.9 	(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes as provided 
2.10 	in a permit issued under section 84D.11, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and
2.11 	(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian 
2.12 	watermilfoil, when the infested waters are listed solely because they contain Eurasian 
2.13 	watermilfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow traps not 
2.14 	exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length.
2.15 	(c) In streams or rivers that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested 
2.16 	with certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 17.4982, subdivision 6, the harvest 
2.17 	of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and suckers for bait by 
2.18 	hook and line for noncommercial personal use is allowed as follows:
2.19 	(1) fish taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water where caught 
2.20 	and while still on that water body. Where the river or stream is divided by barriers such as 
2.21 	dams, the fish must be caught and used on the same section of the river or stream;
2.22 	(2) fish taken under this paragraph may not be transported live from or off the water 
2.23 	body;
2.24 	(3) fish harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with this section;
2.25 	(4) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited;
2.26 	(5) fish taken under this paragraph must meet all other size restrictions and requirements 
2.27 	as established in rules; and
2.28 	(6) all species listed under this paragraph shall be included in the person's daily limit as 
2.29 	established in rules, if applicable.
2.30 	(d) In the Minnesota River downstream of Granite Falls, the Mississippi River 
2.31 	downstream of St. Anthony Falls, and the St. Croix River downstream of the dam at Taylors 
2.32 	Falls, including portions described as Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters in Minnesota 
3.1 	Rules, part 6266.0500, subpart 1, items A and B, the harvest of gizzard shad by cast net for 
3.2 	noncommercial personal use as bait for angling, as provided in a permit issued under section 
3.3 	84D.11, is allowed as follows:
3.4 	(1) nontarget species must immediately be returned to the water;
3.5 	(2) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water 
3.6 	where caught and while still on that water body. Where the river is divided by barriers such 
3.7 	as dams, the gizzard shad must be caught and used on the same section of the river;
3.8 	(3) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph may not be transported off the water body; 
3.9 	and
3.10 	(4) gizzard shad harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with 
3.11 	this section.
3.12 	This paragraph expires December 1, 2017.
3.13 	(e) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a listed infested water by permit issued 
3.14 	under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other than waters 
3.15 	specified in the permit.
3.16 	(f) Bait intended for sale may not be held in infested water after taking and before sale, 
3.17 	unless authorized under a license or permit according to Minnesota Rules, part 6216.0500.

3.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 1, 2017.

3.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended 
3.20 	to read:
3.21 		Subd. 4.Restrictions in infested and noninfested waters; commercial fishing and 
3.22 	turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting. (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines 
3.23 	used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that 
3.24 	is listed because it contains invasive fish, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined 
3.25 	in section 17.4982, must be tagged with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in 
3.26 	the commercial licensee's license or permit. Tagged gear must not be used in water bodies 
3.27 	other than those specified in the license or permit. The permit may authorize department 
3.28 	staff to remove tags after the gear is decontaminated. This tagging requirement does not 
3.29 	apply to commercial fishing equipment used in Lake Superior and may not be used in any 
3.30 	other waters. Tags may not be removed from gear.
3.31 	(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, 
3.32 	frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed because it contains invasive 
4.1 	fish or invasive invertebrates must be tagged with tags provided by the commissioner and 
4.2 	may not be used in any other waters unless:
4.3 	(1) all prohibited invasive species and aquatic macrophytes are removed from the gear 
4.4 	before it is transported from a water body; and
4.5 	(2) the gear is dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum of two days 
4.6 	before being placed into another water body with the same invasive fish or invasive 
4.7 	invertebrate species for which the gear is tagged.
4.8 	(c) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, 
4.9 	frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed because it contains invasive 
4.10 	aquatic plants or aquatic macrophytes other than Eurasian watermilfoil must be tagged with 
4.11 	tags provided by the commissioner and may not be used in any other waters unless all gear 
4.12 	is dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum of two days before being placed 
4.13 	into another water body with the same invasive aquatic plant or aquatic macrophyte species 
4.14 	for which the gear is tagged.
4.15 	(d) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, 
4.16 	frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed solely because it contains 
4.17 	Eurasian watermilfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum 
4.18 	of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this paragraph. 
4.19 	Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries office or a 
4.20 	conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water listed solely 
4.21 	because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil and before resetting those nets or equipment in 
4.22 	any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize a commercial licensee 
4.23 	to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or drying, if that water is listed 
4.24 	as infested solely because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil.
4.25 	(e) For gear used in infested waters described under paragraph (b) or (c), tags may not 
4.26 	be removed except:
4.27 	(1) by department staff after staff have inspected the gear that has been decontaminated 
4.28 	according to a protocol specified by the commissioner; and
4.29 	(2) if the commissioner determines that removing tags from gear would not pose an 
4.30 	unreasonable risk of harm to natural resources or natural resources use in the state.
4.31 	(c) (f) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other 
4.32 	equipment before placing the equipment into waters of the state.
5.1 	(d) (g) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of 
5.2 	listed infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.
5.3 	(h) Tagging requirements under this subdivision do not apply to commercial fishing 
5.4 	gear used in Lake Superior.

5.5 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 88.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.6 		Subdivision 1.Misdemeanor offenses; damages; injunctive relief. (a) Any person 
5.7 	who violates any of the provisions of sections 88.03 to 88.22 for which no specific penalty 
5.8 	is therein prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished accordingly.
5.9 	(b) Failure by any person to comply with any provision or requirement of sections 88.03
5.10 	to 88.22 to which such person is subject shall be deemed a violation thereof.
5.11 	(c) Any person who violates any provisions of sections 88.03 to 88.22, in addition to 
5.12 	any penalties therein prescribed, or hereinbefore in this section prescribed, for such violation, 
5.13 	shall also be liable in full damages to any and every person suffering loss or injury by reason 
5.14 	of such violation, including liability to the state, and any of its political subdivisions, for 
5.15 	all expenses incurred in fighting or preventing the spread of, or extinguishing, any fire 
5.16 	caused by, or resulting from, any violation of these sections. Notwithstanding any statute 
5.17 	to the contrary, an attorney who is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and is an employee 
5.18 	of the Department of Natural Resources may represent the commissioner in proceedings 
5.19 	under this subdivision that are removed to district court from conciliation court. All expenses 
5.20 	so collected by the state shall be deposited in the general fund. When a fire set by any person 
5.21 	spreads to and damages or destroys property belonging to another, the setting of the fire 
5.22 	shall be prima facie evidence of negligence in setting and allowing the same to spread.
5.23 	(d) At any time the state, or any political subdivision thereof, either of its own motion, 
5.24 	or at the suggestion or request of the director, may bring an action in any court of competent 
5.25 	jurisdiction to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise prohibit any violation of sections 88.03 to 88.22, 
5.26 	whether therein described as a crime or not, and likewise to restrain, enjoin, or prohibit any 
5.27 	person from proceeding further in, with, or at any timber cutting or other operations without 
5.28 	complying with the provisions of those sections, or the requirements of the director pursuant 
5.29 	thereto; and the court may grant such relief, or any other appropriate relief, whenever it 
5.30 	shall appear that the same may prevent loss of life or property by fire, or may otherwise aid 
5.31 	in accomplishing the purposes of sections 88.03 to 88.22.

6.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 89.17, is amended to read:
6.2 	89.17 LEASES AND PERMITS.
6.3 	(a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of chapter 90, the commissioner may grant 
6.4 	and execute, in the name of the state, leases and permits for the use of any forest lands under 
6.5 	the authority of the commissioner for any purpose that in the commissioner's opinion is not 
6.6 	inconsistent with the maintenance and management of the forest lands, on forestry principles 
6.7 	for timber production. Every such lease or permit is revocable at the discretion of the 
6.8 	commissioner at any time subject to such conditions as may be agreed on in the lease. The 
6.9 	approval of the commissioner of administration is not required upon any such lease or 
6.10 	permit. No such lease or permit for a period exceeding 21 years shall be granted except with 
6.11 	the approval of the Executive Council.
6.12 	(b) Public access to the leased land for outdoor recreation is the same as access would 
6.13 	be under state management.
6.14 	(c) Notwithstanding section 16A.125, subdivision 5, after deducting the reasonable costs 
6.15 	incurred for preparing and issuing the lease, all remaining proceeds from leasing school 
6.16 	trust land and university land for roads on forest lands must be deposited into the respective 
6.17 	permanent fund for the lands.
6.18 	(d) The commissioner may require a performance bond, security deposit, or other form 
6.19 	of security for removing any improvements or personal property left on the leased premises 
6.20 	by the lessee upon termination or cancellation of the lease.

6.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 89.551, is amended to read:
6.22 	89.551 APPROVED FIREWOOD REQUIRED.
6.23 	(a) After the commissioner issues an order under paragraph (b), a person may not possess 
6.24 	firewood on land administered by the commissioner of natural resources unless the firewood:
6.25 	(1) was obtained from a firewood distribution facility located on land administered by 
6.26 	the commissioner;
6.27 	(2) was obtained from a firewood dealer who is selling firewood that is approved by the 
6.28 	commissioner under paragraph (b); or
6.29 	(3) has been approved by the commissioner of natural resources under paragraph (b).
6.30 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall, by written order published in the State 
6.31 	Register, approve firewood for possession on lands administered by the commissioner. The 
7.1 	order is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not 
7.2 	apply.
7.3 	(c) A violation under this section is subject to confiscation of firewood and after May 
7.4 	1, 2008, confiscation and a $100 penalty. A firewood dealer shall be subject to confiscation 
7.5 	and assessed a $100 penalty for each sale of firewood not approved under the provisions 
7.6 	of this section and sold for use on land administered by the commissioner.
7.7 	(d) For the purposes of this section, "firewood" means any wood that is intended for use 
7.8 	in a campfire, as defined in section 88.01, subdivision 25.

7.9 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 92.50, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
7.10 	read:
7.11 		Subd. 3.Security requirement. The commissioner may require a performance bond, 
7.12 	security deposit, or other form of security for removing any improvements or personal 
7.13 	property left on the leased premises by the lessee upon termination or cancellation of the 
7.14 	lease.

7.15 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 94.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.16 		Subd. 2.Public sale requirements. (a) After complying with subdivision 1 and before 
7.17 	any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made and at least 30 days before the sale, the 
7.18 	commissioner of natural resources shall publish a notice of the sale in a newspaper of general 
7.19 	distribution in the county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice shall 
7.20 	specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of the 
7.21 	lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. The commissioner 
7.22 	shall also provide electronic notice of sale.
7.23 	(b) The minimum bid for a parcel of land must include the estimated value or appraised 
7.24 	value of the land and any improvements and, if any of the land is valuable for merchantable 
7.25 	timber, the value of the merchantable timber. The minimum bid may include expenses 
7.26 	incurred by the commissioner in rendering the property salable, including survey, appraisal, 
7.27 	legal, advertising, and other expenses.
7.28 	(c) The purchaser of state land must pay recording fees and the state deed tax.
7.29 	(d) Except as provided under paragraph (e), parcels remaining unsold after the offering 
7.30 	may be sold to anyone agreeing to pay at least 75 percent of the appraised value. The sale 
7.31 	shall continue until all parcels are sold or until the commissioner orders a reappraisal or 
7.32 	withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
8.1 	(e) The commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a 
8.2 	buyer for parcels remaining unsold after the offering. The sale price may be negotiated by 
8.3 	the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of the appraised value as determined by the 
8.4 	commissioner. The broker's fee must be established by prior agreement between the 
8.5 	commissioner and the broker and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of 
8.6 	$10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.
8.7 	(f) Public sales of surplus state-owned land may be conducted through online auctions.

8.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.9 		Subd. 2.Summary of fish and game laws. (a) The commissioner shall prepare a 
8.10 	summary of the hunting and fishing laws and rules and deliver a sufficient supply to license 
8.11 	vendors to furnish one copy to each person obtaining a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
8.12 	(b) At the beginning of the summary, under the heading "Trespass," the commissioner 
8.13 	shall summarize the trespass provisions under sections 97B.001 to 97B.945, state that 
8.14 	conservation officers and peace officers must enforce the trespass laws, and state the penalties 
8.15 	for trespassing.
8.16 	(c) In the summary the commissioner shall, under the heading "Duty to Render Aid," 
8.17 	summarize the requirements under section 609.662 and state the penalties for failure to 
8.18 	render aid to a person injured by gunshot.

8.19 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.433, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
8.20 		Subd. 4.Discretionary separate selection; eligibility. (a) The commissioner may 
8.21 	conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued for an area. 
8.22 	Only owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of agricultural or grazing land in 
8.23 	the area, and their family members, are eligible for the separate selection. Persons that are 
8.24 	unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining 
8.25 	licenses. Persons who obtain an elk license in a separate selection must allow public elk 
8.26 	hunting on their land during the elk season for which the license is valid may sell the license 
8.27 	to any Minnesota resident eligible to hunt big game for no more than the original cost of 
8.28 	the license.
8.29 	(b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family 
8.30 	members under this subdivision.

9.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.433, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
9.2 		Subd. 5.Mandatory separate selection. The commissioner must conduct a separate 
9.3 	selection for 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued each year. Only individuals who 
9.4 	have applied at least ten times for an elk license and who have never received a license are 
9.5 	eligible for this separate selection. A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection 
9.6 	under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses.

9.7 	Sec. 12. [97B.427] FEEDING BEARS.
9.8 	Feeding a bear by hand or other physical contact is prohibited. A person violating this 
9.9 	section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

9.10 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.345, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
9.11 		Subd. 3a.Cast nets for gizzard shad. (a) Cast nets may be used only to take gizzard 
9.12 	shad for use as bait for angling:
9.13 	(1) from July 1 to November 30; and
9.14 	(2) from the Minnesota River downstream of Granite Falls, Mississippi River downstream 
9.15 	of St. Anthony Falls, and the St. Croix River downstream of the dam at Taylors Falls, 
9.16 	including portions described as Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters in Minnesota Rules, 
9.17 	part 6266.0500, subpart 1, items A and B, that are listed as infested waters as allowed under 
9.18 	section 84D.03, subdivision 3.
9.19 	(b) Cast nets used under this subdivision must be monofilament and may not exceed 
9.20 	seven five feet in diameter radius, and mesh size must be from three-eighths to five-eighths 
9.21 	inch bar measure. No more than two cast nets may be used at one time.
9.22 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2017. The commissioner must report to the 
9.23 	chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees 
9.24 	with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources by March 1, 2018, on the number 
9.25 	of permits issued, conservation impacts from the use of cast nets, and recommendations for 
9.26 	any necessary changes in statutes or rules.

9.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 1, 2017.

9.28 	Sec. 14. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 9.29 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The 
9.30 	following area is added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
10.1 	That part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, that part of the Southeast Quarter of 
10.2 	Section 10, that part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 11, and that part of the Southwest 
10.3 	Quarter of Section 11, all in Township 112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, 
10.4 	Minnesota, described as follows:
10.5 	Commencing at the east quarter corner of said Section 10; thence on an assumed bearing 
10.6 	South 00 degrees 25 minutes 27 seconds East, along the east line of the Southeast Quarter 
10.7 	of said Section 10, a distance of 1,654.63 feet; thence South 89 degrees 34 minutes 33 
10.8 	seconds West, a distance of 2,219.43 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; 
10.9 	thence North 19 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds East, a distance of 3,905.90 feet to the 
10.10 	centerline of Hill Avenue; thence southeasterly, along said centerline, to the northwesterly 
10.11 	right-of-way boundary of County Road Number 2, as designated on Goodhue County 
10.12 	Highway Right-Of-Way Plat No. 25, as recorded in the Goodhue County Recorder's Office; 
10.13 	thence southwesterly along said northwesterly right-of-way boundary and along the 
10.14 	northwesterly right-of-way boundary of County Road Number 2, as designated in Goodhue 
10.15 	County Highway Right-Of-Way Plat No. 24, and along the northwesterly right-of-way 
10.16 	boundary of County Road Number 2, as designated in Goodhue County Highway 
10.17 	Right-of-Way Plat No. 23, to the intersection with a line bearing South 76 degrees 25 minutes 
10.18 	27 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 76 degrees 25 minutes 27 seconds 
10.19 	West, a distance of 907.89 feet to the point of beginning.
10.20 	EXCEPT that part lying within the boundaries of the following described parcel:
10.21 	That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, 
10.22 	and that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, 
10.23 	Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows:
10.24 	Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10; thence 
10.25 	southerly on an assumed azimuth from North of 179 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds, along 
10.26 	the east line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10, a distance of 1,100.31 feet; thence 
10.27 	westerly 269 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds azimuth, a distance of 80.53 feet to the point 
10.28 	of beginning of the land to be described; thence northerly 340 degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds 
10.29 	azimuth, a distance of 300.00 feet; thence easterly 100 degrees 22 minutes 46 seconds 
10.30 	azimuth, a distance of 286.97 feet to the centerline of County Road Number 2, as now 
10.31 	located and established; thence southerly and southwesterly, along said centerline, to the 
10.32 	intersection with a line drawn southerly 160 degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds azimuth from 
10.33 	the point of beginning; thence northerly 340 degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds azimuth, a 
10.34 	distance of 51.66 feet to the point of beginning.
11.1 	EXCEPT that part lying within the boundaries of the following described parcel:
11.2 	That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 112, Range 13, Goodhue 
11.3 	County, Minnesota, described as follows:
11.4 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Southeast Quarter; thence southerly, on an 
11.5 	assumed azimuth from North of 179 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds, along the east line of 
11.6 	said Southeast Quarter; a distance of 1,491.88 feet; thence westerly 269 degrees 34 minutes 
11.7 	33 seconds azimuth, a distance of 870.79 feet to an iron pipe on the centerline of County 
11.8 	Road Number 2, as now located and established, being the point of beginning of the land 
11.9 	to be described; thence northerly 24 degrees 07 minutes 23 seconds azimuth, a distance of 
11.10 	132.28 feet to an iron pipe; thence northwesterly 301 degrees 14 minutes 43 seconds azimuth, 
11.11 	a distance of 524.46 feet to an iron pipe; thence southerly 180 degrees 51 minutes 58 seconds 
11.12 	azimuth a distance of 342.82 feet to an iron pipe; thence southeasterly 118 degrees 29 
11.13 	minutes 28 seconds azimuth, a distance of 273.01 feet to an iron pipe on the centerline of 
11.14 	said County Road Number 2, as now located and established; thence northeasterly along 
11.15 	said centerline to the point of beginning.
11.16 	EXCEPT that part described as follows:
11.17 	That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, 
11.18 	Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows:
11.19 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of Section 10; thence 
11.20 	southerly, on an assumed azimuth from North of 179 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds, along 
11.21 	the east line of said Southeast Quarter of Section 10, a distance of 1,100.31 feet; thence 
11.22 	westerly 269 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds azimuth, a distance of 80.53 feet to the point 
11.23 	of beginning of the land to be described; thence northerly 340 degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds 
11.24 	azimuth, a distance of 300.00 feet; thence westerly 250 degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds 
11.25 	azimuth, a distance of 300.00 feet; thence southerly 160 degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds 
11.26 	azimuth, a distance of 384.25 feet, to the northwesterly right-of-way boundary of County 
11.27 	Road Number 2, as designated in Goodhue County Highway Right-of-Way Plat No. 23, as 
11.28 	recorded in the Goodhue County Recorder's Office; thence northeasterly, along said 
11.29 	northwesterly right-of-way boundary, to the intersection with a line drawn southerly 160 
11.30 	degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds azimuth from the point of beginning; thence northerly 340 
11.31 	degrees 42 minutes 19 seconds azimuth, a distance of 10.01 feet to the point of beginning.
11.32 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The following 
11.33 	areas are added to the Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
12.1 	(1) all that part of Sections 31 and 32, Township 113 North, Range 13 West, in the 
12.2 	County of Goodhue and State of Minnesota, described as follows:
12.3 	All of Block 7, Wacouta Beach, in said Section 32 lying on the south side of and adjoining 
12.4 	Lake View Drive and adjoining the south and west lines of said Section 32. Also that part 
12.5 	of said Section 31 described as follows:
12.6 	Beginning at the southeast corner of said Section 31; thence run North along the east 
12.7 	line of said Section 31 a distance of 961.0 feet more or less to the southerly right-of-way 
12.8 	line of Lake View Drive; thence run North 61 degrees 30 minutes West along the southerly 
12.9 	right-of-way of Lake View Drive a distance of 170.0 feet; thence run South 34 degrees West 
12.10 	320.0 feet; thence run North 77 degrees East 125.0 feet; thence run South 13 degrees West 
12.11 	610.0 feet; thence run South 76 degrees West 600.0 feet; thence run South 88 degrees 30 
12.12 	minutes West 1,100.0 feet; thence run North 54 degrees 45 minutes West 1,140.0 feet; 
12.13 	thence run North 37 degrees 15 minutes West 400.0 feet; thence run North 72 degrees West 
12.14 	1,000.0 feet; thence run South 89 degrees 45 minutes West 200.0 feet; thence run North 70 
12.15 	degrees 45 minutes West 250.0 feet to a point on or near the east right-of-way line of public 
12.16 	road; thence run South 15 degrees 45 minutes West 720.0 feet along or near said east 
12.17 	right-of-way line of public road to a point at or near the northerly right-of-way line of State 
12.18 	Trunk Highway 61; thence run easterly along said northerly right-of-way line of State Trunk 
12.19 	Highway 61 a distance of 2,050.0 feet more or less to the south line of said Section 31; 
12.20 	thence run East 2,925.0 feet more or less along said south line of Section 31 to the point of 
12.21 	beginning;
12.22 	(2) the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 North, Range 
12.23 	13 West, EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING:
12.24 	All that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 North, 
12.25 	Range 13 West, in Goodhue County and State of Minnesota, described as follows:
12.26 	Beginning at the center of said Section 6; thence North 1,970 feet to the centerline of 
12.27 	State Trunk Highway 61; thence southeasterly along the centerline of said highway for 335 
12.28 	feet; thence North 66 degrees 31 minutes East 380 feet; thence deflect to the left on a six 
12.29 	degree curve for 570 feet to the south line of Borrow Pit No. 225; (Borrow Pit No. 225 
12.30 	being described in that certain Notice of Lis Pendens dated May 19, 1952, and recorded 
12.31 	May 20, 1952, in Book 115 of Mortgages, page 77); thence East 430 feet to the east line of 
12.32 	the West Half of said Northeast Quarter; thence South 2,250 feet to the southeast corner of 
12.33 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter; thence West 1,320 feet to the place of beginning. 
13.1 	EXCEPTING from the above all rights-of-way of state highway and excepting the 
13.2 	right-of-way of the railroad company.
13.3 	ALSO an easement for right-of way purposes on a strip of land 50 feet in width adjoining 
13.4 	and northwesterly of the northwesterly line of the above conveyed tract;
13.5 	(3) that part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, 
13.6 	Goodhue County, Minnesota, lying northeasterly of the northeasterly right-of-way line of 
13.7 	the Canadian Pacific Railroad (formerly the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co.); 
13.8 	and
13.9 	(4) Block 8 and Block 9, Wacouta Beach, according to the plat thereof, on file and of 
13.10 	record in the Goodhue County Recorder's Office.
13.11 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 43.] Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County. The following 
13.12 	area is added to Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County: the East Half of Government Lot 
13.13 	5, Section 2, Township 108 North, Range 28 West, together with an easement 33 feet in 
13.14 	width for access to said property, as now located, extending from the southwest corner of 
13.15 	the East Half of Government Lot 5 in said Section 2, Township 108, Range 28, to Minnesota 
13.16 	Highway 68.
13.17 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 49.] St. Croix State Park, Pine County. The following area 
13.18 	is added to the St. Croix State Park, Pine County: the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
13.19 	Quarter, Section 30, Township 41 North, Range 17 West.

13.20 	Sec. 15. DELETION FROM STATE PARK.
 13.21 	[85.012] [Subd. 49.] St. Croix State Park, Pine County. The following area is deleted 
13.22 	from St. Croix State Park, Pine County: all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
13.23 	Quarter, Section 21, and that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
13.24 	22, Township 41 North, Range 18 West, bounded by the following described lines: beginning 
13.25 	at the southeast corner of Section 21; thence West 1,025 feet along the south section line; 
13.26 	thence North 515 feet; thence East 350 feet; thence northeasterly 1,070 feet to a point on 
13.27 	the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 22 a distance of 1,130 feet northerly of the 
13.28 	southeast corner of Section 21 as measured along said County State-Aid Highway 22; thence 
13.29 	southerly 1,130 feet along the centerline of County State-Aid Highway 22 to the point of 
13.30 	beginning.

14.1 	Sec. 16. ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.
 14.2 		Subdivision 1.[89.021] [Subd. 2.] Badoura State Forest. The following areas are added 
14.3 	to Badoura State Forest, Hubbard County:
14.4 	(1) the Southwest Quarter, Section 35, Township 140 North, Range 32 West;
14.5 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the 
14.6 	Northeast Quarter, Section 11, Township 139 North, Range 33 West;
14.7 	(3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half, and the Southeast Quarter, 
14.8 	Section 26, Township 140 North, Range 33 West; and
14.9 	(4) the North Half, Section 26, Township 139 North, Range 33 West.
14.10 		Subd. 2.[89.021] [Subd. 48a.] Snake River State Forest. The following areas are 
14.11 	added to Snake River State Forest, Kanabec County:
14.12 	(1) the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
14.13 	8, Township 42 North, Range 22 West;
14.14 	(2) Section 17, Township 42 North, Range 22 West;
14.15 	(3) Section 20, Township 42 North, Range 22 West;
14.16 	(4) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter, 
14.17 	Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 22 West;
14.18 	(5) the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 8, Township 
14.19 	42 North, Range 23 West;
14.20 	(6) Section 9, Township 42 North, Range 23 West;
14.21 	(7) the Southwest Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 10, Township 42 North, Range 
14.22 	23 West;
14.23 	(8) the Northwest Quarter, the North Half of the Southwest Quarter, and the Southwest 
14.24 	Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 15, Township 42 North, Range 23 West;
14.25 	(9) Section 16, Township 42 North, Range 23 West;
14.26 	(10) the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 17, 
14.27 	Township 42 North, Range 23 West; and
14.28 	(11) Section 23, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.

15.1 	Sec. 17.  REPEALER.
 15.2 	Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, subdivision 2, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: 18-6302 

Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section 21, subdivision 2
Sec. 21. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS. Subd. 2.[85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County. 
Effective upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the commissioner of veterans affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery, the following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park: 

(a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; 

(b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and 

(c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.