1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying sales authority; creating an account; 
1.3 	modifying decorative boughs provisions; removing expiration of sustainable 
1.4 	forest resources provisions; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2006, sections 84.025, subdivision 9; 84.026, subdivision 1; 84.0855, 
1.6 	subdivisions 1, 2; 88.642, subdivision 1; 88.6435, subdivision 1; proposing 
1.7 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89; repealing Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes 2006, section 89A.11.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.025, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subd. 9.Professional services support account. The commissioner of natural 
1.12 	resources may bill the various programs carried out by the commissioner for the costs of 
1.13 	providing them with professional support services. Except as provided under section 
1.14 	89.421, receipts must be credited to a special account in the state treasury and are 
1.15 	appropriated to the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings were made.
1.16 	The commissioner of natural resources shall submit to the commissioner of finance 
1.17 	before the start of each fiscal year a work plan showing the estimated work to be done 
1.18 	during the coming year, the estimated cost of doing the work, and the positions and fees 
1.19 	that will be necessary. This account is exempted from statewide and agency indirect 
1.20 	cost payments.

1.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.026, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.22 		Subdivision 1.Contracts. The commissioner of natural resources is authorized 
1.23 	to enter into contractual agreements with any public or private entity for the provision 
1.24 	of statutorily prescribed natural resources services by the department. The contracts 
1.25 	shall specify the services to be provided. Except as provided under section 89.421, funds 
2.1 	generated in a contractual agreement made pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
2.2 	the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the department for purposes of providing 
2.3 	the services specified in the contracts. The commissioner shall report revenues collected 
2.4 	and expenditures made under this subdivision to the chairs of the Committees on Ways and 
2.5 	Means in the house and Finance in the senate by January 1 of each odd-numbered year.

2.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0855, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.7 		Subdivision 1.Sales authorized; gift certificates. The commissioner may 
2.8 	sell natural resources-related publications and maps; forest resource assessment 
2.9 	products; federal migratory waterfowl, junior duck, and other federal stamps; and other 
2.10 	nature-related merchandise, and may rent or sell items for the convenience of persons using 
2.11 	Department of Natural Resources facilities or services. The commissioner may sell gift 
2.12 	certificates for any items rented or sold. Notwithstanding section 16A.1285, a fee charged 
2.13 	by the commissioner under this section may include a reasonable amount in excess of the 
2.14 	actual cost to support Department of Natural Resources programs. The commissioner may 
2.15 	advertise the availability of a program or item offered under this section. 

2.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subd. 2.Receipts; appropriation. Except as provided under section 89.421, 
2.18 	money received by the commissioner under this section or to buy supplies for the use of 
2.19 	volunteers, may be credited to one or more special accounts in the state treasury and is 
2.20 	appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes for which the money was received. 
2.21 	Money received from sales at the state fair shall be available for state fair related costs. 
2.22 	Money received from sales of intellectual property and software products or services shall 
2.23 	be available for development, maintenance, and support of software products and systems.

2.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 88.642, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.25 		Subdivision 1.Written consent. No person shall cut, harvest, remove, transport, or 
2.26 	possess for decorative purposes or for sale more than three decorative trees, more than 
2.27 	100 25 pounds of decorative boughs, or more than 100 25 pounds of any other decorative 
2.28 	materials without the written consent of the owner or authorized agent of the private or 
2.29 	public land on which the decorative materials were cut or harvested. The written consent 
2.30 	shall be on a form furnished or otherwise approved by the commissioner of natural 
2.31 	resources and shall contain the legal description of the land where the decorative materials 
2.32 	were cut or harvested, as well as the name of the legal owner of the land or the owner's 
2.33 	authorized agent. The written consent must be carried by every person cutting, harvesting, 
3.1 	removing, possessing, or transporting any decorative materials, or in any way aiding 
3.2 	therein, and must be exhibited to any officer at the officer's request at any time.

3.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 88.6435, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.4 		Subdivision 1.Permits. A person may not buy more than 100 25 pounds of 
3.5 	decorative boughs in any calendar year without a bough buyer's permit issued by 
3.6 	the commissioner of natural resources. The annual fee for a permit for a resident or 
3.7 	nonresident to buy decorative boughs is $25. The annual fee may be reduced to $10 if 
3.8 	the buyer attends an approved annual workshop or other orientation session for balsam 
3.9 	bough harvesters and buyers. The commissioner shall charge a fee for the permit that 
3.10 	covers the commissioner's cost of issuing the permit. A permit may not be granted until 
3.11 	the permit holder has completed a presale conference with the state appraiser designated 
3.12 	to supervise the cutting.

3.13 	Sec. 7. [89.421] FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PRODUCTS AND 
3.14 	SERVICES ACCOUNT.
3.15 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The forest resource assessment products and services 
3.16 	account is created in the state treasury in the natural resources fund.
3.17 		Subd. 2.Receipts. Money received from forest resource assessment product sales 
3.18 	and services provided by the commissioner under sections 84.025, subdivision 9; 84.026; 
3.19 	and 84.0855 shall be credited to the forest resource assessment products and services 
3.20 	account. Forest resource assessment products and services include the sale of aerial 
3.21 	photography, remote sensing, and satellite imagery products and services.
3.22 		Subd. 3.Use of money in account. Money credited to the forest resource 
3.23 	assessment products and services account under subdivision 2 is annually appropriated to 
3.24 	the commissioner and shall be used to maintain the staff and facilities producing the aerial 
3.25 	photography, remote sensing, and satellite imagery products and services.

3.26 	Sec. 8.  REPEALER.
 3.27 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89A.11, is repealed.