1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying limit on
1.3 	gifts to the public; modifying state park permit
1.4 	provisions; providing for disposition of certain fees;
1.5 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	sections 84.027, subdivision 12; 85.052, subdivision
1.7 	4; 85.055, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision;
1.8 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.054,
1.9 	subdivision 1.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.027,
1.12 	subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 12.Property disposal; gift acknowledgment;
1.14 	advertising sales.  (a) The commissioner may give away to
1.15 	members of the public items with a value of less than $10 $50 
1.16 	that are intended to promote conservation of natural resources
1.17 	or create awareness of the state and its resources or natural
1.18 	resource management programs.  The total value of items given to
1.19 	the public under this paragraph may not exceed $25,000 per year.
1.20 	(b) The commissioner may recognize the contribution of
1.21 	money or in-kind services on plaques, signs, publications,
1.22 	audio-visual materials, and media advertisements by allowing the
1.23 	organization's contribution to be acknowledged in print of
1.24 	readable size.
1.25 	(c) The commissioner may accept paid advertising for
1.26 	departmental publications.  Advertising revenues received are
1.27 	appropriated to the commissioner to be used to defray costs of
2.1 	publications, media productions, or other informational
2.2 	materials.  The commissioner may not accept paid advertising
2.3 	from any elected official or candidate for elective office.

2.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.052,
2.5 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.6 		Subd. 4.Deposit of fees.  (a) Fees paid for providing
2.7 	contracted products and services within a state park, state
2.8 	recreation area, or wayside,and for special state park uses
2.9 	under this section shall be deposited in the natural resources
2.10 	fund and credited to a state parks account. Money in the
2.11 	account is annually appropriated to the commissioner to operate
2.12 	and maintain the state park system.
2.13 	(b) Gross receipts derived from sales, rentals, or leases
2.14 	of natural resources within state parks, recreation areas, and
2.15 	waysides, other than those on trust fund lands, must be
2.16 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.

2.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.055, is
2.18 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
2.19 		Subd. 1b.Discounts. Except as otherwise specified in
2.20 	law, and notwithstanding section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, the
2.21 	commissioner may by written order authorize waiver or reduction
2.22 	of state park entrance fees.

2.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.055,
2.24 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.25 		Subd. 2.Fee deposit and appropriation.  The fees
2.26 	collected under this section shall be deposited in the natural
2.27 	resources fund and credited to a state parks account. Money in
2.28 	the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner to
2.29 	operate and maintain the state park system.

2.30 	Sec. 5. REPEALER.
 2.31 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.054, subdivision 1, is
2.32 	repealed.