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MN Stat § 84.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.02 — Definitions.

84.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 4a.  [Repealed, 2010 c 361 art 1 s 11] Subd. 5. Native prairie. "Native prairie" means land that has never been plowed where native prairie vegetation originating from the site currently predominates or, if disturbed, is predominantly covered with native prairie vegetation that originated from the site. Unbroken pasture land used for livestock grazing can be considered native prairie if it has predominantly native vegetation originating from the site and conservation practices have maintained biological diversity. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 6a.  [Repealed, 2010 c 361 art 1 s 11] Subd. 6b.  [Repealed, 2010 c 361 art 1 s 11] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] History:  2007 c 57 art 1 s 17; 2009 c 172 art 5 s 3-5
MN Stat § 84.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.025 — Contracts For Professional And Maintenance Services.

84.025 CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 2] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 2] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 2] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 2] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 2] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1977 c 172 s 3] Subd. 7. Contracts. The commissioner of natural resources may contract with the federal government, local governmental units, the University of Minnesota, and other educational institutions, and private persons as may be necessary in the performance of duties. Contracts made pursuant to this section for professional services shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 16C, as they relate to competitive bidding. Subd. 8. Recreational areas; maintenance services. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may negotiate contracts, with or without requiring the submission of bids therefor, for the providing of maintenance services for recreational facilities on land under the control of the commissioner of natural resources. The terms and conditions of such contracts shall be as agreed upon and shall be such as to promote and encourage the employment of needy, elderly persons. Subd. 9. Professional services support account. The commissioner of natural resources may bill other governmental units, including tribal governments, and the various programs carried out by the commissioner for the costs of providing them with professional support services. Except as provided under section 89.421, receipts must be credited to a special account in the state treasury and are appropriated to the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings were made. The commissioner of natural resources shall submit to the commissioner of management and budget before the start of each fiscal year a work plan showing the estimated work to be done during the coming year, the estimated cost of doing the work, and the positions and fees that will be necessary. This account is exempted from statewide and agency indirect cost payments. Subd. 10. Recreational vehicles and boats used for public purposes. The commissioner shall give preference to engine models manufactured in the United States. All all-terrain vehicles purchased by the commissioner must be manufactured in the state of Minnesota. History:  1943 c 60 s 1; 1947 c 609 s 25; 1949 c 467 s 1; 1949 c 739 s 7 subd 1; 1951 c 713 s 10; 1957 c 898 s 1; 1967 c 905 s 2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1971 c 929 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 66; 1995 c 186 s 21; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 24; 2002 c 355 s 1; 2005 c 146 s 1; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 18; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 1; 2014 c 248 s 2
MN Stat § 84.026 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.026 — Contracts And Grants For Providing Natural Resources Services.

84.026 CONTRACTS AND GRANTS FOR PROVIDING NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Contracts. The commissioner of natural resources is authorized to enter into contractual agreements with any public or private entity for the provision of statutorily prescribed natural resources services by the department. The contracts shall specify the services to be provided. Except as provided under section 89.421, funds generated in a contractual agreement made pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the department for purposes of providing the services specified in the contracts. The commissioner shall report revenues collected and expenditures made under this subdivision to the chairs of the Committees on Ways and Means in the house of representatives and Finance in the senate by January 1 of each odd-numbered year. Subd. 2. Grants. The commissioner is authorized to enter into grant agreements for the provision of statutorily prescribed natural resources services with any public or private entity. The grant agreements shall specify the services to be provided to the department and the amount and method of payment after services are rendered. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 4. Paying grant-eligible expenditures. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the commissioner may make payments for otherwise eligible grant-program expenditures that are made on or after the effective date of the appropriation that funds the payments for: (1) grants-in-aid under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 84.927, and 85.44; (2) local recreation grants under section 85.019; and (3) enforcement and public education grants under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 84.927, 86B.701, 86B.705, and 87A.10. History:  1984 c 654 art 2 s 78; 1985 c 248 s 68; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 25; 2003 c 28 art 1 s 3; 2004 c 255 s 2; 2004 c 284 art 2 s 9; 2006 c 281 art 1 s 1; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 19; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 11
MN Stat § 84.0261 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0261 — Disposition Of Reimbursement From Natural Disasters.

84.0261 DISPOSITION OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM NATURAL DISASTERS. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, money received by the commissioner of natural resources as reimbursement for damages, losses, or service costs incurred because of a natural disaster shall be deposited in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to accomplish the goals of those programs from which funds were diverted in response to the natural disaster. History:   1Sp2001 c 2 s 72
MN Stat § 84.0262 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0262 — Rural Credit Records.

84.0262 RURAL CREDIT RECORDS. The commissioner of natural resources shall have charge of the records of the former Department of Rural Credit and shall provide the public with appropriate access to and copies of the records. History:  1973 c 87 s 2; 1973 c 494 s 4; 1983 c 289 s 32; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 84.0263 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0263 — Issuing Quitclaim Deeds.

84.0263 ISSUING QUITCLAIM DEEDS. The commissioner of natural resources is empowered to issue quitclaim deeds in connection with loans made by the now defunct Department of Rural Credit, a former state agency. The commissioner shall issue the quitclaim deeds upon reasonable evidence the state of Minnesota no longer has a valid claim of title to the property involved. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of a quitclaim deed. History:  1980 c 543 s 11; 1983 c 289 s 33
MN Stat § 84.0264 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0264 — Federal Land And Water Conservation Funds.

84.0264 FEDERAL LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUNDS. Subdivision 1. Designated agency. The Department of Natural Resources is designated as the state agency to apply for, accept, receive, and disburse federal reimbursement funds and private funds that are granted to the state of Minnesota from section 6 of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. Subd. 2. State land and water conservation account. A state land and water conservation account is created in the natural resources fund. All of the money made available to the state from funds granted under subdivision 1 shall be deposited in the state land and water conservation account. Subd. 3. Local share. Fifty percent of all money made available to the state from funds granted under subdivision 1 shall be distributed for projects to be acquired, developed, and maintained by local units of government, provided that any project approved is consistent with a statewide or a county or regional recreational plan and compatible with the statewide recreational plan. All money received by the commissioner for local units of government is appropriated annually to carry out the purposes for which the funds are received. Subd. 4. State share. Fifty percent of the money made available to the state from funds granted under subdivision 1 shall be used for state land acquisition and development for the state outdoor recreation system under chapter 86A and the administrative expenses necessary to maintain eligibility for the federal land and water conservation fund. History:   1Sp2011 c 2 art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 84.0273 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0273 — Establishing Boundary Lines Relating To Certain State Landholdings.

84.0273 ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY LINES RELATING TO CERTAIN STATE LANDHOLDINGS. (a) To resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the state and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the name of the state upon terms the commissioner deems appropriate, convey, by a boundary line agreement, quitclaim deed, or management agreement in such form as the attorney general approves, such rights, titles, and interests of the state in state lands for such rights, titles, and interests in adjacent lands as are necessary to establish boundaries. The commissioner must publish a notice of the proposed conveyance and a brief statement of the reason for the conveyance once in the State Register at least 30 days before the conveyance. This paragraph is not intended to replace or supersede laws relating to land exchange or disposal of surplus state property. (b) To resolve trespass issues affecting the ownership interests of the state and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources, in the name of the state, may sell surplus lands not needed for natural resource purposes at private sale to adjoining property owners and leaseholders. The conveyance must be by quitclaim in a form approved by the attorney general for a consideration not less than the value determined according to section 94.10, subdivision 1. (c) Paragraph (b) applies to all state-owned lands managed by the commissioner of natural resources, except school trust land as defined in section 92.025. For acquired lands, the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the offering to public entities, public sale, and related notice and publication requirements of sections 94.09 to 94.165. For consolidated conservation lands, the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of chapters 84A and 282. History:  1980 c 458 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 285 s 1; 1997 c 216 s 59; 2009 c 176 art 3 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 84.0275 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0275 — Violations.

84.0275 VIOLATIONS. If the state acquires any land for natural resources purposes in violation of any of the provisions of section 84.0274, subdivisions 5 to 7, the landowner may maintain an action against the commissioner of natural resources for any damages suffered. However, no title to land purchased for natural resources purposes will be invalid as a result of such violations. History:   1980 c 458 s 8
MN Stat § 84.0276 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0276 — Land Transfers By A Federal Agency.

84.0276 LAND TRANSFERS BY A FEDERAL AGENCY. Before the commissioner of natural resources accepts agricultural land or a farm homestead transferred in fee by a federal agency, the commissioner must consult with the Board of Water and Soil Resources for a determination of marginal land, tillable farmland, and farm homestead. The commissioner must comply with the acquisition procedure under section 97A.145, subdivision 2, if the agricultural land or farm homestead was in an agricultural preserve as provided in section 40A.10. History:  1989 c 350 art 6 s 1; 1989 c 353 s 7
MN Stat § 84.0277 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0277 — Camp Ripley Buffer Easements.

84.0277 CAMP RIPLEY BUFFER EASEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Acquisition authorized. The commissioner may acquire, from willing sellers, perpetual conservation easements on behalf of the state and federal government consistent with Camp Ripley's Army compatible use buffer project. This project is geographically defined as a three-mile zone around Camp Ripley in central Minnesota. Subd. 2. Payments; terms. Notwithstanding sections 84.0272, subdivision 1, and 84.0274, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), the commissioner may make payments to a landowner under this subdivision to acquire a perpetual conservation easement according to subdivision 1. The onetime payment may be based on the following: (1) if the easement prohibits the construction of any new buildings or permanent structures upon the land, the commissioner may pay 60 percent of the most recent assessed market value of the land as determined by the county assessor of the county in which the land is located; or (2) if the easement prohibits the construction of any new buildings or permanent structures upon the land and grants the public the right to access the land for natural resource-based outdoor recreation, the commissioner may pay 70 percent of the most recent assessed market value of the land as determined by the county assessor of the county in which the land is located. History:   2009 c 176 art 3 s 2
MN Stat § 84.028 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.028 — Commissioner Of Natural Resources, Specific Assignments.

84.028 COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES, SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner to control department responsibilities. The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Department of Natural Resources relating to boat safety, firearm safety, wild rice harvest program, ginseng harvest program, and such other programs as are now or hereafter vested by statute in the Department of Natural Resources, shall be under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources. Subd. 2. Development and planning duties. The overall coordination of acquisition and development programs, comprehensive planning activities, including statewide recreational planning programs required by state or federal law, and not the responsibility of the commissioner of employment and economic development, are under the control and supervision of the commissioner. Subd. 3. Game warden duties; conservation officers. The operation of the Game Warden Service in the Division of Game and Fish as constituted before July 1, 1967 is under the direct control and supervision of the commissioner. The name of the personnel in such Game Warden Service is changed to conservation officers. Conservation officers shall continue to have the powers and duties of game wardens as they existed before July 1, 1967 and may be assigned to public relations, conservation instructional activities, and the enforcement of laws relating to resources management which the commissioner shall direct. The commissioner shall create a separate division entitled the Division of Enforcement, to be composed of conservation officers and shall appoint a director of the division. The commissioner may place the director's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria established in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a. History:  1967 c 905 s 3; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 5; art 10 s 2; 1979 c 94 s 1; 1981 c 356 s 100; 1982 c 560 s 41; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2014 c 248 s 3
MN Stat § 84.0285 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0285 — Game And Fish Citation Quotas Prohibited.

84.0285 GAME AND FISH CITATION QUOTAS PROHIBITED. The commissioner of natural resources, or the director of the Division of Enforcement and Field Service, may not order, mandate, require, or in any manner suggest, directly or indirectly, to a conservation officer that the conservation officer issue a certain number of game and fish law violations on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly quota basis. History:  1986 c 386 art 4 s 6; 1986 c 474 s 1; 2001 c 32 s 1
MN Stat § 84.0286 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.0286 — Conservation Officer Patrol Vehicle Security Barrier; Exemption.

84.0286 CONSERVATION OFFICER PATROL VEHICLE SECURITY BARRIER; EXEMPTION. Marked conservation officer patrol vehicles are exempt from any law or rule requiring a security barrier in the vehicle. History:   2004 c 260 s 1
MN Stat § 84.029 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.029 — Recreational Areas On Public Land.

84.029 RECREATIONAL AREAS ON PUBLIC LAND. Subdivision 1. Establishment, development, maintenance, and operation. In addition to other lawful authority, the commissioner of natural resources may establish, develop, maintain, and operate recreational areas, including but not limited to trails and state water trails, for the use and enjoyment of the public on any state-owned or leased land under the commissioner's jurisdiction. The commissioner may employ and designate individuals according to section 84.0835 to enforce laws governing the use of recreational areas. The commissioner may establish the recreational areas by written order published in the State Register. Subd. 2. Acquiring land for trails. The commissioner may acquire, by gift, purchase, or lease, easements or other interests in land for trails, and recreational uses related to trails, where necessary to complete trails established primarily in state forests, state parks, or other public land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, when railroad rights-of-way are abandoned, when the use of township roads is compatible with vehicular travel, or when needed to complete trails established by the legislature. Subd. 3. Rulemaking exemption. Authority exercised by the commissioner according to this section is exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386. History:  1969 c 190 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 713 s 1; 1975 c 353 s 13; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 13; 2004 c 221 s 3,4; 2004 c 260 s 2; 2007 c 131 art 1 s 2; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 82
MN Stat § 84.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.03 — Additional Duties And Powers.

84.03 ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND POWERS. (a) So far as practicable the commissioner shall collect and arrange statistics and other information in reference to the lands and general and special resources of the state. (b) The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to take such measures as the commissioner may deem advisable to advertise, both within and without the state, sales of all state lands, and to secure, compile, and issue such valuable statistics of the resources of the state. (c) The commissioner may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules, not inconsistent with law, governing the use and enjoyment of state land reserved from sale, state parks, state water-access sites, state trails, state monuments, state scientific and natural areas, state wilderness areas, and recreational areas owned by other state, local and federal agencies and operated under agreement by the Department of Natural Resources, which shall have the force and effect of law. A reasonable fee may be fixed, charged, and collected by the commissioner for the privilege of the use of any or all of the foregoing privileges and facilities. (d) The commissioner, on or before November 15 of each even-numbered year, shall report to the legislature the commissioner's acts and doings, with recommendation for the improvement or conservation of state parks, state water-access sites, state trails, and state monuments, state scientific and natural areas, state forests, state wildlife management areas, public hunting grounds, public shooting grounds, food and cover planting areas, wildlife lands, recreational or public hunting areas, state wild and scenic rivers, state wilderness areas, and all other recreational lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources, and for desirable accessions thereto, such report to include an inventory of the tracts and parcels of land, and rights, interests, and easements therein, held by the state or withdrawn from sale for any of these purposes, with the value thereof, and a list of the name, location, size, and description of each state trail, state scientific and natural area, state wildlife management area, state water-access site, and state wild, scenic, or recreational river designated by the commissioner, and each public hunting grounds, public shooting grounds, food and cover planting area, wildlife lands, and recreational or public hunting area acquired by the commissioner since the last report. The commissioner shall maintain a long range plan governing the use of the public domain under the commissioner's jurisdiction. History:  (77, 4342, 6460, 6466) 1905 c 201 s 1; 1907 c 267 s 5; 1923 c 430 s 8,14; 1941 c 222 s 1; 1967 c 905 s 4; 1969 c 470 s 2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1974 c 406 s 59; 1975 c 353 s 14; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 84.033 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources|Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources|Section 84.033 — Scientific And Natural Areas.

84.033 SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL AREAS. Subdivision 1. Acquisition; designation. The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift, lease, easement, exchange, or purchase, in the manner prescribed under chapter 117, in the name of the state, lands or any interest in lands suitable and desirable for establishing and maintaining scientific and natural areas. The commissioner shall designate any land so acquired as a scientific and natural area by written order published in the State Register and shall administer any land so acquired and designated as provided by section 86A.05. Designations of scientific and natural areas are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2005 c 161 s 26] Subd. 3. County approval. The commissioner must follow the procedures under section 97A.145, subdivision 2, when acquiring land for designation as a scientific and natural area under this section. History:  1969 c 470 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 35 s 22; 1975 c 353 s 15; 2004 c 221 s 5; 2004 c 262 art 2 s 3; 2005 c 161 s 1; 2011 c 107 s 4