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2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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, 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; 2022 c 55 art 1 s 17
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.034 — Maintaining Cemetery; Whitewater Wildlife Management Area.

84.034 MAINTAINING CEMETERY; WHITEWATER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.
The commissioner shall maintain in a proper and decent manner and keep free of weeds any cemetery in the Whitewater State Wildlife Management Area.
History:
1986 c 386 art 4 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.036 — Peatland Scientific And Natural Areas; Designation.

84.036 PEATLAND SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL AREAS; DESIGNATION.
The following scientific and natural areas are established and are composed of all of the core peatland areas identified on maps in the 1984 commissioner of natural resources report, "Recommendations for the Protection of Ecologically Significant Peatlands in Minnesota" and maps on file at the Department of Natural Resources:
(1) Red Lake Scientific and Natural Area in Beltrami, Koochiching, and Lake of the Woods Counties;
(2) Myrtle Lake Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(3) Lost River Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(4) North Black River Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(5) Sand Lake Scientific and Natural Area in Lake County;
(6) Mulligan Lake Scientific and Natural Area in Lake of the Woods County;
(7) Lost Lake Scientific and Natural Area in St. Louis County;
(8) Pine Creek Scientific and Natural Area in Roseau County;
(9) Hole in the Bog Scientific and Natural Area in Cass County;
(10) Wawina Scientific and Natural Area in St. Louis County;
(11) Nett Lake Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(12) East Rat Root River Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(13) South Black River Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(14) Winter Road Lake Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County;
(15) Sprague Creek Scientific and Natural Area in Roseau County;
(16) Luxemberg Scientific and Natural Area in Roseau County;
(17) West Rat Root River Scientific and Natural Area in Koochiching County; and
(18) Norris Camp Scientific and Natural Area in Lake of the Woods County.
History:
1991 c 354 art 8 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.081 — Department Divisions And Bureaus.

84.081 DEPARTMENT DIVISIONS AND BUREAUS.
Subdivision 1.
Directors.
The Department of Natural Resources shall be organized into divisions subject to the commissioner's authority to revise or abolish existing divisions and to establish new divisions as prescribed under section 84.083, subdivision 1. Each division shall be under the immediate charge of a director, subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner. The commissioner may place a director's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria established in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a. They shall be chosen with regard to knowledge, training, experience, ability in administering the work of their respective divisions, and with consideration given to applicable professional registration.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1991 c 326 s 27]
Subd. 3.
Directors may employ assistants.
Each director, with the approval of the commissioner, may employ such assistants as may be necessary for the work of the director's division. Each director, with the approval of the commissioner, may designate one employee as deputy director, and may revoke such designation at any time, regardless of the civil service status of such employee and without affecting such status. Each deputy director may exercise all of the powers of the director, subject to the director's direction and control, including powers delegated by the commissioner unless otherwise prescribed by the commissioner.
History:
1943 c 60 s 3; 1943 c 601 s 1; 1947 c 587 s 17; 1949 c 356 s 1; 1949 c 739 s 7 subd 2; 1951 c 713 s 11; 1967 c 905 s 5; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 6; 1973 c 615 s 1; 1982 c 560 s 42; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 306 s 2; 2014 c 248 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.082 — Vacancies.

84.082 VACANCIES.
In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner or of any director, the respective deputy shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties thereof until a successor, either as an acting or regular incumbent, has been appointed and has qualified; provided, no deputy commissioner serving as commissioner in the event of a vacancy shall have power to discharge a director or to revise or change the assignments of activities among the divisions of the department or to designate another deputy. While serving in such vacated office a deputy shall receive the same salary as the regular incumbent.
History:
1943 c 60 s 4; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.083 — Assignment And Delegation Of Duties.

84.083 ASSIGNMENT AND DELEGATION OF DUTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Division duties; delegation.
Each division shall have charge of administering the activities indicated by its title and such other duties and functions as may be assigned by the commissioner, subject to the right of the commissioner to revise and change assignments of any and all activities or of specific duties or functions at any time as the commissioner may see fit, including but not limited to the right to abolish or revise existing divisions or to establish new divisions. The commissioner may, by written order filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, delegate to the directors or other designated employees, any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon the commissioner by Laws 1943, chapter 60, or by any other law upon such conditions as the commissioner may prescribe and subject to modification or revocation at the commissioner's pleasure. Such delegated powers and duties may be exercised or performed by the respective directors or other employees in their own names or in the name of the commissioner, as the commissioner may direct.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2014 c 248 s 19]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2014 c 248 s 19]
History:
1943 c 60 s 5; 1949 c 356 s 2; 1967 c 905 s 5,6; 1973 c 615 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 10,11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0835 — Designation Of Employees For Limited Natural Resources Law Enforcement.

84.0835 DESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEES FOR LIMITED NATURAL RESOURCES LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner's authority to designate employees.
As provided in this section, the commissioner may designate by written order certain employees to enforce laws governing the use of state parks, state monuments, state recreation areas, state waysides, forest subareas, forest lands under the authority of the commissioner when incidental to trail management or normal forestry duties, and game preserves and other lands administered as wildlife management areas. The designation by the commissioner is not subject to rulemaking under chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
Subd. 2.
Designated employee authorities; generally.
An employee designated under subdivision 1:
(1) has citizen arrest powers according to sections 629.37 to 629.39;
(2) may issue citations, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, in lieu of arrest for petty misdemeanor violations and misdemeanor violations, unless the violation occurs in the presence of a conservation officer or other peace officer, as defined under section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c); and
(3) may issue a report of violation to be turned over to a conservation officer or other peace officer for possible charges at the peace officer's discretion.
Subd. 3.
Citation authority.
Employees designated by the commissioner under subdivision 1 may issue citations, as specifically authorized under this subdivision, for violations of:
(1) sections 85.052, subdivision 3 (payment of camping fees in state parks), 85.45, subdivision 1 (cross-country-ski pass), 85.46 (horse pass), and 84.9275 (nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass);
(2) rules relating to hours and days of operation, restricted areas, noise, fireworks, environmental protection, fires and refuse, pets, picnicking, camping and dispersed camping, nonmotorized uses, construction of unauthorized permanent trails, mooring of boats, fish cleaning, swimming, storage and abandonment of personal property, structures and stands, animal trespass, state park individual and group motor vehicle permits, licensed motor vehicles, designated roads, and snowmobile operation off trails;
(3) rules relating to off-highway vehicle registration, display of registration numbers, required equipment, operation restrictions, off-trail use for hunting and trapping, and operation in lakes, rivers, and streams;
(4) rules relating to off-highway vehicle and snowmobile operation causing damage or in closed areas within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest;
(5) rules relating to parking, snow removal, and damage on state forest roads; and
(6) rules relating to controlled hunting zones on major wildlife management units.
History:
2004 c 260 s 3; 2006 c 282 art 9 s 6; 2009 c 37 art 1 s 10; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.084 — Transfer Of Funds.

84.084 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
The commissioner may authorize the performance of services for any division by any other division or by the department staff, and, with the approval of the commissioner of administration, may require appropriate transfers of funds to compensate for the cost of such service.
History:
1943 c 60 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0845 — Advance Of Matching Funds.

84.0845 ADVANCE OF MATCHING FUNDS.
The commissioner may advance funds appropriated for fish and wildlife programs to government agencies, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, federally recognized Indian tribes and bands, and private, nonprofit organizations for the purposes of securing nonstate matching funds for projects involving acquisition and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat and related research and management. The commissioner shall execute agreements for contracts with the matching parties under sections 16C.03, subdivision 4, and 16C.05 prior to advancing any state funds. The agreement or contract shall contain provisions for return of the state's share and the matching funds within a period of time specified by the commissioner. The state's funds and the nonstate matching funds must be deposited in a separate account and expended solely for the purposes set forth in the agreement or contract. The commissioner shall enter into agreements or contracts only with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and federal and nonprofit authorities deemed by the commissioner to be dedicated to the purposes of the project.
History:
1993 c 269 s 1; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0846 — Natural Resource Seminars And Conferences.

84.0846 NATURAL RESOURCE SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES.
The commissioner of natural resources may advance funds appropriated for natural resource programs to government agencies, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, federally recognized Indian tribes and bands, colleges and universities, and nonprofit organizations deemed by the commissioner to be dedicated to the goals and objectives of the department for the purpose of sponsoring or cosponsoring conferences and seminars related to natural resources issues and management. The commissioner shall execute grants or contracts with the responsible parties under section 16C.05 prior to advancing any state funds and the agreements must provide for a full accounting of how the state's funds will be spent.
History:
2000 c 495 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0854 — Gift Card And Certificate Sales; Receipts; Transfers; Appropriation.

84.0854 GIFT CARD AND CERTIFICATE SALES; RECEIPTS; TRANSFERS; APPROPRIATION.
Subdivision 1.
Sales authorized; gift cards and certificates.
The commissioner may sell gift cards and certificates that can be used to purchase licenses, permits, products, or services sold by the commissioner. Gift cards and certificates are valid until they are redeemed. The commissioner may advertise the availability of this program and items offered for sale under this section. The commissioner may make the purchase and redemption of gift cards available electronically.
Subd. 2.
Receipts; disposition.
Proceeds of gift card and certificate sales shall be deposited in an account in the special revenue fund. When gift cards or certificates are redeemed, funds shall be transferred to the appropriate account or fund based on the license, permit, product, or service purchased. Money in the gift card and certificate account shall accrue interest, which shall be credited to the account. Interest on funds in the account is appropriated to the commissioner to help cover the cost of administering the gift card and certificate program. Money from gift cards and certificates sold but unredeemed after three years shall be transferred to the various accounts and funds receiving revenue from purchases of licenses, permits, products, or services purchased with gift card or certificate redemptions in the last two fiscal years. Unredeemed funds shall be distributed based on the dollar value of cards redeemed for the various licenses, permits, products, or services on a pro rata basis.
Subd. 3.
Exemption from rulemaking.
This section is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply.
History:
2009 c 37 art 1 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0855 — Sales; Receipts; Appropriation.

84.0855 SALES; RECEIPTS; APPROPRIATION.
Subdivision 1.
Sales authorized; gift certificates.
The commissioner may sell natural resources-related publications and maps; forest resource assessment products; federal migratory waterfowl, junior duck, and other federal stamps; and other nature-related merchandise, and may rent or sell items for the convenience of persons using Department of Natural Resources facilities or services. The commissioner may sell gift certificates for any items rented or sold. Notwithstanding section 16A.1285, a fee charged by the commissioner under this section may include a reasonable amount in excess of the actual cost to support Department of Natural Resources programs. The commissioner may advertise the availability of a program or item offered under this section.
Subd. 1a.
Software sales.
Notwithstanding section 16E.15, the commissioner may sell or license intellectual property and software products or services developed by the department or custom developed by a vendor for the department.
Subd. 2.
Receipts; appropriation.
Except as provided under section 89.421, money received by the commissioner under this section or to buy supplies for the use of volunteers, may be credited to one or more special accounts in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes for which the money was received. Money received from sales at the state fair shall be available for state fair related costs. Money received from sales of intellectual property and software products or services shall be available for development, maintenance, and support of software products and systems.
Subd. 3.
Exemption from rulemaking and legislative approval.
A fee charged under this section is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The commissioner may establish fees under this section notwithstanding section 16A.1283.
History:
1987 c 404 s 93; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 4; 1992 c 513 art 2 s 19; 1997 c 226 s 6; 1999 c 231 s 84,85; 2004 c 221 s 6; 2005 c 156 art 5 s 23; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 22,23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0856 — Fleet Management Account.

84.0856 FLEET MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal governments, for the costs of providing them with equipment. Costs billed may include acquisition, licensing, insurance, maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts and interest earned on the receipts shall 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.
History:
1987 c 404 s 94; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0857 — Facilities Management Account.

84.0857 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
(a) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal governments, for the costs of providing them with building and infrastructure facilities. Costs billed may include modifications and adaptations to allow for appropriate building occupancy, building code compliance, insurance, utility services, maintenance, repair, and other direct costs as determined by the commissioner. Receipts shall 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.
(b) Money deposited in the special account from the proceeds of a sale under section 94.16, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner to acquire facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.
(c) The commissioner of natural resources may bill organizational units within the Department of Natural Resources and other governmental units, including tribal governments, for the costs of operating facilities. Receipts shall 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.
History:
2004 c 255 s 4; 2008 c 357 s 3; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 4; 2014 c 289 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.086 — Seals, Uniforms, And Badges.

84.086 SEALS, UNIFORMS, AND BADGES.
Subdivision 1.
Seals required.
The Department of Natural Resources and the several divisions thereof shall have seals in the form and design heretofore adopted, bearing the words "State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources," also, in case of a division seal, the title of the division. The seals may be used to authenticate the official acts of the commissioner or the directors, respectively, but omission or absence of the seal shall not affect the validity or force of any such act.
Subd. 2.
Badges and uniforms.
(a) The commissioner may provide for the issuance at state expense of such badges and uniforms as the commissioner deems necessary and suitable for officers or employees of the department and its divisions.
(b) Uniforms for conservation officers and their supervisors shall be equipped with distinctive emblems, and shall be distinctive from the uniforms of any division or section of the Department of Natural Resources, the State Patrol, or any other state department or agency.
History:
1943 c 60 s 8,9; 1965 c 181 s 1; 1967 c 905 s 9; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.087 — Keeping Records And Orders.

84.087 KEEPING RECORDS AND ORDERS.
Except as otherwise prescribed or required by law, the originals of all official records, orders, and other documents made, executed, or issued by or under the authority of the commissioner of natural resources or the directors of the several divisions of the department shall be filed and kept in the respective offices where the same were made, executed, or issued, or in such other office in the department as the commissioner may direct.
History:
1943 c 60 s 10; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0872 — Specific Location Data.

84.0872 SPECIFIC LOCATION DATA.
Subdivision 1.
Definition; general classification.
As used in this section, "specific location data" means data that would enable persons to locate the protected wild animal or endangered, threatened, or special concern plant or animal identified by the data. Specific location data are public data unless otherwise classified in this section.
Subd. 2.
Nonpublic data.
(a) Specific location data procured by the Department of Natural Resources that identify protected wild animals, as defined under section 97A.015, subdivision 39, or species that are designated endangered, threatened, or of special concern under section 84.0895, subdivision 3, are nonpublic data if disclosure is likely to:
(1) hinder management, propagation, or research;
(2) facilitate unfair chase or illegal taking, transport, or sale; or
(3) decrease the likelihood of establishing a protected wild animal or bringing an endangered, threatened, or special concern species to a point at which it is no longer endangered, threatened, or of special concern.
(b) If a request for access to specific location data is denied under this subdivision, the commissioner must provide the requestor with a written explanation of the reason for the denial.
Subd. 3.
Disclosure.
The commissioner may disclose data classified as nonpublic under subdivision 2 to a person, an agency, or the public if the commissioner determines that the disclosure will promote public benefit by:
(1) aiding the environmental review process;
(2) aiding research, education, or conservation planning; or
(3) providing information to landowners about locations occurring on the landowners' property, if provision of the information will promote protection of the resource.
History:
2004 c 290 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0873 — Data On Individuals Who Are Minors.

84.0873 DATA ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MINORS.
(a) When the Department of Natural Resources collects, creates, receives, maintains, or disseminates the following data on individuals who the department knows are minors, the data are considered private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, except for data classified as public data according to section 13.43:
(1) name;
(2) date of birth;
(3) Social Security number;
(4) telephone number;
(5) email address;
(6) physical or mailing address;
(7) location data;
(8) online account access information;
(9) data associated with the location of electronic devices; and
(10) other data that would identify participants who have registered for events, programs, or classes sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources.
(b) Access to data described in paragraph (a) is subject to Minnesota Rules, part 1205.0500. Data about minors classified under this section maintain their classification as private data on individuals after the individual is no longer a minor.
(c) When data about minors is created, collected, stored, or maintained as part of the electronic licensing system described in section 84.0874, the data is governed by section 84.0874 and may be disclosed pursuant to the provisions therein.
History:
1Sp2021 c 11 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0875 — Environmental Learning Centers.

84.0875 ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS.
(a) The commissioner may acquire and better, or make grants to counties, home rule charter or statutory cities, or school districts to acquire and better, residential environmental learning centers where students may learn how to use, preserve, and renew the natural resources of this state. A facility and reasonable access to it must be owned by the state or a political subdivision but may be leased to or managed by a nonprofit organization to carry out an environmental learning program established by the commissioner. The lease or management agreement must comply with the requirements of section 16A.695 and must provide for the procurement of liability insurance by the nonprofit organization. A nonprofit organization that is operating an environmental learning center under this section is a municipality for purposes of the liability limitations of section 466.04 while acting within the scope of these activities.
(b) During the time the center is used for educational programs offered in conjunction with a college or university, the rules and standards related to space requirements are governed by section 144.74.
History:
1994 c 643 s 46; 2002 c 360 s 1; 2008 c 357 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.089 — Volunteers In Natural Resources Program.

84.089 VOLUNTEERS IN NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Volunteers permitted.
The commissioner of natural resources may recruit, train, and accept without regard to personnel laws, or rules, the services of individuals without compensation as volunteers for or in aid of activities in and related to the areas or programs administered by the commissioner.
Subd. 2.
Incidental expenses.
The commissioner may provide for the incidental expenses of a volunteer, such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence.
Subd. 3.
Application of law.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a volunteer is not a state employee and is not subject to the provisions of law relating to state employment, including but not limited to those relating to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment benefits, and state employee benefits. A volunteer accepted under this section is a state employee for the purposes of section 176.011, subdivision 9, and the provisions of chapter 176, relating to workers' compensation apply to the volunteer.
History:
1980 c 384 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0894 — Enforcement Of Aquatic Plants And Endangered Species.

84.0894 ENFORCEMENT OF AQUATIC PLANTS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES.
An enforcement officer shall enforce a violation of sections 84.0895, 84.091, 84.093, 84.152, and 103G.615 in the same manner as a violation of the game and fish laws.
History:
1986 c 386 art 4 s 8; 1987 c 149 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0896 — Trade In Prohibited Animal Parts Prohibited.

84.0896 TRADE IN PROHIBITED ANIMAL PARTS PROHIBITED.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Antique" means an item that:
(1) contains no more than 200 grams of prohibited animal part as a fixed component of an item that is not made wholly or partially from a prohibited animal part; and
(2) is documented to be at least 100 years old.
(c) "Prohibited animal part" means any of the following:
(1) a tooth or tusk from any species of elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, walrus, whale, or narwhal, or any piece thereof, whether raw or worked;
(2) a product containing any of the materials described in clause (1);
(3) a horn; piece of horn; or derivative of a horn, such as a powder, of any species of rhinoceros; and
(4) a product containing any of the materials described in clause (3).
(d) "Sell" or "sale" means an exchange for consideration and includes barter and possession with intent to sell. The term does not include a transfer of ownership by gift, donation, or bequest.
Subd. 2.
Prohibition.
A person shall not purchase or sell any item that the person knows or should know is a prohibited animal part.
Subd. 3.
Exceptions.
(a) Subdivision 2 does not prohibit the sale or purchase of a prohibited animal part if the sale or purchase is:
(1) undertaken as part of law enforcement activities;
(2) expressly authorized by federal law;
(3) of an antique;
(4) of a musical instrument containing a lawfully acquired fixed component made of no more than 200 grams of prohibited animal part; or
(5) of a prohibited animal part by a bona fide educational or scientific institution that is a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) Subdivision 2 does not prohibit possession of a cultural artifact containing a prohibited animal part.
Subd. 4.
Disposition of seized prohibited animal parts.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prohibited animal part seized under this section must, upon a conviction, be forfeited to the state and either destroyed or given to a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, for an educational or scientific purpose.
History:
1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.091 — Aquatic Vegetation In Public Waters.

84.091 AQUATIC VEGETATION IN PUBLIC WATERS.
Subdivision 1.
Ownership.
The state is the owner of wild rice and other aquatic vegetation growing in public waters. A person may not acquire a property interest in wild rice or other aquatic vegetation or destroy wild rice or aquatic vegetation, except as authorized under this chapter or section 103G.615.
Subd. 2.
License required; exemptions.
(a) Except as provided in this subdivision, a person may not harvest, buy, sell, transport, or possess aquatic plants without a license required under this chapter. A license shall be issued in the same manner as provided under the game and fish laws.
(b) A resident under the age of 18 years may harvest wild rice without a license, if accompanied by a person with a wild rice license.
(c) Tribal band members who possess a valid tribal identification card from a federally recognized tribe located in Minnesota are deemed to have a license to harvest wild rice under this section.
Subd. 3.
License fees.
(a) The fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents only, are:
(1) for harvesting wild rice:
(i) for a season, $25; and
(ii) for one day, $15;
(2) for buying and selling wild ginseng, $5;
(3) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell 50,000 pounds or less, $70; and
(4) for a wild rice dealer's license to buy and sell more than 50,000 pounds, $250.
(b) The fee for a nonresident one-day license to harvest wild rice is $30.
(c) The weight of the wild rice shall be determined in its raw state.
History:
1986 c 386 art 4 s 10; 1987 c 404 s 96; 1991 c 200 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 15,16; 2004 c 255 s 5; 2016 c 189 art 3 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.0911 — Wild Rice Management Account.

84.0911 WILD RICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Account established.
The wild rice management account is established as an account in the game and fish fund.
Subd. 2.
Receipts.
Money received from the sale of wild rice licenses issued by the commissioner under section 84.091, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clauses (1), (3), and (4), and subdivision 3, paragraph (b), shall be credited to the wild rice management account.
Subd. 3.
Use of money in account.
Except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, money in the wild rice management account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and shall be used for management of designated public waters to improve natural wild rice production.
History:
1987 c 149 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106,109; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 78; 1995 c 186 s 23; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 17; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 17; 2006 c 281 art 1 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.093 — Wild Ginseng.

84.093 WILD GINSENG.
The commissioner may establish rules including seasons for harvesting to conserve wild ginseng.
History:
1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 386 art 4 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.10 — Wild Rice Harvested In Certain Lakes.

84.10 WILD RICE HARVESTED IN CERTAIN LAKES.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take wild rice grain from any of the waters within the original boundaries of the White Earth, Leech Lake, Nett Lake, Vermillion, Grand Portage, Fond du Lac and Mille Lacs Reservations except said persons be of Indian blood, or residents of the reservation upon which said wild rice grain is taken.
History:
(6131-5) 1939 c 231 s 2; 1941 c 217 s 1; 1943 c 220 s 1; 1945 c 171 s 1; 1947 c 424 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.105 — Wild Rice Season.

84.105 WILD RICE SEASON.
Ripe wild rice may be harvested from August 15 to September 30.
History:
1996 c 410 s 19; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 2