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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.973 — Pollinator Habitat Program.

84.973 POLLINATOR HABITAT PROGRAM.
(a) The commissioner shall develop best management practices and habitat restoration guidelines for pollinator habitat enhancement. Best management practices and guidelines developed under this section must be used for all habitat enhancement or restoration of lands under the commissioner's control.
(b) Prairie restorations conducted on state lands or with state funds must include an appropriate diversity of native species selected to provide habitat for pollinators throughout the growing season.
History:
2013 c 114 art 4 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.9735 — Insecticides On State Lands.

84.9735 INSECTICIDES ON STATE LANDS.
A person may not use a pesticide containing an insecticide in a wildlife management area, state park, state forest, aquatic management area, or scientific and natural area if the insecticide is from the neonicotinoid class of insecticides or contains chlorpyrifos.
History:
2023 c 60 art 4 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.975 — Shoreland Management Grants.

84.975 SHORELAND MANAGEMENT GRANTS.
Subdivision 1.
Purposes.
The commissioner of natural resources may make grants to local governments:
(1) to administer, monitor, and enforce state approved shoreland management ordinances;
(2) to adopt shoreland management ordinances consistent with statewide standards;
(3) to develop comprehensive lake by lake or river shoreland management strategies that provide a unique plan to guide activities on and adjacent to a lake or river; and
(4) to implement elements of a comprehensive lake or river management strategy.
Subd. 2.
Action on grant applications.
Upon receipt of a request for a shoreland management grant, the commissioner of natural resources must confer with the local government requesting the grant and may make a grant based on the following considerations:
(1) the number and classification of lakes and rivers in the jurisdiction of the local government;
(2) the extent of current shoreland development;
(3) the development trends for the lakes and rivers;
(4) the miles of lake and river shoreline;
(5) whether the shoreland management ordinance or regulation adopted by the local government meets the minimum standards established by the commissioner;
(6) the degree and effectiveness of administration, enforcement, and monitoring of the existing shoreland ordinances;
(7) the ability of the local government to finance the program or project; and
(8) the degree to which the program considers a comprehensive approach to lake or river management including land use, recreation, water levels, surface water use, fish, wildlife, and water quality that may be secondary to the other elements.
Subd. 3.
Limitations.
The maximum annual shoreland management grant to local government for purposes of subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), may not exceed the local contribution to the shoreland management activity. Any federal program aid for shoreland management shall serve to reduce the state and local contribution to the activity.
Subd. 4.
Aquatic plant grants.
The commissioner may make grants for aquatic plant restoration projects, research, and propagation.
History:
1989 c 335 art 1 s 266; 2002 c 376 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.976 — No Child Left Inside; Grant Program.

84.976 NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE; GRANT PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The commissioner of natural resources must establish and administer a program to provide grants for outdoor environmental, ecological, and other natural-resource-based education and recreation programs serving youth.
Subd. 2.
Eligibility.
The commissioner may award grants under this section to public entities or private nonprofit organizations.
Subd. 3.
Priorities.
In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner must give priority to programs that:
(1) provide students with opportunities to directly experience and understand nature and the natural world;
(2) use a research-based, effective environmental, ecological, agricultural, or other natural-resource-based educational curriculum;
(3) maximize the number of participants that can be served;
(4) serve children with limited opportunities to participate in natural-resource-based outdoor activities;
(5) use public park and other natural resource venues and personnel as a resource; and
(6) commit matching funds or in-kind resources.
History:
1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.9765 — Outdoor Engagement Grant Account.

84.9765 OUTDOOR ENGAGEMENT GRANT ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The outdoor engagement grant account is established as an account in the natural resources fund. The purpose of the account is to provide funding from private sources to support the no child left inside grant program under section 84.976.
Subd. 2.
Funding sources.
Appropriations, gifts, grants, and other contributions to the outdoor engagement grant account must be credited to the account. All interest and other earnings on money in the account must be credited to the account.
Subd. 3.
Appropriation; expenditures.
Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources and may be used only for grants under section 84.976.
History:
1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 83A - 84 — Natural Resources › Chapter 84 — Department Of Natural Resources › Section 84.992 — Minnesota Naturalist Corps.

84.992 MINNESOTA NATURALIST CORPS.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
The Minnesota Naturalist Corps is established under the direct control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources.
Subd. 2.
Program.
The commissioner of natural resources shall develop and implement a program for the Minnesota Naturalist Corps that supports state parks and trails in providing interpretation of the natural and cultural features of state parks and trails in order to enhance visitors' awareness, understanding, and appreciation of those features and encourages the wise and sustainable use of the environment.
Subd. 3.
Training and mentoring.
The commissioner must develop and implement a training program that adequately prepares Minnesota Naturalist Corps members for the tasks assigned. Each corps member is assigned an interpretive naturalist as a mentor.
Subd. 4.
Uniform pin.
Uniforms worn by members of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps must have a pin that includes the name of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps and information that the program is funded by the clean water, land, and legacy amendment to the Minnesota Constitution adopted by the voters in November 2008.
Subd. 5.
Eligibility.
A person is eligible to enroll in the Minnesota Naturalist Corps if the person is a participant in an approved college internship program.
Subd. 6.
Corps member status.
Minnesota Naturalist Corps members are not eligible for unemployment benefits and are not eligible for other benefits except workers' compensation. The corps members are not employees of the state within the meaning of section 43A.02, subdivision 21.
Subd. 7.
Employee displacement.
The commissioner must certify that the assignment of Minnesota Naturalist Corps members will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers or workers on seasonal layoff or layoff from a substantially equivalent position, including partial displacement such as reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other employment benefits. The department may not terminate, lay off, reduce the seasonal hours of, or reduce the working hours of any employee for the purpose of using a corps member with available funds.
History:
2009 c 172 art 3 s 8; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 17-20; 2023 c 60 art 4 s 16,17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.01 — Red Lake Game Preserve.

84A.01 RED LAKE GAME PRESERVE.
There is created a state wildlife preserve and hunting ground to be known as the Red Lake Game Preserve. It is created for the purpose of vesting and revesting the state with title to lands in the area that are suitable primarily for state use and development for the purpose of preserving, protecting, propagating, and breeding wildlife of all suitable kinds, including all species of game and fish and fur-bearing animals and birds of rare and useful species, and for the development of forests and prevention of forest fires, and the preservation and development of rare and distinctive plant species native in the area. It includes all lands and waters in Lake of the Woods County lying south of Rainy River, and south of Lake of the Woods, and all full and fractional townships in Beltrami County lying north of the north line of Township 151, excluding the lands and waters within Red Lake Indian Reservation. It also includes the part of Koochiching County lying west and northwesterly of the following line:
Beginning at a point where the range line between Ranges 26 and 27 west of the fifth principal meridian intersects the southerly bank of Rainy River; thence south on this range line to the point formed by the intersection of this range line with the easterly boundary line of the original Red Lake Indian Reservation; thence southwesterly along the easterly boundary line of the original Red Lake Indian Reservation to a point formed by the intersection of the boundary line with the range line between Ranges 29 and 30 west of the fifth principal meridian.
History:
(5620-1) 1929 c 258 s 1; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.02 — Department To Manage Preserve.

84A.02 DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE PRESERVE.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall manage and control the Red Lake Game Preserve. The department may adopt and enforce rules for the care, preservation, protection, breeding, propagation, and disposition of all species of wildlife in the preserve. The department may adopt and enforce rules for the regulation, issuance, sale, and revocation of special licenses or special permits for hunting, fishing, camping, and other uses of this area, consistent with sections 84A.01 to 84A.101. The department may by rule set the terms, conditions, and charges for these licenses and permits.
(b) The rules may specify and control the terms under which wildlife may be taken, captured, or killed in the preserve, and under which fur-bearing animals, or animals and fish otherwise having commercial value, may be taken, captured, trapped, killed, sold, and removed from it. These rules may also provide for (1) the afforestation and reforestation of state lands in the preserve, (2) the sale of merchantable timber from these lands when, in the opinion of the department, it can be sold and removed without damage or injury to the further use and development of the land for wildlife and game in the preserve, and (3) the purposes for which the preserve is established by sections 84A.01 to 84A.101.
(c) The department may provide for the policing of the preserve as necessary for its proper development and use for the purposes specified. The commissioner of natural resources may employ and designate individuals according to section 84.0835 to enforce laws governing the use of the preserve.
(d) The department shall also adopt and enforce rules concerning the burning of grass, timber slashings, and other flammable matter, and the clearing, development, and use of lands in the preserve as necessary to prevent forest fires and grass fires that would injure the use and development of this area for wildlife preservation and propagation and to protect its forest and wooded areas.
(e) Lands within the preserve are subject to the rules, whether owned by the state or privately, consistent with the rights of the private owners and with applicable state law. The rules may establish areas and zones within the preserve where hunting, fishing, trapping, or camping is prohibited or specially regulated, to protect and propagate particular wildlife in the preserve.
(f) Rules adopted under sections 84A.01 to 84A.101 must be posted on the boundaries of the preserve.
History:
(5620-2) 1929 c 258 s 2; 1961 c 560 s 9; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 386 art 4 s 16; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 1991 c 259 s 8; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 36; 2004 c 260 s 4; 2014 c 290 s 69
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.03 — Red Lake Game Preserve Fund.

84A.03 RED LAKE GAME PRESERVE FUND.
The Red Lake Game Preserve fund is created. The following funds must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the fund and are annually appropriated for the purposes of sections 84A.01 to 84A.101:
(1) the proceeds of certificates of indebtedness issued under sections 84A.01 to 84A.101;
(2) money received from redemption, as provided in those sections;
(3) money received as gifts to the state for the care, preservation, improvement, and maintenance of the preserve;
(4) income from the operation, development, management, and use of the preserve, including fees for licenses and permits;
(5) income from the sale of birds, animals, fish, and plants from the preserve, and from the sale of lands and timber owned by the state within the area, other than university, school, and swamp lands, state forest lands set apart under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 11, and state lands acquired under the system of rural credit; and
(6) state money transferred to the preserve under state law.
History:
(5620-3) 1929 c 258 s 3; 1965 c 51 s 10; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2014 c 290 s 69
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.07 — Preserve Lands To Be Held By State.

84A.07 PRESERVE LANDS TO BE HELD BY STATE.
The title to parcels of land within the preserve, except lands within the boundaries of any incorporated city, that are acquired by the state under Laws 1927, chapter 119, as amended, is held by the state, free from the trust in favor of the taxing districts specified in that chapter. Title must be held and used, or disposed of, in accordance with sections 84A.01 to 84A.101.
History:
(5620-7) 1929 c 258 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 2 s 45; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2014 c 290 s 69
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.09 — Gifts Received.

84A.09 GIFTS RECEIVED.
The department may receive for the state and acknowledge any gifts, bequests, devises, or grants of land or interests in lands in the preserve, or of money or personal property of any kind, that it considers suitable for use in connection with the operation, control, development, or use of the preserve.
History:
(5620-9) 1929 c 258 s 9; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.10 — Eminent Domain.

84A.10 EMINENT DOMAIN.
The department has the power of eminent domain in chapter 117. The department may acquire, by eminent domain or by purchase, lands or interests in lands in the preserve that the department considers necessary for state ownership, use, or development for the purposes of sections 84A.01 to 84A.101.
History:
(5620-10) 1929 c 258 s 10; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2006 c 214 s 20; 2014 c 290 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.101 — Rule Violation; Misdemeanor.

84A.101 RULE VIOLATION; MISDEMEANOR.
Any person who, within the limits of the preserve, willfully violates a rule of the department, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.20 — County Action To Set Off Areas.

84A.20 COUNTY ACTION TO SET OFF AREAS.
Subdivision 1.
Purposes.
The powers in this section are granted for the purpose of:
(1) vesting and revesting the state with title to lands suitable primarily for the development of forests and the prevention of forest fires, and for experimenting in and practically advancing afforestation and reforestation;
(2) impounding, controlling, and regulating the waters of meandered lakes and the flow of natural streams in the state; or
(3) other state purposes.
Subd. 2.
County proposal to state.
(a) The board of county commissioners of any county may by resolution propose to the state that one or more areas in the county be taken over by the state for afforestation, reforestation, flood control projects, or other state purposes. The projects are to be managed, controlled, and used for the purposes in subdivision 1 on lands to be acquired by the state within the projects, as set forth in sections 84A.20 to 84A.30. The county board may propose this if the county contains lands suitable for the purposes in subdivision 1.
(b) The area taken over must include lands that have been assessed for all or part of the cost of the establishment and construction of public drainage ditches under state law, and on which the assessments or installments are delinquent. A certified copy of the county board's resolution must be filed with the department and considered and acted upon by the department. If approved by the department, it must then be submitted to, considered, and acted upon by the executive council. If approved by the Executive Council, the proposition must be formally accepted by the governor. Acceptance must be communicated in writing to and filed with the county auditor.
Subd. 3.
Definitions.
State lands that have been sold as provided by law and for which certificates of sale have been issued are taxable lands within the meaning of this section. If the taxes against the lands or the interest of the purchaser in them are delinquent, they are delinquent within the meaning of subdivision 2 until the title of the certificate holder has been terminated by the commissioner in accordance with section 92.16.
History:
(6452-1) 1931 c 407 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2014 c 308 art 9 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.21 — Department To Manage Projects.

84A.21 DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE PROJECTS.
(a) The department shall manage and control each project approved and accepted under section 84A.20. The department may adopt and enforce rules for the purposes in section 84A.20, subdivision 1, for the prevention of forest fires in the projects, and for the sale of merchantable timber from lands so acquired by the state when, in the opinion of the department, the timber may be sold and removed without damage to the project.
(b) These rules may relate to the care, preservation, protection, breeding, propagation, and disposition of any species of wildlife in the project and the regulation, issuance, sale, and revocation of special licenses or special permits for hunting, fishing, camping, and other uses of the areas consistent with applicable state law.
(c) The department may provide for the policing of each project as needed for the proper development, use, and protection of the project and its purposes. The commissioner of natural resources may employ and designate individuals according to section 84.0835 to enforce laws governing the use of the projects.
(d) Lands within a project are subject to these rules, whether owned by the state or privately, consistent with the rights of the private owners or with applicable state law. The rules must be published once in one qualified newspaper in each county affected and take effect after publication. They must also be posted on the boundaries of each project affected.
History:
(6452-2) 1931 c 407 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 37; 2004 c 260 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.22 — Disposal Of Proceeds.

84A.22 DISPOSAL OF PROCEEDS.
(a) The following funds must be paid to the state treasury, credited to the project to which they pertain and are annually appropriated to its purposes:
(1) the proceeds of all certificates of indebtedness issued under sections 84A.20 to 84A.30;
(2) money received from redemption, as provided in sections 84A.22 to 84A.30;
(3) money received as gifts to the state for the purposes of any project;
(4) income from the operation, development, management, and use of these projects, including fees from licenses and permits;
(5) income received from the sale of all birds, animals, fish, and plants from the projects and from the sale of lands and timber owned by the state within the area, other than university, school, and swamp lands, state forest lands set apart under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 11, and state lands acquired under the system of rural credit; and
(6) state money transferred to the project under state law.
(b) Under sections 84A.20 to 84A.30, the aggregate of all certificates of indebtedness issued must not exceed $2,250,000.
History:
(6452-3) 1931 c 407 s 3; 1937 c 312 s 1; 1965 c 51 s 11; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.26 — Project Lands To Be Held By State.

84A.26 PROJECT LANDS TO BE HELD BY STATE.
The title to parcels of land within a project, except lands within the boundaries of a city, that are acquired by the state under Laws 1927, chapter 119, as amended, must be held by the state free from the trust in favor of the taxing districts specified in that chapter. Title must be held and used or disposed of in accordance with sections 84A.20 to 84A.30.
History:
(6452-7) 1931 c 407 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 2 s 46; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.27 — Project Lands Classified.

84A.27 PROJECT LANDS CLASSIFIED.
On receiving the reports of the county auditor specified in section 84A.23, the commissioner of management and budget shall certify a copy of the report to the department. The department shall classify the lands as to their suitability for agriculture or for afforestation, reforestation, or for the purpose of impounding, controlling, and regulating the waters of meandered lakes and the flow of natural streams, or for other state purposes. After the state acquires title to the lands as provided in sections 84A.20 to 84A.30, they may be reclassified. Lands that become the absolute property of the state under sections 84A.20 to 84A.30 and have been classified as suitable for agriculture, and timber from any lands so acquired, may be sold by the state.
History:
(6452-8) 1931 c 407 s 8; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.28 — Department To Accept Gifts.

84A.28 DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT GIFTS.
The department may receive for the state and acknowledge any gift, bequest, devise, or grant of land or interests in lands in a project, or of money or personal property of any kind, that it considers suitable for use in connection with the operation, control, development, or use of projects.
History:
(6452-9) 1931 c 407 s 9; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.29 — Eminent Domain.

84A.29 EMINENT DOMAIN.
The department has the power of eminent domain in chapter 117. The department may acquire by eminent domain or by purchase, lands or interests in lands in any project that the department considers necessary for state ownership, use, or development for the purposes of sections 84A.20 to 84A.30. No money shall be used to acquire land or interest in it until the department and the commissioner of management and budget determine that the money will not be required to meet the requisitions of the counties authorized under section 84A.23 or to pay certificates of indebtedness and their interest provided for in section 84A.23.
History:
(6452-10) 1931 c 407 s 10; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2006 c 214 s 20; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.30 — Rules Violation A Misdemeanor.

84A.30 RULES VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR.
Within the limits of a project, a willful violation of a rule of the department adopted under sections 84A.20 to 84A.30 is a misdemeanor.
History:
(6452-12) 1931 c 407 s 12; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.31 — State Reforestation Projects.

84A.31 STATE REFORESTATION PROJECTS.
Subdivision 1.
Purposes.
The powers in this section are granted for the purpose of:
(1) vesting and revesting the state with title to lands suitable primarily for the development of forests and prevention of forest fires, and for experimenting in and practically advancing afforestation and reforestation;
(2) impounding, controlling, and regulating the water of meandered lakes and the flow of natural streams of the state;
(3) creating and establishing wild game and fishing reserves; or
(4) any other public state purpose.
Subd. 2.
County proposal to state.
The board of county commissioners of any county may by resolution propose that the state take over part of the tax-delinquent lands in the county if the county contains land suitable for the purposes in subdivision 1.
Subd. 3.
Form.
Specifically, the board may propose that any "area in the county consisting of one or more townships, or part of any township, containing such lands be taken over by the state for afforestation, reforestation, flood control projects, wild game and fishing reserves, or other public state purpose, to be managed, controlled, and used for the development of forests and prevention of forest fires, and for the purpose of experimenting in and practically advancing afforestation, reforestation, or for the purpose of impounding, controlling, and regulating the waters of meandered lakes and the flow of natural streams, or for the purpose of creating and establishing wild game and fishing reserves, or for either or any such purposes," or for any other public state purpose, on lands to be acquired by the state within such projects, as set forth in this section. Each area must include lands assessed for all or part of the cost of the establishment, construction, or repair of public drainage ditches under state law, and on which the assessments or installments on them are delinquent.
Subd. 4.
Action on resolutions.
A copy of the resolutions must be filed with the department and considered and acted upon by the department. If approved by the department, it must then be submitted to, considered, and acted upon by the Executive Council. If approved by the Executive Council, the proposition must be formally accepted by the governor. Acceptance must be communicated in writing to and filed with the auditor of the county.
Subd. 5.
Definitions.
State school, swamp, indemnity, and institutional lands that are sold as provided by law and for which certificates of sale have been issued at the time of the passage of the resolution by the county board, and lands owned by the conservator of rural credit are taxable lands within the meaning of this section. If the taxes or ditch lien installments on the lands or the interest of the purchaser in them are delinquent, they are lands on which the taxes are delinquent within the meaning of subdivision 2.
History:
(4031-75) 1933 c 402 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2014 c 308 art 9 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.36 — Lands To Be Held By State.

84A.36 LANDS TO BE HELD BY STATE.
The title to parcels of land within a project, except lands within the boundaries of a city, that are acquired by the state under Laws 1927, chapter 119, as amended, must be held by the state free from any trust in favor of the taxing districts specified in that chapter. Title must be held and used or disposed of in accordance with state law.
History:
(4031-82) 1933 c 402 s 8; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 2 s 47; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.37 — Commissioner Of Management And Budget To Certify List To Department.

84A.37 COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO CERTIFY LIST TO DEPARTMENT.
On receiving the reports of the county auditor specified in section 84A.33, the commissioner of management and budget shall certify a copy of the report to the department. The department shall classify the lands as to their suitability for agriculture or for afforestation, reforestation, or for the purpose of impounding, controlling, and regulating the waters of meandered lakes and flow of natural streams, or for other state purposes. After the state acquires title to the land as provided in sections 84A.31 to 84A.42, the lands may be reclassified. Lands that become the absolute property of the state under sections 84A.31 to 84A.42 and have been classified as suitable for agriculture, and timber from any lands so acquired, may be sold or rented by the state.
History:
(4031-83) 1933 c 402 s 9; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.38 — Department To Accept Gifts.

84A.38 DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT GIFTS.
The department may receive for the state and acknowledge any gift, bequest, devise, or grant of land, or interests in lands, in a project, or of money or personal property of any kind, that it finds suitable for use in connection with the operation, control, development, or use of projects.
History:
(4031-84) 1933 c 402 s 10; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.39 — Eminent Domain.

84A.39 EMINENT DOMAIN.
The department has the power of eminent domain in chapter 117. The department may acquire by eminent domain or by purchase any privately owned lands or interests in lands within a project that it considers necessary for state ownership, use, or development for the purposes of sections 84A.31 to 84A.42. No money shall be used to acquire land or interest in it until the department and the commissioner of management and budget determine that the money will not be required to meet the requisitions of the counties authorized under section 84A.33 or to pay certificates of indebtedness and their interest.
History:
(4031-85) 1933 c 402 s 11; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2006 c 214 s 20; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.41 — Definitions.

84A.41 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Taxes.
"Taxes," as used in sections 84A.31 to 84A.42 includes taxes of every kind and special assessments of every kind.
Subd. 2.
Bonds and bonded indebtedness.
"Bonds" and "bonded indebtedness," as used in sections 84A.31 to 84A.42, include bonds and accumulated interest on bonds of every nature issued to finance or refinance the construction, maintenance, or repair of public drainage ditches.
History:
(4031-76) 1933 c 402 s 2; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.42 — Rules Violation; Misdemeanor.

84A.42 RULES VIOLATION; MISDEMEANOR.
A person who within the limits of any project established in accordance with section 84A.31 willfully violates a rule of the Department of Natural Resources adopted under sections 84A.31 to 84A.42 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(4031-87) 1933 c 402 s 13; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.50 — Certain Certificates Accepted And Validated.

84A.50 CERTAIN CERTIFICATES ACCEPTED AND VALIDATED.
Certificates relating to bonds issued to finance or refinance public drainage ditches, the principal and interest of the bonds, the amount of money collected from drainage assessments and credited to ditches, and the amount of the deficit in the ditch fund made by a county auditor under section 84A.23 or 84A.33 to the commissioner of management and budget on which payment has been made by the state are accepted as correct and are validated.
History:
1949 c 498 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2014 c 290 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.51 — Consolidated Conservation Areas Account.

84A.51 CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION AREAS ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Account created.
There is created in the state treasury the consolidated conservation areas account, also called the consolidated account.
Subd. 2.
Funds transferred; appropriated.
Money in any fund established under section 84A.03, 84A.22, or 84A.32, subdivision 2, is transferred to the consolidated account, except as provided in subdivision 3. The money in the consolidated account, or as much of it as necessary, is appropriated for the purposes of sections 84A.52 and 84A.53. Of any remaining balance, the amount derived from timber sales receipts is transferred to the forest management investment account and the amount derived from all other receipts is transferred to the general fund.
Subd. 3.
Payments to county.
Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year the commissioner of management and budget shall pay one-half of the income received in the consolidated account in that fiscal year to the county containing the land from which the income is derived. That amount is so appropriated.
Subd. 4.
County's use of funds.
(a) The funds received by each county must be apportioned by the county auditor as follows:
(1) 30 percent to a county development fund, which is created, to be spent under the direction of the county board for the rehabilitation and development of the portion of the county within the conservation area;
(2) 40 percent to the general fund of the school district from which derived;
(3) 20 percent to the county revenue fund; and
(4) ten percent to the township road and bridge fund of the township from which derived.
(b) If the proceeds are derived from an unorganized township with no levy for road and bridge purposes, the township portion must be credited to the county revenue fund.
Subd. 5.
[Unnecessary]
History:
1949 c 498 s 2; 1957 c 675 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 20,106; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 5 s 2; 2004 c 241 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.52 — Accounts; Examination, Appropriation, Payment.

84A.52 ACCOUNTS; EXAMINATION, APPROPRIATION, PAYMENT.
(a) As a part of the examination provided for by section 6.481, of the accounts of the several counties within a game preserve, area, or project established under section 84A.01, 84A.20, or 84A.31, the state auditor shall segregate the audit of the accounts reflecting the receipt and disbursement of money collected or disbursed under this chapter or from the sale of tax-forfeited lands held by the state under section 84A.07, 84A.26, or 84A.36. The auditor shall also include in the reports required by section 6.481 summary statements as of December 31 before the examination that set forth the proportionate amount of principal and interest due from the state to the individual county and any money due the state from the county remaining unpaid under this chapter, or from the sale of any tax-forfeited lands referred to in this section, and other information required by the commissioner of management and budget. On receiving a report, the commissioner of management and budget shall determine the net amount due to the county for the period covered by the report and shall issue a payment upon the state treasury payable out of the consolidated fund for that amount. It must be paid to and received by the county as payment in full of all amounts due for the period stated on the payments from the state under any provision of this chapter.
(b) Money to make the payments is appropriated to the counties entitled to payment from the consolidated fund in the state treasury.
History:
1949 c 498 s 3; 1959 c 158 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 7,14; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 64; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2015 c 77 art 2 s 87; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.53 — Receipts Not Credited To Consolidated Account.

84A.53 RECEIPTS NOT CREDITED TO CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Tax levies.
Money collected from tax levies made before April 19, 1949, under this chapter, must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. Upon completion of the payment provided for in section 84A.52, the commissioner of management and budget shall make the appropriate entries. Money referred to in this section must not be used for the payments under section 84A.52 until all other money in the consolidated account has been spent.
Subd. 2.
Land sales.
The portion of the money received from the sale of tax-forfeited lands that are held by the state under section 84A.07, 84A.26, or 84A.36, that would not be paid to the counties if all the sale proceeds were deposited in the consolidated account, must be deposited in the land acquisition account. The remaining amount must be paid to the counties under section 84A.51 as if all the sale proceeds were deposited in the consolidated account.
History:
1949 c 498 s 4; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 80; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.54 — Collections Deposited In Consolidated Account.

84A.54 COLLECTIONS DEPOSITED IN CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT.
Except as provided in section 84A.53, money received after April 18, 1949, under this chapter must be deposited in the consolidated account.
History:
1949 c 498 s 5; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 81; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.56 — Consolidated Conservation Land Acquisition And Disposition.

84A.56 CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION.
Subdivision 1.
Consolidated conservation land acquisition and disposition plan.
Before the commissioner may acquire or dispose of land in the game preserves, areas, and projects established under section 84A.01, 84A.20, or 84A.31, in any county, the commissioner must prepare a county land acquisition and disposition plan. The plan must identify the general areas where the commissioner intends to acquire or dispose of land and their accompanying reasons. The plan must emphasize a balance of uplands and wetlands.
Subd. 2.
Review by county board.
The plan must be submitted to the county board for review and comment. The board must notify the commissioner of natural resources of any concerns or disagreements with the plan within 90 days after receiving the plan or proposal.
Subd. 3.
Department review of appraisals.
The county board must submit appraisals for land offered for sale under this section to the commissioner for review at least 30 days before the date of the sale.
History:
1984 c 654 art 2 s 83; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation › Section 84A.57 — Certain Tax-forfeited Land Held In Trust For County.

84A.57 CERTAIN TAX-FORFEITED LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR COUNTY.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, land that forfeits to the state for nonpayment of taxes and is in a game preserve, area, or project established under section 84A.01, 84A.20, or 84A.31 must be held in trust for the taxing district as land outside a game preserve, area, or project. The lands must be disposed of and managed, and have income from the land allocated, in the same manner as land that is outside a game preserve, area, or project.
History:
1984 c 654 art 2 s 84; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84B — Voyageurs National Park › Section 84B.01 — Legislative Findings.

84B.01 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Subdivision 1.
History of efforts to establish.
The legislature finds that the untiring efforts of citizens of the state of Minnesota, first formally enunciated by the legislature in 1891 by concurrent resolution number 13, together with efforts of citizens of other states, have culminated in the enactment by the second session of the 91st Congress of an act authorizing the establishment of Voyageurs National Park in the state of Minnesota; (Public Law 91-661).
Subd. 2.
Purpose of park.
The legislature concurs with the stated purpose of Congress in authorizing the establishment of the park. It is, therefore, the purpose of sections 84B.01 to 84B.10 to preserve, for the inspiration and enjoyment of present and future generations, the outstanding scenery, geologic conditions, and waterway system which constituted a part of the historic route of the voyageurs, who contributed significantly to the opening of the northwestern United States.
Subd. 3.
Public interests served by establishment of park.
Sections 84B.01 to 84B.10 are a necessary first step in the establishment of the park and is in furtherance of the provisions of section 101 of the act of Congress authorizing the establishment of the park. The Voyageurs National Park will be the largest park area within the state and will be of especial and immediate benefit to the citizens of the state, due to its accessibility to them, and to the effect it may reasonably be expected to have on the development of tourism and related economic activities. Sections 84B.01 to 84B.10 will, therefore, promote the health and welfare of the citizens of the state of Minnesota.
History:
1971 c 852 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84B — Voyageurs National Park › Section 84B.02 — Withdrawal Of Lands From Kabetogama State Forest.

84B.02 WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS FROM KABETOGAMA STATE FOREST.
All lands, including but not limited to trust fund lands, tax-forfeited lands, and acquired lands lying within the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park as described by section 102 of the act of Congress authorizing the establishment of the park are withdrawn from the Kabetogama State Forest.
History:
1971 c 852 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84B — Voyageurs National Park › Section 84B.04 — Acquiring Lands Of Political Subdivisions.

84B.04 ACQUIRING LANDS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
The commissioner of administration shall acquire, by condemnation or purchase, fee title to lands owned by any political subdivision of the state located within the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park. Upon certification by the commissioner that the lands have been acquired and that any appeal time has expired, the governor shall donate and convey these lands to the United States for the park, in the manner provided in section 84B.03.
History:
1971 c 852 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84B — Voyageurs National Park › Section 84B.05 — Owners Of Certain Improved Properties May File Claims.

84B.05 OWNERS OF CERTAIN IMPROVED PROPERTIES MAY FILE CLAIMS.
Any person leasing land of the state of Minnesota for cabin site purposes within the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park may file with the legislature, a claim for the fair market value of any recreational residential dwelling, the construction of which was commenced on or after January 1, 1969 and before January 1, 1970.
History:
1971 c 852 s 5; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84B — Voyageurs National Park › Section 84B.06 — State's Consent To Acquisition Of Lands.

84B.06 STATE'S CONSENT TO ACQUISITION OF LANDS.
Consent of the state of Minnesota is given to the acquisition by the United States in any manner authorized by act of Congress of lands lying within the boundaries of Voyageurs National Park for any purpose incident to the development and maintenance of the park, subject to concurrent jurisdiction of the state and the United States as defined in section 1.041.
History:
1971 c 852 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation › Chapter 84B — Voyageurs National Park › Section 84B.061 — State Jurisdiction Over Rainy Lake And Other Navigable Waters; Duties Of Governor, Attorney General, And Other Public Officers.

84B.061 STATE JURISDICTION OVER RAINY LAKE AND OTHER NAVIGABLE WATERS; DUTIES OF GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICERS.
As required by this chapter and the act of Congress authorizing Voyageurs National Park, the state of Minnesota donated in excess of 35,000 acres of state and other publicly owned land for the park, roughly one-fourth of the land area of the park, at a cost of over $5,000,000 to the state. More than 24,000 acres of this land was state trust fund land which the state condemned before making its donation. Pursuant to section 84B.06, lands donated by the state, along with other lands acquired by the National Park Service for the park, were made subject to concurrent jurisdiction by the state and the United States under section 1.041. In making these donations, none of the navigable waters within the park and the lands under them have been donated to the United States. These navigable waters include the following: Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan, Sand Point, and Crane Lakes. Pursuant to applicable federal and state law, navigable waters and their beds are owned by the state. Ownership of and jurisdiction over these waters and their beds has not been ceded by the state, either expressly or implicitly, to the United States. Unlike section 1.044 relating to the Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge, where the state expressly granted its consent and jurisdiction to the United States to acquire interests in water, as well as land, the consent granted by the state in section 84B.06 to acquisitions by the United States for Voyageurs National Park is limited to land, only. In the discharge of their official duties, the governor, attorney general, other constitutional officers, and other public officials, such as the commissioner of natural resources, shall vigorously assert and defend, in all forums, the state's ownership of and jurisdiction over these waters and their beds and related natural resources, together with associated rights of the state and its citizens arising from the state's ownership and jurisdiction. In discharging their duties, the governor, attorney general, other constitutional officers, and other public officials shall, additionally, be especially cognizant of the free rights of travel afforded to citizens of Minnesota and others under the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (proclaimed November 10, 1842) and the Root-Bryce Treaty (proclaimed May 13, 1910) on international and associated boundary waters. Also, in furtherance of duties under this section, the commissioner of natural resources shall continue in effect the commercial removal of rough fish, as defined in section 97A.015, subdivision 43, from these waters, together with any rights to do so possessed by any person on January 1, 1995, so long as the commissioner determines that such taking is desirable to the management of the native fishery.
History:
1995 c 124 s 2