Natural resources; reporting requirements modified to improve efficiency.

A bill for an act

relating to natural resources; modifying reporting requirements to improve

efficiency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.03; 89.36, subdivision

4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.03, is amended to read:

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
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must maintain a publicly available inventory of

department-administered lands that is updated
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on or before
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November 15 of
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January 15
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each even-numbered year
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, 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
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. The inventory must include:
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(1)
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an inventory of the
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tracts and
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parcels of land
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, and rights, interests, and easements

therein,
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held
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in fee title
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by the state
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or withdrawn from sale for any of these purposes, with

the value thereof,
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;
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and

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(2)
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a list of the name, location,
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and
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size
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, and description
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of each state trail,
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state park,

state recreation area, state forest,
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state scientific and natural area, state wildlife management

area,
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state aquatic management area, and
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state water-access site
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, 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
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that was acquired or conveyed out of department ownership during the previous

biennium
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.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 89.36, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Annual report.

(a) The commissioner
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shall
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must
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submit
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an annual
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a biennial
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report to the legislature relating to the production of planting stock at state nurseries. The

report must include the following:

(1) sales figures;

(2) income figures; and

(3) expenses for operations and administration.

(b) Copies of the report must be filed with the Legislative Reference Library and made

available to the public.

(c) The commissioner
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shall
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must
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also provide any additional information requested by

the legislature relating to the production of planting stock at state nurseries.