Bill Text: MN SF1228 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Permanent school trust fund lands cost assessment limitation; forest management activities appropriation
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Finance [SF1228 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1228-Introduced.html
1.2relating to state lands; limiting costs that may be assessed against permanent
1.3school trust lands; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 16A.125, subdivision 5.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.125, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 5. Forest trust lands. (a) The term "state forest trust fund lands" as used
1.8in this subdivision, means public land in trust under the Constitution set apart as "forest
1.9lands under the authority of the commissioner" of natural resources as defined by section
1.1089.001, subdivision 13
.
1.11(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit the revenue from the
1.12forest trust fund lands to the forest suspense account. The account must specify the trust
1.13funds interested in the lands and the respective receipts of the lands.
1.14(c) After a fiscal year, the commissioner of management and budget shall certify
1.15the costs incurred for forestry during that year under appropriations for the improvement,
1.16administration, and management of state forest trust fund lands and construction and
1.17improvement of forest roads to enhance the forest value of the lands. The certificate must
1.18specify the trust funds interested in the lands. In any year, the total costs assessed against
1.19the permanent school trust fund lands must not exceed 30 percent of the revenue earned by
1.20permanent school trust fund lands. After presentation to the Legislative Permanent School
1.21Fund Commission, the commissioner of natural resources shall supply the commissioner
1.22of management and budget with the information needed for the certificate. The certificate
1.23shall include an analysis that compares costs certified under this section with costs
1.24incurred on other public and private lands with similar land assets.
2.1(d) After a fiscal year, the commissioner shall distribute the receipts credited to the
2.2suspense account during that fiscal year as follows:
2.3(1) the amount of the certified costs incurred by the state for forest management,
2.4forest improvement, and road improvement during the fiscal year shall be transferred to
2.5the forest management investment account established under section89.039 ;
2.6(2) the balance of the certified costs incurred by the state during the fiscal year
2.7shall be transferred to the general fund; and
2.8(3) the balance of the receipts shall then be returned prorated to the trust funds in
2.9proportion to their respective interests in the lands which produced the receipts.
2.10(e) The commissioner of natural resources must provide the same levels of
2.11protection, improvement, administration, and management of permanent school trust fund
2.12lands as the commissioner provides for other lands included in this subdivision.
2.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to
2.14distributions made on or after that date.
2.15 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.16$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.17of natural resources for the forest management activities required under Minnesota
2.18Statutes, section 16A.125, subdivision 5.
1.3school trust lands; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 16A.125, subdivision 5.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.125, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 5. Forest trust lands. (a) The term "state forest trust fund lands" as used
1.8in this subdivision, means public land in trust under the Constitution set apart as "forest
1.9lands under the authority of the commissioner" of natural resources as defined by section
1.11(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit the revenue from the
1.12forest trust fund lands to the forest suspense account. The account must specify the trust
1.13funds interested in the lands and the respective receipts of the lands.
1.14(c) After a fiscal year, the commissioner of management and budget shall certify
1.15the costs incurred for forestry during that year under appropriations for the improvement,
1.16administration, and management of state forest trust fund lands and construction and
1.17improvement of forest roads to enhance the forest value of the lands. The certificate must
1.18specify the trust funds interested in the lands. In any year, the total costs assessed against
1.19the permanent school trust fund lands must not exceed 30 percent of the revenue earned by
1.20permanent school trust fund lands. After presentation to the Legislative Permanent School
1.21Fund Commission, the commissioner of natural resources shall supply the commissioner
1.22of management and budget with the information needed for the certificate. The certificate
1.23shall include an analysis that compares costs certified under this section with costs
1.24incurred on other public and private lands with similar land assets.
2.1(d) After a fiscal year, the commissioner shall distribute the receipts credited to the
2.2suspense account during that fiscal year as follows:
2.3(1) the amount of the certified costs incurred by the state for forest management,
2.4forest improvement, and road improvement during the fiscal year shall be transferred to
2.5the forest management investment account established under section
2.6(2) the balance of the certified costs incurred by the state during the fiscal year
2.7shall be transferred to the general fund; and
2.8(3) the balance of the receipts shall then be returned prorated to the trust funds in
2.9proportion to their respective interests in the lands which produced the receipts.
2.10(e) The commissioner of natural resources must provide the same levels of
2.11protection, improvement, administration, and management of permanent school trust fund
2.12lands as the commissioner provides for other lands included in this subdivision.
2.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to
2.14distributions made on or after that date.
2.15 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.16$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.17of natural resources for the forest management activities required under Minnesota
2.18Statutes, section 16A.125, subdivision 5.
