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) […]
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 […]
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.23 COUNTY AUDITOR TO CERTIFY TAX-DELINQUENT LANDS. Subdivision 1. First report. As soon as practicable after the approval and acceptance of a project, the auditor of each county where the project is situated shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget a list of lands within the project, except lands within the boundaries of […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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
