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 […]
84A.32 DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Rules. (a) The department shall manage and control each project approved and accepted under section 84A.31. The department may adopt and enforce rules for the purposes in section 84A.31, subdivision 1, for the prevention of forest fires in the projects, and for the sale of merchantable timber from […]
84A.33 COUNTY AUDITORS 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.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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
84A.40 COUNTY MAY ASSUME BONDS. (a) Any county where a project or portion of it is located may voluntarily assume, in the manner specified in this section, the obligation to pay a portion of the principal and interest of the bonds issued before the approval and acceptance of the project and remaining unpaid at maturity, […]
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 […]
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 […]
