Section 90.251 — Timber Scaling.
90.251 TIMBER SCALING. Subdivision 1. Scaling and check scaling procedures and requirements; penalty. The commissioner shall institute scaling and check scaling procedures for state timber sufficient to protect the interest of the state. This will include the assignment of a trained timber scaling specialist in the classified service to be responsible for check scaling and […]
Section 90.14 — Auction Sale Procedure.
90.14 AUCTION SALE PROCEDURE. (a) All state timber shall be offered and sold by the same unit of measurement as it was appraised. No tract shall be sold to any person other than the responsible bidder in whose name the bid was made. The commissioner may refuse to approve any and all bids received and […]
Section 90.252 — Scaling Agreement; Weight-measurement Services; Fees.
90.252 SCALING AGREEMENT; WEIGHT-MEASUREMENT SERVICES; FEES. Subdivision 1. Scaling agreement. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with either a timber sale permittee or the purchaser of the cut products, or both, so that the scaling of the cut timber and the collection of the payment for the same can be consummated by the state. […]
Section 90.145 — Purchaser Qualifications, Registration, And Requirements.
90.145 PURCHASER QUALIFICATIONS, REGISTRATION, AND REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. Purchaser requirements. (a) In addition to any other requirements imposed by this chapter, the purchaser of a state timber permit issued under section 90.151 must meet the requirements in paragraphs (b) to (e). (b) The purchaser or the purchaser’s agents, employees, subcontractors, and assigns conducting logging operations […]
Section 90.281 — Rescales, Recounts, And Reestimates.
90.281 RESCALES, RECOUNTS, AND REESTIMATES. (a) Upon complaint of any interested permit holder questioning the accuracy of any scale, count, or estimate of timber made by any state appraiser, or at any other time the commissioner determines in the absence of a complaint, the commissioner may cause a rescale, recount, or reestimate thereof to be […]
Section 90.151 — Permits To Cut And Remove Timber.
90.151 PERMITS TO CUT AND REMOVE TIMBER. Subdivision 1. Issuance; expiration. (a) Following receipt of the down payment for state timber required under section 90.14 or 90.191, the commissioner shall issue a numbered permit to the purchaser, in a format approved by the commissioner, by the terms of which the purchaser is authorized to enter […]
Section 90.301 — Timber Trespass On State Lands; Unlawful Possession And Sale; Rewards; Records.
90.301 TIMBER TRESPASS ON STATE LANDS; UNLAWFUL POSSESSION AND SALE; REWARDS; RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Trespass on public lands; damages. Whoever without valid permit shall cut any timber upon lands owned by this state, or held in trust by the state for the counties, or remove or carry away any such timber, or any other property […]
Section 90.161 — Security Deposits Required For Effective Timber Permits.
90.161 SECURITY DEPOSITS REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE TIMBER PERMITS. Subdivision 1. Security deposit required. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the purchaser of any state timber, before any timber permit becomes effective for any purpose, shall give good and valid security in the form of cash; a certified check; a cashier’s check; a postal, bank, […]
Section 90.162 — Securing Timber Permits With Cutting Blocks.
90.162 SECURING TIMBER PERMITS WITH CUTTING BLOCKS. In lieu of the security deposit equal to the value of all timber covered by the permit required by section 90.161, a purchaser of state timber may elect in a format prescribed by the commissioner to give good and valid surety to the state of Minnesota equal to […]
Section 90.164 — Timber Permit Development Option.
90.164 TIMBER PERMIT DEVELOPMENT OPTION. With the completion of the presale conference requirement under section 90.151, subdivision 6, a permit holder may access the permit area in advance of the permit being fully secured as required by section 90.161, for the express purpose of clearing approved landings and logging roads. No cutting of state timber […]