| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to natural resources; requiring the commissioner of natural resources to |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 provide unimpeded access to state forest roads for certain commercial purposes; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 89.002, subdivision 3. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 89.002, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 3.Forest road policy.The commissioner shall provide a system of forest roads |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8and trails which provides access to state forest land and other forest land under the |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9commissioner's authority which is adequate to permit the commissioner to manage, protect, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10and develop those lands and their forest resources consistent with the forest resource |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11management policy, and to meet demands for forest resources. The commissioner must |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12ensure that commercial minnow trappers, leech trappers, fur trappers, and loggers have |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13unimpeded access to forest roads. If the commissioner or any other state agency requires a |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14permit to access state forest roads, the commissioner or state agency must issue a permit to |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15any person seeking access to the forest roads for these purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 17 | 17 | | REVISOR CKM/DG 25-0227201/15/25 |
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| 18 | 18 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 20 | 20 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 21 | 21 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 22 | 22 | | H. F. No. 813 |
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| 23 | 23 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | Authored by Wiener02/17/2025 |
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| 25 | 25 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy |
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