Top Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Easements and Conveyances' in Minnesota

IRD ENGROSSMENT State land provisions modified concerning critical habitat private sector matching account, authority, timber permits, outdoor recreation system, state parks, and forests; and tax-forfeited land provisions modified for wind energy projects. Section 1: Pledges and contributions language added. Section 2: Enforcement of federal laws language provided. Section 3: Composition of system language added. Section 4: Secondary authorization; when permitted language added. Section 5: Issuance; expiration language modified. Section 6: Private easements language modified. Section 7: Land replacement trust fund; Itasca County language added. Section 8: Additions to state parks language provided. Subdivision 1. Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. Subdivision 2. Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. Subdivision 3. Monson Lake State [...]

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TICLE 1- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XI, section 14, to increase the percentage of net proceeds from the state lottery to the environment and natural resources trust fund and to extend the length of time proceeds are to be credited to the fund ARTICLE 2 - NATURAL RESOURCES FUNDING Establishing the parks and trails account in the natural resources fund; appropriating money from the account to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for the acquisition, operation and maintenance of state parks and trails; requiring the state lottery in lieu tax credited to the clean water legacy account in the environmental fund; allowing environmental protection trust fund expenditures for acquiring natural areas and obtaining and operating permanent conservation easements; modifying the disposition of the state lottery in lieu tax; requiring unclaimed [...]

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Relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to community based energy development projects, modifying the community based energy development tariff to reflect renewable energy technologies, restricting wind energy single ownership, modifying the definition of community based energy development (C-BED) project and the tariff rate, updating C-BED project priorities, placing negotiation conditions on utilities intending to own or contract with independent power producers without C-BED projects; authorizing municipal power agencies and cooperatives to offer members a certain community energy partnership opportunity; authorizing public utilities to construct, own and operate generation facilities to fulfill renewable energy objectives, requiring renewable energy plan filings with the public utilities commission (PUC) and requiring PUC approval; authorizing utilities to petition the PUC to approve rate schedules providing [...]

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3E Relating to bioenergy development; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to establish a clean energy capital equipment revolving loan fund to receive appropriations and make loans for capital equipment to persons participating in the reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program; providing for cellulosic biofuel development; defining cellulosic biofuel, material and facility and other terms relating to cellulosic biofuel development, specifying a production goal and requiring commissioner cash payments to eligible cellulosic biofuel producers under certain conditions; providing for a bioenergy production incentive; defining bioenergy production, crops and project area, requiring the commissioner to make cash payment to bioenergy producers under certain conditions; requiring the board of soil and water resources (BOWSR) to establish and administer an additional reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program, defining [...]

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