Money appropriated from the trust fund must not be used to purchase any land in fee title or a permanent conservation easement if the land in question is fully or partially owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state or was acquired fully or partially with state money, unless:
(1) the purchase creates additional direct benefit to the protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state's air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources; and
(2) the purchase is approved, prior to the acquisition, by an affirmative vote of at least 12 members of the commission.
2013 c 52 s 9
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 116P - 116Q — Environmental Protection Funds
Chapter 116P — Environment And Natural Resources Trust Fund
Section 116P.02 — Definitions.
Section 116P.03 — Trust Fund Not To Supplant Existing Funding; Appropriations.
Section 116P.04 — Trust Fund Account.
Section 116P.05 — Legislative-citizen Commission On Minnesota Resources.
Section 116P.07 — Information Gathering.
Section 116P.08 — Trust Fund Expenditures.
Section 116P.09 — Administration.
Section 116P.10 — Royalties, Copyrights, Patents, And Sale Of Products And Assets.
Section 116P.11 — Availability Of Funds For Disbursement.
Section 116P.12 — Water System Improvement; Loan Program.
Section 116P.15 — Land Acquisition; Restrictions.
Section 116P.16 — Real Property Interests; Report.
Section 116P.17 — Acquiring Lands Or Interest In Lands; Commissioner Approval.
Section 116P.18 — Lands In Public Domain.
Section 116P.20 — Easements; Monitoring And Enforcement Requirements.