Subdivision 1. Account created. There is created in the state treasury the consolidated conservation areas account, also called the consolidated account.
Subd. 2. Funds transferred; appropriated. Money in any fund established under section 84A.03, 84A.22, or 84A.32, subdivision 2, is transferred to the consolidated account, except as provided in subdivision 3. The money in the consolidated account, or as much of it as necessary, is appropriated for the purposes of sections 84A.52 and 84A.53. Of any remaining balance, the amount derived from timber sales receipts is transferred to the forest management investment account and the amount derived from all other receipts is transferred to the general fund.
Subd. 3. Payments to county. Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year the commissioner of management and budget shall pay one-half of the income received in the consolidated account in that fiscal year to the county containing the land from which the income is derived. That amount is so appropriated.
Subd. 4. County's use of funds. (a) The funds received by each county must be apportioned by the county auditor as follows:
(1) 30 percent to a county development fund, which is created, to be spent under the direction of the county board for the rehabilitation and development of the portion of the county within the conservation area;
(2) 40 percent to the general fund of the school district from which derived;
(3) 20 percent to the county revenue fund; and
(4) ten percent to the township road and bridge fund of the township from which derived.
(b) If the proceeds are derived from an unorganized township with no levy for road and bridge purposes, the township portion must be credited to the county revenue fund.
Subd. 5. [Unnecessary]
1949 c 498 s 2; 1957 c 675 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1987 c 229 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 20,106; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 5 s 2; 2004 c 241 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 84A - 84D — Conservation
Chapter 84A — Lands Dedicated For Conservation
Section 84A.01 — Red Lake Game Preserve.
Section 84A.02 — Department To Manage Preserve.
Section 84A.03 — Red Lake Game Preserve Fund.
Section 84A.07 — Preserve Lands To Be Held By State.
Section 84A.09 — Gifts Received.
Section 84A.10 — Eminent Domain.
Section 84A.101 — Rule Violation; Misdemeanor.
Section 84A.20 — County Action To Set Off Areas.
Section 84A.21 — Department To Manage Projects.
Section 84A.22 — Disposal Of Proceeds.
Section 84A.23 — County Auditor To Certify Tax-delinquent Lands.
Section 84A.26 — Project Lands To Be Held By State.
Section 84A.27 — Project Lands Classified.
Section 84A.28 — Department To Accept Gifts.
Section 84A.29 — Eminent Domain.
Section 84A.30 — Rules Violation A Misdemeanor.
Section 84A.31 — State Reforestation Projects.
Section 84A.32 — Department To Manage Projects.
Section 84A.33 — County Auditors To Certify Tax-delinquent Lands.
Section 84A.36 — Lands To Be Held By State.
Section 84A.37 — Commissioner Of Management And Budget To Certify List To Department.
Section 84A.38 — Department To Accept Gifts.
Section 84A.39 — Eminent Domain.
Section 84A.40 — County May Assume Bonds.
Section 84A.42 — Rules Violation; Misdemeanor.
Section 84A.50 — Certain Certificates Accepted And Validated.
Section 84A.51 — Consolidated Conservation Areas Account.
Section 84A.52 — Accounts; Examination, Appropriation, Payment.
Section 84A.53 — Receipts Not Credited To Consolidated Account.
Section 84A.54 — Collections Deposited In Consolidated Account.
Section 84A.55 — Commissioner's Control Of Conservation Lands.
Section 84A.56 — Consolidated Conservation Land Acquisition And Disposition.
Section 84A.57 — Certain Tax-forfeited Land Held In Trust For County.