Subdivision 1. MS 2018 [Repealed by amendment, 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 38]
Subd. 1a. License. (a) A person must have a buyer's license for decorative materials to:
(1) buy more than 100 pounds of decorative boughs in any calendar year;
(2) buy more than 50 spruce stems or branches greater than six inches in length in any calendar year; or
(3) buy more than 50 birch stems or branches greater than one-inch large-end diameter in any calendar year.
(b) The annual fee for a buyer's license for decorative materials for a resident or nonresident is $25.
Subd. 2. Record requirements. (a) When buying or otherwise receiving decorative materials, a person licensed under this section must record:
(1) the seller's name and address;
(2) the form of written consent; and
(3) the government permit number or legal description or property tax identification number of the land from which the decorative materials were obtained.
(b) The information under paragraph (a) must be recorded on a form furnished or otherwise approved by the commissioner of natural resources and must be exhibited to an officer upon request.
(c) A licensed buyer may not purchase decorative materials if the seller fails to exhibit the written consent required under section 88.642, subdivision 1. Decorative materials must conform to standards specified in the written consent.
(d) Records must be maintained from July 1 until June 30 of the following calendar year and must be open to inspection to an officer during reasonable hours.
(e) Customer name and address records created and maintained by licensees under this section are classified as private or nonpublic government data.
Subd. 3. Penalties. (a) The commissioner may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this section for cause, including for falsifying records required under this section or for violating sections 88.641 to 88.648.
(b) A person convicted of two or more violations of sections 88.641 to 88.648 within three years may not obtain a buyer's license for decorative materials for three years after the date of the last conviction.
Subd. 4. Special forest products account; disposition of fees. (a) The special forest products account is established in the state treasury in the natural resources fund.
(b) Fees for licenses issued under this section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the special forest products account and, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, are annually appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for costs associated with special forest product information and education programs for harvesters and buyers.
1Sp2001 c 2 s 97; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 69; 2014 c 248 s 6; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 62; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 38
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 88 — Division Of Forestry
Section 88.02 — Citation; Wildfire Act.
Section 88.04 — Firebreaks; Preventing Fires.
Section 88.041 — Agreements To Prevent And Suppress Wildfires.
Section 88.05 — Roadsides; Clearing; Firebreaks.
Section 88.06 — Removing Dead Or Down Timber.
Section 88.065 — Equipment Furnished.
Section 88.067 — Grants To Local Fire Departments.
Section 88.068 — Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant Account.
Section 88.08 — Wildfire Protection Districts.
Section 88.09 — Acquiring Land For Fire Protection.
Section 88.10 — Authority Of State Forest Officers.
Section 88.11 — Assistance For Fighting Fires.
Section 88.12 — Compensating Wildfire Fighters; Emergency Expenses.
Section 88.14 — Disposal Of Slashings And Debris.
Section 88.16 — Starting And Reporting Fires.
Section 88.17 — Permission To Start Fires; Prosecution For Unlawfully Starting Fires.
Section 88.171 — Open Burning Prohibitions.
Section 88.20 — Railroad Companies To Provide Patrol Officers.
Section 88.21 — Railroads; Duties; Penalties.
Section 88.22 — Wildfire Prevention; Restrictions And Penalties.
Section 88.28 — Law Divided Into Parts.
Section 88.29 — County Boards; Jurisdiction, Powers.
Section 88.30 — Clearing And Improving Lands.
Section 88.31 — Surveys And Plats.
Section 88.32 — Appraisers; Assessing Benefits And Damages; Statements And Reports.
Section 88.33 — Hearings; Notice; Service; Date; Adjournments.
Section 88.34 — Hearing On Petition; Elimination Of Lands.
Section 88.35 — Rereference Of Petition.
Section 88.36 — Order For Improvements.
Section 88.37 — Appeals From Orders For Improvements.
Section 88.38 — Contracts For Improvements; Duties Of County Auditor; Seeding Of Cleared Lands.
Section 88.39 — Work Of Improvement; Duties Of Engineers; Payments To Contractors.
Section 88.40 — Bond Issues To Pay For Improvements.
Section 88.41 — County Auditors; Tabular Statements; Powers And Duties.
Section 88.42 — Improvements By Towns And Cities; Limitation Of Indebtedness.
Section 88.43 — Firebreaks; Clearing Lands.
Section 88.44 — Acquiring Property.
Section 88.45 — Municipalities To Cooperate.
Section 88.46 — Laws Applicable.
Section 88.491 — Expired Contracts.
Section 88.51 — Auxiliary Forests; Tax Rate, Special Taxes.
Section 88.52 — Cutting Timber; Taxation.
Section 88.523 — Auxiliary Forest Contracts; Supplemental Agreements.
Section 88.53 — Disposal After Land Ceases To Be Auxiliary Forest; Rules.
Section 88.642 — Decorative Materials.
Section 88.6435 — Decorative Materials; Buyers.
Section 88.647 — Relation To Existing Laws.
Section 88.648 — Criminal Penalties; Misdemeanor.
Section 88.73 — Administration; Delegated Powers And Duties.
Section 88.75 — Violations; Penalties.
Section 88.77 — Disposition Of Fines And Penalties.
Section 88.79 — State Forest Service To Private Owners.
Section 88.80 — Aspen Recycling Program.