Subdivision 1. Scaling agreement. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with either a timber sale permittee or the purchaser of the cut products, or both, so that the scaling of the cut timber and the collection of the payment for the same can be consummated by the state. The agreement must be approved as to form and content by the commissioner and must provide for a bond or cash in lieu of a bond and other safeguards as are necessary to protect the interests of the state. The scaling and payment collection procedure may be used for any state timber sale, except that no permittee who is also the consumer shall both cut and scale the timber sold unless the scaling is supervised by a state scaler.
Subd. 2. Weight-measurement services; fees. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with the owner or operator of any weight scale inspected, tested, and approved under chapter 239 to provide weight measurements for scaling state timber according to section 90.251. The agreement must be in a format prescribed by the commissioner, becomes part of the official record of any state timber permit so scaled, and must contain safeguards that are necessary to protect the interests of the state. Except as otherwise provided by the commissioner, the cost of any agreement to provide weight measurement of state timber must be paid by the permit holder of any state timber permit so measured, and the cost must be included in the statement of the amount due for the permit under section 90.181, subdivision 1.
1969 c 366 s 10; 2000 c 485 s 13; 2004 c 241 s 12; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 58; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 54
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Section 90.02 — Citation; Statement Of Policy.
Section 90.031 — Executive Council And Commissioner Powers.
Section 90.041 — Commissioner Powers And Duties.
Section 90.045 — Appraisal Standards.
Section 90.051 — Supervising Sales; Bond.
Section 90.061 — State Appraisers.
Section 90.101 — Timber Sold At Public Auction.
Section 90.121 — Intermediate Auction Sales; Maximum Lots Of 3,000 Cords.
Section 90.14 — Auction Sale Procedure.
Section 90.145 — Purchaser Qualifications, Registration, And Requirements.
Section 90.151 — Permits To Cut And Remove Timber.
Section 90.161 — Security Deposits Required For Effective Timber Permits.
Section 90.162 — Securing Timber Permits With Cutting Blocks.
Section 90.164 — Timber Permit Development Option.
Section 90.171 — Assignment Of Auction Timber Permits.
Section 90.181 — Statement Of Timber Cut.
Section 90.191 — Informal Sales Of State Timber; Maximum Lots Of 500 Cords.
Section 90.193 — Extension Of Timber Permits.
Section 90.195 — Special Use And Product Permit.
Section 90.201 — Void Timber Sales; Refunds; Adjustment Of Sale Terms.
Section 90.211 — Purchase Money; When Forfeited.
Section 90.221 — Timber Sales Records.
Section 90.231 — Timber Sales; Marking Boundaries.
Section 90.251 — Timber Scaling.
Section 90.252 — Scaling Agreement; Weight-measurement Services; Fees.
Section 90.281 — Rescales, Recounts, And Reestimates.
Section 90.301 — Timber Trespass On State Lands; Unlawful Possession And Sale; Rewards; Records.
Section 90.311 — Possession Of Lands Contrary To Agreement; Remedies.
Section 90.321 — Prosecutions.
Section 90.41 — State Appraiser And Scaler; Violations; Penalties.
Section 90.411 — Records As Notice.
Section 90.412 — Statute Of Limitation Not Applicable; Venue Of Proceedings.