Bill Text: MN HF1438 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Mineral management cost payment prohibited from permanent school trust fund land proceeds, funding provided, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Author added Uglem [HF1438 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1438-Introduced.html
1.2relating to natural resources; prohibiting payment of minerals management costs
1.3from permanent school trust fund land proceeds; appropriating money;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 93.22, subdivision 1; 93.2236.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) All payments under sections93.14 to
93.285 shall be
1.8made to the Department of Natural Resources and shall be credited according to this section.
1.9 (b) Twenty percent of all payments under sections93.14 to
93.285 , except for those
1.10payments received for school trust lands, shall be credited to the minerals management
1.11account in the natural resources fund as costs for the administration and management of
1.12state mineral resources by the commissioner of natural resources.
1.13 (c) The remainder of the payments shall be credited as follows:
1.14 (1) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state
1.15by virtue of an act of Congress, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the
1.16permanent fund of the class of land to which the leased premises belong;
1.17 (2) if a lease covers the bed of navigable waters, payments made under the lease
1.18shall be credited to the permanent school fund of the state;
1.19 (3) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state
1.20in trust for the taxing districts, payments made under the lease shall be distributed annually
1.21on the first day of September to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be
1.22apportioned among the taxing districts interested therein as follows: county, three-ninths;
1.23town or city, two-ninths; and school district, four-ninths;
2.1 (4) if the lands or mineral rights covered by a lease became the absolute property of
2.2the state under the provisions of chapter 84A, payments made under the lease shall be
2.3distributed as follows: county containing the land from which the income was derived,
2.4five-eighths; and general fund of the state, three-eighths; and
2.5 (5) except as provided under this section and except where the disposition of
2.6payments may be otherwise directed by law, payments made under a lease shall be paid
2.7into the general fund of the state.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.2236, is amended to read:
2.1093.2236 MINERALS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
2.11(a) The minerals management account is created as an account in the natural
2.12resources fund. Interest earned on money in the account accrues to the account. Money in
2.13the account may be spent or distributed only as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).
2.14(b) If the balance in the minerals management account exceeds $3,000,000 on
2.15June 30, the amount exceeding $3,000,000 must be distributed to thepermanent school
2.16fund, the permanent university fund, and taxing districts as provided in section
93.22 ,
2.17subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The amount distributed to each fund must be in the same
2.18proportion as the total mineral lease revenue received in the previous biennium from
2.19school trust lands, university lands, and lands held by the state in trust for taxing districts.
2.20(c) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the minerals management
2.21account may be spent by the commissioner of natural resources for mineral resource
2.22management and projects to enhance future mineral income and promote new mineral
2.23resource opportunities.
2.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
2.25 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.26$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.27of natural resources for the minerals management activities for school trust lands.
1.3from permanent school trust fund land proceeds; appropriating money;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 93.22, subdivision 1; 93.2236.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) All payments under sections
1.8made to the Department of Natural Resources and shall be credited according to this section.
1.9 (b) Twenty percent of all payments under sections
1.10payments received for school trust lands, shall be credited to the minerals management
1.11account in the natural resources fund as costs for the administration and management of
1.12state mineral resources by the commissioner of natural resources.
1.13 (c) The remainder of the payments shall be credited as follows:
1.14 (1) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state
1.15by virtue of an act of Congress, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the
1.16permanent fund of the class of land to which the leased premises belong;
1.17 (2) if a lease covers the bed of navigable waters, payments made under the lease
1.18shall be credited to the permanent school fund of the state;
1.19 (3) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state
1.20in trust for the taxing districts, payments made under the lease shall be distributed annually
1.21on the first day of September to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be
1.22apportioned among the taxing districts interested therein as follows: county, three-ninths;
1.23town or city, two-ninths; and school district, four-ninths;
2.1 (4) if the lands or mineral rights covered by a lease became the absolute property of
2.2the state under the provisions of chapter 84A, payments made under the lease shall be
2.3distributed as follows: county containing the land from which the income was derived,
2.4five-eighths; and general fund of the state, three-eighths; and
2.5 (5) except as provided under this section and except where the disposition of
2.6payments may be otherwise directed by law, payments made under a lease shall be paid
2.7into the general fund of the state.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.2236, is amended to read:
2.1093.2236 MINERALS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
2.11(a) The minerals management account is created as an account in the natural
2.12resources fund. Interest earned on money in the account accrues to the account. Money in
2.13the account may be spent or distributed only as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).
2.14(b) If the balance in the minerals management account exceeds $3,000,000 on
2.15June 30, the amount exceeding $3,000,000 must be distributed to the
2.16
2.17subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The amount distributed to each fund must be in the same
2.18proportion as the total mineral lease revenue received in the previous biennium from
2.19
2.20(c) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the minerals management
2.21account may be spent by the commissioner of natural resources for mineral resource
2.22management and projects to enhance future mineral income and promote new mineral
2.23resource opportunities.
2.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
2.25 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
2.26$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the commissioner
2.27of natural resources for the minerals management activities for school trust lands.
