Minnesota § 84.033 SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL AREAS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 84.033 — SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL AREAS

Minnesota § 84.033

PartNATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 84DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Minn. Stat. § 84.033 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Acquisition; designation. The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift, lease, easement, exchange, or purchase, in the manner prescribed under chapter 117, in the name of the state, lands or any interest in lands suitable and desirable for establishing and maintaining scientific and natural areas. The commissioner shall designate any land so acquired as a scientific and natural area by written order published in the State Register and shall administer any land so acquired and designated as provided by section86A.05. Designations of scientific and natural areas are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section14.386does not apply. Subd.

2.[Repealed,2005 c 161 s 26] Subd. 3.County approval. The commissioner must follow the procedures under se

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Subdivision 1.Acquisition; designation.
The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift, lease, easement, exchange, or purchase, in the manner prescribed under chapter 117, in the name of the state, lands or any interest in lands suitable and desirable for establishing and maintaining scientific and natural areas. The commissioner shall designate any land so acquired as a scientific and natural area by written order published in the State Register and shall administer any land so acquired and designated as provided by section86A.05. Designations of scientific and natural areas are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section14.386does not apply.

Subd. 2.
[Repealed,2005 c 161 s 26]

Subd. 3.County approval.
The commissioner must follow the procedures under section97A.145, subdivision 2, when acquiring land for designation as a scientific and natural area under this section located outside the seven-county metropolitan area.

Legislative History

1969 c 470 s 1;1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2;1973 c 35 s 22;1975 c 353 s 15;2004 c 221 s 5;2004 c 262 art 2 s 3;2005 c 161 s 1;2011 c 107 s 4;2024 c 116 art 3 s 5;2025 c 20 s 15