Minnesota § 90.031 - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER POWERS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 90.031 — EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER POWERS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 90.031. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER POWERS
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1967 c 66 s 3]
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1967 c 66 s 3]
Subd. 3.Settlement.
The commissioner may make settlement for not less than the full value of any timber cut by lessees of state lands holding under section 92.50.
Subd. 4.Timber rules.
The Executive Council may formulate and establish, from time to time, rules it deems advisable for the transaction of timber business of the state, including approval of the sale of timber on any tract in a lot exceeding 12,000 cords in volume when the sale is in the best interests of the state, and may abrogate, modify, or suspend rules at its pleasure.
Subd. 5.Appointment of agents.
The Executive Council may appoint one or more agents to gather evidence in any action brought by the state or to investigate the correctness of any state appraiser's or scaler's report or to ascertain whether any timber proposed to be sold is subject to sale, or whether any trespass has been committed on state lands, and may send such agent to examine such timber or lands. Such agents of the Executive Council, independently of the commissioner, state appraisers, or scalers shall report, in writing, to the governor, and the money necessary to defray expenses in connection therewith shall be paid upon verified accounts from any funds available for the expenses of the Executive Council.
History:
(6394-8) 1925 c 276 s 8; 1933 c 375 s 1; 1937 c 368 s 2; 1939 c 32 s 1; 1961 c 202 s 7; 1965 c 337 s 1; 1967 c 568 s 3; 1981 c 305 s 1; 1984 c 613 s 2; 1987 c 109 s 4; 1993 c 172 s 43; 1996 c 295 s 3; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 27
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 90.031 ("EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER POWERS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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