Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

38.05 POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. Every county agricultural society may acquire, by power of eminent domain, such private real property as may be necessary or convenient for the transaction of the public business for which it was formed. History: (7888-1) 1921 c 296 s 1; 2006 c 214 …

38.12 APPROPRIATIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES. The council of any city and the board of supervisors of any town having fairs of county and district agricultural societies or associations, who are members of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, held within or in close proximity to t…

38.14 APPROPRIATIONS FOR COUNTY FAIRS. § Subdivision 1.Conditions, procedures, bond. A county board may annually appropriate money to assist in maintaining a county fair managed by a county agricultural society. The appropriation shall be made either to the treasurer of the socie…

38.15 SITES AND BUILDINGS. The county board in any county may appropriate money for the purpose of procuring a suitable site and erecting on it a suitable county building, for the building or repairing of a race track and for grading and improving the grounds, to be used in conne…

38.16 EXEMPTION FROM ZONING ORDINANCES. When lands lying within the corporate limits of towns or cities are owned by a county or agricultural society and used for agricultural fair purposes, the lands and the buildings now or hereafter erected are exempt from the zoning, building…

38.18 COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS; IMPROVEMENT AIDED. Each town, statutory city, or school district in this state, at any time having an estimated market value of all its taxable property of more than $105,000,000, and having a county fair located within its corporate limits, may pay part…

38.19 EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The county board owning any such fairground may expend the funds so appropriated and paid over by any such town, statutory city, or school district for the use of the county, in the same manner as the funds of the county set apart for these pu…

38.20 SUPPLEMENTAL TO EXISTING LAWS. Sections 38.18 to 38.20 shall be supplemental to any existing laws authorizing any town, statutory city, or school district to appropriate funds to aid in the carrying on of any county fair located within the limits of the town, statutory city…

38.27 COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. § Subdivision 1.Tax levy; powers. All counties may annually levy a tax upon all property subject to taxation and appropriate and pay over the proceeds of this tax to any county agricultural society of its county which is a member of the State …

38.33 COORDINATION TO MAINTAIN COUNTY EXTENSION WORK. Sections 38.33 to 38.38 coordinate the work of the federal, state, and county government and the Minnesota Extension Service of the University of Minnesota to maintain county extension work. History: (6121) 1923 c 423 s 1; 195…

38.331 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. In sections 38.33 to 38.38, the definitions in this section apply. § Subd. 2.County extension work. "County extension work" means educational programs and services provided by extension educators in the areas of agriculture; agricu…

38.34 COUNTY BOARD MAY PAY FOR EXTENSION WORK. A board of county commissioners may incur expenses and spend money for county extension work as provided in sections 38.33 to 38.38. History: (6122) 1923 c 423 s 2; 1953 c 202 s 2; 1990 c 376 s 3

38.345 APPROPRIATIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES. The council of any city and the board of supervisors of any town may spend money for county extension work, as provided in sections 38.33 to 38.38. History: 2010 c 333 art 1 s 14

38.35 STATE APPROPRIATIONS; HOW SPENT. Money appropriated by the state to maintain and pay expenses of county extension work must be spent under the direction of the director of extension, who, acting with the county extension committee, shall carry out sections 38.33 to 38.38. H…

38.36 COUNTY EXTENSION COMMITTEE. § Subdivision 1.Committee composition. A county must have an extension committee. The committee must have nine members. Two members must be county commissioners appointed by the county board. The county auditor or the auditor's designee must be a…

38.37 COUNTY EXTENSION COMMITTEE; PROGRAM, COUNTY AGENTS. The county extension committee shall, annually, plan a program of county extension work in cooperation with the Minnesota Extension Service of the University of Minnesota and the United States Department of Agriculture. To…

38.38 EXTENSION COMMITTEE; DUTY, OFFICERS, PAY. The county extension committee shall encourage all individuals and organizations to cooperate to make profitable use of extension activities. It shall elect its own chair and vice-chair, who shall serve for one year. The county audi…

103F.535 RESERVATION OF MARGINAL LAND AND WETLANDS. § Subdivision 1.Reservation of marginal land and wetlands. (a) Marginal land and wetlands are withdrawn from sale or exchange unless: (1) notice of the existence of the nonforested marginal land or wetlands, in a form prescribed…

40A.01 STATE AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION POLICY. § Subdivision 1.Goals. The goals of this chapter are to: (1) preserve and conserve agricultural land, including forest land, for long-term agricultural use in order to protect the productive natural resources of the state, maint…

40A.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1991 c 345 art 2 s 69] § Subd. 3.Agricultural use. "Agricultural use" means the production of livestock, dairy animals…

40A.04 STATEWIDE AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION. § Subdivision 1.Counties. A county located outside of the metropolitan area may submit to the commissioner and to the regional development commission in which it is located, if one exists, a proposed agricultural land preservation …

40A.05 ELEMENTS OF PLAN AND OFFICIAL CONTROLS. § Subdivision 1.General. The plans and official controls prepared under this chapter must be adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 394 or 462 that apply to comprehensive plans and official controls and must address the…

40A.06 CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS; JUDICIAL REVIEW. If a county or a municipality in the county disputes the determination of the commissioner relating to whether the plan and controls address the elements under this chapter, the county or municipality may request that the commissio…

40A.07 MUNICIPAL AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION. § Subdivision 1.Failure by county to plan. As of January 1, 1990, if a county has not submitted a proposed agricultural land preservation plan and proposed official controls to the commissioner and the regional development commissi…

40A.071 AMENDED PLAN AND CONTROLS. A county or municipality that has adopted a plan and official controls under this chapter may amend the plan and controls under the initial review procedure contained in section 40A.04. History: 1Sp1985 c 13 s 139

40A.09 AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE; ELIGIBILITY. An owner or owners of land that has been designated for exclusive long-term agricultural use under a plan submitted to or approved by the commissioner is eligible to apply for the creation of an agricultural preserve. Eligibility continu…

40A.10 APPLICATION FOR CREATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE. § Subdivision 1.Contents. An eligible person may apply to the county in which the land is located for the creation of an agricultural preserve on forms provided by the commissioner. In case a preserve is located in more th…

40A.11 DURATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE. § Subdivision 1.General. An agricultural preserve continues in existence until either the owner or the county initiates expiration as provided in this section. The date of expiration by the owner or the county must be at least eight years…

40A.12 PROTECTION FOR NORMAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. Local governments may not enact ordinances or regulations that may restrict or regulate normal agricultural practices within an agricultural preserve unless the restriction or regulation has a direct relationship to public heal…

40A.121 ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Annexation prohibited. Land within an agricultural preserve that is within a township may not be annexed to a municipality under chapter 414, unless the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings f…

40A.122 EMINENT DOMAIN ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. An agency of the state, a public benefit corporation, a local government, or any other entity with the power of eminent domain under chapter 117, except a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, a municipal elec…

40A.123 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJECTS. § Subdivision 1.Projects and assessments prohibited; exception. Notwithstanding any other law, construction projects for public sanitary sewer systems, public water systems, and public drainage systems are prohibited in exclusive agr…

40A.13 SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Conservation practices to prevent soil loss required. An owner of agricultural land in an agricultural preserve shall manage the land with sound soil conservation practices that prevent excessive soil loss according to the model…

40A.14 AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION AWARENESS PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment and administration. An agricultural land preservation and conservation awareness program is created. The commissioner shall administer the program as provided in this section. …

40A.15 AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment and administration. An agricultural land preservation and conservation assistance program is created to provide technical and financial assistance for agricultural land preser…

40A.151 MINNESOTA CONSERVATION FUND. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Minnesota conservation fund is established as an account in the state treasury. Money from counties under section 40A.152 must be deposited in the state treasury and credited one-half to the Minnesota conserv…

40A.152 COUNTY CONSERVATION FEE; ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Fee. A county that is a metropolitan county under section 473.121, subdivision 4, has allowed exclusive agricultural zones to be created under this chapter, or has elected to become an agricultural land preservation pilot …

40A.16 INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. The board, districts, the agency, and the Department of Natural Resources shall cooperate with and assist the commissioner in developing and implementing the agricultural land preservation and conservation awareness and assistance programs. The com…

40A.17 REPORT. The commissioner shall report to the legislature on March 1 of each even-numbered year on activities under this chapter. By July 1, 1985, the report must include the survey of public awareness in the awareness program. The report shall include recommendations for f…

40A.18 LAND USE. § Subdivision 1.Agricultural production. Land within an agricultural preserve must be maintained for agricultural production. The average maximum density of residential structures within an agricultural preserve and the location of a new structure must conform to…

40A.19 TRANSFER FROM AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TREATMENT. When land which has been receiving the special agricultural valuation and tax deferment provided in section 273.111 becomes an agricultural preserve under sections 40A.02 to 40A.17, the recapture of deferred tax and sp…

41A.01 PURPOSE. Sections 41A.01 to 41A.08 provide for agricultural and economic development in the state. All credit advanced pursuant to loan guaranty commitments is to be secured by subrogation of the state to mortgage security and other security interests granted to the privat…

41A.02 DEFINITIONS; ACTIONS BY THE STATE. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definition of each term given in this section applies whenever the term is used in sections 41A.01 to 41A.09. § Subd. 2.Agricultural resource. "Agricultural resource" means any organic matter which is available …

41A.021 SUCCESSOR STATUS. The board is the legal successor in all respects of the Minnesota Agricultural and Economic Development Board established by Laws 1984, chapter 502, article 10, and all bonds, resolutions, contracts, and liabilities of the Minnesota Agricultural and Econ…

41A.022 MINNESOTA ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; SUCCESSOR STATUS. The board is the legal successor in all respects of the Minnesota Energy and Economic Development Authority under the general bond resolution for the Minnesota small business development loan program, …

41A.023 POWERS. In addition to other powers granted by this chapter, the board may: (1) sue and be sued; (2) acquire, hold, lease, and transfer any interest in real and personal property for its corporate purposes; (3) sell at public or private sale, at the price or prices determ…