2005 Senate Bill 1326 (Forest Road Map)

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• Introduced by Sen. John Marty on February 28, 2005, to allow the state to adopt a recorded state forest road map to record the state forest road prescriptive easements. The map must be presented at a public hearing (HF1438 Companion Bill).
  • Referred to the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee on February 28, 2005.
  • Reported by Sen. John Marty on March 10, 2005, from the Environment and Natural Resources Committee unamended with the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was adopted.
• Passed in the Senate (62 to 0) on May 16, 2005, to allow the state to adopt a recorded state forest road map to record the state forest road prescriptive easements. The map must be presented at a public hearing. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Motion by Sen. John Marty on May 20, 2005, that SF1326 be laid on the table. The motion passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 20, 2005.
• Motion by Sen. John Marty on May 20, 2005, that SF1326 be taken from the table. The motion passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 20, 2005.
• Motion by Sen. John Marty on May 20, 2005, that the Senate agree to the amendments made by the House and repass the bill as amended. As amended, the bill would allow state forest land roads, which can cross nonstate land, to be recorded as prescriptive easements by the commissioner of natural resources, utilizing recorded state forest road maps identifying certain data. The bill gives a person 120 days after the commissioner adopts the state forest road map to appeal a decision to record or exclude a road under this section. Notice would have to be given seven days before recording, and would have to be in a qualified newspaper. The motion passed in the Senate (54 to 0) on May 20, 2005. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on May 27, 2005, to allow state forest land roads, which can cross nonstate land, to be recorded as prescriptive easements by the commissioner of natural resources, utilizing recorded state forest road maps identifying certain data. The bill gives a person 120 days after the commissioner adopts the state forest road map to appeal a decision to record or exclude a road under this section. Notice would have to be given seven days before recording, and would have to be in a qualified newspaper.

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Introduced by Sen. John Marty on February 28, 2005. Passed in the Senate (62 to 0) on May 16, 2005. New Comment