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Statutes > Minnesota > 88-91 > 90 > 90_04290.042 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS.
Subdivision 1.Report to legislature.
By July 1 each year, the commissioner must provide a complete description of the public involvement process for timber harvest plans to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over natural resources policy and finance. The process must provide public notice and public input in affected areas of proposed annual harvest plans.
Subd. 2.Public meetings.
By May 1 each year, the commissioner shall hold one or more public meetings in the forested area of the state to inform the public of the manner in which the proposed annual harvest plan for the next fiscal year is proposed to be allocated between informal, intermediate, and regular auction sales. The public shall be afforded an opportunity to provide written and oral comments concerning the proposed allocation.
History:
2000 c 485 s 1; 2005 c 141 s 5
