1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1132 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. APPRAISED VOLUME TIMBER SALES; FISCAL YEARS 2010
1.4AND 2011.
1.5(a) During fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the commissioner of natural resources shall
1.6increase the amount of timber products sold from state lands under permits based solely
1.7on the appraiser's estimate of the timber volume described in the permit, as provided in
1.8Minnesota Statutes, section 90.14, paragraph (c).
1.9(b) The commissioner shall evaluate sales of timber under paragraph (a) and other
1.10methods used to sell stumpage from state lands to identify the method, or combination
1.11of methods, that is most efficient and effective in protecting the fiduciary interest of the
1.12state, including the permanent school fund.
1.13(c) By July 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the house and senate natural
1.14resources policy and finance committees and divisions on the findings of the evaluation
1.15process completed under paragraph (b).

1.16    Sec. 2. FOREST MANAGEMENT LEASE-PILOT PROJECT.
1.17(a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90, the
1.18commissioner of natural resources may lease up to 40,000 acres of state-owned forest lands
1.19for forest management purposes for a term not to exceed 21 years. The lease shall provide:
1.20 (1) that the lessee must comply with timber harvesting and forest management
1.21guidelines developed under Minnesota Statutes, section 89A.05, adopted by the Minnesota
1.22Forest Resources Council, and in effect at the time that the lease is issued; and
1.23(2) for public access to the leased land that is the same as would be available under
1.24state management.
2.1(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "state-owned forest lands" may include
2.2school trust lands as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.025, or university land
2.3granted to the state by Acts of Congress.
2.4(c) By December 15, 2009, the commissioner of natural resources shall provide
2.5a report to the house and senate natural resources policy and finance committees and
2.6divisions on the pilot project. The report will detail a plan for the implementation of the
2.7pilot project with a starting date that is no later than July 1, 2010.
2.8(d) Upon implementation of the pilot project, the commissioner shall provide an
2.9annual report to the house and senate natural resources policy and finance committees
2.10and divisions on the progress of the project, including the acres leased, a breakdown
2.11of the types of forest land, and amounts harvested by species. The report shall include
2.12a net revenue analysis comparing the lease revenue with the estimated net revenue that
2.13would be obtained through state management and silvicultural practices cost savings the
2.14state realizes through leasing."