Agenda - Council - 04/21/2009 - Special

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04/06/09 09:12 PM HOUSE RESEARCH JT/JV H1973DE1 13.1 (2) is adjacent to marginal agricultural land and is either beneficial to resource 13.2 protection or necessary for efficient recording of the land description; 133 (3) consists of a drained wetland; 13.a (4) is land that with a windbreak or water quality improvement practice would be 13.s beneficial to resource protection; 13.6 (5) is land in a sensitive groundwater area; ' 13.7 (6) is riparian land; 13.s (7) is cropland or noncropland adjacent to restored wetlands to the extent of up to 13.9 four acres of cropland or one acre of noncropland for each acre of wetland restored; 13.10 (8) is a woodlot on agricultural land; 13.11 (9) is abandoned building site on agricultural land, provided that funds are not used 13.12 for compensation of the value of the buildings; or 13.13 (10) is land er--a lrii~siele used for pasture that is marginal in nature. 13.14 (c) Eligible land under paragraph (a) must: 13.15 (1) be owned by the landowner, or a parent or other blood relative of the lal}downer, 13.16 for at least one year before the date of application; 13.17 (2) be at least five acres in size, except for a drained wetland area, riparian area, 13.1s windbreak, woodlot, wellhead protection area, or abandoned building site, or be a whole 13.19 field 13.20 (3) not be set aside, enrolled or diverted under another federal or state government 13.21 program unless enrollment in the eerrsernatian reinvest in Minnesota reserve program 13.22 would provide additional conservation benefits or a longer term of enrollment than under 13.23 the current federal or state program; and 13.24 (4) have been in agricultural crop production for at least two of the last five 13.2s years before the date of application except drained wetlands, riparian lands, woodlots, 13.26 abandoned building sites, environmentally sensitive areas, wellhead protection areas, or 13.27 land on a hillside used for pasture. 13.28 13.29 13.30 ~) Land is eligible if the land is a wellhead protection area as defined under 13.31 section 103I.005, subdivision 24, and has a wellhead protection plan approved by the 13.32 commissioner of health. 13.33 (e) In selecting land for enrollment in the program, highest priority must be given to 13.34 permanent easements that are consistent with the purposes stated in section 103F.505. 13.35 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 13