Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0359

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +government,
appropriating money from the future resources and environment and +natural
resources trust funds, from the great lakes protection account and +from oil
overcharge money in the special revenue fund for certain environment +and
natural resources projects approved by the legislative commission on +Minnesota
resources; appropriating money to the LCMR for administrative +expenses and for
the trust fund citizen advisory committee, to the commissioner of +natural
resources (DNR) for contract administration activities, for fish and +wildlife
habitat, for restoration of the reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) critical +habitat
matching program, for acquisition and development of scientific and +natural
areas, for forest and prairie stewardship of public and private +lands, for
local initiative matching grants, for Minnesota releaf community +forest
development and protection, for the great river greening initiative +in the
Mississippi River corridor at St. Paul and Winona, for biological +control of
European buckthorn, for the redevelopment of brownfields into +greenspaces, for
state park and recreation area land acquisition, for LAWCON federal
reimbursements, for metropolitan regional parks acquisition, +rehabilitation and
development, for the local and regional trail grants initiative +program, for
certain trails, for boat access, fishing piers and shore fishing, for
development and rehabilitation of shooting ranges, for an agreement +with
Washington county for groundwater monitoring, modeling and +management, for the
technical assistance program for watersheds (TAPwaters), for the +wastewater
phosphorus control and reduction initiative, for the Rainy River +basin water
quality cooperative pilot project, for maintenance of zooplankton +(daphnia) for
the water quality of Square Lake, for Wirth Lake improvement, for the+ county
biological survey, for the Mesabi iron range geologic and hydrologic +map and
databases, for the northern counties land use management pilot +project, for the
Dodge nature center restoration plan, for the engagement of young +hunters in
restoration, for putting green environmental adventure park +educational
exhibits and for indoor air quality monitoring at selected schools, +to the
university of Minnesota for research on new options for controlling +carp, for
landscape arboretum land acquisition, for laser assessment of +streambank
erosion in the Minnesota River basin and for iron range mine land +reuse, to the
commissioner of agriculture for assessment of the effectiveness of +spotted
knapweed biological control agents and for maximization of the use of+ manure
methane digesters for electrical generation, to the board of water +and soil
resources (BOWSR) for local water planning matching challenge grants,+ for
update of outmoded soil surveys and for acceleration of the use of +native
plants and alternative crops for water quality, to the commissioner +of the
pollution control agency (PCA) for acceleration and enhancement of +lake and
stream surface water monitoring, to the commissioner of +administration for
transfer to the commissioner of commerce for the community energy +development
program and to the commissioner of health for schools indoor air +quality and
asthma management plans; specifying certain data availability, +project, match,
recycled and recyclable materials purchase, energy conservation and
accessibility requirements and certain payment conditions; providing +for
carryforward of certain prior appropriations; modifying and +clarifying certain
provisions relating to management of the environmental and natural +resources
trust and Minnesota future resources funds and federal land and water
conservation funds (ra)