HF 707

CCR-HF0707 - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018)

Posted on 05/19/2017 02:59 p.m.

1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 707 1.2A bill for an act 1.3relating to state government; appropriating money from outdoor heritage fund, 1.4clean water fund, parks and trails fund, and arts and cultural heritage fund; providing 1.5for riparian protection aid; modifying requirements for expending money from 1.6legacy funds; modifying and extending prior appropriations; requiring reports; 1.7amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 16A.127, subdivision 8; 85.53, by 1.8adding subdivisions; 97A.056, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 114D.50, 1.9subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 129D.17, subdivision 4, by adding 1.10subdivisions; Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as 1.11amended; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, 1.12subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, 1.13subdivisions 2, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.14477A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 8. 1.15May 18, 2017 1.16The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt 1.17Speaker of the House of Representatives 1.18The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach 1.19President of the Senate 1.20We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 707 report that we have agreed upon the 1.21items in dispute and recommend as follows: 1.22That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 707 be further amended 1.23as follows: 1.24Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert: 1.25"ARTICLE 1 1.26OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND 1.27 Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.28 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies new text end 1.29 new text begin and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage new text end 1.30 new text begin fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in new text end 2.1 new text begin this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal new text end 2.2 new text begin year ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively. The "first year" is fiscal year new text end 2.3 new text begin 2018. The "second year" is fiscal year 2019. The "biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019, new text end 2.4 new text begin respectively. The appropriations in this article are onetime appropriations. new text end 2.5 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.6 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.7 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.8 new text begin 2018 new text end new text begin 2019 new text end 2.9 Sec. 2. new text begin OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND new text end 2.10 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 102,605,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,958,000 new text end 2.11 new text begin This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage new text end 2.12 new text begin fund. The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 2.13 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 2.14 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 2.15 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Prairies new text end new text begin 29,489,000 new text end new text begin 1,373,000 new text end 2.16 2.17 2.18 new text begin (a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and new text end new text begin Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase new text end new text begin IX new text end 2.19 new text begin $3,064,000 the first year and $1,373,000 the new text end 2.20 new text begin second year are to the commissioner of natural new text end 2.21 new text begin resources to acquire in fee and restore lands new text end 2.22 new text begin for wildlife management purposes under new text end 2.23 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 2.24 new text begin subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for new text end 2.25 new text begin scientific and natural area purposes under new text end 2.26 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 2.27 new text begin subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria new text end 2.28 new text begin in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority new text end 2.29 new text begin must be given to acquiring lands that are new text end 2.30 new text begin eligible for the native prairie bank under new text end 2.31 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands new text end 2.32 new text begin adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of new text end 2.33 new text begin proposed land acquisitions must be provided new text end 2.34 new text begin as part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 2.35 2.36 new text begin (b) Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area new text end new text begin Acquisition - Phase IX new text end 3.1 new text begin $5,603,000 the first year is to the new text end 3.2 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 3.3 new text begin agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire new text end 3.4 new text begin in fee and restore lands for wildlife new text end 3.5 new text begin management area purposes under Minnesota new text end 3.6 new text begin Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. new text end 3.7 new text begin Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota new text end 3.8 new text begin Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given new text end 3.9 new text begin to acquiring lands that are eligible for the new text end 3.10 new text begin native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 3.11 new text begin section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected new text end 3.12 new text begin native prairie. A list of proposed land new text end 3.13 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of the new text end 3.14 new text begin required accomplishment plan. new text end 3.15 3.16 new text begin (c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase new text end new text begin VII new text end 3.17 new text begin $1,901,000 the first year is to the new text end 3.18 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 3.19 new text begin agreement with The Nature Conservancy to new text end 3.20 new text begin acquire land in fee for native prairie, wetland, new text end 3.21 new text begin and savanna and to restore and enhance new text end 3.22 new text begin grasslands, wetlands, and savanna. Subject to new text end 3.23 new text begin evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part new text end 3.24 new text begin 6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring new text end 3.25 new text begin lands that are eligible for the native prairie new text end 3.26 new text begin bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, new text end 3.27 new text begin or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. new text end 3.28 new text begin No later than 180 days after The Nature new text end 3.29 new text begin Conservancy's fiscal year ends, The Nature new text end 3.30 new text begin Conservancy must submit to the Lessard-Sams new text end 3.31 new text begin Outdoor Heritage Council annual income new text end 3.32 new text begin statements and balance sheets for income and new text end 3.33 new text begin expenses from land acquired with this new text end 3.34 new text begin appropriation. A list of proposed land new text end 3.35 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of the new text end 3.36 new text begin required accomplishment plan and must be new text end 4.1 new text begin consistent with the priorities identified in new text end 4.2 new text begin Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan. new text end 4.3 4.4 new text begin (d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife new text end new text begin Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VIII new text end 4.5 new text begin $2,683,000 the first year is to the new text end 4.6 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 4.7 new text begin agreement with The Nature Conservancy in new text end 4.8 new text begin cooperation with the United States Fish and new text end 4.9 new text begin Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or new text end 4.10 new text begin permanent conservation easements and restore new text end 4.11 new text begin lands in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat new text end 4.12 new text begin Preservation Area in western Minnesota for new text end 4.13 new text begin addition to the Northern Tallgrass Prairie new text end 4.14 new text begin National Wildlife Refuge. Subject to new text end 4.15 new text begin evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part new text end 4.16 new text begin 6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring new text end 4.17 new text begin lands that are eligible for the native prairie new text end 4.18 new text begin bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, new text end 4.19 new text begin or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. new text end 4.20 new text begin A list of proposed land acquisitions must be new text end 4.21 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 4.22 new text begin accomplishment plan, and the acquisitions new text end 4.23 new text begin must be consistent with the priorities in new text end 4.24 new text begin Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan. new text end 4.25 4.26 new text begin (e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex new text end new text begin - Phase VII new text end 4.27 new text begin $1,436,000 the first year is to the new text end 4.28 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 4.29 new text begin agreement with The Trust for Public Land to new text end 4.30 new text begin acquire in fee and restore lands in the Cannon new text end 4.31 new text begin River watershed for wildlife management new text end 4.32 new text begin purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 4.33 new text begin 86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation new text end 4.34 new text begin criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, new text end 4.35 new text begin priority must be given to acquiring lands that new text end 4.36 new text begin are eligible for the native prairie bank under new text end 5.1 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands new text end 5.2 new text begin adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of new text end 5.3 new text begin proposed land acquisitions must be provided new text end 5.4 new text begin as part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 5.5 5.6 new text begin (f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection new text end new text begin - Phase VI new text end 5.7 new text begin $2,481,000 the first year is to the new text end 5.8 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 5.9 new text begin permanent conservation easements to new text end 5.10 new text begin implement the strategies in Minnesota Prairie new text end 5.11 new text begin Conservation Plan to protect and restore native new text end 5.12 new text begin prairie. Of this amount, up to $140,000 is for new text end 5.13 new text begin establishing monitoring and enforcement funds new text end 5.14 new text begin as approved in the accomplishment plan and new text end 5.15 new text begin subject to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 5.16 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation new text end 5.17 new text begin criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, new text end 5.18 new text begin priority must be given to acquiring lands that new text end 5.19 new text begin are eligible for the native prairie bank under new text end 5.20 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands new text end 5.21 new text begin adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of new text end 5.22 new text begin permanent conservation easements must be new text end 5.23 new text begin provided as part of the final report. new text end 5.24 5.25 new text begin (g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for new text end new text begin Wildlife and Water - Phase VII new text end 5.26 new text begin $5,333,000 the first year is to the Board of new text end 5.27 new text begin Water and Soil Resources to restore habitat new text end 5.28 new text begin and acquire permanent conservation easements new text end 5.29 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, new text end 5.30 new text begin to protect, restore, and enhance habitat by new text end 5.31 new text begin expanding the riparian-buffer program of the new text end 5.32 new text begin clean water fund for at least equal wildlife new text end 5.33 new text begin benefits from buffers on private land. Of this new text end 5.34 new text begin amount, up to $858,000 is for establishing a new text end 5.35 new text begin monitoring and enforcement fund as approved new text end 5.36 new text begin in the accomplishment plan and subject to new text end 6.1 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, new text end 6.2 new text begin subdivision 17. A list of permanent new text end 6.3 new text begin conservation easements must be provided as new text end 6.4 new text begin part of the final report. new text end 6.5 6.6 new text begin (h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the new text end new text begin Southern Red River Valley - Phase III new text end 6.7 new text begin $1,908,000 the first year is to the new text end 6.8 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 6.9 new text begin agreement with Pheasants Forever in new text end 6.10 new text begin cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie new text end 6.11 new text begin Chicken Society to acquire land in fee and new text end 6.12 new text begin restore and enhance lands in the southern Red new text end 6.13 new text begin River valley for wildlife management purposes new text end 6.14 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 6.15 new text begin subdivision 8, or to be designated and new text end 6.16 new text begin managed as waterfowl-production areas in new text end 6.17 new text begin Minnesota in cooperation with the United new text end 6.18 new text begin States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to new text end 6.19 new text begin evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part new text end 6.20 new text begin 6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring new text end 6.21 new text begin lands that are eligible for the native prairie new text end 6.22 new text begin bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, new text end 6.23 new text begin or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. new text end 6.24 new text begin A list of proposed land acquisitions must be new text end 6.25 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 6.26 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 6.27 6.28 new text begin (i) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and new text end new text begin Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase IX new text end 6.29 new text begin $3,950,000 the first year is to the new text end 6.30 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to new text end 6.31 new text begin accelerate restoration and enhancement of new text end 6.32 new text begin prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife new text end 6.33 new text begin management areas, scientific and natural areas, new text end 6.34 new text begin native prairie bank land, bluff prairies on state new text end 6.35 new text begin forest land in southeastern Minnesota, and new text end 6.36 new text begin United States Fish and Wildlife Service new text end 7.1 new text begin waterfowl-production area and refuge lands. new text end 7.2 new text begin A list of proposed land restorations and new text end 7.3 new text begin enhancements must be provided as part of the new text end 7.4 new text begin required accomplishment plan. new text end 7.5 7.6 new text begin (j) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and new text end new text begin Enhancement - Phase V new text end 7.7 new text begin $1,130,000 the first year is to the new text end 7.8 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 7.9 new text begin agreements to acquire permanent conservation new text end 7.10 new text begin easements and to restore and enhance wildlife new text end 7.11 new text begin habitat on public lands in Anoka, Benton, new text end 7.12 new text begin Isanti, Morrison, and Stearns Counties as new text end 7.13 new text begin follows: $41,000 is to the Anoka Conservation new text end 7.14 new text begin District, $231,000 is to the Isanti County Soil new text end 7.15 new text begin and Water Conservation District, $345,000 is new text end 7.16 new text begin to Great River Greening, $163,000 is to the new text end 7.17 new text begin Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation new text end 7.18 new text begin District, and $350,000 is to Minnesota Land new text end 7.19 new text begin Trust. Up to $40,000 to Minnesota Land Trust new text end 7.20 new text begin is for establishing monitoring and enforcement new text end 7.21 new text begin funds as approved in the accomplishment plan new text end 7.22 new text begin and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 7.23 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed new text end 7.24 new text begin permanent conservation easements, new text end 7.25 new text begin restorations, and enhancements must be new text end 7.26 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 7.27 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 7.28 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Forests new text end new text begin 16,824,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 7.29 new text begin (a) Carnelian Creek Conservation Corridor new text end 7.30 new text begin $2,458,000 the first year is to the new text end 7.31 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 7.32 new text begin agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to new text end 7.33 new text begin acquire permanent conservation easements in new text end 7.34 new text begin Washington County. Of this amount, up to new text end 7.35 new text begin $30,000 is for establishing a monitoring and new text end 7.36 new text begin enforcement fund as approved in the new text end 8.1 new text begin accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota new text end 8.2 new text begin Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A new text end 8.3 new text begin list of proposed permanent conservation new text end 8.4 new text begin easements must be provided as part of the new text end 8.5 new text begin required accomplishment plan. new text end 8.6 8.7 new text begin (b) Laurentian Forest - St. Louis County Habitat new text end new text begin Project new text end 8.8 new text begin $2,400,000 the first year is to the new text end 8.9 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 8.10 new text begin agreements with the Minnesota Deer Hunters new text end 8.11 new text begin Association in cooperation with The new text end 8.12 new text begin Conservation Fund and St. Louis County to new text end 8.13 new text begin acquire land in fee to be transferred to St. new text end 8.14 new text begin Louis County for wildlife habitat purposes. new text end 8.15 new text begin The amount is for agreements as follows: new text end 8.16 new text begin $2,292,000 to the Minnesota Deer Hunter new text end 8.17 new text begin Association and $108,000 to The Conservation new text end 8.18 new text begin Fund. A list of proposed land acquisitions new text end 8.19 new text begin must be provided as part of the required new text end 8.20 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 8.21 8.22 new text begin (c) Southeast Minnesota Protection and new text end new text begin Restoration - Phase V new text end 8.23 new text begin $2,375,000 the first year is to the new text end 8.24 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 8.25 new text begin land in fee for wildlife management purposes new text end 8.26 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 8.27 new text begin subdivision 8; to acquire land in fee for new text end 8.28 new text begin scientific and natural areas under Minnesota new text end 8.29 new text begin Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5; to new text end 8.30 new text begin acquire land in fee for state forest purposes new text end 8.31 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 8.32 new text begin subdivision 7; to acquire permanent new text end 8.33 new text begin conservation easements; and to restore and new text end 8.34 new text begin enhance prairie, grassland, forest, and savanna. new text end 8.35 new text begin The amount is for agreements as follows: new text end 8.36 new text begin $1,000,000 to The Nature Conservancy, new text end 9.1 new text begin $675,000 to The Trust for Public Land, and new text end 9.2 new text begin $700,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to new text end 9.3 new text begin $80,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for new text end 9.4 new text begin establishing a monitoring and enforcement new text end 9.5 new text begin fund as approved in the accomplishment plan new text end 9.6 new text begin and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 9.7 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 17. No later than 180 new text end 9.8 new text begin days after the The Nature Conservancy's fiscal new text end 9.9 new text begin year ends, The Nature Conservancy must new text end 9.10 new text begin submit to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage new text end 9.11 new text begin Council annual income statements and balance new text end 9.12 new text begin sheets for income and expenses from land new text end 9.13 new text begin acquired in fee with this appropriation and not new text end 9.14 new text begin transferred to the state or a local governmental new text end 9.15 new text begin unit. A list of proposed land acquisitions must new text end 9.16 new text begin be provided as part of the required new text end 9.17 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 9.18 new text begin (d) Minnesota Forests for the Future - Phase V new text end 9.19 new text begin $2,291,000 the first year is to the new text end 9.20 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 9.21 new text begin easements for forest, wetland, and shoreline new text end 9.22 new text begin habitat through working forest permanent new text end 9.23 new text begin conservation easements under the Minnesota new text end 9.24 new text begin forests for the future program pursuant to new text end 9.25 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 84.66. A new text end 9.26 new text begin conservation easement acquired with money new text end 9.27 new text begin appropriated under this paragraph must new text end 9.28 new text begin comply with Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 9.29 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 13. The accomplishment new text end 9.30 new text begin plan must include an easement monitoring and new text end 9.31 new text begin enforcement plan. Of this amount, up to new text end 9.32 new text begin $72,000 is for establishing a monitoring and new text end 9.33 new text begin enforcement fund as approved in the new text end 9.34 new text begin accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota new text end 9.35 new text begin Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A new text end 10.1 new text begin list of permanent conservation easements must new text end 10.2 new text begin be provided as part of the final report. new text end 10.3 new text begin (e) State Forest Acquisitions - Phase IV new text end 10.4 new text begin $1,000,000 the first year is to the new text end 10.5 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 10.6 new text begin lands in fee for wildlife habitat purposes in new text end 10.7 new text begin the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood new text end 10.8 new text begin State Forest under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 10.9 new text begin 86A.05, subdivision 7. A list of proposed land new text end 10.10 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of the new text end 10.11 new text begin required accomplishment plan. new text end 10.12 10.13 new text begin (f) Critical Shoreland Protection Program - new text end new text begin Phase IV new text end 10.14 new text begin $1,700,000 the first year is to the new text end 10.15 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 10.16 new text begin agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to new text end 10.17 new text begin acquire permanent conservation easements new text end 10.18 new text begin along rivers and lakes in the northern forest new text end 10.19 new text begin region. Of this amount, up to $120,000 is for new text end 10.20 new text begin establishing a monitoring and enforcement new text end 10.21 new text begin fund as approved in the accomplishment plan new text end 10.22 new text begin and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 10.23 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed new text end 10.24 new text begin permanent conservation easements must be new text end 10.25 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 10.26 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 10.27 new text begin (g) Bushmen Lake new text end 10.28 new text begin $4,600,000 the first year is to the new text end 10.29 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 10.30 new text begin agreement with The Conservation Fund in new text end 10.31 new text begin cooperation with the United States Forest new text end 10.32 new text begin Service to acquire lands in fee adjacent to new text end 10.33 new text begin Bushmen Lake in St. Louis County to be new text end 10.34 new text begin managed for wildlife habitat purposes. A list new text end 10.35 new text begin of proposed land acquisitions must be new text end 11.1 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 11.2 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 11.3 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Wetlands new text end new text begin 28,869,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 11.4 11.5 new text begin (a) Accelerating Waterfowl-Production Area new text end new text begin Acquisition - Phase IX new text end 11.6 new text begin $5,500,000 the first year is to the new text end 11.7 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 11.8 new text begin agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire new text end 11.9 new text begin land in fee and restore and enhance wetlands new text end 11.10 new text begin and grasslands to be designated and managed new text end 11.11 new text begin as waterfowl-production areas in Minnesota new text end 11.12 new text begin in cooperation with the United States Fish and new text end 11.13 new text begin Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land new text end 11.14 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of the new text end 11.15 new text begin required accomplishment plan. new text end 11.16 11.17 new text begin (b) Shallow Lakes and Wetland Protection new text end new text begin Program - Phase VI new text end 11.18 new text begin $5,750,000 the first year is to the new text end 11.19 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 11.20 new text begin agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire new text end 11.21 new text begin land in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, new text end 11.22 new text begin and land-buffering shallow lakes for wildlife new text end 11.23 new text begin management purposes under Minnesota new text end 11.24 new text begin Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list new text end 11.25 new text begin of proposed acquisitions must be provided as new text end 11.26 new text begin part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 11.27 new text begin (c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VIII new text end 11.28 new text begin $10,398,000 the first year is to the Board of new text end 11.29 new text begin Water and Soil Resources to acquire new text end 11.30 new text begin permanent conservation easements and to new text end 11.31 new text begin restore wetlands and native grassland habitat new text end 11.32 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. new text end 11.33 new text begin Of this amount, up to $306,000 is for new text end 11.34 new text begin establishing a monitoring and enforcement new text end 11.35 new text begin fund as approved in the accomplishment plan new text end 11.36 new text begin and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 12.1 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent new text end 12.2 new text begin conservation easements must be provided as new text end 12.3 new text begin part of the final report. new text end 12.4 12.5 new text begin (d) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection Program - new text end new text begin Phase V new text end 12.6 new text begin $750,000 the first year is to the Board of new text end 12.7 new text begin Water and Soil Resources to acquire new text end 12.8 new text begin permanent conservation easements on new text end 12.9 new text begin wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native new text end 12.10 new text begin wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up new text end 12.11 new text begin to $59,000 is for establishing a monitoring and new text end 12.12 new text begin enforcement fund as approved in the new text end 12.13 new text begin accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota new text end 12.14 new text begin Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A new text end 12.15 new text begin list of permanent conservation easements must new text end 12.16 new text begin be provided as part of the final report by the new text end 12.17 new text begin Board of Water and Soil Resources. new text end 12.18 12.19 new text begin (e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands new text end new text begin Enhancement - Phase IX new text end 12.20 new text begin $1,755,000 the first year is to the new text end 12.21 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to enhance new text end 12.22 new text begin and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat new text end 12.23 new text begin statewide. A list of proposed land restorations new text end 12.24 new text begin and enhancements must be provided as part new text end 12.25 new text begin of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 12.26 12.27 new text begin (f) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetland Initiative new text end new text begin - Phase VI new text end 12.28 new text begin $4,716,000 the first year is to the new text end 12.29 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 12.30 new text begin agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore new text end 12.31 new text begin and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on new text end 12.32 new text begin public lands and wetlands under permanent new text end 12.33 new text begin conservation easement for wildlife new text end 12.34 new text begin management purposes. A list of proposed new text end 12.35 new text begin shallow-lake enhancements and wetland new text end 13.1 new text begin restorations must be provided as part of the new text end 13.2 new text begin required accomplishment plan. new text end 13.3 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Habitats new text end new text begin 26,544,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 13.4 13.5 new text begin (a) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor new text end new text begin Partnership - Phase III new text end 13.6 new text begin $1,617,000 the first year is to the new text end 13.7 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 13.8 new text begin lands in fee and restore wildlife habitat in the new text end 13.9 new text begin Mississippi headwaters and for agreements as new text end 13.10 new text begin follows: $60,000 to the Mississippi new text end 13.11 new text begin Headwaters Board and $1,557,000 to The new text end 13.12 new text begin Trust for Public Land. $779,000 the first year new text end 13.13 new text begin is to the Board of Water and Soil Resources new text end 13.14 new text begin to acquire lands in permanent conservation new text end 13.15 new text begin easements and to restore wildlife habitat. Up new text end 13.16 new text begin to $59,000 to the Board of Water and Soil new text end 13.17 new text begin Resources is for establishing a monitoring and new text end 13.18 new text begin enforcement fund as approved in the new text end 13.19 new text begin accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota new text end 13.20 new text begin Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A new text end 13.21 new text begin list of proposed acquisitions must be included new text end 13.22 new text begin as part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 13.23 13.24 new text begin (b) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic new text end new text begin North-Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase III new text end 13.25 new text begin $1,716,000 the first year is to the new text end 13.26 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 13.27 new text begin land in permanent conservation easements to new text end 13.28 new text begin sustain healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes new text end 13.29 new text begin in Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard new text end 13.30 new text begin Counties for agreements as follows: $113,000 new text end 13.31 new text begin to the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation new text end 13.32 new text begin and $1,603,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up new text end 13.33 new text begin to $120,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for new text end 13.34 new text begin establishing a monitoring and enforcement new text end 13.35 new text begin fund as approved in the accomplishment plan new text end 13.36 new text begin and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 14.1 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent new text end 14.2 new text begin conservation easements must be provided as new text end 14.3 new text begin part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 14.4 new text begin (c) Goose Prairie new text end 14.5 new text begin $600,000 the first year is to the commissioner new text end 14.6 new text begin of natural resources for an agreement with the new text end 14.7 new text begin Wild Rice Watershed District, in cooperation new text end 14.8 new text begin with the Department of Natural Resources, to new text end 14.9 new text begin enhance aquatic and upland habitat in and new text end 14.10 new text begin adjacent to the Goose Prairie Marsh Wildlife new text end 14.11 new text begin Management Area in Clay County. A list of new text end 14.12 new text begin proposed land enhancements must be provided new text end 14.13 new text begin as part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 14.14 14.15 14.16 new text begin (d) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish new text end new text begin Habitat Enhancement and Restoration - Phase new text end new text begin IX new text end 14.17 new text begin $2,403,000 the first year is to the new text end 14.18 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 14.19 new text begin agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited new text end 14.20 new text begin to restore or enhance habitat for trout and other new text end 14.21 new text begin species in and along coldwater rivers, lakes, new text end 14.22 new text begin and streams in Minnesota. A list of proposed new text end 14.23 new text begin restorations and enhancements must be new text end 14.24 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 14.25 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 14.26 new text begin (e) DNR Stream Habitat - Phase II new text end 14.27 new text begin $2,166,000 the first year is to the new text end 14.28 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to restore new text end 14.29 new text begin and enhance habitat in degraded streams and new text end 14.30 new text begin critical aquatic-species habitat and to facilitate new text end 14.31 new text begin fish passage. A list of proposed land new text end 14.32 new text begin restorations and enhancements must be new text end 14.33 new text begin provided as part of the required new text end 14.34 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 14.35 14.36 new text begin (f) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase new text end new text begin IV new text end 15.1 new text begin $3,392,000 the first year is to the new text end 15.2 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to restore new text end 15.3 new text begin aquatic habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. new text end 15.4 new text begin Of this appropriation, up to $226,000 is for an new text end 15.5 new text begin agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A list new text end 15.6 new text begin of proposed restorations must be provided as new text end 15.7 new text begin part of the required accomplishment plan. new text end 15.8 15.9 new text begin (g) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat new text end new text begin Restoration Program - Phase VI new text end 15.10 new text begin $1,779,000 the first year is to the new text end 15.11 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 15.12 new text begin agreement with the Shell Rock River new text end 15.13 new text begin Watershed District to acquire land in fee and new text end 15.14 new text begin restore and enhance aquatic habitat in the Shell new text end 15.15 new text begin Rock River watershed. A list of proposed new text end 15.16 new text begin acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements new text end 15.17 new text begin must be provided as part of the required new text end 15.18 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 15.19 new text begin (h) Lake Wakanda Enhancement Project new text end 15.20 new text begin $921,000 the first year is to the commissioner new text end 15.21 new text begin of natural resources for an agreement with new text end 15.22 new text begin Kandiyohi County to enhance aquatic habitat new text end 15.23 new text begin in and adjacent to Lake Wakanda in Kandiyohi new text end 15.24 new text begin County. A list of proposed land enhancements new text end 15.25 new text begin must be provided as part of the required new text end 15.26 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 15.27 new text begin (i) Wolverton Creek Habitat Restoration new text end 15.28 new text begin $1,877,000 the first year is to the new text end 15.29 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 15.30 new text begin agreement with the Buffalo-Red River new text end 15.31 new text begin Watershed District to acquire permanent new text end 15.32 new text begin conservation easements and restore and new text end 15.33 new text begin enhance aquatic and upland habitat associated new text end 15.34 new text begin with Wolverton Creek in the Buffalo-Red new text end 15.35 new text begin River watershed. A list of proposed new text end 15.36 new text begin acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements new text end 16.1 new text begin must be provided as part of the required new text end 16.2 new text begin accomplishment plan. new text end 16.3 16.4 16.5 new text begin (j) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant new text end new text begin Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase new text end new text begin IX new text end 16.6 new text begin $9,294,000 the first year is to the new text end 16.7 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for a new text end 16.8 new text begin program to provide competitive matching new text end 16.9 new text begin grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, new text end 16.10 new text begin state, and national organizations for enhancing, new text end 16.11 new text begin restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, new text end 16.12 new text begin prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife new text end 16.13 new text begin in Minnesota. Of this amount, up to new text end 16.14 new text begin $2,660,000 is for grants in the seven-county new text end 16.15 new text begin metropolitan area and cities with a population new text end 16.16 new text begin of 50,000 or greater. Grants must not be made new text end 16.17 new text begin for activities required to fulfill the duties of new text end 16.18 new text begin owners of lands subject to conservation new text end 16.19 new text begin easements. Grants must not be for projects new text end 16.20 new text begin that have a total project cost exceeding new text end 16.21 new text begin $575,000. Of the total appropriation, $634,000 new text end 16.22 new text begin may be spent for personnel costs and other new text end 16.23 new text begin direct and necessary administrative costs. new text end 16.24 new text begin Grantees may acquire land or interests in land. new text end 16.25 new text begin Easements must be permanent. Grants may new text end 16.26 new text begin not be used to establish easement stewardship new text end 16.27 new text begin accounts. Land acquired in fee must be open new text end 16.28 new text begin to hunting and fishing during the open season new text end 16.29 new text begin unless otherwise provided by law. The new text end 16.30 new text begin program must require a match of at least ten new text end 16.31 new text begin percent from nonstate sources for all grants. new text end 16.32 new text begin The match may be cash or in-kind resources. new text end 16.33 new text begin For grant applications of $25,000 or less, the new text end 16.34 new text begin commissioner must provide a separate, new text end 16.35 new text begin simplified application process. Subject to new text end 16.36 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner must, new text end 17.1 new text begin when evaluating projects of equal value, give new text end 17.2 new text begin priority to organizations that have a history of new text end 17.3 new text begin receiving or a charter to receive private new text end 17.4 new text begin contributions for local conservation or habitat new text end 17.5 new text begin projects. If acquiring land in fee or a new text end 17.6 new text begin conservation easement, priority must be given new text end 17.7 new text begin to projects associated with or within one mile new text end 17.8 new text begin of existing wildlife management areas under new text end 17.9 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, new text end 17.10 new text begin subdivision 8; scientific and natural areas new text end 17.11 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and new text end 17.12 new text begin 86A.05, subdivision 5; or aquatic management new text end 17.13 new text begin areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections new text end 17.14 new text begin 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. All new text end 17.15 new text begin restoration or enhancement projects must be new text end 17.16 new text begin on land permanently protected by a permanent new text end 17.17 new text begin covenant ensuring perpetual maintenance and new text end 17.18 new text begin protection of restored and enhanced habitat, new text end 17.19 new text begin by a conservation easement, or by public new text end 17.20 new text begin ownership, or must be in public waters as new text end 17.21 new text begin defined in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 17.22 new text begin 103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority must be new text end 17.23 new text begin given to restoration and enhancement projects new text end 17.24 new text begin on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 17.25 new text begin 97A.056, subdivision 13, applies to grants new text end 17.26 new text begin awarded under this paragraph. This new text end 17.27 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2021. new text end 17.28 new text begin No less than five percent of the amount of each new text end 17.29 new text begin grant must be held back from reimbursement new text end 17.30 new text begin until the grant recipient has completed a grant new text end 17.31 new text begin accomplishment report by the deadline and in new text end 17.32 new text begin the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the new text end 17.33 new text begin Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The new text end 17.34 new text begin commissioner must provide notice of the grant new text end 17.35 new text begin program in the game and fish law summary new text end 18.1 new text begin prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 18.2 new text begin 97A.051, subdivision 2. new text end 18.3 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Administration new text end new text begin 879,000 new text end new text begin 585,000 new text end 18.4 new text begin (a) Contract Management new text end 18.5 new text begin $150,000 the first year is to the commissioner new text end 18.6 new text begin of natural resources for contract management new text end 18.7 new text begin duties assigned in this section. The new text end 18.8 new text begin commissioner must provide an new text end 18.9 new text begin accomplishment plan in the form specified by new text end 18.10 new text begin the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council new text end 18.11 new text begin for expending this appropriation. The new text end 18.12 new text begin accomplishment plan must include a copy of new text end 18.13 new text begin the grant contract template and reimbursement new text end 18.14 new text begin manual. No money may be expended before new text end 18.15 new text begin the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council new text end 18.16 new text begin approves the accomplishment plan. new text end 18.17 new text begin (b) Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end 18.18 new text begin $571,000 the first year and $578,000 the new text end 18.19 new text begin second year is to the Legislative Coordinating new text end 18.20 new text begin Commission for Lessard-Sams Outdoor new text end 18.21 new text begin Heritage Council administrative expenses and new text end 18.22 new text begin for compensating and reimbursing expenses new text end 18.23 new text begin of council members. This appropriation is new text end 18.24 new text begin available until June 30, 2019. Minnesota new text end 18.25 new text begin Statutes, section 16A.281, applies to this new text end 18.26 new text begin appropriation. new text end 18.27 new text begin (c) Technical Evaluation Panel new text end 18.28 new text begin $150,000 the first year is to the commissioner new text end 18.29 new text begin of natural resources for a technical evaluation new text end 18.30 new text begin panel to conduct up to 20 restoration and new text end 18.31 new text begin enhancement evaluations under Minnesota new text end 18.32 new text begin Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 10. new text end 18.33 new text begin (d) Legacy Web site new text end 18.34 new text begin $8,000 the first year and $7,000 the second new text end 18.35 new text begin year are to the Legislative Coordinating new text end 19.1 new text begin Commission for the Web site required in new text end 19.2 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision new text end 19.3 new text begin 10. new text end 19.4 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Appropriation Availability new text end 19.5 new text begin Money appropriated in this section may not new text end 19.6 new text begin be spent on activities unless they are directly new text end 19.7 new text begin related to and necessary for a specific new text end 19.8 new text begin appropriation and are specified in the new text end 19.9 new text begin accomplishment plan approved by the new text end 19.10 new text begin Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. new text end 19.11 new text begin Money appropriated in this section must not new text end 19.12 new text begin be spent on institutional overhead charges that new text end 19.13 new text begin are not directly related to and necessary for a new text end 19.14 new text begin specific appropriation. Unless otherwise new text end 19.15 new text begin provided, the amounts in this section are new text end 19.16 new text begin available until June 30, 2020. For acquiring new text end 19.17 new text begin real property, the amounts in this section are new text end 19.18 new text begin available until June 30, 2021, if a binding new text end 19.19 new text begin agreement with a landowner or purchase new text end 19.20 new text begin agreement is entered into by June 30, 2020, new text end 19.21 new text begin and closed no later than June 30, 2021. new text end 19.22 new text begin Appropriations for restoration or enhancement new text end 19.23 new text begin are available until June 30, 2022, or five years new text end 19.24 new text begin after acquisition, whichever is later, so that new text end 19.25 new text begin initial restoration or enhancement work can new text end 19.26 new text begin be completed. If a project receives at least 15 new text end 19.27 new text begin percent of its funding from federal funds, the new text end 19.28 new text begin appropriation period may be extended to equal new text end 19.29 new text begin the availability of federal funding to a new text end 19.30 new text begin maximum of six years, provided the federal new text end 19.31 new text begin funding was confirmed and included in the new text end 19.32 new text begin first draft accomplishment plan. Money new text end 19.33 new text begin appropriated for fee title acquisition of land new text end 19.34 new text begin may be used to restore, enhance, and provide new text end 19.35 new text begin for public use of the land acquired with the new text end 19.36 new text begin appropriation. Public use facilities must have new text end 20.1 new text begin no more than a minimal impact on habitat in new text end 20.2 new text begin acquired lands. new text end new text begin new text end 20.3 20.4 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Payment Conditions and Capital new text end new text begin Equipment Expenditures new text end 20.5 new text begin All agreements referred to in this section must new text end 20.6 new text begin be administered on a reimbursement basis new text end 20.7 new text begin unless otherwise provided in this section. new text end 20.8 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 20.9 new text begin 16A.41, expenditures directly related to each new text end 20.10 new text begin appropriation's purpose made on or after July new text end 20.11 new text begin 1, 2017, or the date of accomplishment plan new text end 20.12 new text begin approval, whichever is later, are eligible for new text end 20.13 new text begin reimbursement unless otherwise provided in new text end 20.14 new text begin this section. For the purposes of administering new text end 20.15 new text begin appropriations and legislatively authorized new text end 20.16 new text begin agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage new text end 20.17 new text begin fund, an expense must be considered new text end 20.18 new text begin reimbursable by the administering agency new text end 20.19 new text begin when the recipient presents the agency with new text end 20.20 new text begin an invoice or binding agreement with the new text end 20.21 new text begin landowner and the recipient attests that the new text end 20.22 new text begin goods have been received or the landowner new text end 20.23 new text begin agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement new text end 20.24 new text begin must be made upon receiving documentation new text end 20.25 new text begin that the items articulated in the new text end 20.26 new text begin accomplishment plan approved by the new text end 20.27 new text begin Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have new text end 20.28 new text begin been achieved, including partial achievements new text end 20.29 new text begin as evidenced by progress reports approved by new text end 20.30 new text begin the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. new text end 20.31 new text begin Reasonable amounts may be advanced to new text end 20.32 new text begin projects to accommodate cash-flow needs, new text end 20.33 new text begin support future management of acquired lands, new text end 20.34 new text begin or match a federal share. The advances must new text end 20.35 new text begin be approved as part of the accomplishment new text end 20.36 new text begin plan. Capital equipment expenditures for new text end 21.1 new text begin specific items over $10,000 must be itemized new text end 21.2 new text begin in and approved as part of the accomplishment new text end 21.3 new text begin plan. new text end 21.4 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Mapping new text end 21.5 new text begin Each direct recipient of money appropriated new text end 21.6 new text begin in this section, as well as each recipient of a new text end 21.7 new text begin grant awarded pursuant to this section, must new text end 21.8 new text begin provide geographic information to the new text end 21.9 new text begin Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for new text end 21.10 new text begin mapping any lands acquired in fee with money new text end 21.11 new text begin appropriated in this section and open to public new text end 21.12 new text begin taking of fish and game. The commissioner new text end 21.13 new text begin of natural resources must include the lands new text end 21.14 new text begin acquired in fee with money appropriated in new text end 21.15 new text begin this section on maps showing public recreation new text end 21.16 new text begin opportunities. Maps must include information new text end 21.17 new text begin on and acknowledgment of the outdoor new text end 21.18 new text begin heritage fund, including a notation of any new text end 21.19 new text begin restrictions. new text end 21.20 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Fiscal Year 2019 Recommendations new text end 21.21 new text begin The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council new text end 21.22 new text begin must consider recommending up to new text end 21.23 new text begin $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 new text end 21.24 new text begin appropriations from the outdoor heritage fund new text end 21.25 new text begin for conservation easements and restoration as new text end 21.26 new text begin provided in subdivision 4, paragraph (c). new text end 21.27    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 21.28read: 21.29     new text begin Subd. 22. new text end new text begin Revenues. new text end new text begin (a) A recipient must disclose to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage new text end 21.30 new text begin Council and the commissioner all revenues that are received by the recipient before the new text end 21.31 new text begin availability of the appropriation ends and that are generated from activities on land acquired new text end 21.32 new text begin in fee title or easement, restored, or enhanced with money from the outdoor heritage fund. new text end 21.33 new text begin The revenues must be disclosed to the council and commissioner no later than 60 days after new text end 21.34 new text begin the availability of the appropriation ends. new text end 22.1 new text begin (b) For all revenues disclosed under paragraph (a), a recipient must: new text end 22.2 new text begin (1) use the revenues to protect, restore, or enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, or habitat new text end 22.3 new text begin for fish, game, or wildlife according to the appropriation purposes and the approved new text end 22.4 new text begin accomplishment plan; new text end 22.5 new text begin (2) use the revenues for other purposes as approved in the accomplishment plan by the new text end 22.6 new text begin Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council; or new text end 22.7 new text begin (3) transfer the revenues to the outdoor heritage fund no later than 60 days after the new text end 22.8 new text begin availability of the appropriation ends, unless otherwise approved by the council. new text end 22.9 new text begin (c) Paragraph (b), clause (3), does not apply to the state and its departments and agencies. new text end 22.10    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 22.11read: 22.12     new text begin Subd. 23. new text end new text begin Reserve requirement. new text end new text begin In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's new text end 22.13 new text begin projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the outdoor heritage fund new text end 22.14 new text begin must not be appropriated. new text end 22.15    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 22.16read: 22.17     new text begin Subd. 24. new text end new text begin Previous funding notification requirement. new text end new text begin Any state agency or organization new text end 22.18 new text begin requesting a direct appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund must inform the new text end 22.19 new text begin Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and the house of representatives and senate new text end 22.20 new text begin committees having jurisdiction over the outdoor heritage fund, at the time the request for new text end 22.21 new text begin funding is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous new text end 22.22 new text begin funding that was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose. new text end 22.23    Sec. 6. Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 22.242015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 7, is amended to read: 22.25 Subd. 5.Habitats -0- 28,620,000 22.26 (a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase IV22.27$3,480,000 in the second year is to the 22.28commissioner of natural resources to acquire 22.29interests in land in fee or permanent 22.30conservation easements for aquatic 22.31management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 23.1sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02, 23.2and to restore and enhance aquatic habitat. A 23.3list of proposed land acquisitions must be 23.4provided as part of the required 23.5accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 23.6plan must include an easement stewardship 23.7plan. Up to $25,000 is for establishing a 23.8monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 23.9in the accomplishment plan and subject to 23.10Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 23.11subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 23.12required for any monitoring and enforcement 23.13fund established, including expenditures from 23.14the fund and a description of annual 23.15monitoring and enforcement activities. 23.16 (b) Metro Big Rivers Habitat - Phase III23.17$3,680,000 in the second year is to the 23.18commissioner of natural resources for 23.19agreements to acquire interests in land in fee 23.20or permanent conservation easements and to 23.21restore and enhance natural systems associated 23.22with the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix 23.23Rivers as follows: $1,000,000 to the 23.24Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 23.25Trust, Inc.; $375,000 to the Friends of the 23.26Mississippi; $375,000 to Great River 23.27Greening; $930,000 to The Minnesota Land 23.28Trust; and $1,000,000 to The Trust for Public 23.29Land. A list of proposed acquisitions, 23.30restorations, and enhancements must be 23.31provided as part of the required 23.32accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 23.33plan must include an easement stewardship 23.34plan. Up to $51,000 is for establishing a 23.35monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 23.36in the accomplishment plan and subject to 24.1Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 24.2subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 24.3required for any monitoring and enforcement 24.4fund established, including expenditures from 24.5the fund and a description of annual 24.6monitoring and enforcement activities. 24.7 24.8 (c) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore Protection and Management - Phase III24.9$480,000 in the second year is to the 24.10commissioner of natural resources for an 24.11agreement with Dakota County to acquire 24.12permanent conservation easements and restore 24.13and enhance habitats along the Mississippi, 24.14Cannon, and Vermillion Rivers. A list of 24.15proposed acquisitions, restorations, and 24.16enhancements must be provided as part of the 24.17required accomplishment plan. The 24.18accomplishment plan must include an 24.19easement stewardship plan. Up to $20,000 is 24.20for establishing a monitoring and enforcement 24.21fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 24.22and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 24.2397A.056 , subdivision 17. An annual financial 24.24report is required for any monitoring and 24.25enforcement fund established, including 24.26expenditures from the fund and a description 24.27of annual monitoring and enforcement 24.28activities. 24.29 (d) Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration24.30$3,670,000 in the second year is to the 24.31commissioner of natural resources to restore 24.32habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 24.33A list of proposed projects must be provided 24.34as part of the required accomplishment plan. 24.35 24.36 (e) Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - Phase IV25.1$2,120,000 in the second year is to the 25.2commissioner of natural resources for an 25.3agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 25.4to restore and enhance coldwater fish lake, 25.5river, and stream habitats in Minnesota. A list 25.6of proposed restorations and enhancements 25.7must be provided as part of the required 25.8accomplishment plan. 25.9 (f) Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration25.10$2,320,000 in the second year is to the 25.11commissioner of natural resources for an 25.12agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 25.13District to restore and enhance stream and 25.14related habitat in Grand Marais Creek. A list 25.15of proposed restorations and enhancements 25.16must be provided as part of the required 25.17accomplishment plan. 25.18 (g) Knife River Habitat Restoration25.19$380,000 in the second year is to the 25.20commissioner of natural resources for an 25.21agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 25.22Association to restore trout habitat in the 25.23Upper Knife River Watershed. A list of 25.24proposed restorations must be provided as part 25.25of the required accomplishment plan. 25.26Notwithstanding rules of the commissioner of 25.27natural resources, restorations conducted 25.28pursuant to this paragraph may be 25.29accomplished by excavation. 25.30 (h) Protect Aquatic Habitat from Invasive Carp25.31$7,500,000 in the second year is to the 25.32commissioner of natural resources for design 25.33construction, including acquisition, operation, 25.34and evaluation of structural deterrents for 25.35invasive carp to protect Minnesota's aquatic 26.1habitat. Use of this money requires a 26.2one-to-one match for projects on state 26.3boundary waters. new text begin A match is not required for new text end 26.4 new text begin design or feasibility studies. This appropriation new text end 26.5 new text begin is available until June 30, 2019. new text end 26.6 26.7 (i) Outdoor Heritage Conservation Partners Grant Program - Phase IV26.8$4,990,000 in the second year is to the 26.9commissioner of natural resources for a 26.10program to provide competitive, matching 26.11grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 26.12state, and national organizations for enhancing, 26.13restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 26.14prairies, and habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 26.15in Minnesota. Grants shall not be made for 26.16activities required to fulfill the duties of 26.17owners of lands subject to conservation 26.18easements. Grants shall not be made from 26.19appropriations in this paragraph for projects 26.20that have a total project cost exceeding 26.21$575,000. $366,000 of this appropriation may 26.22be spent for personnel costs and other direct 26.23and necessary administrative costs. Grantees 26.24may acquire land or interests in land. 26.25Easements must be permanent. Land acquired 26.26in fee must be open to hunting and fishing 26.27during the open season unless otherwise 26.28provided by state law. The program shall 26.29require a match of at least ten percent from 26.30nonstate sources for all grants. The match may 26.31be cash or in-kind resources. For grant 26.32applications of $25,000 or less, the 26.33commissioner shall provide a separate, 26.34simplified application process. Subject to 26.35Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner of 26.36natural resources shall, when evaluating 27.1projects of equal value, give priority to 27.2organizations that have a history of receiving 27.3or charter to receive private contributions for 27.4local conservation or habitat projects. If 27.5acquiring land or a conservation easement, 27.6priority shall be given to projects associated 27.7with existing wildlife management areas under 27.8Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 27.9subdivision 8; scientific and natural areas 27.10under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and 27.1186A.05, subdivision 5 ; and aquatic 27.12management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 27.13sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 27.14All restoration or enhancement projects must 27.15be on land permanently protected by a 27.16conservation easement or public ownership or 27.17in public waters as defined in Minnesota 27.18Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 27.19Priority shall be given to restoration and 27.20enhancement projects on public lands. 27.21Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 27.22subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 27.23under this paragraph. This appropriation is 27.24available until June 30, 2016. No less than five 27.25percent of the amount of each grant must be 27.26held back from reimbursement until the grant 27.27recipient has completed a grant 27.28accomplishment report by the deadline and in 27.29the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 27.30Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 27.31commissioner shall provide notice of the grant 27.32program in the game and fish law summaries 27.33that are prepared under Minnesota Statutes, 27.34section 97A.051, subdivision 2. 27.35 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 28.1    Sec. 7. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 28.2amended by Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 5, is amended to read: 28.3 Subd. 2.Prairies 40,948,000 -0- 28.4 28.5 28.6 (a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase VII28.7$4,570,000 in the first year is to the 28.8commissioner of natural resources to acquire 28.9land in fee for wildlife management purposes 28.10under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 28.11subdivision 8 , and to acquire land in fee for 28.12scientific and natural area purposes under 28.13Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 28.14subdivision 5 . Subject to evaluation criteria 28.15in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 28.16must be given to acquisition of lands that are 28.17eligible for the native prairie bank under 28.18Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 28.19adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 28.20proposed land and permanent conservation 28.21easement acquisitions must be provided as 28.22part of the required accomplishment plan. 28.23 28.24 (b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area Acquisition - Phase VII28.25$7,452,000 in the first year is to the 28.26commissioner of natural resources for an 28.27agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 28.28land in fee for wildlife management area 28.29purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 28.3086A.05, subdivision 8 . Subject to evaluation 28.31criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 28.32priority must be given to acquisition of lands 28.33that are eligible for the native prairie bank 28.34under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 28.35lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 28.36list of proposed land acquisitions must be 29.1provided as part of the required 29.2accomplishment plan. 29.3 29.4 (c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase VI29.5$4,032,000 in the first year is to the 29.6commissioner of natural resources for an 29.7agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 29.8acquire native prairie, wetlands, and savanna 29.9and restore and enhance grasslands, wetlands, 29.10and savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 29.11Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 29.12must be given to acquisition of lands that are 29.13eligible for the native prairie bank under 29.14Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 29.15adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 29.16income statements and balance sheets for 29.17income and expenses from land acquired with 29.18this appropriation must be submitted to the 29.19Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 29.20later than 180 days following the close of The 29.21Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 29.22proposed land acquisitions must be provided 29.23as part of the required accomplishment plan 29.24and must be consistent with the priorities 29.25identified in the Minnesota Prairie 29.26Conservation Plan. 29.27 29.28 (d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VI29.29$3,430,000 in the first year is to the 29.30commissioner of natural resources for an 29.31agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 29.32cooperation with the United States Fish and 29.33Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 29.34permanent conservation easements within the 29.35Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation 29.36Area in western Minnesota for addition to the 30.1Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 30.2Refuge. Subject to evaluation criteria in 30.3Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 30.4must be given to acquisition of lands that are 30.5eligible for the native prairie bank under 30.6Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 30.7adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 30.8proposed land acquisitions must be provided 30.9as part of the required accomplishment plan 30.10and must be consistent with the priorities in 30.11the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan. 30.12 30.13 (e) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection - Phase IV30.14$3,740,000 in the first year is to the 30.15commissioner of natural resources to 30.16implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 30.17Plan through the acquisition of permanent 30.18conservation easements to protect native 30.19prairie and grasslands. Up to $165,000 is for 30.20establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 30.21as approved in the accomplishment plan and 30.22subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 30.2397A.056, subdivision 17 . Subject to evaluation 30.24criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 30.25priority must be given to acquisition of lands 30.26that are eligible for the native prairie bank 30.27under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 30.28lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 30.29list of permanent conservation easements must 30.30be provided as part of the final report. 30.31 30.32 (f) Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water - Phase V30.33$4,544,000 in the first year is to the Board of 30.34Water and Soil Resources to acquire 30.35permanent conservation easements to protect 30.36and enhance habitat by expanding the clean 31.1water fund riparian buffer program for at least 31.2equal wildlife benefits from buffers on private 31.3land. Up to $72,500 new text begin $728,000 new text end is for 31.4establishing a monitoring and enforcement 31.5fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 31.6and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 31.797A.056, subdivision 17 . A list of permanent 31.8conservation easements must be provided as 31.9part of the final report. 31.10 31.11 (g) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex - Phase V31.12$1,380,000 in the first year is to the 31.13commissioner of natural resources for an 31.14agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 31.15acquire and restore lands in the Cannon River 31.16watershed for wildlife management purposes 31.17under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 31.18subdivision 8 . Subject to evaluation criteria 31.19in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 31.20must be given to acquisition of lands that are 31.21eligible for the native prairie bank under 31.22Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 31.23adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 31.24proposed land acquisitions must be provided 31.25as part of the required accomplishment plan. 31.26 31.27 (h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley31.28$1,800,000 in the first year is to the 31.29commissioner of natural resources for an 31.30agreement with Pheasants Forever in 31.31cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 31.32Chicken Society to acquire and restore lands 31.33in the southern Red River Valley for wildlife 31.34management purposes under Minnesota 31.35Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for 31.36designation and management as waterfowl 32.1production areas in Minnesota, in cooperation 32.2with the United States Fish and Wildlife 32.3Service. A list of proposed land acquisitions 32.4must be provided as part of the required 32.5accomplishment plan. 32.6 32.7 (i) Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's Important Bird Areas32.8$1,730,000 in the first year is to the 32.9commissioner of natural resources for 32.10agreements to acquire conservation easements 32.11within important bird areas identified in the 32.12Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan, to be 32.13used as follows: $408,000 is to Audubon 32.14Minnesota and $1,322,000 is to Minnesota 32.15Land Trust, of which up to $100,000 is for 32.16establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 32.17as approved in the accomplishment plan and 32.18subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 32.1997A.056, subdivision 17 . A list of permanent 32.20conservation easements must be provided as 32.21part of the final report. 32.22 32.23 (j) Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat Restoration32.24$2,270,000 in the first year is to the 32.25commissioner of natural resources for an 32.26agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 32.27District to acquire land in fee and permanent 32.28conservation easement and to `restore river 32.29and related habitat in the Wild Rice River 32.30corridor. A list of proposed acquisitions and 32.31restorations must be provided as part of the 32.32required accomplishment plan. 32.33 32.34 (k) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VII32.35$4,880,000 in the first year is to the 32.36commissioner of natural resources to 33.1accelerate the restoration and enhancement of 33.2prairie communities on wildlife management 33.3areas, scientific and natural areas, state forest 33.4land, and land under native prairie bank 33.5easements. A list of proposed land restorations 33.6and enhancements must be provided as part 33.7of the required accomplishment plan. 33.8 33.9 (l) Enhanced Public Land Grasslands - Phase II33.10$1,120,000 in the first year is to the 33.11commissioner of natural resources for an 33.12agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 33.13and restore habitat on public lands. A list of 33.14proposed land restorations and enhancements 33.15must be provided as part of the final report. 33.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2015. new text end 33.17    Sec. 8. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 33.18 Subd. 2.Prairies -0- 31,000,000 33.19 33.20 33.21 (a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase VIII33.22$3,250,000 the second year is to the 33.23commissioner of natural resources to acquire 33.24land in fee for wildlife management purposes 33.25under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 33.26subdivision 8 , and to acquire land in fee for 33.27scientific and natural area purposes under 33.28Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 33.29subdivision 5 . Subject to evaluation criteria 33.30in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 33.31must be given to acquisition of lands that are 33.32eligible for the native prairie bank under 33.33Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 33.34adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 34.1proposed land acquisitions must be provided 34.2as part of the required accomplishment plan. 34.3 34.4 (b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area Acquisition - Phase VIII34.5$5,229,000 the second year is to the 34.6commissioner of natural resources for an 34.7agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 34.8in fee and restore lands for wildlife 34.9management area purposes under Minnesota 34.10Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 34.11Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 34.12Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 34.13to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 34.14native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 34.15section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 34.16native prairie. A list of proposed land 34.17acquisitions must be provided as part of the 34.18required accomplishment plan. 34.19 34.20 (c) Martin County/Fox Lake Wildlife Management Area Acquisition34.21$1,000,000 the second year is to the 34.22commissioner of natural resources for an 34.23agreement with Fox Lake Conservation 34.24League, Inc. to acquire land in fee and restore 34.25strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other 34.26wildlife habitat for wildlife management area 34.27purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 34.2886A.05, subdivision 8 . A list of proposed 34.29acquisitions must be provided as part of the 34.30required accomplishment plan. 34.31 34.32 (d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VII34.33$2,754,000 the second year is to the 34.34commissioner of natural resources for an 34.35agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 34.36cooperation with the United States Fish and 35.1Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 35.2permanent conservation easements and restore 35.3lands within the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 35.4Habitat Preservation Area in western 35.5Minnesota for addition to the Northern 35.6Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 35.7Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 35.8Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 35.9to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 35.10native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 35.11section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 35.12native prairie. A list of proposed land 35.13acquisitions must be provided as part of the 35.14required accomplishment plan and must be 35.15consistent with the priorities in the Minnesota 35.16Prairie Conservation Plan. 35.17 35.18 (e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex - Phase VI 35.19$583,000 the second year is to the 35.20commissioner of natural resources for an 35.21agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 35.22acquire land in fee and restore lands in the 35.23Cannon River watershed for wildlife 35.24management purposes under Minnesota 35.25Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 35.26Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 35.27Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 35.28to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 35.29native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 35.30section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 35.31native prairie. A list of proposed land 35.32acquisitions must be provided as part of the 35.33required accomplishment plan. 35.34 35.35 (f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection - Phase V36.1$2,541,000 the second year is to the 36.2commissioner of natural resources to 36.3implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 36.4Plan through the acquisition of permanent 36.5conservation easements to protect and restore 36.6native prairie. Of this amount, up to $120,000 36.7is for establishing monitoring and enforcement 36.8funds as approved in the accomplishment plan 36.9and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 36.1097A.056, subdivision 17 . Subject to evaluation 36.11criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 36.12priority must be given to acquisition of lands 36.13that are eligible for the native prairie bank 36.14under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 36.15lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 36.16list of permanent conservation easements must 36.17be provided as part of the final report. 36.18 36.19 (g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for Wildlife and Water - Phase VI36.20$6,708,000 the second year is to the Board of 36.21Water and Soil Resources to acquire 36.22permanent conservation easements and restore 36.23habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 36.24103F.515 , to protect, restore, and enhance 36.25habitat by expanding the clean water fund 36.26riparian buffer program for at least equal 36.27wildlife benefits from buffers on private land. 36.28Of this amount, up to $130,000 new text begin $1,079,000 new text end is 36.29to establish a monitoring and enforcement 36.30fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 36.31and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 36.3297A.056, subdivision 17 . A list of permanent 36.33conservation easements must be provided as 36.34part of the final report. 36.35 36.36 (h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the Southern Red River Valley - Phase II37.1$2,269,000 the second year is to the 37.2commissioner of natural resources for an 37.3agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 37.4cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 37.5Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 37.6restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 37.7River Valley for wildlife management 37.8purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 37.986A.05, subdivision 8 , or for designation and 37.10management as waterfowl production areas 37.11in Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 37.12States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 37.13evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 37.146136.0900, priority must be given to 37.15acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 37.16native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 37.17section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 37.18native prairie. A list of proposed land 37.19acquisitions must be provided as part of the 37.20required accomplishment plan. 37.21 37.22 (i) Grassland Conservation Partnership - Phase II37.23$1,475,000 the second year is to the 37.24commissioner of natural resources for an 37.25agreement with The Conservation Fund, in 37.26cooperation with Minnesota Land Trust, to 37.27acquire permanent conservation easements 37.28and restore high priority grassland, prairie, 37.29and wetland habitats as follows: $64,000 to 37.30The Conservation Fund; and $1,411,000 to 37.31Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 37.32$100,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 37.33enforcement fund, as approved in the 37.34accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 37.35Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 37.36Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 38.1Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 38.2to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 38.3native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 38.4section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 38.5native prairie. A list of proposed acquisitions 38.6must be provided as part of the required 38.7accomplishment plan and must be consistent 38.8with the priorities in the Minnesota Prairie 38.9Conservation Plan. 38.10 38.11 (j) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VIII38.12$3,983,000 the second year is to the 38.13commissioner of natural resources to 38.14accelerate restoration and enhancement of 38.15prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 38.16management areas, scientific and natural areas, 38.17native prairie bank land, and bluff prairies on 38.18state forest land in southeastern Minnesota. A 38.19list of proposed land restorations and 38.20enhancements must be provided as part of the 38.21required accomplishment plan. 38.22 38.23 (k) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and Enhancement - Phase IV38.24$1,208,000 the second year is to the 38.25commissioner of natural resources for 38.26agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 38.27habitat on public lands in Anoka, Isanti, 38.28Morrison, Sherburne, and Todd Counties as 38.29follows: $93,000 to Anoka Conservation 38.30District; $25,000 to Isanti County Parks and 38.31Recreation Department; $813,000 to Great 38.32River Greening; and $277,000 to the National 38.33Wild Turkey Federation. A list of proposed 38.34land restorations and enhancements must be 38.35provided as part of the required 38.36accomplishment plan. 39.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 39.2    Sec. 9. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 39.3 Subd. 4.Wetlands -0- 31,055,000 39.4 39.5 (a) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area Acquisition - Phase VIII39.6$5,650,000 the second year is to the 39.7commissioner of natural resources for an 39.8agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 39.9in fee and restore and enhance wetlands and 39.10grasslands to be designated and managed as 39.11waterfowl production areas in Minnesota, in 39.12cooperation with the United States Fish and 39.13Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 39.14acquisitions must be provided as part of the 39.15required accomplishment plan. 39.16 39.17 (b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection Program - Phase V39.18$5,801,000 the second year is to the 39.19commissioner of natural resources for an 39.20agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 39.21in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, and 39.22land buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 39.23management purposes under Minnesota 39.24Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 39.25of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 39.26part of the required accomplishment plan. 39.27 (c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VII39.28$13,808,000 the second year is to the Board 39.29of Water and Soil Resources to acquire lands 39.30in permanent conservation easements and to 39.31restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 39.32under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 39.33Of this amount, up to $195,000 new text begin $410,000 new text end is 39.34to establish a monitoring and enforcement 39.35fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 40.1and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 40.297A.056, subdivision 17 . A list of permanent 40.3conservation easements must be provided as 40.4part of the final report. 40.5 40.6 (d) Wetland Habitat Protection Program - Phase II40.7$1,629,000 the second year is to the 40.8commissioner of natural resources for an 40.9agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 40.10acquire permanent conservation easements in 40.11high-priority wetland habitat complexes in the 40.12prairie and forest/prairie transition regions. Of 40.13this amount, up to $180,000 is to establish a 40.14monitoring and enforcement fund, as approved 40.15in the accomplishment plan and subject to 40.16Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 40.17subdivision 17 . A list of proposed easement 40.18acquisitions must be provided as part of the 40.19final report. 40.20 40.21 (e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands Enhancement - Phase VIII40.22$2,167,000 the second year is to the 40.23commissioner of natural resources to enhance 40.24and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 40.25statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 40.26and enhancements must be provided as part 40.27of the required accomplishment plan. 40.28 (f) Marsh Lake - Phase II40.29$2,000,000 the second year is to the 40.30commissioner of natural resources to modify 40.31the dam at Marsh Lake for improved habitat 40.32management and to return the historic outlet 40.33of the Pomme de Terre River to Lac Qui Parle. 40.34 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 41.1    Sec. 10. new text begin OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT. new text end 41.2 new text begin By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the new text end 41.3 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with new text end 41.4 new text begin jurisdiction over the outdoor heritage fund a report of the amount from the outdoor heritage new text end 41.5 new text begin fund used to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 41.6 new text begin 16A.127. The report must include: new text end 41.7 new text begin (1) information for all years that outdoor heritage fund appropriations have been made new text end 41.8 new text begin through fiscal year 2017; new text end 41.9 new text begin (2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were new text end 41.10 new text begin funded; and new text end 41.11 new text begin (3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the outdoor heritage new text end 41.12 new text begin fund contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only to restore, protect, new text end 41.13 new text begin and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife. new text end 41.14    Sec. 11. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 41.15 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, new text end new text begin is repealed. new text end 41.16ARTICLE 2 41.17CLEAN WATER FUND 41.18 Section 1. new text begin CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 41.19 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies new text end 41.20 new text begin and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water new text end 41.21 new text begin fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the new text end 41.22 new text begin Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this new text end 41.23 new text begin article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending new text end 41.24 new text begin June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The new text end 41.25 new text begin second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The new text end 41.26 new text begin appropriations in this article are onetime. new text end 41.27 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 41.28 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 41.29 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 41.30 new text begin 2018 new text end new text begin 2019 new text end 41.31 Sec. 2. new text begin CLEAN WATER new text end 42.1 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,497,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 111,373,000 new text end 42.2 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 42.3 new text begin purpose are specified in the following sections. new text end 42.4 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end 42.5 new text begin Money appropriated in this article may not be new text end 42.6 new text begin spent on activities unless they are directly new text end 42.7 new text begin related to and necessary for a specific new text end 42.8 new text begin appropriation. Money appropriated in this new text end 42.9 new text begin article must be spent in accordance with new text end 42.10 new text begin Minnesota Management and Budget's new text end 42.11 new text begin Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund new text end 42.12 new text begin Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota new text end 42.13 new text begin Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise new text end 42.14 new text begin specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 new text end 42.15 new text begin appropriations are available until June 30, new text end 42.16 new text begin 2019, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are new text end 42.17 new text begin available until June 30, 2020. If a project new text end 42.18 new text begin receives federal funds, the period of the new text end 42.19 new text begin appropriation is extended to equal the new text end 42.20 new text begin availability of federal funding. new text end 42.21 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Disability Access new text end 42.22 new text begin Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean new text end 42.23 new text begin water funds, in consultation with the Council new text end 42.24 new text begin on Disability and other appropriate new text end 42.25 new text begin governor-appointed disability councils, boards, new text end 42.26 new text begin committees, and commissions, should make new text end 42.27 new text begin progress toward providing greater access to new text end 42.28 new text begin programs, print publications, and digital media new text end 42.29 new text begin for people with disabilities related to the new text end 42.30 new text begin programs the recipient funds using new text end 42.31 new text begin appropriations made in this article. new text end 42.32 Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 8,283,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 9,283,000 new text end 42.33 new text begin (a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the new text end 42.34 new text begin second year are to increase monitoring for new text end 43.1 new text begin pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface new text end 43.2 new text begin water and groundwater and to use data new text end 43.3 new text begin collected to assess pesticide use practices. new text end 43.4 new text begin (b) $2,085,000 the first year and $2,086,000 new text end 43.5 new text begin the second year are for monitoring and new text end 43.6 new text begin evaluating trends in the concentration of new text end 43.7 new text begin nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to new text end 43.8 new text begin groundwater degradation; promoting, new text end 43.9 new text begin developing, and evaluating regional and new text end 43.10 new text begin crop-specific nutrient best management new text end 43.11 new text begin practices; assessing best management practice new text end 43.12 new text begin adoption; education and technical support from new text end 43.13 new text begin University of Minnesota Extension; grants to new text end 43.14 new text begin support agricultural demonstration and new text end 43.15 new text begin implementation activities; and other actions new text end 43.16 new text begin to protect groundwater from degradation from new text end 43.17 new text begin nitrate. This appropriation is available until new text end 43.18 new text begin June 30, 2022. new text end 43.19 new text begin (c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the new text end 43.20 new text begin second year are for administering clean water new text end 43.21 new text begin funds managed through the agriculture best new text end 43.22 new text begin management practices loan program. Any new text end 43.23 new text begin unencumbered balance at the end of the second new text end 43.24 new text begin year shall be added to the corpus of the loan new text end 43.25 new text begin fund. new text end 43.26 new text begin (d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 new text end 43.27 new text begin the second year are for technical assistance, new text end 43.28 new text begin research, and demonstration projects on proper new text end 43.29 new text begin implementation of best management practices new text end 43.30 new text begin and more precise information on nonpoint new text end 43.31 new text begin contributions to impaired waters and for grants new text end 43.32 new text begin to support on-farm demonstration of new text end 43.33 new text begin agricultural practices. This appropriation is new text end 43.34 new text begin available until June 30, 2022. new text end 44.1 new text begin (e) $663,000 the first year and $662,000 the new text end 44.2 new text begin second year are for research to quantify and new text end 44.3 new text begin reduce agricultural contributions to impaired new text end 44.4 new text begin waters and for development and evaluation of new text end 44.5 new text begin best management practices to protect and new text end 44.6 new text begin restore water resources. This appropriation is new text end 44.7 new text begin available until June 30, 2022. new text end 44.8 new text begin (f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the new text end 44.9 new text begin second year are for a research inventory new text end 44.10 new text begin database containing water-related research new text end 44.11 new text begin activities. Costs for information technology new text end 44.12 new text begin development or support for this research new text end 44.13 new text begin inventory database may be paid to the Office new text end 44.14 new text begin of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is new text end 44.15 new text begin available until June 30, 2022. new text end 44.16 new text begin (g) $2,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 new text end 44.17 new text begin the second year are to implement the new text end 44.18 new text begin Minnesota agricultural water quality new text end 44.19 new text begin certification program statewide. Funds new text end 44.20 new text begin appropriated in this paragraph are available new text end 44.21 new text begin until June 30, 2021. new text end 44.22 new text begin (h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the new text end 44.23 new text begin second year are to provide funding for a new text end 44.24 new text begin regional irrigation water quality specialist new text end 44.25 new text begin through University of Minnesota Extension. new text end 44.26 new text begin (i) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the new text end 44.27 new text begin second year are for grants to the Board of new text end 44.28 new text begin Regents of the University of Minnesota to new text end 44.29 new text begin fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative new text end 44.30 new text begin and to protect the state's natural resources new text end 44.31 new text begin while increasing the efficiency, profitability, new text end 44.32 new text begin and productivity of Minnesota farmers by new text end 44.33 new text begin incorporating perennial and winter-annual new text end 44.34 new text begin crops into existing agricultural practices. This new text end 44.35 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2022. new text end 45.1 new text begin (j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 new text end 45.2 new text begin the second year are for pesticide testing of new text end 45.3 new text begin private wells where nitrate is detected, as part new text end 45.4 new text begin of the Township Testing Program. This new text end 45.5 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2022. new text end 45.6 new text begin (k) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the new text end 45.7 new text begin second year are to evaluate market new text end 45.8 new text begin opportunities and develop markets for crops new text end 45.9 new text begin that can be profitable for farmers and new text end 45.10 new text begin beneficial for water quality and soil health. new text end 45.11 new text begin (l) A portion of the funds in this section may new text end 45.12 new text begin be used for programs to train state and local new text end 45.13 new text begin outreach staff in the intersection between new text end 45.14 new text begin agricultural economics and agricultural new text end 45.15 new text begin conservation. new text end 45.16 Sec. 4. new text begin PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,307,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 10,693,000 new text end 45.17 new text begin (a) $5,182,000 the first year and $10,568,000 new text end 45.18 new text begin the second year are for the point source new text end 45.19 new text begin implementation grants program under new text end 45.20 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This new text end 45.21 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2022. new text end 45.22 new text begin (b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the new text end 45.23 new text begin second year are for small community new text end 45.24 new text begin wastewater treatment grants and loans under new text end 45.25 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This new text end 45.26 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2022. new text end 45.27 new text begin (c) If there are any uncommitted funds at the new text end 45.28 new text begin end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or new text end 45.29 new text begin (b), the Public Facilities Authority may new text end 45.30 new text begin transfer the remaining funds to eligible new text end 45.31 new text begin projects under any of the programs listed in new text end 45.32 new text begin this section based on their priority rank on the new text end 45.33 new text begin Pollution Control Agency's project priority new text end 45.34 new text begin list. new text end 46.1 Sec. 5. new text begin POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 25,790,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 26,290,000 new text end 46.2 new text begin (a) $8,275,000 the first year and $8,275,000 new text end 46.3 new text begin the second year are for completion of needed new text end 46.4 new text begin statewide assessments of surface water quality new text end 46.5 new text begin and trends according to Minnesota Statutes, new text end 46.6 new text begin chapter 114D. Of this amount, $125,000 the new text end 46.7 new text begin first year and $125,000 the second year are new text end 46.8 new text begin for grants to the Red River Watershed new text end 46.9 new text begin Management Board to enhance and expand new text end 46.10 new text begin the existing water quality and watershed new text end 46.11 new text begin monitoring river watch activities in the schools new text end 46.12 new text begin in the Red River of the North. The Red River new text end 46.13 new text begin Watershed Management Board shall provide new text end 46.14 new text begin a report to the commissioner of the Pollution new text end 46.15 new text begin Control Agency and the legislative committees new text end 46.16 new text begin and divisions with jurisdiction over new text end 46.17 new text begin environment and natural resources finance and new text end 46.18 new text begin policy and the clean water fund by February new text end 46.19 new text begin 15, 2019, on the expenditure of this new text end 46.20 new text begin appropriation. new text end 46.21 new text begin (b) $9,409,000 the first year and $9,638,000 new text end 46.22 new text begin the second year are to develop watershed new text end 46.23 new text begin restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), new text end 46.24 new text begin which include total maximum daily load new text end 46.25 new text begin (TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation new text end 46.26 new text begin plans for waters listed on the United States new text end 46.27 new text begin Environmental Protection Agency approved new text end 46.28 new text begin impaired waters list in accordance with new text end 46.29 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. The agency new text end 46.30 new text begin shall complete an average of ten percent of new text end 46.31 new text begin the TMDLs each year over the biennium. new text end 46.32 new text begin (c) $1,181,000 the first year and $1,182,000 new text end 46.33 new text begin the second year are for groundwater new text end 46.34 new text begin assessment, including enhancing the ambient new text end 46.35 new text begin monitoring network, modeling, and evaluating new text end 47.1 new text begin trends, including the reassessment of new text end 47.2 new text begin groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 years new text end 47.3 new text begin ago and found to be contaminated. new text end 47.4 new text begin (d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the new text end 47.5 new text begin second year are for implementation of the St. new text end 47.6 new text begin Louis River System Area of Concern new text end 47.7 new text begin Remedial Action Plan. This appropriation new text end 47.8 new text begin must be matched at a rate of 65 percent new text end 47.9 new text begin nonstate money to 35 percent state money. new text end 47.10 new text begin (e) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the new text end 47.11 new text begin second year are for TMDL research and new text end 47.12 new text begin database development. new text end 47.13 new text begin (f) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the new text end 47.14 new text begin second year are for national pollutant new text end 47.15 new text begin discharge elimination system wastewater and new text end 47.16 new text begin storm water TMDL implementation efforts. new text end 47.17 new text begin (g) $3,500,000 the first year and $3,370,000 new text end 47.18 new text begin the second year are for enhancing the new text end 47.19 new text begin county-level delivery systems for subsurface new text end 47.20 new text begin sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities new text end 47.21 new text begin necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, new text end 47.22 new text begin sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection of new text end 47.23 new text begin groundwater, including base grants for all new text end 47.24 new text begin counties with SSTS programs and competitive new text end 47.25 new text begin grants to counties with specific plans to new text end 47.26 new text begin significantly reduce water pollution by new text end 47.27 new text begin reducing the number of systems that are an new text end 47.28 new text begin imminent threat to public health or safety or new text end 47.29 new text begin are otherwise failing. Counties that receive new text end 47.30 new text begin base grants must report the number of sewage new text end 47.31 new text begin noncompliant properties upgraded through new text end 47.32 new text begin SSTS replacement, connection to a centralized new text end 47.33 new text begin sewer system, or other means, including new text end 47.34 new text begin property abandonment or buy-out. Counties new text end 47.35 new text begin also must report the number of existing SSTS new text end 48.1 new text begin compliance inspections conducted in areas new text end 48.2 new text begin under county jurisdiction. These required new text end 48.3 new text begin reports are to be part of established annual new text end 48.4 new text begin reporting for SSTS programs. Counties that new text end 48.5 new text begin conduct SSTS inventories or those with an new text end 48.6 new text begin ordinance in place that requires an SSTS to new text end 48.7 new text begin be inspected as a condition of transferring new text end 48.8 new text begin property or as a condition of obtaining a local new text end 48.9 new text begin permit must be given priority for competitive new text end 48.10 new text begin grants under this paragraph. Of this amount, new text end 48.11 new text begin $1,000,000 each year is available to counties new text end 48.12 new text begin for grants to low-income landowners to new text end 48.13 new text begin address systems that pose an imminent threat new text end 48.14 new text begin to public health or safety or fail to protect new text end 48.15 new text begin groundwater. A grant awarded under this new text end 48.16 new text begin paragraph may not exceed $40,000 for the new text end 48.17 new text begin biennium. A county receiving a grant under new text end 48.18 new text begin this paragraph must submit a report to the new text end 48.19 new text begin agency listing the projects funded, including new text end 48.20 new text begin an account of the expenditures. new text end 48.21 new text begin (h) $225,000 the first year and $225,000 the new text end 48.22 new text begin second year are for accelerated implementation new text end 48.23 new text begin of MS4 permit requirements including new text end 48.24 new text begin additional technical assistance to new text end 48.25 new text begin municipalities experiencing difficulties new text end 48.26 new text begin understanding and implementing the basic new text end 48.27 new text begin requirements of the municipal storm water new text end 48.28 new text begin program. new text end 48.29 new text begin (i) $800,000 the first year and $1,200,000 the new text end 48.30 new text begin second year are for a grant program for new text end 48.31 new text begin sanitary sewer projects that are included in the new text end 48.32 new text begin draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park new text end 48.33 new text begin Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to new text end 48.34 new text begin restore the water quality of waters in new text end 48.35 new text begin Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be new text end 49.1 new text begin awarded to local government units for projects new text end 49.2 new text begin approved by the Voyageurs National Park new text end 49.3 new text begin Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be new text end 49.4 new text begin matched by at least 25 percent from sources new text end 49.5 new text begin other than the clean water fund. new text end 49.6 new text begin (j) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the new text end 49.7 new text begin second year are for coordination with the state new text end 49.8 new text begin of Wisconsin and the National Park Service new text end 49.9 new text begin on comprehensive phosphorous reduction new text end 49.10 new text begin activities in the Minnesota portion of Lake St. new text end 49.11 new text begin Croix on the St. Croix River. The new text end 49.12 new text begin commissioner must work with the St. Croix new text end 49.13 new text begin Basin Water Resources Planning Team and new text end 49.14 new text begin the St. Croix River Association to implement new text end 49.15 new text begin the water monitoring and phosphorous new text end 49.16 new text begin reduction activities. new text end 49.17 new text begin (k) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the new text end 49.18 new text begin second year are to support activities of the new text end 49.19 new text begin Clean Water Council according to Minnesota new text end 49.20 new text begin Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1. new text end 49.21 new text begin (l) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, new text end 49.22 new text begin section 16A.28, the appropriations in this new text end 49.23 new text begin section are available until June 30, 2022. new text end 49.24 49.25 Sec. 6. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL new text end new text begin RESOURCES new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 8,446,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 8,446,000 new text end 49.26 new text begin (a) $1,950,000 the first year and $1,950,000 new text end 49.27 new text begin the second year are for stream flow new text end 49.28 new text begin monitoring. new text end 49.29 new text begin (b) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 new text end 49.30 new text begin the second year are for lake Index of new text end 49.31 new text begin Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments. new text end 49.32 new text begin (c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the new text end 49.33 new text begin second year are for assessing mercury and new text end 49.34 new text begin other contaminants of fish, including new text end 50.1 new text begin monitoring to track the status of impaired new text end 50.2 new text begin waters over time. new text end 50.3 new text begin (d) $1,886,000 the first year and $1,886,000 new text end 50.4 new text begin the second year are for developing targeted, new text end 50.5 new text begin science-based watershed restoration and new text end 50.6 new text begin protection strategies. new text end new text begin new text end 50.7 new text begin (e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 new text end 50.8 new text begin the second year are for water supply planning, new text end 50.9 new text begin aquifer protection, and monitoring activities. new text end 50.10 new text begin (f) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the new text end 50.11 new text begin second year are for technical assistance to new text end 50.12 new text begin support local implementation of nonpoint new text end 50.13 new text begin source restoration and protection activities. new text end new text begin new text end 50.14 new text begin (g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the new text end 50.15 new text begin second year are for applied research and tools, new text end 50.16 new text begin including watershed hydrologic modeling; new text end 50.17 new text begin maintaining and updating spatial data for new text end 50.18 new text begin watershed boundaries, streams, and water new text end 50.19 new text begin bodies and integrating high-resolution digital new text end 50.20 new text begin elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of new text end 50.21 new text begin forestry best management practices for water new text end 50.22 new text begin quality. new text end 50.23 new text begin (h) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the new text end 50.24 new text begin second year are for developing county new text end 50.25 new text begin geologic atlases. new text end new text begin new text end 50.26 new text begin (i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the new text end 50.27 new text begin second year are for maintenance and updates new text end 50.28 new text begin to buffer maps and for technical guidance on new text end 50.29 new text begin buffer map interpretation to local units of new text end 50.30 new text begin government for implementation of buffer new text end 50.31 new text begin requirements. Maps must be provided to local new text end 50.32 new text begin units of government and made available to new text end 50.33 new text begin landowners on the Department of Natural new text end 50.34 new text begin Resources' Web site. new text end 51.1 51.2 Sec. 7. new text begin BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL new text end new text begin RESOURCES new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 45,911,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 49,597,000 new text end 51.3 new text begin (a) $4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 new text end 51.4 new text begin the second year are for a pilot program to new text end 51.5 new text begin provide performance-based grants to local new text end 51.6 new text begin government units. The grants may be used to new text end 51.7 new text begin implement projects that protect, enhance, and new text end 51.8 new text begin restore surface water quality in lakes, rivers, new text end 51.9 new text begin and streams; protect groundwater from new text end 51.10 new text begin degradation; and protect drinking water new text end 51.11 new text begin sources. Projects must be identified in a new text end 51.12 new text begin comprehensive watershed plan developed new text end 51.13 new text begin under the One Watershed, One Plan or new text end 51.14 new text begin metropolitan surface water management new text end 51.15 new text begin frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant new text end 51.16 new text begin recipients must identify a nonstate match and new text end 51.17 new text begin may use other legacy funds to supplement new text end 51.18 new text begin projects funded under this paragraph. new text end 51.19 new text begin (b) $6,882,000 the first year and $12,618,000 new text end 51.20 new text begin the second year are for grants to protect and new text end 51.21 new text begin restore surface water and drinking water; to new text end 51.22 new text begin keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, new text end 51.23 new text begin and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and new text end 51.24 new text begin streams; and to protect groundwater and new text end 51.25 new text begin drinking water, including feedlot water quality new text end 51.26 new text begin and subsurface sewage treatment system new text end 51.27 new text begin projects and stream bank, stream channel, new text end 51.28 new text begin shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization new text end 51.29 new text begin projects. The projects must use practices new text end 51.30 new text begin demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting new text end 51.31 new text begin public benefit, include a match, and be new text end 51.32 new text begin consistent with total maximum daily load new text end 51.33 new text begin (TMDL) implementation plans, watershed new text end 51.34 new text begin restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), new text end 51.35 new text begin or local water management plans or their new text end 51.36 new text begin equivalents. A portion of these funds may be new text end 52.1 new text begin used to seek administrative efficiencies new text end 52.2 new text begin through shared resources by multiple local new text end 52.3 new text begin governmental units. new text end 52.4 new text begin (c) $3,325,000 the first year and $4,275,000 new text end 52.5 new text begin the second year are for accelerated new text end 52.6 new text begin implementation, including local resource new text end 52.7 new text begin protection and enhancement grants and new text end 52.8 new text begin statewide program enhancements of new text end 52.9 new text begin supplements for technical assistance, citizen new text end 52.10 new text begin and community outreach, compliance, and new text end 52.11 new text begin training and certification. new text end 52.12 new text begin (d) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the new text end 52.13 new text begin second year are to provide state oversight and new text end 52.14 new text begin accountability, evaluate results, provide new text end 52.15 new text begin implementation tools, and measure the value new text end 52.16 new text begin of conservation program implementation by new text end 52.17 new text begin local governments, including submission to new text end 52.18 new text begin the legislature by March 1 each new text end 52.19 new text begin even-numbered year a biennial report prepared new text end 52.20 new text begin by the board, in consultation with the new text end 52.21 new text begin commissioners of natural resources, health, new text end 52.22 new text begin agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency, new text end 52.23 new text begin detailing the recipients, the projects funded new text end 52.24 new text begin under this section, and the amount of pollution new text end 52.25 new text begin reduced. new text end 52.26 new text begin (e) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 new text end 52.27 new text begin the second year are to provide assistance, new text end 52.28 new text begin oversight, and grants for supporting local new text end 52.29 new text begin governments in implementing and complying new text end 52.30 new text begin with riparian protection and excessive soil loss new text end 52.31 new text begin requirements. new text end 52.32 new text begin (f) $3,875,000 the first year and $5,875,000 new text end 52.33 new text begin the second year are to restore or preserve new text end 52.34 new text begin permanent conservation on riparian buffers new text end 52.35 new text begin adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and new text end 53.1 new text begin tributaries, to keep water on the land in order new text end 53.2 new text begin to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient new text end 53.3 new text begin transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to surface new text end 53.4 new text begin waters; and increase infiltration for new text end 53.5 new text begin groundwater recharge. This appropriation may new text end 53.6 new text begin be used for restoration of riparian buffers new text end 53.7 new text begin permanently protected by easements purchased new text end 53.8 new text begin with this appropriation or contracts to achieve new text end 53.9 new text begin permanent protection for riparian buffers or new text end 53.10 new text begin stream bank restorations when the riparian new text end 53.11 new text begin buffers have been restored. Up to $1,920,000 new text end 53.12 new text begin is for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement new text end 53.13 new text begin account. new text end 53.14 new text begin (g) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 new text end 53.15 new text begin the second year are for permanent new text end 53.16 new text begin conservation easements on wellhead protection new text end 53.17 new text begin areas under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 53.18 new text begin 103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), or for new text end 53.19 new text begin grants to local units of government for fee title new text end 53.20 new text begin acquisition to permanently protect new text end 53.21 new text begin groundwater supply sources on wellhead new text end 53.22 new text begin protection areas or for otherwise ensuring new text end 53.23 new text begin long-term protection of groundwater supply new text end 53.24 new text begin sources as described under alternative new text end 53.25 new text begin management tools in the Department of new text end 53.26 new text begin Agriculture's Nitrogen Fertilizer Management new text end 53.27 new text begin Plan, including low nitrogen cropping systems new text end 53.28 new text begin or implementing nitrogen fertilizer best new text end 53.29 new text begin management practices. Priority must be placed new text end 53.30 new text begin on land that is located where the vulnerability new text end 53.31 new text begin of the drinking water supply is designated as new text end 53.32 new text begin high or very high by the commissioner of new text end 53.33 new text begin health, where drinking water protection plans new text end 53.34 new text begin have identified specific activities that will new text end 53.35 new text begin achieve long-term protection, and on lands new text end 53.36 new text begin with expiring Conservation Reserve Program new text end 54.1 new text begin contracts. Up to $105,000 is for deposit in a new text end 54.2 new text begin monitoring and enforcement account. new text end 54.3 new text begin (h) $84,000 the first year and $84,000 the new text end 54.4 new text begin second year are for a technical evaluation new text end 54.5 new text begin panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations new text end 54.6 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, new text end 54.7 new text begin subdivision 6. new text end 54.8 new text begin (i) $1,995,000 the first year and $1,995,000 new text end 54.9 new text begin the second year are for assistance, oversight, new text end 54.10 new text begin and grants to local governments to transition new text end 54.11 new text begin local water management plans to a watershed new text end 54.12 new text begin approach as provided for in Minnesota new text end 54.13 new text begin Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and new text end 54.14 new text begin 114D. new text end 54.15 new text begin (j) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the new text end 54.16 new text begin second year are for technical assistance and new text end 54.17 new text begin grants for the conservation drainage program new text end 54.18 new text begin in consultation with the Drainage Work Group, new text end 54.19 new text begin coordinated under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 54.20 new text begin 103B.101, subdivision 13, that includes new text end 54.21 new text begin projects to improve multipurpose water new text end 54.22 new text begin management under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 54.23 new text begin 103E.015. new text end 54.24 new text begin (k) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 new text end 54.25 new text begin the second year are to purchase and restore new text end 54.26 new text begin permanent conservation sites via easements new text end 54.27 new text begin or contracts to treat and store water on the land new text end 54.28 new text begin for water quality improvement purposes and new text end 54.29 new text begin related technical assistance. This work may new text end 54.30 new text begin be done in cooperation with the United States new text end 54.31 new text begin Department of Agriculture with a first priority new text end 54.32 new text begin use to accomplish a conservation reserve new text end 54.33 new text begin enhancement program, or equivalent, in the new text end 54.34 new text begin state. Up to $2,880,000 is for deposit in a new text end 54.35 new text begin monitoring and enforcement account. new text end 55.1 new text begin (l) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 new text end 55.2 new text begin the second year are to purchase permanent new text end 55.3 new text begin conservation easements to protect lands new text end 55.4 new text begin adjacent to public waters with good water new text end 55.5 new text begin quality but threatened with degradation. Up new text end 55.6 new text begin to $60,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and new text end 55.7 new text begin enforcement account. new text end 55.8 new text begin (m) $425,000 the first year and $425,000 the new text end 55.9 new text begin second year are for a program to new text end 55.10 new text begin systematically collect data and produce new text end 55.11 new text begin county, watershed, and statewide estimates of new text end 55.12 new text begin soil erosion caused by water and wind along new text end 55.13 new text begin with tracking adoption of conservation new text end 55.14 new text begin measures, including cover crops, to address new text end 55.15 new text begin erosion. new text end 55.16 new text begin (n) $11,000,000 the first year and $11,000,000 new text end 55.17 new text begin the second year are for payments to soil and new text end 55.18 new text begin water conservation districts for the purposes new text end 55.19 new text begin of Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and new text end 55.20 new text begin 103C.331. From this appropriation, each soil new text end 55.21 new text begin and water conservation district shall receive new text end 55.22 new text begin an increase in its base funding of $100,000 new text end 55.23 new text begin per year. Money remaining after the base new text end 55.24 new text begin increase is available for matching grants to new text end 55.25 new text begin soil and water conservation districts based on new text end 55.26 new text begin county allocations to soil and water new text end 55.27 new text begin conservation districts. The board and other new text end 55.28 new text begin agencies may reduce the amount of grants to new text end 55.29 new text begin a county by an amount equal to any reduction new text end 55.30 new text begin in the county's allocation to a soil and water new text end 55.31 new text begin conservation district from the county's new text end 55.32 new text begin previous year allocation when the board new text end 55.33 new text begin determines that the reduction was new text end 55.34 new text begin disproportionate. new text end 56.1 new text begin (o) $5,000,000 the first year is for soil and new text end 56.2 new text begin water conservation districts for cost-sharing new text end 56.3 new text begin contracts with landowners or authorized agents new text end 56.4 new text begin to implement riparian buffers or alternative new text end 56.5 new text begin practices on public waters or public ditches new text end 56.6 new text begin consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 56.7 new text begin 103F.48. Of this amount, up to $2,500,000 new text end 56.8 new text begin may be targeted outside the 54-county new text end 56.9 new text begin Conservation Reserve Enhancement Area. new text end 56.10 new text begin (p) The board shall contract for delivery of new text end 56.11 new text begin services with Conservation Corps Minnesota new text end 56.12 new text begin for restoration, maintenance, and other new text end 56.13 new text begin activities under this section for up to $500,000 new text end 56.14 new text begin the first year and up to $500,000 the second new text end 56.15 new text begin year. new text end 56.16 new text begin (q) The board may shift grant or cost-share new text end 56.17 new text begin funds in this section and may adjust the new text end 56.18 new text begin technical and administrative assistance portion new text end 56.19 new text begin of the funds to leverage federal or other new text end 56.20 new text begin nonstate funds or to address oversight new text end 56.21 new text begin responsibilities or high-priority needs new text end 56.22 new text begin identified in local water management plans. new text end 56.23 new text begin (r) The board shall require grantees to specify new text end 56.24 new text begin the outcomes that will be achieved by the new text end 56.25 new text begin grants prior to any grant awards. new text end 56.26 new text begin (s) The appropriations in this section are new text end 56.27 new text begin available until June 30, 2022. Returned grant new text end 56.28 new text begin funds shall be regranted consistent with the new text end 56.29 new text begin purposes of this section. new text end 56.30 Sec. 8. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 4,787,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,107,000 new text end 56.31 new text begin (a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 new text end 56.32 new text begin the second year are for addressing public new text end 56.33 new text begin health concerns related to contaminants found new text end 56.34 new text begin in Minnesota drinking water for which no new text end 57.1 new text begin health-based drinking water standards exist, new text end 57.2 new text begin including accelerating the development of new text end 57.3 new text begin health risk limits and improving the capacity new text end 57.4 new text begin of the department's laboratory to analyze new text end 57.5 new text begin unregulated contaminants. new text end 57.6 new text begin (b) $2,587,000 the first year and $2,907,000 new text end 57.7 new text begin the second year are for protection of drinking new text end 57.8 new text begin water sources. new text end 57.9 new text begin (c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the new text end 57.10 new text begin second year are for cost-share assistance to new text end 57.11 new text begin public and private well owners for up to 50 new text end 57.12 new text begin percent of the cost of sealing unused wells. new text end 57.13 new text begin (d) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the new text end 57.14 new text begin second year are to develop and deliver new text end 57.15 new text begin groundwater restoration and protection new text end 57.16 new text begin strategies for use on a watershed scale for use new text end 57.17 new text begin in local water planning efforts and to provide new text end 57.18 new text begin resources to local governments for drinking new text end 57.19 new text begin water source protection activities. new text end 57.20 new text begin (e) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the new text end 57.21 new text begin second year are for studying the occurrence new text end 57.22 new text begin and magnitude of contaminants in private new text end 57.23 new text begin wells and developing guidance and outreach new text end 57.24 new text begin to reduce risks to private-well owners. new text end 57.25 new text begin (f) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the new text end 57.26 new text begin second year are for evaluating and addressing new text end 57.27 new text begin the risks from viruses in water supplies. new text end 57.28 new text begin (g) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the new text end 57.29 new text begin second year are to develop public health new text end 57.30 new text begin policies and an action plan to address threats new text end 57.31 new text begin to safe drinking water and to conduct an new text end 57.32 new text begin analysis to determine the scope of the lead new text end 57.33 new text begin problem in Minnesota's water and the cost to new text end 57.34 new text begin eliminate lead exposure in drinking water. new text end 58.1 new text begin (h) Unless otherwise specified, the new text end 58.2 new text begin appropriations in this section are available new text end 58.3 new text begin until June 30, 2021. new text end 58.4 Sec. 9. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 950,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 950,000 new text end 58.5 new text begin $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the new text end 58.6 new text begin second year are to implement projects that new text end 58.7 new text begin address emerging drinking-water supply new text end 58.8 new text begin threats, provide cost-effective regional new text end 58.9 new text begin solutions, leverage interjurisdictional new text end 58.10 new text begin coordination, support local implementation of new text end 58.11 new text begin water supply reliability projects, and prevent new text end 58.12 new text begin degradation of groundwater resources in the new text end 58.13 new text begin metropolitan area. These projects will provide new text end 58.14 new text begin to communities: new text end 58.15 new text begin (1) potential solutions to leverage regional new text end 58.16 new text begin water use through use of surface water, storm new text end 58.17 new text begin water, wastewater, and groundwater; new text end 58.18 new text begin (2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements new text end 58.19 new text begin for different alternatives; new text end 58.20 new text begin (3) development of planning level cost new text end 58.21 new text begin estimates, including capital cost and operation new text end 58.22 new text begin cost; new text end 58.23 new text begin (4) identification of funding mechanisms and new text end 58.24 new text begin an equitable cost-sharing structure for new text end 58.25 new text begin regionally beneficial water supply new text end 58.26 new text begin development projects; and new text end 58.27 new text begin (5) development of subregional groundwater new text end 58.28 new text begin models. new text end 58.29 Sec. 10. new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,008,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,007,000 new text end 58.30 new text begin (a) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the new text end 58.31 new text begin second year are for developing county new text end 59.1 new text begin geologic atlases. This appropriation is new text end 59.2 new text begin available until June 30, 2022. new text end 59.3 new text begin (b) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the new text end 59.4 new text begin second year are for a performance evaluation new text end 59.5 new text begin and technology transfer program for storm new text end 59.6 new text begin water best management practices to enhance new text end 59.7 new text begin data and information management of storm new text end 59.8 new text begin water best management practices; evaluate new text end 59.9 new text begin best management performance and new text end 59.10 new text begin effectiveness to support meeting total new text end 59.11 new text begin maximum daily loads; develop standards and new text end 59.12 new text begin incorporate state-of-the-art guidance using new text end 59.13 new text begin minimal impact design standards as the model; new text end 59.14 new text begin and implement a knowledge and technology new text end 59.15 new text begin transfer system across local government, new text end 59.16 new text begin industry, and regulatory sectors. This new text end 59.17 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2020. new text end 59.18 new text begin (c) $133,000 the first year and $132,000 the new text end 59.19 new text begin second year are to provide guidance new text end 59.20 new text begin documents and tools evaluating the clean new text end 59.21 new text begin water fund's return on investment to measure new text end 59.22 new text begin impacts on water quality and human new text end 59.23 new text begin well-being as well as assist in future funding new text end 59.24 new text begin decisions. new text end 59.25 Sec. 11. new text begin LEGISLATURE new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,000 new text end 59.26 new text begin $15,000 the first year is for the Legislative new text end 59.27 new text begin Coordinating Commission for the Web site new text end 59.28 new text begin required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, new text end 59.29 new text begin subdivision 10. new text end 59.30    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 59.31    Subd. 4. Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project receiving funding from the clean 59.32water fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirements to protect, enhance, and 59.33restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater and drinking 60.1water from degradation. Priority may be given to projects that meet more than one of these 60.2requirements. A project receiving funding from the clean water fund shall include measurable 60.3outcomes, as defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for measuring and 60.4evaluating the results. A project must be consistent with current science and incorporate 60.5state-of-the-art technology. 60.6(b) Money from the clean water fund shall be expended to balance the benefits across 60.7all regions and residents of the state. 60.8(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the clean water fund 60.9must compile and submit all information for proposed and funded projects or programs, 60.10including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 60.113.303, subdivision 10 , to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 60.12or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 60.13Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site required under 60.14section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available. Information classified as not 60.15public under section 13D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is not required to be placed on 60.16the Web site. 60.17(d) Grants funded by the clean water fund must be implemented according to section 60.1816B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process for any 60.19regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals involving 60.20grants that will be competitively awarded. 60.21(e) Money from the clean water fund may only be spent on projects that benefit Minnesota 60.22waters. 60.23(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the clean water fund 60.24shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy logo required 60.25under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 60.26361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." 60.27When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct the person to a 60.28Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain 60.29additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Web 60.30site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10. 60.31(g) Future eligibility for money from the clean water fund is contingent upon a state 60.32agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as well as 60.33any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of the 60.34Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a recipient 61.1of money from the clean water fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or regulations 61.2in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be listed in an 61.3annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy funds. The list 61.4must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient from the list 61.5upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the list is not eligible 61.6for future funding from the clean water fund until the recipient demonstrates compliance 61.7to the legislative auditor. 61.8(h) Money from the clean water fund may be used to leverage federal funds through 61.9execution of formal project partnership agreements with federal agencies consistent with 61.10respective federal agency partnership agreement requirements. 61.11 new text begin (i) Any state agency or organization requesting a direct appropriation from the clean new text end 61.12 new text begin water fund must inform the Clean Water Council and the house of representatives and senate new text end 61.13 new text begin committees having jurisdiction over the clean water fund, at the time the request for funding new text end 61.14 new text begin is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous funding that new text end 61.15 new text begin was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose. new text end 61.16    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, is amended by adding a subdivision 61.17to read: 61.18     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Reserve requirement. new text end new text begin In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's new text end 61.19 new text begin projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the clean water fund must new text end 61.20 new text begin not be appropriated. new text end 61.21    Sec. 14. new text begin CLEAN WATER FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT. new text end 61.22 new text begin By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the new text end 61.23 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with new text end 61.24 new text begin jurisdiction over the clean water fund a report of the amount from the clean water fund used new text end 61.25 new text begin to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.127. new text end 61.26 new text begin The report must include: new text end 61.27 new text begin (1) information for all years that clean water fund appropriations have been made through new text end 61.28 new text begin fiscal year 2017; new text end 61.29 new text begin (2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were new text end 61.30 new text begin funded; and new text end 61.31 new text begin (3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the clean water fund new text end 61.32 new text begin contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only to protect, enhance, new text end 62.1 new text begin and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from new text end 62.2 new text begin degradation. new text end 62.3ARTICLE 3 62.4PARKS AND TRAILS FUND 62.5 Section 1. new text begin PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 62.6 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies new text end 62.7 new text begin and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and new text end 62.8 new text begin trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures new text end 62.9 new text begin "2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are new text end 62.10 new text begin available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first new text end 62.11 new text begin year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal new text end 62.12 new text begin years 2018 and 2019. All appropriations in this article are onetime. new text end 62.13 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 62.14 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 62.15 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 62.16 new text begin 2018 new text end new text begin 2019 new text end 62.17 Sec. 2. new text begin PARKS AND TRAILS new text end 62.18 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 41,989,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 47,775,000 new text end 62.19 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 62.20 new text begin purpose are specified in the following sections. new text end 62.21 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end 62.22 new text begin Money appropriated in this article may not be new text end 62.23 new text begin spent on activities unless they are directly new text end 62.24 new text begin related to and necessary for a specific new text end 62.25 new text begin appropriation. Money appropriated in this new text end 62.26 new text begin article must be spent in accordance with new text end 62.27 new text begin Minnesota Management and Budget's new text end 62.28 new text begin Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund new text end 62.29 new text begin Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota new text end 62.30 new text begin Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise new text end 62.31 new text begin specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 new text end 62.32 new text begin appropriations are available until June 30, new text end 63.1 new text begin 2020, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are new text end 63.2 new text begin available until June 30, 2021. If a project new text end 63.3 new text begin receives federal funds, the time period of the new text end 63.4 new text begin appropriation is extended to equal the new text end 63.5 new text begin availability of federal funding. new text end 63.6 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Disability Access new text end 63.7 new text begin Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks new text end 63.8 new text begin and trails funds, in consultation with the new text end 63.9 new text begin Council on Disability and other appropriate new text end 63.10 new text begin governor-appointed disability councils, boards, new text end 63.11 new text begin committees, and commissions, should make new text end 63.12 new text begin progress toward providing greater access to new text end 63.13 new text begin programs, print publications, and digital media new text end 63.14 new text begin for people with disabilities related to the new text end 63.15 new text begin programs the recipient funds using new text end 63.16 new text begin appropriations made in this article. new text end 63.17 63.18 Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL new text end new text begin RESOURCES new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 25,398,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 28,884,000 new text end 63.19 new text begin (a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 new text end 63.20 new text begin the second year are for state parks, recreation new text end 63.21 new text begin areas, and trails to: new text end 63.22 new text begin (1) connect people to the outdoors; new text end 63.23 new text begin (2) acquire land and create opportunities; new text end 63.24 new text begin (3) maintain existing holdings; and new text end 63.25 new text begin (4) improve cooperation by coordinating with new text end 63.26 new text begin partners to implement the 25-year long-range new text end 63.27 new text begin parks and trails legacy plan. new text end 63.28 new text begin (b) $8,293,000 the first year and $9,445,000 new text end 63.29 new text begin the second year are for grants for parks and new text end 63.30 new text begin trails of regional significance outside the new text end 63.31 new text begin seven-county metropolitan area under new text end 63.32 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants new text end 63.33 new text begin awarded under this paragraph shall be based new text end 64.1 new text begin on the lists of recommended projects new text end 64.2 new text begin submitted to the legislative committees under new text end 64.3 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, new text end 64.4 new text begin subdivision 10, from the Greater Minnesota new text end 64.5 new text begin Regional Parks and Trails Commission new text end 64.6 new text begin established under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 64.7 new text begin 85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph new text end 64.8 new text begin must support parks and trails of regional or new text end 64.9 new text begin statewide significance that meet the applicable new text end 64.10 new text begin definitions and criteria for regional parks and new text end 64.11 new text begin trails contained in the Greater Minnesota new text end 64.12 new text begin Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan new text end 64.13 new text begin adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional new text end 64.14 new text begin Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, new text end 64.15 new text begin 2015. Grant recipients identified under this new text end 64.16 new text begin paragraph must submit a grant application to new text end 64.17 new text begin the commissioner of natural resources. Up to new text end 64.18 new text begin 2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used new text end 64.19 new text begin by the commissioner for the actual cost of new text end 64.20 new text begin issuing and monitoring the grants for the new text end 64.21 new text begin commission. Of the amount appropriated, new text end 64.22 new text begin $424,000 the first year and $399,000 the new text end 64.23 new text begin second year are for the Greater Minnesota new text end 64.24 new text begin Regional Parks and Trails Commission to new text end 64.25 new text begin carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 64.26 new text begin section 85.536, including the continued new text end 64.27 new text begin development of a statewide system plan for new text end 64.28 new text begin regional parks and trails outside the new text end 64.29 new text begin seven-county metropolitan area. new text end 64.30 new text begin (c) By January 15, 2018, the Greater new text end 64.31 new text begin Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails new text end 64.32 new text begin Commission shall submit a list of projects that new text end 64.33 new text begin contains the commission's recommendations new text end 64.34 new text begin for funding from the parks and trails fund for new text end 64.35 new text begin fiscal year 2019 to the chairs and ranking new text end 64.36 new text begin minority members of the house of new text end 65.1 new text begin representatives and senate committees and new text end 65.2 new text begin divisions with jurisdiction over the new text end 65.3 new text begin environment and natural resources and the new text end 65.4 new text begin parks and trails fund. new text end 65.5 new text begin (d) By January 15, 2018, the Greater new text end 65.6 new text begin Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails new text end 65.7 new text begin Commission shall submit a report that contains new text end 65.8 new text begin the commission's criteria for funding from the new text end 65.9 new text begin parks and trails fund, including the criteria new text end 65.10 new text begin used to determine if a park or trail is of new text end 65.11 new text begin regional significance, to the chairs and ranking new text end 65.12 new text begin minority members of the house of new text end 65.13 new text begin representatives and senate committees and new text end 65.14 new text begin divisions with jurisdiction over the new text end 65.15 new text begin environment and natural resources and the new text end 65.16 new text begin parks and trails fund. new text end 65.17 new text begin (e) $521,000 the first year and $548,000 the new text end 65.18 new text begin second year are for coordination and projects new text end 65.19 new text begin between the department, the Metropolitan new text end 65.20 new text begin Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional new text end 65.21 new text begin Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced new text end 65.22 new text begin Web-based information for park and trail new text end 65.23 new text begin users; and support of activities of the Parks new text end 65.24 new text begin and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee. new text end 65.25 new text begin (f) The commissioner shall contract for new text end 65.26 new text begin services with Conservation Corps Minnesota new text end 65.27 new text begin for restoration, maintenance, and other new text end 65.28 new text begin activities under this section for at least new text end 65.29 new text begin $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the new text end 65.30 new text begin second year. new text end 65.31 new text begin (g) The implementing agencies receiving new text end 65.32 new text begin appropriations under this section shall give new text end 65.33 new text begin consideration to contracting with Conservation new text end 65.34 new text begin Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, new text end 65.35 new text begin and other activities. new text end 66.1 Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 16,584,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 18,891,000 new text end 66.2 new text begin (a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 new text end 66.3 new text begin the second year are for distribution according new text end 66.4 new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, new text end 66.5 new text begin subdivision 3. new text end 66.6 new text begin (b) Money appropriated under this section and new text end 66.7 new text begin distributed to implementing agencies must be new text end 66.8 new text begin used only to fund the list of projects approved new text end 66.9 new text begin by the elected representatives of each of the new text end 66.10 new text begin metropolitan parks implementing agencies. new text end 66.11 new text begin Projects funded by the money appropriated new text end 66.12 new text begin under this section must be substantially new text end 66.13 new text begin consistent with the project descriptions and new text end 66.14 new text begin dollar amounts approved by each elected body. new text end 66.15 new text begin Any funds remaining after completion of the new text end 66.16 new text begin listed projects may be spent by the new text end 66.17 new text begin implementing agencies on projects to support new text end 66.18 new text begin parks and trails. new text end 66.19 new text begin (c) Grant agreements entered into by the new text end 66.20 new text begin Metropolitan Council and recipients of money new text end 66.21 new text begin appropriated under this section must ensure new text end 66.22 new text begin that the funds are used to supplement and not new text end 66.23 new text begin substitute for traditional sources of funding. new text end 66.24 new text begin (d) The implementing agencies receiving new text end 66.25 new text begin appropriations under this section shall give new text end 66.26 new text begin consideration to contracting with Conservation new text end 66.27 new text begin Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, new text end 66.28 new text begin and other activities. new text end 66.29 Sec. 5. new text begin LEGISLATURE new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,000 new text end 66.30 new text begin $7,000 the first year is for the Legislative new text end 66.31 new text begin Coordinating Commission for the Web site new text end 66.32 new text begin required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, new text end 66.33 new text begin subdivision 10. new text end 67.1    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.53, is amended by adding a subdivision to 67.2read: 67.3     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Reserve requirement. new text end new text begin In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's new text end 67.4 new text begin projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the parks and trails fund new text end 67.5 new text begin must not be appropriated. new text end 67.6    Sec. 7. new text begin SAUK RIVER REGIONAL PARK GRANT EXTENSION. new text end 67.7 new text begin The appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), clause new text end 67.8 new text begin (9), from the parks and trails fund for trail enhancement, land acquisition, and other new text end 67.9 new text begin improvements at Sauk River Regional Park is available until June 30, 2022. new text end 67.10 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2016. new text end 67.11    Sec. 8. new text begin HYLAND-BUSH-ANDERSON LAKES PARK RESERVE GRANT new text end 67.12 new text begin EXTENSION. new text end 67.13 new text begin The appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, new text end 67.14 new text begin section 4, paragraph (c), from the parks and trails fund for grants to the city of Bloomington new text end 67.15 new text begin to reconstruct parking lots at the Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Park Reserve are available new text end 67.16 new text begin until June 30, 2018. new text end 67.17 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2016. new text end 67.18    Sec. 9. new text begin ANOKA COUNTY AND DAKOTA COUNTY REALLOCATIONS. new text end 67.19 new text begin Notwithstanding Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 4, paragraph (o), and Laws new text end 67.20 new text begin 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 4, paragraph (b): new text end 67.21 new text begin (1) Anoka County may allocate $438,000 of its share of the distribution for fiscal year new text end 67.22 new text begin 2017 funds under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, to Bunker Hills Regional new text end 67.23 new text begin Park in accordance with the most recent priority rankings that Anoka County has submitted new text end 67.24 new text begin to the Metropolitan Council; and new text end 67.25 new text begin (2) Dakota County may allocate $180,000 of its share of the distribution under Minnesota new text end 67.26 new text begin Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, designated for the Vermillion River Regional new text end 67.27 new text begin Greenway to the phase 2 improvement to Whitetail Woods Regional Park in Dakota County. new text end 67.28 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 68.1    Sec. 10. new text begin PARKS AND TRAILS FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT. new text end 68.2 new text begin By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the new text end 68.3 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with new text end 68.4 new text begin jurisdiction over the parks and trails fund a report of the amount from the parks and trails new text end 68.5 new text begin fund used to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 68.6 new text begin 16A.127. The report must include: new text end 68.7 new text begin (1) information for all years that parks and trails fund appropriations have been made new text end 68.8 new text begin through fiscal year 2017; new text end 68.9 new text begin (2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were new text end 68.10 new text begin funded; and new text end 68.11 new text begin (3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the parks and trails fund new text end 68.12 new text begin contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only to support parks and new text end 68.13 new text begin trails of regional or statewide significance. new text end 68.14ARTICLE 4 68.15ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND 68.16 Section 1. new text begin ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 68.17     new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities new text end 68.18 new text begin and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural new text end 68.19 new text begin heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under new text end 68.20 new text begin the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in new text end 68.21 new text begin this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal new text end 68.22 new text begin year ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year new text end 68.23 new text begin 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. new text end 68.24 new text begin All appropriations in this article are onetime. new text end 68.25 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 68.26 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 68.27 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 68.28 new text begin 2018 new text end new text begin 2019 new text end 68.29 Sec. 2. new text begin ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE new text end 68.30 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 57,328,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 66,036,000 new text end 69.1 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 69.2 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 69.3 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 69.4 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end 69.5 new text begin Money appropriated in this article may not be new text end 69.6 new text begin spent on activities unless they are directly new text end 69.7 new text begin related to and necessary for a specific new text end 69.8 new text begin appropriation. Money appropriated in this new text end 69.9 new text begin article must not be spent on institutional new text end 69.10 new text begin overhead charges that are not directly related new text end 69.11 new text begin to and necessary for a specific appropriation. new text end 69.12 new text begin Money appropriated in this article must be new text end 69.13 new text begin spent in accordance with the Minnesota new text end 69.14 new text begin Management and Budget's Guidance to new text end 69.15 new text begin Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditures. new text end 69.16 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 69.17 new text begin 16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this new text end 69.18 new text begin article, fiscal year 2018 appropriations are new text end 69.19 new text begin available until June 30, 2019, and fiscal year new text end 69.20 new text begin 2019 appropriations are available until June new text end 69.21 new text begin 30, 2020. If a project receives federal funds, new text end 69.22 new text begin the period of the appropriation is extended to new text end 69.23 new text begin equal the availability of federal funding. new text end 69.24 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Minnesota State Arts Board new text end new text begin 26,370,000 new text end new text begin 31,736,000 new text end 69.25 new text begin (a) These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 69.26 new text begin Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, arts new text end 69.27 new text begin education, arts preservation, and arts access. new text end 69.28 new text begin Grant agreements entered into by the new text end 69.29 new text begin Minnesota State Arts Board and other new text end 69.30 new text begin recipients of appropriations in this subdivision new text end 69.31 new text begin must ensure that these funds are used to new text end 69.32 new text begin supplement and not substitute for traditional new text end 69.33 new text begin sources of funding. Each grant program new text end 69.34 new text begin established in this appropriation must be new text end 69.35 new text begin separately administered from other state new text end 70.1 new text begin appropriations for program planning and new text end 70.2 new text begin outcome measurements, but may take into new text end 70.3 new text begin consideration other state resources awarded new text end 70.4 new text begin in the selection of applicants and grant award new text end 70.5 new text begin size. new text end 70.6 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Arts and Arts Access Initiatives new text end 70.7 new text begin $20,700,000 the first year and $25,589,000 new text end 70.8 new text begin the second year are to support Minnesota new text end 70.9 new text begin artists and arts organizations in creating, new text end 70.10 new text begin producing, and presenting high-quality arts new text end 70.11 new text begin activities; to preserve, maintain, and interpret new text end 70.12 new text begin art forms and works of art so that they are new text end 70.13 new text begin accessible to Minnesota audiences; to new text end 70.14 new text begin overcome barriers to accessing high-quality new text end 70.15 new text begin arts activities; and to instill the arts into the new text end 70.16 new text begin community and public life in this state. new text end 70.17 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Arts Education new text end 70.18 new text begin $4,115,000 the first year and $4,610,000 the new text end 70.19 new text begin second year are for high-quality, new text end 70.20 new text begin age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans new text end 70.21 new text begin of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and new text end 70.22 new text begin understanding of the arts. new text end 70.23 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Arts and Cultural Heritage new text end 70.24 new text begin $1,430,000 the first year and $1,537,000 the new text end 70.25 new text begin second year are for events and activities that new text end 70.26 new text begin represent, preserve, and maintain the diverse new text end 70.27 new text begin cultural arts traditions, including folk and new text end 70.28 new text begin traditional artists and art organizations, new text end 70.29 new text begin represented in this state. new text end 70.30 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Grants new text end 70.31 new text begin $50,000 the first year is for a grant or contract new text end 70.32 new text begin to an organization for designing, consulting, new text end 70.33 new text begin creating, and administering a statewide arts new text end 70.34 new text begin software application to be used on electronic new text end 71.1 new text begin and mobile electronic devices to locate and new text end 71.2 new text begin access artists, arts organizations, and art new text end 71.3 new text begin education programs throughout Minnesota. new text end 71.4 new text begin The grantee must work in consultation with new text end 71.5 new text begin the Minnesota State Arts Board, regional arts new text end 71.6 new text begin councils, private and nonprofit arts new text end 71.7 new text begin organizations, and the regional library system new text end 71.8 new text begin to develop criteria for content to import to the new text end 71.9 new text begin software application and must make the new text end 71.10 new text begin application free to download. A portion of the new text end 71.11 new text begin funding may be used to pay the ongoing costs new text end 71.12 new text begin associated with developing content and new text end 71.13 new text begin updating the software or with contracting to new text end 71.14 new text begin develop and update the software and expand new text end 71.15 new text begin electronic content in fiscal years 2018 and new text end 71.16 new text begin 2019. new text end 71.17 new text begin $75,000 the first year is for a grant to the city new text end 71.18 new text begin of Savage to design and construct a statue of new text end 71.19 new text begin Dan Patch to be placed in the city of Savage. new text end 71.20 new text begin Grant recipients must provide a funding match new text end 71.21 new text begin of at least 25 percent of the total eligible new text end 71.22 new text begin project costs. new text end 71.23 new text begin (f) Up to 4.5 percent of the funds appropriated new text end 71.24 new text begin in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the new text end 71.25 new text begin board for administering grant programs, new text end 71.26 new text begin delivering technical services, providing fiscal new text end 71.27 new text begin oversight for the statewide system, and new text end 71.28 new text begin ensuring accountability. new text end 71.29 new text begin (g) Up to 30 percent of the remaining total new text end 71.30 new text begin appropriation to each of the categories listed new text end 71.31 new text begin in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the new text end 71.32 new text begin regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any new text end 71.33 new text begin other provision of law, regional arts council new text end 71.34 new text begin grants or other arts council grants for touring new text end 71.35 new text begin programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure new text end 72.1 new text begin the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to new text end 72.2 new text begin tour in their own region as well as all other new text end 72.3 new text begin regions of the state. new text end 72.4 new text begin (h) Any unencumbered balance remaining new text end 72.5 new text begin under this subdivision the first year does not new text end 72.6 new text begin cancel but is available the second year. new text end 72.7 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Minnesota Historical Society new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 11,815,000 new text end new text begin 16,305,000 new text end 72.8 new text begin (a) These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 72.9 new text begin governing board of the Minnesota Historical new text end 72.10 new text begin Society to preserve and enhance access to new text end 72.11 new text begin Minnesota's history and its cultural and new text end 72.12 new text begin historical resources. Grant agreements entered new text end 72.13 new text begin into by the Minnesota Historical Society and new text end 72.14 new text begin other recipients of appropriations in this new text end 72.15 new text begin subdivision must ensure that these funds are new text end 72.16 new text begin used to supplement and not substitute for new text end 72.17 new text begin traditional sources of funding. Funds directly new text end 72.18 new text begin appropriated to the Minnesota Historical new text end 72.19 new text begin Society must be used to supplement and not new text end 72.20 new text begin substitute for traditional sources of funding. new text end 72.21 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 72.22 new text begin 16A.28, for historic preservation projects that new text end 72.23 new text begin improve historic structures, the amounts are new text end 72.24 new text begin available until June 30, 2021. The Minnesota new text end 72.25 new text begin Historical Society or grant recipients of the new text end 72.26 new text begin Minnesota Historical Society using arts and new text end 72.27 new text begin cultural heritage funds under this subdivision new text end 72.28 new text begin must give consideration to Conservation Corps new text end 72.29 new text begin Minnesota and Northern Bedrock Historic new text end 72.30 new text begin Preservation Corps, or an organization new text end 72.31 new text begin carrying out similar work, for projects with new text end 72.32 new text begin the potential to need historic preservation new text end 72.33 new text begin services. new text end 72.34 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Historical Grants and Programs new text end 72.35 new text begin (1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants new text end 73.1 new text begin $4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the new text end 73.2 new text begin second year are for history programs and new text end 73.3 new text begin projects operated or conducted by or through new text end 73.4 new text begin local, county, regional, or other historical or new text end 73.5 new text begin cultural organizations or for activities to new text end 73.6 new text begin preserve significant historic and cultural new text end 73.7 new text begin resources. Funds are to be distributed through new text end 73.8 new text begin a competitive grant process. The Minnesota new text end 73.9 new text begin Historical Society must administer these funds new text end 73.10 new text begin using established grant mechanisms, with new text end 73.11 new text begin assistance from the advisory committee new text end 73.12 new text begin created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article new text end 73.13 new text begin 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item new text end 73.14 new text begin (ii). new text end 73.15 new text begin (2) Statewide History Programs new text end 73.16 new text begin $4,055,000 the first year and $6,945,000 the new text end 73.17 new text begin second year are for programs and purposes new text end 73.18 new text begin related to the historical and cultural heritage new text end 73.19 new text begin of the state of Minnesota conducted by the new text end 73.20 new text begin Minnesota Historical Society. new text end 73.21 new text begin (3) History Partnerships new text end 73.22 new text begin $2,000,000 each year is for partnerships new text end 73.23 new text begin involving multiple organizations, which may new text end 73.24 new text begin include the Minnesota Historical Society, to new text end 73.25 new text begin preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's new text end 73.26 new text begin history and cultural heritage in all regions of new text end 73.27 new text begin the state. new text end 73.28 73.29 new text begin (4) Statewide Survey of Historical and new text end new text begin Archaeological Sites new text end 73.30 new text begin $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the new text end 73.31 new text begin second year are for a contract or contracts to new text end 73.32 new text begin be awarded on a competitive basis to conduct new text end 73.33 new text begin statewide surveys of Minnesota's sites of new text end 73.34 new text begin historical, archaeological, and cultural new text end 73.35 new text begin significance. Results of the surveys must be new text end 74.1 new text begin published in a searchable form and available new text end 74.2 new text begin to the public free of cost. The Minnesota new text end 74.3 new text begin Historical Society, the Office of the State new text end 74.4 new text begin Archaeologist, and the Indian Affairs Council new text end 74.5 new text begin must each appoint a representative to an new text end 74.6 new text begin oversight board to select contractors and direct new text end 74.7 new text begin the conduct of the surveys. The oversight new text end 74.8 new text begin board must consult with the Departments of new text end 74.9 new text begin Transportation and Natural Resources. new text end 74.10 new text begin (5) Digital Library new text end 74.11 new text begin $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the new text end 74.12 new text begin second year are for a digital library project to new text end 74.13 new text begin preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota new text end 74.14 new text begin images, documents, and historical materials. new text end 74.15 new text begin The Minnesota Historical Society must new text end 74.16 new text begin cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary loan new text end 74.17 new text begin system and must jointly share this new text end 74.18 new text begin appropriation for these purposes. new text end 74.19 new text begin (6) Grants new text end 74.20 new text begin $80,000 each year is for a grant to the board new text end 74.21 new text begin of directors of the Carver County Historical new text end 74.22 new text begin Society to restore the historic Andrew Peterson new text end 74.23 new text begin farm in Waconia. new text end 74.24 new text begin $80,000 each year is for a grant to the city of new text end 74.25 new text begin Woodbury to work in collaboration with the new text end 74.26 new text begin Woodbury Barn Heritage Commission to new text end 74.27 new text begin restore the Miller Barn and historical new text end 74.28 new text begin programming at the Miller Barn in Woodbury. new text end 74.29 new text begin $100,000 the first year is to restore the stained new text end 74.30 new text begin glass in the historic Fort Snelling Memorial new text end 74.31 new text begin Chapel in collaboration with the Department new text end 74.32 new text begin of Natural Resources. The historical society new text end 74.33 new text begin may work in collaboration with the Fort new text end 74.34 new text begin Snelling Memorial Chapel Foundation. new text end 75.1 new text begin $250,000 the first year is for a grant to the new text end 75.2 new text begin Fairmont Opera House to restore and renovate new text end 75.3 new text begin the historic Fairmont Opera House. new text end 75.4 new text begin $50,000 the first year is for a grant to the new text end 75.5 new text begin Litchfield Opera House to restore and renovate new text end 75.6 new text begin the historic Litchfield Opera House. new text end 75.7 new text begin Any unencumbered balance remaining under new text end 75.8 new text begin this subdivision the first year does not cancel new text end 75.9 new text begin but is available the second year. new text end 75.10 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Department of Education new text end new text begin 2,500,000 new text end new text begin 2,500,000 new text end 75.11 new text begin These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 75.12 new text begin commissioner of education for grants to the new text end 75.13 new text begin 12 Minnesota regional library systems to new text end 75.14 new text begin provide educational opportunities in the arts, new text end 75.15 new text begin history, literary arts, and cultural heritage of new text end 75.16 new text begin Minnesota. These funds must be allocated new text end 75.17 new text begin using the formulas in Minnesota Statutes, new text end 75.18 new text begin section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, with new text end 75.19 new text begin the remaining 25 percent to be distributed to new text end 75.20 new text begin all qualifying systems in an amount new text end 75.21 new text begin proportionate to the number of qualifying new text end 75.22 new text begin system entities in each system. For purposes new text end 75.23 new text begin of this subdivision, "qualifying system entity" new text end 75.24 new text begin means a public library, a regional library new text end 75.25 new text begin system, a regional library system headquarters, new text end 75.26 new text begin a county, or an outreach service program. new text end 75.27 new text begin These funds may be used to sponsor programs new text end 75.28 new text begin provided by regional libraries or to provide new text end 75.29 new text begin grants to local arts and cultural heritage new text end 75.30 new text begin programs for programs in partnership with new text end 75.31 new text begin regional libraries. These funds must be new text end 75.32 new text begin distributed in ten equal payments per year. new text end 75.33 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 75.34 new text begin 16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or new text end 75.35 new text begin before June 30, 2019, as grants or contracts in new text end 76.1 new text begin this subdivision are available until June 30, new text end 76.2 new text begin 2021. new text end 76.3 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Department of Administration new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 10,937,000 new text end new text begin 9,600,000 new text end 76.4 new text begin (a) These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 76.5 new text begin commissioner of administration for grants to new text end 76.6 new text begin the named organizations for the purposes new text end 76.7 new text begin specified in this subdivision. The new text end 76.8 new text begin commissioner of administration may use a new text end 76.9 new text begin portion of this appropriation for costs that are new text end 76.10 new text begin directly related to and necessary to the new text end 76.11 new text begin administration of grants in this subdivision. new text end 76.12 new text begin (b) Grant agreements entered into by the new text end 76.13 new text begin commissioner and recipients of appropriations new text end 76.14 new text begin under this subdivision must ensure that money new text end 76.15 new text begin appropriated in this subdivision is used to new text end 76.16 new text begin supplement and not substitute for traditional new text end 76.17 new text begin sources of funding. new text end 76.18 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Minnesota Public Radio new text end 76.19 new text begin $1,500,000 the first year and $1,700,000 the new text end 76.20 new text begin second year are for Minnesota Public Radio new text end 76.21 new text begin to create programming and expand news new text end 76.22 new text begin service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and new text end 76.23 new text begin history. new text end 76.24 76.25 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Association of Minnesota Public Educational new text end new text begin Radio Stations new text end 76.26 new text begin $1,500,000 the first year and $1,700,000 the new text end 76.27 new text begin second year are to the Association of new text end 76.28 new text begin Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations new text end 76.29 new text begin for production and acquisition grants in new text end 76.30 new text begin accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 76.31 new text begin 129D.19. new text end 76.32 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Public Television new text end 76.33 new text begin $4,150,000 the first year and $3,900,000 the new text end 76.34 new text begin second year are to the Minnesota Public new text end 77.1 new text begin Television Association for production and new text end 77.2 new text begin acquisition grants according to Minnesota new text end 77.3 new text begin Statutes, section 129D.18. Of this amount, new text end 77.4 new text begin $650,000 the first year is for a grant to Twin new text end 77.5 new text begin Cities Public Television to produce the new text end 77.6 new text begin Vietnam: Minnesota Remembers project. Any new text end 77.7 new text begin production costs associated with this project new text end 77.8 new text begin incurred on or after February 1, 2017, are new text end 77.9 new text begin eligible for reimbursement under this section new text end 77.10 new text begin as long as these funds are available under new text end 77.11 new text begin subdivision 2. new text end 77.12 new text begin (f) new text end new text begin Wilderness Inquiry new text end 77.13 new text begin $250,000 each year is to Wilderness Inquiry new text end 77.14 new text begin to preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, new text end 77.15 new text begin culture, and heritage by connecting Minnesota new text end 77.16 new text begin youth to natural resources. new text end 77.17 new text begin (g) new text end new text begin Como Park Zoo new text end 77.18 new text begin $1,350,000 the first year and $1,350,000 the new text end 77.19 new text begin second year are for a grant to the Como Park new text end 77.20 new text begin Zoo and Conservatory for program new text end 77.21 new text begin development that features education programs new text end 77.22 new text begin and habitat enhancement, special exhibits, new text end 77.23 new text begin music appreciation programs, and historical new text end 77.24 new text begin garden access and preservation. new text end new text begin new text end 77.25 new text begin (h) new text end new text begin Science Museum of Minnesota new text end 77.26 new text begin $600,000 each year is to the Science Museum new text end 77.27 new text begin of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts new text end 77.28 new text begin access and to preserve Minnesota's history and new text end 77.29 new text begin cultural heritage, including student and teacher new text end 77.30 new text begin outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and new text end 77.31 new text begin community-based exhibits that preserve new text end 77.32 new text begin Minnesota's history and cultural heritage. new text end 77.33 new text begin (i) new text end new text begin Green Giant Museum new text end 78.1 new text begin $300,000 the first year is to the city of Blue new text end 78.2 new text begin Earth to predesign, design, construct, furnish, new text end 78.3 new text begin and equip the Green Giant Museum to new text end 78.4 new text begin preserve the culture and history of Minnesota. new text end 78.5 new text begin (j) new text end new text begin Lake Superior Zoo new text end 78.6 new text begin $75,000 each year is to the Lake Superior Zoo new text end 78.7 new text begin to develop educational exhibits and programs. new text end 78.8 new text begin (k) new text end new text begin Minnesota State Band new text end 78.9 new text begin $50,000 the first year is to the Minnesota State new text end 78.10 new text begin Band to promote and increase public new text end 78.11 new text begin performances across Minnesota. new text end 78.12 new text begin (l) new text end new text begin Rice County Veterans Memorial new text end 78.13 new text begin $30,000 the first year is to Rice County to new text end 78.14 new text begin complete the Rice County Veterans Memorial new text end 78.15 new text begin in Faribault. new text end 78.16 new text begin (m) new text end new text begin Waseca County Veterans Memorial new text end 78.17 new text begin $50,000 the first year is to Waseca County to new text end 78.18 new text begin complete the Waseca County Veterans new text end 78.19 new text begin Memorial. new text end 78.20 new text begin (n) new text end new text begin Minnesota Square Park Pavilion new text end 78.21 new text begin $200,000 the first year is to the city of St. new text end 78.22 new text begin Peter to reconstruct the Minnesota Square Park new text end 78.23 new text begin pavilion in St. Peter. new text end 78.24 new text begin (o) new text end new text begin Office of State Archaeologist new text end 78.25 new text begin $107,000 the first year is for the Office of the new text end 78.26 new text begin State Archaeologist non-Indian remains new text end 78.27 new text begin analysis and reburial project. new text end 78.28 new text begin (p) new text end new text begin Medal of Honor Commemorative Memorial new text end 78.29 new text begin $250,000 the first year is to complete design new text end 78.30 new text begin and construction of a memorial in the Capitol new text end 78.31 new text begin area to honor all Minnesota Medal of Honor new text end 78.32 new text begin recipients. This appropriation is not available new text end 78.33 new text begin until the commissioner determines that at least new text end 79.1 new text begin $250,000 is committed to the project from new text end 79.2 new text begin nonstate sources, and there are sufficient new text end 79.3 new text begin resources to complete the project, as required new text end 79.4 new text begin in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502, and new text end 79.5 new text begin Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 13, section new text end 79.6 new text begin 64. new text end 79.7 new text begin (q) new text end new text begin Camp Legionville new text end 79.8 new text begin $222,000 the first year is for a grant to Camp new text end 79.9 new text begin Legionville for programs for youth, veterans, new text end 79.10 new text begin and the public related to Minnesota's cultural, new text end 79.11 new text begin historical, and recreational activities. new text end 79.12 new text begin (r) new text end new text begin Big Marine Lake Veterans Rest Camp new text end 79.13 new text begin $278,000 the first year is for a grant to the Big new text end 79.14 new text begin Marine Lake Veterans Rest Camp to develop new text end 79.15 new text begin and build a welcome center that supports the new text end 79.16 new text begin mission, programs, and safety of the Veterans new text end 79.17 new text begin Rest Camp to provide Minnesota's cultural, new text end 79.18 new text begin historical, and recreational activities to new text end 79.19 new text begin veterans, their families, and their guests. new text end 79.20 new text begin (s) new text end new text begin Midwest Outdoors Unlimited new text end 79.21 new text begin $25,000 each year is for a grant to Midwest new text end 79.22 new text begin Outdoors Unlimited to preserve Minnesota's new text end 79.23 new text begin outdoor history, culture, and heritage by new text end 79.24 new text begin connecting individuals and youth with new text end 79.25 new text begin disabilities to natural resources. new text end 79.26 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Minnesota Zoo new text end new text begin new text end new text begin 1,550,000 new text end new text begin 1,950,000 new text end 79.27 new text begin These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 79.28 new text begin Minnesota Zoological Board for programs and new text end 79.29 new text begin development of the Minnesota Zoological new text end 79.30 new text begin Garden and to provide access and education new text end 79.31 new text begin related to programs on the cultural heritage of new text end 79.32 new text begin Minnesota. new text end 79.33 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Minnesota Humanities Center new text end new text begin 2,677,000 new text end new text begin 2,475,000 new text end 80.1 new text begin (a) These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 80.2 new text begin Board of Directors of the Minnesota new text end 80.3 new text begin Humanities Center for the purposes specified new text end 80.4 new text begin in this subdivision. The Minnesota Humanities new text end 80.5 new text begin Center may use up to 4.5 percent of the new text end 80.6 new text begin following grants to cover the cost of new text end 80.7 new text begin administering, planning, evaluating, and new text end 80.8 new text begin reporting these grants. The Minnesota new text end 80.9 new text begin Humanities Center must develop a written new text end 80.10 new text begin plan to issue the grants in this subdivision and new text end 80.11 new text begin must submit the plan for review and approval new text end 80.12 new text begin by the Department of Administration. The new text end 80.13 new text begin written plan must require the Minnesota new text end 80.14 new text begin Humanities Center to create and adhere to new text end 80.15 new text begin grant policies that are similar to those new text end 80.16 new text begin established according to Minnesota Statutes, new text end 80.17 new text begin section 16B.97, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), new text end 80.18 new text begin clause (1). new text end 80.19 new text begin No grants awarded in this subdivision may be new text end 80.20 new text begin used for travel outside the state of Minnesota. new text end 80.21 new text begin The grant agreement must specify the new text end 80.22 new text begin repercussions for failing to comply with the new text end 80.23 new text begin grant agreement. new text end 80.24 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Programs and Purposes new text end 80.25 new text begin $1,125,000 each year is for programs and new text end 80.26 new text begin purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. new text end 80.27 new text begin Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be new text end 80.28 new text begin used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit and new text end 80.29 new text begin $100,000 each year may be used for the new text end 80.30 new text begin veterans' voices program. Of this amount, new text end 80.31 new text begin $55,000 the first year is for a grant to the new text end 80.32 new text begin Governor's Council on Developmental new text end 80.33 new text begin Disabilities to enhance and enlarge the new text end 80.34 new text begin historical digital archives collection "With An new text end 80.35 new text begin Eye to the Past" for oral history interviews new text end 81.1 new text begin and document collection, production, new text end 81.2 new text begin consultation, transcription, closed captioning, new text end 81.3 new text begin Web site administration, and evaluation. new text end 81.4 new text begin The Minnesota Humanities Center may new text end 81.5 new text begin consider museums and organizations new text end 81.6 new text begin celebrating the identities of Minnesotans and new text end 81.7 new text begin the Lake Superior Center Authority for grants new text end 81.8 new text begin from these funds. new text end 81.9 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Cultural Athletic Courts new text end 81.10 new text begin $75,000 the first year is for a grant to the city new text end 81.11 new text begin of St. Paul or Ramsey County to develop and new text end 81.12 new text begin install activity facilities in parks for Tawkaw new text end 81.13 new text begin courts that are reflective of the current new text end 81.14 new text begin demographics in Ramsey County. This grant new text end 81.15 new text begin is available if the recipient provides at least a new text end 81.16 new text begin 25 percent match for funding. new text end 81.17 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Children's Museum Grants new text end 81.18 new text begin $1,030,000 the first year and $950,000 the new text end 81.19 new text begin second year are for arts and cultural heritage new text end 81.20 new text begin grants to children's museums for arts and new text end 81.21 new text begin cultural exhibits and related educational new text end 81.22 new text begin outreach programs. new text end 81.23 new text begin Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the new text end 81.24 new text begin Minnesota Children's Museum for interactive new text end 81.25 new text begin exhibits and outreach programs on arts and new text end 81.26 new text begin cultural heritage, including the Minnesota new text end 81.27 new text begin Children's Museum in Rochester; $150,000 new text end 81.28 new text begin each year is for the Duluth Children's new text end 81.29 new text begin Museum; $150,000 each year is for the Grand new text end 81.30 new text begin Rapids Children's Museum; $150,000 each new text end 81.31 new text begin year is for the Southern Minnesota Children's new text end 81.32 new text begin Museum for the Mni Wiconi and other arts new text end 81.33 new text begin and cultural exhibits; and $80,000 the first new text end 81.34 new text begin year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's new text end 82.1 new text begin Museum of Hutchinson for interactive exhibits new text end 82.2 new text begin and outreach programs on arts and cultural new text end 82.3 new text begin heritage. new text end 82.4 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Civics Programs new text end 82.5 new text begin $200,000 each year is for grants to the new text end 82.6 new text begin Minnesota Civic Education Coalition: new text end 82.7 new text begin Minnesota Civic Youth, the Learning Law and new text end 82.8 new text begin Democracy Foundation, and YMCA Youth in new text end 82.9 new text begin Government to conduct civics education new text end 82.10 new text begin programs for the civic and cultural new text end 82.11 new text begin development of Minnesota youth. Civics new text end 82.12 new text begin education is the study of constitutional new text end 82.13 new text begin principles and the democratic foundation of new text end 82.14 new text begin our national, state, and local institutions and new text end 82.15 new text begin the study of political processes and structures new text end 82.16 new text begin of government, grounded in the understanding new text end 82.17 new text begin of constitutional government under the rule new text end 82.18 new text begin of law. new text end 82.19 new text begin (f) new text end new text begin Rondo Commemorative Plaza new text end 82.20 new text begin $47,000 the first year is for a grant to Rondo new text end 82.21 new text begin Avenue, Inc. for the Rondo Commemorative new text end 82.22 new text begin Plaza to celebrate the historic Rondo new text end 82.23 new text begin neighborhood. new text end 82.24 new text begin (g) new text end new text begin Somali Community and Museum Grants new text end 82.25 new text begin $200,000 each year is for a grant to one or new text end 82.26 new text begin more community organizations that provide new text end 82.27 new text begin Somali-based collaborative programs for arts new text end 82.28 new text begin and cultural heritage. The Somali Museum of new text end 82.29 new text begin Minnesota may apply for a grant under this new text end 82.30 new text begin paragraph. The funding must be used for new text end 82.31 new text begin programs to provide arts and humanities new text end 82.32 new text begin education and workshops, mentor programs, new text end 82.33 new text begin classes, exhibits, presentations, community new text end 82.34 new text begin engagement events, and outreach about the new text end 82.35 new text begin Somali community and heritage in Minnesota. new text end 83.1 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Indian Affairs Council new text end new text begin 1,320,000 new text end new text begin 1,320,000 new text end 83.2 new text begin (a) $845,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs new text end 83.3 new text begin Council to provide grants to preserve Dakota new text end 83.4 new text begin and Ojibwe Indian language and to foster new text end 83.5 new text begin education programs and immersion programs new text end 83.6 new text begin in Dakota and Ojibwe language. new text end 83.7 new text begin (b) $125,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs new text end 83.8 new text begin Council for a grant to the Niiganne Ojibwe new text end 83.9 new text begin Immersion School. new text end 83.10 new text begin (c) $250,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs new text end 83.11 new text begin Council for a grant to the Wicoie new text end 83.12 new text begin Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project and new text end 83.13 new text begin potentially Baby's Space and other partners at new text end 83.14 new text begin the Neighborhood Early Learning Center. new text end 83.15 new text begin Wicoie Nandagikendan Urban Immersion new text end 83.16 new text begin Project shall work in coordination with the new text end 83.17 new text begin Indian Affairs Council to develop capacity new text end 83.18 new text begin and implement a language immersion program new text end 83.19 new text begin with Baby's Space and other partners. new text end 83.20 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Graves Protection new text end 83.21 new text begin $100,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs new text end 83.22 new text begin Council to carry out responsibilities under new text end 83.23 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08, to comply new text end 83.24 new text begin with Public Law 101-601, the Native new text end 83.25 new text begin American Graves Protection and Repatriation new text end 83.26 new text begin Act. new text end 83.27 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Department of Agriculture new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end new text begin 150,000 new text end 83.28 new text begin These amounts are appropriated to the new text end 83.29 new text begin commissioner of agriculture for grants to new text end 83.30 new text begin county agricultural societies to enhance arts new text end 83.31 new text begin access and education and to preserve and new text end 83.32 new text begin promote Minnesota's history and cultural new text end 83.33 new text begin heritage as embodied in its county fairs. The new text end 83.34 new text begin grants are in addition to the aid distribution to new text end 84.1 new text begin county agricultural societies under Minnesota new text end 84.2 new text begin Statutes, section 38.02. The commissioner of new text end 84.3 new text begin agriculture shall develop grant-making criteria new text end 84.4 new text begin and guidance for expending funds under this new text end 84.5 new text begin subdivision to provide funding for projects new text end 84.6 new text begin and events that provide access to the arts or new text end 84.7 new text begin the state's agricultural, historical, and cultural new text end 84.8 new text begin heritage. The commissioner shall seek input new text end 84.9 new text begin from all interested parties. new text end 84.10 new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end new text begin 9,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 84.11 new text begin This amount is for the Legislative new text end 84.12 new text begin Coordinating Commission to maintain the new text end 84.13 new text begin Web site required under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 84.14 new text begin section 3.303, subdivision 10. new text end 84.15    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129D.17, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 84.16    Subd. 4. Minnesota State Arts Board allocation. At least 47 percent of the money 84.17deposited in the new text begin total appropriations from the new text end arts and cultural heritage fund new text begin in a fiscal new text end 84.18 new text begin biennium new text end must be for grants and services awarded through the Minnesota State Arts Board, 84.19or regional arts councils subject to appropriation. 84.20    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129D.17, is amended by adding a subdivision to 84.21read: 84.22     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Reserve requirement. new text end new text begin In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's new text end 84.23 new text begin projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the arts and cultural heritage new text end 84.24 new text begin fund must not be appropriated. new text end 84.25    Sec. 5. new text begin ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT. new text end 84.26 new text begin By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the new text end 84.27 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with new text end 84.28 new text begin jurisdiction over the arts and cultural heritage fund a report of the amount from the arts and new text end 84.29 new text begin cultural heritage fund used to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota new text end 84.30 new text begin Statutes, section 16A.127. The report must include: new text end 84.31 new text begin (1) information for all years that arts and cultural heritage fund appropriations have been new text end 84.32 new text begin made through fiscal year 2017; new text end 85.1 new text begin (2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were new text end 85.2 new text begin funded; and new text end 85.3 new text begin (3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the arts and cultural new text end 85.4 new text begin heritage fund contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only for arts, new text end 85.5 new text begin arts education, and arts access and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage. new text end " 85.6Delete the title and insert: 85.7"A bill for an act 85.8relating to state government; appropriating money from outdoor heritage, clean 85.9water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds; modifying requirements 85.10for expending money from legacy funds; modifying and extending prior 85.11appropriations; requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 85.1285.53, by adding a subdivision; 97A.056, by adding subdivisions; 114D.50, 85.13subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 129D.17, subdivision 4, by adding a 85.14subdivision; Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended; 85.15Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 85.16amended; Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 2, 4; repealing 85.17Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 8." 86.1 We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill. 86.2 House Conferees: 86.3 ..... ..... 86.4 Bob Gunther Dan Fabian 86.5 ..... ..... 86.6 Paul Torkelson Steve Green 86.7 ..... 86.8 Leon Lillie 86.9 Senate Conferees: 86.10 ..... ..... 86.11 Carrie Ruud Bill Ingebrigtsen 86.12 ..... ..... 86.13 David H. Senjem Andrew Lang 86.14 ..... 86.15 Richard Cohen