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2016 Minnesota Session Laws Index (topics)

APPROPRIATIONS

Administration Department, generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 2

Adult basic education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 32 s 5

Adult mental illness crisis housing, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Agriculture best management practices loan program, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 1

Agriculture Department

Agricultural emergency account, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 1, 4, 9

Disease monitoring, livestock and poultry, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Good food access account, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Industrial hemp, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Potato breeding, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Siding production incentive program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 22

Tractor rollover pilot project, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Vocational training pilot program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 25

Wild rice breeding, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 2

Agriculture educator grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Algal blooms, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Alternative care, human services, forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Amateur Sports Commission, ice centers, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 5

American Indian child welfare initiatives, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Animal Health Board, emergency response, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 27

Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Aquifers, drinking water, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 10

Arts Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 4 s 2

Assigned risk plan, surplus transfer, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 8

Ballast water, invasive species, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Bats, white-nose syndrome, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Broadband development, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 5 s 1

Broadband expansion grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 30 s 25

Build Wealth MN, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Business assistance services, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Butterflies, conservation, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Camp Ripley partnership, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Cannon River headwaters habitat, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Carp, monitoring, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Certificate incentive funding, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Challenge incarceration, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 6

Champlin Mill Pond, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Charter school building lease aid, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 28 s 10

Chemically dependent persons

Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Peer specialists, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Child care business, start-up information, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Child care providers, quality improvement, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Children in need of services, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 7

Collaboration and Dispute Resolution Office, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 11

Commerce Department

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 6

Reduction, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 6

Community behavioral health hospitals, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Conservation easements, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Construction Careers Foundation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Corrections Department

Chemical dependency and mental health, Minn. Law 2016 c 160 s 20

Claims against the state, inmate's claims, Minn. Law 2016 c 148 art 2 s 1

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 6

Cottages of Anoka, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 9

Criminal Apprehension Bureau, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 7

Dairy farm wastewater, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Day training and habilitation providers, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Dentistry Board, reduction, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 4, 7

Disabled veterans interim housing, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 9

District courts, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 3

DNA laboratory, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 7

Drinking water production, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Duluth North Shore Sanitary District, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Dutch elm disease, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Education Department

Adult basic education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 32 s 5

Charter schools, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 28 s 10

Early childhood education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 31 s 4

Education excellence, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 44 to 2016 c 189 art 25 s 52, 62

Facilities and technology, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 30 s 23, 25

Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 34 s 1 to 2016 c 189 art 34 s 19

GED tests, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 32 s 4

General education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 27 s 17

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 33 s 2

Nutrition and accounting, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 27 s 18

Prevention, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 53, 54

Special education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 29 s 15

Special education paperwork cost savings, cancellation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 29 s 17

Standards and assessments, Minn. Law 2016 c 187 s 7

Education Innovation Partners Cooperative Center, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Elk, restoration, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Emerald ash borers, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

EMERGE Community Development, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Emerging entrepreneur program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Employment and Economic Development Department

Equity programs, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Environment and natural resources trust fund appropriations, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Environmental education, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Equity programs

Ethnic councils review, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 12

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Grant recipient requirements, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 11

Explore Minnesota Tourism, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 4, 43

Extended employment services, rate increases, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Family homelessness prevention, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Film and TV Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Fish and fishing

Native protections, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Forests

Conservation, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 6

Forest practices, cost-saving methods, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Tree retention, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Garvin Heights Natural Area, Winona, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

General assistance, forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Girls in Action, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Greater Minnesota family medicine residency, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 3

Groundwater

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 5, 6

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Guardian ad Litem Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 4

Habitat for wildlife, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 5

Habitats, monitoring, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Halfway houses, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 6

Health Department

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 8

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 3

Task force on medical cannabis therapeutic research, Minn. Law 2016 c 179 s 40

Hennepin County, career connections, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

High-risk revocation reduction program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 6

Higher Education Office, generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 2

Housing Finance Agency, equity programs, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Housing programs, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 5

Human Rights Department, Saint Cloud office, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 5

Human Services Department

Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 1, 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Humanities Center, Veteran's Voice program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 6

Hydrogen fuel generation, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Independent living centers, grants for, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Initiative foundation grant, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Insecticides, effect research, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Integrated behavioral health care coordination, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Intermediate school districts, staff development, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Invasive species, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Job creation fund, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Labor and Industry Department

Building accessibility, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 3

Workers compensation system reform, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 9

Labor standards and apprenticeship program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 3

Lake Superior-Poplar River Water District, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Lakes and ponds, outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Latino Communities United in Service, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 5

Madelia (city), matching funds, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Management and Budget Department

Compensation based on exoneration, convicted persons, Minn. Law 2016 c 148 art 1 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 3

Marriage and Family Therapy Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 4

Mediation Services Bureau, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 11

Medical assistance

Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Medical education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 3

Medical Practice Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 4

Metals, removal from water, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Metropolitan Council, parks and trails fund projects, reallocation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 51

Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

MFIP child care assistance grants, forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Microbes, salt and metal removal, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Military Affairs Department, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 8

Mille Lacs County, Lake Mille Lacs area economic relief program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Minerals research, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 41

Minneapolis Foundation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Minnesota 21st century fund, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Minnesota Council on Economic Education, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Minnesota emerging entrepreneur program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Minnesota investment fund, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Minnesota River, ecosystem research, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Minnesota Security Hospital, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Minnesota sex offender program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU)

Cook County Higher Education Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 3

Environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Open textbooks, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 3

Operating support, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 3

Two-year public college program grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 6

Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS), judges retirement plan, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 7

MinnesotaCare

Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Mississippi River, forest management, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Morrison Soil and Water Conservation District, drainage and hydrology management, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Mussels, native restoration, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Native bee survey, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Natural Resources Department

Asian youth fishing, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 40

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 6

Environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 3

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 5 to 7

White Bear Lake augmentation, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 12

Neighborhood Development Center, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Nonprofit organization, workforce development, capacity building, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

North East Higher Education District, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Northern Bedrock Historic Preservation Corps, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Northern Lights International Music Festival, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 43

Northstar care for children

Forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Northwest Regional Partnership, concurrent enrollment program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Occupational Development Corporation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities

Clinical drug trials, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 5

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 5

Outdoor heritage conservation partners, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 5 to 7

Park and trail grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 42

Pathways to Prosperity, adult workforce development, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Pesticide monitoring, clean water fund, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 1

Pesticide research, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Pharmacy Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 4

Physical Therapy Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 4

Podiatric Medicine Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 4

Pollinators, conservation strategies, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Pollution Control Agency

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 2, 5, 10

Dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account, Minn. Law 2016 c 123 s 4

Environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 2

Prairie management, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Prairie recovery, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Prescribed burning, effects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Public radio, revisor's corrections, Minn. Law 2016 c 158 art 1 s 213

Public Safety Department

Community justice reinvestment account, Minn. Law 2016 c 160 s 14

Controlled substances implementation, Minn. Law 2016 c 160 s 20

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 7

Public safety officer survivor benefits, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 14 s 5

Public Utilities Commission

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 7

Railroad right-of-ways, Minn. Law 2016 c 180 s 3

Reading education, singing program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Red Lake Nation human services projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Redevelopment accounts, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Reed canary grass, control, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Reentry and halfway houses, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 6

Reinvest in Minnesota program, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Revenue Department, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 4

Riparian buffers, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Rivers, outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Rural career counseling, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Rural Finance Authority, disaster recovery loans, cancellation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 2 s 30

Safe harbor for sexually exploited youth, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2, 3

Saint Cloud preschool pilot program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 31 s 6

Saint Cloud Somali Youth Organization, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 10

Salt, usage, impact, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Sanneh Foundation, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

School districts, maximum effort loan repayment, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 30 s 25

School-linked mental health grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

School personnel, grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Science Museum of Minnesota, environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Scientific and natural areas, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Sentinel lakes, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Sex trafficking investigations, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 7

Singing-based reading pilot program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Small Business Bureau, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Small business development centers, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Solar energy

Community gardens, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Swine farms, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Soldiers assistance grant, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 9

Somali youth development, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Southeast Asian community, economic disparities relief, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Southwest Minnesota State University special education teacher program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Special education teacher program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Springs, inventory, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

State Patrol, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 7

State Services for the Blind, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Student grants, teachers in shortage areas, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Student success grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Supplemental aid, human services, forecast adjustments, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 22 s 2

Support our students grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Supreme Court, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 2

Teacher-governed school grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Teacher licensure pathways for paraprofessionals, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Teacher shortage loan forgiveness, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 43

Teachers

Agriculture, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Shortage area grants, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Teaching Board, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 33 s 3

Thermoelectric energy generation, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Total maximum daily load studies, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 2, 5, 10

Trails, environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Trout streams, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

24-hour nursing, correctional facilities, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 4 s 6

Twin Cities R!SE, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Ujamaa Place, job training, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

University of Minnesota

Collegiate recovery program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 4

Environmental projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Health training restoration, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 4

MnDRIVE, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 7 s 2

Rochester campus, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 4

Veterans Affairs Department

Cottages of Anoka, Minn. Law 2016 c 187 s 8

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 9

State soldiers assistance grant, Minn. Law 2016 c 187 s 9

Veterans mental health study, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 13 s 9

Vision therapy pilot project, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Wastewater treatment, improvements, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Water and Soil Resources Board

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 3, 7, 11

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 4

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Water management plans, clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 7

Water quality

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 5, 7

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Waterfowl production areas, outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Watersheds, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Wells, clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 8

Western Minnesota mobile manufacturing lab, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 25 s 62

Wetlands

Inventory, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Restoration, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

White Earth Band of Ojibwe

Human services initiative project, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 23 s 2

Integrated business development system, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Wild animals, pesticide exposure, Minn. Law 2016 c 186 s 2

Wild rice, outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2

Wildlife management, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 6

Women, job training, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

Youth-at-work grant program, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

YWCA Minneapolis, job training, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2

YWCA St. Paul, job training, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 12 s 2