1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the county geologic atlas 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COUNTY GEOLOGIC ATLASES APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$2,695,000 in fiscal year 2010 is appropriated from the clean water fund for 
1.7 	collection and interpretation of subsurface geological information and acceleration of 
1.8 	the county geologic atlas program. $820,000 of this appropriation is to the Board of 
1.9 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Geological Survey to continue and to 
1.10 	initiate the production of county geologic atlases. $1,875,000 of this appropriation is to 
1.11 	the commissioner of natural resources to investigate physical and recharge characteristics. 
1.12 	This appropriation represents a continuing effort to complete the county geologic atlases 
1.13 	throughout the state. This appropriation is available until December 31, 2014.