1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for forestry management.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; FORESTRY MANAGEMENT.
 1.5 	(a) $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated 
1.6 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources. Of this amount, $1,000,000 
1.7 	each year is to maintain forest roads administered by the Department of Natural Resources 
1.8 	and $1,500,000 each year is for grants to counties to maintain county-administered forest 
1.9 	roads. Grants under this paragraph are available only to counties that have appointed land 
1.10 	commissioners.
1.11 	(b) $750,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.12 	the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources to accelerate the Forestry Division's 
1.13 	inventory of forest stands to achieve a 15-year inventory cycle.
1.14 	(c) $500,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.15 	the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for cost-share programs for forestry 
1.16 	management with owners of private forest land.