1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; appropriating money for 
  1.3             environmental and natural resources purposes; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 14.386; 84.027, 
  1.5             subdivision 15; 84.0855, subdivision 2, and by adding 
  1.6             a subdivision; 84.83, subdivisions 3 and 4; 84.86, 
  1.7             subdivision 1; 84.862, subdivisions 1 and 2; 84.872, 
  1.8             subdivision 1; 84.91, subdivision 1; 84.98, 
  1.9             subdivision 6; 85.015, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.10            85.019, subdivision 2, and by adding subdivisions; 
  1.11            86B.415, subdivision 1; 88.067; 92.46, subdivision 1; 
  1.12            97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 
  1.13            7, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 20; 97A.485, subdivision 12; 
  1.14            97B.020; 103B.227, subdivision 2; 103C.401, by adding 
  1.15            a subdivision; 115.55, subdivision 5a; 115A.02; 
  1.16            115A.554; 115A.918, subdivision 1; 115B.42; 169.121, 
  1.17            subdivision 3; 169.1217, subdivisions 7a and 9; 
  1.18            169.123, subdivision 1; 171.07, subdivisions 12 and 
  1.19            13; 290.431; 290.432; 296A.18, subdivision 3; 297H.13, 
  1.20            subdivision 5; 325E.11; 325E.112, subdivisions 1, 2, 
  1.21            3, and 4; 325E.113; 574.263; and 574.264, subdivision 
  1.22            1; Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 142, as amended; 
  1.23            Laws 1996, chapter 351, section 2, as amended; Laws 
  1.24            1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivisions 23 and 26; 
  1.25            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.26            chapters 103F; 115B; and 116; repealing Minnesota 
  1.27            Statutes 1998, sections 1.31; 84B.11; 86B.415, 
  1.28            subdivision 7a; 115A.929; 115A.9651; 115A.981; 
  1.29            297H.13, subdivision 6; 325E.112, subdivision 5; and 
  1.30            473.845, subdivision 2. 
  1.31  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.32  Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.33     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.34  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.35  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.36  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.37  figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
  1.38  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.1   available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or 
  2.2   June 30, 2001, respectively.  
  2.3                           SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.4                1999        2000           2001          TOTAL
  2.5   General  $            $181,058,000   $178,778,000  $359,836,000
  2.6   Petroleum Tank           3,333,000      3,393,000     6,726,000
  2.7   State Government
  2.8   Special Revenue             44,000         45,000        89,000
  2.9   Environmental           28,304,000     23,211,000    51,515,000
  2.10  Solid Waste              6,953,000      7,032,000    13,985,000
  2.11  Natural
  2.12  Resources               24,683,000     23,908,000    48,591,000
  2.13  Game and Fish           64,913,000     66,021,000   130,934,000
  2.14  Minnesota      
  2.15  Future Resources        16,007,000         -0-       16,007,000
  2.16  Environmental 
  2.17  Trust      991,000      13,004,000      13,005,000   26,009,000 
  2.18  Great Lakes  
  2.19  Protection                 200,000         -0-          200,000 
  2.20  TOTAL     $991,000    $338,499,000   $315,393,000  $654,883,000
  2.21                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.22                                         Available for the Year 
  2.23                                             Ending June 30 
  2.24                                            2000         2001 
  2.25  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  2.26  AGENCY  
  2.27  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  2.28  Appropriation                       $ 53,700,000  $ 49,011,000
  2.29                Summary by Fund
  2.30  General              16,434,000    16,703,000
  2.31  Petroleum Tank        3,333,000     3,393,000
  2.32  State Government   
  2.33  Special Revenue          44,000        45,000
  2.34  Environmental        27,036,000    21,938,000
  2.35  Solid Waste           6,853,000     6,932,000
  2.36  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.37  appropriation for each program are 
  2.38  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.39  Subd. 2.  Protection of the Water 
  2.40      15,864,000     16,568,000
  2.41                Summary by Fund
  2.42  General              12,458,000    12,737,000
  3.1   State Government
  3.2   Special Revenue          44,000        45,000
  3.3   Environmental         3,112,000     3,786,000
  3.4   Petroleum Tank          250,000        -0- 
  3.5   $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
  3.6   the second year are for individual 
  3.7   sewage treatment system (ISTS) grants.  
  3.8   Any unexpended balance in the first 
  3.9   year does not cancel, but is available 
  3.10  in the second year.  
  3.11  $1,375,000 the first year and 
  3.12  $1,375,000 the second year are for 
  3.13  grants to local units of government for 
  3.14  the clean water partnership program for 
  3.15  phase II implementation projects.  If 
  3.16  the balance in either year is 
  3.17  insufficient, the balance remaining in 
  3.18  the other year is available for it.  
  3.19  $265,000 the second year is for feedlot 
  3.20  grants for county administration of the 
  3.21  feedlot permit program, including 
  3.22  inventories.  These amounts are 
  3.23  transferred to the board of water and 
  3.24  soil resources for disbursement in 
  3.25  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.26  section 103B.3369, in cooperation with 
  3.27  the pollution control agency.  Grants 
  3.28  must be matched with a combination of 
  3.29  local cash and/or in-kind 
  3.30  contributions.  Counties receiving 
  3.31  these grants shall submit an annual 
  3.32  report to the pollution control agency 
  3.33  regarding activities conducted under 
  3.34  the grant, expenditures made, and local 
  3.35  match contributions.  First priority 
  3.36  for funding shall be given to counties 
  3.37  that have requested and received 
  3.38  delegation from the pollution control 
  3.39  agency for processing of animal feedlot 
  3.40  permit applications under Minnesota 
  3.41  Statutes, section 116.07, subdivision 
  3.42  7.  Delegated counties shall be 
  3.43  eligible to receive a grant of either:  
  3.44  $50 multiplied by the number of 
  3.45  livestock or poultry farms with sales 
  3.46  greater than $10,000, as reported in 
  3.47  the 1997 census of Agriculture, 
  3.48  published by the United States Bureau 
  3.49  of Census; or $80 multiplied by the 
  3.50  number of feedlots with greater than 
  3.51  ten animal units, as determined by a 
  3.52  level 2 or level 3 feedlot inventory 
  3.53  conducted in accordance with the 
  3.54  Feedlot Inventory Guidebook published 
  3.55  by the board of water and soil 
  3.56  resources, dated June 1991.  Any money 
  3.57  remaining after the first year is 
  3.58  available for the second year. 
  3.59  $496,000 the first year and $1,106,000 
  3.60  the second year are from the 
  3.61  environmental fund for staff and 
  3.62  associated expenses for purposes of 
  3.63  addressing issues relating to feedlots 
  3.64  to improve water quality. 
  4.1   $375,000 the first year and $375,000 
  4.2   the second year are for total maximum 
  4.3   daily load allocation studies to 
  4.4   improve water quality. 
  4.5   $250,000 the first year is from the 
  4.6   petroleum tank release fund for the 
  4.7   following purposes:  (1) to purchase 
  4.8   and distribute emergency spill response 
  4.9   equipment, such as spill containment 
  4.10  booms, sorbent pads, and installation 
  4.11  tools, along the Mississippi river 
  4.12  upstream of drinking water intakes at 
  4.13  the locations designated by the agency 
  4.14  in consultation with the Mississippi 
  4.15  River Defense Network; (2) to purchase 
  4.16  mobile trailers to contain the 
  4.17  equipment in clause (1) so that rapid 
  4.18  deployment can occur; and (3) to 
  4.19  conduct spill response training for 
  4.20  those groups of responders receiving 
  4.21  the spill response equipment described 
  4.22  in clause (1).  The agency shall 
  4.23  develop and administer protocol for the 
  4.24  use of the equipment among all 
  4.25  potential users, including private 
  4.26  contract firms, public response 
  4.27  agencies, and units of government.  Any 
  4.28  money remaining after the first year is 
  4.29  available for the second year.  This is 
  4.30  a one-time appropriation. 
  4.31  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
  4.32  the second year are for a grant to the 
  4.33  University of Minnesota center for 
  4.34  rural technology and cooperative 
  4.35  development for the continued 
  4.36  development of water quality 
  4.37  cooperatives that own or control 
  4.38  alternative discharging sewage systems 
  4.39  as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.40  section 115.58, subdivision 1.  The 
  4.41  university must study and prepare a 
  4.42  report to the legislature on the 
  4.43  barriers to financing and permitting 
  4.44  cost-effective innovative or 
  4.45  alternative sewage treatment 
  4.46  technologies, systems, methods, and 
  4.47  processes under existing statutes, 
  4.48  agency rules, and practices, and on the 
  4.49  potential for such treatment 
  4.50  technologies for reducing point and 
  4.51  nonpoint sources of water pollution.  
  4.52  As a condition of this grant, the 
  4.53  university must submit a work program 
  4.54  and submit semiannual progress reports 
  4.55  as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.56  section 116P.05, subdivision 2, 
  4.57  paragraph (c).  This is a one-time 
  4.58  appropriation. 
  4.59  $100,000 for the biennium is for a 
  4.60  grant to the Garrison, Kathio, West 
  4.61  Mille Lacs Lake Sanitary District for 
  4.62  the cost of environmental studies, 
  4.63  planning, and legal assistance for 
  4.64  sewage treatment purposes.  This is a 
  4.65  one-time appropriation. 
  4.66  Subd. 3.  Protection of the Air 
  5.1        7,871,000      8,023,000
  5.2                 Summary by Fund
  5.3   General  181,000        142,000
  5.4   Environmental         7,690,000     7,881,000
  5.5   $181,000 the first year and $142,000 
  5.6   the second year are for mercury 
  5.7   reduction strategies other than 
  5.8   education programs. 
  5.9   Subd. 4.  Protection of the 
  5.10  Land 
  5.11      23,008,000     16,882,000
  5.12                Summary by Fund
  5.13  General               1,722,000     1,746,000
  5.14  Petroleum Tank        2,891,000     2,951,000
  5.15  Environmental        12,678,000     6,417,000
  5.16  Solid Waste           5,717,000     5,768,000
  5.17  All money in the environmental 
  5.18  response, compensation, and compliance 
  5.19  account in the environmental fund not 
  5.20  otherwise appropriated is appropriated 
  5.21  to the commissioners of the pollution 
  5.22  control agency and the department of 
  5.23  agriculture for purposes of Minnesota 
  5.24  Statutes, section 115B.20, subdivision 
  5.25  2, clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (10), 
  5.26  (11), and (12).  At the beginning of 
  5.27  each fiscal year, the two commissioners 
  5.28  shall jointly submit an annual spending 
  5.29  plan to the commissioner of finance 
  5.30  that maximizes the utilization of 
  5.31  resources and appropriately allocates 
  5.32  the money between the two agencies.  
  5.33  This appropriation is available until 
  5.34  June 30, 2001. 
  5.35  $136,000 the first year and $139,000 
  5.36  the second year are from the solid 
  5.37  waste fund for staff and associated 
  5.38  expenses related to permitting, 
  5.39  compliance, and response actions at 
  5.40  eligible facilities under Minnesota 
  5.41  Statutes, section 473.845. 
  5.42  $196,000 the first year and $200,000 
  5.43  the second year are from the solid 
  5.44  waste fund for private water supply 
  5.45  monitoring and health assessment costs 
  5.46  in areas contaminated by unpermitted 
  5.47  mixed municipal solid waste disposal 
  5.48  facilities. 
  5.49  $550,000 the first year and $550,000 
  5.50  the second year are from the petroleum 
  5.51  tank release fund for purposes of the 
  5.52  leaking underground storage tank 
  5.53  program to protect the land. 
  5.54  $85,000 the first year is from the 
  5.55  solid waste fund for a grant to Benton 
  6.1   county to pay the principal amount due 
  6.2   in fiscal year 2000 on bonds issued by 
  6.3   the county to pay part of a final order 
  6.4   or settlement of a lawsuit for 
  6.5   environmental response costs at a mixed 
  6.6   municipal solid waste facility.  This 
  6.7   money and any future money appropriated 
  6.8   for this purpose must be apportioned by 
  6.9   Benton county among the local units of 
  6.10  government that were parties to the 
  6.11  final order or settlement in the same 
  6.12  proportion that the local units of 
  6.13  government agreed to as their share of 
  6.14  the liability.  This is a one-time 
  6.15  appropriation. 
  6.16  Subd. 5.  General Support 
  6.17       7,207,000      7,538,000
  6.18                Summary by Fund
  6.19  General               2,073,000     2,078,000
  6.20  Petroleum Tank          442,000       442,000
  6.21  Environmental         3,556,000     3,854,000
  6.22  Solid Waste           1,136,000     1,164,000
  6.23  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
  6.24  the second year are for information 
  6.25  system optimization for new regional 
  6.26  office computers.  $263,000 the second 
  6.27  year is appropriated from the 
  6.28  environmental fund for system 
  6.29  optimization and for an optical imaging 
  6.30  system.  This is a one-time 
  6.31  appropriation. 
  6.32  Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
  6.33  ASSISTANCE                            21,131,000     21,219,000
  6.34                Summary by Fund
  6.35  General              19,863,000    19,946,000
  6.36  Environmental         1,268,000     1,273,000
  6.37  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
  6.38  the second year are for the SCORE block 
  6.39  grants to counties.  This is a one-time 
  6.40  appropriation. 
  6.41  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  6.42  balances in the first year do not 
  6.43  cancel but are available for grants and 
  6.44  loans in the second year. 
  6.45  All money in the metropolitan landfill 
  6.46  abatement account in the environmental 
  6.47  fund not otherwise appropriated is 
  6.48  appropriated to the office of 
  6.49  environmental assistance for the 
  6.50  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.51  473.844. 
  6.52  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.53  section 115A.54, subdivision 2, 
  6.54  paragraph (h), and rules of the office 
  6.55  of environmental assistance, an 
  7.1   applicant that receives a grant from 
  7.2   money appropriated in Laws 1998, 
  7.3   chapter 404, section 8, for less than 
  7.4   25 percent of the total capital costs 
  7.5   of a project may be issued a second 
  7.6   grant for capital costs of the project 
  7.7   from other money appropriated for 
  7.8   capital assistance grants.  For the 
  7.9   purpose of the grants issued under this 
  7.10  item, each grant phase of the project 
  7.11  shall be considered a separate project, 
  7.12  but not for purposes of determining the 
  7.13  maximum grant assistance as provided in 
  7.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, 
  7.15  subdivision 2a. 
  7.16  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD              7,349,000      7,429,000
  7.17  $1,900,000 the first year and 
  7.18  $1,900,000 the second year are for 
  7.19  operation of the zoo.  This is a 
  7.20  one-time appropriation. 
  7.21  The zoological board must submit a 
  7.22  report to the governor and legislature 
  7.23  by February 1, 2000, analyzing 
  7.24  alternative governing structures, 
  7.25  including, but not limited to, 
  7.26  conversion to a private nonprofit or 
  7.27  local government entity.  The report 
  7.28  must include analysis of the impact on 
  7.29  ownership of the facility, impacts on 
  7.30  employees, and ongoing costs to the 
  7.31  state related to any changes in 
  7.32  governance structure. 
  7.33  Notwithstanding Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
  7.34  section 27, subdivision 2, as amended 
  7.35  by Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 54, 
  7.36  the zoological board may institute an 
  7.37  admission fee increase before April 1, 
  7.38  2000. 
  7.39  The director must determine and report 
  7.40  to the environmental finance committees 
  7.41  of the legislature on whether altering 
  7.42  the hours and dates of operation would 
  7.43  reduce the zoo's operating deficit by 
  7.44  February 1, 2000. 
  7.45  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  7.46  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  7.47  Appropriation                        206,396,000    204,694,000
  7.48                Summary by Fund
  7.49  General             116,700,000   114,665,000
  7.50  Natural Resources    24,683,000    23,908,000
  7.51  Game and Fish        64,913,000    66,021,000
  7.52  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
  7.53  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.54  appropriation for each program are 
  7.55  specified in the following subdivisions.
  7.56  Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  8.1        5,054,000      5,164,000
  8.2   $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
  8.3   the second year are for iron ore 
  8.4   cooperative research, of which $225,000 
  8.5   the first year and $225,000 the second 
  8.6   year are available only as matched by 
  8.7   $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  8.8   state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  8.9   remaining in the first year does not 
  8.10  cancel but is available for the second 
  8.11  year. 
  8.12  $376,000 the first year and $377,000 
  8.13  the second year are for mineral 
  8.14  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
  8.15  balance remaining in the first year 
  8.16  does not cancel but is available for 
  8.17  the second year.  
  8.18  $46,000 the first year and $47,000 the 
  8.19  second year are for minerals 
  8.20  cooperative environmental research, of 
  8.21  which $30,000 the first year and 
  8.22  $30,000 the second year are available 
  8.23  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  8.24  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  8.25  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  8.26  first year does not cancel but is 
  8.27  available for the second year. 
  8.28  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management 
  8.29      14,180,000     13,040,000
  8.30                Summary by Fund
  8.31  General              13,918,000    12,771,000
  8.32  Natural Resources       262,000       269,000
  8.33  $113,000 the first year and $113,000 
  8.34  the second year are for a grant to the 
  8.35  Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
  8.36  50 percent of the cost of updating and 
  8.37  implementing the comprehensive plan, 
  8.38  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  8.39  103F.361 to 103F.377, for the upper 
  8.40  Mississippi river corridor within areas 
  8.41  under its jurisdiction.  The 
  8.42  unencumbered balance in the first year 
  8.43  does not cancel but is available for 
  8.44  the second year.  This is a one-time 
  8.45  appropriation. 
  8.46  $200,000 the first year and $150,000 
  8.47  the second year are for a grant to the 
  8.48  Cannon river watershed partnership for 
  8.49  protection, conservation, and 
  8.50  enhancement of the ecological integrity 
  8.51  of the Cannon river watershed.  The 
  8.52  grant the second year is contingent 
  8.53  upon the establishment of a joint 
  8.54  powers board by the counties of Steele, 
  8.55  Rice, Goodhue, LeSueur, Waseca, and 
  8.56  Dakota, and any cities and towns within 
  8.57  the counties, to prepare a land use 
  8.58  management and recreation plan for the 
  8.59  Cannon river watershed; and to 
  8.60  eventually provide grant programs for 
  8.61  filter strips, side inlet structures, 
  9.1   and reconstruction of bridges over 
  9.2   sensitive environmental areas.  The 
  9.3   goal of the plan is to protect the 
  9.4   river system's natural beauty, 
  9.5   environment, and water quality. The 
  9.6   purpose of the plan is to assist local 
  9.7   units of government within the Cannon 
  9.8   river watershed to adequately plan for 
  9.9   the protective management of the river 
  9.10  within their jurisdiction.  The plan 
  9.11  and programs must meet or exceed the 
  9.12  requirements of state shoreland, 
  9.13  floodplain, and wild and scenic river 
  9.14  laws.  The joint powers board must seek 
  9.15  available federal funding, and funding 
  9.16  or in-kind services from organizations 
  9.17  and local units of government to 
  9.18  complete the plan and implement the 
  9.19  program.  
  9.20  $1,100,000 the first year and $500,000 
  9.21  the second year are for grants to local 
  9.22  units of government located within the 
  9.23  Red River Basin to develop 
  9.24  comprehensive watershed plans, to 
  9.25  establish agency interdisciplinary 
  9.26  teams for each watershed in the Red 
  9.27  River Valley, and to establish and 
  9.28  maintain a basin repository including 
  9.29  data on flood flows and water supply.  
  9.30  $118,000 is for a grant to the city of 
  9.31  Thief River Falls to finish dredging 
  9.32  projects within the city on the Red 
  9.33  Lake river and the Thief river.  This 
  9.34  appropriation is in addition to the 
  9.35  appropriation in Laws 1997, chapter 
  9.36  216, section 5, subdivision 3.  This 
  9.37  appropriation is available to the 
  9.38  extent matched by an equal amount of 
  9.39  nonstate money until June 30, 2001.  
  9.40  This is a one-time appropriation. 
  9.41  $1,000,000 the first year is for the 
  9.42  construction of ring dikes under 
  9.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161.  
  9.44  The ring dikes may be publicly or 
  9.45  privately owned.  This is a one-time 
  9.46  appropriation. 
  9.47  $1,400,000 is transferred to the 
  9.48  general fund the first year from the 
  9.49  special account established in 
  9.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.271, 
  9.51  subdivision 6, paragraph (g). 
  9.52  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.53  section 103G.271, subdivision 6, 
  9.54  paragraph (g), all water appropriation 
  9.55  fees collected from July 2, 1999, to 
  9.56  June 30, 2001, shall be deposited in 
  9.57  the general fund. 
  9.58  $20,000 the first year is for a 
  9.59  feasibility study of raising the 
  9.60  control elevation of Coon Lake in Anoka 
  9.61  county.  The study must be completed by 
  9.62  February 1, 2000. 
  9.63  Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
 10.1       33,840,000     34,565,000
 10.2                 Summary by Fund
 10.3   General              33,387,000    34,101,000
 10.4   Natural Resources       453,000       464,000
 10.5   $3,500,000 the first year and 
 10.6   $3,500,000 the second year are for 
 10.7   presuppression and suppression costs of 
 10.8   emergency fire fighting.  If the 
 10.9   appropriation for either year is 
 10.10  insufficient to cover all costs of 
 10.11  suppression, the amount necessary to 
 10.12  pay for emergency firefighting expenses 
 10.13  during the biennium is appropriated 
 10.14  from the general fund.  If money is 
 10.15  spent under the appropriation in the 
 10.16  preceding sentence, the commissioner of 
 10.17  natural resources shall, by 15 days 
 10.18  after the end of the following quarter, 
 10.19  report on how the money was spent to 
 10.20  the chairs of the house of 
 10.21  representatives ways and means 
 10.22  committee, the environment and 
 10.23  agriculture budget division of the 
 10.24  senate environment and natural 
 10.25  resources committee, and the house of 
 10.26  representatives environment and natural 
 10.27  resources finance committee.  The 
 10.28  appropriations may not be transferred.  
 10.29  $5,000 the first year is for closing 
 10.30  down the office of the Minnesota forest 
 10.31  resources council.  This is a one-time 
 10.32  appropriation. 
 10.33  Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
 10.34  Management 
 10.35      30,285,000     30,975,000
 10.36                Summary by Fund
 10.37  General              29,651,000    30,339,000
 10.38  Natural Resources       634,000       636,000
 10.39  $631,000 the first year and $632,000 
 10.40  the second year are from the water 
 10.41  recreation account in the natural 
 10.42  resources fund for state park 
 10.43  development projects.  If the 
 10.44  appropriation in either year is 
 10.45  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 10.46  other year is available for it. 
 10.47  $4,950,000 the first year and 
 10.48  $4,950,000 the second year are for 
 10.49  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
 10.50  council for metropolitan area regional 
 10.51  parks and trails maintenance and 
 10.52  operation.  This is a one-time 
 10.53  appropriation. 
 10.54  $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
 10.55  second year are for a grant to the city 
 10.56  of Taylors Falls for fire and rescue 
 10.57  operations in support of Interstate 
 10.58  park.  This is a one-time appropriation.
 11.1   Notwithstanding any law to the 
 11.2   contrary, effective the day following 
 11.3   final enactment, the commissioner of 
 11.4   natural resources may enter into a 
 11.5   30-year lease with the Minneapolis park 
 11.6   and recreation board for the golf 
 11.7   course and polo grounds at Fort 
 11.8   Snelling.  The land to be leased shall 
 11.9   be used for recreation purposes in the 
 11.10  development of athletic fields 
 11.11  connected with the property.  The 
 11.12  commissioner of natural resources is 
 11.13  not obligated to make improvements on 
 11.14  the leased property. 
 11.15  Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
 11.16  Management 
 11.17      19,924,000     16,409,000
 11.18                Summary by Fund
 11.19  General               4,294,000     2,040,000
 11.20  Natural Resources    13,733,000    12,761,000
 11.21  Game and Fish         1,897,000     1,608,000
 11.22  $3,819,000 the first year and 
 11.23  $3,819,000 the second year are from the 
 11.24  snowmobile trails and enforcement 
 11.25  account in the natural resources fund 
 11.26  for snowmobile grants-in-aid.  
 11.27  $400,000 is to construct a snowmobile 
 11.28  trail to connect the Willard Munger 
 11.29  state trail at Hermantown to the North 
 11.30  Shore state trail in Duluth.  This is a 
 11.31  one-time appropriation. 
 11.32  $120,000 the first year is for the 
 11.33  planning, development, and construction 
 11.34  of the Gitchi-Gami trail on the north 
 11.35  shore of Lake Superior.  The trail must 
 11.36  be designed primarily for hiking and 
 11.37  bicycling and must connect communities, 
 11.38  state parks, and other points of 
 11.39  interest along the north shore.  This 
 11.40  is a one-time appropriation. 
 11.41  $550,000 is to develop nonpaved 
 11.42  alternative trails that are adjacent to 
 11.43  Heartland and Paul Bunyan state 
 11.44  trails.  This is a one-time 
 11.45  appropriation. 
 11.46  $175,000 is for a grant to the Ramsey 
 11.47  county board of commissioners and the 
 11.48  Washington county board of 
 11.49  commissioners to cooperatively develop 
 11.50  a master plan, with the cooperation and 
 11.51  assistance of the Minnesota parks and 
 11.52  trails council, for a trail around 
 11.53  Silver Lake, a White Bear Lake to 
 11.54  Stillwater regional trail, a trail and 
 11.55  route around White Bear Lake and trail 
 11.56  connections with the Gateway trail and 
 11.57  other state or regional trails within 
 11.58  the counties.  The master plan must be 
 11.59  developed with the cities of North St. 
 11.60  Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale, Birchwood, 
 12.1   Dellwood, Mahtomedi, and White Bear 
 12.2   Lake, White Bear township, and the 
 12.3   departments of natural resources and 
 12.4   transportation. 
 12.5   $1,500,000 the first year and $75,000 
 12.6   the second year are from the natural 
 12.7   resources fund to plan, acquire, 
 12.8   develop, and operate the Iron Range 
 12.9   off-highway vehicle recreation area.  
 12.10  The first year appropriation is 
 12.11  one-time and available until expended.  
 12.12  Of the amount appropriated the first 
 12.13  year, $750,000 is from the all-terrain 
 12.14  vehicle account, $600,000 is from the 
 12.15  off-road vehicle account, and $15,000 
 12.16  is from the off-highway motorcycle 
 12.17  account.  The appropriations are 
 12.18  available until expended. 
 12.19  $1,000,000 is to the city of St. Paul 
 12.20  for the acquisition of the portion of 
 12.21  the Trout Brook Corridor located 
 12.22  between Maryland Avenue, I-35E, Cayuga 
 12.23  Street, and Agate Street.  The lands 
 12.24  shall be acquired for the 
 12.25  reestablishment of natural habitat, as 
 12.26  well as passive recreational and 
 12.27  environmental educational 
 12.28  opportunities.  This is a one-time 
 12.29  appropriation. 
 12.30  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
 12.31  to the city of Silver Bay for supplies 
 12.32  and equipment to furnish and equip the 
 12.33  interior of the harbor administration 
 12.34  building. 
 12.35  Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife Management
 12.36      51,535,000     52,205,000
 12.37                Summary by Fund
 12.38  General               8,396,000     8,076,000
 12.39  Natural Resources     2,091,000     2,132,000
 12.40  Game and Fish        41,048,000    41,997,000
 12.41  $4,500,000 the first year and 
 12.42  $4,500,000 the second year are from the 
 12.43  game and fish fund.  Eighty-five 
 12.44  percent of this appropriation must be 
 12.45  used for regional field operations. 
 12.46  $923,000 the first year and $943,000 
 12.47  the second year are from the nongame 
 12.48  wildlife management account in the 
 12.49  natural resources fund for the purpose 
 12.50  of nongame wildlife management.  Any 
 12.51  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 12.52  first year does not cancel but is 
 12.53  available the second year.  
 12.54  $1,337,000 the first year and 
 12.55  $1,361,000 the second year are for the 
 12.56  reinvest in Minnesota programs of game 
 12.57  and fish, critical habitat, and 
 12.58  wetlands established under Minnesota 
 12.59  Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 
 13.1   2.  Any unencumbered balance for the 
 13.2   first year does not cancel but is 
 13.3   available for use the second year. 
 13.4   $1,110,000 the first year and 
 13.5   $1,117,000 the second year are from the 
 13.6   wildlife acquisition account for only 
 13.7   the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 13.8   Statutes, section 97A.071, subdivision 
 13.9   2a. 
 13.10  $860,000 the first year and $881,000 
 13.11  the second year are from the deer 
 13.12  habitat improvement account for only 
 13.13  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 13.14  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 13.15  1, paragraph (b). 
 13.16  $60,000 the first year and $61,000 the 
 13.17  second year are from the deer and bear 
 13.18  management account for only the 
 13.19  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 13.20  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 13.21  1, paragraph (c). 
 13.22  $668,000 the first year and $673,000 
 13.23  the second year are from the waterfowl 
 13.24  habitat improvement account for only 
 13.25  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 13.26  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 13.27  2. 
 13.28  $652,000 the first year and $654,000 
 13.29  the second year are from the trout and 
 13.30  salmon management account for only the 
 13.31  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 13.32  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 13.33  3. 
 13.34  $545,000 the first year and $545,000 
 13.35  the second year are from the pheasant 
 13.36  habitat improvement account for only 
 13.37  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 13.38  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 13.39  4.  In addition to the purposes 
 13.40  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.41  section 97A.075, subdivision 4, this 
 13.42  appropriation may be used for pheasant 
 13.43  restocking efforts. 
 13.44  $1,565,000 the first year and 
 13.45  $1,565,000 the second year are for 
 13.46  field operation costs associated with 
 13.47  the division of wildlife and fish.  
 13.48  Eighty-five percent of this 
 13.49  appropriation must be used for regional 
 13.50  field operations. 
 13.51  $530,000 the first year and $530,000 
 13.52  the second year are for expansion of 
 13.53  the walleye stocking program.  
 13.54  $160,000 the first year is split 
 13.55  equally for a joint development with 
 13.56  the office of tourism to develop a 
 13.57  Minnesota river valley birding trail 
 13.58  and a Mississippi river valley birding 
 13.59  trail, with the assistance of the 
 13.60  Minnesota Audubon Society.  The 
 13.61  Mississippi river parkway commission 
 13.62  also shall assist with the Mississippi 
 14.1   river valley birding trail.  A work 
 14.2   plan for each trail must be developed 
 14.3   by the department of natural resources 
 14.4   and approved by the legislative 
 14.5   commission on Minnesota resources.  The 
 14.6   appropriation is available for the 
 14.7   biennium ending June 30, 2001. 
 14.8   Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
 14.9       20,884,000     21,331,000
 14.10                Summary by Fund
 14.11  General               3,572,000     3,645,000
 14.12  Natural Resources     3,926,000     3,982,000
 14.13  Game and Fish        13,286,000    13,604,000
 14.14  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
 14.15  $1,082,000 the first year and 
 14.16  $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
 14.17  water recreation account in the natural 
 14.18  resources fund for grants to counties 
 14.19  for boat and water safety. 
 14.20  $130,000 the first year and $130,000 
 14.21  the second year are to continue the 
 14.22  enforcement community liaison officers 
 14.23  program. 
 14.24  Overtime shall be distributed to 
 14.25  conservation officers at historical 
 14.26  levels.  In the case of an unallotment, 
 14.27  the overtime bank may be reduced in 
 14.28  proportion to reductions made in other 
 14.29  areas of the budget. 
 14.30  If Minnesota Statutes, section 86B.415, 
 14.31  subdivision 7a, is repealed, a refund 
 14.32  of the $50 surcharge shall be issued by 
 14.33  the commissioner to any person who 
 14.34  demonstrates having paid the fee. 
 14.35  $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 14.36  second year are from the natural 
 14.37  resources fund for enforcement 
 14.38  activities relating to the Iron Range 
 14.39  off-highway vehicle recreation area.  
 14.40  Of the amount appropriated, $40,000 is 
 14.41  from the all-terrain vehicle account, 
 14.42  $32,000 is from the off-road vehicle 
 14.43  account, and $8,000 is from the 
 14.44  off-highway motorcycle account. 
 14.45  Subd. 9.  Operations Support
 14.46      30,694,000     31,005,000
 14.47                Summary by Fund
 14.48  General              18,428,000    18,529,000
 14.49  Natural Resources     3,584,000     3,664,000
 14.50  Game and Fish         8,682,000     8,812,000
 14.51  The commissioner of natural resources 
 14.52  may contract with and make grants to 
 15.1   nonprofit agencies to carry out the 
 15.2   purposes, plans, and programs of the 
 15.3   office of youth programs, Minnesota 
 15.4   conservation corps. 
 15.5   $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 15.6   the second year are an increase in the 
 15.7   base appropriation for the Minnesota 
 15.8   conservation corps program activities. 
 15.9   $785,000 the first year and $415,000 
 15.10  the second year are for the project IT 
 15.11  infrastructure for subregion 
 15.12  connectivity, information technology 
 15.13  support staff, Oracle 8 implementation, 
 15.14  and a spatial database engine. 
 15.15  Electronic licensing under Minnesota 
 15.16  Statutes, section 84.027, subdivision 
 15.17  15, other than by telephone or Internet 
 15.18  transaction, may not be implemented 
 15.19  until July 1, 2000.  The commissioner 
 15.20  shall review and analyze other types of 
 15.21  licensing systems and report to the 
 15.22  house and senate environmental finance 
 15.23  committees by March 1, 2000. 
 15.24  $116,000 the first year and $116,000 
 15.25  the second year are for grants to the 
 15.26  counties of Beltrami, Marshall, and 
 15.27  Roseau for the payment of unpaid back 
 15.28  ditch assessments on state lands, based 
 15.29  on the signed agreement between the 
 15.30  attorney general and the commissioner. 
 15.31  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 15.32  the second year are to maintain the 
 15.33  state parks Southeast Asian 
 15.34  environmental education program. 
 15.35  At least one-half of the base budget 
 15.36  reductions for the biennium must be 
 15.37  made in the department's central office.
 15.38  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 15.39  SOIL RESOURCES                        19,006,000     18,559,000
 15.40  $1,268,000 the first year and 
 15.41  $1,268,000 the second year are for the 
 15.42  administrative costs of easement 
 15.43  programs. 
 15.44  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 15.45  the second year are for a grant to the 
 15.46  Red river basin board to develop a Red 
 15.47  river basin water management plan and 
 15.48  to coordinate water management 
 15.49  activities in the states and provinces 
 15.50  bordering the Red river.  This 
 15.51  appropriation is only available to the 
 15.52  extent it is matched by a proportionate 
 15.53  amount in United States currency from 
 15.54  the states of North Dakota and South 
 15.55  Dakota and the province of Manitoba.  
 15.56  The unencumbered balance in the first 
 15.57  year does not cancel but is available 
 15.58  for the second year.  This is a 
 15.59  one-time appropriation. 
 15.60  $32,000 is for a grant to the Blue 
 15.61  Earth county soil and water 
 16.1   conservation district for stream bank 
 16.2   stabilization on the LeSueur river 
 16.3   within the city limits of St. Clair.  
 16.4   This is a one-time appropriation. 
 16.5   $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 16.6   the second year are for grants to soil 
 16.7   and water conservation districts for 
 16.8   cost-sharing contracts under Minnesota 
 16.9   Statutes, section 103C.501.  This 
 16.10  appropriation is one-time and is 
 16.11  available until expended. 
 16.12  $5,443,000 the first year and 
 16.13  $5,443,000 the second year are for 
 16.14  natural resources block grants to local 
 16.15  governments. 
 16.16  The board shall reduce the amount of 
 16.17  the natural resource block grant to a 
 16.18  county by an amount equal to any 
 16.19  reduction in the county's general 
 16.20  services allocation to a soil and water 
 16.21  conservation district from the county's 
 16.22  1998 allocation. 
 16.23  Grants must be matched with a 
 16.24  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 16.25  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 16.26  related to water planning must be 
 16.27  matched by an amount that would be 
 16.28  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 16.29  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 16.30  $3,867,000 the first year and 
 16.31  $3,867,000 the second year are for 
 16.32  grants to soil and water conservation 
 16.33  districts for general purposes and for 
 16.34  implementation of the RIM conservation 
 16.35  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
 16.36  board, expenditures may be made from 
 16.37  these appropriations for supplies and 
 16.38  services benefiting soil and water 
 16.39  conservation districts.  The 
 16.40  appropriation is in addition to any 
 16.41  money distributed under Minnesota 
 16.42  Statutes, section 103C.401, subdivision 
 16.43  2. 
 16.44  $500,000 is for a grant to the 
 16.45  Minneapolis parks and recreation board 
 16.46  to mitigate flooding, restore and 
 16.47  stabilize the shoreline, and provide 
 16.48  for wetland replacement at Lake of the 
 16.49  Isles.  This is a one-time 
 16.50  appropriation. 
 16.51  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 16.52  second year are for the Blue Earth 
 16.53  river basin initiative in Minnesota 
 16.54  Statutes, sections 103F.191 to 
 16.55  103F.197.  This is a one-time 
 16.56  appropriation. 
 16.57  Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 16.58  program of grants does not cancel at 
 16.59  the end of the first year and is 
 16.60  available for the second year for the 
 16.61  same grant program. 
 16.62  Sec. 7.  CITIZENS COUNCIL ON 
 17.1   VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK                   66,000           -0- 
 17.2   The council's duties shall expire on 
 17.3   June 30, 2000. 
 17.4   Sec. 8.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 17.5   OF MINNESOTA                           1,199,000      1,235,000
 17.6   Sec. 9.  MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN
 17.7   BOUNDARY AREA COMMISSION                   -0-            -0-  
 17.8   Sec. 10.  MINNESOTA ACADEMY 
 17.9   OF SCIENCE                                41,000         41,000
 17.10  Sec. 11.  TRANSPORTATION                 200,000          -0-   
 17.11  $200,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 17.12  Savage or Scott county, or both, for 
 17.13  engineering and environmental studies 
 17.14  relating to the extension of Scott 
 17.15  county state-aid highway No. 27 in the 
 17.16  vicinity of the Savage fen wetlands 
 17.17  complex.  This is a one-time 
 17.18  appropriation. 
 17.19  Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION                 200,000        200,000 
 17.20  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 17.21  the second year are for a grant to the 
 17.22  Minnesota Children's Museum to fund 
 17.23  Project GreenStart.  The appropriation 
 17.24  shall be used to enhance curricular 
 17.25  programming, expand community outreach, 
 17.26  and continue development of 
 17.27  exhibit-based education.  This is a 
 17.28  one-time appropriation. 
 17.29  Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA RESOURCES 
 17.30  Subdivision 1.  Total
 17.31  Appropriation                         29,211,000     13,005,000
 17.32                Summary by Fund
 17.33  Minnesota Future 
 17.34  Resources Fund       16,007,000       -0- 
 17.35  Environment and 
 17.36  Natural Resources 
 17.37  Trust Fund           13,004,000    13,005,000
 17.38  Great Lakes Protection 
 17.39  Account    991,000      200,000       -0-
 17.40  Appropriations from the Minnesota 
 17.41  future resources fund and the Great 
 17.42  Lakes protection account are available 
 17.43  for either year of the biennium. 
 17.44  For appropriations from the environment 
 17.45  and natural resources trust fund, any 
 17.46  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 17.47  first year does not cancel and is 
 17.48  available for the second year of the 
 17.49  biennium. 
 17.50  Unless otherwise provided, the amounts 
 17.51  in this section are available until 
 17.52  June 30, 2001, when projects must be 
 17.53  completed and final products delivered. 
 18.1   Subd. 2.  Definitions 
 18.2   (a) "Future resources fund" means the 
 18.3   Minnesota future resources fund 
 18.4   referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.5   section 116P.13. 
 18.6   (b) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
 18.7   environment and natural resources trust 
 18.8   fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.9   section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 18.10  (c) "Great Lakes protection account" 
 18.11  means the account referred to in 
 18.12  Minnesota Statutes, section 116Q.02. 
 18.13  Subd. 3.  Legislative Commission 
 18.14  on Minnesota Resources                          
 18.15         583,000        284,000 
 18.16                Summary by Fund
 18.17  Future Resources 
 18.18  Fund                    300,000       -0-    
 18.19  Trust Fund              283,000       284,000
 18.20  $300,000 is from the future resources 
 18.21  fund and $283,000 the first year and 
 18.22  $284,000 the second year are from the 
 18.23  trust fund, pursuant to Minnesota 
 18.24  Statutes, section 116P.09, subdivision 
 18.25  5.  
 18.26  Subd. 4.  Recreation 
 18.27       8,032,000      2,720,000 
 18.28                Summary by Fund
 18.29  Future Resources 
 18.30  Fund                  5,312,000       -0-    
 18.31  Trust Fund            2,720,000     2,720,000
 18.32  (a) Local Initiatives Grants 
 18.33  Program. 
 18.34  This appropriation is to the 
 18.35  commissioner of natural resources to 
 18.36  provide matching grants, as follows:  
 18.37  (1) $1,978,000 is from the future 
 18.38  resources fund to local units of 
 18.39  government for local park and 
 18.40  recreation areas of up to $250,000 
 18.41  notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.42  section 85.019.  $50,000 is to complete 
 18.43  the Larue Pit Recreation Development.  
 18.44  $28,000 is to the city of Hitterdal for 
 18.45  park construction at Lake Flora.  
 18.46  $460,000 is available immediately upon 
 18.47  enactment. 
 18.48  (2) $435,000 the first year and 
 18.49  $435,000 the second year are from the 
 18.50  trust fund to local units of government 
 18.51  for natural and scenic areas pursuant 
 18.52  to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019. 
 19.1   (3) $1,484,000 is from the future 
 19.2   resources fund for trail grants to 
 19.3   local units of government on land to be 
 19.4   maintained for at least 20 years for 
 19.5   the purposes of the grant.  $500,000 is 
 19.6   for grants of up to $50,000 per project 
 19.7   for trail linkages between communities, 
 19.8   trails, and parks, and $720,000 is for 
 19.9   grants of up to $250,000 for locally 
 19.10  funded trails of regional significance 
 19.11  outside the metropolitan area.  $54,000 
 19.12  is to the Department of Natural 
 19.13  Resources for planning and 
 19.14  archaelogical costs to develop a 
 19.15  multiuse trail connecting the Douglas 
 19.16  Trail in Rochester with Chester Woods 
 19.17  County Park and the cities of Eyota and 
 19.18  Dover.  $50,000 is to the upper 
 19.19  Minnesota River valley regional 
 19.20  development commission for the 
 19.21  preliminary design and engineering of a 
 19.22  single segment of the Minnesota River 
 19.23  trail from Appleton to the Milan Beach 
 19.24  on Lake Lac Qui Parle.  $160,000 is to 
 19.25  the Department of Natural Resources to 
 19.26  resurface four miles of recreational 
 19.27  trail from the town of Milan to Lake 
 19.28  Lac Qui Parle in Chippewa county. 
 19.29  (4) $305,000 the first year and 
 19.30  $305,000 the second year are from the 
 19.31  trust fund for a statewide conservation 
 19.32  partners program, to encourage private 
 19.33  organizations and local governments to 
 19.34  cost share improvement of fish, 
 19.35  wildlife, and native plant habitats and 
 19.36  research and surveys of fish and 
 19.37  wildlife.  Conservation partners grants 
 19.38  may be up to $20,000 each.  $10,000 is 
 19.39  for an agreement with the Canby 
 19.40  Sportsman's Club for shelterbelts for 
 19.41  habitat and erosion control. 
 19.42  (5) $100,000 the first year and 
 19.43  $100,000 the second year are from the 
 19.44  trust fund for environmental 
 19.45  partnerships program grants of up to 
 19.46  $20,000 each for environmental service 
 19.47  projects and related education 
 19.48  activities through public and private 
 19.49  partnerships. 
 19.50  In addition to the required work 
 19.51  program, grants may not be approved 
 19.52  until grant proposals to be funded have 
 19.53  been submitted to the legislative 
 19.54  commission on Minnesota resources and 
 19.55  the commission has approved the grants 
 19.56  or allowed 60 days to pass.  The 
 19.57  commission shall monitor the grants for 
 19.58  approximate balance over extended 
 19.59  periods of time between the 
 19.60  metropolitan area as defined in 
 19.61  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
 19.62  subdivision 2, and the nonmetropolitan 
 19.63  area through work program oversight and 
 19.64  periodic allocation decisions.  For the 
 19.65  purpose of this paragraph, the match 
 19.66  must be nonstate contributions, but may 
 19.67  be either cash or in-kind.  Recipients 
 19.68  may receive funding for more than one 
 20.1   project in any given grant period.  
 20.2   This appropriation is available until 
 20.3   June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 20.4   project must be completed and final 
 20.5   products delivered, unless an earlier 
 20.6   date is specified in the work program.  
 20.7   If a project financed under this 
 20.8   program receives a federal grant, the 
 20.9   availability of the financing from this 
 20.10  subdivision for that project is 
 20.11  extended to equal the period of the 
 20.12  federal grant. 
 20.13  (b) Mesabi Trail Land 
 20.14  Acquisition and 
 20.15  Development - Continuation               
 20.16  $1,000,000 is from the future resources 
 20.17  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 20.18  resources for an agreement with St. 
 20.19  Louis and Lake Counties Regional Rail 
 20.20  Authority for the fourth biennium to 
 20.21  develop and acquire segments of the 
 20.22  Mesabi trail and procure design and 
 20.23  engineering for trail heads and 
 20.24  enhancements.  This appropriation must 
 20.25  be matched by at least $1,000,000 of 
 20.26  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
 20.27  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 20.28  time the project must be completed and 
 20.29  final products delivered, unless an 
 20.30  earlier date is specified in the work 
 20.31  program. 
 20.32  (c) Kabetogama to Ash River 
 20.33  Community Trail System                    
 20.34  $100,000 is from the future resources 
 20.35  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 20.36  resources for an agreement with 
 20.37  Kabetogama Lake Association in 
 20.38  cooperation with the National Park 
 20.39  Service for trail construction linking 
 20.40  Lake Kabetogama, Ash River, and 
 20.41  Voyagers National Park.  This 
 20.42  appropriation must be matched by at 
 20.43  least $100,000 of nonstate money. 
 20.44  This appropriation is available until 
 20.45  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 20.46  project must be completed and final 
 20.47  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 20.48  date is specified in the work program. 
 20.49  (d) Mesabi Trail 
 20.50  Connection                                 
 20.51  $80,000 is from the future resources 
 20.52  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 20.53  resources for an agreement with the 
 20.54  East Range Joint Powers Board to 
 20.55  develop trail connections to the Mesabi 
 20.56  Trail with the communities of Aurora, 
 20.57  Hoyt Lakes, and White.  This 
 20.58  appropriation must be matched by at 
 20.59  least $80,000 of nonstate money.  This 
 20.60  appropriation is available until June 
 20.61  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 20.62  must be completed and final products 
 20.63  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 20.64  specified in the work program. 
 21.1   (e) Dakota County 
 21.2   Bikeway Mapping                            
 21.3   $15,000 is from the future resources 
 21.4   fund to the metropolitan council for an 
 21.5   agreement with Dakota county to cost 
 21.6   share the integration of digital 
 21.7   elevation information in the Dakota 
 21.8   county geographic information system 
 21.9   database with trail and bikeway routes 
 21.10  and develop maps for trail and bikeway 
 21.11  users. 
 21.12  (f) Mississippi Riverfront 
 21.13  Trail and Access                        
 21.14  $155,000 is from the future resources 
 21.15  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 21.16  resources for an agreement with the 
 21.17  city of Hastings to acquire and restore 
 21.18  the public access area and to complete 
 21.19  the connecting riverfront trail from 
 21.20  the public access to lock and dam 
 21.21  number two adjacent to Lake Rebecca.  
 21.22  This appropriation must be matched by 
 21.23  at least $155,000 of nonstate money. 
 21.24  (g) Management and Restoration 
 21.25  of Natural Plant Communities 
 21.26  on State Trails                          
 21.27  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 21.28  second year are from the trust fund to 
 21.29  the commissioner of natural resources 
 21.30  to manage and restore natural plant 
 21.31  communities along state trails under 
 21.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015 
 21.33  (h) Gitchi-Gami State Trail               
 21.34  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 21.35  the second year are from the trust fund 
 21.36  to the commissioner of natural 
 21.37  resources for construction of the 
 21.38  Gitchi-Gami state trail through Split 
 21.39  Rock State Park.  The commissioner must 
 21.40  submit grant requests for supplemental 
 21.41  funding for federal TEA-21 money in 
 21.42  eligible categories and report the 
 21.43  results to the legislative commission 
 21.44  on Minnesota resources.  All segments 
 21.45  of the trail must become part of the 
 21.46  state trail system.  This appropriation 
 21.47  is available until June 30, 2002, at 
 21.48  which time the project must be 
 21.49  completed and final products delivered, 
 21.50  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 21.51  the work program. 
 21.52  (i) State Park and Recreation 
 21.53  Area Acquisition, Development, 
 21.54  Betterment, and Rehabilitation          
 21.55  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 21.56  the second year are from the trust fund 
 21.57  to the commissioner of natural 
 21.58  resources as follows:  (1) for state 
 21.59  park and recreation area acquisition, 
 21.60  $500,000; and (2) for state park and 
 21.61  recreation area development, 
 21.62  rehabilitation, and resource 
 22.1   management, $500,000, unless otherwise 
 22.2   specified in the approved work 
 22.3   program.  The use of the Minnesota 
 22.4   conservation corps is encouraged.  The 
 22.5   commissioner must submit grant requests 
 22.6   for supplemental funding for federal 
 22.7   TEA-21 money in eligible categories and 
 22.8   report the results to the legislative 
 22.9   commission on Minnesota resources.  
 22.10  This appropriation is available until 
 22.11  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 22.12  project must be completed and final 
 22.13  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 22.14  date is specified in the work program. 
 22.15  (j) Interpretive Boat 
 22.16  Tours of Hill Annex 
 22.17  Mine State Park                           
 22.18  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 22.19  second year are from the trust fund to 
 22.20  the commissioner of natural resources 
 22.21  to add interpretive boat excursion 
 22.22  tours of the mine.  The project will 
 22.23  include purchase and equipping of a 
 22.24  craft and development of a landing area.
 22.25  (k) Metropolitan Regional Parks 
 22.26  Acquisition, Rehabilitation, 
 22.27  and Development                       
 22.28  $1,000,000 the first year and 
 22.29  $1,000,000 the second year are from the 
 22.30  trust fund to the metropolitan council 
 22.31  for subgrants for acquisition, 
 22.32  development, and rehabilitation in the 
 22.33  metropolitan regional park system, 
 22.34  consistent with the metropolitan 
 22.35  council regional recreation open space 
 22.36  capital improvement plan.  This 
 22.37  appropriation may be used for the 
 22.38  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 22.39  are expressly included in the work 
 22.40  program approved by the legislative 
 22.41  commission on Minnesota resources.  The 
 22.42  metropolitan council shall collect and 
 22.43  digitize all local, regional, state, 
 22.44  and federal parks and all off-road 
 22.45  trails with connecting on-road routes 
 22.46  for the metropolitan area and produce a 
 22.47  printed map that is available to the 
 22.48  public.  This appropriation is 
 22.49  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 22.50  time the project must be completed and 
 22.51  final products delivered, unless an 
 22.52  earlier date is specified in the work 
 22.53  program. 
 22.54  (l) Como Park Campus Maintenance 
 22.55  $500,000 is from the future resources 
 22.56  fund to the city of St. Paul for a 
 22.57  subsidy for the maintenance of live 
 22.58  plant and animal exhibits for the zoo 
 22.59  and the conservatory at the Como Park 
 22.60  campus. 
 22.61  Subd. 5.  Historic
 22.62         477,000        213,000 
 23.1                 Summary by Fund
 23.2   Future Resources 
 23.3   Fund                    265,000       -0-    
 23.4   Trust Fund              212,000       213,000
 23.5   (a) Using National Register 
 23.6   Properties to Interpret 
 23.7   Minnesota History                          
 23.8   $90,000 is from the future resources 
 23.9   fund to the Minnesota Historical 
 23.10  Society to create interactive, 
 23.11  mini-documentaries in Internet format 
 23.12  using the National Register properties 
 23.13  to interpret selected themes in 
 23.14  Minnesota history. 
 23.15  (b) Historic Site Land 
 23.16  Acquisition                               
 23.17  $87,000 the first year and $88,000 the 
 23.18  second year are from the trust fund to 
 23.19  the Minnesota Historical Society to 
 23.20  purchase land adjacent to the Lower 
 23.21  Sioux Agency, Jeffers Petroglyphs, and 
 23.22  Oliver Kelley Farm sites to protect the 
 23.23  historic resources.  Allocation of 
 23.24  dollars between the three sites shall 
 23.25  be determined based on the willingness 
 23.26  of sellers and reasonable purchase 
 23.27  prices at the respective sites.  This 
 23.28  appropriation is available until June 
 23.29  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 23.30  must be completed and final products 
 23.31  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 23.32  specified in the work program. 
 23.33  (c) Gibbs Farm Museum 
 23.34  Interpretation                           
 23.35  $150,000 is from the future resources 
 23.36  fund to the Minnesota Historical 
 23.37  Society for an agreement with Ramsey 
 23.38  County Historical Society to build and 
 23.39  furnish replica structures of historic 
 23.40  lifestyles and land use of the Dakota 
 23.41  and pioneers. 
 23.42  (d) Traverse des Sioux 
 23.43  Site Development                         
 23.44  $125,000 the first year and 125,000 the 
 23.45  second year are from the trust fund to 
 23.46  the Minnesota Historical Society to 
 23.47  improve public access to state historic 
 23.48  site Traverse des Sioux including 
 23.49  trails, interpretive markers, and basic 
 23.50  visitor amenities. 
 23.51  (e) Old Wadena Historic 
 23.52  Site Development                           
 23.53  $25,000 is from the future resources 
 23.54  fund to the Minnesota Historical 
 23.55  Society for an agreement with Wah De 
 23.56  Nah Historic and Environmental Learning 
 23.57  Project to develop a footbridge, 
 23.58  archaeological survey, and educational 
 23.59  programs.  This appropriation must be 
 24.1   matched by at least $6,000 of nonstate 
 24.2   money. 
 24.3   Subd. 6.  Water Quality
 24.4        1,730,000        730,000 
 24.5                 Summary by Fund
 24.6   Future Resources 
 24.7   Fund                  1,000,000       -0-    
 24.8   Trust Fund              730,000       730,000
 24.9   (a) On-Site Sewage Treatment 
 24.10  Alternatives; Performance, 
 24.11  Outreach and 
 24.12  Demonstration - Continuation              
 24.13  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 24.14  the second year are from the trust fund 
 24.15  to the commissioner of the pollution 
 24.16  control agency for the third biennium 
 24.17  to monitor previously built test sites 
 24.18  for pathogen removal and other 
 24.19  parameters for indicators of treatment 
 24.20  efficiency, to determine maintenance 
 24.21  needs and system longevity, and to 
 24.22  pursue the establishment of cooperative 
 24.23  demonstration projects. 
 24.24  (b) Identification of Sediment 
 24.25  Sources in Agricultural 
 24.26  Watersheds                                 
 24.27  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 24.28  the second year are from the trust fund 
 24.29  to the Science Museum of Minnesota to 
 24.30  quantify the contribution of streambank 
 24.31  erosion versus overland erosion sources 
 24.32  to riverine suspended sediment 
 24.33  concentrations.  This appropriation 
 24.34  must be matched by at least $90,000 of 
 24.35  nonstate money. 
 24.36  (c) Accelerated Statewide 
 24.37  Local Water Plan 
 24.38  Implementation                           
 24.39  $1,000,000 is from the future resources 
 24.40  fund to the board of water and soil 
 24.41  resources to accelerate the local water 
 24.42  planning challenge grant program under 
 24.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3361, 
 24.44  to assist in the implementation of high 
 24.45  priority activities in comprehensive 
 24.46  water management plans on a cost-share 
 24.47  basis.  $140,000 is to St. Louis county 
 24.48  to inventory and evaluate existing 
 24.49  sewage treatment systems.  $75,000 is 
 24.50  to the Whitefish Area Property Owners 
 24.51  Association in cooperation with Crow 
 24.52  Wing county to inspect all lakeshore 
 24.53  properties on the Whitefish chain of 
 24.54  lakes for conformance with septic 
 24.55  system requirements.  $50,000 is to 
 24.56  Chisago county to develop sustainable 
 24.57  wastewater treatment alternatives which 
 24.58  must be matched by at least $30,000 of 
 24.59  nonstate money. 
 25.1   (d) Tracking Sources of Fecal 
 25.2   Pollution Using DNA Techniques            
 25.3   $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 25.4   the second year are from the trust fund 
 25.5   to the University of Minnesota to 
 25.6   define sources of fecal pollution in 
 25.7   waters. 
 25.8   (e) Groundwater Flow in the 
 25.9   Prairie du Chien Aquifer                  
 25.10  $55,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
 25.11  second year are from the trust fund to 
 25.12  the University of Minnesota to 
 25.13  characterize groundwater flow within 
 25.14  the Prairie du Chien Formation. 
 25.15  (f) Erosion Impacts on the 
 25.16  Cannon Valley Big Woods                   
 25.17  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 25.18  second year are from the trust fund to 
 25.19  the University of Minnesota in 
 25.20  cooperation with the Big Woods Project 
 25.21  to determine historical and future 
 25.22  effects of land practices on soil 
 25.23  erosion levels and develop land 
 25.24  management tools in the big woods 
 25.25  ecosystem in Rice county. 
 25.26  Subd. 7.  Agriculture and Natural
 25.27  Resource Based Industries
 25.28       4,568,000      1,132,000 
 25.29                Summary by Fund
 25.30  Future Resources
 25.31  Fund                  3,435,000       -0-    
 25.32  Trust Fund            1,333,000     1,132,000
 25.33  (a) Green Forest 
 25.34  Certification Project                    
 25.35  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 25.36  second year are from the trust fund to 
 25.37  the commissioner of natural resources 
 25.38  for an agreement with the Institute for 
 25.39  Agriculture and Trade Policy to certify 
 25.40  foresters and to evaluate private 
 25.41  forest lands for green certification. 
 25.42  (b) Accelerated Transfer of New 
 25.43  Forest - Research Findings                
 25.44  $58,000 the first year and $57,000 the 
 25.45  second year are from the trust fund to 
 25.46  the University of Minnesota to 
 25.47  accelerate educational programming by 
 25.48  the sustainable forest education 
 25.49  cooperative on the practical 
 25.50  application of landscape-level analysis 
 25.51  in site-level forest management. 
 25.52  (c) Minnesota Wildlife 
 25.53  Tourism Initiative                       
 25.54  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 25.55  the second year are from the trust fund 
 26.1   to the commissioner of natural 
 26.2   resources to develop, implement, and 
 26.3   evaluate a project focusing on wildlife 
 26.4   tourism as a sustainable industry in 
 26.5   Minnesota in cooperation with the 
 26.6   office of tourism. 
 26.7   (d) Integrated Prairie 
 26.8   Management                               
 26.9   $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 26.10  the second year are from the trust fund 
 26.11  to the commissioner of natural 
 26.12  resources for an agreement with the 
 26.13  University of Minnesota and Clay county 
 26.14  in a cooperative project for an 
 26.15  aggregate resource inventory on public 
 26.16  lands, prairie restoration and 
 26.17  research, and stewardship plans for 
 26.18  management options.  This appropriation 
 26.19  is available until June 30, 2002, at 
 26.20  which time the project must be 
 26.21  completed and final products delivered, 
 26.22  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 26.23  the work program. 
 26.24  (e) Improved Agricultural Systems 
 26.25  Overlying Sensitive Aquifers 
 26.26  in Southwestern Minnesota                
 26.27  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 26.28  fund to the commissioner of agriculture 
 26.29  for an agreement with the University of 
 26.30  Minnesota, Southwest Experiment 
 26.31  Station, to provide technical support, 
 26.32  research, systems evaluation, and 
 26.33  advisory teams to protect sensitive 
 26.34  alluvial aquifers threatened by nitrate 
 26.35  contamination in southwest Minnesota. 
 26.36  (f) Commercial Fertilizer Plant 
 26.37  for Livestock Solid Waste 
 26.38  Processing                             
 26.39  $400,000 is from the future resources 
 26.40  fund to the agricultural utilization 
 26.41  research institute for an agreement 
 26.42  with AquaCare International, Inc. to 
 26.43  establish a commercial grade fertilizer 
 26.44  plant that will enhance and process 
 26.45  animal wastewater solids through 
 26.46  micronization technology.  This 
 26.47  appropriation must be matched by at 
 26.48  least $425,000 of nonstate money.  As a 
 26.49  condition of receiving this 
 26.50  appropriation, AquaCare International, 
 26.51  Inc. must agree to pay to the state a 
 26.52  royalty.  Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 26.53  Statutes, section 116P.10, the royalty 
 26.54  must be two percent of gross revenues 
 26.55  accruing to AquaCare International, 
 26.56  Inc. from this application of 
 26.57  micronization technology.  Receipts 
 26.58  from the royalty must be credited to 
 26.59  the fund. 
 26.60  (g) Preservation of Native 
 26.61  Wild Rice Resource                      
 26.62  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 26.63  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 27.1   resources for an agreement with Leech 
 27.2   Lake Reservation to analyze critical 
 27.3   factors in different northern rice 
 27.4   habitats and determine methods to 
 27.5   preserve the natural diversity of wild 
 27.6   rice.  This appropriation must be 
 27.7   matched by at least $45,000 of nonstate 
 27.8   money. 
 27.9   (h) Wild Rice Management 
 27.10  Planning                                  
 27.11  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 27.12  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 27.13  resources for an agreement with the 
 27.14  Boise Forte Band of Chippewa to develop 
 27.15  databases and management plans for 
 27.16  northern wild rice lakes.  This 
 27.17  appropriation must be matched by at 
 27.18  least $20,000 of nonstate money. 
 27.19  (i) Mesabi Iron Range, 
 27.20  Water and Mineral Resource 
 27.21  Planning                                  
 27.22  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 27.23  the second year are from the trust fund 
 27.24  to the commissioner of natural 
 27.25  resources.  $125,000 the first year and 
 27.26  $125,000 the second year are from the 
 27.27  trust fund to the University of 
 27.28  Minnesota to develop and assemble 
 27.29  essential data on stockpile composition 
 27.30  and ownership, complete hydrogeologic 
 27.31  base maps, site and design an overflow 
 27.32  outlet, and distribute results to local 
 27.33  government and industry.  This project 
 27.34  is to be coordinated by the Range 
 27.35  Association of Municipalities and 
 27.36  Schools.  This appropriation is 
 27.37  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 27.38  time the project must be completed and 
 27.39  final products delivered, unless an 
 27.40  earlier date is specified in the work 
 27.41  program. 
 27.42  (j) Sustainable Aquaculture 
 27.43  Development in Minnesota                 
 27.44  $130,000 is from the future resources 
 27.45  fund to the commissioner of agriculture 
 27.46  in cooperation with the University of 
 27.47  Minnesota to develop, demonstrate, and 
 27.48  evaluate prototypes of aquaponic 
 27.49  systems that operate in an urban 
 27.50  environment and use a combination of 
 27.51  aquacultural and hydroponic techniques 
 27.52  to produce fish and plants for human 
 27.53  consumption.  $55,000 is from the 
 27.54  future resources fund to the 
 27.55  commissioner of agriculture in 
 27.56  cooperation with the MinAqua Fisheries 
 27.57  Cooperative, with assistance from the 
 27.58  University of Minnesota, for the 
 27.59  purchase, operation, and demonstration 
 27.60  of ozonation equipment for water 
 27.61  treatment and conditioning in large 
 27.62  recirculating aquaculture systems.  
 27.63  These appropriations are available 
 27.64  until June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 27.65  project must be completed and final 
 28.1   products delivered, unless an earlier 
 28.2   date is specified in the work program.  
 28.3   As a condition of receiving this 
 28.4   appropriation, MinAqua Fisheries 
 28.5   Cooperative must agree to pay to the 
 28.6   state a royalty.  Notwithstanding 
 28.7   Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10, 
 28.8   the royalty must be two percent of the 
 28.9   gross revenues accruing to MinAqua 
 28.10  Fisheries Cooperative from this 
 28.11  application of ozonation technology.  
 28.12  Receipts from the royalty must be 
 28.13  credited to the fund. 
 28.14  (k) Sustainable Farming 
 28.15  Systems - Continuation                    
 28.16  $350,000 is from the future resources 
 28.17  fund to the University of Minnesota, 
 28.18  Minnesota Institute for Sustainable 
 28.19  Agriculture, for on-farm and experiment 
 28.20  station research, documentation and 
 28.21  dissemination of information on 
 28.22  alternative farm practices in order to 
 28.23  integrate recent scientific advances, 
 28.24  improve farm efficiencies, promote 
 28.25  profitability, and to enhance 
 28.26  environmental quality. 
 28.27  (l) Sustainable Livestock 
 28.28  Systems                                   
 28.29  $350,000 is from the future resources 
 28.30  fund to the commissioner of agriculture 
 28.31  for an agreement with the University of 
 28.32  Minnesota, West Central Experiment 
 28.33  Station, for on-farm research and 
 28.34  education programs to support small- to 
 28.35  moderate-scale farms through whole farm 
 28.36  planning and monitoring of forage-based 
 28.37  livestock systems. 
 28.38  (m) Forest Wildlife Biologist 
 28.39  for Ruffed Grouse                       
 28.40  $1,000,000 is from the future resources 
 28.41  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 28.42  resources for an agreement with the 
 28.43  Ruffed Grouse Society, Inc. to fund a 
 28.44  position and related costs for a forest 
 28.45  wildlife biologist employed by the 
 28.46  society that will provide technical 
 28.47  assistance to public and private 
 28.48  landowners for improved ruffed grouse 
 28.49  habitat and related forest wildlife 
 28.50  conservation.  The activity funded by 
 28.51  this appropriation must be done in 
 28.52  collaboration with institutes of higher 
 28.53  learning and state agencies.  The 
 28.54  amounts of this appropriation made 
 28.55  available in each fiscal year must not 
 28.56  exceed those stated in the work 
 28.57  program.  As a condition of receiving 
 28.58  this appropriation, the society must 
 28.59  demonstrate that it has created a 
 28.60  private endowment to fund this position 
 28.61  and related costs with nonstate money 
 28.62  after this appropriation has been 
 28.63  spent.  The society must demonstrate 
 28.64  that it has a sound financial plan to 
 28.65  increase the principal of the endowment 
 29.1   to at least $1,000,000 of nonstate 
 29.2   money by January 1, 2000, and to 
 29.3   $2,000,000 of nonstate money by June 
 29.4   30, 2007.  The work program must 
 29.5   provide that failure of the society to 
 29.6   meet the goals of the financial plan on 
 29.7   time will cause further payments from 
 29.8   this appropriation to be withheld until 
 29.9   the goals are met.  This appropriation 
 29.10  is available until June 30, 2007, at 
 29.11  which time the project must be 
 29.12  completed and final products delivered, 
 29.13  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 29.14  the work program. 
 29.15  (n) Organic Farming 
 29.16  Training Project                          
 29.17  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 29.18  the second year are from the trust fund 
 29.19  to the commissioner of agriculture for 
 29.20  an agreement with the Minnesota Food 
 29.21  Association in cooperation with the 
 29.22  Midwest Organic Alliance to recruit and 
 29.23  train new immigrant and conventional 
 29.24  farmers in sustainable and organic 
 29.25  methods utilizing a mentoring approach. 
 29.26  (o) Construction and Demolition 
 29.27  Waste Abatement 
 29.28  Demonstration Project                     
 29.29  $250,000 is from the future resources 
 29.30  fund to the director of the office of 
 29.31  environmental assistance for an 
 29.32  agreement with the Green Institute to 
 29.33  field test building salvage strategies, 
 29.34  expanding markets for salvaged 
 29.35  materials, and creating a 
 29.36  community-based enterprise model. 
 29.37  (p) Minnesota River Basin 
 29.38  Initiative; Local Leadership              
 29.39  $300,000 the first year is from the 
 29.40  future resources fund to the board of 
 29.41  water and soil resources for a 
 29.42  cost-share agreement with the Minnesota 
 29.43  River Basin Joint Powers Board for 
 29.44  landscape planning and demonstration, 
 29.45  and restoration and management projects 
 29.46  for the Minnesota River on a cost-share 
 29.47  basis. 
 29.48  Subd. 8.  Urbanization Impacts 
 29.49         715,000        175,000 
 29.50                Summary by Fund
 29.51  Future Resources 
 29.52  Fund                    540,000       -0-    
 29.53  Trust Fund              175,000       175,000
 29.54  (a) Resources for Redevelopment:  
 29.55  A Community Property 
 29.56  Investigation Program                     
 29.57  $100,000 is from the future resources 
 29.58  fund to the pollution control agency 
 30.1   for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 30.2   Environmental Initiative to assess 
 30.3   environmental contamination in up to 
 30.4   sixteen brownfield sites statewide on a 
 30.5   cost-share basis for each site in order 
 30.6   to promote property redevelopment by 
 30.7   community nonprofit organizations. 
 30.8   (b) Protecting Dakota County 
 30.9   Farmland and Natural Areas                
 30.10  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 30.11  the second year are from the trust fund 
 30.12  to the commissioner of natural 
 30.13  resources for an agreement with Dakota 
 30.14  county to inventory and identify unique 
 30.15  farmland and natural areas and to 
 30.16  protect land through conservation 
 30.17  easements. 
 30.18  (c) Urban Corridor Design               
 30.19  $400,000 is from the future resources 
 30.20  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 30.21  develop sustainability designs for 
 30.22  selected urban corridors.  One project 
 30.23  must be inside the metropolitan area 
 30.24  and one project must be outside the 
 30.25  metropolitan area. 
 30.26  (d) Conservation-Based Development 
 30.27  Program                                   
 30.28  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 30.29  second year are from the trust fund to 
 30.30  the commissioner of natural resources 
 30.31  for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 30.32  Land Trust to design four model 
 30.33  developments and acquire conservation 
 30.34  easements within new developments that 
 30.35  enhance the natural, rural landscape. 
 30.36  This appropriation must be matched by 
 30.37  at least $65,000 of nonstate money. 
 30.38  (e) Chisago Lakes Outlet
 30.39  Channel Project                         
 30.40  $40,000 is from the future resources 
 30.41  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 30.42  resources for an agreement with Chisago 
 30.43  county to complete the final 
 30.44  construction phase of the outlet 
 30.45  channel at Chisago Lakes.  This 
 30.46  appropriation must be matched by at 
 30.47  least $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 30.48  Subd. 9.  Decision-Making Tools 
 30.49         795,000        500,000 
 30.50                Summary by Fund
 30.51  Future Resources 
 30.52  Fund                    295,000       -0-    
 30.53  Trust Fund              500,000       500,000
 30.54  (a) Goodhue County Natural Resources
 30.55  Inventory and Management Plan             
 30.56  $75,000 is from the future resources 
 31.1   fund to the board of water and soil 
 31.2   resources for an agreement with Goodhue 
 31.3   county to inventory, evaluate, and 
 31.4   describe natural resources and create a 
 31.5   geographic information system-based map 
 31.6   and database.  The appropriation must 
 31.7   be matched by at least $50,000 of 
 31.8   nonstate money. 
 31.9   (b) Public Access to Mineral 
 31.10  Knowledge                               
 31.11  $100,000 is from the future resources 
 31.12  fund to the department of natural 
 31.13  resources to accelerate the automation 
 31.14  of historic mineral exploration 
 31.15  information and to make the database 
 31.16  accessible and searchable. 
 31.17  (c) Updating Outmoded Soil
 31.18  Surveys - Continuation                 
 31.19  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 31.20  the second year are from the trust fund 
 31.21  to the board of water and soil 
 31.22  resources for the first biennium of a 
 31.23  four biennia project to accelerate a 
 31.24  statewide program to begin to update 
 31.25  and digitize soil surveys in up to 25 
 31.26  counties, including Fillmore county.  
 31.27  Participating counties must provide a 
 31.28  cost share. 
 31.29  (d) Climate Variability and Change
 31.30  Impacts on Minnesota Resources          
 31.31  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 31.32  the second year are from the trust fund 
 31.33  to the University of Minnesota to 
 31.34  develop a database of climate measures 
 31.35  relevant to recreation, tourism, 
 31.36  agriculture, and forestry, and to 
 31.37  construct climate scenarios for 
 31.38  Minnesota over the next 50 years. 
 31.39  (e) Minnesota Environmentally
 31.40  Preferable Chemicals Project            
 31.41  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 31.42  second year are from the trust fund to 
 31.43  the office of environmental assistance 
 31.44  for an agreement with the Institute for 
 31.45  Local Self-Reliance to build an 
 31.46  industry network of users and producers 
 31.47  of petrochemicals and biochemicals, and 
 31.48  to promote a shift to environmentally 
 31.49  preferable chemicals.  This 
 31.50  appropriation must be matched by at 
 31.51  least $40,000 of nonstate money. 
 31.52  (f) GIS Utilization of Historic 
 31.53  Timberland Survey Records                
 31.54  $120,000 is from the future resources 
 31.55  fund to the Minnesota Historical 
 31.56  Society to digitize and distribute 
 31.57  historic timberland survey records in a 
 31.58  geographic information system format. 
 31.59  (g) By-Products Application 
 31.60  to Agricultural, Mineland, and 
 32.1   Forest Soils                            
 32.2   $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 32.3   the second year are from the trust fund 
 32.4   to the pollution control agency for an 
 32.5   agreement with Western Lake Superior 
 32.6   Sanitary District to create a northeast 
 32.7   Minnesota consortium of public 
 32.8   utilities, wood-products, and mining 
 32.9   industries to research environmentally 
 32.10  sound coapplications of industrial and 
 32.11  municipal by-products for agriculture, 
 32.12  forestry, and mineland reclamation.  
 32.13  This appropriation must be matched by 
 32.14  at least $21,000 of nonstate money. 
 32.15  Subd. 10.  Environmental Education 
 32.16       2,045,000        705,000 
 32.17                Summary by Fund
 32.18  Future Resources 
 32.19  Fund                  1,340,000       -0-    
 32.20  Trust Fund              705,000       705,000
 32.21  (a) Uncommon Ground:  An Educational 
 32.22  Television Series                        
 32.23  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 32.24  the second year are from the trust fund 
 32.25  to the University of Minnesota for 
 32.26  matching funding to produce a televised 
 32.27  series of natural landscapes 
 32.28  chronicling two centuries of change in 
 32.29  Minnesota. 
 32.30  (b) Karst Education for
 32.31  Southeastern Minnesota                   
 32.32  $60,000 the first year and $60,000 the 
 32.33  second year are from the trust fund to 
 32.34  the board of water and soil resources 
 32.35  for an agreement with the Southeast 
 32.36  Minnesota Water Resources Board to 
 32.37  develop teacher training workshops, 
 32.38  educational materials, and exhibits 
 32.39  demonstrating the connections between 
 32.40  land use and ground water contamination 
 32.41  in southeastern Minnesota. 
 32.42  (c) Accessible Outdoor
 32.43  Recreation                               
 32.44  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 32.45  the second year are from the trust fund 
 32.46  to the commissioner of natural 
 32.47  resources for an agreement with 
 32.48  wilderness inquiry to survey facilities 
 32.49  in at least 50 state recreation units 
 32.50  for the Minnesota guide to universal 
 32.51  access, develop assessments of 
 32.52  inclusion in recreation and 
 32.53  environmental education activities, and 
 32.54  provide opportunities for 
 32.55  participation.  This appropriation is 
 32.56  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 32.57  time the project must be completed and 
 32.58  final products delivered, unless an 
 32.59  earlier date is specified in the work 
 33.1   program. 
 33.2   (d) Science Outreach and
 33.3   Integrated Learning on Soil              
 33.4   $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 33.5   the second year are from the trust fund 
 33.6   to the Science Museum of Minnesota to 
 33.7   develop a soils experiment center and 
 33.8   demonstration plots to increase the 
 33.9   awareness of soil science and soil 
 33.10  health.  This appropriation must be 
 33.11  matched by at least $100,000 of 
 33.12  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
 33.13  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 33.14  time the project must be completed and 
 33.15  final products delivered, unless an 
 33.16  earlier date is specified in the work 
 33.17  program. 
 33.18  (e) Development and Rehabilitation
 33.19  of Recreational Shooting Ranges          
 33.20  $350,000 is from the future resources 
 33.21  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 33.22  resources to provide cost-share grants 
 33.23  to local recreational shooting clubs 
 33.24  for the purpose of developing or 
 33.25  rehabilitating shooting sports 
 33.26  facilities for public use.  In addition 
 33.27  to the required work program, grants 
 33.28  may not be approved until grant 
 33.29  proposals to be funded have been 
 33.30  submitted to the legislative commission 
 33.31  on Minnesota resources and the 
 33.32  commission has approved the grants or 
 33.33  allowed 60 days to pass. 
 33.34  (f) Youth Outdoor Environmental
 33.35  Education Program                        
 33.36  $100,000 is from the future resources 
 33.37  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 33.38  resources for an agreement with Dakota 
 33.39  county to develop youth-at-risk 
 33.40  environmental education programs. 
 33.41  (g) Twin Cities Environmental
 33.42  Service Learning - Continuation           
 33.43  $20,000 the first year and $20,000 the 
 33.44  second year are from the trust fund to 
 33.45  the commissioner of natural resources 
 33.46  for an agreement with Eco Education to 
 33.47  provide training and matching grants 
 33.48  for student service environmental 
 33.49  learning projects.  This appropriation 
 33.50  must be matched by at least $40,000 of 
 33.51  nonstate money. 
 33.52  (h) Minnesota Whitetail Deer
 33.53  Resource Center Exhibits              
 33.54  $400,000 is from the future resources 
 33.55  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 33.56  resources for an agreement with the 
 33.57  Minnesota Deer Hunters Association to 
 33.58  construct exhibits on whitetail deer in 
 33.59  Minnesota.  This appropriation is 
 33.60  available to the extent matched by 
 33.61  expenditure of nonstate money on 
 34.1   exhibits. 
 34.2   (i) Sustainability Forums               
 34.3   $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 34.4   the second year are from the trust fund 
 34.5   to the office of environmental 
 34.6   assistance for an agreement with the 
 34.7   Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton 
 34.8   League of America to conduct forums for 
 34.9   the public and local units of 
 34.10  government on sustainability and 
 34.11  community-based planning objectives. 
 34.12  (j) Minnesota River Watershed
 34.13  Ecology and History Exhibit              
 34.14  $90,000 is from the future resources 
 34.15  fund to the Minnesota Historical 
 34.16  Society for an agreement with Joseph R. 
 34.17  Brown Heritage Society to design and 
 34.18  construct exhibits at the Joseph R. 
 34.19  Brown Minnesota River Center. 
 34.20  (k) Hyland Park Environmental 
 34.21  Center                                   
 34.22  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 34.23  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 34.24  resources for an agreement with 
 34.25  Suburban Hennepin Regional Park 
 34.26  District for predesign and design of an 
 34.27  environmental education center in 
 34.28  Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Regional 
 34.29  Park Reserve. 
 34.30  (l) Improved Shoreland Management 
 34.31  Education                                
 34.32  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 34.33  fund to the board of water and soil 
 34.34  resources for a long-term coordinated 
 34.35  education program, with a full-time 
 34.36  education coordinator, that promotes 
 34.37  stewardship to protect state lakes and 
 34.38  rivers through improved shoreland 
 34.39  management. 
 34.40  Subd. 11.  Benchmarks and Indicators 
 34.41       2,365,000      1,965,000 
 34.42                Summary by Fund
 34.43  Future Resources 
 34.44  Fund                    200,000       -0-    
 34.45  Trust Fund            1,965,000     1,965,000
 34.46  Great Lakes Protection 
 34.47  Account                 200,000       -0-    
 34.48  (a) Measuring Children's Exposures
 34.49  to Environmental Health Hazards          
 34.50  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 34.51  the second year are from the trust fund 
 34.52  to the University of Minnesota in 
 34.53  cooperation with the department of 
 34.54  health to augment a federal study of 
 34.55  exposure of children to multiple 
 35.1   environmental hazards, to evaluate 
 35.2   comparative health risks, and to design 
 35.3   intervention strategies. 
 35.4   (b) Minnesota County Biological
 35.5   Survey - Continuation                  
 35.6   $800,000 the first year and $800,000 
 35.7   the second year are from the trust fund 
 35.8   to the commissioner of natural 
 35.9   resources for the seventh biennium of a 
 35.10  12-biennia project to accelerate the 
 35.11  survey that identifies significant 
 35.12  natural areas and systematically 
 35.13  collects and interprets data on the 
 35.14  distribution and ecology of natural 
 35.15  communities, rare plants, and animals. 
 35.16  (c) Environmental Indicators 
 35.17  Initiative - Continuation                
 35.18  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 35.19  the second year are from the trust fund 
 35.20  to the commissioner of natural 
 35.21  resources for the third and final 
 35.22  biennium to complete a set of statewide 
 35.23  environmental indicators that will 
 35.24  assist public understanding of 
 35.25  Minnesota environmental health and the 
 35.26  effectiveness of sustainable 
 35.27  development efforts. 
 35.28  (d) Dakota County Wetland Health 
 35.29  Monitoring Program                       
 35.30  $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
 35.31  second year are from the trust fund to 
 35.32  the commissioner of the pollution 
 35.33  control agency for an agreement with 
 35.34  Dakota county to evaluate wetland 
 35.35  health through citizen volunteers, 
 35.36  develop wetland biodiversity projects 
 35.37  in urban areas, and conduct public 
 35.38  education. 
 35.39  (e) Predicting Water and Forest 
 35.40  Resources Health and Sustainability      
 35.41  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 35.42  the second year are from the trust fund 
 35.43  to the University of Minnesota, Natural 
 35.44  Resources Research Institute, to assess 
 35.45  ecosystem health using indicators and 
 35.46  to develop models that incorporate 
 35.47  landscape composition change. 
 35.48  (f) Potential for Infant Risk
 35.49  from Nitrate Contamination              
 35.50  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 35.51  fund to the commissioner of health to 
 35.52  study nitrate and bacteria-contaminated 
 35.53  drinking water of infants and families 
 35.54  at risk. 
 35.55  (g) Assessing Lake Superior Waters
 35.56  Off the North Shore                      
 35.57  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 35.58  the second year of this appropriation 
 35.59  are from the trust fund, and $200,000 
 36.1   is from the Great Lakes protection 
 36.2   account to the University of Minnesota 
 36.3   Duluth for a pilot program to establish 
 36.4   benchmark data for Lake Superior.  
 36.5   Expenses may not include capital cost 
 36.6   for a research vessel.  This 
 36.7   appropriation is available until June 
 36.8   30, 2002, at which time the project 
 36.9   must be completed and final products 
 36.10  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 36.11  specified in the work program. 
 36.12  (h) Minnesota's Forest Bird 
 36.13  Diversity Initiative - Continuation      
 36.14  $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 36.15  the second year are from the trust fund 
 36.16  to the commissioner of natural 
 36.17  resources for the fifth biennium of a 
 36.18  six-biennium project to establish 
 36.19  benchmarks for using birds as 
 36.20  ecological indicators of forest 
 36.21  health.  This appropriation must be 
 36.22  matched by at least $80,000 of nonstate 
 36.23  contributions.  This appropriation is 
 36.24  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 36.25  time the project must be completed and 
 36.26  final products delivered, unless an 
 36.27  earlier date is specified in the work 
 36.28  program. 
 36.29  (i) Farm Ponds as Critical 
 36.30  Habitats for Native Amphibians           
 36.31  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 36.32  the second year are from the trust fund 
 36.33  to the commissioner of natural 
 36.34  resources for an agreement with the 
 36.35  Upper Mississippi Science Center to 
 36.36  study management practices that sustain 
 36.37  healthy populations of amphibians in 
 36.38  southeastern Minnesota farm ponds and 
 36.39  to recommend monitoring methods 
 36.40  suitable for testing amphibian habitat 
 36.41  quality.  This appropriation must be 
 36.42  matched by at least $200,000 of 
 36.43  nonstate contributions.  This 
 36.44  appropriation is available until June 
 36.45  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 36.46  must be completed and final products 
 36.47  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 36.48  specified in the work program. 
 36.49  (j) Improved Minnesota Fungus
 36.50  Collection and Database                   
 36.51  $35,000 the first year and $35,000 the 
 36.52  second year are from the trust fund to 
 36.53  the University of Minnesota to 
 36.54  consolidate and preserve fungus 
 36.55  specimen collections and computerize 
 36.56  the data for use in agriculture, 
 36.57  forestry, and recreation management. 
 36.58  Subd. 12.  Critical Lands or Habitats 
 36.59       6,622,000      3,572,000 
 36.60                Summary by Fund
 36.61  Future Resources 
 37.1   Fund                  3,050,000       -0-    
 37.2   Trust Fund            3,572,000     3,572,000
 37.3   (a) Sustainable Woodlands and
 37.4   Prairies on Private Lands - 
 37.5   Continuation                                             
 37.6   $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 37.7   the second year are from the trust fund 
 37.8   to the commissioner of natural 
 37.9   resources, in cooperation with the 
 37.10  Minnesota Forestry Association and the 
 37.11  Nature Conservancy, to develop 
 37.12  stewardship plans for private 
 37.13  landowners and to implement natural 
 37.14  resource projects by providing matching 
 37.15  money to private landowners.  This 
 37.16  appropriation is available until June 
 37.17  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 37.18  must be completed and final products 
 37.19  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 37.20  specified in the work program. 
 37.21  (b) National Prairie Passage; Linking
 37.22  Isolated Prairie Preserves               
 37.23  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 37.24  second year are from the trust fund to 
 37.25  the commissioner of transportation to 
 37.26  link isolated tallgrass prairie 
 37.27  preserves with corridors of prairie.  
 37.28  This appropriation must be matched by 
 37.29  at least $600,000 of nonstate money. 
 37.30  (c) Greening the Metro 
 37.31  Mississippi-Minnesota River 
 37.32  Valleys                                   
 37.33  $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
 37.34  the second year are from the trust fund 
 37.35  to the commissioner of natural 
 37.36  resources for an agreement with 
 37.37  Greening the Great River Park to 
 37.38  implement private and public habitat 
 37.39  projects in the Mississippi and 
 37.40  Minnesota River Valleys.  This 
 37.41  appropriation must be matched by at 
 37.42  least $374,000 of nonstate money and 
 37.43  cost sharing is required for projects 
 37.44  on private lands. This appropriation is 
 37.45  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 37.46  time the project must be completed and 
 37.47  final products delivered, unless an 
 37.48  earlier date is specified in the work 
 37.49  program. 
 37.50  (d) Restoring the Greater Prairie 
 37.51  Chicken to Southwestern Minnesota         
 37.52  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 37.53  second year are from the trust fund to 
 37.54  the commissioner of natural resources 
 37.55  for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 37.56  Prairie Chicken Society to restore the 
 37.57  greater prairie chicken to appropriate 
 37.58  habitat.  
 37.59  (e) Prairie Heritage Fund - 
 37.60  Continuation                              
 38.1   $342,000 the first year and $342,000 
 38.2   the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.3   to the commissioner of natural 
 38.4   resources for an agreement with 
 38.5   Pheasants Forever, Inc. to acquire and 
 38.6   develop land for prairie grasslands and 
 38.7   wetlands to be donated to the public.  
 38.8   The land must be open and accessible to 
 38.9   the public.  This appropriation must be 
 38.10  matched by at least $500,000 of money.  
 38.11  In addition to the required work 
 38.12  program, parcels may not be acquired 
 38.13  until parcel lists have been submitted 
 38.14  to the legislative commission on 
 38.15  Minnesota resources and the commission 
 38.16  has approved the parcel list or allowed 
 38.17  60 days to pass. 
 38.18  (f) Public Boat Access and 
 38.19  Fishing Piers                           
 38.20  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 38.21  the second year are from the trust 
 38.22  fund, and $610,000 is from the future 
 38.23  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 38.24  natural resources for increased access 
 38.25  to lakes and rivers statewide through 
 38.26  the provision of public boat access, 
 38.27  fishing piers, and shoreline access, 
 38.28  with approximately equal allocations 
 38.29  for the Twin Cities metropolitan area 
 38.30  and the remainder of the state.  These 
 38.31  appropriations are available until June 
 38.32  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 38.33  must be completed and final products 
 38.34  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 38.35  specified in the work program.  
 38.36  $212,000 of the appropriation from the 
 38.37  future resources fund is available 
 38.38  immediately upon enactment. 
 38.39  (g) Arboretum Land Acquisition and 
 38.40  Wetlands Restoration - Continuation       
 38.41  $350,000 the first year and $350,000 
 38.42  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.43  to the University of Minnesota for an 
 38.44  agreement with the University of 
 38.45  Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 
 38.46  Foundation for the third biennium for 
 38.47  land acquisition.  The priority is to 
 38.48  acquire approximately 40 acres of land 
 38.49  within the Arboretum boundary before 
 38.50  completing the Spring Peeper Meadow 
 38.51  wetland restoration.  This 
 38.52  appropriation must be matched by at 
 38.53  least $700,000 of nonstate money. 
 38.54  (h) Native Prairie Prescribed 
 38.55  Burns                                    
 38.56  $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 38.57  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.58  for a grant to the Nature Conservancy 
 38.59  for prescribed burns of native prairie 
 38.60  on state wildlife lands. 
 38.61  (i) RIM Shoreland Stabilization           
 38.62  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 38.63  the second year are from the trust fund 
 39.1   to the commissioner of natural 
 39.2   resources to complete the high priority 
 39.3   bank stabilization on Lake 
 39.4   Winnibigoshish and, if additional match 
 39.5   money becomes available, to begin 
 39.6   similar work on Lac Qui Parle Lake. 
 39.7   This appropriation must be matched by 
 39.8   at least $56,000 of nonstate money, and 
 39.9   is available until June 30, 2002, when 
 39.10  the project must be completed and final 
 39.11  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 39.12  date is specified in the work program. 
 39.13  (j) Enhancing Canada Goose 
 39.14  Hunting Opportunities for 
 39.15  Recreation and Management Purposes       
 39.16  $340,000 is from the future resources 
 39.17  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.18  resources for an agreement with Geese 
 39.19  Unlimited to purchase leases and 
 39.20  provide observational and hunting 
 39.21  blinds for the public using volunteer 
 39.22  labor. 
 39.23  (k) Nongame Wildlife 
 39.24  Management                              
 39.25  $1,000,000 the first year and 
 39.26  $1,000,000 the second year are 
 39.27  appropriated from the trust fund to the 
 39.28  commissioner of natural resources for 
 39.29  the purpose of nongame wildlife 
 39.30  management. 
 39.31  (l) Wildlife Habitat 
 39.32  Acquisition                               
 39.33  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 39.34  the second year are from the trust fund 
 39.35  to the commissioner of natural 
 39.36  resources to acquire and protect land 
 39.37  and to make improvements of a capital 
 39.38  nature for the Chub lake natural area.  
 39.39  The appropriation is available until 
 39.40  expended and must be matched by federal 
 39.41  or local funds totaling $500,000. 
 39.42  (m) Trout Stream 
 39.43  Protection                              
 39.44  $2,100,000 is from the trust fund to 
 39.45  the commissioner of natural resources 
 39.46  for trout stream protection. 
 39.47  Subd. 13.  Native Species Planting 
 39.48         905,000        635,000 
 39.49                Summary by Fund
 39.50  Future Resources 
 39.51  Fund                    270,000       -0-    
 39.52  Trust Fund              635,000       635,000
 39.53  (a) Minnesota Releaf Matching 
 39.54  Grant Program - Continuation              
 39.55  $290,000 the first year and $290,000 
 39.56  the second year of this appropriation 
 40.1   are from the trust fund, and $270,000 
 40.2   is from the future resources fund to 
 40.3   the commissioner of natural resources 
 40.4   for the fourth biennium, with at least 
 40.5   $210,000 for matching grants to local 
 40.6   communities to protect native oak 
 40.7   forests from oak wilt and to provide 
 40.8   technical assistance and cost sharing 
 40.9   with communities for tree planting and 
 40.10  community forestry assessments.  The 
 40.11  appropriation from the future resources 
 40.12  fund is available immediately upon 
 40.13  enactment. 
 40.14  (b) Landscaping for Wildlife and 
 40.15  Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention      
 40.16  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 40.17  second year are from the trust fund to 
 40.18  the commissioner of natural resources 
 40.19  for an agreement with St. Paul 
 40.20  Neighborhood Energy Consortium to work 
 40.21  with urban and suburban communities to 
 40.22  expand native species planting through 
 40.23  residential landscaping and cooperative 
 40.24  neighborhood projects. The activities 
 40.25  must include participant cost sharing. 
 40.26  This appropriation must be matched by 
 40.27  at least $24,000 of nonstate money. 
 40.28  (c) Lakescaping for Wildlife and 
 40.29  Water Quality Initiative                  
 40.30  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 40.31  second year are from the trust fund to 
 40.32  the commissioner of natural resources 
 40.33  in cooperation with the Minnesota Lakes 
 40.34  Association to promote lakescaping for 
 40.35  wildlife and water quality through 
 40.36  workshops, demonstration sites, and a 
 40.37  registry program for lakeshore owners. 
 40.38  The activities must include participant 
 40.39  cost sharing. 
 40.40  (d) Development and Assessment of 
 40.41  Oak Wilt Biological Control 
 40.42  Technologies - Continuation               
 40.43  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 40.44  the second year are from the trust fund 
 40.45  to the University of Minnesota to 
 40.46  evaluate biocontrol efficacy, spore mat 
 40.47  production, and root graft barrier 
 40.48  guidelines for oak wilt, in cooperation 
 40.49  with the department of agriculture. 
 40.50  (e) Restoring Ecological Health to 
 40.51  St. Paul's Mississippi River Bluffs       
 40.52  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 40.53  the second year are from the trust fund 
 40.54  to the commissioner of natural 
 40.55  resources for an agreement with Friends 
 40.56  of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and 
 40.57  Ramsey County to inventory and restore 
 40.58  native species, and to plan for 
 40.59  critical greenways and natural area 
 40.60  habitat.  This appropriation is 
 40.61  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 40.62  time the project must be completed and 
 40.63  final products delivered, unless an 
 41.1   earlier date is specified in the work 
 41.2   program. 
 41.3   Subd. 14.  Native Fish 
 41.4          229,000        229,000 
 41.5                 Summary by Fund
 41.6   Trust Fund              229,000       229,000
 41.7   (a) Mussel Resource Survey                
 41.8   $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 41.9   the second year are from the trust fund 
 41.10  to the commissioner of natural 
 41.11  resources for the first biennium of a 
 41.12  three-biennium project to survey 
 41.13  mussels statewide for resource 
 41.14  management. 
 41.15  (b) Freshwater Mussel Resources in 
 41.16  the St. Croix River                        
 41.17  $29,000 the first year and $29,000 the 
 41.18  second year are from the trust fund to 
 41.19  the commissioner of natural resources 
 41.20  for an agreement with Macalester 
 41.21  College to continue refugia studies and 
 41.22  assess populations for freshwater 
 41.23  mussels. 
 41.24  Subd. 15.  Exotic Species 
 41.25         145,000        145,000 
 41.26                Summary by Fund
 41.27  Trust Fund              145,000       145,000
 41.28  (a) Biological Control of Eurasian 
 41.29  Water Milfoil and Purple 
 41.30  Loosestrife - Continuation                
 41.31  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 41.32  second year are from the trust fund to 
 41.33  the commissioner of natural resources 
 41.34  for the fourth biennium of a 
 41.35  five-biennium project to develop and 
 41.36  implement biological controls for 
 41.37  Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
 41.38  loosestrife.  This appropriation is 
 41.39  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 41.40  time the project must be completed and 
 41.41  final products delivered, unless an 
 41.42  earlier date is specified in the work 
 41.43  program. 
 41.44  (b) Evaluate Establishment, Impact of 
 41.45  Leafy Spurge Biocontrol Agents            
 41.46  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 41.47  second year are from the trust fund to 
 41.48  the commissioner of agriculture to 
 41.49  study flea beetles introduced to 
 41.50  control leafy spurge by site 
 41.51  characterization and assessment for 
 41.52  biological control.  This appropriation 
 41.53  is available until June 30, 2002, at 
 41.54  which time the project must be 
 41.55  completed and final products delivered, 
 42.1   unless an earlier date is specified in 
 42.2   the work program. 
 42.3   Subd. 16.  Data Availability Requirements 
 42.4   (a) During the biennium ending June 30, 
 42.5   2001, the data collected by the 
 42.6   projects funded under this section that 
 42.7   have common value for natural resource 
 42.8   planning and management must conform to 
 42.9   information architecture as defined in 
 42.10  guidelines and standards adopted by the 
 42.11  office of technology.  Spatial data 
 42.12  must conform with guidelines and 
 42.13  standards described in the geographic 
 42.14  data compatibility guidelines available 
 42.15  from the land management information 
 42.16  center.  These data must be made 
 42.17  available under the provisions of the 
 42.18  Data Practices Act in chapter 13. 
 42.19  (b) For the purposes of information 
 42.20  dissemination to the extent 
 42.21  practicable, summary data and results 
 42.22  of projects funded under this section 
 42.23  should be readily accessible on the 
 42.24  Internet.  To the extent practicable, 
 42.25  spatial data and their documentation 
 42.26  must be made available through the 
 42.27  Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse.
 42.28  (c) As part of project expenditures, 
 42.29  recipients of land acquisition 
 42.30  appropriations must provide the 
 42.31  information necessary to update public 
 42.32  recreation information maps to the 
 42.33  department of natural resources in the 
 42.34  specified form. 
 42.35  Subd. 17.  Project Requirements 
 42.36  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
 42.37  appropriations in this section that any 
 42.38  agency or entity receiving the 
 42.39  appropriation must comply with 
 42.40  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P. 
 42.41  Subd. 18.  Match Requirements 
 42.42  Unless specifically authorized, 
 42.43  appropriations in this section that 
 42.44  must be matched and for which the match 
 42.45  has not been committed by December 31, 
 42.46  1999, are canceled, and in-kind 
 42.47  contributions may not be counted as 
 42.48  match. 
 42.49  Subd. 19.  Payment Conditions and 
 42.50  Capital Equipment Expenditures 
 42.51  All agreements, grants, or contracts 
 42.52  referred to in this section must be 
 42.53  administered on a reimbursement basis.  
 42.54  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 42.55  section 16A.41, expenditures made on or 
 42.56  after July 1, 1999, or the date the 
 42.57  work program is approved, whichever is 
 42.58  later, are eligible for reimbursement. 
 42.59  Payment must be made upon receiving 
 42.60  documentation that project-eligible 
 42.61  reimbursable amounts have been 
 43.1   expended, except that reasonable 
 43.2   amounts may be advanced to projects in 
 43.3   order to accommodate cash flow needs. 
 43.4   The advances must be approved as part 
 43.5   of the work program.  No expenditures 
 43.6   for capital equipment are allowed 
 43.7   unless expressly authorized in the 
 43.8   project work program. 
 43.9   Subd. 20.  Purchase of Recycled and 
 43.10  Recyclable Materials 
 43.11  A political subdivision, public or 
 43.12  private corporation, or other entity 
 43.13  that receives an appropriation in this 
 43.14  section must use the appropriation in 
 43.15  compliance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 43.16  sections 16B.121 to 16B.123, requiring 
 43.17  the purchase of recycled, repairable, 
 43.18  and durable materials, the purchase of 
 43.19  uncoated paper stock, and the use of 
 43.20  soy-based ink, the same as if it were a 
 43.21  state agency. 
 43.22  Subd. 21.  Energy Conservation 
 43.23  A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 43.24  made in this section for a capital 
 43.25  improvement project shall ensure that 
 43.26  the project complies with the 
 43.27  applicable energy conservation 
 43.28  standards contained in law, including 
 43.29  Minnesota Statutes, sections 216C.19 to 
 43.30  216C.21, and rules adopted thereunder.  
 43.31  The recipient may use the energy 
 43.32  planning and intervention and energy 
 43.33  technologies units of the commissioner 
 43.34  of public service to obtain information 
 43.35  and technical assistance on energy 
 43.36  conservation and alternative energy 
 43.37  development relating to the planning 
 43.38  and construction of the capital 
 43.39  improvement project. 
 43.40  Subd. 22.  Accessibility 
 43.41  New structures must be shown to meet 
 43.42  the design standards in the Americans 
 43.43  with Disability Act Accessibility 
 43.44  Guidelines.  Nonstructural facilities 
 43.45  such as trails, campgrounds, picnic 
 43.46  areas, parking, play areas, water 
 43.47  sources, and the access routes to these 
 43.48  features should be shown to be designed 
 43.49  using guidelines in the Recommendations 
 43.50  for Accessibility Guidelines: 
 43.51  Recreational Facilities and Outdoor 
 43.52  Developed Areas. 
 43.53  Subd. 23.  Year 2000 Compatible 
 43.54  A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 43.55  made in this section for computer 
 43.56  equipment and software must ensure that 
 43.57  the project expenditures comply with 
 43.58  year 2000 compatible database and 
 43.59  software. 
 43.60  Subd. 24.  Carryforward 
 43.61  (a) The availability of the 
 44.1   appropriations for the following 
 44.2   projects is extended to June 30, 2000: 
 44.3   Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 15, 
 44.4   subdivision 5, paragraph (a), Ft. 
 44.5   Snelling State Park-upper bluff 
 44.6   utilization and AYH hostel; paragraph 
 44.7   (c), Jeffers petroglyphs environmental 
 44.8   assessment and prairie restoration; 
 44.9   paragraph (g), Native American 
 44.10  perspective of the historic north 
 44.11  shore; subdivision 6, paragraph (g), 
 44.12  lakeshore restoration - Minneapolis 
 44.13  chain of lakes; subdivision 9, 
 44.14  paragraph (a), grants to local 
 44.15  governments to assist natural resource 
 44.16  decision making; paragraph (e), North 
 44.17  Minneapolis upper river master plan; 
 44.18  paragraph (g), Miller Creek management; 
 44.19  and paragraph (h), trout habitat 
 44.20  preservation using alternative 
 44.21  watershed management practices; 
 44.22  subdivision 10, paragraph (g), Fillmore 
 44.23  county soil survey update; subdivision 
 44.24  11, paragraph (a), foundations to 
 44.25  integrated access to environmental 
 44.26  information; subdivision 12, paragraph 
 44.27  (a), sustainable development assistance 
 44.28  for municipalities through electric 
 44.29  utilities; paragraph (h), soy-based 
 44.30  diesel fuel study; subdivision 13, 
 44.31  paragraph (g), state wolf management:  
 44.32  electronically moderating the 
 44.33  discussion; subdivision 14, paragraph 
 44.34  (f), loons:  indicators of mercury in 
 44.35  the environment; subdivision 17, 
 44.36  paragraph (a), sustainable woodlands on 
 44.37  private lands; and paragraph (d), 
 44.38  prairie heritage project; subdivision 
 44.39  20, paragraph (a), ballast water 
 44.40  technology demonstration for exotic 
 44.41  species control; Laws 1995, chapter 
 44.42  220, section 19, subdivision 12, 
 44.43  paragraph (a), restore historic 
 44.44  Mississippi river mill site, as amended 
 44.45  by Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 15, 
 44.46  subdivision 26, paragraph (b). 
 44.47  (b) The availability of the 
 44.48  appropriations for the following 
 44.49  projects is extended to June 30, 2001: 
 44.50  Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 15, 
 44.51  subdivision 5, paragraph (f), 
 44.52  historical and cultural museum on 
 44.53  Vermilion Lake Indian Reservation; 
 44.54  subdivision 7, paragraph (f), mercury 
 44.55  manometers; subdivision 16, paragraph 
 44.56  (b), Arboretum Land Acquisition. 
 44.57  Sec. 14.  ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS                     
 44.58  The following amounts are appropriated 
 44.59  in fiscal year 1999 from the Minnesota 
 44.60  environment and natural resources trust 
 44.61  fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 44.62  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 44.63  $496,000 in fiscal year 1999 is added 
 44.64  to the appropriation in Laws 1997, 
 44.65  chapter 216, section 15, subdivision 4, 
 44.66  paragraph (a), clause (1), for state 
 44.67  park and recreation area acquisition. 
 45.1   $495,000 in fiscal year 1999 is added 
 45.2   to the appropriation in Laws 1997, 
 45.3   chapter 216, section 15, subdivision 4, 
 45.4   paragraph (b), metropolitan regional 
 45.5   park system. 
 45.6      Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 14.386, is 
 45.7   amended to read: 
 45.8      14.386 [PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING EXEMPT RULES; DURATION.] 
 45.9      (a) A rule adopted, amended, or repealed by an agency, 
 45.10  under a statute enacted after January 1, 1997, authorizing or 
 45.11  requiring rules to be adopted but excluded from the rulemaking 
 45.12  provisions of chapter 14 or from the definition of a rule, has 
 45.13  the force and effect of law only if: 
 45.14     (1) the revisor of statutes approves the form of the rule 
 45.15  by certificate; 
 45.16     (2) the office of administrative hearings approves the rule 
 45.17  as to its legality within 14 days after the agency submits it 
 45.18  for approval and files two copies of the rule with the revisor's 
 45.19  certificate in the office of the secretary of state; and 
 45.20     (3) a copy is published by the agency in the State Register.
 45.21     A statute enacted after January 1, 1997, authorizing or 
 45.22  requiring rules to be adopted but excluded from the rulemaking 
 45.23  provisions of chapter 14 or from the definition of a rule does 
 45.24  not excuse compliance with this section unless it makes specific 
 45.25  reference to this section. 
 45.26     (b) A rule adopted under this section is effective for a 
 45.27  period of two years from the date of publication of the rule in 
 45.28  the State Register.  The authority for the rule expires at the 
 45.29  end of this two-year period. 
 45.30     (c) The chief administrative law judge shall adopt rules 
 45.31  relating to the rule approval duties imposed by this section and 
 45.32  section 14.388, including rules establishing standards for 
 45.33  review. 
 45.34     (d) This section does not apply to: 
 45.35     (1) any group or rule listed in section 14.03, subdivisions 
 45.36  1 and 3, except as otherwise provided by law; 
 45.37     (2) game and fish rules of the commissioner of natural 
 45.38  resources adopted under section 84.027, subdivision 13, or 
 46.1   sections 97A.0451 to 97A.0459; 
 46.2      (3) experimental and special management waters designated 
 46.3   by the commissioner of natural resources under sections 97C.001 
 46.4   and 97C.005; ~~or~~ 
 46.5      (4) game refuges designated by the commissioner of natural 
 46.6   resources under section 97A.085; or 
 46.7      (5) transaction fees established by the commissioner of 
 46.8   natural resources for electronic or telephone sales of licenses, 
 46.9   stamps, permits, registrations, or transfers under section 
 46.10  84.027, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (3). 
 46.11     (e) If a statute provides that a rule is exempt from 
 46.12  chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply to the rule, the 
 46.13  rule has the force of law unless the context of the statute 
 46.14  delegating the rulemaking authority makes clear that the rule 
 46.15  does not have force of law. 
 46.16     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.027, 
 46.17  subdivision 15, is amended to read: 
 46.18     Subd. 15.  [ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS.] (a) The commissioner 
 46.19  may receive an application for, sell, and issue any license, 
 46.20  stamp, permit, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction 
 46.21  of the commissioner by electronic means, including by 
 46.22  telephone.  Notwithstanding section 97A.472, electronic and 
 46.23  telephone transactions may be made outside of the state.  The 
 46.24  commissioner may: 
 46.25     (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated 
 46.26  by electronic transactions, including by telephone; 
 46.27     (2) assign a license identification number to an applicant 
 46.28  who purchases a hunting or fishing license by electronic means, 
 46.29  to serve as temporary authorization to engage in the licensed 
 46.30  activity until the license is received or expires; 
 46.31     (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals 
 46.32  who make electronic transactions~~,~~ and transactions by telephone, 
 46.33  including ~~a transaction~~ the issuing fee under section 97A.485, 
 46.34  subdivision 6, and ~~a credit card~~ an additional transaction fee 
 46.35  not to exceed $3.50 ~~for electronic transactions~~; 
 46.36     (4) select up to four volunteer counties, not more than two 
 47.1   in the metropolitan area, to participate in this pilot project 
 47.2   and the counties shall select the participating agents; ~~and~~ 
 47.3      (5) upon completion of a pilot project, implement a 
 47.4   statewide system and select the participating agents; and 
 47.5      (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this 
 47.6   subdivision. 
 47.7      (b) A county shall not collect a commission for the sale of 
 47.8   licenses or permits made by agents selected by the participating 
 47.9   counties under this subdivision. 
 47.10     (c) Establishment of the transaction fee under paragraph 
 47.11  (a), clause (3), is not subject to the rulemaking procedures of 
 47.12  chapter 14. 
 47.13     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.0855, is 
 47.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 47.15     Subd. 1a.  [SOFTWARE SALES.] Notwithstanding section 
 47.16  16B.405, the commissioner may sell or license intellectual 
 47.17  property and software products or services developed by the 
 47.18  department or custom developed by a vendor for the department. 
 47.19     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.0855, 
 47.20  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 47.21     Subd. 2.  [RECEIPTS; APPROPRIATION.] Money received by the 
 47.22  commissioner under this section or to buy supplies for the use 
 47.23  of volunteers, may be credited to one or more special accounts 
 47.24  in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commissioner 
 47.25  for the purposes for which the money was received.  Money 
 47.26  received from sales at the state fair shall be available for 
 47.27  state fair related costs.  Money received from sales of 
 47.28  intellectual property and software products or services shall be 
 47.29  available for development, maintenance, and support of software 
 47.30  products and systems. 
 47.31     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.83, 
 47.32  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 47.33     Subd. 3.  [PURPOSES FOR THE ACCOUNT.] The money deposited 
 47.34  in the account and interest earned on that money may be expended 
 47.35  only as appropriated by law for the following purposes:  
 47.36     (1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and 
 48.1   municipalities for construction and maintenance of snowmobile 
 48.2   trails, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 
 48.3   Voyageurs National Park; 
 48.4      (2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of state 
 48.5   recreational snowmobile trails; 
 48.6      (3) for snowmobile safety programs; and 
 48.7      (4) for the administration and enforcement of sections 
 48.8   84.81 to 84.90.  
 48.9      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.83, 
 48.10  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 48.11     Subd. 4.  [PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FUNDING RECIPIENTS.] (a)
 48.12  Recipients of Minnesota trail assistance program funds must be 
 48.13  afforded the same protection and be held to the same standard of 
 48.14  liability as a political subdivision under chapter 466 for 
 48.15  activities associated with the administration, design, 
 48.16  construction, maintenance, and grooming of snowmobile trails.  
 48.17     (b) Recipients of Minnesota trail assistance program funds 
 48.18  who maintain ice trails on waters of Voyageurs National Park are 
 48.19  expressly immune from liability under section 466.03, 
 48.20  subdivision 6e. 
 48.21     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.86, 
 48.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 48.23     Subdivision 1.  With a view of achieving maximum use of 
 48.24  snowmobiles consistent with protection of the environment the 
 48.25  commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules in the 
 48.26  manner provided by chapter 14, for the following purposes: 
 48.27     (1) Registration of snowmobiles and display of registration 
 48.28  numbers. 
 48.29     (2) Use of snowmobiles insofar as game and fish resources 
 48.30  are affected. 
 48.31     (3) Use of snowmobiles on public lands and waters, or on 
 48.32  grant-in-aid trails, including, but not limited to, the use of 
 48.33  specified metal traction devices and nonmetal traction devices. 
 48.34     (4) Uniform signs to be used by the state, counties, and 
 48.35  cities, which are necessary or desirable to control, direct, or 
 48.36  regulate the operation and use of snowmobiles. 
 49.1      (5) Specifications relating to snowmobile mufflers. 
 49.2      (6) A comprehensive snowmobile information and safety 
 49.3   education and training program, including but not limited to the 
 49.4   preparation and dissemination of snowmobile information and 
 49.5   safety advice to the public, the training of snowmobile 
 49.6   operators, and the issuance of snowmobile safety certificates to 
 49.7   snowmobile operators who successfully complete the snowmobile 
 49.8   safety education and training course.  For the purpose of 
 49.9   administering such program and to defray ~~a portion of the~~ 
 49.10  expenses of training and certifying snowmobile operators, the 
 49.11  commissioner shall collect a fee ~~of not to exceed $5~~ from each 
 49.12  person who receives the youth and young adult training ~~and a fee~~ 
 49.13  ~~established under chapter 16A from each person who receives~~ or 
 49.14  the adult training.  The commissioner shall establish a fee that 
 49.15  neither significantly over recovers nor under recovers costs, 
 49.16  including overhead costs, involved in providing the services.  
 49.17  The fee is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 
 49.18  14 and section 14.386 does not apply.  The commissioner shall 
 49.19  deposit the fee in the snowmobile trails and enforcement account 
 49.20  and the amount thereof is appropriated annually to the 
 49.21  commissioner of natural resources for the administration of such 
 49.22  programs.  The commissioner shall cooperate with private 
 49.23  organizations and associations, private and public corporations, 
 49.24  and local governmental units in furtherance of the program 
 49.25  established under this clause.  The commissioner shall consult 
 49.26  with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training 
 49.27  program subject matter and performance testing that leads to the 
 49.28  certification of snowmobile operators. 
 49.29     (7) The operator of any snowmobile involved in an accident 
 49.30  resulting in injury requiring medical attention or 
 49.31  hospitalization to or death of any person or total damage to an 
 49.32  extent of $500 or more, shall forward a written report of the 
 49.33  accident to the commissioner on such form as the commissioner 
 49.34  shall prescribe.  If the operator is killed or is unable to file 
 49.35  a report due to incapacitation, any peace officer investigating 
 49.36  the accident shall file the accident report within ten business 
 50.1   days. 
 50.2      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.862, 
 50.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 50.4      Subdivision 1.  [YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SAFETY TRAINING.] 
 50.5   Effective October 1, 1998, any resident born after December 31, 
 50.6   1979, who operates a snowmobile in Minnesota, must possess a 
 50.7   valid snowmobile safety certificate or a driver's license or 
 50.8   identification card with a valid snowmobile qualification 
 50.9   indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 12.  The 
 50.10  certificate or qualification indicator may only be issued upon 
 50.11  successful completion of ~~the~~ a course authorized under section 
 50.12  84.86 or 84.862, subdivision 2, if the person is 16 years of age 
 50.13  or older. 
 50.14     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.862, 
 50.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 50.16     Subd. 2.  [ADULT SAFETY TRAINING.] Effective October 1, 
 50.17  2002, any resident born after December 31, 1976, and before 
 50.18  December 31, 1983, who operates a snowmobile in Minnesota, must 
 50.19  possess a valid operator's permit or driver's license or 
 50.20  identification card with a valid snowmobile qualification 
 50.21  indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 12, showing 
 50.22  successful completion of a safety course designed for adults or 
 50.23  persons 16 years of age or older.  Whenever possible, the course 
 50.24  shall include a riding component that stresses stopping 
 50.25  distances. 
 50.26     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.872, 
 50.27  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 50.28     Subdivision 1.  [RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION.] (a) 
 50.29  Notwithstanding anything in section 84.87 to the contrary, no 
 50.30  person under 14 years of age shall make a direct crossing of a 
 50.31  trunk, county state-aid, or county highway as the operator of a 
 50.32  snowmobile, or operate a snowmobile upon a street or highway 
 50.33  within a municipality. 
 50.34     A person 14 years of age or older, but less than 18 years 
 50.35  of age, may make a direct crossing of a trunk, county state-aid, 
 50.36  or county highway only if the person has in immediate possession 
 51.1   a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued by the commissioner 
 51.2   or a ~~valid motor vehicle operator's~~ driver's license ~~issued by~~ 
 51.3   ~~the commissioner of public safety or the driver's license~~ 
 51.4   ~~authority of another state~~ or identification card with a valid 
 51.5   snowmobile qualification indicator issued under section 171.07, 
 51.6   subdivision 12. 
 51.7      (b) Notwithstanding section 84.862, no person under the age 
 51.8   of 14 years shall operate a snowmobile on any public land, 
 51.9   public easements, or water or grant-in-aid trail unless 
 51.10  accompanied by one of the following listed persons on the same 
 51.11  or an accompanying snowmobile, or on a device towed by the same 
 51.12  or an accompanying snowmobile:  the person's parent, legal 
 51.13  guardian, or other person 18 years of age or older designated by 
 51.14  the parent or guardian.  However, a person 12 years of age or 
 51.15  older but under the age of 14 years may operate a snowmobile on 
 51.16  public lands, public easements, and waters or a grant-in-aid 
 51.17  trail if the person has in immediate possession a valid 
 51.18  snowmobile safety certificate issued by the commissioner or an 
 51.19  identification card with a valid snowmobile qualification 
 51.20  indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 12.  
 51.21     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.91, 
 51.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 51.23     Subdivision 1.  [ACTS PROHIBITED.] (a) No owner or other 
 51.24  person having charge or control of any snowmobile or all-terrain 
 51.25  vehicle shall authorize or permit any individual the person 
 51.26  knows or has reason to believe is under the influence of alcohol 
 51.27  or a controlled substance or other substance to operate the 
 51.28  snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on 
 51.29  the ice of any boundary water of this state. 
 51.30     (b) No owner or other person having charge or control of 
 51.31  any snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle shall knowingly authorize 
 51.32  or permit any person, who by reason of any physical or mental 
 51.33  disability is incapable of operating the vehicle, to operate the 
 51.34  snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on 
 51.35  the ice of any boundary water of this state. 
 51.36     (c) A person who operates or is in physical control of a 
 52.1   snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on 
 52.2   the ice of any boundary water of this state is subject to 
 52.3   sections 169.121 to 169.1218 and 169.123 to 169.129.  In 
 52.4   addition to the applicable sanctions under chapter 169, a person 
 52.5   who is convicted of violating section 169.121 while operating a 
 52.6   snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle, or who refuses to comply with 
 52.7   a lawful request to submit to testing under section 169.123, 
 52.8   shall be prohibited from operating the snowmobile or all-terrain 
 52.9   vehicle for a period of one year.  The commissioner shall notify 
 52.10  the convicted person of the time period during which the person 
 52.11  is prohibited from operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
 52.12     (d) Administrative and judicial review of the operating 
 52.13  privileges prohibition is governed by section 97B.066, 
 52.14  subdivisions 7 to 9, if the person does not have a prior 
 52.15  impaired driving conviction or prior license revocation, as 
 52.16  defined in section 169.121, subdivision 3.  Otherwise, 
 52.17  administrative and judicial review of the prohibition is 
 52.18  governed by section 169.123.  
 52.19     (e) The court shall promptly forward to the commissioner 
 52.20  and the department of public safety copies of all convictions 
 52.21  and criminal and civil sanctions imposed under this section and 
 52.22  chapter 169 relating to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.  
 52.23     (f) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b), or an 
 52.24  ordinance in conformity with either of them, is guilty of a 
 52.25  misdemeanor.  A person who operates a snowmobile or all-terrain 
 52.26  vehicle during the time period the person is prohibited from 
 52.27  operating a vehicle under paragraph (c) is guilty of a 
 52.28  misdemeanor. 
 52.29     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.98, 
 52.30  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 52.31     Subd. 6.  [FEES.] The commissioner may charge a fee for any 
 52.32  service performed by the Minnesota conservation corps.  Fees 
 52.33  generated shall be deposited in a special revenue fund and 
 52.34  appropriated to the commissioner for Minnesota conservation 
 52.35  corps projects and administration. 
 52.36     Sec. 27.  [ADDING LAND TO BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK.] 
 53.1      [85.012] [Subd. 8.] The following area is added to Blue 
 53.2   Mounds state park:  That part of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 53.3   Southwest Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
 53.4   Quarter of Section 13, Township 103 North, Range 45 West, Rock 
 53.5   County, described as follows:  Commencing at the southwest 
 53.6   corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
 53.7   thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 36 minutes 41 
 53.8   seconds East along the south line of said Northeast Quarter of 
 53.9   the Southwest Quarter 165.00 feet to the point of beginning; 
 53.10  thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 seconds West parallel with 
 53.11  the west line of said section 1438.74 feet to an iron stake with 
 53.12  DNR caps; thence South 88 degrees 57 minutes 33 seconds East 
 53.13  along an existing fence line 42.15 feet; thence South 00 degrees 
 53.14  30 minutes 38 seconds West along an existing fence line 1438.16 
 53.15  feet to the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
 53.16  Southwest Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 41 seconds 
 53.17  West along said south line 22.02 feet to the point of beginning. 
 53.18     Sec. 28.  [ADDITIONS TO IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE 
 53.19  RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 53.20     Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE 
 53.21  OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The 
 53.22  following areas are added to the Iron Range off-highway vehicle 
 53.23  recreation area, all in St. Louis county: 
 53.24     (1) Section 2, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 53.25  the East Half; the North Half of the Northwest Quarter; and the 
 53.26  Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; 
 53.27     (2) Section 3, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT: 
 53.28  the Southeast Quarter; the North Half of the Northeast Quarter; 
 53.29  the North Half of the Northwest Quarter; Southwest Quarter of 
 53.30  the Northwest Quarter; and the Northwest Quarter of the 
 53.31  Southwest Quarter; 
 53.32     (3) Section 4, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 53.33  the West Half; the Northeast Quarter; the North Half of the 
 53.34  Southeast Quarter; and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 53.35  Quarter; 
 53.36     (4) Section 8, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 54.1   the West Half; the West Half of the Southeast Quarter; and the 
 54.2   West Half of the Northeast Quarter; 
 54.3      (5) Section 9, Township 58 North, Range 17 West; 
 54.4      (6) Section 11, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 54.5   the West Half of the Northwest Quarter; and the Northwest 
 54.6   Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
 54.7      (7) Section 14, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 54.8   the East Half; 
 54.9      (8) Section 15, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, lying 
 54.10  North of the DM&IR grade, EXCEPT:  the Southwest Quarter; and 
 54.11  the South Half of the Northwest Quarter; 
 54.12     (9) Section 16, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, lying 
 54.13  North of county road 921, EXCEPT:  the East Half of the 
 54.14  Southeast Quarter, lying North of the DM&IR grade; 
 54.15     (10) Section 22, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, lying 
 54.16  North of the DM&IR grade; and 
 54.17     (11) Section 23, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, a 100 
 54.18  foot corridor of the Mesabi Trail as located between the West 
 54.19  line of said Section 23 and Minnesota trunk highway No. 135. 
 54.20     Subd. 2.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ADDING MEMBERS.] The 
 54.21  advisory committee created under Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 
 54.22  32, subdivision 4, shall continue to provide direction on the 
 54.23  planning, development, and operation of the Iron Range 
 54.24  off-highway vehicle recreation area, including the land added 
 54.25  under subdivision 1.  The following members are added to the 
 54.26  advisory committee: 
 54.27     (1) a representative of the city council of Gilbert; and 
 54.28     (2) a representative of the city council of Virginia. 
 54.29     Subd. 3.  [MINING.] The commissioner shall recognize the 
 54.30  possibility that mining may be conducted in the future within 
 54.31  the Iron Range off-highway vehicle area and that use of portions 
 54.32  of the surface estate and control of the flowage of water may be 
 54.33  necessary for future mining operations. 
 54.34     Subd. 4.  [MANAGEMENT PLAN.] The commissioner of natural 
 54.35  resources and the local area advisory committee shall 
 54.36  cooperatively develop a separate comprehensive management plan 
 55.1   for the land added to the Iron Range off-highway vehicle 
 55.2   recreation area under subdivision 1.  The management plan shall 
 55.3   provide for: 
 55.4      (1) multiple use recreation for off-highway vehicles; 
 55.5      (2) protection of natural resources; 
 55.6      (3) limited timber management; 
 55.7      (4) mineral exploration and mining management; 
 55.8      (5) land acquisition needs; 
 55.9      (6) road and facility development; and 
 55.10     (7) trail and road connections between the land added under 
 55.11  subdivision 1 and the land added by Laws 1996, chapter 407, 
 55.12  section 32, subdivision 6. 
 55.13     The completed management plan, together with the management 
 55.14  plan completed under Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, 
 55.15  subdivision 5, shall serve as the master plan for the Iron Range 
 55.16  off-highway vehicle recreation area under Minnesota Statutes, 
 55.17  section 86A.09. 
 55.18     Subd. 5.  [APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.] Except as otherwise 
 55.19  provided by subdivisions 2 and 4, the provisions of Laws 1996, 
 55.20  chapter 407, section 32, apply to the land added to the Iron 
 55.21  Range off-highway vehicle recreation area under subdivision 1. 
 55.22     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.015, is 
 55.23  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 55.24     Subd. 21.  [GITCHI-GAMI TRAIL, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES.] (a) 
 55.25  The trail shall originate in the city of Two Harbors and shall 
 55.26  extend in a northeasterly direction along the shore of Lake 
 55.27  Superior, running parallel to state highway 61 to the city of 
 55.28  Grand Marais.  
 55.29     (b) The trail shall be developed primarily for hiking and 
 55.30  bicycling. 
 55.31     Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.019, 
 55.32  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 55.33     Subd. 2.  [PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS.] The 
 55.34  commissioner shall administer a program to provide grants to 
 55.35  units of government for up to 50 percent of the costs ~~or~~ 
 55.36  ~~$50,000, whichever is less,~~ of acquisition and betterment of 
 56.1   public land and improvements needed for parks and other outdoor 
 56.2   recreation areas and facilities. 
 56.3      Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.019, is 
 56.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 56.5      Subd. 4b.  [REGIONAL TRAILS.] The commissioner shall 
 56.6   administer a program to provide grants to units of government 
 56.7   for up to 50 percent of the costs of acquisition and betterment 
 56.8   of public land and improvements needed for trails deemed to be 
 56.9   of regional significance according to criteria published by the 
 56.10  commissioner.  If land used for the trails is not in full public 
 56.11  ownership, then the recipients must prove it is dedicated to the 
 56.12  purposes of the grants for at least 20 years. 
 56.13     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.019, is 
 56.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 56.15     Subd. 4c.  [LOCAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS.] The commissioner 
 56.16  shall administer a program to provide grants to units of 
 56.17  government for up to 50 percent of the costs of acquisition and 
 56.18  betterment of public land and improvements needed for trails 
 56.19  that connect communities, trails, and parks and thereby increase 
 56.20  the effective length of trail experiences.  If land used for the 
 56.21  trails is not in full public ownership, then the recipients must 
 56.22  prove it is dedicated to the purposes of the grants for at least 
 56.23  20 years. 
 56.24     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 86B.415, 
 56.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 56.26     Subdivision 1.  [WATERCRAFT 19 FEET OR LESS.] The fee for a 
 56.27  watercraft license for watercraft 19 feet or less in length is 
 56.28  $12 except: 
 56.29     (1) for watercraft, other than personal watercraft, 19 feet 
 56.30  in length or less that is offered for rent or lease, the fee is 
 56.31  $6; 
 56.32     (2) for a canoe, kayak, sailboat, sailboard, paddle boat, 
 56.33  or rowing shell 19 feet in length or less, the fee is $7; 
 56.34     (3) for personal watercraft, the fee is $25; 
 56.35     ~~(3)~~ (4) for a watercraft 19 feet in length or less used by 
 56.36  a nonprofit corporation for teaching boat and water safety, the 
 57.1   fee is as provided in subdivision 4; and 
 57.2      ~~(4)~~ (5) for a watercraft owned by a dealer under a dealer's 
 57.3   license, the fee is as provided in subdivision 5. 
 57.4      Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 88.067, is 
 57.5   amended to read: 
 57.6      88.067 [~~TRAINING OF~~ GRANTS TO LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.] 
 57.7      The commissioner may make grants for procurement of fire 
 57.8   suppression equipment and training of fire departments in 
 57.9   techniques of fire control ~~that~~.  These grants will enable ~~them~~ 
 57.10  local fire departments to assist the state more effectively in 
 57.11  controlling wildfires.  The commissioner may require a local 
 57.12  match for any grant.  Fire suppression equipment may include, 
 57.13  but is not limited to, fire suppression tools and equipment, 
 57.14  protective clothing, dry hydrants, communications equipment, and 
 57.15  conversion of vehicles to wildfire suppression vehicles.  
 57.16  Training shall be provided to the extent practicable in 
 57.17  coordination with other public agencies with training and 
 57.18  educational responsibilities.  
 57.19     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 92.46, 
 57.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 57.21     Subdivision 1.  [PUBLIC CAMPGROUNDS.] (a) The director may 
 57.22  designate suitable portions of the state lands withdrawn from 
 57.23  sale and not reserved, as provided in section 92.45, as 
 57.24  permanent state public campgrounds.  The director may have the 
 57.25  land surveyed and platted into lots of convenient size, and 
 57.26  lease them for cottage and camp purposes under terms and 
 57.27  conditions the director prescribes, subject to the provisions of 
 57.28  this section.  
 57.29     (b) A lease may not be for a term more than 20 years.  The 
 57.30  lease may allow renewal, from time to time, for additional terms 
 57.31  of no longer than 20 years each.  The lease may be canceled by 
 57.32  the commissioner 90 days after giving the person leasing the 
 57.33  land written notice of violation of lease conditions.  The lease 
 57.34  rate shall be based on the appraised value of leased land as 
 57.35  determined by the commissioner of natural resources and shall be 
 57.36  adjusted by the commissioner at the fifth, tenth, and 15th 
 58.1   anniversary of the lease, if the appraised value has increased 
 58.2   or decreased.  For leases that are renewed in 1991 and following 
 58.3   years, the lease rate shall be five percent of the appraised 
 58.4   value of the leased land.  The appraised value shall be the 
 58.5   value of the leased land without any private improvements and 
 58.6   must be comparable to similar land without any improvements 
 58.7   within the same county.  The minimum appraised value that the 
 58.8   commissioner assigns to the leased land must be substantially 
 58.9   equal to the county assessor's estimated market value of similar 
 58.10  land adjusted by the assessment/sales ratio as determined by the 
 58.11  department of revenue. 
 58.12     (c) By July 1, 1986, the commissioner of natural resources 
 58.13  shall adopt rules under chapter 14 to establish procedures for 
 58.14  leasing land under this section.  The rules shall be subject to 
 58.15  review and approval by the commissioners of revenue and 
 58.16  administration prior to the initial publication pursuant to 
 58.17  chapter 14 and prior to their final adoption.  The rules must 
 58.18  address at least the following: 
 58.19     (1) method of appraising the property; and 
 58.20     (2) an appeal procedure for both the appraised values and 
 58.21  lease rates. 
 58.22     (d) All money received from these leases must be credited 
 58.23  to the fund to which the proceeds of the land belong.  
 58.24     Notwithstanding section 16A.125 or any other law to the 
 58.25  contrary, ~~50~~ beginning in fiscal year 1999, 100 percent of the 
 58.26  money received from the lease of permanent school fund lands 
 58.27  leased pursuant to this subdivision must be credited to the 
 58.28  lakeshore leasing and sales account in the permanent school fund 
 58.29  and is appropriated for use to survey, appraise, and pay 
 58.30  associated selling ~~and~~, leasing, or exchange costs of lots as 
 58.31  required in this section and Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 
 58.32  92.67, subdivision 3.  ~~The money may not be used to pay the cost~~ 
 58.33  ~~of surveying lots not scheduled for sale.~~  Any money designated 
 58.34  for deposit in the permanent school fund that is not needed to 
 58.35  survey, appraise, and pay associated selling ~~and~~, leasing, or 
 58.36  exchange costs of lots, as required in this section, shall be 
 59.1   deposited in the permanent school fund.  The commissioner shall 
 59.2   add to the appraised value of any lot offered for sale or 
 59.3   exchange the costs of surveying, appraising, and ~~selling~~ 
 59.4   disposing of the lot, and shall first deposit into the permanent 
 59.5   school fund an amount equal to the costs of surveying, 
 59.6   appraising, and ~~selling~~ disposing of any lot paid out of the 
 59.7   permanent school fund.  Any remaining money shall be deposited 
 59.8   into any other contributing funds in proportion to the 
 59.9   contribution from each fund.  In no case may the commissioner 
 59.10  add to the appraised value of any lot offered for sale or 
 59.11  exchange an amount more than ~~$700 for the~~ the actual contract 
 59.12  service costs of surveying ~~and~~, appraising, and disposing of the 
 59.13  lot. 
 59.14     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.075, 
 59.15  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 59.16     Subdivision 1.  [DEER AND BEAR LICENSES.] (a) For purposes 
 59.17  of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under 
 59.18  section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), and (9), and 
 59.19  3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses issued under section 
 59.20  97B.301, subdivision 4.  
 59.21     (b) At least $2 from each deer license shall be used for 
 59.22  deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.  
 59.23     (c) At least $1 from each deer license and each bear 
 59.24  license shall be used for deer and bear management programs, 
 59.25  including a computerized licensing system.  Fifty cents from 
 59.26  each deer license is appropriated for emergency deer feeding.  
 59.27  Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding is available until 
 59.28  expended.  When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation 
 59.29  for emergency deer feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds 
 59.30  ~~$750,000~~ $1,500,000, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated 
 59.31  balance of the game and fish fund ~~and the amount appropriated~~ 
 59.32  ~~for emergency deer feeding is reduced to 25 cents from each deer~~ 
 59.33  ~~license~~. 
 59.34     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 59.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 59.36     Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
 60.1   licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
 60.2      (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, ~~$10~~ $13; 
 60.3      (2) for persons age 65 or over, ~~$5~~ $8; 
 60.4      (3) to take turkey, ~~$16~~ $18; 
 60.5      (4) to take deer with firearms, ~~$22~~ $25; 
 60.6      (5) to take deer by archery, ~~$22~~ $25; 
 60.7      (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
 60.8   persons, ~~$275~~ $310; 
 60.9      (7) to take bear, ~~$33~~ $38; 
 60.10     (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, 
 60.11  ~~$220~~ $250; 
 60.12     (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, ~~$44~~ $50; 
 60.13  and 
 60.14     (10) to take Canada geese during a special season, ~~$3~~ $4.  
 60.15     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 60.16  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 60.17     Subd. 3.  [NONRESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
 60.18  licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
 60.19     (1) to take small game, ~~$56~~ $73; 
 60.20     (2) to take deer with firearms, ~~$110~~ $125; 
 60.21     (3) to take deer by archery, ~~$110~~ $125; 
 60.22     (4) to take bear, ~~$165~~ $195; 
 60.23     (5) to take turkey, ~~$56~~ $73; 
 60.24     (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, coyote, or 
 60.25  lynx, ~~$137.50~~ $155; 
 60.26     (7) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, ~~$220~~ $250; 
 60.27  and 
 60.28     (8) to take Canada geese during a special season, ~~$3~~ $4. 
 60.29     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 60.30  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 60.31     Subd. 6.  [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
 60.32  licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
 60.33     (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 
 60.34  65, ~~$15~~ $16; 
 60.35     (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and over, 
 60.36  ~~$5.50~~ $8.50; 
 61.1      (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 
 61.2   married couple, ~~$20.50~~ $22; 
 61.3      (4) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, ~~$15~~ $15.50; 
 61.4   and 
 61.5      (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 
 61.6   by the licensee, ~~$8~~ $8.25. 
 61.7      Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 61.8   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 61.9      Subd. 7.  [NONRESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
 61.10  licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
 61.11     (1) to take fish by angling, ~~$31~~ $37; 
 61.12     (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 
 61.13  days selected by the licensee, ~~$21.50~~ $26; 
 61.14     (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected 
 61.15  by the licensee, ~~$18~~ $21; 
 61.16     (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
 61.17  family, ~~$41.50~~ $53; 
 61.18     (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected 
 61.19  by the licensee, ~~$8~~ $8.50; and 
 61.20     (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
 61.21  married couple, limited to 14 consecutive days selected by one 
 61.22  of the licensees, ~~$32~~ $37. 
 61.23     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 61.24  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 61.25     Subd. 8.  [MINNESOTA SPORTING.] The commissioner shall 
 61.26  issue Minnesota sporting licenses to residents only.  The 
 61.27  licensee may take fish by angling and small game.  The fee for 
 61.28  the license is:  
 61.29     (1) for an individual, ~~$20~~ $24; and 
 61.30     (2) for a combined license for a married couple to take 
 61.31  fish and for one spouse to take small game, ~~$27.50~~ $32.  
 61.32     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 61.33  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 61.34     Subd. 11.  [FISH HOUSES AND DARK HOUSES; RESIDENTS.] Fees 
 61.35  for the following licenses are: 
 61.36     (1) for a fish house or dark house that is not 
 62.1   rented, ~~$10~~ $11.50; and 
 62.2      (2) for a fish house or dark house that is rented, ~~$23~~ $26. 
 62.3      Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 62.4   subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 62.5      Subd. 12.  [FISH HOUSES; NONRESIDENT.] Fees for fish house 
 62.6   licenses for a nonresident are:  
 62.7      (1) annual, ~~$31.50~~ $33; and 
 62.8      (2) seven consecutive days, ~~$18.50~~ $19. 
 62.9      Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 62.10  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
 62.11     Subd. 13.  [NETTING WHITEFISH AND CISCOES FOR PERSONAL 
 62.12  CONSUMPTION.] The fee for a license to net whitefish and ciscoes 
 62.13  in inland lakes and international waters for personal 
 62.14  consumption is, for each net, ~~$9~~ $10. 
 62.15     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.475, 
 62.16  subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
 62.17     Subd. 20.  [TRAPPING LICENSE.] The fee for a license to 
 62.18  trap fur-bearing animals is: 
 62.19     (1) for persons over age 13 and under age 18, ~~$5.50~~ $6; and 
 62.20     (2) for persons age 18 and older, ~~$18~~ $20.  
 62.21     Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.485, 
 62.22  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 62.23     Subd. 12.  [YOUTH DEER LICENSE.] The commissioner may, for 
 62.24  a fee of ~~$5~~ $5.50, issue to a resident under the age of 16 a 
 62.25  license, without a tag, to take deer with firearms.  A youth 
 62.26  holding a license issued under this subdivision may hunt under 
 62.27  the license only if accompanied by a licensed hunter who is at 
 62.28  least 18 years of age and possesses a valid tag.  A deer taken 
 62.29  by a youth holding a license issued under this subdivision must 
 62.30  be promptly tagged by the licensed hunter accompanying the 
 62.31  youth.  Section 97B.301, subdivision 6, does not apply to a 
 62.32  youth holding a license issued under this subdivision. 
 62.33     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.020, is 
 62.34  amended to read: 
 62.35     97B.020 [FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.] 
 62.36     Except as provided in this section, a person born after 
 63.1   December 31, 1979, may not obtain a license to take wild animals 
 63.2   by firearms~~.  A person may obtain a hunting license if~~ unless 
 63.3   the person has a firearms safety certificate or equivalent 
 63.4   certificate, driver's license or identification card with a 
 63.5   valid firearms safety qualification indicator issued under 
 63.6   section 171.07, subdivision 13, previous hunting license, or 
 63.7   other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this 
 63.8   state or in another state a hunter safety course recognized by 
 63.9   the department under a reciprocity agreement.  A person who is 
 63.10  on active duty and has successfully completed basic training in 
 63.11  the United States armed forces, reserve component, or national 
 63.12  guard may obtain a hunting license or approval authorizing 
 63.13  hunting regardless of whether the person is issued a firearms 
 63.14  safety certificate. 
 63.15     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103B.227, 
 63.16  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 63.17     Subd. 2.  [NOTICE OF BOARD VACANCIES.] Appointing 
 63.18  authorities for watershed management organization board members 
 63.19  shall publish a notice of vacancies resulting from expiration of 
 63.20  members' terms and other reasons.  The notices must be published 
 63.21  at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the 
 63.22  watershed management organization area.  The notices must state 
 63.23  that persons interested in being appointed to serve on the 
 63.24  watershed management organization board may submit their names 
 63.25  to the appointing authority for consideration.  After December 
 63.26  31, 1999, staff of local units of government that are members of 
 63.27  the watershed management organization are not eligible to be 
 63.28  appointed to the board.  Published notice of the vacancy must be 
 63.29  given at least 15 days before an appointment or reappointment is 
 63.30  made.  
 63.31     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103C.401, is 
 63.32  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 63.33     Subd. 3.  [GENERAL SERVICES ALLOCATION.] Subject to an 
 63.34  appropriation by law for this purpose, the board shall provide 
 63.35  an annual allocation of general services funding for each 
 63.36  organized district in the state.  If county funding for a 
 64.1   district is reduced from the previous fiscal year funding level, 
 64.2   the allocation under this subdivision must be reduced by an 
 64.3   equal amount. 
 64.4      Sec. 50.  [103F.191] [BLUE EARTH RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE 
 64.5   BOUNDARIES.] 
 64.6      For the purposes of sections 103F.191 to 103F.197, the term 
 64.7   "Blue Earth river basin initiative" means the area within the 
 64.8   watersheds of rivers and streams that are tributaries of the 
 64.9   Minnesota river from the south through the city of Mankato.  
 64.10  Major rivers included within the watershed are the LeSueur, Blue 
 64.11  Earth, and Watonwan and their tributaries.  All of Watonwan 
 64.12  county and parts of Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, 
 64.13  Freeborn, Jackson, LeSueur, Martin, Steele, and Waseca counties 
 64.14  are included in the boundary area. 
 64.15     Sec. 51.  [103F.192] [PROGRAM.] 
 64.16     There shall be a state grant-in-aid program of providing 
 64.17  financial assistance to the Blue Earth river basin initiative 
 64.18  for administrative costs associated with the implementation of 
 64.19  conservation practices. 
 64.20     Sec. 52.  [103F.193] [AID FORMULA.] 
 64.21     Grants may be made by the board of water and soil resources 
 64.22  to a local governmental unit for the purposes of sections 
 64.23  103F.191 to 103F.197. 
 64.24     Sec. 53.  [103F.194] [OPERATION WITHIN AN AGENCY.] 
 64.25     Subdivision 1.  [BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES.] The 
 64.26  board of water and soil resources shall supervise the 
 64.27  grant-in-aid program pursuant to sections 103F.191 to 103F.197. 
 64.28     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES AND FORMS.] The board shall devise 
 64.29  procedures and forms for application for grants by the local 
 64.30  units of government, and review of and decisions on the 
 64.31  applications by the state board. 
 64.32     Sec. 54.  [103F.195] [CONDITIONS FOR GRANTS.] 
 64.33     Subdivision 1.  [LOCAL EXPRESSION OF WILLINGNESS.] The 
 64.34  local unit of government shall apply for a grant by a resolution 
 64.35  requesting state funding assistance for administrative costs 
 64.36  associated with the implementation of conservation practices 
 65.1   within its jurisdiction. 
 65.2      Subd. 2.  [GENERAL PLAN.] The Blue Earth river basin 
 65.3   initiative shall demonstrate that it has a general plan for 
 65.4   water management.  The general plan shall be in conformity with 
 65.5   the policy and objectives of this chapter and shall, where 
 65.6   reasonable and practicable, include nonstructural means of water 
 65.7   management. 
 65.8      Sec. 55.  [103F.196] [INTERSTATE COOPERATION.] 
 65.9      The board of water and soil resources and the Blue Earth 
 65.10  river basin initiative may enter into a working agreement with 
 65.11  Iowa in regard to implementing conservation practices pursuant 
 65.12  to sections 103F.191 to 103F.197 that involve the territory of 
 65.13  the state of Iowa as well as this state. 
 65.14     Sec. 56.  [103F.197] [REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.] 
 65.15     When the project has been in operation for a period of two 
 65.16  years, the board of water and soil resources and the Blue Earth 
 65.17  river basin initiative shall prepare and deliver a report to the 
 65.18  legislature on the program and its consequences with an 
 65.19  evaluation of the feasibility and benefit of continuing the 
 65.20  project. 
 65.21     Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.55, 
 65.22  subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
 65.23     Subd. 5a.  [INSPECTION CRITERIA FOR EXISTING SYSTEMS.] (a) 
 65.24  An inspection of an existing system must evaluate the criteria 
 65.25  in paragraphs (b) to ~~(h)~~ (j). 
 65.26     (b) If the inspector finds one or more of the following 
 65.27  conditions: 
 65.28     (1) sewage discharge to surface water; 
 65.29     (2) sewage discharge to ground surface; 
 65.30     (3) sewage backup; or 
 65.31     (4) any other situation with the potential to immediately 
 65.32  and adversely affect or threaten public health or safety, 
 65.33  then the system constitutes an imminent threat to public health 
 65.34  or safety and, if not repaired, must be upgraded, replaced, or 
 65.35  its use discontinued within ten months of receipt of the notice 
 65.36  described in subdivision 5b, or within a shorter period of time 
 66.1   if required by local ordinance. 
 66.2      (c) An existing system that has none of the conditions in 
 66.3   paragraph (b), and has at least two feet of soil separation need 
 66.4   not be upgraded, repaired, replaced, or its use discontinued, 
 66.5   notwithstanding any local ordinance that is more restrictive. 
 66.6      (d) Paragraph (c) does not apply to systems in shoreland 
 66.7   areas regulated under sections 103F.201 to 103F.221, wellhead 
 66.8   protection areas as defined in section 103I.005, or those used 
 66.9   in connection with food, beverage, and lodging establishments 
 66.10  regulated under chapter 157. 
 66.11     (e) If the local unit of government with jurisdiction over 
 66.12  the system has adopted an ordinance containing local standards 
 66.13  pursuant to subdivision 7, the existing system must comply with 
 66.14  the ordinance.  If the system does not comply with the 
 66.15  ordinance, it must be upgraded, replaced, or its use 
 66.16  discontinued according to the ordinance. 
 66.17     (f) If a seepage pit, drywell, cesspool, or leaching pit 
 66.18  exists and the local unit of government with jurisdiction over 
 66.19  the system has not adopted local standards to the contrary, the 
 66.20  system is failing and must be upgraded, replaced, or its use 
 66.21  discontinued within the time required by subdivision 3 or local 
 66.22  ordinance. 
 66.23     (g) If the system fails to provide sufficient groundwater 
 66.24  protection, then the local unit of government or its agent shall 
 66.25  order that the system be upgraded, replaced, or its use 
 66.26  discontinued within the time required by rule or the local 
 66.27  ordinance. 
 66.28     (h) The authority to find a threat to public health under 
 66.29  section 145A.04, subdivision 8, is in addition to the authority 
 66.30  to make a finding under paragraphs (b) to (d). 
 66.31     (i) Local inspectors must use the standard inspection form 
 66.32  provided by the agency.  The inspection information required by 
 66.33  local ordinance may be included as an attachment to the standard 
 66.34  form.  The following language must appear on the standard form:  
 66.35  "If an existing system is not failing as defined in law, and has 
 66.36  at least two feet of design soil separation, then the system 
 67.1   need not be upgraded, repaired, replaced, or its use 
 67.2   discontinued, notwithstanding any local ordinance that is more 
 67.3   strict.  This does not apply to systems in shoreland areas, 
 67.4   wellhead protection areas, or those used in connection with 
 67.5   food, beverage, and lodging establishments as defined in law." 
 67.6      (j) For the purposes of this subdivision, an "existing 
 67.7   system" means a functioning system installed prior to April 1, 
 67.8   1996. 
 67.9      Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.02, is 
 67.10  amended to read: 
 67.11     115A.02 [LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION OF POLICY; PURPOSES.] 
 67.12     (a) It is the goal of this chapter to protect the state's 
 67.13  land, air, water, and other natural resources and the public 
 67.14  health by improving waste management in the state to serve the 
 67.15  following purposes:  
 67.16     (1) reduction in the amount and toxicity of waste 
 67.17  generated; 
 67.18     (2) separation and recovery of materials and energy from 
 67.19  waste; 
 67.20     (3) reduction in indiscriminate dependence on disposal of 
 67.21  waste; 
 67.22     (4) coordination of solid waste management among political 
 67.23  subdivisions; and 
 67.24     (5) orderly and deliberate development and financial 
 67.25  security of waste facilities including disposal facilities. 
 67.26     (b) The waste management goal of the state is to foster an 
 67.27  integrated waste management system in a manner appropriate to 
 67.28  the characteristics of the waste stream and thereby protect the 
 67.29  state's land, air, water, and other natural resources and the 
 67.30  public health.  The following waste management practices are in 
 67.31  order of preference: 
 67.32     (1) waste reduction and reuse; 
 67.33     (2) waste recycling; 
 67.34     (3) composting of yard waste and food waste; 
 67.35     (4) resource recovery through mixed municipal solid waste 
 67.36  composting or incineration; ~~and~~ 
 68.1      (5) land disposal which involves the retrieval of methane 
 68.2   gas as a fuel for the production of energy to be used on-site or 
 68.3   for sale; and 
 68.4      (6) land disposal which does not involve the retrieval of 
 68.5   methane gas as a fuel for the production of energy to be used 
 68.6   on-site or for sale. 
 68.7      Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.554, is 
 68.8   amended to read: 
 68.9      115A.554 [AUTHORITY OF SANITARY DISTRICTS.] 
 68.10     A sanitary district has the authorities and duties of 
 68.11  counties within the district's boundary for purposes of sections 
 68.12  115A.0716; 115A.46, subdivisions 4 and 5; 115A.48; 115A.551; 
 68.13  115A.552; 115A.553; 115A.919; ~~115A.929;~~ 115A.93; 115A.96, 
 68.14  subdivision 6; 115A.961; 116.072; 375.18, subdivision 14; 
 68.15  400.08; 400.16; and 400.161. 
 68.16     Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.918, 
 68.17  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 68.18     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] The definitions in this section 
 68.19  apply to this section and sections 115A.919 to ~~115A.929~~ 115A.923.
 68.20     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.42, is 
 68.21  amended to read: 
 68.22     115B.42 [SOLID WASTE FUND.] 
 68.23     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION; SEPARATE 
 68.24  ACCOUNTING.] (a) The solid waste fund is established in the 
 68.25  state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited to the fund 
 68.26  and interest earned on the money in the fund.  Except as 
 68.27  provided in subdivision 2, ~~clause~~ clauses (7) and (8), money in 
 68.28  the fund is annually appropriated to the commissioner for the 
 68.29  purposes listed in subdivision 2. 
 68.30     (b) The commissioner of finance shall separately account 
 68.31  for revenue deposited in the fund from financial assurance funds 
 68.32  or other mechanisms, the metropolitan landfill contingency 
 68.33  action trust fund, and all other sources of revenue. 
 68.34     Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURES.] (a) Money in the fund may be 
 68.35  spent by the commissioner to: 
 68.36     (1) inspect permitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal 
 69.1   facilities to: 
 69.2      (i) evaluate the adequacy of final cover, slopes, 
 69.3   vegetation, and erosion control; 
 69.4      (ii) determine the presence and concentration of hazardous 
 69.5   substances, pollutants or contaminants, and decomposition gases; 
 69.6   and 
 69.7      (iii) determine the boundaries of fill areas; 
 69.8      (2) monitor and take, or reimburse others for, 
 69.9   environmental response actions, including emergency response 
 69.10  actions, at qualified facilities; 
 69.11     (3) acquire and dispose of property under section 115B.412, 
 69.12  subdivision 3; 
 69.13     (4) recover costs under section 115B.39; 
 69.14     (5) administer, including providing staff and 
 69.15  administrative support for, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 
 69.16     (6) enforce sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 
 69.17     (7) subject to appropriation, administer the agency's 
 69.18  groundwater and solid waste management programs; 
 69.19     (8) subject to appropriation, pay for private water supply 
 69.20  monitoring and health assessment costs of the commissioner of 
 69.21  health in areas contaminated by unpermitted mixed municipal 
 69.22  solid waste disposal facilities; 
 69.23     (9) reimburse persons under section 115B.43; and 
 69.24     ~~(9)~~ (10) reimburse mediation expenses up to a total of 
 69.25  $250,000 annually or defense costs up to a total of $250,000 
 69.26  annually for third-party claims for response costs under state 
 69.27  or federal law as provided in section 115B.414. 
 69.28     Sec. 62.  [115B.421] [CLOSED LANDFILL INVESTMENT FUND.] 
 69.29     The closed landfill investment fund is established in the 
 69.30  state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited to the 
 69.31  fund, and interest and other earnings on money in the fund.  The 
 69.32  commissioner of finance shall transfer an initial amount of 
 69.33  $5,100,000 from the balance in the solid waste fund beginning in 
 69.34  fiscal year 2000 and shall continue to transfer $5,100,000 for 
 69.35  each following fiscal year, ceasing after 2003.  The fund shall 
 69.36  be managed to maximize long-term gain through the state board of 
 70.1   investment.  Money in the fund may be spent by the commissioner 
 70.2   after fiscal year 2020 in accordance with section 115B.42, 
 70.3   subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (6).  
 70.4      Sec. 63.  [116.915] [MERCURY REDUCTION.] 
 70.5      Subdivision 1.  [GOAL.] It is the goal of the state to 
 70.6   reduce mercury contamination by reducing the release of mercury 
 70.7   into the air and water of the state by 60 percent from 1990 
 70.8   levels by December 31, 2000, and by 70 percent from 1990 levels 
 70.9   by December 31, 2005.  The goal applies to the statewide total 
 70.10  of releases from existing and new sources of mercury.  The 
 70.11  commissioner shall publish updated estimates of 1990 releases in 
 70.12  the State Register. 
 70.13     Subd. 2.  [REDUCTION STRATEGIES.] The commissioner shall 
 70.14  implement the strategies recommended by the mercury 
 70.15  contamination reduction initiative advisory council and 
 70.16  identified on pages 31 to 42 of the Minnesota pollution control 
 70.17  agency's report entitled "Report on the Mercury Contamination 
 70.18  Reduction Initiative Advisory Council's Results and 
 70.19  Recommendations" as transmitted to the legislature by the 
 70.20  commissioner's letter dated March 15, 1999.  The commissioner 
 70.21  shall solicit by July 1, 1999, voluntary reduction agreements 
 70.22  from sources that emit more than 50 pounds of mercury per year. 
 70.23     Subd. 3.  [PROGRESS REPORTS.] The commissioner, in 
 70.24  cooperation with the director of the office of environmental 
 70.25  assistance, shall submit progress reports to the legislature on 
 70.26  October 15, 2001, and October 15, 2005.  The reports shall 
 70.27  address the state's success in meeting the mercury release 
 70.28  reduction goals of subdivision 1, and discuss whether different 
 70.29  voluntary or mandatory reduction strategies are needed.  The 
 70.30  reports shall also discuss whether the reduction goals are still 
 70.31  appropriate given the most recent information regarding mercury 
 70.32  risks. 
 70.33     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.121, 
 70.34  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 70.35     Subd. 3.  [CRIMINAL PENALTIES.] (a) As used in this section:
 70.36     (1) "Prior impaired driving conviction" means a prior 
 71.1   conviction under: 
 71.2      (i) this section; Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.91, 
 71.3   subdivision 1, paragraph (a), or 86B.331, subdivision 1, 
 71.4   paragraph (a); section 169.1211; section 169.129; or section 
 71.5   360.0752; 
 71.6      (ii) section 609.21, subdivision 1, clauses (2) to (6); 
 71.7   subdivision 2, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 2a, clauses (2) 
 71.8   to (6); subdivision 2b, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 3, 
 71.9   clauses (2) to (6); or subdivision 4, clauses (2) to (6); or 
 71.10     (iii) an ordinance from this state, or a statute or 
 71.11  ordinance from another state, in conformity with any provision 
 71.12  listed in item (i) or (ii). 
 71.13     A prior impaired driving conviction also includes a prior 
 71.14  juvenile adjudication that would have been a prior impaired 
 71.15  driving conviction if committed by an adult. 
 71.16     (2) "Prior license revocation" means a driver's license 
 71.17  suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, or 
 71.18  disqualification under: 
 71.19     (i) this section or section 169.1211, 169.123, 171.04, 
 71.20  171.14, 171.16, 171.165, 171.17, or 171.18 because of an 
 71.21  alcohol-related incident; 
 71.22     (ii) section 609.21, subdivision 1, clauses (2) to (6); 
 71.23  subdivision 2, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 2a, clauses (2) 
 71.24  to (6); subdivision 2b, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 3, 
 71.25  clauses (2) to (6); or subdivision 4, clauses (2) to (6); or 
 71.26     (iii) an ordinance from this state, or a statute or 
 71.27  ordinance from another state, in conformity with any provision 
 71.28  listed in item (i) or (ii). 
 71.29     "Prior license revocation" also means the revocation of 
 71.30  snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle operating privileges under 
 71.31  section 84.911, or motorboat operating privileges under section 
 71.32  86B.335, for violations that occurred on or after August 1, ~~1995~~ 
 71.33  1994; the revocation of snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle 
 71.34  operating privileges under section 84.91; or the revocation of 
 71.35  motorboat operating privileges under section 86B.331. 
 71.36     (b) A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (a), (b), 
 72.1   (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h), or subdivision 1a, or an ordinance 
 72.2   in conformity with any of them, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 72.3      (c) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor under any of 
 72.4   the following circumstances: 
 72.5      (1) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (f); 
 72.6      (2) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (a), (b), 
 72.7   (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h), or subdivision 1a, within five years 
 72.8   of a prior impaired driving conviction or a prior license 
 72.9   revocation; 
 72.10     (3) the person violates section 169.26 while in violation 
 72.11  of subdivision 1; or 
 72.12     (4) the person violates subdivision 1 or 1a while a child 
 72.13  under the age of 16 is in the vehicle, if the child is more than 
 72.14  36 months younger than the violator. 
 72.15     A person convicted of a gross misdemeanor under this 
 72.16  paragraph is subject to the mandatory penalties provided in 
 72.17  subdivision 3d. 
 72.18     (d) A person is guilty of an enhanced gross misdemeanor 
 72.19  under any of the following circumstances: 
 72.20     (1) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (f), or 
 72.21  commits a violation described in paragraph (c), clause (3) or 
 72.22  (4), within ten years of one or more prior impaired driving 
 72.23  convictions or prior license revocations; 
 72.24     (2) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (a), (b), 
 72.25  (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h), or subdivision 1a, within ten years 
 72.26  of the first of two or more prior impaired driving convictions, 
 72.27  two or more prior license revocations, or any combination of two 
 72.28  or more prior impaired driving convictions and prior license 
 72.29  revocations, based on separate incidents. 
 72.30     A person convicted of an enhanced gross misdemeanor under 
 72.31  this paragraph may be sentenced to imprisonment in a local 
 72.32  correctional facility for not more than two years or to payment 
 72.33  of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.  Additionally, the 
 72.34  person is subject to the applicable mandatory penalties provided 
 72.35  in subdivision 3e. 
 72.36     (e) The court shall notify a person convicted of violating 
 73.1   subdivision 1 or 1a that the registration plates of the person's 
 73.2   motor vehicle may be impounded under section 168.042 and the 
 73.3   vehicle may be subject to forfeiture under section 169.1217 upon 
 73.4   a subsequent conviction for violating this section, section 
 73.5   169.129, or section 171.24, or a subsequent license revocation 
 73.6   under section 169.123.  The notice must describe the conduct and 
 73.7   the time periods within which the conduct must occur in order to 
 73.8   result in plate impoundment or forfeiture.  The failure of the 
 73.9   court to provide this information does not affect the 
 73.10  applicability of the plate impoundment or the forfeiture 
 73.11  provision to that person. 
 73.12     (f) The attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation 
 73.13  occurred who is responsible for prosecution of misdemeanor 
 73.14  violations of this section shall also be responsible for 
 73.15  prosecution of gross misdemeanor and enhanced gross misdemeanor 
 73.16  violations of this section. 
 73.17     (g) The court must impose consecutive sentences when it 
 73.18  sentences a person for a violation of this section or section 
 73.19  169.129 arising out of separate behavioral incidents.  The court 
 73.20  also must impose a consecutive sentence when it sentences a 
 73.21  person for a violation of this section or section 169.129 and 
 73.22  the person, at the time of sentencing, is on probation for, or 
 73.23  serving, an executed sentence for a violation of this section or 
 73.24  section 169.129 and the prior sentence involved a separate 
 73.25  behavioral incident.  The court also may order that the sentence 
 73.26  imposed for a violation of this section or section 169.129 shall 
 73.27  run consecutively to a previously imposed misdemeanor, gross 
 73.28  misdemeanor, or felony sentence for a violation other than this 
 73.29  section or section 169.129.  
 73.30     (h) When the court stays the sentence of a person convicted 
 73.31  under this section, the length of the stay is governed by 
 73.32  section 609.135, subdivision 2. 
 73.33     (i) The court may impose consecutive sentences for offenses 
 73.34  arising out of a single course of conduct as permitted in 
 73.35  section 609.035, subdivision 2.  
 73.36     (j) When an attorney responsible for prosecuting gross 
 74.1   misdemeanors or enhanced gross misdemeanors under this section 
 74.2   requests criminal history information relating to prior impaired 
 74.3   driving convictions from a court, the court must furnish the 
 74.4   information without charge. 
 74.5      (k) A violation of subdivision 1a may be prosecuted either 
 74.6   in the jurisdiction where the arresting officer observed the 
 74.7   defendant driving, operating, or in control of the motor vehicle 
 74.8   or in the jurisdiction where the refusal occurred. 
 74.9      Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.1217, 
 74.10  subdivision 7a, is amended to read: 
 74.11     Subd. 7a.  [ADMINISTRATIVE FORFEITURE PROCEDURE.] (a) A 
 74.12  motor vehicle used to commit a designated offense or used in 
 74.13  conduct resulting in a designated license revocation is subject 
 74.14  to administrative forfeiture under this subdivision. 
 74.15     (b) When a motor vehicle is seized under subdivision 2, the 
 74.16  appropriate agency shall serve the driver or operator of the 
 74.17  vehicle with a notice of the seizure and intent to forfeit the 
 74.18  vehicle.  Additionally, when a motor vehicle is seized under 
 74.19  subdivision 2, or within a reasonable time after that, all 
 74.20  persons known to have an ownership or possessory interest in the 
 74.21  vehicle must be notified of the seizure and the intent to 
 74.22  forfeit the vehicle.  Notice mailed by certified mail to the 
 74.23  address shown in department of public safety records is 
 74.24  sufficient notice to the registered owner of the vehicle.  
 74.25  Otherwise, notice may be given in the manner provided by law for 
 74.26  service of a summons in a civil action. 
 74.27     (c) The notice must be in writing and contain:  
 74.28     (1) a description of the vehicle seized; 
 74.29     (2) the date of seizure; and 
 74.30     (3) notice of the right to obtain judicial review of the 
 74.31  forfeiture and of the procedure for obtaining that judicial 
 74.32  review, printed in English, Hmong, and Spanish.  Substantially 
 74.33  the following language must appear conspicuously:  "IF YOU DO 
 74.34  NOT DEMAND JUDICIAL REVIEW EXACTLY AS PRESCRIBED IN MINNESOTA 
 74.35  STATUTES, SECTION 169.1217, SUBDIVISION 7a, YOU LOSE THE RIGHT 
 74.36  TO A JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF THIS FORFEITURE AND YOU LOSE ANY 
 75.1   RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY.  YOU MAY NOT 
 75.2   HAVE TO PAY THE FILING FEE FOR THE DEMAND IF DETERMINED YOU ARE 
 75.3   UNABLE TO AFFORD THE FEE.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE FILING FEE 
 75.4   IF THE PROPERTY IS WORTH LESS THAN $500 AND YOU FILE YOUR CLAIM 
 75.5   IN CONCILIATION COURT." 
 75.6      (d) Within 30 days following service of a notice of seizure 
 75.7   and forfeiture under this subdivision, a claimant may file a 
 75.8   demand for a judicial determination of the forfeiture.  The 
 75.9   demand must be in the form of a civil complaint and must be 
 75.10  filed with the court administrator in the county in which the 
 75.11  seizure occurred, together with proof of service of a copy of 
 75.12  the complaint on the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction 
 75.13  over the forfeiture, and the standard filing fee for civil 
 75.14  actions unless the petitioner has the right to sue in forma 
 75.15  pauperis under section 563.01.  If the value of the seized 
 75.16  property is less than $500, the claimant may file an action in 
 75.17  conciliation court for recovery of the seized vehicle without 
 75.18  paying the conciliation court filing fee.  No responsive 
 75.19  pleading is required of the prosecuting authority and no court 
 75.20  fees may be charged for the prosecuting authority's appearance 
 75.21  in the matter.  Except as provided in this section, judicial 
 75.22  reviews and hearings are governed by section 169.123, 
 75.23  subdivisions 5c and 6, and shall take place at the same time as 
 75.24  any judicial review of the person's license revocation under 
 75.25  section 169.123.  The proceedings may be combined with any 
 75.26  hearing on a petition filed under section 169.123, subdivision 
 75.27  5c, and are governed by the rules of civil procedure.  
 75.28     (e) The complaint must be captioned in the name of the 
 75.29  claimant as plaintiff and the seized vehicle as defendant, and 
 75.30  must state with specificity the grounds on which the claimant 
 75.31  alleges the vehicle was improperly seized and the plaintiff's 
 75.32  interest in the vehicle seized.  Notwithstanding any law to the 
 75.33  contrary, an action for the return of a vehicle seized under 
 75.34  this section may not be maintained by or on behalf of any person 
 75.35  who has been served with a notice of seizure and forfeiture 
 75.36  unless the person has complied with this subdivision. 
 76.1      (f) If the claimant makes a timely demand for a judicial 
 76.2   determination under this subdivision, the appropriate agency 
 76.3   must conduct the forfeiture under subdivision 8. 
 76.4      (g) If a demand for judicial determination of an 
 76.5   administrative forfeiture is filed under this subdivision and 
 76.6   the court orders the return of the seized vehicle, the court 
 76.7   shall order that filing fees be reimbursed to the person who 
 76.8   filed the demand.  In addition, the court may order the payment 
 76.9   of reasonable costs, expenses, and attorney fees under 
 76.10  section ~~549.21, subdivision 2~~ 549.211.  
 76.11     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.1217, 
 76.12  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 76.13     Subd. 9.  [DISPOSITION OF FORFEITED VEHICLE.] (a) If the 
 76.14  vehicle is administratively forfeited under subdivision 7a, or 
 76.15  if the court finds under subdivision 8 that the vehicle is 
 76.16  subject to forfeiture under subdivisions 6 and 7, the 
 76.17  appropriate agency shall: 
 76.18     (1) sell the vehicle and distribute the proceeds under 
 76.19  paragraph (b); or 
 76.20     (2) keep the vehicle for official use.  If the agency keeps 
 76.21  a forfeited motor vehicle for official use, it shall make 
 76.22  reasonable efforts to ensure that the motor vehicle is available 
 76.23  for use by the agency's officers who participate in the drug 
 76.24  abuse resistance education program. 
 76.25     (b) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited vehicles, after 
 76.26  payment of seizure, storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses, and 
 76.27  satisfaction of valid liens against the property, must be 
 76.28  forwarded to the treasury of the political subdivision that 
 76.29  employs the appropriate agency responsible for the forfeiture 
 76.30  for use in DWI-related enforcement, training and education.  If 
 76.31  the appropriate agency is an agency of state government, the net 
 76.32  proceeds must be forwarded to the state treasury and credited to 
 76.33  the ~~general fund.~~ 
 76.34     ~~(c) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited off-road~~ 
 76.35  ~~recreational vehicles and motorboats, after payment of seizure,~~ 
 76.36  ~~storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses, and satisfaction of~~ 
 77.1   ~~valid liens against the property, must be forwarded to the state~~ 
 77.2   ~~treasury and credited to the~~ following funds: 
 77.3      (1) if the forfeited vehicle is a motorboat, the net 
 77.4   proceeds must be credited to the water recreation account in the 
 77.5   natural resources fund; 
 77.6      (2) if the forfeited vehicle is a snowmobile, the net 
 77.7   proceeds must be credited to the snowmobile trails and 
 77.8   enforcement account in the natural resources fund; 
 77.9      (3) if the forfeited vehicle is an all-terrain vehicle, the 
 77.10  net proceeds must be credited to the all-terrain vehicle account 
 77.11  in the natural resources fund; 
 77.12     (4) if the forfeited vehicle is an off-highway motorcycle, 
 77.13  the net proceeds must be credited to the off-highway motorcycle 
 77.14  account in the natural resources fund; 
 77.15     (5) if the forfeited vehicle is an off-road vehicle, the 
 77.16  net proceeds must be credited to the off-road vehicle account in 
 77.17  the natural resources fund; and 
 77.18     (6) if otherwise, the net proceeds must be credited to the 
 77.19  general fund. 
 77.20     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.123, 
 77.21  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 77.22     Subdivision 1.  [PEACE OFFICER DEFINED.] For purposes of 
 77.23  this section, section 169.121, and section 169.1211, the term 
 77.24  peace officer means (1) a state patrol officer, (2) University 
 77.25  of Minnesota peace officer, (3) a constable as defined in 
 77.26  section 367.40, subdivision 3, (4) police officer of any 
 77.27  municipality, including towns having powers under section 
 77.28  368.01, or county, and (5) for purposes of violations of those 
 77.29  sections in or on an off-road recreational vehicle or motorboat, 
 77.30  or for violations of section 97B.065 or 97B.066, a state 
 77.31  conservation officer. 
 77.32     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.07, 
 77.33  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 77.34     Subd. 12.  [SNOWMOBILE SAFETY CERTIFICATE.] (a) The 
 77.35  department shall maintain in its records information transmitted 
 77.36  electronically from the commissioner of natural resources 
 78.1   identifying each person to whom the commissioner has issued a 
 78.2   snowmobile safety certificate.  The records transmitted from the 
 78.3   department of natural resources must contain the full name and 
 78.4   date of birth as required for the driver's license or 
 78.5   identification card.  Records that are not matched to a driver's 
 78.6   license or identification card record may be deleted after seven 
 78.7   years. 
 78.8      (b) After receiving information under paragraph (a) that a 
 78.9   person has received a snowmobile safety certificate, the 
 78.10  department shall include, on all drivers' licenses or Minnesota 
 78.11  identification cards subsequently issued to the person, a 
 78.12  graphic or written indication that the person has received the 
 78.13  certificate. 
 78.14     (c) If a person who has received a snowmobile safety 
 78.15  certificate applies for a driver's license or Minnesota 
 78.16  identification card before that information has been transmitted 
 78.17  to the department, the department may accept a copy of the 
 78.18  certificate as proof of its issuance and shall then follow the 
 78.19  procedures in paragraph (b). 
 78.20     Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.07, 
 78.21  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
 78.22     Subd. 13.  [FIREARMS SAFETY DESIGNATION.] (a) When an 
 78.23  applicant has a record transmitted to the department as 
 78.24  described in paragraph (c) or presents a firearms safety 
 78.25  certificate issued for successfully completing a firearms safety 
 78.26  course administered under section 97B.015, ~~voluntarily~~ and 
 78.27  requests a driver's license or identification card described in 
 78.28  paragraph (b), ~~pays the required fees, and otherwise qualifies,~~ 
 78.29  the department shall issue, renew, or reissue to the applicant a 
 78.30  driver's license or Minnesota identification card described in 
 78.31  paragraph (b). 
 78.32     (b) Pursuant to paragraph (a), the department shall issue a 
 78.33  driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing a 
 78.34  ~~designation or symbolic representation, as designed by the~~ 
 78.35  ~~commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of natural~~ 
 78.36  ~~resources, indicating~~ graphic or written indication that the 
 79.1   applicant has successfully completed a firearms safety 
 79.2   course ~~and is knowledgeable in firearms safety~~ administered 
 79.3   under section 97B.015. 
 79.4      (c) The department shall maintain in its records 
 79.5   information transmitted electronically from the commissioner of 
 79.6   natural resources identifying each person to whom the 
 79.7   commissioner has issued a firearms safety certificate.  The 
 79.8   records transmitted from the department of natural resources 
 79.9   must contain the full name and date of birth as required for the 
 79.10  driver's license or identification card.  Records that are not 
 79.11  matched to a driver's license or identification card record may 
 79.12  be deleted after seven years. 
 79.13     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.431, is 
 79.14  amended to read: 
 79.15     290.431 [NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.] 
 79.16     Every individual who files an income tax return or property 
 79.17  tax refund claim form may designate on their original return 
 79.18  that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the 
 79.19  refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual 
 79.20  and paid into an account to be established for the management of 
 79.21  nongame wildlife.  The commissioner of revenue shall, on the 
 79.22  income tax return and the property tax refund claim form, notify 
 79.23  filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax 
 79.24  or refund shall be paid into the nongame wildlife management 
 79.25  account.  The sum of the amounts so designated to be paid shall 
 79.26  be credited to the nongame wildlife management account for use 
 79.27  by the nongame program of the section of wildlife in the 
 79.28  department of natural resources.  All interest earned on money 
 79.29  accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and 
 79.30  reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife 
 79.31  management account shall be credited to the account by the state 
 79.32  treasurer.  The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a 
 79.33  work program for each fiscal year and semiannual progress 
 79.34  reports to the legislative commission on Minnesota resources in 
 79.35  the form determined by the commission.  None of the money 
 79.36  provided in this section may be expended unless the commission 
 80.1   has approved the work program.  
 80.2      The state pledges and agrees with all contributors to the 
 80.3   nongame wildlife management account to use the funds contributed 
 80.4   solely for the management of nongame wildlife projects and 
 80.5   further agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
 80.6   restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability 
 80.7   of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
 80.8   funds for the most efficient and effective management of nongame 
 80.9   wildlife. 
 80.10     Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.432, is 
 80.11  amended to read: 
 80.12     290.432 [CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.] 
 80.13     A corporation that files an income tax return may designate 
 80.14  on its original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax 
 80.15  or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be payable by 
 80.16  or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife 
 80.17  management account established by section 290.431 for use by the 
 80.18  section of wildlife in the department of natural resources for 
 80.19  its nongame wildlife program.  The commissioner of revenue 
 80.20  shall, on the corporate tax return, notify filers of their right 
 80.21  to designate that a portion of their tax return be paid into the 
 80.22  nongame wildlife management account for the protection of 
 80.23  endangered natural resources.  All interest earned on money 
 80.24  accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and 
 80.25  reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife 
 80.26  management account shall be credited to the account by the state 
 80.27  treasurer.  The commissioner of natural resources shall submit a 
 80.28  work program for each fiscal year to the legislative commission 
 80.29  on Minnesota resources in the form determined by the 
 80.30  commission.  None of the money provided in this section may be 
 80.31  spent unless the commission has approved the work program. 
 80.32     The state pledges and agrees with all corporate 
 80.33  contributors to the nongame wildlife account to use the funds 
 80.34  contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further 
 80.35  agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
 80.36  restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability 
 81.1   of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
 81.2   funds for the most efficient and effective management of those 
 81.3   programs. 
 81.4      Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 296A.18, 
 81.5   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 81.6      Subd. 3.  [SNOWMOBILE.] Approximately one percent ~~in fiscal~~ 
 81.7   ~~years 1998 and 1999, and three-fourths of one percent~~ 
 81.8   ~~thereafter,~~ of all gasoline received in and produced or brought 
 81.9   into this state, except gasoline used for aviation purposes, is 
 81.10  being used as fuel for the operation of snowmobiles in this 
 81.11  state, and of the total revenue derived from the imposition of 
 81.12  the gasoline fuel tax for uses other than for aviation purposes, 
 81.13  one percent ~~in fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and three-fourths of~~ 
 81.14  ~~one percent thereafter,~~ of such revenues is the amount of tax on 
 81.15  fuel used in snowmobiles operated in this state. 
 81.16     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.13, 
 81.17  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 81.18     Subd. 5.  [REPORT ON RECEIPTS.] The commissioner of revenue 
 81.19  shall report to the chairs of the house and senate environment 
 81.20  and natural resources committees; the house environment and 
 81.21  natural resources finance division; the senate environment and 
 81.22  agriculture budget division; the house tax committee and the 
 81.23  senate taxes and tax laws committee; the commissioner of the 
 81.24  pollution control agency; and the director of the office of 
 81.25  environmental assistance on the total tax revenues received from 
 81.26  the taxes imposed under this chapter.  The reports shall be made 
 81.27  as follows: 
 81.28     (1) a report by ~~May 31, 1998,~~ July 31 of each year based on 
 81.29  amounts received by the commissioner of revenue from ~~January 1,~~ 
 81.30  ~~1998, through April 30, 1998~~ January 1 through June 30 of that 
 81.31  year; and 
 81.32     (2) a report by ~~September 30, 1998,~~ January 31 of each year 
 81.33  based on amounts received by the commissioner of revenue 
 81.34  from ~~May 1, 1998, through August 31, 1998; and~~ 
 81.35     ~~(3) a report by January 31, 1999, based on amounts received~~ 
 81.36  ~~by the commissioner of revenue from September 1, 1998, through~~ 
 82.1   ~~December 31, 1998~~ July 1 through December 31 of the preceding 
 82.2   year. 
 82.3      Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325E.11, is 
 82.4   amended to read: 
 82.5      325E.11 [COLLECTION FACILITIES; NOTICE.] 
 82.6      (a) Any person selling at retail or offering motor oil or 
 82.7   motor oil filters for retail sale in this state shall: 
 82.8      (1) post a notice indicating the nearest location where 
 82.9   used motor oil and used motor oil filters may be returned at no 
 82.10  cost for recycling or reuse~~,~~; 
 82.11     (2) post a toll-free telephone number that may be called by 
 82.12  the public to determine a convenient location~~,~~; or 
 82.13     (3) post a listing of locations where used motor oil and 
 82.14  used motor oil filters may be returned at no cost for recycling 
 82.15  or reuse~~; or~~ 
 82.16     ~~(2) if the person is subject to section 325E.112, post a~~ 
 82.17  ~~notice informing customers purchasing motor oil or motor oil~~ 
 82.18  ~~filters of the location of the used motor oil and used motor oil~~ 
 82.19  ~~filter collection site established by the retailer in accordance~~ 
 82.20  ~~with section 325E.112 where used motor oil and used motor oil~~ 
 82.21  ~~filters may be returned at no cost~~. 
 82.22     (b) A notice under paragraph (a) shall be posted on or 
 82.23  adjacent to the motor oil and motor oil filter displays, be at 
 82.24  least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, contain the universal 
 82.25  recycling symbol with the following language: 
 82.26     (1) "It is illegal to put used oil and used motor oil 
 82.27  filters in the garbage."; 
 82.28     (2) "Recycle your used oil and used motor oil filters."; 
 82.29  and 
 82.30     (3)(i) "There is a free collection site here for your used 
 82.31  oil and used motor oil filters."; 
 82.32     (ii) "There is a free collection site for used oil and used 
 82.33  motor oil filters located at (name of business and street 
 82.34  address)."; 
 82.35     (iii) "For the location of a free collection site for used 
 82.36  oil and used motor oil filters call (toll-free phone number)."; 
 83.1   or 
 83.2      (iv) "Here is a list of free collection sites for used oil 
 83.3   and used motor oil filters." 
 83.4      (c) The division of weights and measures under the 
 83.5   department of public service shall enforce compliance with this 
 83.6   section as provided in section 239.54.  The pollution control 
 83.7   agency shall enforce compliance with this section under sections 
 83.8   115.071 and 116.072 in coordination with the division of weights 
 83.9   and measures. 
 83.10     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325E.112, 
 83.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 83.12     Subdivision 1.  [COLLECTION SITE GOAL.] ~~[COLLECTION.] (a)~~ 
 83.13  ~~Retailers that sell at an individual location more than 1,000~~ 
 83.14  ~~motor oil filters per calendar year at retail for off-site~~ 
 83.15  ~~installation must provide for collection of used motor oil and~~ 
 83.16  ~~used motor oil filters from the public.  Retailers who do not~~ 
 83.17  ~~collect the used motor oil and used motor oil filters at their~~ 
 83.18  ~~individual locations may meet the requirement by entering into a~~ 
 83.19  ~~written agreement with another party whose location is:~~ 
 83.20     ~~(1) within two miles of the retailer's location if the~~ 
 83.21  ~~retailer is located:~~ 
 83.22     ~~(i) within the Interstate Highway 494/694 beltway;~~ 
 83.23     ~~(ii) in a home rule charter or statutory city or a town~~ 
 83.24  ~~contiguous to the Interstate Highway 494/694 beltway; or~~ 
 83.25     ~~(iii) in a home rule charter or statutory city of over~~ 
 83.26  ~~30,000 population within the metropolitan area as defined in~~ 
 83.27  ~~section 473.121; or~~ 
 83.28     ~~(2) within five miles of the retailer's location if the~~ 
 83.29  ~~retailer is not in an area described in clause (1).~~ 
 83.30     ~~(b) The written agreement must specify that the other party~~ 
 83.31  ~~will accept from the public up to ten gallons of used motor oil~~ 
 83.32  ~~and ten used motor oil filters per person per month during~~ 
 83.33  ~~normal hours of operation unless:~~ 
 83.34     ~~(1) the used motor oil is known to be contaminated with~~ 
 83.35  ~~antifreeze, other hazardous waste, or other materials which may~~ 
 83.36  ~~increase the cost of used motor oil management and disposal;~~ 
 84.1      ~~(2) the storage equipment for that particular waste is~~ 
 84.2   ~~temporarily filled to capacity; or~~ 
 84.3      ~~(3) the used motor oil or used motor oil filters are from a~~ 
 84.4   ~~business.~~  
 84.5      ~~(c) Persons accepting used motor oil from the public in~~ 
 84.6   ~~accordance with this subdivision shall presume that the used~~ 
 84.7   ~~motor oil is not contaminated with hazardous waste, provided the~~ 
 84.8   ~~person offering the used motor oil is acting in good faith and~~ 
 84.9   ~~the person accepting the used motor oil does not have evidence~~ 
 84.10  ~~to the contrary.  Persons collecting used motor oil from the~~ 
 84.11  ~~public must take precautions to prevent contamination of used~~ 
 84.12  ~~motor oil storage equipment.  Precautions may include, but are~~ 
 84.13  ~~not limited to, keeping a log of persons dropping off used motor~~ 
 84.14  ~~oil, securing access to used motor oil storage equipment, or~~ 
 84.15  ~~posting signage at the site indicating the proper use of the~~ 
 84.16  ~~equipment.~~ 
 84.17     ~~(d) Persons accepting used motor oil and used motor oil~~ 
 84.18  ~~filters under paragraph (a), including persons accepting the oil~~ 
 84.19  ~~and filters on behalf of the retailer, may not charge a fee when~~ 
 84.20  ~~accepting ten gallons or less of used motor oil or ten or fewer~~ 
 84.21  ~~used motor oil filters per person per month.~~ 
 84.22     ~~(e) Persons that receive contaminated used motor oil may~~ 
 84.23  ~~manage the used motor oil as household hazardous waste through~~ 
 84.24  ~~publicly administered household hazardous waste collection~~ 
 84.25  ~~programs, with approval from the household hazardous waste~~ 
 84.26  ~~program.  Used motor oil contaminated with hazardous waste from~~ 
 84.27  ~~the public that cannot be managed through a household hazardous~~ 
 84.28  ~~waste collection program must be managed as a hazardous waste in~~ 
 84.29  ~~accordance with rules adopted by the pollution control~~ 
 84.30  ~~agency.~~ Motor oil and motor oil filter manufacturers and 
 84.31  retailers shall seek to provide: 
 84.32     (1) access to at least one nongovernment site for 
 84.33  collection of used motor oil and used motor oil filters from the 
 84.34  public every five square miles in the seven-county metropolitan 
 84.35  area; and 
 84.36     (2) access to a nongovernment site for collection of used 
 85.1   motor oil and used motor oil filters from the public within the 
 85.2   city or town with a population of greater than 1,500 outside the 
 85.3   seven-county metropolitan area. 
 85.4      Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325E.112, 
 85.5   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 85.6      Subd. 2.  [REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.] A contaminated used 
 85.7   motor oil reimbursement program is established to provide 
 85.8   reimbursement of the costs of disposing of contaminated used 
 85.9   motor oil.  In order to receive reimbursement, persons who 
 85.10  accept used motor oil from the public ~~or parties that they have~~ 
 85.11  ~~contracted with to accept used motor oil~~ must provide to the 
 85.12  commissioner of the pollution control agency proof of 
 85.13  contamination, information on methods the person used to prevent 
 85.14  the contamination of used motor oil at the site, a copy of the 
 85.15  billing for disposal costs incurred because of the contamination 
 85.16  and proof of payment, and a copy of the hazardous waste manifest 
 85.17  or shipping paper used to transport the waste.  The commissioner 
 85.18  shall reimburse a recipient of contaminated used motor oil 100 
 85.19  percent of the costs of properly disposing of the contaminated 
 85.20  used motor oil.  The commissioner may not reimburse persons who 
 85.21  intentionally place contaminants or do not take precautions to 
 85.22  prevent contaminants from being placed in used motor oil, or 
 85.23  operate a private collection site that: 
 85.24     (1) is not publicly promotable or listed with the agency; 
 85.25     (2) does not accept up to five gallons of used motor oil 
 85.26  and five used motor oil filters per person per day without 
 85.27  charging a fee; or 
 85.28     (3) does not control access to the site during times when 
 85.29  the site is closed. 
 85.30     A person operating a collection site may refuse to accept 
 85.31  any used motor oil or used motor oil filter: 
 85.32     (1) that is from a business; 
 85.33     (2) that appears to be contaminated with antifreeze, 
 85.34  hazardous waste, or other materials that may increase the cost 
 85.35  of used motor oil management and disposal; or 
 85.36     (3) when the storage equipment for that particular waste is 
 86.1   temporarily filled. 
 86.2   Persons operating government collection sites are eligible for 
 86.3   reimbursement of the costs of disposing of contaminated used 
 86.4   motor oil.  Reimbursements made under this subdivision are 
 86.5   limited to the money available in the contaminated used motor 
 86.6   oil reimbursement account. 
 86.7      Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325E.112, 
 86.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 86.9      Subd. 3.  [EDUCATION PROGRAM.] ~~When the~~ By June 30 of each 
 86.10  year, the commissioner ~~estimates that all~~ shall estimate the 
 86.11  amount of funds available under section 325E.113 that will not 
 86.12  be expended for reimbursements~~, the commissioner may use the~~ 
 86.13  ~~estimated unexpended funds~~ and shall transfer all or a portion 
 86.14  of the estimated unexpended funds to the office of environmental 
 86.15  assistance to cover the costs of educating the public and 
 86.16  businesses on the provisions of this section and on proper 
 86.17  management of used motor oil, used motor oil filters, and other 
 86.18  automotive wastes.  In coordination with the pollution control 
 86.19  agency, county solid waste administrators, used motor oil and 
 86.20  used motor oil filter collection site operators, and 
 86.21  manufacturers and retailers of motor oil and motor oil filters, 
 86.22  the director of the office of environmental assistance shall 
 86.23  educate the public and businesses on the proper management of 
 86.24  used motor oil, used motor oil filters, and other automotive 
 86.25  wastes.  As part of the education efforts, the director shall 
 86.26  make information available to the public and businesses 
 86.27  regarding the proper management of used motor oil, used motor 
 86.28  oil filters, and other automotive wastes on the office's World 
 86.29  Wide Web page.  The commissioner of the pollution control agency 
 86.30  shall also make information regarding the proper management of 
 86.31  used motor oil, used motor oil filters, and other automotive 
 86.32  wastes available on the agency's World Wide Web page. 
 86.33     Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325E.112, 
 86.34  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 86.35     Subd. 4.  [LIABILITY EXEMPTION.] Persons who accept used 
 86.36  motor oil and used motor oil filters from the public and 
 87.1   retailers and manufacturers who contract with such persons for 
 87.2   purposes of subdivision 1 are exempt from liability under 
 87.3   chapter 115B for the used motor oil, contaminated used motor 
 87.4   oil, and used motor oil filters accepted ~~under the provisions of~~ 
 87.5   ~~subdivision 1~~ at facilities that accept used motor oil or used 
 87.6   motor oil filters from the public free of charge, after the used 
 87.7   motor oil, contaminated used motor oil, and used motor oil 
 87.8   filters are sent off-site in compliance with rules adopted by 
 87.9   the pollution control agency. 
 87.10     Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325E.113, is 
 87.11  amended to read: 
 87.12     325E.113 [CONTAMINATED USED MOTOR OIL REIMBURSEMENT 
 87.13  ACCOUNT.] 
 87.14     The contaminated used motor oil reimbursement account is 
 87.15  established in the environmental fund.  Money in the account is 
 87.16  appropriated to the commissioner of the pollution control agency 
 87.17  for the commissioner's activities under section 325E.112 and to 
 87.18  complete the study required by section 86, except that the 
 87.19  commissioner may not expend more than $50,000 for the study 
 87.20  required by section 86.  
 87.21     Sec. 80.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 574.263, is 
 87.22  amended to read: 
 87.23     574.263 [~~FORESTRY~~ NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.] 
 87.24     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For the purposes of this 
 87.25  section and section 574.264, "~~forestry~~ natural resource 
 87.26  development project" includes site preparation by discing, 
 87.27  shearing, rock raking or piling, patch scarification, or 
 87.28  furrowing; prairie restoration; creation of wildlife openings 
 87.29  and other wildlife habitat improvements; landscape clearing; 
 87.30  tree planting; tree seeding; tree pruning; timber stand 
 87.31  improvement by thinning or clearing existing forest trees by 
 87.32  manual, mechanical, or chemical techniques; or ~~forest road and~~ 
 87.33  ~~bridge~~ construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of 
 87.34  department of natural resources trails, public accesses, water 
 87.35  control structures, fish barriers, sewage treatment systems, 
 87.36  roads, and bridges. 
 88.1      Subd. 2.  [CONTRACTOR'S BOND.] A contract with the state 
 88.2   for a ~~forestry~~ natural resource development project may require 
 88.3   a performance bond at the discretion of the commissioner of 
 88.4   natural resources. If the commissioner determines that a 
 88.5   performance bond is required, it shall not be less than five 
 88.6   percent of the contract price. 
 88.7      Subd. 3.  [BID DEPOSIT IN PLACE OF PERFORMANCE BOND.] For a 
 88.8   contract made by the commissioner for a ~~forestry~~ natural 
 88.9   resource development project, the commissioner may require a bid 
 88.10  deposit in place of a performance bond for charges that may 
 88.11  accrue because of doing the specified work and to enforce the 
 88.12  terms of the contract.  The commissioner may set the amount of 
 88.13  the bid deposit, but it may not be less than five percent of the 
 88.14  contract price. 
 88.15     Subd. 4.  [PAYMENT BOND.] A contract with the state for 
 88.16  a ~~forestry~~ natural resource development project may require a 
 88.17  payment bond at the discretion of the commissioner of natural 
 88.18  resources.  If the commissioner determines that a payment bond 
 88.19  is required, the commissioner also has the discretion to decide 
 88.20  whether the bond may be in the form of securities in place of a 
 88.21  bond as provided in section 574.264.  If so, the securities 
 88.22  cannot have less value than five percent of the contract price. 
 88.23     Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 574.264, 
 88.24  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 88.25     Subdivision 1.  [~~FOREST~~ NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 
 88.26  PROJECTS.] In place of a performance or payment bond or bid 
 88.27  deposit for a state contract for a ~~forestry~~ natural resource 
 88.28  development project less than $50,000, the person required to 
 88.29  file the bond or bid deposit may deposit in a local designated 
 88.30  state depository or with the state treasurer a certified check, 
 88.31  a cashier's check, a postal, bank, or express money order, 
 88.32  assignable bonds or notes of the United States, or an assignment 
 88.33  of a bank savings account or investment certificate or an 
 88.34  irrevocable bank letter of credit, in the same amount that would 
 88.35  be required for the bond or bid deposit.  If securities listed 
 88.36  in this section are deposited, their value shall not be less 
 89.1   than the amount required for the bond or bid deposit and the 
 89.2   person required to file the bond or bid deposit shall submit an 
 89.3   agreement authorizing the commissioner to sell or otherwise take 
 89.4   possession of the securities in the event of default under the 
 89.5   contract or nonpayment of any persons furnishing labor and 
 89.6   materials under, or to perform, the contract.  
 89.7      Sec. 82.  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 142, as amended 
 89.8   by Laws 1995, chapter 263, section 12, and Laws 1996, chapter 
 89.9   351, section 1, is amended to read:  
 89.10     Sec. 142.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 89.11     Sections 2, 5, 7, 20, 42, 44 to 49, 56, 57, 101, 102, 117, 
 89.12  and 141, paragraph (d), are effective the day following final 
 89.13  enactment. 
 89.14     Sections 114, 115, 118, and 121 are effective January 1, 
 89.15  1996. 
 89.16     Sections 120, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5, and 141, 
 89.17  paragraph (c), are effective July 1, 1996. 
 89.18     Section 141, paragraph (b), is effective ~~June 30, 1999~~ 
 89.19  December 31, 1999. 
 89.20     Sections 58 and 66 are effective retroactively to August 1, 
 89.21  1991.  
 89.22     Section 119 is effective September 1, 1996. 
 89.23     Section 120, subdivision 1, is effective July 1, 1999. 
 89.24     Sec. 83.  Laws 1996, chapter 351, section 2, as amended by 
 89.25  Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 141, is amended to read: 
 89.26     Sec. 2.  [ RECYCLING ~~GOALS AND~~ ACTIONS.] 
 89.27     Subdivision 1.  (a) ~~The following recycling or reuse goals~~ 
 89.28  ~~shall be considered met if the actions in this subdivision are~~ 
 89.29  ~~initiated by the identified parties on or before September 1,~~ 
 89.30  ~~1997, and are fully completed by December 31, 1998.~~  
 89.31  ~~Additionally, the goals in paragraph (b) must be met in at least~~ 
 89.32  ~~50 percent of counties by December 31, 1997; 75 percent by June~~ 
 89.33  ~~1, 1998; and 100 percent by December 31, 1998.~~ 
 89.34     ~~(b) Motor oil and motor oil filter manufacturers and~~ 
 89.35  ~~retailers shall ensure that:~~ 
 89.36     ~~(1) at least 90 percent of residents within the~~ 
 90.1   ~~seven-county metropolitan area and residents of a city or town~~ 
 90.2   ~~with a population greater than 1,500 have access to a free~~ 
 90.3   ~~nongovernment collection site for used motor oil and used motor~~ 
 90.4   ~~oil filters within five miles of their residences; and~~ 
 90.5      ~~(2) at least one free nongovernment collection site for~~ 
 90.6   ~~used motor oil and used motor oil filters generated by the~~ 
 90.7   ~~public would be located in each county.~~ 
 90.8      ~~(c)~~ Motor oil and motor oil filter manufacturers and 
 90.9   retailers shall inform the public about environmental problems 
 90.10  associated with improper disposal of used motor oil and used 
 90.11  motor oil filters and proper disposal practices for used motor 
 90.12  oil and used motor oil filters.  At a minimum, this shall 
 90.13  include public service announcements designed to reach residents 
 90.14  of the state that generate used motor oil and used motor oil 
 90.15  filters. 
 90.16     ~~(d)~~ (b) The ~~commissioner of the pollution control agency~~ 
 90.17  director of the office of environmental assistance shall, ~~by~~ 
 90.18  ~~December 31, 1997, and~~ at least annually ~~thereafter~~ or more 
 90.19  frequently if deemed necessary, request motor oil and motor oil 
 90.20  filter manufacturers and retailers, persons who haul used motor 
 90.21  oil and used motor oil filters, and nongovernment persons who 
 90.22  accept used motor oil and used motor oil filters from the public 
 90.23  to provide an updated list of all existing sites that collect 
 90.24  used motor oil, used motor oil filters, or both, from the 
 90.25  public, delineating for public promotion which sites collect for 
 90.26  free.  ~~The commissioner shall use this information to determine~~ 
 90.27  ~~whether the parties identified in paragraph (b) have met the~~ 
 90.28  ~~goals listed in that paragraph.  A collection site operated by~~ 
 90.29  ~~the state or a political subdivision, as defined in Minnesota~~ 
 90.30  ~~Statutes, section 115A.03, subdivision 24, may be counted~~ 
 90.31  ~~towards meeting recycling goals, provided that the parties~~ 
 90.32  ~~responsible for meeting the goals of this subdivision~~ 
 90.33  ~~voluntarily reimburse the state or political subdivision for all~~ 
 90.34  ~~of the costs at that collection site that are associated with~~ 
 90.35  ~~used motor oil and used motor oil filter recycling.~~  Persons who 
 90.36  accept used motor oil and used motor oil filters from the public 
 91.1   shall cooperate with manufacturers and retailers of motor oil 
 91.2   and motor oil filters to inform the ~~agency~~ office of 
 91.3   environmental assistance within ~~ten~~ 30 days of initiating or 
 91.4   ceasing to collect used motor oil or used motor oil filters from 
 91.5   the public.  The information shall be provided in a form and 
 91.6   manner prescribed by the ~~commissioner~~ director of the office of 
 91.7   environmental assistance.  Using the information provided under 
 91.8   this paragraph, the director of the office of environmental 
 91.9   assistance shall prepare and make available to the public a list 
 91.10  of all existing sites that collect used motor oil, used motor 
 91.11  oil filters, or both from the public.  The list must include all 
 91.12  sites in the state, including both government and nongovernment 
 91.13  collection sites and both sites that accept used motor oil or 
 91.14  used motor oil filters free of charge or for a fee.  The 
 91.15  director shall update the list at least annually. 
 91.16     ~~(e)~~ (c) Motor oil filter manufacturers shall disclose to 
 91.17  retailers whether lead has been intentionally introduced in 
 91.18  manufacturing, and retailers shall not knowingly sell motor oil 
 91.19  filters containing lead intentionally introduced in 
 91.20  manufacturing. 
 91.21     Subd. 2.  The commissioner of the pollution control agency 
 91.22  may appoint an advisory group of diverse interests to assist the 
 91.23  agency with experimentation with various approaches to public 
 91.24  education, financial incentives, waste management, and other 
 91.25  issues that might affect the effectiveness of recycling 
 91.26  efforts.  ~~The commissioner may request parties responsible for~~ 
 91.27  ~~meeting the recycling goals in subdivision 1 to voluntarily pay~~ 
 91.28  ~~for some of the experimentation costs.  The existence of this~~ 
 91.29  ~~advisory group in no way relieves the parties identified in~~ 
 91.30  ~~subdivision 1 of responsibility for meeting the goals listed in~~ 
 91.31  ~~that subdivision.~~  The commissioner of the pollution control 
 91.32  agency shall appoint an advisory group chair. 
 91.33     ~~Subd. 3.  By January 15, 1999, the commissioner of the~~ 
 91.34  ~~pollution control agency shall report to the environment and~~ 
 91.35  ~~natural resources committees of the senate and the house of~~ 
 91.36  ~~representatives on the amount of used motor oil and used motor~~ 
 92.1   ~~oil filters being recycled and whether the goals in subdivision~~ 
 92.2   ~~1 have been met and recommend whether the mandate for retailers~~ 
 92.3   ~~of motor oil and filters described in Minnesota Statutes,~~ 
 92.4   ~~section 325E.112, subdivision 1, is needed to achieve the~~ 
 92.5   ~~recycling goals.~~ 
 92.6      Sec. 84.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 
 92.7   23, is amended to read: 
 92.8   Subd. 23.  Metro Regional Trails                      5,000,000 
 92.9   For grants to the metropolitan council 
 92.10  for acquisition and development of a 
 92.11  capital nature of trail connections in 
 92.12  the metropolitan area as specified in 
 92.13  this subdivision.  The purpose of the 
 92.14  grants is to improve trails in the 
 92.15  metropolitan park and open space system 
 92.16  and connect them with existing state 
 92.17  and regional trails.  Priority shall be 
 92.18  given to matching funds for an ISTEA 
 92.19  grant. 
 92.20  The funds shall be allocated by the 
 92.21  council as follows: 
 92.22  (1) $1,050,000 is allocated to Ramsey 
 92.23  county as follows: 
 92.24  (i) $400,000 to complete six miles of 
 92.25  trails between the Burlington Northern 
 92.26  Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter 
 92.27  Lake Regional Park; 
 92.28  (ii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile 
 92.29  connection between Birch Lake and the 
 92.30  Lake Tamarack segment of Bald 
 92.31  Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park; 
 92.32  (iii) $500,000 to acquire real property 
 92.33  and design and construct or renovate 
 92.34  recreation facilities along the 
 92.35  Mississippi River in cooperation with 
 92.36  the city of St. Paul; 
 92.37  (2) $1,050,000 is allocated to the city 
 92.38  of St. Paul as follows: 
 92.39  (i) $250,000 to construct a bridge over 
 92.40  Lexington Parkway in Como Regional 
 92.41  Park; and 
 92.42  (ii) $800,000 to enhance amenities for 
 92.43  the trailhead at the Lilydale-Harriet 
 92.44  Island Regional Park pavilion; 
 92.45  (3) $1,400,000 is allocated to Anoka 
 92.46  county ~~as follows~~ to construct: 
 92.47  (i) ~~$1,100,000 to construct~~ a 
 92.48  pedestrian tunnel under Highway 65 on 
 92.49  the Rice Creek West Regional Trail in 
 92.50  the city of Fridley; and 
 92.51  (ii) ~~$300,000 to construct~~ a pedestrian 
 92.52  bridge on the Mississippi River 
 93.1   Regional Trail crossing over 
 93.2   Mississippi Street in the city of 
 93.3   Fridley; and 
 93.4   (4) $1,500,000 is allocated to the 
 93.5   suburban Hennepin regional park 
 93.6   district as follows: 
 93.7   (i) $1,000,000 to connect North 
 93.8   Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line 
 93.9   State Trail and Medicine Lake; and 
 93.10  (ii) $500,000 is for the cost of 
 93.11  development and acquisition of the 
 93.12  Southwest regional trail in the city of 
 93.13  St. Louis Park.  The trail must connect 
 93.14  the Minneapolis regional trail system 
 93.15  at Cedar Lake park to the Hennepin 
 93.16  parks regional trail system at the 
 93.17  Hopkins trail head. 
 93.18     Sec. 85.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 
 93.19  26, is amended to read: 
 93.20  Subd. 26.  Local Initiative Grants                    8,000,000 
 93.21  For matching grants to be provided to 
 93.22  local units of government for 
 93.23  acquisition, development, or renovation 
 93.24  of a capital nature of local parks, 
 93.25  trails, and natural and scenic areas.  
 93.26  Recipients must provide a match of at 
 93.27  least one-half of total eligible 
 93.28  project costs.  The commissioner shall 
 93.29  make payment to local units of 
 93.30  government upon receiving documentation 
 93.31  of reimbursable expenditures.  The 
 93.32  commissioner shall determine project 
 93.33  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 93.34  need. 
 93.35  $3,500,000 of this appropriation is for 
 93.36  grants to units of government to 
 93.37  acquire and develop outdoor recreation 
 93.38  areas, and for grants to units of 
 93.39  government to acquire and better 
 93.40  natural and scenic areas under 
 93.41  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
 93.42  subdivision 4a.  
 93.43  $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
 93.44  cooperative trail grants of up to 
 93.45  $50,000 per project to acquire or 
 93.46  construct trail linkages between 
 93.47  communities, trails, and parks. 
 93.48  $3,500,000 of this appropriation is for 
 93.49  trail grants for the following locally 
 93.50  funded publicly owned trails serving 
 93.51  multiple communities:  $1,400,000 for 
 93.52  Beaver Island Trail in Stearns County, 
 93.53  $1,400,000 for Skunk Hollow Trail in 
 93.54  Yellow Medicine and Chippewa Counties, 
 93.55  and $700,000 for Unity Trail in 
 93.56  Faribault County.  The grant for Beaver 
 93.57  Island Trail in Stearns County is 
 93.58  available in the manner and the order 
 93.59  that follows:  $500,000 is available 
 93.60  upon commitment of an equal amount from 
 93.61  nonstate sources, $152,000 is available 
 94.1   upon contribution of an equal amount 
 94.2   from local governments, $374,000 is 
 94.3   available upon commitment of an equal 
 94.4   amount from nonstate sources, and the 
 94.5   balance of $374,000 is available upon 
 94.6   commitment of an equal amount from 
 94.7   nonstate sources. 
 94.8      Sec. 86.  [ANALYSIS OF USED OIL FILTER DISPOSAL METHODS.] 
 94.9      In consultation with the office of environmental 
 94.10  assistance, representatives of motor oil manufacturers, 
 94.11  representatives of motor oil filter manufacturers, 
 94.12  representatives of site that accept used motor oil and used 
 94.13  motor oil filters from the public, and representatives of the 
 94.14  haulers of mixed municipal solid waste, the commissioner of the 
 94.15  pollution control agency shall analyze the technical feasibility 
 94.16  of alternative methods of disposing of and recycling of used oil 
 94.17  motor filters.  The commissioner shall report to the chairs of 
 94.18  the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
 94.19  environmental policy and finance issues by January 15, 2001 on 
 94.20  the findings of the analysis performed under this section and 
 94.21  any recommendations. 
 94.22     Sec. 87.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; ROCK COUNTY.] 
 94.23     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
 94.24  94.16, the commissioner of natural resources may sell the 
 94.25  state-owned land described in paragraph (c) by private sale to 
 94.26  the adjacent landowner east of the township road. 
 94.27     (b) The consideration for the sale shall be the land's 
 94.28  appraised value as certified by the state and the conveyance 
 94.29  shall be in a form approved by the attorney general. 
 94.30     (c) The land to be sold is located in Rock county, consists 
 94.31  of 0.6 acres, more or less, and is described as: 
 94.32     That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 
 94.33     103 North, Range 45 West, described as follows: 
 94.34     Commencing at the West Quarter corner of Section 13; thence 
 94.35     North 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 seconds West (assumed 
 94.36     bearing) along the west line of the Northwest Quarter of 
 94.37     said section a distance of 128.17 feet to the point of 
 94.38     beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 
 94.39     seconds West along said west line a distance of 11.84 feet 
 95.1      to a point 140.00 feet north of the south line of the 
 95.2      Northwest Quarter of said section and the northwest corner 
 95.3      of that certain tract of land conveyed to the state of 
 95.4      Minnesota by final certificate, filed for record in the 
 95.5      office of the Rock county recorder on May 19, 1938, in Book 
 95.6      "M" of Miscl., pages 515-517; thence South 89 degrees 28 
 95.7      minutes 55 seconds East parallel with the south line of the 
 95.8      Northwest Quarter of said section and along the north line 
 95.9      of said tract a distance of 1474.45 feet to the northeast 
 95.10     corner of said tract; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 
 95.11     seconds East parallel with the west line of said section 
 95.12     and along the east line of said tract a distance of 25.29 
 95.13     feet to an iron stake with DNR caps; thence North 88 
 95.14     degrees 57 minutes 33 seconds West along an existing fence 
 95.15     line a distance of 1092.38 feet to Point A and an iron 
 95.16     stake; thence continuing North 88 degrees 57 minutes 33 
 95.17     seconds West along said fence line extended a distance of 
 95.18     382.32 feet to said point of beginning. 
 95.19  Said tract is subject to a roadway easement and any other 
 95.20  easements of record if any. 
 95.21     (d) The deed from the commissioner shall include the 
 95.22  following restrictive covenant:  that part of the above 
 95.23  described tract of land lying easterly of and within 60 feet of 
 95.24  Point A shall be maintained in tall grass cover with no use for 
 95.25  livestock purposes.  A breach of such restrictive covenant shall 
 95.26  result in the automatic reversion of the restricted land to the 
 95.27  state. 
 95.28     Sec. 88.  [RULEMAKING AUTHORITY REVOKED AND MORATORIUM 
 95.29  IMPOSED.] 
 95.30     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY REVOKED.] Notwithstanding other 
 95.31  law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources is 
 95.32  without authority to adopt the rules proposed in the State 
 95.33  Register, volume 23, pages 751 to 763, October 5, 1998. 
 95.34     Subd. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] Subdivision 1 is effective 
 95.35  retroactively to October 4, 1998. 
 95.36     Sec. 89.  [FARMSTEAD WINDBREAK RULES.] 
 96.1      The board of water and soil resources must adopt rules to 
 96.2   implement a cost-share program for farmstead windbreaks. 
 96.3      Sec. 90.  [ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES.] 
 96.4      The commissioner of natural resources shall assess the use 
 96.5   of electronic devices used in consumptive activities related to 
 96.6   fish and wildlife resources through creel surveys, other user 
 96.7   surveys, or point of license purchase.  The commissioner shall 
 96.8   report to the legislature by January 15, 2000, the findings of 
 96.9   the surveys and provide an analysis of the feasibility of 
 96.10  assessing the impact of current and anticipated use of 
 96.11  electronic devices on fish and wildlife resources.  
 96.12     Sec. 91.  [CONSERVATION LICENSE STUDY.] 
 96.13     The commissioner of natural resources shall conduct a study 
 96.14  on the feasibility of creating a conservation angling license 
 96.15  that imposes lower catch limits.  The study must at a minimum 
 96.16  address whether a conservation angling license would 
 96.17  substantially preserve fish resources, evaluate the fiscal 
 96.18  impact of such a license on the game and fish fund, and 
 96.19  recommend a fee for the license.  The commissioner shall report 
 96.20  the study findings and recommendations to the legislature by 
 96.21  January 15, 2000. 
 96.22     Sec. 92.  [STATE PARK LIFETIME PASS.] 
 96.23     The commissioner of natural resources must study the 
 96.24  concept and possibility of a lifetime state park entrance pass 
 96.25  for residents.  The commissioner must address the cost of a 
 96.26  lifetime pass, the incentive it may create for more residents to 
 96.27  purchase a pass, and any possible gain or loss to state park 
 96.28  income. 
 96.29     Sec. 93.  [REPEALER.] 
 96.30     Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 86B.415, subdivision 7a; 
 96.31  115A.929; 115A.9651; 115A.981; 297H.13, subdivision 6; and 
 96.32  473.845, subdivision 2, are repealed effective the day following 
 96.33  final enactment.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 1.31; and 
 96.34  325E.112, subdivision 5, are repealed effective July 1, 1999.  
 96.35  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84B.11, is repealed effective 
 96.36  June 30, 2000. 
 97.1      Sec. 94.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 97.2      Sections 15 to 18, 21 to 25, 34, 35, 47, 58 to 71, 73, 80 
 97.3   to 82, 85, 88, and 92 are effective on the day following final 
 97.4   enactment.  Sections 33 and 37 to 45 are effective March 1, 2000.