1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; facilitating integration of aggregate mapping 
1.3 	information into county comprehensive planning process; appropriating money;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.94, subdivision 3, by adding 
1.5 	subdivisions.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.94, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Identification and classification. The Department of Natural Resources, with 
1.9 	the cooperation of the state Geological Survey, the Department of Transportation, and the 
1.10 	Department of Employment and Economic Development, outside of the metropolitan area 
1.11 	as defined in section 473.121, shall conduct a program of identification and classification 
1.12 	of potentially valuable publicly or privately owned aggregate lands located outside of urban 
1.13 	or developed areas where aggregate mining is restricted, without consideration of their 
1.14 	present land use. The program shall give priority to identification and classification in areas 
1.15 	of the state where urbanization or other factors are or may be resulting in a loss of aggregate 
1.16 	resources to development. Lands shall be classified as:
1.17 	(1) identified resources, being those containing significant aggregate deposits;
1.18 	(2) potential resources, being those containing potentially significant deposits and 
1.19 	meriting further evaluation; or
1.20 	(3) subeconomic resources, being those containing no significant deposits.
1.21 	As lands are classified, the information on the classification shall be transmitted to each 
1.22 	of the departments and agencies named in this subdivision, to the planning authority of the 
1.23 	appropriate county and municipality, and to the appropriate county engineer. The county 
2.1 	planning authority shall notify owners of land classified under this subdivision by publication 
2.2 	in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or by mail.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.94, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.4 	read:
2.5 		Subd. 3a.Notification. As lands are classified, the information on the classification 
2.6 	must be transmitted to each of the departments and agencies named under subdivision 3, to 
2.7 	the planning authority of the appropriate county and municipality, and to the appropriate 
2.8 	county engineer. The county planning authority must notify owners of land classified under 
2.9 	subdivision 3 by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or by mail.

2.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.94, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.11 	read:
2.12 		Subd. 3b.Integrating aggregate mapping into county planning. When the Department 
2.13 	of Natural Resources provides aggregate mapping services to a Minnesota county, the 
2.14 	department must review the county's planning and zoning policies and provide 
2.15 	recommendations about incorporating aggregate resource planning into county ordinances. 
2.16 	A county that has been mapped under this section must incorporate the county's aggregate 
2.17 	map into the county's comprehensive planning process.

2.18 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION.
 2.19 	$37,500 in fiscal year 2020 and $37,500 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the 
2.20 	general fund to the commissioner of natural resources to facilitate implementation of 
2.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.94, subdivision 3b.