1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing bonds 
  1.3             and appropriating money for statewide natural 
  1.4             resources purposes. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [TITLE.] 
  1.7      This act may be cited as "Legacy 2000." 
  1.8      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.9      $192,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to 
  1.10  the agencies specified in sections 3 to 7, in the amounts and 
  1.11  for the purposes indicated.  Unless otherwise specified, the 
  1.12  appropriations in this act are available until the project is 
  1.13  completed or abandoned. 
  1.14  Sec. 3.  DEPARTMENT 
  1.15  OF AGRICULTURE                                       10,000,000
  1.16  For a grant program to counties for the 
  1.17  purchase of conservation easements to 
  1.18  protect agricultural land.  A 50 
  1.19  percent local match is required for 
  1.20  participation, along with a county plan 
  1.21  and program for the protection of 
  1.22  agricultural land. 
  1.23  Sec. 4.  BOARD OF   
  1.24  WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                                       
  1.25  Subdivision 1.  Watershed Conservation
  1.26  Easements                                            40,000,000
  1.27  To match the federal government for 
  1.28  permanent conservation easements within 
  1.29  the Minnesota river watershed.  
  1.30  Subd. 2.  Conservation Reserve
  1.31  Program                                              10,000,000
  2.1   To acquire conservation easements from 
  2.2   landowners as provided in Minnesota 
  2.3   Statutes, sections 103F.515 and 
  2.4   103F.516. 
  2.5   Subd. 3.  Conservation Programs                       5,000,000
  2.6   For a five-county pilot program to 
  2.7   acquire conservation easements and to 
  2.8   establish a cost share grant program to 
  2.9   protect shoreland and riparian buffers 
  2.10  on lakes and rivers. 
  2.11  Sec. 5.  DEPARTMENT OF 
  2.12  NATURAL RESOURCES
  2.13  Subdivision 1.  Critical Habitat Match                3,000,000 
  2.14  For deposit into the critical habitat 
  2.15  matching account, as provided in 
  2.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943. 
  2.17  Subd. 2.  Dam Removal                                 1,000,000 
  2.18  For the removal of two municipal farms 
  2.19  on the Cannon and Zumbro rivers. 
  2.20  Subd. 3.  Office Development                         11,000,000 
  2.21  To provide a new facility in Fergus 
  2.22  Falls, complete the design of a 
  2.23  facility in St. Cloud, and renovation 
  2.24  of other facilities in compliance with 
  2.25  federal law. 
  2.26  Subd. 4.  Aquatic Management Areas                    2,000,000 
  2.27  To acquire and develop lakeshore 
  2.28  aquatic management areas, as defined in 
  2.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
  2.30  subdivision 14. 
  2.31  Subd. 5.  Statewide Greenways                         2,000,000 
  2.32  For the acquisition and development of 
  2.33  greenway corridors, encompassing parks, 
  2.34  natural areas, and other open spaces in 
  2.35  areas outside the seven-county 
  2.36  metropolitan area. 
  2.37  Subd. 6.  Metro Greenways                            10,000,000 
  2.38  For the acquisition and development of 
  2.39  greenway corridors, encompassing parks, 
  2.40  natural areas, and other open spaces 
  2.41  within the seven-county metropolitan 
  2.42  area. 
  2.43  Subd. 7.  Metro Trout Streams                         2,000,000 
  2.44  To provide funding to local units of 
  2.45  government within the seven-county 
  2.46  metropolitan area to protect and 
  2.47  restore trout streams. 
  2.48  Subd. 8.  Native Prairie Bank                         2,000,000 
  2.49  For acquisition of conservation 
  2.50  easements to protect native prairie 
  2.51  according to Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.1   section 84.96. 
  3.2   Subd. 9.  Red River Initiative                        9,500,000 
  3.3   For a collaborative process with other 
  3.4   public and nonpublic partners to 
  3.5   acquire conservation easements and 
  3.6   restore natural resource habitats in 
  3.7   the Red River watershed. 
  3.8   Subd. 10.  RIM Fisheries                              3,000,000 
  3.9   For RIM improvements of a capital 
  3.10  nature to develop, improve, or 
  3.11  rehabilitate fish culture facilities. 
  3.12  Subd. 11.  RIM Wildlife                               4,000,000 
  3.13  For RIM improvements of a capital 
  3.14  nature to protect, develop, or improve 
  3.15  wildlife management areas in the state. 
  3.16  Subd. 12.  Scientific and Natural Areas               2,000,000 
  3.17  To acquire, restore, and improve land 
  3.18  for scientific and natural area 
  3.19  purposes according to Minnesota 
  3.20  Statutes, section 84.033. 
  3.21  Subd. 13.  State Forests                              2,200,000 
  3.22  (a) $1,000,000 is to acquire private 
  3.23  lands from willing sellers within 
  3.24  established boundaries of state forests.
  3.25  (b) $500,000 is for the development and 
  3.26  improvement of state forest recreation 
  3.27  facilities. 
  3.28  (c) $700,000 is for reforestation 
  3.29  purposes in state forests. 
  3.30  Subd. 14.  State Parks                               10,000,000 
  3.31  (a) $5,500,000 is for design, repair, 
  3.32  rehabilitation, construction, or 
  3.33  addition to state park buildings 
  3.34  throughout the state, according to the 
  3.35  master plan required under Minnesota 
  3.36  Statutes, section 86A.09.  The 
  3.37  commissioner shall determine project 
  3.38  priorities as appropriate based upon 
  3.39  need. 
  3.40  (b) $500,000 is to design, construct, 
  3.41  furnish, and equip new buildings and 
  3.42  associated utilities in the state park 
  3.43  system, according to the master plan 
  3.44  required under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.45  section 86A.09. 
  3.46  (c) $1,500,000 is to upgrade, repair, 
  3.47  or rehabilitate improvements at state 
  3.48  park and recreation area facilities 
  3.49  throughout the state, including, but 
  3.50  not limited to, resource management 
  3.51  projects, trail rehabilitation, 
  3.52  campground rehabilitation, and road and 
  3.53  bridge repair.  The commissioner shall 
  3.54  determine project priorities as 
  3.55  appropriate based upon need. 
  4.1   (d) $2,500,000 is for acquisition from 
  4.2   willing sellers of private lands within 
  4.3   state park and recreation area 
  4.4   boundaries established by law.  The 
  4.5   commissioner shall determine project 
  4.6   priorities as appropriate based upon 
  4.7   need. 
  4.8   Subd. 15.  State Trails                               3,000,000 
  4.9   For acquisition and development of 
  4.10  state trails under Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.11  section 85.015, including completion of 
  4.12  the Paul Bunyan trail and construction 
  4.13  of a section of the Gitchi-Gami trail. 
  4.14  Subd. 16.  Asset Preservation                         2,000,000 
  4.15  For capital improvements required and 
  4.16  necessary to bring facilities managed 
  4.17  by the commissioner up to code.  The 
  4.18  commissioner shall determine project 
  4.19  priorities as appropriate based upon 
  4.20  need. 
  4.21  Subd. 17.  Trust Fund Lands                           1,000,000 
  4.22  To reimburse the permanent school fund 
  4.23  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.24  127A.31, for 150,000 acres of trust 
  4.25  fund lands that have been designated 
  4.26  for conservation purposes. 
  4.27  Subd. 18.  Local Initiative Grants                   14,000,000 
  4.28  For matching grants to be provided to 
  4.29  local units of government for 
  4.30  acquisition, development, or renovation 
  4.31  of a capital nature of local parks, 
  4.32  trails, and natural and scenic areas.  
  4.33  Recipients must provide a match of at 
  4.34  least one-half of total eligible 
  4.35  project costs.  The commissioner shall 
  4.36  make payment to local units of 
  4.37  government upon receiving documentation 
  4.38  of reimbursable expenditures.  The 
  4.39  commissioner shall determine project 
  4.40  priorities as appropriate based upon 
  4.41  need. 
  4.42  (a) $8,000,000 of this appropriation is 
  4.43  for grants of up to $500,000 to units 
  4.44  of government to acquire and improve 
  4.45  natural and scenic areas under 
  4.46  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
  4.47  subdivision 4a. 
  4.48  (b) $2,000,000 of this appropriation is 
  4.49  for grants of up to $250,000 to units 
  4.50  of government to acquire, develop, and 
  4.51  renovate outdoor recreation areas and 
  4.52  facilities under Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.53  sections 85.019, subdivision 2. 
  4.54  (c) $2,000,000 of this appropriation is 
  4.55  for cooperative trail grants of up to 
  4.56  $50,000 per project to acquire or 
  4.57  construct trail linkages between 
  4.58  communities, trails, and parks. 
  4.59  (d) $2,000,000 of this appropriation is 
  5.1   for regional trail grants for new, 
  5.2   publicly owned trails that serve 
  5.3   multiple communities. 
  5.4   Subd. 19.  Metro Regional 
  5.5   Park Acquisition and Betterment                      11,000,000
  5.6   For payment to the metropolitan 
  5.7   council.  The commissioner shall pay 
  5.8   the amount on a reimbursement basis to 
  5.9   the metropolitan council upon receipt 
  5.10  of a certified copy of a council 
  5.11  resolution requesting payment.  The 
  5.12  appropriation must be used to pay the 
  5.13  cost of rehabilitation, acquisition, 
  5.14  and development by the council and 
  5.15  local government units of regional 
  5.16  recreational open space lands in 
  5.17  accordance with the council's policy 
  5.18  plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.19  section 473.315.  The appropriation 
  5.20  must not be used for research, 
  5.21  planning, administration, or tax 
  5.22  equivalency payments.  This 
  5.23  appropriation may be used for the 
  5.24  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
  5.25  are included in the work program 
  5.26  required by law and they are expressly 
  5.27  approved by the legislative commission 
  5.28  on Minnesota resources. 
  5.29  Subd. 20.  Water Access                               1,000,000 
  5.30  To acquire, develop new, and improve 
  5.31  existing boat and canoe accesses, 
  5.32  fishing piers, shore fishing sites, and 
  5.33  waysides on rivers and lakes. 
  5.34  Subd. 21.  Wildlife 
  5.35  Management Areas                                      3,000,000
  5.36  To acquire and develop land for 
  5.37  wildlife management areas according to 
  5.38  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.135. 
  5.39  Subd. 22.  Cannon River Link Trail
  5.40  Board                                                   300,000
  5.41  For a grant to the Cannon River Link 
  5.42  Trail Board for land acquisition, 
  5.43  planning, and administration for the 
  5.44  future construction of the Mill Towns 
  5.45  trail, which will connect the Cannon 
  5.46  Valley trail to the Sakatah Singing 
  5.47  Hills trail.  The Cannon River Link 
  5.48  Trail Board must seek available federal 
  5.49  funding, and funding or in-kind 
  5.50  services from organizations and local 
  5.51  units of government along the trail 
  5.52  route. 
  5.53  Subd. 23.  Work Program                                         
  5.54  The commissioner must submit a work 
  5.55  program and semiannual progress reports 
  5.56  in the form determined by the 
  5.57  legislative commission on Minnesota 
  5.58  resources and request its 
  5.59  recommendation before spending any 
  5.60  money appropriated by subdivisions 1 
  5.61  and 4 to 22.  The commission's 
  6.1   recommendation is advisory only.  
  6.2   Failure to respond to a request within 
  6.3   60 days after receipt is a positive 
  6.4   recommendation.  Work programs 
  6.5   involving land acquisition must include 
  6.6   a land acquisition plan. 
  6.7   Sec. 6.  POLLUTION CONTROL
  6.8   AGENCY                                                2,000,000
  6.9   To provide clean water partnership 
  6.10  assistance under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.11  section 103F.715, to local units of 
  6.12  government for protection and 
  6.13  improvement of surface water and 
  6.14  groundwater from nonpoint sources of 
  6.15  water pollution. 
  6.16  Sec. 7.  PUBLIC FACILITIES
  6.17  AUTHORITY                                            26,000,000
  6.18  To provide funding through the 
  6.19  wastewater infrastructure program for 
  6.20  supplemental assistance to 
  6.21  municipalities under Minnesota 
  6.22  Statutes, section 446A.072. 
  6.23  To the greatest extent practicable, the 
  6.24  authority should use the funds to first 
  6.25  match grant funds on a 50 percent basis 
  6.26  with USDA rural development projects 
  6.27  prior to using the funds for 
  6.28  non-USDA-eligible projects. 
  6.29  The authority shall also give priority 
  6.30  to multijurisdictional projects 
  6.31  connecting areas with failing on-site 
  6.32  treatment systems with an existing 
  6.33  wastewater treatment system. 
  6.34     Sec. 8.  [BOND SALE.] 
  6.35     To provide the money appropriated in section 2 from the 
  6.36  bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of 
  6.37  the governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
  6.38  amount up to $192,000,000 in the manner, on the terms, and with 
  6.39  the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
  6.40  16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
  6.41  4 to 7. 
  6.42     Sec. 9.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  6.43     Sections 1 to 8 are effective the day following final 
  6.44  enactment.