1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to recruit and hire enforcement 
1.3 	liaison community officer program positions.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
 1.6 	$420,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $420,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund to the commissioner of natural resources to recruit and hire at least two 
1.8 	conservation officers for the enforcement liaison community officer program. The 
1.9 	conservation officers must be fluent in a native language of one or more Southeast Asian 
1.10 	communities present in the state.