1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; repealing riparian buffer requirements; canceling 
1.3 	appropriations;amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 3, 
1.4 	section 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 103B.101, 
1.5 	subdivision 12a; 103F.48; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 4, 
1.6 	section 146.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 3, section 4, is amended 
1.9 	to read:

1.10
1.11	Sec. 4. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	13,237,000
	$
	13,415,000
	
1.12 	$3,423,000 the first year and $3,423,000 the 
1.13 	second year are for natural resources block 
1.14 	grants to local governments. Grants must be 
1.15 	matched with a combination of local cash or 
1.16 	in-kind contributions. The base grant portion 
1.17 	related to water planning must be matched 
1.18 	by an amount as specified by Minnesota 
1.19 	Statutes, section 103B.3369. The board may 
1.20 	reduce the amount of the natural resources 
1.21 	block grant to a county by an amount equal to 
1.22 	any reduction in the county's general services 
1.23 	allocation to a soil and water conservation 
1.24 	district from the county's previous year 
2.1 	allocation when the board determines that 
2.2 	the reduction was disproportionate.
2.3 	$3,116,000 the first year and $3,116,000 the 
2.4 	second year are for grants to soil and water 
2.5 	conservation districts for general purposes, 
2.6 	nonpoint engineering, and implementation of 
2.7 	the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program. 
2.8 	Expenditures may be made from these 
2.9 	appropriations for supplies and services 
2.10 	benefiting soil and water conservation 
2.11 	districts. Any district receiving a grant under 
2.12 	this paragraph shall maintain a Web page that 
2.13 	publishes, at a minimum, its annual report, 
2.14 	annual audit, annual budget, and meeting 
2.15 	notices.
2.16 	$1,560,000 the first year and $1,560,000 the 
2.17 	second year are for the following cost-share 
2.18 	programs:
2.19 	(1) $260,000 each year is for feedlot water 
2.20 	quality grants for feedlots under 300 animal 
2.21 	units and nutrient and manure management 
2.22 	projects in watersheds where there are 
2.23 	impaired waters;
2.24 	(2) $1,200,000 each year is for soil and 
2.25 	water conservation district cost-sharing 
2.26 	contracts for perennially vegetated riparian 
2.27 	buffers, erosion control, water retention 
2.28 	and treatment, and other high-priority 
2.29 	conservation practices; and
2.30 	(3) $100,000 each year is for county 
2.31 	cooperative weed management programs and 
2.32 	to restore native plants in selected invasive 
2.33 	species management sites.
2.34 	$800,000 the first year and $750,000 
2.35 	the second year are for implementation, 
3.1 	enforcement, and oversight of the Wetland 
3.2 	Conservation Act, including administration 
3.3 	of the wetland banking program and in-lieu 
3.4 	fee mechanism. The base for fiscal year 2018 
3.5 	and later is $761,000.
3.6 	$166,000 the first year and $166,000 
3.7 	the second year are to provide technical 
3.8 	assistance to local drainage management 
3.9 	officials and for the costs of the Drainage 
3.10 	Work Group.
3.11 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 
3.12 	the second year are for a grant to the 
3.13 	Red River Basin Commission for water 
3.14 	quality and floodplain management, 
3.15 	including administration of programs. This 
3.16 	appropriation must be matched by nonstate 
3.17 	funds. If the appropriation in either year is 
3.18 	insufficient, the appropriation in the other 
3.19 	year is available for it.
3.20 	$140,000 the first year and $140,000 
3.21 	the second year are for grants to Area 
3.22 	II Minnesota River Basin Projects for 
3.23 	floodplain management.
3.24 	$8,000 the first year and $262,000 the 
3.25 	second year are to study, in cooperation 
3.26 	with the commissioner of natural resources, 
3.27 	the feasibility of the state assuming 
3.28 	administration of the section 404 permit 
3.29 	program of the federal Clean Water Act 
3.30 	as required in this act. This is a onetime 
3.31 	appropriation.
3.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.33 	103C.501, the board may shift cost-share 
3.34 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
3.35 	technical and administrative assistance 
4.1 	portion of the grant funds to leverage 
4.2 	federal or other nonstate funds or to address 
4.3 	high-priority needs identified in local water 
4.4 	management plans or comprehensive water 
4.5 	management plans.
4.6 	The appropriations for grants in this 
4.7 	section are available until expended. If an 
4.8 	appropriation for grants in either year is 
4.9 	insufficient, the appropriation in the other 
4.10 	year is available for it.
4.11 	The base for the board in fiscal year 2018 and 
4.12 	thereafter is increased by $11,000,000 for 
4.13 	grants to soil and water conservation districts 
4.14 	to implement buffer requirements.

4.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.16 	Sec. 2. CANCELATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 4.17 	(a) The fiscal year 2017 appropriation in Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, 
4.18 	article 2, section 7, paragraph (e), to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for grants 
4.19 	to local units of government to enhance compliance with riparian buffer or alternative 
4.20 	practice requirements is canceled.
4.21 	(b) The fiscal year 2017 appropriation in Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, 
4.22 	article 2, section 7, paragraph (o), to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for payments 
4.23 	to soil and water conservation districts is canceled.
4.24 	(c) The fiscal year 2017 appropriation in Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, 
4.25 	article 2, section 6, paragraph (i), to the commissioner of natural resources for analysis 
4.26 	and mapping related to compliance with riparian buffer or alternate practice requirements 
4.27 	is canceled.

4.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.29 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 4.30 	Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 103B.101, subdivision 12a; and 
4.31 	103F.48, and Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 4, section 146,  are repealed.

4.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.