1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; establishing a peat soil protection, restoration, and 
1.3 	enhancement goal;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	84.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [84.0345] PEAT SOIL GOAL.
1.7 	It is the goal of the state of Minnesota to protect, restore, and enhance at least the 
1.8 	following amounts of the state's presettlement peat soils, or histosols, that were drained for 
1.9 	and as of August 1, 2022, are used for agricultural cultivation or pasture:
1.10 	(1) 25 percent by August 1, 2030; and
1.11 	(2) 50 percent by August 1, 2040.