1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; appropriating money for 
  1.3             environmental, natural resource, and agricultural 
  1.4             purposes; establishing and modifying certain programs; 
  1.5             providing for regulation of certain activities and 
  1.6             practices; providing for accounts, assessments, and 
  1.7             fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 
  1.8             14.386; 16A.531, by adding a subdivision; 16B.171, as 
  1.9             amended; 17.038; 17.102, subdivision 4; 17.109, 
  1.10            subdivisions 1 and 3; 17.115, subdivision 3; 17.116, 
  1.11            subdivision 3; 17.117, subdivision 3; 17.457, 
  1.12            subdivision 10; 17.59, subdivision 5; 17.85; 17.982, 
  1.13            subdivision 1; 17.983, subdivision 1; 17A.11; 17B.15, 
  1.14            subdivision 1; 18B.05, subdivision 1; 18B.26, 
  1.15            subdivision 5; 18C.131; 18E.02, subdivision 5; 18E.03, 
  1.16            subdivision 1; 21.115; 21.116; 21.90, subdivision 3; 
  1.17            21.92; 25.39, subdivision 4; 27.07, subdivision 6; 
  1.18            28A.08, subdivision 3; 29.22, subdivision 5; 31.94; 
  1.19            31.95, subdivision 3a; 31B.06; 32.21, subdivision 4; 
  1.20            32.394, subdivision 9; 41B.044, subdivision 2; 84.027, 
  1.21            subdivision 15; 84.0855, subdivision 2, and by adding 
  1.22            a subdivision; 84.81, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.23            84.8205, by adding a subdivision; 84.83, subdivisions 
  1.24            3 and 4; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.862, subdivisions 1 
  1.25            and 2; 84.872, subdivision 1; 84.91, subdivision 1; 
  1.26            84.98, subdivision 6; 84A.55, subdivision 5; 85.015, 
  1.27            subdivision 4, and by adding a subdivision; 85.019, 
  1.28            subdivision 2, and by adding subdivisions; 85.40, 
  1.29            subdivision 5; 85.41, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5; 85.42; 
  1.30            85.44; 85.45, subdivision 1; 88.067; 89A.01, by adding 
  1.31            a subdivision; 89A.02; 89A.03; 89A.04; 89A.05; 89A.06; 
  1.32            89A.07, subdivisions 3 and 5; 89A.10; 92.45; 92.46, 
  1.33            subdivision 1; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 97B.020; 
  1.34            103G.271, subdivision 6; 115.55, subdivision 5a; 
  1.35            115A.908, subdivision 2; 115A.9651, subdivision 6; 
  1.36            115B.175, subdivision 2; 115B.39, subdivision 2; 
  1.37            115B.40, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; 
  1.38            115B.405, subdivision 1; 115B.412, subdivision 3; 
  1.39            115B.42; 115B.43, subdivision 1; 115B.442, by adding a 
  1.40            subdivision; 115B.445; 115B.48, subdivision 8; 
  1.41            116.072, subdivision 1; 116.073, subdivisions 1 and 2; 
  1.42            116O.09, subdivision 5; 169.121, subdivision 3; 
  1.43            169.1217, subdivisions 7a and 9; 169.123, subdivision 
  1.44            1; 171.07, subdivisions 12 and 13; 216C.41, 
  1.45            subdivision 2; 223.17, subdivision 3; 231.16; 232.22, 
  1.46            subdivision 3; 233.08; 236.02, subdivision 4; 290.431; 
  2.1             290.432; 446A.072, subdivision 4; 574.263; and 
  2.2             574.264, subdivision 1; Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
  2.3             section 27, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 1995, 
  2.4             chapter 220, section 142, as amended; and Laws 1998, 
  2.5             chapter 401, section 53; proposing coding for new law 
  2.6             in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 18; 28A; 31B; 41B; 84; 
  2.7             85; 97C; 103G; 115B; and 116; repealing Minnesota 
  2.8             Statutes 1998, sections 115A.981; 297H.13, 
  2.9             subdivisions 3 and 6; and 473.845, subdivision 2. 
  2.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.11  Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.12     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.13  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  2.14  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.15  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.16  figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
  2.17  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.18  available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or 
  2.19  June 30, 2001, respectively.  
  2.20                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.21                           2000           2001          TOTAL
  2.22  General               $216,471,000   $207,477,000  $423,948,000
  2.23  Petroleum Tank           3,333,000      3,393,000     6,726,000
  2.24  State Government
  2.25  Special Revenue             44,000         45,000        89,000
  2.26  Special Revenue            200,000        200,000       400,000
  2.27  Environmental           21,665,000     22,107,000    43,772,000
  2.28  Solid Waste              9,072,000      9,229,000    18,301,000
  2.29  Natural
  2.30  Resources               25,273,000     24,623,000    49,896,000
  2.31  Game and Fish           60,438,000     61,521,000   121,959,000
  2.32  Minnesota      
  2.33  Future Resources        16,040,000        -0-        16,040,000
  2.34  Environmental Trust     13,005,000     13,005,000    26,010,000
  2.35  Great Lakes  
  2.36  Protection                 200,000        -0-           200,000 
  2.37  TOTAL                  365,741,000    341,600,000   707,341,000
  2.38                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.39                                         Available for the Year 
  2.40                                             Ending June 30 
  2.41                                            2000         2001 
  2.42  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  2.43  AGENCY  
  2.44  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  3.1   Appropriation                         48,612,000    49,799,000
  3.2                 Summary by Fund
  3.3   General              16,202,000    16,740,000
  3.4   Petroleum Tank        3,333,000     3,393,000
  3.5   State Government   
  3.6   Special Revenue          44,000        45,000
  3.7   Environmental        20,061,000    20,492,000
  3.8   Solid Waste           8,972,000     9,129,000
  3.9   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.10  appropriation for each program are 
  3.11  specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.12  Subd. 2.  Protection of the Water 
  3.13      15,059,000     15,633,000
  3.14                Summary by Fund
  3.15  General              12,399,000    12,908,000
  3.16  State Government
  3.17  Special Revenue          44,000        45,000
  3.18  Environmental         2,616,000     2,680,000
  3.19  $1,973,000 the first year and 
  3.20  $1,973,000 the second year are for 
  3.21  grants to local units of government for 
  3.22  the clean water partnership program.  
  3.23  Of these amounts, $80,000 the first 
  3.24  year and $80,000 the second year are 
  3.25  for administration of the program. Any 
  3.26  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  3.27  first year does not cancel and is 
  3.28  available for the second year of the 
  3.29  biennium. 
  3.30  $523,000 the first year and $528,000 
  3.31  the second year are for the Minnesota 
  3.32  River nonpoint source pollution program 
  3.33  and must be matched by federal dollars. 
  3.34  $1,470,000 the first year and 
  3.35  $1,841,000 the second year are for 
  3.36  grants for county administration of the 
  3.37  feedlot permit program.  These amounts 
  3.38  are transferred to the board of water 
  3.39  and soil resources for disbursement in 
  3.40  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.41  section 103B.3369, in cooperation with 
  3.42  the pollution control agency.  Grants 
  3.43  must be matched with a combination of 
  3.44  local cash and/or in-kind 
  3.45  contributions.  Counties receiving 
  3.46  these grants shall submit an annual 
  3.47  report to the pollution control agency 
  3.48  regarding activities conducted under 
  3.49  the grant, expenditures made, and local 
  3.50  match contributions.  First priority 
  3.51  for funding shall be given to counties 
  3.52  that have requested and received 
  3.53  delegation from the pollution control 
  3.54  agency for processing of animal feedlot 
  3.55  permit applications under Minnesota 
  4.1   Statutes, section 116.07, subdivision 
  4.2   7.  Delegated counties shall be 
  4.3   eligible to receive a grant of either:  
  4.4   $50 multiplied by the number of 
  4.5   livestock or poultry farms with sales 
  4.6   greater than $10,000, as reported in 
  4.7   the 1992 Census of Agriculture, 
  4.8   published by the United States Bureau 
  4.9   of Census; or $80 multiplied by the 
  4.10  number of feedlots with greater than 
  4.11  ten animal units as determined by a 
  4.12  level 2 or level 3 feedlot inventory 
  4.13  conducted in accordance with the 
  4.14  Feedlot Inventory Guidebook published 
  4.15  by the board of water and soil 
  4.16  resources, dated June 1991.  To receive 
  4.17  the additional funding that is based on 
  4.18  the county feedlot inventory, the 
  4.19  county shall submit a copy of the 
  4.20  inventory to the pollution control 
  4.21  agency.  Any remaining money is for 
  4.22  distribution to all counties on a 
  4.23  competitive basis through the challenge 
  4.24  grant process for the conducting of 
  4.25  feedlot inventories, development of 
  4.26  delegated county feedlot programs, and 
  4.27  for information and education or 
  4.28  technical assistance efforts to reduce 
  4.29  feedlot-related pollution hazards.  Any 
  4.30  money remaining after the first year is 
  4.31  available for the second year. 
  4.32  $94,000 the first year and $97,000 the 
  4.33  second year are for compliance 
  4.34  activities and air quality monitoring 
  4.35  to address hydrogen sulfide emissions 
  4.36  from animal feedlots.  The air quality 
  4.37  monitoring must include the use of 
  4.38  portable survey instruments. 
  4.39  $1,043,000 the first year and 
  4.40  $1,048,000 the second year are for 
  4.41  water monitoring activities.  
  4.42  $320,000 the first year and $322,000 
  4.43  the second year are for community 
  4.44  technical assistance and education, 
  4.45  including grants and technical 
  4.46  assistance to communities for local and 
  4.47  basin-wide water quality protection. 
  4.48  $201,000 the first year and $202,000 
  4.49  the second year are for individual 
  4.50  sewage treatment system (ISTS) 
  4.51  administration. Of this amount, $86,000 
  4.52  in each year is transferred to the 
  4.53  board of water and soil resources for 
  4.54  assistance to local units of government 
  4.55  through competitive grant programs for 
  4.56  ISTS program development. 
  4.57  $200,000 in each year is for individual 
  4.58  sewage treatment system grants.  Any 
  4.59  unexpended balance in the first year 
  4.60  does not cancel, but is available in 
  4.61  the second year. 
  4.62  $250,000 the first year and $500,000 
  4.63  the second year are for studies to 
  4.64  determine total maximum daily load 
  4.65  allocations to improve water quality.  
  5.1   This is a one-time appropriation. 
  5.2   $300,000 each year is for continuing 
  5.3   research on malformed frogs.  This is a 
  5.4   one-time appropriation.  
  5.5   $126,000 is for administration of the 
  5.6   wastewater infrastructure fund (WIF) 
  5.7   construction program.  This is a 
  5.8   one-time appropriation.  
  5.9   Until July 1, 2001, the maximum 
  5.10  administrative penalty order issued 
  5.11  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.12  116.072, for all violations identified 
  5.13  during an inspection or other 
  5.14  compliance review of a feedlot is 
  5.15  $5,000.  If the commissioner determines 
  5.16  that the violation has been corrected 
  5.17  or appropriate steps are being taken to 
  5.18  correct the action, the penalty must be 
  5.19  forgiven.  For repeat violations, the 
  5.20  maximum penalty is $10,000.  The 
  5.21  commissioner may reduce the penalty by 
  5.22  up to 90 percent if the money is spent 
  5.23  on environmental improvements to the 
  5.24  farm. 
  5.25  Until July 1, 2001, the agency shall 
  5.26  not approve additional fees on animal 
  5.27  feedlot operations. 
  5.28  Subd. 3.  Protection of the Air 
  5.29       7,873,000      8,064,000
  5.30                Summary by Fund
  5.31  General                 183,000       183,000 
  5.32  Environmental         7,690,000     7,881,000
  5.33  Up to $150,000 the first year and 
  5.34  $150,000 the second year may be 
  5.35  transferred to the small business 
  5.36  environmental improvement loan account 
  5.37  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.38  section 116.994. 
  5.39  $200,000 each year from the 
  5.40  environmental fund is for a monitoring 
  5.41  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.42  section 116.454. 
  5.43  $183,000 the first year and $183,000 
  5.44  the second year are for mercury 
  5.45  reduction strategies.  
  5.46  Subd. 4.  Protection of the 
  5.47  Land 
  5.48      18,648,000     19,002,000
  5.49                Summary by Fund
  5.50  General               1,722,000     1,746,000
  5.51  Petroleum Tank        2,891,000     2,951,000
  5.52  Environmental         6,199,000     6,340,000
  6.1   Solid Waste           7,836,000     7,965,000
  6.2   All money in the environmental 
  6.3   response, compensation, and compliance 
  6.4   account in the environmental fund not 
  6.5   otherwise appropriated is appropriated 
  6.6   to the commissioners of the pollution 
  6.7   control agency and the department of 
  6.8   agriculture for purposes of Minnesota 
  6.9   Statutes, section 115B.20, subdivision 
  6.10  2, clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (10), 
  6.11  (11), and (12).  At the beginning of 
  6.12  each fiscal year, the two commissioners 
  6.13  shall jointly submit an annual spending 
  6.14  plan to the commissioner of finance 
  6.15  that maximizes the utilization of 
  6.16  resources and appropriately allocates 
  6.17  the money between the two agencies.  
  6.18  This appropriation is available until 
  6.19  June 30, 2001. 
  6.20  The agency's annual performance reports 
  6.21  required for this biennium under 
  6.22  Minnesota Statutes, section 15.91, must 
  6.23  specify the amount of lead, mercury, 
  6.24  and cadmium contained in sewage 
  6.25  biosolids spread on the land after 
  6.26  wastewater treatment. 
  6.27  $482,000 the first year and $483,000 
  6.28  the second year are from the solid 
  6.29  waste fund for evaluation of 
  6.30  unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste 
  6.31  disposal facilities to determine the 
  6.32  presence and concentration of hazardous 
  6.33  substances, pollutants or contaminants, 
  6.34  and decomposition gases, and to 
  6.35  determine the boundaries of fill 
  6.36  areas.  This appropriation is available 
  6.37  until June 30, 2001.  As a part of the 
  6.38  November 1, 2000, report required in 
  6.39  Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.453, 
  6.40  subdivision 3, the commissioner shall 
  6.41  report on results of the investigation 
  6.42  of unpermitted mixed municipal solid 
  6.43  waste disposal facilities.  The report 
  6.44  must include recommendations for the 
  6.45  inclusion of sites in the municipal 
  6.46  dump cleanup program under Minnesota 
  6.47  Statutes, sections 115B.451 to 
  6.48  115B.455.  $196,000 the first year and 
  6.49  $200,000 the second year is for 
  6.50  transfer to the commissioner of health 
  6.51  for costs of monitoring at eligible 
  6.52  facilities.  
  6.53  $2,125,000 in each year is from the 
  6.54  solid waste fund for municipal dump 
  6.55  cleanup grants under Minnesota 
  6.56  Statutes, sections 115B.451 to 
  6.57  115B.455.  This appropriation is 
  6.58  available until June 30, 2001. 
  6.59  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.60  section 16A.125, $117,000 is 
  6.61  transferred from the motor vehicle 
  6.62  transfer account to the listed metals 
  6.63  account in the environmental fund to 
  6.64  offset the revenue deficiency from the 
  6.65  fee collected under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.66  section 115A.9651. 
  7.1   $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  7.2   second year are transferred from the 
  7.3   solid waste fund to the listed metals 
  7.4   account in the environmental fund and 
  7.5   is for administration of the listed 
  7.6   metals program. 
  7.7   Subd. 5.  General Support 
  7.8        7,032,000      7,100,000
  7.9                 Summary by Fund
  7.10  General               1,898,000     1,903,000
  7.11  Petroleum Tank          442,000       442,000
  7.12  Environmental         3,556,000     3,591,000
  7.13  Solid Waste           1,136,000     1,164,000
  7.14  Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
  7.15  ASSISTANCE                            22,108,000     22,196,000
  7.16                Summary by Fund
  7.17  General              20,840,000    20,923,000
  7.18  Environmental         1,268,000     1,273,000
  7.19  $14,008,000 the first year and 
  7.20  $14,008,000 the second year are for the 
  7.21  SCORE block grants to counties. 
  7.22  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  7.23  balances in the first year do not 
  7.24  cancel but are available for grants and 
  7.25  loans in the second year. 
  7.26  All money in the metropolitan landfill 
  7.27  abatement account in the environmental 
  7.28  fund not otherwise appropriated is 
  7.29  appropriated to the office of 
  7.30  environmental assistance for the 
  7.31  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.32  473.844. 
  7.33  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.34  section 115A.54, subdivision 2, 
  7.35  paragraph (h), and rules of the office 
  7.36  of environmental assistance, an 
  7.37  applicant that receives a grant from 
  7.38  money appropriated in Laws 1998, 
  7.39  chapter 404, section 8, for less than 
  7.40  25 percent of the total capital costs 
  7.41  of a project may be issued a second 
  7.42  grant for capital costs of the project 
  7.43  from other money appropriated for 
  7.44  capital assistance grants.  For the 
  7.45  purpose of the grants issued under this 
  7.46  item, each grant phase of the project 
  7.47  shall be considered a separate project. 
  7.48  $1,107,000 the first year and 
  7.49  $1,107,000 the second year are for an 
  7.50  increase in the environmental 
  7.51  assistance grant program. 
  7.52  $370,000 the first year and $370,000 
  7.53  the second year are for an increase in 
  7.54  environmental information and education 
  8.1   programs. 
  8.2   Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD             7,449,000       7,929,000
  8.3   Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  8.4   Subdivision 1.  Total 
  8.5   Appropriation                        206,166,000    199,372,000
  8.6                 Summary by Fund
  8.7   General             120,355,000   113,128,000
  8.8   Natural Resources    25,273,000    24,623,000
  8.9   Game and Fish        60,438,000    61,521,000
  8.10  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
  8.11  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  8.12  appropriation for each program are 
  8.13  specified in the following subdivisions.
  8.14  Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  8.15       5,054,000      5,164,000
  8.16  $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
  8.17  the second year are for iron ore 
  8.18  cooperative research, of which $225,000 
  8.19  the first year and $225,000 the second 
  8.20  year are available only as matched by 
  8.21  $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  8.22  state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  8.23  remaining in the first year does not 
  8.24  cancel but is available for the second 
  8.25  year. 
  8.26  $378,000 the first year and $379,000 
  8.27  the second year are for mineral 
  8.28  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
  8.29  balance remaining in the first year 
  8.30  does not cancel but is available for 
  8.31  the second year.  
  8.32  $46,000 the first year and $47,000 the 
  8.33  second year are for minerals 
  8.34  cooperative environmental research, of 
  8.35  which $30,000 the first year and 
  8.36  $30,000 the second year are available 
  8.37  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  8.38  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  8.39  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  8.40  first year does not cancel but is 
  8.41  available for the second year. 
  8.42  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management 
  8.43      15,088,000      12,218,000
  8.44                Summary by Fund
  8.45  General                14,826,000     11,949,000
  8.46  Natural Resources         262,000        269,000
  8.47  $170,000 the first year and $170,000 
  8.48  the second year are for a grant to the 
  8.49  Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
  8.50  50 percent of the cost of implementing 
  8.51  the comprehensive plan for the upper 
  9.1   Mississippi within areas under its 
  9.2   jurisdiction.  
  9.3   $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the 
  9.4   second year are for payment to the 
  9.5   Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to 
  9.6   implement its portion of the 
  9.7   comprehensive plan for the upper 
  9.8   Mississippi.  
  9.9   $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
  9.10  the second year are for water 
  9.11  monitoring activities, including 
  9.12  gauging of priority lakes and 
  9.13  watersheds, dissemination of 
  9.14  information, replacement of equipment, 
  9.15  and installation of observation wells, 
  9.16  groundwater sensitivity maps, and 
  9.17  documentation. 
  9.18  $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
  9.19  second year are for a grant to the 
  9.20  joint powers board established under 
  9.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, for 
  9.22  the Lewis and Clark rural water system. 
  9.23  $1,925,000 the first year and $925,000 
  9.24  the second year are for grants to local 
  9.25  units of government located within the 
  9.26  Red River Basin for floodwater 
  9.27  management projects including 
  9.28  comprehensive watershed plans, agency 
  9.29  interdisciplinary teams for each 
  9.30  watershed in the Red River Valley, and 
  9.31  a basin information repository 
  9.32  including data on flood flows and water 
  9.33  supply. 
  9.34  $100,000 the first year is for grants 
  9.35  for flood water management projects 
  9.36  where prior to the effective date of 
  9.37  this section:  (1) a work permit 
  9.38  application has been submitted for the 
  9.39  project; and (2) the Red river 
  9.40  mediation working group has approved 
  9.41  the project. 
  9.42  $468,000 the first year is for the 
  9.43  construction of ring dikes under 
  9.44  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161.  
  9.45  The ring dikes may be publicly or 
  9.46  privately owned. 
  9.47  $1,150,000 the first year is for the 
  9.48  stream protection and redevelopment 
  9.49  loan program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.50  section 103G.705. 
  9.51  $232,000 is for payments to the 
  9.52  counties of Beltrami, Marshall, and 
  9.53  Roseau for the payment of unpaid back 
  9.54  ditch assessments on state lands, 
  9.55  including penalties and interest, as 
  9.56  certified by the auditors of Beltrami, 
  9.57  Marshall, and Roseau counties and 
  9.58  approved by the state auditor. 
  9.59  $20,000 in fiscal year 2000 is for a 
  9.60  feasibility study of raising the 
  9.61  control elevation of Coon Lake in Anoka 
  9.62  county.  The study must be completed by 
 10.1   February 1, 2000. 
 10.2   Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
 10.3       35,150,000     35,215,000
 10.4                 Summary by Fund
 10.5   General              34,697,000    34,751,000
 10.6   Natural Resources       453,000       464,000
 10.7   $3,500,000 the first year and 
 10.8   $3,500,000 the second year are for 
 10.9   presuppression and suppression costs of 
 10.10  emergency fire fighting.  If the 
 10.11  appropriation for either year is 
 10.12  insufficient to cover all costs of 
 10.13  suppression, the amount necessary to 
 10.14  pay for emergency firefighting expenses 
 10.15  during the biennium is appropriated 
 10.16  from the general fund.  If money is 
 10.17  spent under the appropriation in the 
 10.18  preceding sentence, the commissioner of 
 10.19  natural resources shall, by 15 days 
 10.20  after the end of the following quarter, 
 10.21  report on how the money was spent to 
 10.22  the chairs of the house of 
 10.23  representatives ways and means 
 10.24  committee, the environment and 
 10.25  agriculture budget division of the 
 10.26  senate environment and natural 
 10.27  resources committee, and the house of 
 10.28  representatives environment and natural 
 10.29  resources finance committee.  The 
 10.30  appropriations may not be transferred.  
 10.31  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
 10.32  the second year are for programs and 
 10.33  practices on state, county, and private 
 10.34  lands to regenerate and protect 
 10.35  Minnesota's white pine.  Up to $280,000 
 10.36  of the appropriation in each year may 
 10.37  be used by the commissioner to provide 
 10.38  50 percent matching funds to implement 
 10.39  cultural practices for white pine 
 10.40  management on nonindustrial, private 
 10.41  forest lands at rates specified in the 
 10.42  Minnesota stewardship incentives 
 10.43  program manual.  Up to $150,000 of the 
 10.44  appropriation in each year may be used 
 10.45  by the commissioner to provide funds to 
 10.46  implement cultural practices for white 
 10.47  pine management on county-administered 
 10.48  lands through grant agreements with 
 10.49  individual counties, with priorities 
 10.50  for areas that experienced wind damage 
 10.51  in July 1995.  $40,000 each year is for 
 10.52  a study of the natural regeneration 
 10.53  process of white pine.  The remainder 
 10.54  of the funds in each fiscal year will 
 10.55  be available to the commissioner for 
 10.56  white pine regeneration and protection 
 10.57  on department-administered lands. 
 10.58  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 10.59  the second year are appropriated to the 
 10.60  commissioner for a grant to the 
 10.61  University of Minnesota's College of 
 10.62  Natural Resources for research to 
 10.63  reduce the impact of blister rust on 
 11.1   Minnesota's white pine. 
 11.2   The commissioner may contract with and 
 11.3   make grants to nonprofit agencies to 
 11.4   carry out the purposes, plans, and 
 11.5   programs of the office of youth 
 11.6   programs, Minnesota conservation corps. 
 11.7   $61,000 the first year and $62,000 the 
 11.8   second year are for the focus on 
 11.9   community forests program, to provide 
 11.10  communities with natural resources 
 11.11  technical assistance. 
 11.12  $450,000 the first year is for grants 
 11.13  to local community forest ecosystem 
 11.14  health programs.  This appropriation is 
 11.15  available until June 30, 2001.  The 
 11.16  commissioner of natural resources shall 
 11.17  allocate individual grants of up to 
 11.18  $25,000 to local communities that match 
 11.19  the grants with nonstate money to 
 11.20  undertake projects that improve the 
 11.21  health of forest ecosystems, including 
 11.22  insect and disease suppression 
 11.23  programs, community-based forest health 
 11.24  education programs, and other 
 11.25  arboricultural treatments. 
 11.26  $200,000 is for grants to the city of 
 11.27  St. Peter and the city of Comfrey for 
 11.28  grants to private landowners to plant 
 11.29  trees within those cities. 
 11.30  $100,000 in each year is for additional 
 11.31  staff for the Minnesota conservation 
 11.32  corps. 
 11.33  Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
 11.34  Management 
 11.35      29,348,000     29,588,000
 11.36                Summary by Fund
 11.37  General              28,714,000    28,952,000
 11.38  Natural Resources       634,000       636,000
 11.39  $634,000 the first year and $636,000 
 11.40  the second year are from the water 
 11.41  recreation account in the natural 
 11.42  resources fund for state park 
 11.43  development projects.  If the 
 11.44  appropriation in either year is 
 11.45  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 11.46  other year is available for it. 
 11.47  $3,000,000 the first year and 
 11.48  $3,000,000 the second year are for 
 11.49  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
 11.50  council for metropolitan area regional 
 11.51  parks maintenance and operation. 
 11.52  $400,000 in the first year is for a 
 11.53  grant to the metropolitan council for 
 11.54  the maintenance and repair of exhibit 
 11.55  areas at the Como Park zoo and 
 11.56  conservatory. 
 11.57  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
 12.1   to the city of Taylors Falls for fire 
 12.2   and rescue operations in support of 
 12.3   Interstate park. 
 12.4   Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
 12.5   Management 
 12.6       18,987,000     16,917,000
 12.7                 Summary by Fund
 12.8   General               3,217,000     2,283,000
 12.9   Natural Resources    13,873,000    13,026,000
 12.10  Game and Fish         1,897,000     1,608,000
 12.11  $4,099,000 the first year and 
 12.12  $4,099,000 the second year are from the 
 12.13  snowmobile trails and enforcement 
 12.14  account in the natural resources fund 
 12.15  for snowmobile grants-in-aid.  
 12.16  $256,000 the first year and $257,000 
 12.17  the second year are from the water 
 12.18  recreation account in the natural 
 12.19  resources fund for a safe harbor 
 12.20  program on Lake Superior.  Any 
 12.21  unencumbered balance at the end of the 
 12.22  first year does not cancel and is 
 12.23  available for the second year.  
 12.24  $500,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
 12.25  the second year are from the natural 
 12.26  resources fund for expansion of 
 12.27  off-highway vehicle facilities.  Of 
 12.28  these amounts, $200,000 the first year 
 12.29  and $400,000 the second year are from 
 12.30  the all-terrain vehicle account, 
 12.31  $75,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
 12.32  second year are from the off-highway 
 12.33  motorcycle account, and $225,000 the 
 12.34  first year and $450,000 the second year 
 12.35  are from the off-road vehicle account 
 12.36  in the natural resources fund.  This 
 12.37  appropriation is available until 
 12.38  expended. 
 12.39  $1,500,000 the first year is from the 
 12.40  natural resources fund to plan, 
 12.41  acquire, develop, and operate the Iron 
 12.42  Range off-highway vehicle area.  
 12.43  $750,000 of this appropriation is from 
 12.44  the all-terrain vehicle account, 
 12.45  $600,000 is from the off-road vehicle 
 12.46  account, and $150,000 is from the 
 12.47  off-highway motorcycle account.  This 
 12.48  appropriation is available until 
 12.49  expended. 
 12.50  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
 12.51  to the Upper Minnesota Valley regional 
 12.52  development commission for the 
 12.53  preliminary design and engineering of a 
 12.54  segment of the Minnesota river trail 
 12.55  from Appleton to the Milan Beach on 
 12.56  Lake Lac Qui Parle.  Each dollar of the 
 12.57  grant must be matched by $2 of nonstate 
 12.58  money or in-kind contributions. 
 12.59  $100,000 the first year is for the 
 13.1   planning, development, and construction 
 13.2   of the Gitchi-Gami trail on the north 
 13.3   shore of Lake Superior.  The trail must 
 13.4   be designed primarily for hiking and 
 13.5   bicycling and must connect communities, 
 13.6   state parks, and other points of 
 13.7   interest along the north shore. 
 13.8   $150,000 is for a grant to the Ramsey 
 13.9   county board of commissioners and to 
 13.10  the Washington county board of 
 13.11  commissioners for land acquisition for 
 13.12  and development of a nonmotorized trail 
 13.13  around White Bear Lake and for 
 13.14  development of a master plan for the 
 13.15  White Bear Lake to Stillwater regional 
 13.16  trail.  Each dollar of the grant must 
 13.17  be matched by $2 of nonstate money or 
 13.18  in-kind contributions. 
 13.19  $75,000 is for a grant to the Ramsey 
 13.20  county board of commissioners and the 
 13.21  Washington county board of 
 13.22  commissioners for development of a 
 13.23  master plan for a trail around Silver 
 13.24  Lake, a trail and route around White 
 13.25  Bear Lake, and trail connections with 
 13.26  the Gateway trail and other state or 
 13.27  regional trails within the counties.  
 13.28  Each dollar of the grant must be 
 13.29  matched by $2 of nonstate money or 
 13.30  in-kind contributions. 
 13.31  $500,000 the first year is for 
 13.32  development of nonpaved alternate 
 13.33  trails that are adjacent to the 
 13.34  Heartland and Paul Bunyan state trails. 
 13.35  $50,000 is for planning and 
 13.36  archaeological costs of a multiuse 
 13.37  trail connecting the Douglas trail in 
 13.38  Rochester with Chester Woods county 
 13.39  park and the cities of Eyota and Dover. 
 13.40  $50,000 the first year is for 
 13.41  construction of a snowmobile trail to 
 13.42  connect the Willard Munger state trail 
 13.43  at Hermantown to the North Shore state 
 13.44  trail in Duluth. 
 13.45  The amount raised from the sale of 
 13.46  metal traction device stickers under 
 13.47  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.8715, 
 13.48  prior to June 30, 1999, is appropriated 
 13.49  in fiscal year 1999 for the repair of 
 13.50  paved public trails damaged by 
 13.51  snowmobiles.  This appropriation is 
 13.52  available until spent. 
 13.53  By January 15, 2001, the commissioner 
 13.54  shall make recommendations to the 
 13.55  governor and legislature on retaining 
 13.56  the interest earnings in accounts 
 13.57  within the natural resources fund. 
 13.58  Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife Management
 13.59      45,745,000     46,844,000
 13.60                Summary by Fund
 14.1   General               7,081,000     7,215,000
 14.2   Natural Resources     2,091,000     2,132,000
 14.3   Game and Fish        36,573,000    37,497,000
 14.4   $305,000 the first year and $310,000 
 14.5   the second year are for resource 
 14.6   population surveys in the 1837 treaty 
 14.7   area.  Of this amount, $104,000 the 
 14.8   first year and $106,000 the second year 
 14.9   are from the game and fish fund. 
 14.10  $1,265,000 the first year and 
 14.11  $1,285,000 the second year are from the 
 14.12  nongame wildlife management account in 
 14.13  the natural resources fund for the 
 14.14  purpose of nongame wildlife 
 14.15  management.  Any unencumbered balance 
 14.16  remaining in the first year does not 
 14.17  cancel but is available the second year.
 14.18  $1,391,000 the first year and 
 14.19  $1,420,000 the second year are for the 
 14.20  reinvest in Minnesota programs of game 
 14.21  and fish, critical habitat, and 
 14.22  wetlands established under Minnesota 
 14.23  Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 
 14.24  2.  Any unencumbered balance for the 
 14.25  first year does not cancel but is 
 14.26  available for use the second year. 
 14.27  $1,401,000 the first year and 
 14.28  $1,409,000 the second year are from the 
 14.29  wildlife acquisition account for only 
 14.30  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.31  Statutes, section 97A.071, subdivision 
 14.32  2a. 
 14.33  $1,203,000 the first year and 
 14.34  $1,222,000 the second year are from the 
 14.35  deer habitat improvement account for 
 14.36  only the purposes specified in 
 14.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
 14.38  subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 
 14.39  $147,000 the first year and $147,000 
 14.40  the second year are from the deer and 
 14.41  bear management account for only the 
 14.42  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.43  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.44  1, paragraph (c). 
 14.45  $682,000 the first year and $691,000 
 14.46  the second year are from the waterfowl 
 14.47  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.48  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.49  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.50  2. 
 14.51  $658,000 the first year and $662,000 
 14.52  the second year are from the trout and 
 14.53  salmon management account for only the 
 14.54  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.55  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.56  3. 
 14.57  $546,000 the first year and $546,000 
 14.58  the second year are from the pheasant 
 14.59  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.60  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 15.1   Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 15.2   4.  In addition to the purposes 
 15.3   specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.4   section 97A.075, subdivision 4, this 
 15.5   appropriation may be used for pheasant 
 15.6   restocking efforts. 
 15.7   $84,000 the first year and $85,000 the 
 15.8   second year are from the wild turkey 
 15.9   management account for only the 
 15.10  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 15.11  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 15.12  5. 
 15.13  $299,000 the first year and $303,000 
 15.14  the second year are from the game and 
 15.15  fish fund for activities relating to 
 15.16  reduction and prevention of property 
 15.17  damage by wildlife.  $50,000 each year 
 15.18  is for emergency damage abatement 
 15.19  materials. 
 15.20  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 15.21  the second year are for water 
 15.22  monitoring activities, including 
 15.23  integrated monitoring using biology, 
 15.24  chemistry, hydrology, and habitat 
 15.25  assessment for water quality assessment.
 15.26  $25,000 is from the game and fish fund 
 15.27  for an independent actuarial study of 
 15.28  the fee structure for lifetime hunting 
 15.29  and fishing licenses. 
 15.30  Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
 15.31      21,696,000     21,847,000
 15.32                Summary by Fund
 15.33  General               3,934,000     3,711,000
 15.34  Natural Resources     4,376,000     4,432,000
 15.35  Game and Fish        13,286,000    13,604,000
 15.36  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
 15.37  $1,082,000 the first year and 
 15.38  $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
 15.39  water recreation account in the natural 
 15.40  resources fund for grants to counties 
 15.41  for boat and water safety. 
 15.42  $100,000 each year is from the solid 
 15.43  waste fund for solid waste enforcement 
 15.44  activities under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.45  section 116.073. 
 15.46  $290,000 each year from the snowmobile 
 15.47  trails and enforcement account in the 
 15.48  natural resources fund is for grants to 
 15.49  local law enforcement agencies for 
 15.50  snowmobile enforcement activities above 
 15.51  and beyond current levels of local law 
 15.52  enforcement activities. 
 15.53  $302,000 the first year is for 
 15.54  conversion to the Minnesota state 
 15.55  patrol's 800 MHz radio system in the 
 15.56  nine-county metropolitan area.  This is 
 16.1   a one-time appropriation. 
 16.2   Overtime shall be distributed to 
 16.3   conservation officers at historical 
 16.4   levels.  If funding for enforcement is 
 16.5   reduced because of an unallotment, the 
 16.6   overtime bank may be reduced in 
 16.7   proportion to reductions made in other 
 16.8   areas of the budget. 
 16.9   $40,000 each year is from the natural 
 16.10  resources fund for a one-half time 
 16.11  conservation officer position for the 
 16.12  Iron Range off-highway vehicle 
 16.13  recreation area. 
 16.14  Subd. 9.  Operations Support
 16.15      35,098,000     31,579,000
 16.16                Summary by Fund
 16.17  General              22,832,000    19,103,000
 16.18  Natural Resources     3,584,000     3,664,000
 16.19  Game and Fish         8,682,000     8,812,000
 16.20  $339,000 the first year and $342,000 
 16.21  the second year are for the community 
 16.22  assistance program, including 
 16.23  metropolitan trout stream watershed 
 16.24  coordinators, Red River technical 
 16.25  assistance, northeast Minnesota public 
 16.26  affairs and communication, southwest 
 16.27  Minnesota planning assistance, Metro 
 16.28  Greenways and natural areas assistance 
 16.29  and grants, and regional resource 
 16.30  enhancement grants. 
 16.31  $101,000 the first year and $101,000 
 16.32  the second year are for the Southeast 
 16.33  Asian environmental education 
 16.34  internship and training program. 
 16.35  $700,000 the first year and $500,000 
 16.36  the second year are for information 
 16.37  technology projects. 
 16.38  $4,300,000 the first year and $500,000 
 16.39  the second year are for statewide asset 
 16.40  preservation and repair. 
 16.41  $200,000 in the first year is for a 
 16.42  grant to the city of Savage or Scott 
 16.43  county, or both, for engineering and 
 16.44  environmental studies relating to the 
 16.45  extension of Scott county state-aid 
 16.46  highway No. 27 in the vicinity of the 
 16.47  Savage fen wetlands complex. 
 16.48  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 16.49  SOIL RESOURCES                        19,040,000     18,725,000
 16.50  $5,505,000 the first year and 
 16.51  $5,505,000 the second year are for 
 16.52  natural resources block grants to local 
 16.53  governments.  Of this amount, $50,000 
 16.54  each year is for a grant to the North 
 16.55  Shore Management Board, $35,000 each 
 16.56  year is for a grant to the St. Louis 
 17.1   River Board, $125,000 each year is for 
 17.2   a grant to the Minnesota River Basin 
 17.3   Joint Powers Board, and $27,000 each 
 17.4   year is for a grant to the Southeast 
 17.5   Minnesota Resources Board. 
 17.6   The board shall reduce the amount of 
 17.7   the natural resource block grant to a 
 17.8   county by an amount equal to any 
 17.9   reduction in the county's general 
 17.10  services allocation to a soil and water 
 17.11  conservation district from the county's 
 17.12  1998 allocation. 
 17.13  Grants must be matched with a 
 17.14  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 17.15  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 17.16  related to water planning must be 
 17.17  matched by an amount that would be 
 17.18  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 17.19  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 17.20  $2,599,000 the first year and 
 17.21  $2,599,000 the second year are for 
 17.22  grants to soil and water conservation 
 17.23  districts for general purposes, 
 17.24  nonpoint engineering, and for 
 17.25  implementation of the RIM conservation 
 17.26  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
 17.27  board, expenditures may be made from 
 17.28  these appropriations for supplies and 
 17.29  services benefiting soil and water 
 17.30  conservation districts. 
 17.31  $4,420,000 the first year and 
 17.32  $4,120,000 the second year are for 
 17.33  grants to soil and water conservation 
 17.34  districts for cost-sharing contracts 
 17.35  for erosion control and water quality 
 17.36  management.  Of this amount, $3,150,000 
 17.37  the first year and $2,850,000 the 
 17.38  second year are for grants for 
 17.39  cost-sharing contracts for water 
 17.40  quality management on feedlots.  
 17.41  Priority must be given to feedlot 
 17.42  operators who have received notices of 
 17.43  violation and for feedlots in counties 
 17.44  that are conducting or have completed a 
 17.45  level 2 or level 3 feedlot inventory.  
 17.46  This appropriation is available until 
 17.47  expended.  If the appropriation in 
 17.48  either year is insufficient, the 
 17.49  appropriation in the other year is 
 17.50  available for it. 
 17.51  $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
 17.52  the second year are for grants to 
 17.53  watershed districts and other local 
 17.54  units of government in the southern 
 17.55  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
 17.56  floodplain management.  If the 
 17.57  appropriation in either year is 
 17.58  insufficient, the appropriation in the 
 17.59  other year is available for it. 
 17.60  Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 17.61  program of grants does not cancel at 
 17.62  the end of the first year and is 
 17.63  available for the second year for the 
 17.64  same grant program. 
 18.1   $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
 18.2   to the Minnesota river basin data 
 18.3   center at Minnesota State University, 
 18.4   Mankato. 
 18.5   $850,000 each year is for the 
 18.6   administrative costs of easement 
 18.7   programs. 
 18.8   $300,000 the first year and $300,000 
 18.9   the second year are for the information 
 18.10  resource management technology 
 18.11  initiative. 
 18.12  $100,000 in the first year and $100,000 
 18.13  in the second year are for a grant to 
 18.14  the Red River Basin Board to develop a 
 18.15  Red river basin plan and to coordinate 
 18.16  water management activities in the 
 18.17  states and provinces bordering the Red 
 18.18  river.  This appropriation is available 
 18.19  only to the extent it is matched by a 
 18.20  proportionate amount from the states of 
 18.21  North Dakota and South Dakota and the 
 18.22  province of Manitoba.  The unencumbered 
 18.23  balance in the first year does not 
 18.24  cancel and is available for the second 
 18.25  year. 
 18.26  If the appropriation in either year is 
 18.27  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 18.28  other year is available for it. 
 18.29  Sec. 7.  MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN
 18.30  BOUNDARY AREA COMMISSION                 183,000        188,000
 18.31                Summary by Fund
 18.32  General                 150,000       154,000
 18.33  Natural Resources        33,000        34,000
 18.34  This appropriation is only available to 
 18.35  the extent it is matched by an equal 
 18.36  amount from the state of Wisconsin. 
 18.37  $33,000 the first year and $34,000 the 
 18.38  second year are from the water 
 18.39  recreation account in the natural 
 18.40  resources fund for the St. Croix 
 18.41  management and stewardship program. 
 18.42  Sec. 8.  CITIZENS COUNCIL ON 
 18.43  VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK                   66,000         68,000
 18.44  Sec. 9.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 18.45  OF MINNESOTA                            1,164,000     1,164,000
 18.46  Sec. 10.  MINNESOTA ACADEMY 
 18.47  OF SCIENCE                                41,000         41,000
 18.48  $5,000 each year is for a program to 
 18.49  provide hands on science activities for 
 18.50  elementary school children. 
 18.51  Sec. 11.  AGRICULTURE 
 18.52  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 18.53  Appropriation                         23,428,000    21,821,000
 18.54                Summary by Fund
 19.1   General              23,092,000    21,479,000
 19.2   Environmental           336,000       342,000
 19.3   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 19.4   appropriation for each program are 
 19.5   specified in the following subdivisions.
 19.6   Subd. 2.  Protection Service 
 19.7       11,969,000     11,194,000
 19.8                 Summary by Fund
 19.9   General               11,633,000   10,852,000
 19.10  Environmental            336,000      342,000
 19.11  $336,000 the first year and $342,000 
 19.12  the second year are from the 
 19.13  environmental response, compensation, 
 19.14  and compliance account in the 
 19.15  environmental fund. 
 19.16  $158,000 the first year and $158,000 
 19.17  the second year are for payment of 
 19.18  claims relating to livestock damaged by 
 19.19  threatened or endangered animal species 
 19.20  and agricultural crops damaged by elk.  
 19.21  If the appropriation for either year is 
 19.22  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 19.23  other year is available for it. 
 19.24  $501,000 the first year and $502,000 
 19.25  the second year is for dairy diagnostic 
 19.26  teams. 
 19.27  $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
 19.28  second year are for activities of the 
 19.29  dairy producers board under Minnesota 
 19.30  Statutes, section 17.76.  
 19.31  $100,000 is to conduct a predesign 
 19.32  study for a joint agency laboratory 
 19.33  that will serve the environmental 
 19.34  laboratory needs of the department of 
 19.35  agriculture, department of natural 
 19.36  resources, pollution control agency, 
 19.37  and the Minnesota department of health. 
 19.38  $985,000 the first year is for a grant 
 19.39  to the University of Minnesota to 
 19.40  pursue further research on diseases of 
 19.41  soybeans including, but not limited to, 
 19.42  soybean cyst nematode, white mold 
 19.43  (sclerotinia stem rot), phytophthora 
 19.44  root rot, and iron deficiency 
 19.45  chlorosis.  A portion of this 
 19.46  appropriation may be designated for 
 19.47  research on specialty gene traits of 
 19.48  soybeans. 
 19.49  $25,000 is for a grant to the dairy 
 19.50  leaders roundtable.  This appropriation 
 19.51  is available to the extent matched by 
 19.52  nonstate money until June 30, 2001. 
 19.53  $100,000 is transferred from the 
 19.54  general fund to the seed potato 
 19.55  inspection account in the agriculture 
 19.56  fund for the administration and 
 20.1   enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.2   sections 21.80 to 21.92.  This 
 20.3   appropriation is to supplement the fees 
 20.4   paid by seed potato growers. 
 20.5   Subd. 3.  Agricultural Marketing and Development
 20.6         5,346,000      5,265,000
 20.7   Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.8   section 41A.09, subdivision 3a, the 
 20.9   total payments from the ethanol 
 20.10  development account to all producers 
 20.11  may not exceed $67,917,000 for the 
 20.12  biennium ending June 30, 2001.  If the 
 20.13  total amount for which all producers 
 20.14  are eligible in a quarter exceeds the 
 20.15  amount available for payments, the 
 20.16  commissioner shall make the payments on 
 20.17  a pro rata basis. 
 20.18  By July 15, 1999, the commissioner 
 20.19  shall transfer the unencumbered cash 
 20.20  balance in the ethanol development fund 
 20.21  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.22  section 41B.044, to the general fund. 
 20.23  $141,000 the first year and $141,000 
 20.24  the second year are for transfer to the 
 20.25  Minnesota grown matching account and 
 20.26  may be used as grants for Minnesota 
 20.27  grown promotion under Minnesota 
 20.28  Statutes, section 17.109. 
 20.29  $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
 20.30  second year are for grants to farmers 
 20.31  for demonstration projects involving 
 20.32  sustainable agriculture.  If a project 
 20.33  cost is more than $25,000, the amount 
 20.34  above $25,000 must be cost-shared at a 
 20.35  state-applicant ratio of one to one.  
 20.36  Priorities must be given for projects 
 20.37  involving multiple parties.  Up to 
 20.38  $20,000 each year may be used for 
 20.39  dissemination of information about the 
 20.40  demonstration grant projects.  If the 
 20.41  appropriation for either year is 
 20.42  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 20.43  other is available. 
 20.44  $160,000 each year is for value-added 
 20.45  agricultural product processing and 
 20.46  marketing grants under Minnesota 
 20.47  Statutes, section 17.101, subdivision 5.
 20.48  $610,000 the first year and $460,000 
 20.49  the second year are for continued 
 20.50  research of solutions and alternatives 
 20.51  for manure management and odor 
 20.52  control.  This is a one-time 
 20.53  appropriation. 
 20.54  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 20.55  the second year are for annual 
 20.56  cost-share payments to resident farmers 
 20.57  for the costs of organic 
 20.58  certification.  The annual cost-share 
 20.59  payments per farmer shall be two-thirds 
 20.60  of the cost of the certification or 
 20.61  $200, whichever is less.  A certified 
 20.62  farmer is eligible to receive annual 
 21.1   certification cost-share payments for 
 21.2   up to five years.  $50,000 each year is 
 21.3   for organic market and program 
 21.4   development.  This appropriation is 
 21.5   available until expended. 
 21.6   Subd. 4.  Administration and 
 21.7   Financial Assistance 
 21.8         6,113,000     5,362,000
 21.9   $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 21.10  the second year must be spent for the 
 21.11  WIC coupon program. 
 21.12  $49,000 the first year and $49,000 the 
 21.13  second year are for family farm 
 21.14  security interest payment adjustments.  
 21.15  If the appropriation for either year is 
 21.16  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 21.17  other year is available for it.  No new 
 21.18  loans may be approved in fiscal year 
 21.19  2000 or 2001.  
 21.20  $304,000 the first year and $306,000 
 21.21  the second year are for the family farm 
 21.22  advocacy program. 
 21.23  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 21.24  second year are for the Northern Crops 
 21.25  Institute.  These appropriations may be 
 21.26  spent to purchase equipment and are 
 21.27  available until spent.  
 21.28  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 21.29  the second year are for grants to 
 21.30  agriculture information centers.  The 
 21.31  grants are only available on a match 
 21.32  basis.  The funds may be released at 
 21.33  the rate of $4 of state money for each 
 21.34  $1 of matching nonstate money that is 
 21.35  raised.  
 21.36  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 21.37  the second year are for the Seaway Port 
 21.38  Authority of Duluth. 
 21.39  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
 21.40  second year are for a grant to the 
 21.41  Minnesota Livestock Breeders' 
 21.42  Association. 
 21.43  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 21.44  second year are for the Passing on the 
 21.45  Farm Center under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.46  section 17.985.  This appropriation is 
 21.47  available only to the extent matched 
 21.48  with nonstate money, including in-kind 
 21.49  contributions at the rate of one 
 21.50  nonstate dollar for every four state 
 21.51  dollars. 
 21.52  $50,000 in each year is for beaver 
 21.53  damage control grants for the purposes 
 21.54  of Minnesota Statutes, section 17.110. 
 21.55  $50,000 in each year is for activities 
 21.56  related to reform of the federal milk 
 21.57  marketing order system.  Up to $50,000 
 21.58  of any unexpended balance from this 
 21.59  appropriation may be transferred to the 
 22.1   dairy services account. 
 22.2   $267,000 the first year and $200,000 
 22.3   the second year are for a pilot program 
 22.4   to expand the concept of the Minnesota 
 22.5   grown program pursuant to Laws 1998, 
 22.6   chapter 401, section 6. 
 22.7   $800,000 the first year and $800,000 
 22.8   the second year are for an electronic 
 22.9   information management system. 
 22.10  The commissioner of agriculture, in 
 22.11  consultation with the commissioner of 
 22.12  commerce and farm organizations, shall 
 22.13  prepare a plan to implement a program 
 22.14  to provide crop price insurance to 
 22.15  Minnesota farmers.  The commissioner 
 22.16  must submit the implementation plan to 
 22.17  the members of the senate and house 
 22.18  agriculture and rural development 
 22.19  committees by February 1, 2000.  The 
 22.20  plan must include: 
 22.21  (1) recommendations on levels of crop 
 22.22  price insurance; 
 22.23  (2) an analysis of the cost of crop 
 22.24  price insurance to the farmer; 
 22.25  (3) estimates of market potential for 
 22.26  the crop price insurance; 
 22.27  (4) recommendations for an 
 22.28  administrative structure to provide the 
 22.29  insurance; and 
 22.30  (5) estimates of state funding required 
 22.31  to underwrite the crop price insurance. 
 22.32  $745,000 is for livestock processing 
 22.33  plant grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.34  section 41B.048. 
 22.35  $25,000 is appropriated to the 
 22.36  commissioner of agriculture to study 
 22.37  the impact of current and projected 
 22.38  trends in dairy farming on Minnesota's 
 22.39  dairy farmers and processors and 
 22.40  provide a strategic plan to make 
 22.41  Minnesota the number one dairy state in 
 22.42  the nation.  The commissioner shall 
 22.43  hold at least five public hearings in 
 22.44  the agricultural regions of Minnesota 
 22.45  on the challenges and opportunities for 
 22.46  Minnesota's dairy farmers.  At each of 
 22.47  the hearing locations, the commissioner 
 22.48  may organize tours of local dairy 
 22.49  facilities.  Not later than February 
 22.50  15, 2000, the commissioner shall report 
 22.51  to the legislature on the findings of 
 22.52  the study.  The report must include 
 22.53  recommendations on improvements in 
 22.54  state laws and rules that are in the 
 22.55  best interest of Minnesota's dairy 
 22.56  industry, environment, social climate, 
 22.57  and family farming operations.  The 
 22.58  report must include: 
 22.59  (1) the impact of current trends on the 
 22.60  economic, social, and environmental 
 23.1   conditions in rural Minnesota; 
 23.2   (2) the impact of the current laws on 
 23.3   dairy farming in Minnesota; 
 23.4   (3) the impact of current dairy farming 
 23.5   trends on the long-term viability of 
 23.6   the dairy processing industry in 
 23.7   Minnesota; 
 23.8   (4) recommendations to provide for the 
 23.9   financial success and long-term 
 23.10  sustainability of dairy farming in 
 23.11  Minnesota; and 
 23.12  (5) recommendations on how state 
 23.13  government can better assist 
 23.14  Minnesota's dairy farmers develop and 
 23.15  use appropriate technologies, including 
 23.16  the upgrade of milking facilities, 
 23.17  rotational grazing, and other 
 23.18  sustainable methods. 
 23.19  Sec. 12.  BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH       2,860,000       2,914,000
 23.20  $350,000 the first year and $350,000 
 23.21  the second year are for a program to 
 23.22  control para-tuberculosis ("Johne's 
 23.23  disease") in domestic bovine herds.  
 23.24  $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 23.25  second year are for a grant to the 
 23.26  University of Minnesota college of 
 23.27  veterinary medicine to be used for 
 23.28  development and implementation of the 
 23.29  companion animal resource education 
 23.30  program, in collaboration with the 
 23.31  Minnesota extension service. 
 23.32  $118,000 each year is for a program to 
 23.33  investigate the avian pneumovirus 
 23.34  disease and to identify the infected 
 23.35  flocks. 
 23.36  Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL 
 23.37  SOCIETY                                  82,000         82,000
 23.38  Sec. 14.  AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION
 23.39  RESEARCH INSTITUTE                    4,330,000      4,330,000
 23.40                Summary by Fund
 23.41  General               4,130,000     4,130,000
 23.42  Special Revenue         200,000       200,000 
 23.43  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 23.44  the second year are for hybrid tree 
 23.45  management research and development of 
 23.46  an implementation plan for establishing 
 23.47  hybrid tree plantations in the state.  
 23.48  This appropriation is available to the 
 23.49  extent matched by $2 of nonstate 
 23.50  contributions, either cash or in kind, 
 23.51  for each $1 of state money. 
 23.52  Sec. 15.  MINNESOTA RESOURCES
 23.53  Subdivision 1.  Total
 23.54  Appropriation                         29,245,000     13,005,000
 24.1   All of the appropriations in this 
 24.2   section are one-time appropriations 
 24.3   unless otherwise specified. 
 24.4                 Summary by Fund
 24.5   Minnesota Future 
 24.6   Resources Fund       16,040,000       - 0 -  
 24.7   Environment and 
 24.8   Natural Resources 
 24.9   Trust Fund           13,005,000    13,005,000
 24.10  Great Lakes 
 24.11  Protection Account      200,000       - 0 -  
 24.12  Appropriations from the Minnesota 
 24.13  future resources fund and the Great 
 24.14  Lakes protection account are available 
 24.15  for either year of the biennium. 
 24.16  For appropriations from the environment 
 24.17  and natural resources trust fund, any 
 24.18  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 24.19  first year does not cancel and is 
 24.20  available for the second year of the 
 24.21  biennium. 
 24.22  Unless otherwise provided, the amounts 
 24.23  in this section are available until 
 24.24  June 30, 2001, when projects must be 
 24.25  completed and final products delivered. 
 24.26  Subd. 2.  Definitions 
 24.27  (a) "Future resources fund" means the 
 24.28  Minnesota future resources fund 
 24.29  referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.30  section 116P.13. 
 24.31  (b) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
 24.32  environment and natural resources trust 
 24.33  fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.34  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 24.35  (c) "Great Lakes protection account" 
 24.36  means the account referred to in 
 24.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 116Q.02. 
 24.38  Subd. 3.  Legislative Commission 
 24.39  on Minnesota Resources 
 24.40         616,000        284,000
 24.41                Summary by Fund
 24.42  Minnesota Future 
 24.43  Resources Fund          333,000       - 0 -  
 24.44  Environment and 
 24.45  Natural Resources 
 24.46  Trust Fund              283,000       284,000
 24.47  $333,000 is from the future resources 
 24.48  fund and $283,000 the first year and 
 24.49  $284,000 the second year are from the 
 24.50  trust fund, pursuant to Minnesota 
 24.51  Statutes, section 116P.09, subdivision 
 24.52  5.  
 24.53  Subd. 4.  Recreation 
 25.1        7,665,000      2,845,000
 25.2                 Summary by Fund
 25.3   Minnesota Future 
 25.4   Resources Fund        4,820,000       - 0 -  
 25.5   Environment and 
 25.6   Natural Resources 
 25.7   Trust Fund            2,845,000     2,845,000
 25.8   (a) Local Initiatives Grants 
 25.9   Program 
 25.10  This appropriation is to the 
 25.11  commissioner of natural resources to 
 25.12  provide matching grants, as follows:  
 25.13  (1) $1,950,000 is from the future 
 25.14  resources fund to local units of 
 25.15  government for local park and 
 25.16  recreation areas of up to $250,000 
 25.17  notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.18  section 85.019.  $50,000 is to complete 
 25.19  the Larue Pit Recreation Development.  
 25.20  $460,000 is available immediately upon 
 25.21  enactment. 
 25.22  (2) $435,000 the first year and 
 25.23  $435,000 the second year are from the 
 25.24  trust fund to local units of government 
 25.25  for natural and scenic areas pursuant 
 25.26  to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019. 
 25.27  (3) $1,220,000 is from the future 
 25.28  resources fund for trail grants to 
 25.29  local units of government on land to be 
 25.30  maintained for at least 20 years for 
 25.31  the purposes of the grant.  $500,000 is 
 25.32  for grants of up to $50,000 per project 
 25.33  for trail linkages between communities, 
 25.34  trails, and parks, and $720,000 is for 
 25.35  grants of up to $250,000 for locally 
 25.36  funded trails of regional significance 
 25.37  outside the metropolitan area. 
 25.38  (4) $305,000 the first year and 
 25.39  $305,000 the second year are from the 
 25.40  trust fund for a statewide conservation 
 25.41  partners program, to encourage private 
 25.42  organizations and local governments to 
 25.43  cost share improvement of fish, 
 25.44  wildlife, and native plant habitats and 
 25.45  research and surveys of fish and 
 25.46  wildlife.  Conservation partners grants 
 25.47  may be up to $20,000 each.  $10,000 is 
 25.48  for an agreement with the Canby 
 25.49  Sportsman's Club for shelterbelts for 
 25.50  habitat and erosion control. 
 25.51  (5) $100,000 the first year and 
 25.52  $100,000 the second year are from the 
 25.53  trust fund for environmental 
 25.54  partnerships program grants of up to 
 25.55  $20,000 each for environmental service 
 25.56  projects and related education 
 25.57  activities through public and private 
 25.58  partnerships. 
 25.59  In addition to the required work 
 25.60  program, grants may not be approved 
 26.1   until grant proposals to be funded have 
 26.2   been submitted to the legislative 
 26.3   commission on Minnesota resources and 
 26.4   the commission has approved the grants 
 26.5   or allowed 60 days to pass.  The 
 26.6   commission shall monitor the grants for 
 26.7   approximate balance over extended 
 26.8   periods of time between the 
 26.9   metropolitan area as defined in 
 26.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
 26.11  subdivision 2, and the nonmetropolitan 
 26.12  area through work program oversight and 
 26.13  periodic allocation decisions.  For the 
 26.14  purpose of this paragraph, the match 
 26.15  must be nonstate contributions, but may 
 26.16  be either cash or in-kind.  Recipients 
 26.17  may receive funding for more than one 
 26.18  project in any given grant period.  
 26.19  This appropriation is available until 
 26.20  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 26.21  project must be completed and final 
 26.22  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 26.23  date is specified in the work program.  
 26.24  If a project financed under this 
 26.25  program receives a federal grant, the 
 26.26  availability of the financing from this 
 26.27  subdivision for that project is 
 26.28  extended to equal the period of the 
 26.29  federal grant. 
 26.30  (b) Mesabi Trail Land 
 26.31  Acquisition and 
 26.32  Development - Continuation 
 26.33  $1,000,000 the first year is from the 
 26.34  future resources fund to the 
 26.35  commissioner of natural resources for 
 26.36  an agreement with St. Louis and Lake 
 26.37  Counties Regional Rail Authority for 
 26.38  the fourth biennium to develop and 
 26.39  acquire segments of the Mesabi trail 
 26.40  and procure design and engineering for 
 26.41  trail heads and enhancements.  This 
 26.42  appropriation must be matched by at 
 26.43  least $1,000,000 of nonstate money.  
 26.44  This appropriation is available until 
 26.45  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 26.46  project must be completed and final 
 26.47  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 26.48  date is specified in the work program. 
 26.49  (c) Kabetogama to Ash River 
 26.50  Community Trail System 
 26.51  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 26.52  future resources fund to the 
 26.53  commissioner of natural resources for 
 26.54  an agreement with Kabetogama Lake 
 26.55  Association in cooperation with the 
 26.56  National Park Service for trail 
 26.57  construction linking Lake Kabetogama, 
 26.58  Ash River, and Voyageurs National Park. 
 26.59  This appropriation must be matched by 
 26.60  at least $100,000 of nonstate money. 
 26.61  This appropriation is available until 
 26.62  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 26.63  project must be completed and final 
 26.64  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 26.65  date is specified in the work program. 
 27.1   (d) Mesabi Trail 
 27.2   Connection  
 27.3   $80,000 the first year is from the 
 27.4   future resources fund to the 
 27.5   commissioner of natural resources for 
 27.6   an agreement with the East Range Joint 
 27.7   Powers Board to develop trail 
 27.8   connections to the Mesabi Trail with 
 27.9   the communities of Aurora, Hoyt Lakes, 
 27.10  and White.  This appropriation must be 
 27.11  matched by at least $80,000 of nonstate 
 27.12  money.  This appropriation is available 
 27.13  until June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 27.14  project must be completed and final 
 27.15  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 27.16  date is specified in the work program. 
 27.17  (e) Dakota County 
 27.18  Bikeway Mapping  
 27.19  $15,000 the first year is from the 
 27.20  future resources fund to the 
 27.21  metropolitan council for an agreement 
 27.22  with Dakota county to cost share the 
 27.23  integration of digital elevation 
 27.24  information in the Dakota county 
 27.25  geographic information system database 
 27.26  with trail and bikeway routes and 
 27.27  develop maps for trail and bikeway 
 27.28  users. 
 27.29  (f) Mississippi Riverfront 
 27.30  Trail and Access  
 27.31  $155,000 the first year is from the 
 27.32  future resources fund to the 
 27.33  commissioner of natural resources for 
 27.34  an agreement with the city of Hastings 
 27.35  to acquire and restore the public 
 27.36  access area and to complete the 
 27.37  connecting riverfront trail from the 
 27.38  public access to lock and dam number 
 27.39  two adjacent to Lake Rebecca.  This 
 27.40  appropriation must be matched by at 
 27.41  least $155,000 of nonstate money. 
 27.42  (g) Management and Restoration 
 27.43  of Natural Plant Communities 
 27.44  on State Trails  
 27.45  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 27.46  second year are from the trust fund to 
 27.47  the commissioner of natural resources 
 27.48  to manage and restore natural plant 
 27.49  communities along state trails under 
 27.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015. 
 27.51  (h) North Shore Touring Trail 
 27.52  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 27.53  the second year are from the trust fund 
 27.54  to the commissioner of natural 
 27.55  resources in cooperation with the North 
 27.56  Shore Touring Trail Association for 
 27.57  construction of the north shore touring 
 27.58  trail connection through Split Rock 
 27.59  State Park.  The commissioner must 
 27.60  submit grant requests for supplemental 
 27.61  funding for federal TEA-21 money in 
 27.62  eligible categories and report the 
 28.1   results to the legislative commission 
 28.2   on Minnesota resources.  This 
 28.3   appropriation is available until June 
 28.4   30, 2002, at which time the project 
 28.5   must be completed and final products 
 28.6   delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 28.7   specified in the work program. 
 28.8   (i) State Park and Recreation 
 28.9   Area Acquisition, Development, 
 28.10  Betterment, and Rehabilitation 
 28.11  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 28.12  the second year are from the trust fund 
 28.13  to the commissioner of natural 
 28.14  resources as follows:  (1) for state 
 28.15  park and recreation area acquisition, 
 28.16  $500,000; and (2) for state park and 
 28.17  recreation area development, 
 28.18  rehabilitation, and resource 
 28.19  management, $500,000, unless otherwise 
 28.20  specified in the approved work 
 28.21  program.  The use of the Minnesota 
 28.22  conservation corps is encouraged.  The 
 28.23  commissioner must submit grant requests 
 28.24  for supplemental funding for federal 
 28.25  TEA-21 money in eligible categories and 
 28.26  report the results to the legislative 
 28.27  commission on Minnesota resources.  
 28.28  This appropriation is available until 
 28.29  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 28.30  project must be completed and final 
 28.31  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 28.32  date is specified in the work program. 
 28.33  (j) Fort Snelling State Park;
 28.34  Upper Bluff Implementation -
 28.35  Continuation  
 28.36  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 28.37  the second year are from the trust fund 
 28.38  to the commissioner of natural 
 28.39  resources to implement the utilization 
 28.40  plan for the Upper Bluff area of Fort 
 28.41  Snelling Park.  
 28.42  (k) Interpretive Boat 
 28.43  Tours of Hill Annex 
 28.44  Mine State Park 
 28.45  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 28.46  second year are from the trust fund to 
 28.47  the commissioner of natural resources 
 28.48  to add interpretive boat excursion 
 28.49  tours of the mine.  The project will 
 28.50  include purchase and equipping of a 
 28.51  craft and development of a landing area.
 28.52  (l) Metropolitan Regional Parks 
 28.53  Acquisition, Rehabilitation, 
 28.54  and Development 
 28.55  $1,000,000 the first year and 
 28.56  $1,000,000 the second year are from the 
 28.57  trust fund to the metropolitan council 
 28.58  for subgrants for acquisition, 
 28.59  development, and rehabilitation in the 
 28.60  metropolitan regional park system, 
 28.61  consistent with the metropolitan 
 28.62  council regional recreation open space 
 28.63  capital improvement plan.  This 
 29.1   appropriation may be used for the 
 29.2   purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 29.3   are expressly included in the work 
 29.4   program approved by the legislative 
 29.5   commission on Minnesota resources.  The 
 29.6   metropolitan council shall collect and 
 29.7   digitize all local, regional, state, 
 29.8   and federal parks and all off-road 
 29.9   trails with connecting on-road routes 
 29.10  for the metropolitan area and produce a 
 29.11  printed map that is available to the 
 29.12  public.  This appropriation is 
 29.13  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 29.14  time the project must be completed and 
 29.15  final products delivered, unless an 
 29.16  earlier date is specified in the work 
 29.17  program. 
 29.18  (m) Luce Line Trail 
 29.19  Connection Through 
 29.20  Wirth Park 
 29.21  $300,000 the first year is from the 
 29.22  future resources fund to the 
 29.23  metropolitan council for an agreement 
 29.24  with the Minneapolis Park and 
 29.25  Recreation Board to complete the 
 29.26  construction of a bicycle and 
 29.27  pedestrian trail link through Wirth 
 29.28  Park to connect the Minneapolis 
 29.29  Regional Trail System with the Luce 
 29.30  Line State Trail.  This appropriation 
 29.31  must be matched by at least $300,000 of 
 29.32  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
 29.33  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 29.34  time the project must be completed and 
 29.35  final products delivered, unless an 
 29.36  earlier date is specified in the work 
 29.37  program. 
 29.38  Subd. 5.  Historic
 29.39         737,000        213,000
 29.40                Summary by Fund
 29.41  Minnesota Future 
 29.42  Resources Fund          525,000       - 0 -  
 29.43  Environment and 
 29.44  Natural Resources 
 29.45  Trust Fund              212,000       213,000
 29.46  (a) Documenting Traditional 
 29.47  Cultural Properties 
 29.48  in Minnesota  
 29.49  $50,000 the first year is from the 
 29.50  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 29.51  Historical Society to identify and 
 29.52  protect traditional cultural places of 
 29.53  Minnesota Indian people.  The society 
 29.54  must request matching funds from 
 29.55  nonstate sources and report the results 
 29.56  to the legislative commission on 
 29.57  Minnesota resources. 
 29.58  (b) Using National Register 
 29.59  Properties to Interpret 
 29.60  Minnesota History  
 30.1   $90,000 the first year is from the 
 30.2   future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 30.3   Historical Society to create 
 30.4   interactive, mini-documentaries in 
 30.5   Internet format using the National 
 30.6   Register properties to interpret 
 30.7   selected themes in Minnesota history. 
 30.8   (c) Historic Site Land 
 30.9   Acquisition  
 30.10  $87,000 the first year and $88,000 the 
 30.11  second year are from the trust fund to 
 30.12  the Minnesota Historical Society to 
 30.13  purchase land adjacent to the Lower 
 30.14  Sioux Agency, Jeffers Petroglyphs, and 
 30.15  Oliver Kelley Farm sites to protect the 
 30.16  historic resources.  Allocation of 
 30.17  dollars between the three sites shall 
 30.18  be determined based on the willingness 
 30.19  of sellers and reasonable purchase 
 30.20  prices at the respective sites.  This 
 30.21  appropriation is available until June 
 30.22  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 30.23  must be completed and final products 
 30.24  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 30.25  specified in the work program. 
 30.26  (d) Murphy's Landing 
 30.27  Improvements to Prairie, 
 30.28  Accessible Trail, and 
 30.29  Ferry Landing 
 30.30  $110,000 the first year is from the 
 30.31  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 30.32  Historical Society for an agreement 
 30.33  with Murphy's Landing for prairie 
 30.34  restoration, and construction of boat 
 30.35  and ferry landings and a lookout at 
 30.36  Historic Murphy's Landing on the 
 30.37  Minnesota River.  This appropriation 
 30.38  must be matched by at least $75,000 of 
 30.39  nonstate money. 
 30.40  (e) Gibbs Farm Museum 
 30.41  Interpretation 
 30.42  $150,000 the first year is from the 
 30.43  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 30.44  Historical Society for an agreement 
 30.45  with Ramsey County Historical Society 
 30.46  to build and furnish replica structures 
 30.47  of historic lifestyles and land use of 
 30.48  the Dakota and pioneers. 
 30.49  (f) Traverse des Sioux 
 30.50  Site Development 
 30.51  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 30.52  the second year are from the trust fund 
 30.53  to the Minnesota Historical Society to 
 30.54  improve public access to state historic 
 30.55  site Traverse des Sioux including 
 30.56  trails, interpretive markers, and basic 
 30.57  visitor amenities. 
 30.58  (g) Old Wadena Historic 
 30.59  Site Development  
 30.60  $25,000 the first year is from the 
 30.61  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 31.1   Historical Society for an agreement 
 31.2   with Wah De Nah Historic and 
 31.3   Environmental Learning Project to 
 31.4   develop a footbridge, archaeological 
 31.5   survey, and educational programs.  This 
 31.6   appropriation must be matched by at 
 31.7   least $6,000 of nonstate money. 
 31.8   (h) Pickwick Mill 
 31.9   Machine Restoration  
 31.10  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 31.11  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 31.12  Historical Society for an agreement 
 31.13  with Pickwick Mill Inc. for the second 
 31.14  biennium to continue the restoration of 
 31.15  the machinery of Pickwick Mill.  This 
 31.16  appropriation must be matched by at 
 31.17  least $25,000 of nonstate money. 
 31.18  Subd. 6.  Water Quality
 31.19       2,020,000        730,000
 31.20                Summary by Fund
 31.21  Minnesota Future 
 31.22  Resources Fund        1,290,000       - 0 -  
 31.23  Environment and 
 31.24  Natural Resources 
 31.25  Trust Fund              730,000       730,000
 31.26  (a) On-Site Sewage Treatment 
 31.27  Alternatives; Performance, 
 31.28  Outreach and 
 31.29  Demonstration - Continuation 
 31.30  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 31.31  the second year are from the trust fund 
 31.32  to the commissioner of the pollution 
 31.33  control agency for the third biennium 
 31.34  to monitor previously built test sites 
 31.35  for pathogen removal and other 
 31.36  parameters for indicators of treatment 
 31.37  efficiency, to determine maintenance 
 31.38  needs and system longevity, and to 
 31.39  pursue the establishment of cooperative 
 31.40  demonstration projects. 
 31.41  (b) Identification of Sediment 
 31.42  Sources in Agricultural 
 31.43  Watersheds 
 31.44  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 31.45  the second year are from the trust fund 
 31.46  to the Science Museum of Minnesota to 
 31.47  quantify the contribution of streambank 
 31.48  erosion versus overland erosion sources 
 31.49  to riverine suspended sediment 
 31.50  concentrations.  This appropriation 
 31.51  must be matched by at least $90,000 of 
 31.52  nonstate money. 
 31.53  (c) Accelerated Statewide 
 31.54  Local Water Plan 
 31.55  Implementation 
 31.56  $1,000,000 the first year is from the 
 31.57  future resources fund to the board of 
 31.58  water and soil resources to accelerate 
 32.1   the local water planning challenge 
 32.2   grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 32.3   section 103B.3361, to assist in the 
 32.4   implementation of high priority 
 32.5   activities in comprehensive water 
 32.6   management plans on a cost-share 
 32.7   basis.  $140,000 of this appropriation 
 32.8   is to St. Louis county to inventory and 
 32.9   evaluate existing sewage treatment 
 32.10  systems.  $75,000 of this appropriation 
 32.11  is to the Whitefish Area Property 
 32.12  Owners Association in cooperation with 
 32.13  Crow Wing county to inspect all 
 32.14  lakeshore properties on the Whitefish 
 32.15  chain of lakes for conformance with 
 32.16  septic system requirements.  $50,000 of 
 32.17  this appropriation is to Chisago county 
 32.18  to develop sustainable wastewater 
 32.19  treatment alternatives which must be 
 32.20  matched by at least $30,000 of nonstate 
 32.21  money. 
 32.22  (d) Tracking Sources of Fecal 
 32.23  Pollution Using DNA Techniques  
 32.24  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 32.25  the second year are from the trust fund 
 32.26  to the University of Minnesota to 
 32.27  define sources of fecal pollution in 
 32.28  waters. 
 32.29  (e) Groundwater Flow in the 
 32.30  Prairie du Chien Aquifer 
 32.31  $55,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
 32.32  second year are from the trust fund to 
 32.33  the University of Minnesota to 
 32.34  characterize groundwater flow within 
 32.35  the Prairie du Chien Formation. 
 32.36  (f) Lake Minnetonka Citizens'
 32.37  Monitoring and Education 
 32.38  Network  
 32.39  $40,000 the first year is from the 
 32.40  future resources fund to the 
 32.41  commissioner of natural resources for 
 32.42  an agreement with the Lake Minnetonka 
 32.43  Association to begin volunteer network 
 32.44  training and education for a 
 32.45  comprehensive monitoring program.  This 
 32.46  appropriation must be matched by at 
 32.47  least $20,000 of nonstate money. 
 32.48  (g) Erosion Impacts on the 
 32.49  Cannon Valley Big Woods  
 32.50  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 32.51  second year are from the trust fund to 
 32.52  the University of Minnesota in 
 32.53  cooperation with the Big Woods Project 
 32.54  to determine historical and future 
 32.55  effects of land practices on soil 
 32.56  erosion levels and develop land 
 32.57  management tools in the big woods 
 32.58  ecosystem in Rice county. 
 32.59  (h) Lake Calhoun and Lake 
 32.60  Harriet Gravity Flow Stream System  
 32.61  $250,000 the first year is from the 
 33.1   future resources fund to the 
 33.2   metropolitan council for an agreement 
 33.3   with the Minneapolis Park and 
 33.4   Recreation Board to complete 
 33.5   construction of the gravity flow stream 
 33.6   connection between Lake Calhoun and 
 33.7   Lake Harriet to improve lakewater 
 33.8   quality and equalize water levels in 
 33.9   the chain of lakes. This appropriation 
 33.10  must be matched by sufficient nonstate 
 33.11  money to complete the project. 
 33.12  Subd. 7.  Agriculture and Natural
 33.13  Resource Based Industries
 33.14       5,268,000      1,582,000
 33.15                Summary by Fund
 33.16  Minnesota Future 
 33.17  Resources Fund        3,685,000       - 0 -  
 33.18  Environment and 
 33.19  Natural Resources 
 33.20  Trust Fund            1,583,000     1,582,000
 33.21  (a) Green Forest 
 33.22  Certification Project 
 33.23  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 33.24  second year are from the trust fund to 
 33.25  the commissioner of natural resources 
 33.26  for an agreement with the Institute for 
 33.27  Agriculture and Trade Policy to certify 
 33.28  foresters and to evaluate private 
 33.29  forest lands for green certification. 
 33.30  (b) Accelerated Transfer of New 
 33.31  Forest - Research Findings 
 33.32  $58,000 the first year and $57,000 the 
 33.33  second year are from the trust fund to 
 33.34  the University of Minnesota to 
 33.35  accelerate educational programming by 
 33.36  the sustainable forest education 
 33.37  cooperative on the practical 
 33.38  application of landscape-level analysis 
 33.39  in site-level forest management. 
 33.40  (c) Minnesota Wildlife 
 33.41  Tourism Initiative 
 33.42  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 33.43  the second year are from the trust fund 
 33.44  to the commissioner of natural 
 33.45  resources to develop, implement, and 
 33.46  evaluate a project focusing on wildlife 
 33.47  tourism as a sustainable industry in 
 33.48  Minnesota in cooperation with the 
 33.49  office of tourism. 
 33.50  (d) Integrated Prairie 
 33.51  Management  
 33.52  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 33.53  the second year are from the trust fund 
 33.54  to the commissioner of natural 
 33.55  resources for an agreement with the 
 33.56  University of Minnesota and Clay county 
 33.57  in a cooperative project for an 
 33.58  aggregate resource inventory on public 
 34.1   lands, prairie restoration and 
 34.2   research, and stewardship plans for 
 34.3   management options.  This appropriation 
 34.4   is available until June 30, 2002, at 
 34.5   which time the project must be 
 34.6   completed and final products delivered, 
 34.7   unless an earlier date is specified in 
 34.8   the work program. 
 34.9   (e) Improved Agricultural Systems 
 34.10  Overlying Sensitive Aquifers 
 34.11  in Southwestern Minnesota 
 34.12  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 34.13  future resources fund to the 
 34.14  commissioner of agriculture for an 
 34.15  agreement with the University of 
 34.16  Minnesota, Southwest Experiment 
 34.17  Station, to provide technical support, 
 34.18  research, systems evaluation, and 
 34.19  advisory teams to protect sensitive 
 34.20  alluvial aquifers threatened by nitrate 
 34.21  contamination in southwest Minnesota. 
 34.22  (f) Diversifying Agriculture 
 34.23  for Environmental, Economic, 
 34.24  and Social Benefits 
 34.25  $300,000 the first year and $300,000 
 34.26  the second year are from the trust fund 
 34.27  to the University of Minnesota to 
 34.28  research new plant materials and crop 
 34.29  management systems for diversification. 
 34.30  (g) Minnesota River Basin 
 34.31  Initiative; Local Leadership  
 34.32  $350,000 the first year and $350,000 
 34.33  the second year are from the trust fund 
 34.34  to the board of water and soil 
 34.35  resources for a cost share agreement 
 34.36  with the Minnesota River Basin Joint 
 34.37  Powers Board for landscape planning and 
 34.38  demonstration, and restoration and 
 34.39  management projects for the Minnesota 
 34.40  River on a cost-share basis. 
 34.41  (h) Commercial Fertilizer Plant 
 34.42  for Livestock Solid Waste 
 34.43  Processing 
 34.44  $400,000 the first year is from the 
 34.45  future resources fund to the 
 34.46  agricultural utilization research 
 34.47  institute for an agreement with 
 34.48  AquaCare International, Inc. to 
 34.49  establish a commercial grade fertilizer 
 34.50  plant that will enhance and process 
 34.51  animal wastewater solids through 
 34.52  micronization technology.  This 
 34.53  appropriation must be matched by at 
 34.54  least $425,000 of nonstate money.  As a 
 34.55  condition of receiving this 
 34.56  appropriation, AquaCare International, 
 34.57  Inc. must agree to pay to the state a 
 34.58  royalty.  Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 34.59  Statutes, section 116P.10, the royalty 
 34.60  must be two percent of gross revenues 
 34.61  accruing to AquaCare International, 
 34.62  Inc. from this application of 
 34.63  micronization technology.  Receipts 
 35.1   from the royalty must be credited to 
 35.2   the fund. 
 35.3   (i) Preservation of Native 
 35.4   Wild Rice Resource  
 35.5   $200,000 the first year is from the 
 35.6   future resources fund to the 
 35.7   commissioner of natural resources for 
 35.8   an agreement with Leech Lake 
 35.9   Reservation to analyze critical factors 
 35.10  in different northern rice habitats and 
 35.11  determine methods to preserve the 
 35.12  natural diversity of wild rice.  This 
 35.13  appropriation must be matched by at 
 35.14  least $45,000 of nonstate money. 
 35.15  (j) Wild Rice Management 
 35.16  Planning 
 35.17  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 35.18  future resources fund to the 
 35.19  commissioner of natural resources for 
 35.20  an agreement with the Boise Forte Band 
 35.21  of Chippewa to develop databases and 
 35.22  management plans for northern wild rice 
 35.23  lakes.  This appropriation must be 
 35.24  matched by at least $20,000 of nonstate 
 35.25  money. 
 35.26  (k) Mesabi Iron Range, 
 35.27  Water and Mineral Resource 
 35.28  Planning 
 35.29  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 35.30  the second year are from the trust fund 
 35.31  to the commissioner of natural 
 35.32  resources.  $125,000 the first year and 
 35.33  $125,000 the second year are from the 
 35.34  trust fund to the University of 
 35.35  Minnesota to develop and assemble 
 35.36  essential data on stockpile composition 
 35.37  and ownership, complete hydrogeologic 
 35.38  base maps, site and design an overflow 
 35.39  outlet, and distribute results to local 
 35.40  government and industry.  This project 
 35.41  is to be coordinated by the Range 
 35.42  Association of Municipalities and 
 35.43  Schools.  This appropriation is 
 35.44  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 35.45  time the project must be completed and 
 35.46  final products delivered, unless an 
 35.47  earlier date is specified in the work 
 35.48  program. 
 35.49  (l) Sustainable Aquaculture 
 35.50  Development in Minnesota 
 35.51  $130,000 the first year is from the 
 35.52  future resources fund to the 
 35.53  commissioner of agriculture in 
 35.54  cooperation with the University of 
 35.55  Minnesota to develop, demonstrate, and 
 35.56  evaluate prototypes of aquaponic 
 35.57  systems that operate in an urban 
 35.58  environment and use a combination of 
 35.59  aquacultural and hydroponic techniques 
 35.60  to produce fish and plants for human 
 35.61  consumption.  $55,000 the first year is 
 35.62  from the future resources fund to the 
 35.63  commissioner of agriculture in 
 36.1   cooperation with the MinAqua Fisheries 
 36.2   Cooperative, with assistance from the 
 36.3   University of Minnesota, for the 
 36.4   purchase, operation, and demonstration 
 36.5   of ozonation equipment for water 
 36.6   treatment and conditioning in large 
 36.7   recirculating aquaculture systems.  
 36.8   These appropriations are available 
 36.9   until June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 36.10  project must be completed and final 
 36.11  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 36.12  date is specified in the work program.  
 36.13  As a condition of receiving this 
 36.14  appropriation, MinAqua Fisheries 
 36.15  Cooperative must agree to pay to the 
 36.16  state a royalty.  Notwithstanding 
 36.17  Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10, 
 36.18  the royalty must be two percent of the 
 36.19  gross revenues accruing to MinAqua 
 36.20  Fisheries Cooperative from this 
 36.21  application of ozonation technology.  
 36.22  Receipts from the royalty must be 
 36.23  credited to the fund. 
 36.24  (m) Sustainable Farming 
 36.25  Systems - Continuation 
 36.26  $350,000 the first year is from the 
 36.27  future resources fund to the University 
 36.28  of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for 
 36.29  Sustainable Agriculture, for on-farm 
 36.30  and experiment station research, 
 36.31  documentation and dissemination of 
 36.32  information on alternative farm 
 36.33  practices in order to integrate recent 
 36.34  scientific advances, improve farm 
 36.35  efficiencies, promote profitability, 
 36.36  and to enhance environmental quality. 
 36.37  (n) Economic Analysis of 
 36.38  Agriculture for Multiple 
 36.39  Benefits  
 36.40  $250,000 the first year is from the 
 36.41  future resources fund to the 
 36.42  commissioner of agriculture for an 
 36.43  agreement with the Land Stewardship 
 36.44  Project to evaluate economic and 
 36.45  environmental benefits from current and 
 36.46  future agricultural production. 
 36.47  (o) Nonwood Agricultural Fibers 
 36.48  and Industrial Hemp for Pulp 
 36.49  and Paper Manufacture  
 36.50  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 36.51  future resources fund to the University 
 36.52  of Minnesota to investigate the 
 36.53  feasibility of various agricultural 
 36.54  pulp markets in the development of 
 36.55  small scale pulp mills in the 
 36.56  agricultural regions of the state. 
 36.57  (p) Sustainable Livestock 
 36.58  Systems  
 36.59  $350,000 the first year is from the 
 36.60  future resources fund to the 
 36.61  commissioner of agriculture for an 
 36.62  agreement with the University of 
 36.63  Minnesota, West Central Experiment 
 37.1   Station, for on-farm research and 
 37.2   education programs to support small- to 
 37.3   moderate-scale farms through whole farm 
 37.4   planning and monitoring of forage-based 
 37.5   livestock systems. 
 37.6   (q) Forest Wildlife Biologist 
 37.7   for Ruffed Grouse  
 37.8   $1,000,000 the first year is from the 
 37.9   future resources fund to the 
 37.10  commissioner of natural resources for 
 37.11  an agreement with the Ruffed Grouse 
 37.12  Society, Inc. to fund a position and 
 37.13  related costs for a forest wildlife 
 37.14  biologist employed by the society that 
 37.15  will provide technical assistance to 
 37.16  public and private landowners for 
 37.17  improved ruffed grouse habitat and 
 37.18  related forest wildlife conservation.  
 37.19  The activity funded by this 
 37.20  appropriation must be done in 
 37.21  collaboration with institutes of higher 
 37.22  learning and state agencies.  The 
 37.23  amounts of this appropriation made 
 37.24  available in each fiscal year must not 
 37.25  exceed those stated in the work 
 37.26  program.  As a condition of receiving 
 37.27  this appropriation, the society must 
 37.28  demonstrate that it has created a 
 37.29  private endowment to fund this position 
 37.30  and related costs with nonstate money 
 37.31  after this appropriation has been 
 37.32  spent.  The society must demonstrate 
 37.33  that it has a sound financial plan to 
 37.34  increase the principal of the endowment 
 37.35  to at least $1,000,000 of nonstate 
 37.36  money by January 1, 2000, and to 
 37.37  $2,000,000 of nonstate money by June 
 37.38  30, 2007.  The work program must 
 37.39  provide that failure of the society to 
 37.40  meet the goals of the financial plan on 
 37.41  time will cause further payments from 
 37.42  this appropriation to be withheld until 
 37.43  the goals are met.  This appropriation 
 37.44  is available until June 30, 2007, at 
 37.45  which time the project must be 
 37.46  completed and final products delivered, 
 37.47  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 37.48  the work program. 
 37.49  (r) Organic Farming 
 37.50  Training Project  
 37.51  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 37.52  the second year are from the trust fund 
 37.53  to the commissioner of agriculture for 
 37.54  an agreement with the Minnesota Food 
 37.55  Association in cooperation with the 
 37.56  Midwest Organic Alliance to recruit and 
 37.57  train new immigrant and conventional 
 37.58  farmers in sustainable and organic 
 37.59  methods utilizing a mentoring approach. 
 37.60  (s) Construction and Demolition 
 37.61  Waste Abatement 
 37.62  Demonstration Project  
 37.63  $250,000 the first year is from the 
 37.64  future resources fund to the director 
 37.65  of the office of environmental 
 38.1   assistance for an agreement with the 
 38.2   Green Institute to field test building 
 38.3   salvage strategies, expanding markets 
 38.4   for salvaged materials, and creating a 
 38.5   community-based enterprise model. 
 38.6   (t) Minnesota River Valley 
 38.7   Scenic Byway Interpretive 
 38.8   Signage  
 38.9   $100,000 the first year is from the 
 38.10  future resources fund to the 
 38.11  commissioner of transportation for an 
 38.12  agreement with the Upper Minnesota 
 38.13  Valley Regional Development Commission 
 38.14  to design and construct interpretive 
 38.15  kiosks and entrance signs along the 
 38.16  Minnesota River Valley scenic byway.  
 38.17  Construction and installation are 
 38.18  contingent on receiving 80 percent 
 38.19  TEA-21 or other nonstate match money. 
 38.20  Subd. 8.  Urbanization Impacts 
 38.21       1,998,000        400,000
 38.22                Summary by Fund
 38.23  Minnesota Future 
 38.24  Resources Fund        1,598,000       - 0 -  
 38.25  Environment and 
 38.26  Natural Resources 
 38.27  Trust Fund              400,000       400,000
 38.28  (a) Resources for Redevelopment:  
 38.29  A Community Property 
 38.30  Investigation Program 
 38.31  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 38.32  future resources fund to the pollution 
 38.33  control agency for an agreement with 
 38.34  the Minnesota Environmental Initiative 
 38.35  to assess environmental contamination 
 38.36  in up to sixteen brownfield sites 
 38.37  statewide on a cost-share basis for 
 38.38  each site in order to promote property 
 38.39  redevelopment by community nonprofit 
 38.40  organizations. 
 38.41  (b) Tools and Training for 
 38.42  Community-Based Planning  
 38.43  $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 38.44  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.45  to the office of strategic and 
 38.46  long-range planning to develop 
 38.47  software, data, and training for local 
 38.48  government planning for delivery of 
 38.49  state geographic information systems 
 38.50  data and models for social and 
 38.51  environmental decision making. 
 38.52  (c) Protecting Dakota County 
 38.53  Farmland and Natural Areas  
 38.54  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 38.55  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.56  to the commissioner of natural 
 38.57  resources for an agreement with Dakota 
 38.58  county to inventory and identify unique 
 39.1   farmland and natural areas and to 
 39.2   protect land through conservation 
 39.3   easements. 
 39.4   (d) Urban Corridor Design 
 39.5   $600,000 the first year is from the 
 39.6   future resources fund to the University 
 39.7   of Minnesota to develop sustainability 
 39.8   designs for selected urban corridors. 
 39.9   (e) Conservation-Based Development 
 39.10  Program 
 39.11  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 39.12  second year are from the trust fund to 
 39.13  the commissioner of natural resources 
 39.14  for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 39.15  Land Trust to design four model 
 39.16  developments and acquire conservation 
 39.17  easements within new developments that 
 39.18  enhance the natural, rural landscape. 
 39.19  This appropriation must be matched by 
 39.20  at least $65,000 of nonstate money. 
 39.21  (f) Sustainable Stormwater Management 
 39.22  and Erosion Control for Athletic 
 39.23  Fields and Parking Lot Retrofit  
 39.24  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 39.25  future resources fund to the 
 39.26  metropolitan council for an agreement 
 39.27  with the Minneapolis Park and 
 39.28  Recreation Board to design and 
 39.29  construct bioretention areas at 
 39.30  athletic fields and existing parking 
 39.31  lots in order to manage erosion, soil 
 39.32  compaction, and stormwater runoff.  
 39.33  Design results must be made available 
 39.34  in readily useable formats.  This 
 39.35  appropriation must be matched by at 
 39.36  least $200,000 of nonstate money. 
 39.37  (g) Community-Based Initiatives: 
 39.38  Land Use for Sustainable 
 39.39  Agriculture - Continuation 
 39.40  $400,000 the first year is from the 
 39.41  future resources fund to the 
 39.42  commissioner of natural resources for 
 39.43  an agreement with the Sustainable 
 39.44  Resources Center to develop and 
 39.45  preserve urban and suburban agriculture 
 39.46  sites through sustainable landscaping, 
 39.47  to promote producer and consumer 
 39.48  participation in sustainable 
 39.49  agriculture, and to train urban 
 39.50  gardening experts. 
 39.51  (h) Chisago Lakes Outlet
 39.52  Channel Project 
 39.53  $40,000 the first year is from the 
 39.54  future resources fund to the 
 39.55  commissioner of natural resources for 
 39.56  an agreement with Chisago county to 
 39.57  complete the final construction phase 
 39.58  of the outlet channel at Chisago 
 39.59  Lakes.  This appropriation must be 
 39.60  matched by at least $50,000 of nonstate 
 39.61  money. 
 40.1   (i) Virginia Storm Sewer Project 
 40.2   $225,000 the first year is from the 
 40.3   future resources fund to the department 
 40.4   of trade and economic development for 
 40.5   an agreement with the city of Virginia 
 40.6   for relocation of the Silver Lake storm 
 40.7   sewer outlet, construction of 
 40.8   sedimentation ponds, and renovation of 
 40.9   the Sauntry Creek diversion structure.  
 40.10  Native plantings must be used in buffer 
 40.11  strips.  This appropriation must be 
 40.12  matched by at least $225,000 of 
 40.13  nonstate money. 
 40.14  (j) Blufflands Implementation 
 40.15  $33,000 the first year is from the 
 40.16  future resources fund to the 
 40.17  commissioner of natural resources for 
 40.18  an agreement with Winona county to 
 40.19  implement land protection 
 40.20  recommendations in the blufflands 
 40.21  design manual. 
 40.22  Subd. 9.  Innovations in Energy
 40.23  and Transportation 
 40.24         513,000         62,000
 40.25                Summary by Fund
 40.26  Minnesota Future 
 40.27  Resources Fund          450,000       - 0 -  
 40.28  Environment and 
 40.29  Natural Resources 
 40.30  Trust Fund               63,000        62,000
 40.31  (a) Ice Arena Design for Efficiency
 40.32  and Air Quality - Continuation 
 40.33  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 40.34  future resources fund to the amateur 
 40.35  sports commission for an agreement with 
 40.36  the Center for Energy and Environment 
 40.37  in cooperation with the department of 
 40.38  health to enhance energy efficiency and 
 40.39  assure indoor air quality in new and 
 40.40  existing ice arenas in Minnesota 
 40.41  technical assistance and energy audits. 
 40.42  (b) Promoting High Efficiency
 40.43  Cogeneration 
 40.44  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 40.45  future resources fund to the office of 
 40.46  strategic and long-range planning and 
 40.47  the Minnesota environmental quality 
 40.48  board to develop a statewide inventory 
 40.49  of potential cogeneration sites and a 
 40.50  regulatory guidance manual. 
 40.51  (c) Evaluate Biodiesel Made From
 40.52  Waste Fats and Oils 
 40.53  $63,000 the first year and $62,000 the 
 40.54  second year are from the trust fund to 
 40.55  the commissioner of agriculture in 
 40.56  cooperation with the Minnesota Soybean 
 40.57  Growers Association to produce a diesel 
 41.1   fuel from soybeans and waste cooking 
 41.2   oils and greases, for laboratory 
 41.3   evaluation of the fuel for particulates 
 41.4   and engine power, and for trial in 
 41.5   light-duty vehicles.  The appropriation 
 41.6   must be matched by at least $50,000 of 
 41.7   nonstate money. 
 41.8   (d) Wind Power for Rural
 41.9   Development - Continuation  
 41.10  $250,000 the first year is from the 
 41.11  future resources fund to the 
 41.12  commissioner of natural resources for 
 41.13  an agreement with the Sustainable 
 41.14  Resources Center to provide an outreach 
 41.15  program including technical assistance, 
 41.16  site-specific resource analysis, 
 41.17  training for local officials on wind 
 41.18  energy rights and economics, and the 
 41.19  design and construction of a wind 
 41.20  energy traveling exhibit. 
 41.21  Subd. 10.  Decision-Making Tools 
 41.22       1,000,000        705,000
 41.23                Summary by Fund
 41.24  Minnesota Future 
 41.25  Resources Fund          295,000       - 0 -  
 41.26  Environment and 
 41.27  Natural Resources 
 41.28  Trust Fund              705,000       705,000
 41.29  (a) Goodhue County Natural Resources
 41.30  Inventory and Management Plan 
 41.31  $75,000 the first year is from the 
 41.32  future resources fund to the board of 
 41.33  water and soil resources for an 
 41.34  agreement with Goodhue county to 
 41.35  inventory, evaluate, and describe 
 41.36  natural resources and create a 
 41.37  geographic information system-based map 
 41.38  and database.  The appropriation must 
 41.39  be matched by at least $50,000 of 
 41.40  nonstate money. 
 41.41  (b) Public Access to Mineral 
 41.42  Knowledge  
 41.43  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 41.44  future resources fund to the department 
 41.45  of natural resources to accelerate the 
 41.46  automation of historic mineral 
 41.47  exploration information and to make the 
 41.48  database accessible and searchable. 
 41.49  (c) Updating Outmoded Soil
 41.50  Surveys - Continuation 
 41.51  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 41.52  the second year are from the trust fund 
 41.53  to the board of water and soil 
 41.54  resources for the first biennium of a 
 41.55  four biennia project to accelerate a 
 41.56  statewide program to begin to update 
 41.57  and digitize soil surveys in up to 25 
 41.58  counties, including Fillmore county.  
 42.1   Participating counties must provide a 
 42.2   cost share. 
 42.3   (d) Climate Variability and Change
 42.4   Impacts on Minnesota Resources 
 42.5   $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 42.6   the second year are from the trust fund 
 42.7   to the University of Minnesota to 
 42.8   develop a database of climate measures 
 42.9   relevant to recreation, tourism, 
 42.10  agriculture, and forestry, and to 
 42.11  construct climate scenarios for 
 42.12  Minnesota over the next 50 years. 
 42.13  (e) Minnesota Environmentally
 42.14  Preferable Chemicals Project 
 42.15  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 42.16  second year are from the trust fund to 
 42.17  the office of environmental assistance 
 42.18  for an agreement with the Institute for 
 42.19  Local Self-Reliance to build an 
 42.20  industry network of users and producers 
 42.21  of petrochemicals and biochemicals, and 
 42.22  to promote a shift to environmentally 
 42.23  preferable chemicals.  This 
 42.24  appropriation must be matched by at 
 42.25  least $40,000 of nonstate money. 
 42.26  (f) GIS Utilization of Historic 
 42.27  Timberland Survey Records 
 42.28  $120,000 the first year is from the 
 42.29  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 42.30  Historical Society to digitize and 
 42.31  distribute historic timberland survey 
 42.32  records in a geographic information 
 42.33  system format. 
 42.34  (g) By-Products Application 
 42.35  to Agricultural, Mineland, and 
 42.36  Forest Soils 
 42.37  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 42.38  the second year are from the trust fund 
 42.39  to the pollution control agency for an 
 42.40  agreement with Western Lake Superior 
 42.41  Sanitary District to create a northeast 
 42.42  Minnesota consortium of public 
 42.43  utilities, wood-products, and mining 
 42.44  industries to research environmentally 
 42.45  sound coapplications of industrial and 
 42.46  municipal by-products for agriculture, 
 42.47  forestry, and mineland reclamation.  
 42.48  This appropriation must be matched by 
 42.49  at least $21,000 of nonstate money. 
 42.50  (h) Winter Severity Index
 42.51  for Deer 
 42.52  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 42.53  second year are from the trust fund to 
 42.54  the commissioner of natural resources 
 42.55  for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 42.56  Deer Hunters Association to determine 
 42.57  the relationship between the winter 
 42.58  severity index, deer condition, and 
 42.59  deer mortality.  This appropriation 
 42.60  must be matched by at least $5,000 in 
 42.61  nonstate money and at least $30,000 in- 
 43.1   kind match.  This appropriation is 
 43.2   available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 43.3   time the project must be completed and 
 43.4   final products delivered, unless an 
 43.5   earlier date is specified in the work 
 43.6   program. 
 43.7   Subd. 11.  Environmental Education 
 43.8        2,525,000        980,000
 43.9                 Summary by Fund
 43.10  Minnesota Future 
 43.11  Resources Fund        1,545,000       - 0 -  
 43.12  Environment and 
 43.13  Natural Resources 
 43.14  Trust Fund              980,000       980,000
 43.15  (a) Uncommon Ground:  An Educational 
 43.16  Television Series 
 43.17  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 43.18  the second year are from the trust fund 
 43.19  to the University of Minnesota for 
 43.20  matching funding to produce a televised 
 43.21  series of natural landscapes 
 43.22  chronicling two centuries of change in 
 43.23  Minnesota. 
 43.24  (b) Ecology Bus Environmental
 43.25  Education 
 43.26  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 43.27  future resources fund to the 
 43.28  commissioner of natural resources for 
 43.29  an agreement with the Prairie Ecology 
 43.30  Bus Center to expand programs conducted 
 43.31  with the ecology bus.  This 
 43.32  appropriation may not be used for 
 43.33  depreciation costs on equipment. 
 43.34  (c) Renovation of Open Spaces:
 43.35  Twin Cities Neighborhoods 
 43.36  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 43.37  future resources fund to the 
 43.38  commissioner of natural resources for 
 43.39  an agreement with the Crown Jewel 
 43.40  Foundation to coordinate and implement 
 43.41  neighborhood planting activities 
 43.42  through youth and citizen training, and 
 43.43  education.  This appropriation must be 
 43.44  matched by at least $170,000 of 
 43.45  nonstate money. 
 43.46  (d) Karst Education for
 43.47  Southeastern Minnesota 
 43.48  $60,000 the first year and $60,000 the 
 43.49  second year are from the trust fund to 
 43.50  the board of water and soil resources 
 43.51  for an agreement with the Southeast 
 43.52  Minnesota Water Resources Board to 
 43.53  develop teacher training workshops, 
 43.54  educational materials, and exhibits 
 43.55  demonstrating the connections between 
 43.56  land use and ground water contamination 
 43.57  in southeastern Minnesota. 
 44.1   (e) Minnesota Wolf Public
 44.2   Education  
 44.3   $60,000 the first year and $60,000 the 
 44.4   second year are from the trust fund to 
 44.5   the commissioner of natural resources 
 44.6   for an agreement with the International 
 44.7   Wolf Center to develop educational 
 44.8   curriculum, conduct teacher training 
 44.9   workshops, and develop a traveling 
 44.10  exhibit on wolves to address the 
 44.11  current Minnesota wolf management 
 44.12  debate.  This appropriation must be 
 44.13  matched by at least $15,000 of nonstate 
 44.14  money. 
 44.15  (f) North American Bear Center, 
 44.16  Ely, Minnesota 
 44.17  $80,000 the first year is from the 
 44.18  future resources fund to the 
 44.19  commissioner of natural resources for 
 44.20  an agreement with the North American 
 44.21  Bear Center to develop a business plan, 
 44.22  marketing study, facility predesign, 
 44.23  and exhibit design for a North American 
 44.24  Bear Center.  This appropriation must 
 44.25  be matched by at least $21,000 of 
 44.26  nonstate money. 
 44.27  (g) Accessible Outdoor
 44.28  Recreation 
 44.29  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 44.30  the second year are from the trust fund 
 44.31  to the commissioner of natural 
 44.32  resources for an agreement with 
 44.33  wilderness inquiry to survey facilities 
 44.34  in at least 50 state recreation units 
 44.35  for the Minnesota guide to universal 
 44.36  access, develop assessments of 
 44.37  inclusion in recreation and 
 44.38  environmental education activities, and 
 44.39  provide opportunities for 
 44.40  participation.  This appropriation is 
 44.41  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 44.42  time the project must be completed and 
 44.43  final products delivered, unless an 
 44.44  earlier date is specified in the work 
 44.45  program. 
 44.46  (h) Science Outreach and
 44.47  Integrated Learning on Soil 
 44.48  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 44.49  the second year are from the trust fund 
 44.50  to the Science Museum of Minnesota to 
 44.51  develop a soils experiment center and 
 44.52  demonstration plots to increase the 
 44.53  awareness of soil science and soil 
 44.54  health.  This appropriation must be 
 44.55  matched by at least $100,000 of 
 44.56  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
 44.57  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 44.58  time the project must be completed and 
 44.59  final products delivered, unless an 
 44.60  earlier date is specified in the work 
 44.61  program. 
 44.62  (i) Southeast Minnesota Streams
 44.63  and Watershed Signage 
 45.1   $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 45.2   second year are from the trust fund to 
 45.3   the commissioner of natural resources 
 45.4   for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 45.5   Trout Association to design, 
 45.6   manufacture, and install road signs to 
 45.7   identify southeast Minnesota streams 
 45.8   and watersheds. 
 45.9   (j) Teacher Training in
 45.10  Interdisciplinary Environmental 
 45.11  Education  
 45.12  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 45.13  second year are from the trust fund to 
 45.14  the commissioner of natural resources 
 45.15  for an agreement with the Audubon 
 45.16  Center of the North Woods to train K-12 
 45.17  teachers in environmental education 
 45.18  techniques. 
 45.19  (k) Development and Rehabilitation
 45.20  of Recreational Shooting Ranges 
 45.21  $350,000 the first year is from the 
 45.22  future resources fund to the 
 45.23  commissioner of natural resources to 
 45.24  provide cost-share grants to local 
 45.25  recreational shooting clubs for the 
 45.26  purpose of developing or rehabilitating 
 45.27  shooting sports facilities for public 
 45.28  use.  In addition to the required work 
 45.29  program, grants may not be approved 
 45.30  until grant proposals to be funded have 
 45.31  been submitted to the legislative 
 45.32  commission on Minnesota resources and 
 45.33  the commission has approved the grants 
 45.34  or allowed 60 days to pass. 
 45.35  (l) Youth Outdoor Environmental
 45.36  Education Program 
 45.37  $125,000 the first year is from the 
 45.38  future resources fund to the 
 45.39  commissioner of natural resources for 
 45.40  an agreement with Dakota county to 
 45.41  develop a youth naturalist program and 
 45.42  youth-at-risk environmental education 
 45.43  programs. 
 45.44  (m) Twin Cities Environmental
 45.45  Service Learning - Continuation 
 45.46  $20,000 the first year and $20,000 the 
 45.47  second year are from the trust fund to 
 45.48  the commissioner of natural resources 
 45.49  for an agreement with Eco Education to 
 45.50  provide training and matching grants 
 45.51  for student service environmental 
 45.52  learning projects.  This appropriation 
 45.53  must be matched by at least $40,000 of 
 45.54  nonstate money. 
 45.55  (n) Minnesota Whitetail Deer
 45.56  Resource Center Exhibits 
 45.57  $400,000 the first year is from the 
 45.58  future resources fund to the 
 45.59  commissioner of natural resources for 
 45.60  an agreement with the Minnesota Deer 
 46.1   Hunters Association to construct 
 46.2   exhibits on whitetail deer in 
 46.3   Minnesota.  This appropriation is 
 46.4   available to the extent matched by 
 46.5   expenditure of nonstate money on 
 46.6   exhibits. 
 46.7   (o) Sustainability Forums 
 46.8   $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 46.9   the second year are from the trust fund 
 46.10  to the office of environmental 
 46.11  assistance for an agreement with the 
 46.12  Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton 
 46.13  League of America to conduct forums for 
 46.14  the public and local units of 
 46.15  government on sustainability and 
 46.16  community-based planning objectives. 
 46.17  (p) Minnesota River Watershed
 46.18  Ecology and History Exhibit 
 46.19  $90,000 the first year is from the 
 46.20  future resources fund to the Minnesota 
 46.21  Historical Society for an agreement 
 46.22  with Joseph R. Brown Heritage Society 
 46.23  to design and construct exhibits at the 
 46.24  Joseph R. Brown Minnesota River Center. 
 46.25  (q) Hyland Lake Environmental
 46.26  Center 
 46.27  $110,000 the first year and $110,000 
 46.28  the second year are from the trust fund 
 46.29  to the metropolitan council for an 
 46.30  agreement with Suburban Hennepin 
 46.31  Regional Park District for predesign 
 46.32  and design of an environmental 
 46.33  education center in 
 46.34  Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Regional 
 46.35  Park Reserve. 
 46.36  (r) Aquaculture, Hydroponics, and
 46.37  Greenhouse Research Lab 
 46.38  $100,000 the first year is from the 
 46.39  future resources fund to the 
 46.40  commissioner of agriculture for an 
 46.41  agreement with Chisago Lakes High 
 46.42  School to design and construct a 
 46.43  greenhouse, hydroponics, and 
 46.44  aquaculture facility to support an 
 46.45  outdoor living classroom. 
 46.46  Subd. 12.  Benchmarks and Indicators 
 46.47       2,365,000      1,965,000
 46.48                Summary by Fund
 46.49  Minnesota Future 
 46.50  Resources Fund          200,000       - 0 -  
 46.51  Environment and 
 46.52  Natural Resources 
 46.53  Trust Fund            1,965,000     1,965,000
 46.54  Great Lakes 
 46.55  Protection Account      200,000       - 0 -  
 46.56  (a) Measuring Children's Exposures
 47.1   to Environmental Health Hazards 
 47.2   $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 47.3   the second year are from the trust fund 
 47.4   to the University of Minnesota in 
 47.5   cooperation with the department of 
 47.6   health to augment a federal study of 
 47.7   exposure of children to multiple 
 47.8   environmental hazards, to evaluate 
 47.9   comparative health risks, and to design 
 47.10  intervention strategies. 
 47.11  (b) Minnesota County Biological
 47.12  Survey - Continuation 
 47.13  $800,000 the first year and $800,000 
 47.14  the second year are from the trust fund 
 47.15  to the commissioner of natural 
 47.16  resources for the seventh biennium of a 
 47.17  12-biennia project to accelerate the 
 47.18  survey that identifies significant 
 47.19  natural areas and systematically 
 47.20  collects and interprets data on the 
 47.21  distribution and ecology of natural 
 47.22  communities, rare plants, and animals. 
 47.23  (c) Environmental Indicators 
 47.24  Initiative - Continuation 
 47.25  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 47.26  the second year are from the trust fund 
 47.27  to the commissioner of natural 
 47.28  resources for the third and final 
 47.29  biennium to complete a set of statewide 
 47.30  environmental indicators that will 
 47.31  assist public understanding of 
 47.32  Minnesota environmental health and the 
 47.33  effectiveness of sustainable 
 47.34  development efforts. 
 47.35  (d) Dakota County Wetland Health 
 47.36  Monitoring Program  
 47.37  $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
 47.38  second year are from the trust fund to 
 47.39  the commissioner of the pollution 
 47.40  control agency for an agreement with 
 47.41  Dakota county to evaluate wetland 
 47.42  health through citizen volunteers, 
 47.43  develop wetland biodiversity projects 
 47.44  in urban areas, and conduct public 
 47.45  education. 
 47.46  (e) Predicting Water and Forest 
 47.47  Resources Health and Sustainability 
 47.48  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 47.49  the second year are from the trust fund 
 47.50  to the University of Minnesota, Natural 
 47.51  Resources Research Institute, to assess 
 47.52  ecosystem health using indicators and 
 47.53  to develop models that incorporate 
 47.54  landscape composition change. 
 47.55  (f) Potential for Infant Risk
 47.56  from Nitrate Contamination 
 47.57  $200,000 the first year is from the 
 47.58  future resources fund to the 
 47.59  commissioner of health to study nitrate 
 47.60  and bacteria-contaminated drinking 
 48.1   water of infants and families at risk. 
 48.2   (g) Assessing Lake Superior Waters
 48.3   Off the North Shore 
 48.4   $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 48.5   the second year of this appropriation 
 48.6   are from the trust fund, and $200,000 
 48.7   is from the Great Lakes protection 
 48.8   account to the University of Minnesota 
 48.9   Duluth for a pilot program to establish 
 48.10  benchmark data for Lake Superior.  
 48.11  Expenses may not include capital cost 
 48.12  for a research vessel.  This 
 48.13  appropriation is available until June 
 48.14  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 48.15  must be completed and final products 
 48.16  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 48.17  specified in the work program. 
 48.18  (h) Minnesota's Forest Bird 
 48.19  Diversity Initiative - Continuation 
 48.20  $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 48.21  the second year are from the trust fund 
 48.22  to the commissioner of natural 
 48.23  resources for the fifth biennium of a 
 48.24  six-biennium project to establish 
 48.25  benchmarks for using birds as 
 48.26  ecological indicators of forest 
 48.27  health.  This appropriation must be 
 48.28  matched by at least $80,000 of nonstate 
 48.29  contributions.  This appropriation is 
 48.30  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 48.31  time the project must be completed and 
 48.32  final products delivered, unless an 
 48.33  earlier date is specified in the work 
 48.34  program. 
 48.35  (i) Farm Ponds as Critical 
 48.36  Habitats for Native Amphibians 
 48.37  $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
 48.38  the second year are from the trust fund 
 48.39  to the commissioner of natural 
 48.40  resources for an agreement with the 
 48.41  Upper Mississippi Science Center to 
 48.42  study management practices that sustain 
 48.43  healthy populations of amphibians in 
 48.44  southeastern Minnesota farm ponds and 
 48.45  to recommend monitoring methods 
 48.46  suitable for testing amphibian habitat 
 48.47  quality.  This appropriation must be 
 48.48  matched by at least $200,000 of 
 48.49  nonstate contributions.  This 
 48.50  appropriation is available until June 
 48.51  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 48.52  must be completed and final products 
 48.53  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 48.54  specified in the work program. 
 48.55  (j) Improved Minnesota Fungus
 48.56  Collection and Database 
 48.57  $35,000 the first year and $35,000 the 
 48.58  second year are from the trust fund to 
 48.59  the University of Minnesota to 
 48.60  consolidate and preserve fungus 
 48.61  specimen collections and computerize 
 48.62  the data for use in agriculture, 
 48.63  forestry, and recreation management. 
 49.1   Subd. 13.  Critical Lands or Habitats 
 49.2        2,869,000      2,230,000
 49.3                 Summary by Fund
 49.4   Minnesota Future 
 49.5   Resources Fund          639,000       - 0 -  
 49.6   Environment and 
 49.7   Natural Resources 
 49.8   Trust Fund            2,230,000     2,230,000
 49.9   (a) Sustainable Woodlands and
 49.10  Prairies on Private Lands - 
 49.11  Continuation 
 49.12  $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 49.13  the second year are from the trust fund 
 49.14  to the commissioner of natural 
 49.15  resources, in cooperation with the 
 49.16  Minnesota Forestry Association and the 
 49.17  Nature Conservancy, to develop 
 49.18  stewardship plans for private 
 49.19  landowners and to implement natural 
 49.20  resource projects by providing matching 
 49.21  money to private landowners.  This 
 49.22  appropriation is available until June 
 49.23  30, 2002, at which time the project 
 49.24  must be completed and final products 
 49.25  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 49.26  specified in the work program. 
 49.27  (b) National Prairie Passage; Linking
 49.28  Isolated Prairie Preserves  
 49.29  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 49.30  second year are from the trust fund to 
 49.31  the commissioner of transportation to 
 49.32  link isolated tallgrass prairie 
 49.33  preserves with corridors of prairie.  
 49.34  This appropriation must be matched by 
 49.35  at least $600,000 of nonstate money. 
 49.36  (c) Greening the Metro 
 49.37  Mississippi-Minnesota River 
 49.38  Valleys  
 49.39  $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
 49.40  the second year are from the trust fund 
 49.41  to the commissioner of natural 
 49.42  resources for an agreement with 
 49.43  Greening the Great River Park to 
 49.44  implement private and public habitat 
 49.45  projects in the Mississippi and 
 49.46  Minnesota River Valleys.  This 
 49.47  appropriation must be matched by at 
 49.48  least $374,000 of nonstate money and 
 49.49  cost sharing is required for projects 
 49.50  on private lands. This appropriation is 
 49.51  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 49.52  time the project must be completed and 
 49.53  final products delivered, unless an 
 49.54  earlier date is specified in the work 
 49.55  program. 
 49.56  (d) Restoring the Greater Prairie 
 49.57  Chicken to Southwestern Minnesota 
 49.58  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 49.59  second year are from the trust fund to 
 50.1   the commissioner of natural resources 
 50.2   for an agreement with the Minnesota 
 50.3   Prairie Chicken Society to restore the 
 50.4   greater prairie chicken to appropriate 
 50.5   habitat.  
 50.6   (e) Prairie Heritage Fund - 
 50.7   Continuation   
 50.8   $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 50.9   the second year are from the trust fund 
 50.10  to the commissioner of natural 
 50.11  resources for an agreement with 
 50.12  Pheasants Forever, Inc. to acquire and 
 50.13  develop land for prairie grasslands and 
 50.14  wetlands to be donated to the public.  
 50.15  The land must be open and accessible to 
 50.16  the public.  This appropriation must be 
 50.17  matched by at least $500,000 of money.  
 50.18  In addition to the required work 
 50.19  program, parcels may not be acquired 
 50.20  until parcel lists have been submitted 
 50.21  to the legislative commission on 
 50.22  Minnesota resources and the commission 
 50.23  has approved the parcel list or allowed 
 50.24  60 days to pass. 
 50.25  (f) Public Boat Access and 
 50.26  Fishing Piers 
 50.27  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 50.28  the second year are from the trust 
 50.29  fund, and $299,000 the first year is 
 50.30  from the future resources fund to the 
 50.31  commissioner of natural resources for 
 50.32  increased access to lakes and rivers 
 50.33  statewide through the provision of 
 50.34  public boat access, fishing piers, and 
 50.35  shoreline access, with approximately 
 50.36  equal allocations for the Twin Cities 
 50.37  metropolitan area and the remainder of 
 50.38  the state.  These appropriations are 
 50.39  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 50.40  time the project must be completed and 
 50.41  final products delivered, unless an 
 50.42  earlier date is specified in the work 
 50.43  program.  $212,000 of the appropriation 
 50.44  from the future resources fund is 
 50.45  available immediately upon enactment. 
 50.46  (g) Arboretum Land Acquisition and 
 50.47  Wetlands Restoration - Continuation 
 50.48  $350,000 the first year and $350,000 
 50.49  the second year are from the trust fund 
 50.50  to the University of Minnesota for an 
 50.51  agreement with the University of 
 50.52  Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 
 50.53  Foundation for the third biennium for 
 50.54  land acquisition.  The priority is to 
 50.55  acquire approximately 40 acres of land 
 50.56  within the Arboretum boundary before 
 50.57  completing the Spring Peeper Meadow 
 50.58  wetland restoration.  This 
 50.59  appropriation must be matched by at 
 50.60  least $700,000 of nonstate money. 
 50.61  (h) Implement the Chisago and 
 50.62  Washington Counties Green 
 50.63  Corridor Project - Continuation 
 51.1   $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
 51.2   the second year are from the trust fund 
 51.3   to the commissioner of natural 
 51.4   resources for an agreement with 1000 
 51.5   Friends of Minnesota for land 
 51.6   protection activities, including at 
 51.7   least $300,000 for cost-share grants to 
 51.8   local governments for fee or less than 
 51.9   fee acquisition. 
 51.10  (i) RIM Shoreland Stabilization 
 51.11  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
 51.12  the second year are from the trust fund 
 51.13  to the commissioner of natural 
 51.14  resources to complete the high priority 
 51.15  bank stabilization on Lake 
 51.16  Winnibigoshish and, if additional match 
 51.17  money becomes available, to begin 
 51.18  similar work on Lac Qui Parle Lake. 
 51.19  This appropriation must be matched by 
 51.20  at least $56,000 of nonstate money.  
 51.21  This appropriation is available until 
 51.22  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
 51.23  project must be completed and final 
 51.24  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 51.25  date is specified in the work program. 
 51.26  (j) Enhancing Canada Goose 
 51.27  Hunting Opportunities for 
 51.28  Recreation and Management Purposes  
 51.29  $340,000 the first year is from the 
 51.30  future resources fund to the 
 51.31  commissioner of natural resources for 
 51.32  an agreement with Geese Unlimited to 
 51.33  purchase leases and provide 
 51.34  observational and hunting blinds for 
 51.35  the public using volunteer labor. 
 51.36  Subd. 14.  Native Species Planting 
 51.37       1,035,000        635,000
 51.38  Minnesota Future 
 51.39  Resources Fund          400,000       - 0 -  
 51.40  Environment and 
 51.41  Natural Resources 
 51.42  Trust Fund              635,000       635,000
 51.43  (a) Minnesota Releaf Matching 
 51.44  Grant Program - Continuation  
 51.45  $290,000 the first year and $290,000 
 51.46  the second year of this appropriation 
 51.47  are from the trust fund, and $270,000 
 51.48  the first year is from the future 
 51.49  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 51.50  natural resources for the fourth 
 51.51  biennium, with at least $210,000 for 
 51.52  matching grants to local communities to 
 51.53  protect native oak forests from oak 
 51.54  wilt and to provide technical 
 51.55  assistance and cost sharing with 
 51.56  communities for tree planting and 
 51.57  community forestry assessments.  The 
 51.58  appropriation from the future resources 
 51.59  fund is available immediately upon 
 51.60  enactment. 
 52.1   (b) Landscaping for Wildlife and 
 52.2   Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention 
 52.3   $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 52.4   second year are from the trust fund to 
 52.5   the commissioner of natural resources 
 52.6   for an agreement with St. Paul 
 52.7   Neighborhood Energy Consortium to work 
 52.8   with urban and suburban communities to 
 52.9   expand native species planting through 
 52.10  residential landscaping and cooperative 
 52.11  neighborhood projects. The activities 
 52.12  must include participant cost sharing. 
 52.13  This appropriation must be matched by 
 52.14  at least $24,000 of nonstate money. 
 52.15  (c) Lakescaping for Wildlife and 
 52.16  Water Quality Initiative  
 52.17  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 52.18  second year are from the trust fund to 
 52.19  the commissioner of natural resources 
 52.20  in cooperation with the Minnesota Lakes 
 52.21  Association to promote lakescaping for 
 52.22  wildlife and water quality through 
 52.23  workshops, demonstration sites, and a 
 52.24  registry program for lakeshore owners. 
 52.25  The activities must include participant 
 52.26  cost sharing. 
 52.27  (d) Development and Assessment of 
 52.28  Oak Wilt Biological Control 
 52.29  Technologies - Continuation  
 52.30  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 52.31  the second year are from the trust fund 
 52.32  to the University of Minnesota to 
 52.33  evaluate biocontrol efficacy, spore mat 
 52.34  production, and root graft barrier 
 52.35  guidelines for oak wilt, in cooperation 
 52.36  with the department of agriculture. 
 52.37  (e) Saint Paul-Minneapolis Native 
 52.38  Plant Habitat Interpretive Program 
 52.39  $130,000 the first year is from the 
 52.40  future resources fund to the 
 52.41  commissioner of natural resources for 
 52.42  an agreement with the city of St. Paul 
 52.43  to restore native plants to selected 
 52.44  St. Paul parks and to develop native 
 52.45  plant interpretive sites in Minneapolis 
 52.46  and St. Paul and related educational 
 52.47  material.  This appropriation must be 
 52.48  matched by at least $86,000 of nonstate 
 52.49  money. 
 52.50  (f) Restoring Ecological Health to 
 52.51  St. Paul's Mississippi River Bluffs 
 52.52  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 52.53  the second year are from the trust fund 
 52.54  to the commissioner of natural 
 52.55  resources for an agreement with Friends 
 52.56  of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and 
 52.57  Ramsey County to inventory and restore 
 52.58  native species, and to plan for 
 52.59  critical greenways and natural area 
 52.60  habitat.  This appropriation is 
 52.61  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 52.62  time the project must be completed and 
 53.1   final products delivered, unless an 
 53.2   earlier date is specified in the work 
 53.3   program. 
 53.4   Subd. 15.  Native Fish 
 53.5          229,000        229,000
 53.6                 Summary by Fund
 53.7   Environment and 
 53.8   Natural Resources 
 53.9   Trust Fund              229,000       229,000
 53.10  (a) Mussel Resource Survey 
 53.11  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 53.12  the second year are from the trust fund 
 53.13  to the commissioner of natural 
 53.14  resources for the first biennium of a 
 53.15  three-biennium project to survey 
 53.16  mussels statewide for resource 
 53.17  management. 
 53.18  (b) Freshwater Mussel Resources in 
 53.19  the St. Croix River  
 53.20  $29,000 the first year and $29,000 the 
 53.21  second year are from the trust fund to 
 53.22  the commissioner of natural resources 
 53.23  for an agreement with Macalester 
 53.24  College to continue refugia studies and 
 53.25  assess populations for freshwater 
 53.26  mussels. 
 53.27  Subd. 16.  Exotic Species 
 53.28         405,000        145,000
 53.29                Summary by Fund
 53.30  Minnesota Future 
 53.31  Resources Fund          260,000       - 0 -  
 53.32  Environment and 
 53.33  Natural Resources 
 53.34  Trust Fund              145,000       145,000
 53.35  (a) Biological Control of Eurasian 
 53.36  Water Milfoil and Purple 
 53.37  Loosestrife - Continuation 
 53.38  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 53.39  second year are from the trust fund to 
 53.40  the commissioner of natural resources 
 53.41  for the fourth biennium of a 
 53.42  five-biennium project to develop and 
 53.43  implement biological controls for 
 53.44  Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
 53.45  loosestrife.  This appropriation is 
 53.46  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
 53.47  time the project must be completed and 
 53.48  final products delivered, unless an 
 53.49  earlier date is specified in the work 
 53.50  program. 
 53.51  (b) Evaluate Establishment, Impact of 
 53.52  Leafy Spurge Biocontrol Agents  
 53.53  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 53.54  second year are from the trust fund to 
 54.1   the commissioner of agriculture to 
 54.2   study flea beetles introduced to 
 54.3   control leafy spurge by site 
 54.4   characterization and assessment for 
 54.5   biological control.  This appropriation 
 54.6   is available until June 30, 2002, at 
 54.7   which time the project must be 
 54.8   completed and final products delivered, 
 54.9   unless an earlier date is specified in 
 54.10  the work program. 
 54.11  (c) Restoring Native Vegetation in 
 54.12  Parks and Nature Centers 
 54.13  $260,000 the first year is from the 
 54.14  future resources fund to the 
 54.15  commissioner of natural resources for 
 54.16  an agreement with the St. Paul Audubon 
 54.17  Society to restore native vegetation at 
 54.18  community nature centers and parks. 
 54.19  Subd. 17.  Data Availability Requirements 
 54.20  (a) During the biennium ending June 30, 
 54.21  2001, the data collected by the 
 54.22  projects funded under this section that 
 54.23  have common value for natural resource 
 54.24  planning and management must conform to 
 54.25  information architecture as defined in 
 54.26  guidelines and standards adopted by the 
 54.27  office of technology.  Spatial data 
 54.28  must conform with guidelines and 
 54.29  standards described in the geographic 
 54.30  data compatibility guidelines available 
 54.31  from the land management information 
 54.32  center.  These data must be made 
 54.33  available under the provisions of the 
 54.34  Data Practices Act in chapter 13. 
 54.35  (b) For the purposes of information 
 54.36  dissemination to the extent 
 54.37  practicable, summary data and results 
 54.38  of projects funded under this section 
 54.39  should be readily accessible on the 
 54.40  Internet.  To the extent practicable, 
 54.41  spatial data and their documentation 
 54.42  must be made available through the 
 54.43  Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse.
 54.44  (c) As part of project expenditures, 
 54.45  recipients of land acquisition 
 54.46  appropriations must provide the 
 54.47  information necessary to update public 
 54.48  recreation information maps to the 
 54.49  department of natural resources in the 
 54.50  specified form. 
 54.51  Subd. 18.  Project Requirements 
 54.52  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
 54.53  appropriations in this section that any 
 54.54  agency or entity receiving the 
 54.55  appropriation must comply with 
 54.56  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P. 
 54.57  Subd. 19.  Match Requirements 
 54.58  Unless specifically authorized, 
 54.59  appropriations in this section that 
 54.60  must be matched and for which the match 
 54.61  has not been committed by December 31, 
 55.1   1999, are canceled, and in-kind 
 55.2   contributions may not be counted as 
 55.3   match. 
 55.4   Subd. 20.  Payment Conditions and 
 55.5   Capital Equipment Expenditures 
 55.6   All agreements, grants, or contracts 
 55.7   referred to in this section must be 
 55.8   administered on a reimbursement basis.  
 55.9   Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 55.10  section 16A.41, expenditures made on or 
 55.11  after July 1, 1999, or the date the 
 55.12  work program is approved, whichever is 
 55.13  later, are eligible for reimbursement. 
 55.14  Payment must be made upon receiving 
 55.15  documentation that project-eligible 
 55.16  reimbursable amounts have been 
 55.17  expended, except that reasonable 
 55.18  amounts may be advanced to projects in 
 55.19  order to accommodate cash flow needs. 
 55.20  The advances must be approved as part 
 55.21  of the work program.  No expenditures 
 55.22  for capital equipment are allowed 
 55.23  unless expressly authorized in the 
 55.24  project work program. 
 55.25  Subd. 21.  Purchase of Recycled and 
 55.26  Recyclable Materials 
 55.27  A political subdivision, public or 
 55.28  private corporation, or other entity 
 55.29  that receives an appropriation in this 
 55.30  section must use the appropriation in 
 55.31  compliance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 55.32  sections 16B.121 to 16B.123, requiring 
 55.33  the purchase of recycled, repairable, 
 55.34  and durable materials, the purchase of 
 55.35  uncoated paper stock, and the use of 
 55.36  soy-based ink, the same as if it were a 
 55.37  state agency. 
 55.38  Subd. 22.  Energy Conservation 
 55.39  A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 55.40  made in this section for a capital 
 55.41  improvement project shall ensure that 
 55.42  the project complies with the 
 55.43  applicable energy conservation 
 55.44  standards contained in law, including 
 55.45  Minnesota Statutes, sections 216C.19 to 
 55.46  216C.21, and rules adopted thereunder.  
 55.47  The recipient may use the energy 
 55.48  planning and intervention and energy 
 55.49  technologies units of the commissioner 
 55.50  of public service to obtain information 
 55.51  and technical assistance on energy 
 55.52  conservation and alternative energy 
 55.53  development relating to the planning 
 55.54  and construction of the capital 
 55.55  improvement project. 
 55.56  Subd. 23.  Accessibility 
 55.57  New structures must be shown to meet 
 55.58  the design standards in the Americans 
 55.59  with Disabilities Act Accessibility 
 55.60  Guidelines.  Nonstructural facilities 
 55.61  such as trails, campgrounds, picnic 
 55.62  areas, parking, play areas, water 
 55.63  sources, and the access routes to these 
 56.1   features should be shown to be designed 
 56.2   using guidelines in the Recommendations 
 56.3   for Accessibility Guidelines: 
 56.4   Recreational Facilities and Outdoor 
 56.5   Developed Areas. 
 56.6   Subd. 24.  Year 2000 Compatible 
 56.7   A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 56.8   made in this section for computer 
 56.9   equipment and software must ensure that 
 56.10  the project expenditures comply with 
 56.11  year 2000 compatible database and 
 56.12  software. 
 56.13  Subd. 25.  Carryforward 
 56.14  (a) The availability of the 
 56.15  appropriations for the following 
 56.16  projects is extended to June 30, 2000: 
 56.17  Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 15, 
 56.18  subdivision 5, paragraph (a), Ft. 
 56.19  Snelling State Park-upper bluff 
 56.20  utilization and AYH hostel; paragraph 
 56.21  (c), Jeffers petroglyphs environmental 
 56.22  assessment and prairie restoration; 
 56.23  paragraph (g), Native American 
 56.24  perspective of the historic north 
 56.25  shore; subdivision 6, paragraph (g), 
 56.26  lakeshore restoration - Minneapolis 
 56.27  chain of lakes; subdivision 9, 
 56.28  paragraph (a), grants to local 
 56.29  governments to assist natural resource 
 56.30  decision making; paragraph (e), North 
 56.31  Minneapolis upper river master plan; 
 56.32  paragraph (g), Miller Creek management; 
 56.33  and paragraph (h), trout habitat 
 56.34  preservation using alternative 
 56.35  watershed management practices; 
 56.36  subdivision 10, paragraph (g), Fillmore 
 56.37  county soil survey update; subdivision 
 56.38  11, paragraph (a), foundations to 
 56.39  integrated access to environmental 
 56.40  information; subdivision 12, paragraph 
 56.41  (a), sustainable development assistance 
 56.42  for municipalities through electric 
 56.43  utilities; paragraph (h), soy-based 
 56.44  diesel fuel study; subdivision 13, 
 56.45  paragraph (g), state wolf management:  
 56.46  electronically moderating the 
 56.47  discussion; subdivision 14, paragraph 
 56.48  (f), loons; indicators of mercury in 
 56.49  the environment; subdivision 17, 
 56.50  paragraph (a), sustainable woodlands on 
 56.51  private lands; and paragraph (d) 
 56.52  prairie heritage project; subdivision 
 56.53  20, paragraph (a), ballast water 
 56.54  technology demonstration for exotic 
 56.55  species control; Laws 1995, chapter 
 56.56  220, section 19, subdivision 12, 
 56.57  paragraph (a), restore historic 
 56.58  Mississippi river mill site, as amended 
 56.59  by Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 15, 
 56.60  subdivision 26, paragraph (b). 
 56.61  (b) The availability of the 
 56.62  appropriations for the following 
 56.63  projects is extended to June 30, 2001: 
 56.64  Laws 1997, chapter 216, section 15, 
 56.65  subdivision 5, paragraph (f), 
 56.66  historical and cultural museum on 
 57.1   Vermilion Lake Indian Reservation; 
 57.2   subdivision 7, paragraph (f), mercury 
 57.3   manometers; subdivision 16, paragraph 
 57.4   (b), Arboretum Land Acquisition. 
 57.5   Sec. 16.  ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS                     
 57.6   The following amounts are appropriated 
 57.7   in fiscal year 1999 from the Minnesota 
 57.8   environment and natural resources trust 
 57.9   fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 57.10  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 57.11  $496,000 in fiscal year 1999 is added 
 57.12  to the appropriation in Laws 1997, 
 57.13  chapter 216, section 15, subdivision 4, 
 57.14  paragraph (a), clause (1), for state 
 57.15  park and recreation area acquisition. 
 57.16  $495,000 in fiscal year 1999 is added 
 57.17  to the appropriation in Laws 1997, 
 57.18  chapter 216, section 15, subdivision 4, 
 57.19  paragraph (b), metropolitan regional 
 57.20  park system. 
 57.21   Sec. 17.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC
 57.22  DEVELOPMENT                            1,000,000        -0-
 57.23  This appropriation is for the Minnesota 
 57.24  investment fund under Minnesota 
 57.25  Statutes, section 116J.8731, to make a 
 57.26  grant to the city of Windom to assist 
 57.27  an expanding agricultural processing 
 57.28  facility.  The amount of the grant is 
 57.29  not subject to the limit in Minnesota 
 57.30  Statutes, section 116J.8731, 
 57.31  subdivision 5.  If the grant is used to 
 57.32  acquire or improve real property, the 
 57.33  grant agreement between the city of 
 57.34  Windom and a recipient must provide 
 57.35  that, if the grant recipient sells, 
 57.36  transfers, or exchanges the real 
 57.37  property, any capital gain or other 
 57.38  profit on the transaction that accrues 
 57.39  to the grant recipient must be paid to 
 57.40  the commissioner for credit to the 
 57.41  Minnesota investment fund in the same 
 57.42  proportion as was paid from the 
 57.43  Minnesota investment fund to acquire or 
 57.44  improve the real property. 
 57.45     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 14.386, is 
 57.46  amended to read: 
 57.47     14.386 [PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING EXEMPT RULES; DURATION.] 
 57.48     (a) A rule adopted, amended, or repealed by an agency, 
 57.49  under a statute enacted after January 1, 1997, authorizing or 
 57.50  requiring rules to be adopted but excluded from the rulemaking 
 57.51  provisions of chapter 14 or from the definition of a rule, has 
 57.52  the force and effect of law only if: 
 57.53     (1) the revisor of statutes approves the form of the rule 
 57.54  by certificate; 
 58.1      (2) the office of administrative hearings approves the rule 
 58.2   as to its legality within 14 days after the agency submits it 
 58.3   for approval and files two copies of the rule with the revisor's 
 58.4   certificate in the office of the secretary of state; and 
 58.5      (3) a copy is published by the agency in the State Register.
 58.6      A statute enacted after January 1, 1997, authorizing or 
 58.7   requiring rules to be adopted but excluded from the rulemaking 
 58.8   provisions of chapter 14 or from the definition of a rule does 
 58.9   not excuse compliance with this section unless it makes specific 
 58.10  reference to this section. 
 58.11     (b) A rule adopted under this section is effective for a 
 58.12  period of two years from the date of publication of the rule in 
 58.13  the State Register.  The authority for the rule expires at the 
 58.14  end of this two-year period. 
 58.15     (c) The chief administrative law judge shall adopt rules 
 58.16  relating to the rule approval duties imposed by this section and 
 58.17  section 14.388, including rules establishing standards for 
 58.18  review. 
 58.19     (d) This section does not apply to: 
 58.20     (1) any group or rule listed in section 14.03, subdivisions 
 58.21  1 and 3, except as otherwise provided by law; 
 58.22     (2) game and fish rules of the commissioner of natural 
 58.23  resources adopted under section 84.027, subdivision 13, or 
 58.24  sections 97A.0451 to 97A.0459; 
 58.25     (3) experimental and special management waters designated 
 58.26  by the commissioner of natural resources under sections 97C.001 
 58.27  and 97C.005; or 
 58.28     (4) game refuges designated by the commissioner of natural 
 58.29  resources under section 97A.085; or 
 58.30     (5) transaction fees established by the commissioner of 
 58.31  natural resources for electronic or telephone sales of licenses, 
 58.32  stamps, permits, registrations, or transfers under section 
 58.33  84.027, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (3). 
 58.34     (e) If a statute provides that a rule is exempt from 
 58.35  chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply to the rule, the 
 58.36  rule has the force of law unless the context of the statute 
 59.1   delegating the rulemaking authority makes clear that the rule 
 59.2   does not have force of law. 
 59.3      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.531, is 
 59.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 59.5      Subd. 3.  [AGRICULTURAL FUND.] There is created in the 
 59.6   state treasury an agricultural fund as a special revenue fund 
 59.7   for deposit of receipts from agricultural related fees and 
 59.8   activities conducted by the state. 
 59.9      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.171, as 
 59.10  amended by Laws 1999, chapter 86, section 7, if enacted, is 
 59.11  amended to read: 
 59.12     16B.171 [EXCEPTION FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS.] 
 59.13     Notwithstanding section 16C.08 or other any law to the 
 59.14  contrary, the commissioner of transportation, commissioner of 
 59.15  the pollution control agency, or commissioner of natural 
 59.16  resources may, when required by a federal agency entering into 
 59.17  an intergovernmental contract, negotiate contract terms 
 59.18  providing for full or partial prepayment to the federal agency 
 59.19  before work is performed or services are provided. 
 59.20     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.038, is 
 59.21  amended to read: 
 59.22     17.038 [STATISTICAL SERVICES ACCOUNT.] 
 59.23     The statistical services account is established in the 
 59.24  state treasury agricultural fund.  All payments for statistical 
 59.25  services performed by the agricultural statistics division of 
 59.26  the department of agriculture must be deposited in the state 
 59.27  treasury agricultural fund and credited to the statistical 
 59.28  services account.  The money in the account is appropriated to 
 59.29  the commissioner of agriculture to administer the programs of 
 59.30  the agricultural statistics division. 
 59.31     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.102, 
 59.32  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 59.33     Subd. 4.  [MINNESOTA GROWN ACCOUNT.] The Minnesota grown 
 59.34  account is established as an account in the state 
 59.35  treasury agricultural fund.  License fee receipts and penalties 
 59.36  collected under this section must be deposited in the state 
 60.1   treasury agricultural fund and credited to the Minnesota grown 
 60.2   account.  The money in the account is continuously appropriated 
 60.3   to the commissioner to implement and enforce this section and to 
 60.4   promote the Minnesota grown logo and labeling. 
 60.5      Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.109, 
 60.6   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 60.7      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The Minnesota grown 
 60.8   matching account is established as a separate account in the 
 60.9   state treasury agricultural fund.  The account shall be 
 60.10  administered by the commissioner of agriculture as provided in 
 60.11  this section. 
 60.12     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.109, 
 60.13  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 60.14     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE MATCHED BY PRIVATE 
 60.15  FUNDS.] Appropriations to the Minnesota grown matching account 
 60.16  may be expended only to the extent that they are matched with 
 60.17  contributions to the account from private sources on a basis of 
 60.18  $4 of the appropriation to each $1 of private contributions.  
 60.19  Matching funds are not available after the appropriation is 
 60.20  encumbered.  For the purposes of this subdivision, "private 
 60.21  contributions" includes, but is not limited to, advertising 
 60.22  revenue, listing fees, and revenues from the development and 
 60.23  sale of promotional materials.  
 60.24     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.115, 
 60.25  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 60.26     Subd. 3.  [AWARDING OF LOANS.] (a) Applications for loans 
 60.27  must be made to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the 
 60.28  commissioner. 
 60.29     (b) The applications must be reviewed, ranked, and 
 60.30  recommended by a loan review panel appointed by the 
 60.31  commissioner.  The loan review panel shall consist of two 
 60.32  lenders with agricultural experience, two resident farmers of 
 60.33  the state using sustainable agriculture methods, two resident 
 60.34  farmers of the state using organic agriculture methods, a farm 
 60.35  management specialist, a representative from a post-secondary 
 60.36  education institution, and a chair from the department.  
 61.1      (c) The loan review panel shall rank applications according 
 61.2   to the following criteria: 
 61.3      (1) realize savings to the cost of agricultural production 
 61.4   and project savings to repay the cost of the loan; 
 61.5      (2) reduce or make more efficient use of energy; and 
 61.6      (3) reduce production costs.  
 61.7      (d) A loan application must show that the loan can be 
 61.8   repaid by the applicant.  
 61.9      (e) The commissioner must consider the recommendations of 
 61.10  the loan review panel and may make loans for eligible projects.  
 61.11  Priority must be given based on the amount of savings realized 
 61.12  by adopting the practice implemented by the loan. 
 61.13     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.116, 
 61.14  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 61.15     Subd. 3.  [AWARDING OF GRANTS.] (a) Applications for grants 
 61.16  must be made to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the 
 61.17  commissioner. 
 61.18     (b) The applications must be reviewed, ranked, and 
 61.19  recommended by a technical review panel appointed by the 
 61.20  commissioner.  The technical review panel shall consist of a 
 61.21  soil scientist, an agronomist, a representative from a 
 61.22  post-secondary educational institution, two resident farmers of 
 61.23  the state using sustainable agriculture methods, two resident 
 61.24  farmers of the state using organic agriculture methods, and a 
 61.25  chair from the department.  
 61.26     (c) The technical review panel shall rank applications 
 61.27  according to the following criteria: 
 61.28     (1) direct or indirect energy savings or production; 
 61.29     (2) environmental benefit; 
 61.30     (3) farm profitability; 
 61.31     (4) the number of farms able to apply the techniques or the 
 61.32  technology proposed; 
 61.33     (5) the effectiveness of the project as a demonstration; 
 61.34     (6) the immediate transferability of the project to farms; 
 61.35  and 
 61.36     (7) the ability of the project to accomplish its goals. 
 62.1      (d) The commissioner shall consider the recommendations of 
 62.2   the technical review panel and may award grants for eligible 
 62.3   projects.  Priority must be given to applicants who are farmers 
 62.4   or groups of farmers. 
 62.5      (e) Grants for eligible projects may not exceed $25,000 
 62.6   unless the portion above $25,000 is matched on an equal basis by 
 62.7   the applicant's cash or in-kind land use contribution.  Grant 
 62.8   funding of projects may not exceed $50,000 under this section, 
 62.9   but applicants may utilize other funding sources.  A portion of 
 62.10  each grant must be targeted for public information activities of 
 62.11  the project. 
 62.12     (f) A project may continue for up to three years.  
 62.13  Multiyear projects must be reevaluated by the technical review 
 62.14  panel and the commissioner before second or third year funding 
 62.15  is approved.  A project is limited to one grant for its funding. 
 62.16     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.117, 
 62.17  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 62.18     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] Up to $40,000,000 $140,000,000 
 62.19  of the balance in the water pollution control revolving fund in 
 62.20  section 446A.07, as determined by the public facilities 
 62.21  authority, is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
 62.22  establishment of this program. 
 62.23     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.457, 
 62.24  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 62.25     Subd. 10.  [FEE.] The commissioner shall impose a fee for 
 62.26  permits in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of issuing 
 62.27  the permits and for facility inspections.  The fee may not 
 62.28  exceed $50.  Fee receipts must be deposited in the state 
 62.29  treasury agricultural fund and credited to the special revenue 
 62.30  fund Eurasian wild pigs account and are appropriated to the 
 62.31  commissioner for the purposes of this section. 
 62.32     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.59, 
 62.33  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 62.34     Subd. 5.  [COMMODITIES RESEARCH AND PROMOTION ACCOUNT.] All 
 62.35  fees collected by the department under sections 17.51 to 17.69 
 62.36  and any other fees and income received by the department in the 
 63.1   administration of these statutes shall be deposited in a 
 63.2   separate account known as the commodity research and promotion 
 63.3   account in the special revenue agricultural fund.  Money in the 
 63.4   account, including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner 
 63.5   to carry out the duties of sections 17.51 to 17.69. 
 63.6      Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.85, is 
 63.7   amended to read: 
 63.8      17.85 [LABORATORY SERVICES ACCOUNT.] 
 63.9      A laboratory services account is established in the state 
 63.10  treasury agricultural fund.  Payments for laboratory services 
 63.11  performed by the laboratory services division of the department 
 63.12  of agriculture must be deposited in the state treasury 
 63.13  agricultural fund and credited to the laboratory services 
 63.14  account.  Money in the account, including interest earned on the 
 63.15  account, is annually appropriated to the commissioner of 
 63.16  agriculture to administer the programs of the laboratory 
 63.17  services division. 
 63.18     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.982, 
 63.19  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 63.20     Subdivision 1.  [CRIMINAL PENALTIES.] A person who violates 
 63.21  chapter 29, 31, 31A, 31B, or 34 for which a penalty has not been 
 63.22  prescribed is guilty of a misdemeanor.  
 63.23     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.983, 
 63.24  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 63.25     Subdivision 1.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES; CITATION.] If a 
 63.26  person has violated chapter 29, 31, 31A, 31B, 32, or 34, the 
 63.27  commissioner may issue a written citation to the person by 
 63.28  personal service or by certified mail.  The citation shall 
 63.29  describe the nature of the violation and the statute or rule 
 63.30  alleged to have been violated; state the time for correction; 
 63.31  and the amount of any proposed fine.  The citation must advise 
 63.32  the person to notify the commissioner in writing within 30 days 
 63.33  if the person wishes to appeal the citation.  If the person 
 63.34  fails to appeal the citation, the citation is the final order 
 63.35  and not subject to further review.  
 63.36     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17A.11, is 
 64.1   amended to read: 
 64.2      17A.11 [FEES FOR LIVESTOCK WEIGHING.] 
 64.3      The commissioner shall prescribe the fee necessary to cover 
 64.4   the cost of state weighing, to be assessed and collected from 
 64.5   the seller in the manner the commissioner may prescribe.  The 
 64.6   fee assessed must be the same, and the manner of collection of 
 64.7   the fee must be uniform at all facilities.  At any location 
 64.8   where state weighing is performed in accordance with this 
 64.9   chapter and the total annual fees collected are insufficient to 
 64.10  pay the cost of the weighing, the annual deficit shall be 
 64.11  assessed and collected in the manner the commissioner may 
 64.12  prescribe.  Additional money arising from the weighing of 
 64.13  animals by the commissioner, which has been collected and 
 64.14  retained by any person, shall be paid on demand to the 
 64.15  commissioner.  All money collected by the commissioner shall be 
 64.16  deposited in the state treasury agricultural fund and credited 
 64.17  to the livestock weighing fund account.  Money in the account is 
 64.18  appropriated to the commissioner to carry out the duties of 
 64.19  section 17A.10. 
 64.20     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17B.15, 
 64.21  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 64.22     Subdivision 1.  [ADMINISTRATION; APPROPRIATION.] The fees 
 64.23  for inspection and weighing shall be fixed by the commissioner 
 64.24  and be a lien upon the grain.  The commissioner shall set fees 
 64.25  for all inspection and weighing in an amount adequate to pay the 
 64.26  expenses of carrying out and enforcing the purposes of sections 
 64.27  17B.01 to 17B.23, including the portion of general support costs 
 64.28  and statewide indirect costs of the agency attributable to that 
 64.29  function, with a reserve sufficient for up to six months.  The 
 64.30  commissioner shall review the fee schedule twice each year.  Fee 
 64.31  adjustments are not subject to chapter 14.  Payment shall be 
 64.32  required for services rendered.  If the grain is in transit, the 
 64.33  fees shall be paid by the carrier and treated as advance 
 64.34  charges, and, if received for storage, the fees shall be paid by 
 64.35  the warehouse operator, and added to the storage charges. 
 64.36     All fees collected and all fines and penalties for 
 65.1   violation of any provision of this chapter shall be deposited in 
 65.2   the grain inspection and weighing account, which is created in 
 65.3   the state treasury agricultural fund for carrying out the 
 65.4   purpose of sections 17B.01 to 17B.23.  The money in the account, 
 65.5   including interest earned on the account, is annually 
 65.6   appropriated to the commissioner of agriculture to administer 
 65.7   the provisions of sections 17B.01 to 17B.23.  When money from 
 65.8   any other account is used to administer sections 17B.01 to 
 65.9   17B.23, the commissioner shall notify the chairs of the 
 65.10  agriculture, environment and natural resources finance, and ways 
 65.11  and means committees of the house of representatives; the 
 65.12  agriculture and rural development and finance committees of the 
 65.13  senate; and the finance division of the environment and natural 
 65.14  resources committee of the senate. 
 65.15     Sec. 35.  [18.324] [REGULATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF 
 65.16  INDUSTRIAL HEMP.] 
 65.17     Subdivision 1.  [LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.] The 
 65.18  legislature finds the development and use of industrial hemp to 
 65.19  be in the best interests of the state economy and agriculture 
 65.20  and that the production of industrial hemp can be regulated so 
 65.21  as not to interfere with the strict control of controlled 
 65.22  substances.  The purpose of this section is to promote the 
 65.23  economy, agriculture, public safety, health, and welfare by 
 65.24  permitting the development of an industrial hemp industry while 
 65.25  maintaining strict control over the production and use of 
 65.26  marijuana. 
 65.27     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) The definitions in this 
 65.28  subdivision apply to this section.  
 65.29     (b) "Commercial uses" means noninjurious adaptations of 
 65.30  industrial hemp to the manufacture of rope, sacks, and other 
 65.31  sisal hemp products, batts, yarn, paper, composite materials, 
 65.32  thread, cordage, merchandise, cloth, and other noninjurious 
 65.33  products made from fiber, sterilized seed, inner hurds, or other 
 65.34  plant material of industrial hemp. 
 65.35     (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture. 
 65.36     (d) "Industrial hemp" means C. sativa L. 
 66.1      Subd. 3.  [INDUSTRIAL HEMP AUTHORIZED AS AN AGRICULTURAL 
 66.2   CROP.] Notwithstanding sections 18.75 to 18.87 and chapter 152, 
 66.3   the growing and maintenance of experimental and demonstration 
 66.4   plots of industrial hemp by persons registered under subdivision 
 66.5   4 is authorized in this state.  The experimental and 
 66.6   demonstration plots must be used to develop optimal agricultural 
 66.7   practices for growing industrial hemp in Minnesota.  All plant 
 66.8   materials from industrial hemp grown on experimental and 
 66.9   demonstration plots, except plant materials retained for 
 66.10  breeding and propagation, must be used for commercial uses only. 
 66.11  Industrial hemp produced by a person registered under 
 66.12  subdivision 4 is not a noxious weed under sections 18.75 to 
 66.13  18.87. 
 66.14     Subd. 4.  [REGISTRATION.] A person desiring to grow 
 66.15  experimental or demonstration plots of industrial hemp for 
 66.16  noninjurious commercial uses shall apply to the commissioner for 
 66.17  registration on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The 
 66.18  application must describe the commercial uses for which the 
 66.19  industrial hemp will be used and the specific location of each 
 66.20  experimental or demonstration plot where it will be grown.  The 
 66.21  commissioner may grant the applicant permission to grow 
 66.22  experimental or demonstration plots of industrial hemp for the 
 66.23  commercial uses described in the registration form.  The growing 
 66.24  of industrial hemp by the registrant pursuant to the terms of 
 66.25  the registration is a lawful agricultural activity.  Data 
 66.26  related to the registration of experimental or demonstration 
 66.27  plots is public data under section 13.03. 
 66.28     Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.] A person 
 66.29  registered under subdivision 4 shall notify the commissioner 
 66.30  annually of the production and sale or distribution of 
 66.31  industrial hemp grown on experimental or demonstration plots 
 66.32  under the terms of the registration and shall provide the 
 66.33  commissioner with the names of all persons to whom the 
 66.34  industrial hemp plant material is sold or distributed. 
 66.35     Subd. 6.  [PENALTY.] A person who grows industrial hemp in 
 66.36  violation of this section is subject to the applicable criminal 
 67.1   penalties provided in chapter 152. 
 67.2      Subd. 7.  [ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.] On or before 
 67.3   March 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the 
 67.4   senate and house of representatives committees having 
 67.5   jurisdiction over agriculture policy issues on the development 
 67.6   of industrial hemp as an agricultural crop in the state.  The 
 67.7   report must include information on the number, size, and general 
 67.8   location of registered experimental and demonstration plots and 
 67.9   the commercial uses of the industrial hemp grown on the plots. 
 67.10     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18B.05, 
 67.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 67.12     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] A pesticide regulatory 
 67.13  account is established in the state treasury agricultural fund.  
 67.14  Fees and penalties collected under this chapter must be 
 67.15  deposited in the state treasury agricultural fund and credited 
 67.16  to the pesticide regulatory account.  Money in the account, 
 67.17  including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
 67.18  administration and enforcement of this chapter. 
 67.19     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18B.26, 
 67.20  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 67.21     Subd. 5.  [REVIEW AND REGISTRATION.] (a) The commissioner 
 67.22  may not deny the registration of a pesticide because the 
 67.23  commissioner determines the pesticide is not essential. 
 67.24     (b) The commissioner shall review each application and may 
 67.25  approve, deny, or cancel the registration of any pesticide.  The 
 67.26  commissioner may impose state use and distribution restrictions 
 67.27  on a pesticide as part of the registration to prevent 
 67.28  unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. 
 67.29     (c) The commissioner must notify the applicant of the 
 67.30  approval, denial, cancellation, state use or distribution 
 67.31  restrictions. 
 67.32     (d) The applicant may request a hearing on any adverse 
 67.33  action of the commissioner within 30 days after being notified. 
 67.34     (e) The commissioner may exempt pesticides that have been 
 67.35  deregulated or classified as minimum risk by the United States 
 67.36  Environmental Protection Agency from the requirement of 
 68.1   registration. 
 68.2      Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18C.131, is 
 68.3   amended to read: 
 68.4      18C.131 [FERTILIZER INSPECTION ACCOUNT.] 
 68.5      A fertilizer inspection account is established in the state 
 68.6   treasury.  The fees collected under this chapter and interest 
 68.7   attributable to money in the account must be deposited in the 
 68.8   state treasury and credited to the fertilizer inspection account 
 68.9   in the agricultural fund.  Money in the account, including 
 68.10  interest earned, is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
 68.11  administration and enforcement of this chapter. 
 68.12     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18E.02, 
 68.13  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 68.14     Subd. 5.  [ELIGIBLE PERSON.] "Eligible person" means: 
 68.15     (1) a responsible party or an owner of real property, but 
 68.16  does not include the state, a state agency, a political 
 68.17  subdivision of the state, except as provided in clause (2), the 
 68.18  federal government, or an agency of the federal government; 
 68.19     (2) the owners of municipal airports at Perham, Madison, 
 68.20  and Hector, in Minnesota where a licensed aerial pesticide 
 68.21  applicator has caused an incident through storage, handling, or 
 68.22  distribution operations for agricultural chemicals if (i) the 
 68.23  commissioner has determined that corrective action is necessary 
 68.24  and (ii) the commissioner determines, and the agricultural 
 68.25  chemical response compensation board concurs, that based on an 
 68.26  affirmative showing made by the owner, a responsible party 
 68.27  cannot be identified or the identified responsible party is 
 68.28  unable to comply with an order for corrective action; or 
 68.29     (3) a person involved in a transaction relating to real 
 68.30  property who is not a responsible party or owner of the real 
 68.31  property and who voluntarily takes corrective action on the 
 68.32  property in response to a request or order for corrective action 
 68.33  from the commissioner, except an owner of a municipal airport 
 68.34  not listed in clause (2). 
 68.35     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18E.03, 
 68.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 69.1      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The agricultural chemical 
 69.2   response and reimbursement account is established as an account 
 69.3   in the state treasury agricultural fund.  
 69.4      Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 21.115, is 
 69.5   amended to read: 
 69.6      21.115 [FEES; SEED POTATO INSPECTION FUND ACCOUNT.] 
 69.7      The commissioner shall fix the fees for all inspections and 
 69.8   certifications in such amounts as from time to time may be found 
 69.9   necessary to pay the expenses of carrying out and enforcing the 
 69.10  purposes of sections 21.111 to 21.122, with a reasonable 
 69.11  reserve, and shall require the same to be paid before such 
 69.12  inspections or certifications are made.  All moneys collected as 
 69.13  fees or as penalties for violations of any of the provisions of 
 69.14  such sections shall be paid into the state treasury agricultural 
 69.15  fund and therein credited to the seed potato inspection fund 
 69.16  account of the commissioner, which fund account is hereby 
 69.17  created and appropriated for carrying out the purposes of 
 69.18  sections 21.111 to 21.122.  Interest, if any, received on 
 69.19  deposits of these moneys shall be credited to such fund the 
 69.20  account, and there shall be paid into this fund any sum provided 
 69.21  by the legislature for the purpose of carrying out the 
 69.22  provisions of such sections.  
 69.23     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 21.116, is 
 69.24  amended to read: 
 69.25     21.116 [EXPENSES.] 
 69.26     All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the 
 69.27  provisions of sections 21.111 to 21.122 and the compensation of 
 69.28  officers, inspectors, and employees appointed, designated, or 
 69.29  employed by the commissioner, as provided in such sections, 
 69.30  together with their necessary traveling expenses, together with 
 69.31  the traveling expenses of the members of the advisory seed 
 69.32  potato certification committee, and other expenses necessary in 
 69.33  attending committee meetings, shall be paid from, and only from, 
 69.34  the seed potato inspection fund account, on order of the 
 69.35  commissioner and commissioner of finance's voucher warrant.  
 69.36     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 21.90, 
 70.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 70.2      Subd. 3.  [TESTS OF VARIETIES.] If the commissioner needs 
 70.3   to verify that a hybrid seed field corn variety is adapted to 
 70.4   the corn growing zone declared by the originator or owner, it 
 70.5   must, when grown in several official comparative trials by the 
 70.6   director of the Minnesota agricultural experiment station in the 
 70.7   declared zone of adaptation, have an average kernel moisture at 
 70.8   normal harvest time which does not differ from the average 
 70.9   kernel moisture content of three or more selected standard 
 70.10  varieties adapted for grain production in that particular 
 70.11  growing zone by more than four percentage points.  If a new 
 70.12  variety when tested has more than six percentage points of 
 70.13  moisture over the standard variety, it must have the relative 
 70.14  maturity increased by five days in the correct zone of 
 70.15  adaptation before it can be sold the second year.  If it does 
 70.16  not exceed the standard varieties by more than five percentage 
 70.17  points of moisture the second year tested, it can be sold the 
 70.18  third year with the same relative maturity.  If upon being 
 70.19  tested the third year the moisture percentage points are found 
 70.20  to be over the four percentage points allowed, the variety then 
 70.21  must have the relative maturity increased by five days in the 
 70.22  correct zone.  The varieties to be used as standard varieties 
 70.23  for determining adaptability to a zone shall be selected for 
 70.24  each zone by the director of the Minnesota agricultural 
 70.25  experiment station with the advice and consent of the 
 70.26  commissioner of agriculture.  Should a person, firm, originator, 
 70.27  or owner of a hybrid seed field corn variety wish to offer 
 70.28  hybrid seed for sale or distribution in this state, the person, 
 70.29  firm, originator, or owner not having distributed any products 
 70.30  in Minnesota during the past ten years, or not having any record 
 70.31  of testing by an agency acceptable to the commissioner, then 
 70.32  after registration of the variety the commissioner is required 
 70.33  to have the variety tested for one year by the director of the 
 70.34  Minnesota agricultural experiment station before it may be 
 70.35  distributed in Minnesota.  Should any person, firm, originator, 
 70.36  or owner of a seed field corn variety be guilty of two 
 71.1   successive violations with respect to the declaration of 
 71.2   relative maturity date and zone number, then the violator must 
 71.3   commence a program of pretesting for varieties as determined by 
 71.4   the commissioner.  The list of varieties to be used as standards 
 71.5   in each growing zone shall be sent by the commissioner not later 
 71.6   than February 1 of each year to each seed firm registering 
 71.7   hybrid varieties with the commissioner as of the previous April 
 71.8   1.  To assist in defraying the expenses of the Minnesota 
 71.9   agricultural experiment station in carrying out the provisions 
 71.10  of this section, there shall be transferred annually from the 
 71.11  seed inspection fund account to the agricultural experiment 
 71.12  station a sum which shall at least equal 80 percent of the total 
 71.13  revenue from all hybrid seed field corn variety registrations.  
 71.14     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 21.92, is 
 71.15  amended to read: 
 71.16     21.92 [SEED INSPECTION FUND ACCOUNT.] 
 71.17     There is established in the state treasury agricultural 
 71.18  fund an account known as the seed inspection fund account.  Fees 
 71.19  and penalties collected by the commissioner under sections 21.80 
 71.20  to 21.92 and interest attributable to money in the account shall 
 71.21  be deposited into this account.  The rates at which the fees are 
 71.22  charged may be adjusted pursuant to section 16A.1285.  Money in 
 71.23  the account, including interest earned, is appropriated to the 
 71.24  commissioner for the administration and enforcement of sections 
 71.25  21.80 to 21.92. 
 71.26     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 25.39, 
 71.27  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 71.28     Subd. 4.  [COMMERCIAL FEED INSPECTION ACCOUNT.] A 
 71.29  commercial feed inspection account is established in the state 
 71.30  treasury agricultural fund.  Fees and penalties collected under 
 71.31  sections 25.35 to 25.43 and interest attributable to money in 
 71.32  the account must be deposited in the state treasury agricultural 
 71.33  fund and credited to the commercial feed inspection 
 71.34  account.  Money in the account, including interest earned, is 
 71.35  appropriated to the commissioner for the administration and 
 71.36  enforcement of sections 25.341 to 25.43. 
 72.1      Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 27.07, 
 72.2   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 72.3      Subd. 6.  [COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS; FEES; ACCOUNT.] The 
 72.4   commissioner may collect fees as provided for in cooperative 
 72.5   agreements between the commissioner and the United States 
 72.6   Department of Agriculture for the inspection of fresh fruits, 
 72.7   vegetables, and other products.  The fees and interest 
 72.8   attributable to money in the account must be deposited in the 
 72.9   state treasury agricultural fund and credited to a fruit and 
 72.10  vegetables inspection account.  Money in the account, including 
 72.11  interest earned, is appropriated to the commissioner to 
 72.12  administer the cooperative agreements. 
 72.13     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 28A.08, 
 72.14  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 72.15     Subd. 3.  [FEES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1996 1999.] 
 72.16                                                    Penalties 
 72.17  Type of food handler                    License  Late     No
 72.18                                          Fee      Renewal  License
 72.19                                          Effective
 72.20                                          July 1, 1996 1999
 72.21  1.   Retail food handler
 72.22       (a) Having gross sales of only
 72.23       prepackaged nonperishable food
 72.24       of less than $15,000 for 
 72.25       the immediately previous 
 72.26       license or fiscal year and 
 72.27       filing a statement with the 
 72.28       commissioner                       $ 45     $ 15     $ 25
 72.29                                          $ 48     $ 16     $ 27
 72.30       (b) Having under $15,000 gross
 72.31       sales including food preparation 
 72.32       or having $15,000 to $50,000 
 72.33       gross sales for the immediately 
 72.34       previous license or fiscal year    $ 61     $ 15     $ 25
 72.35                                          $ 65     $ 16     $ 27
 72.36       (c) Having $50,000 to $250,000 
 73.1        gross sales for the immediately  
 73.2        previous license or fiscal year    $118     $ 35     $ 75
 73.3                                           $126     $ 37     $ 80
 73.4        (d) Having $250,000 to 
 73.5        $1,000,000 gross sales for the 
 73.6        immediately previous license or 
 73.7        fiscal year                        $202     $ 50     $100
 73.8                                           $216     $ 54     $107
 73.9        (e) Having $1,000,000 to 
 73.10       $5,000,000 gross sales for the 
 73.11       immediately previous license or 
 73.12       fiscal year                        $562     $100     $175
 73.13                                          $601     $107     $187
 73.14       (f) Having $5,000,000 to
 73.15       $10,000,000 gross sales for the
 73.16       immediately previous license or
 73.17       fiscal year                        $787     $150     $300
 73.18                                          $842     $161     $321
 73.19       (g) Having over $10,000,000
 73.20       gross sales for the immediately
 73.21       previous license or fiscal year    $899     $200     $350
 73.22                                          $962     $214     $375
 73.23  2.   Wholesale food handler
 73.24       (a) Having gross sales or
 73.25       service of less than $25,000
 73.26       for the immediately previous 
 73.27       license or fiscal year             $ 50     $ 15     $ 15
 73.28                                          $ 54     $ 16     $ 16
 73.29       (b) Having $25,000 to
 73.30       $250,000 gross sales or
 73.31       service for the immediately 
 73.32       previous license or fiscal year    $225     $ 50     $100
 73.33                                          $241     $ 54     $107
 73.34       (c) Having $250,000 to 
 73.35       $1,000,000 gross sales or
 73.36       service from a mobile unit
 74.1        without a separate food facility
 74.2        for the immediately previous
 74.3        license or fiscal year             $337     $ 75     $150
 74.4                                           $361     $ 80     $161
 74.5        (d) Having $250,000 to 
 74.6        $1,000,000 gross sales or
 74.7        service not covered under 
 74.8        paragraph (c) for the immediately 
 74.9        previous license or fiscal year    $449     $100     $200
 74.10                                          $480     $107     $214
 74.11       (e) Having $1,000,000 to
 74.12       $5,000,000 gross sales or 
 74.13       service for the immediately 
 74.14       previous license or fiscal year    $562     $125     $250
 74.15                                          $601     $134     $268
 74.16       (f) Having over $5,000,000 gross
 74.17       sales for the immediately 
 74.18       previous license or fiscal year    $647     $150     $300
 74.19                                          $692     $161     $321
 74.20  3.   Food broker                        $112     $ 30     $ 50
 74.21                                          $120     $ 32     $ 54
 74.22  4.   Wholesale food processor
 74.23       or manufacturer 
 74.24       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 74.25       than $125,000 for the 
 74.26       immediately previous license 
 74.27       or fiscal year                     $150     $ 50     $100
 74.28                                          $161     $ 54     $107
 74.29       (b) Having $125,000 to $250,000
 74.30       gross sales for the immediately 
 74.31       previous license or fiscal year    $310     $ 75     $150
 74.32                                          $332     $ 80     $161
 74.33       (c) Having $250,001 to $1,000,000
 74.34       gross sales for the immediately 
 74.35       previous license or fiscal year    $449     $100     $200
 74.36                                          $480     $107     $214
 75.1        (d) Having $1,000,001 to
 75.2        5,000,000 gross sales for the
 75.3        immediately previous license or
 75.4        fiscal year                        $562     $125     $250
 75.5                                           $601     $134     $268
 75.6        (e) Having $5,000,001 to 
 75.7        $10,000,000 gross sales for 
 75.8        the immediately previous 
 75.9        license or fiscal year             $647     $150     $300 
 75.10                                          $692     $161     $321
 75.11       (f) Having over $10,000,000 
 75.12       gross sales for the immediately 
 75.13       previous license or fiscal year    $900     $200     $350 
 75.14                                          $963     $214     $375
 75.15  5.   Wholesale food processor of
 75.16       meat or poultry products
 75.17       under supervision of the
 75.18       U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 75.19       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 75.20       than $125,000 for the 
 75.21       immediately previous license 
 75.22       or fiscal year                     $100     $ 25     $ 50
 75.23                                          $107     $ 27     $ 54
 75.24       (b) Having $125,000 to 
 75.25       $250,000 gross sales for the
 75.26       immediately previous license
 75.27       or fiscal year                     $169     $ 50     $ 75
 75.28                                          $181     $ 54     $ 80
 75.29       (c) Having $250,001 to
 75.30       $1,000,000 gross sales for the
 75.31       immediately previous license
 75.32       or fiscal year                     $253     $ 75     $125
 75.33                                          $271     $ 80     $134
 75.34       (d) Having $1,000,001 to
 75.35       $5,000,000 gross sales 
 75.36       for the immediately previous 
 76.1        license or fiscal year             $310     $ 75     $150
 76.2                                           $332     $ 80     $161
 76.3        (e) Having $5,000,001 to 
 76.4        $10,000,000 gross sales for 
 76.5        the immediately previous 
 76.6        license or fiscal year             $366     $100     $175 
 76.7                                           $392     $107     $187
 76.8        (f) Having over $10,000,000 
 76.9        gross sales for the immediately 
 76.10       previous license or fiscal year    $500     $150     $250 
 76.11                                          $535     $161     $268
 76.12  6.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 76.13       having the permission of the
 76.14       commissioner to use the name
 76.15       Minnesota Farmstead cheese         $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 76.16  7.   Nonresident frozen dairy 
 76.17       manufacturer                       $200     $ 50     $ 75
 76.18  8.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 76.19       processing less than 700,000
 76.20       pounds per year of raw milk        $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 76.21  9.   A milk marketing organization
 76.22       without facilities for 
 76.23       processing or manufacturing 
 76.24       that purchases milk from milk
 76.25       producers for delivery to a
 76.26       licensed wholesale food 
 76.27       processor or manufacturer          $ 50     $ 15     $ 25
 76.28     Sec. 48.  [28A.081] [CERTIFICATE FEES.] 
 76.29     A fee of $75 for each certificate shall be charged to all 
 76.30  food establishments that request certificates issued by the 
 76.31  Minnesota department of agriculture to facilitate the movement 
 76.32  of Minnesota processed and manufactured foods destined for 
 76.33  export from the state of Minnesota.  Certificates include, but 
 76.34  are not limited to, a certificate of free sale, certificate of 
 76.35  export, certificate of sanitation, sanitary certificate, 
 76.36  certificate of origin and/or free sale, certificate of health 
 77.1   and/or free sale, sanitation, and purity, certificate of free 
 77.2   trade, certificate of free sale, sanitation, purity, and origin, 
 77.3   certificate of health, sanitation, purity, and free sale, and 
 77.4   letter of plant certification. 
 77.5      The commissioner shall bill a food establishment within 
 77.6   seven days after issuing a certificate to the establishment.  
 77.7   The operator of the food establishment must submit payment for a 
 77.8   certificate within ten days of the billing date.  If a 
 77.9   certificate fee payment is not received within 15 days of the 
 77.10  billing date, the commissioner may not issue any future 
 77.11  certificates until previous fees due are paid in full. 
 77.12     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 29.22, 
 77.13  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 77.14     Subd. 5.  [DISPOSITION OF FEES.] All fees collected and all 
 77.15  fines paid for a violation of sections 29.21 to 29.28 or rules 
 77.16  promulgated under those sections, as well as all license fees 
 77.17  and penalties must be deposited in the state treasury 
 77.18  agricultural fund, and credited to a separate account to be 
 77.19  known as the egg law inspection fund account, which is hereby 
 77.20  created, set aside, and appropriated as a revolving fund account 
 77.21  to be used by the department to help defray the expense of 
 77.22  inspection, supervision, and enforcement of sections 29.21 to 
 77.23  29.28 and is in addition to and not in substitution for the sums 
 77.24  regularly appropriated or otherwise made available for this 
 77.25  purpose to the department. 
 77.26     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 31.94, is 
 77.27  amended to read: 
 77.28     31.94 [COMMISSIONER DUTIES.] 
 77.29     (a) The commissioner shall enforce sections 31.92 to 31.95. 
 77.30  The commissioner shall withhold from sale or trade any product 
 77.31  sold, labeled, or advertised in violation of sections 31.92 to 
 77.32  31.95. 
 77.33     (b) The commissioner shall investigate the offering for 
 77.34  sale, labeling, or advertising of an article or substance as 
 77.35  organically grown, organically processed, or produced in an 
 77.36  organic environment if there is reason to believe that action is 
 78.1   in violation of sections 31.92 to 31.95. 
 78.2      (c) The commissioner may adopt rules that further clarify 
 78.3   organic food standards and marketing practices. 
 78.4      (d) In order to promote opportunities for organic 
 78.5   agriculture in Minnesota, the commissioner shall: 
 78.6      (1) survey producers and support services and organizations 
 78.7   to determine information and research needs in the area of 
 78.8   organic agriculture practices; 
 78.9      (2) work with the University of Minnesota to demonstrate 
 78.10  the on-farm applicability of organic agriculture practices to 
 78.11  conditions in this state; 
 78.12     (3) direct the programs of the department so as to work 
 78.13  toward the promotion of organic agriculture in this state; 
 78.14     (4) inform agencies of how state or federal programs could 
 78.15  utilize and support organic agriculture practices; and 
 78.16     (5) work closely with farmers, the University of Minnesota, 
 78.17  the Minnesota trade office, and other appropriate organizations 
 78.18  to identify opportunities and needs as well as ensure 
 78.19  coordination and avoid duplication of state agency efforts 
 78.20  regarding research, teaching, and extension work relating to 
 78.21  organic agriculture. 
 78.22     (e) By November 15 of each even-numbered year the 
 78.23  commissioner, in conjunction with the task force created in 
 78.24  section 31.95, subdivision 3a, shall report on the status of 
 78.25  organic agriculture in Minnesota to the legislative policy and 
 78.26  finance committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
 78.27  agriculture.  The report must include: 
 78.28     (1) a description of current state or federal programs 
 78.29  directed toward organic agriculture, including significant 
 78.30  results and experiences of those programs; 
 78.31     (2) a description of specific actions the department of 
 78.32  agriculture is taking in the area of organic agriculture, 
 78.33  including the proportion of the department's budget spent on 
 78.34  organic agriculture; 
 78.35     (3) a description of current and future research needs at 
 78.36  all levels in the area of organic agriculture; and 
 79.1      (4) suggestions for changes in existing programs or 
 79.2   policies or enactment of new programs or policies that will 
 79.3   affect organic agriculture. 
 79.4      Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 31.95, 
 79.5   subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 
 79.6      Subd. 3a.  [CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATIONS.] (a) A Minnesota 
 79.7   grown organic product that is labeled "certified" must be 
 79.8   certified by a designated certification organization.  
 79.9      (b) A certified organic product sold in this state must be 
 79.10  certified by a designated certification organization or by a 
 79.11  certification organization approved by the commissioner.  Before 
 79.12  approving a certification organization, the commissioner must 
 79.13  seek the evaluation and recommendation of the Minnesota organic 
 79.14  advisory task force. 
 79.15     (c) The commissioner shall appoint a Minnesota organic 
 79.16  advisory task force composed of members of the organic industry 
 79.17  to advise the commissioner on organic issues.  Members of the 
 79.18  task force may not be paid compensation or costs for expenses to 
 79.19  advise the commissioner on policies and practices to improve 
 79.20  organic agriculture in Minnesota.  The task force shall consist 
 79.21  of the following residents of the state: 
 79.22     (1) three farmers using organic agriculture methods; 
 79.23     (2) one organic food retailer or distributor; 
 79.24     (3) one representative of organic food certification 
 79.25  agencies; 
 79.26     (4) one organic food processor; 
 79.27     (5) one representative from the Minnesota extension 
 79.28  service; 
 79.29     (6) one representative from an environmental nonprofit 
 79.30  organization; 
 79.31     (7) two at-large members; and 
 79.32     (8) one representative from the agricultural utilization 
 79.33  research institute.  Terms, compensation, and removal of members 
 79.34  are governed by section 15.059, subdivision 6.  The task 
 79.35  force must meet at least twice each year and expires on June 30, 
 79.36  2001 2003. 
 80.1      Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 31B.06, is 
 80.2   amended to read: 
 80.3      31B.06 [PACKER AND PROCESSOR ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS.] 
 80.4      (a) Hog, cattle, sheep, and dairy processors with annual 
 80.5   sales greater than $10,000,000 are required to conduct all 
 80.6   financial transactions relating to a contract feeding operation 
 80.7   through a separate and exclusive bank account.  This separate 
 80.8   account is subject to audit and inspection at any reasonable 
 80.9   time by the commissioner. 
 80.10     (b) Grain and feed businesses with annual sales greater 
 80.11  than $10,000,000 are required to conduct all financial 
 80.12  transactions relating to contract feeding of hogs, cattle, 
 80.13  sheep, or dairy cows through a separate and exclusive bank 
 80.14  account.  This separate account is subject to audit and 
 80.15  inspection at any reasonable time by the commissioner. 
 80.16     (c) Hog, cattle, and sheep processors with annual sales 
 80.17  greater than $10,000,000 may not include a confidentiality 
 80.18  clause in contracts with agricultural producers. 
 80.19     (d) Hog, cattle, and sheep processors with annual sales 
 80.20  greater than $10,000,000 may not have contracts with 
 80.21  agricultural producers for more than 75 percent of the 
 80.22  processor's capacity. 
 80.23     Sec. 53.  [31B.32] [DAILY PRICE REPORTS.] 
 80.24     (a) At the close of each business day on which a packer 
 80.25  purchased or received on contract livestock for slaughter, the 
 80.26  packer must report to the United States Department of 
 80.27  Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, and the 
 80.28  commissioner of agriculture all prices paid for livestock under 
 80.29  contract and through cash market sales during that business day, 
 80.30  including: 
 80.31     (1) the amount of the base price and a description of the 
 80.32  formula used to establish that base price; 
 80.33     (2) a description of the types and amount of any premiums 
 80.34  or discounts including but not limited to quality 
 80.35  characteristics, grade and yield, volume, early delivery, 
 80.36  percent lean, and transportation or acquisition cost savings to 
 81.1   the packer; and 
 81.2      (3) the basis on which payment was made including 
 81.3   live-weight, carcass weight, or value in the meat.  
 81.4      (b) The commissioner shall make information reported by 
 81.5   packers available to the public, through an electronic medium, 
 81.6   on the day succeeding the day covered by the packer's report.  
 81.7   The disclosure of information reported by the commissioner may 
 81.8   be made only in a form that ensures that: 
 81.9      (1) the identity of the parties involved in any transaction 
 81.10  described in a report is not disclosed; 
 81.11     (2) the identity of the packer submitting a report is not 
 81.12  disclosed; and 
 81.13     (3) the confidentiality of proprietary business information 
 81.14  is otherwise protected. 
 81.15     Sec. 54.  [31B.33] [QUARTERLY REPORTS; COMMISSIONER 
 81.16  PUBLICATION OF TERMS AND PRICE.] 
 81.17     (a) A packer that acquires livestock for slaughter under 
 81.18  contract with one or more producers shall, within ten business 
 81.19  days after the close of each calendar quarter, provide a report 
 81.20  to the commissioner.  The report must include copies of each 
 81.21  type of forward contract, marketing agreement, production 
 81.22  contract, and joint venture agreement used by the packer to 
 81.23  procure slaughter livestock from producers during the previous 
 81.24  calendar quarter.  The report must also include copies of any 
 81.25  contract the packer intends to use in the upcoming quarter. 
 81.26     (b) Not later than 15 business days after packers have 
 81.27  provided reports required under paragraph (a), the commissioner 
 81.28  shall release to the agricultural press and other interested 
 81.29  parties a summary report of the contract terms and prices 
 81.30  offered by packers to producers during the previous calendar 
 81.31  quarter.  
 81.32     Sec. 55.  [31B.34] [VIOLATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.] 
 81.33     A packer that knowingly violates the reporting requirements 
 81.34  of section 31B.32 or 31B.33 is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 81.35     Sec. 56.  [31B.35] [ENFORCEMENT.] 
 81.36     The attorney general shall enforce sections 31B.32 and 
 82.1   31B.33.  The commissioner of agriculture shall refer violations 
 82.2   of these sections to the attorney general.  The attorney general 
 82.3   may bring an action in district court to restrain a packer from 
 82.4   further violations.  The attorney general may, upon referral 
 82.5   from the department, file an action in district court to enforce 
 82.6   these sections. 
 82.7      Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 32.21, 
 82.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 82.9      Subd. 4.  [PENALTIES.] (a) A person, other than a milk 
 82.10  producer, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 
 82.11  or subject to a civil penalty up to $1,000. 
 82.12     (b) A milk producer may not change milk plants within 30 
 82.13  days, without permission of the commissioner, after receiving 
 82.14  notification from the commissioner under paragraph (c) or (d) 
 82.15  that the milk producer has violated this section. 
 82.16     (c) A milk producer who violates subdivision 3, clause (1), 
 82.17  (2), (3), (4), or (5), is subject to clauses (1) to (3) of this 
 82.18  paragraph. 
 82.19     (1) Upon notification of the first violation in a 12-month 
 82.20  period, the producer must meet with the dairy plant field 
 82.21  service representative to initiate corrective action within 30 
 82.22  days. 
 82.23     (2) Upon the second violation within a 12-month period, the 
 82.24  producer is subject to a civil penalty of $300.  The 
 82.25  commissioner shall notify the producer by certified mail stating 
 82.26  the penalty is payable in 30 days, the consequences of failure 
 82.27  to pay the penalty, and the consequences of future violations. 
 82.28     (3) Upon the third violation within a 12-month period, the 
 82.29  producer is subject to an additional civil penalty of $300 and 
 82.30  possible revocation of the producer's permit or certification.  
 82.31  The commissioner shall notify the producer by certified mail 
 82.32  that all civil penalties owed must be paid within 30 days and 
 82.33  that the commissioner is initiating administrative procedures to 
 82.34  revoke the producer's permit or certification to sell milk for 
 82.35  at least 30 days. 
 82.36     (d) The producer's shipment of milk must be immediately 
 83.1   suspended if the producer is identified as an individual source 
 83.2   of milk containing residues causing a bulk load of milk to test 
 83.3   positive in violation of subdivision 3, clause (6) or (7).  
 83.4   Shipment may resume The Grade A or manufacturing grade permit 
 83.5   must be converted to temporary status for not more than 30 days 
 83.6   and shipment may resume only after subsequent milk has been 
 83.7   sampled by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent and 
 83.8   found to contain no residues above established tolerances or 
 83.9   safe levels. 
 83.10     The Grade A or manufacturing grade permit may be restored 
 83.11  if the producer remains eligible only for manufacturing grade 
 83.12  until the producer completes the "Milk and Dairy Beef Residue 
 83.13  Prevention Protocol" with a licensed veterinarian, displays the 
 83.14  signed certificate in the milkhouse, and sends verification to 
 83.15  the commissioner within the 30-day temporary permit status 
 83.16  period.  If the producer does not comply within the temporary 
 83.17  permit status period, the Grade A or manufacturing grade permit 
 83.18  must be suspended.  A milk producer whose milk supply is in 
 83.19  violation of subdivision 3, clause (6) or (7), and has caused a 
 83.20  bulk load to test positive is subject to clauses (1) to (3) of 
 83.21  this paragraph.  
 83.22     (1) For the first violation in a 12-month period, a dairy 
 83.23  plant may collect from the responsible producer the value of the 
 83.24  contaminated truck load of milk.  If the amount collected by the 
 83.25  plant is less than two days of milk production on that farm, 
 83.26  then the commissioner must assess the difference as a civil 
 83.27  penalty payable by the plant or marketing organization on behalf 
 83.28  of the responsible producer. 
 83.29     (2) For the second violation in a 12-month period, a dairy 
 83.30  plant may collect from the responsible producer the value of the 
 83.31  contaminated truck load of milk.  If the amount collected by the 
 83.32  plant is less than four days of milk production on that farm, 
 83.33  then the commissioner must assess the difference as a civil 
 83.34  penalty payable by the plant or marketing organization on behalf 
 83.35  of the responsible producer. 
 83.36     (3) For the third violation in a 12-month period, a dairy 
 84.1   plant may collect from the responsible producer the value of the 
 84.2   contaminated load of milk.  If the amount collected by the plant 
 84.3   is less than four days of milk production on that farm, then the 
 84.4   commissioner must assess the difference as a civil penalty 
 84.5   payable by the plant or marketing organization on behalf of the 
 84.6   responsible producer.  The commissioner shall also notify the 
 84.7   producer by certified mail that the commissioner is initiating 
 84.8   administrative procedures to revoke the producer's right to sell 
 84.9   milk for a minimum of 30 days.  
 84.10     (4) If a bulk load of milk tests negative for residues and 
 84.11  there is a positive producer sample on the load, no civil 
 84.12  penalties may be assessed to the producer.  The plant must 
 84.13  report the positive result within 24 hours and reject further 
 84.14  milk shipments from that producer until the producer's milk 
 84.15  tests negative.  The department shall suspend the producer's 
 84.16  permit and count the violation on the producer's record.  The 
 84.17  producer remains eligible only for manufacturing grade 
 84.18  until Grade A or manufacturing grade permit must be converted to 
 84.19  temporary status for not more than 30 days during which time the 
 84.20  producer reviews must review the "Milk and Dairy Beef Residue 
 84.21  Prevention Protocol" with a licensed veterinarian, display the 
 84.22  signed certificate in the milkhouse, and send verification to 
 84.23  the commissioner.  To maintain a permit or certification to 
 84.24  market milk, this program must be reviewed within 30 days.  If 
 84.25  these conditions are met, the Grade A or manufacturing grade 
 84.26  permit must be reinstated.  If the producer does not comply 
 84.27  within the temporary permit status period, the Grade A or 
 84.28  manufacturing grade permit must be suspended. 
 84.29     (e) A milk producer that has been certified as completing 
 84.30  the "Milk and Dairy Beef Residue Prevention Protocol" within 12 
 84.31  months of the first violation of subdivision 3, clause (7), need 
 84.32  only review the cause of the violation with a field service 
 84.33  representative within three days to maintain Grade A or 
 84.34  manufacturing grade permit and shipping status if all other 
 84.35  requirements of this section are met. 
 84.36     (f) Civil penalties collected under this section must be 
 85.1   deposited in the milk inspection services account established in 
 85.2   this chapter. 
 85.3      Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 32.394, 
 85.4   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 85.5      Subd. 9.  [PAYMENTS; REFUNDS; DISPOSITION.] Fees are 
 85.6   payable by a processor or marketing organization by July 1 of 
 85.7   each year for Grade A, and by January 1 of each year for 
 85.8   manufacturing grade, and if not paid within 30 days of the due 
 85.9   date, the service must be discontinued, and permission to market 
 85.10  manufacturing grade or Grade A milk or milk products or use the 
 85.11  Grade A label must be withdrawn.  A processor may terminate 
 85.12  payment and service without loss of the Grade A label if written 
 85.13  notice of that intention is given prior to the due date of the 
 85.14  payment of an assessment and if the continuous inspection of the 
 85.15  plant is assumed by a city whose milk control ordinance is 
 85.16  substantially equivalent to Minnesota law and rule and is 
 85.17  enforced with equal effectiveness.  If a farm discontinues the 
 85.18  production of milk within six months of the billing date, a 
 85.19  request for a refund based on inspection services not received 
 85.20  may be made by the processor or by the marketing organization on 
 85.21  behalf of its patrons.  This request must be made in writing by 
 85.22  July 1 for manufacturing grade, or by December 31 for Grade A, 
 85.23  and on approval by the commissioner refunds must be made to the 
 85.24  processor or marketing organization.  
 85.25     The fees for services performed by the activities of this 
 85.26  section must be deposited in the state treasury agricultural 
 85.27  fund and constitute a separate account to be known as the dairy 
 85.28  services account, which is hereby created.  Money in the 
 85.29  account, including interest earned, is appropriated to the 
 85.30  commissioner to administer this chapter. 
 85.31     Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 41B.044, 
 85.32  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 85.33     Subd. 2.  [ETHANOL DEVELOPMENT FUND.] There is established 
 85.34  in the state treasury an ethanol development fund.  All 
 85.35  repayments of financial assistance granted under subdivision 1, 
 85.36  including principal and interest, must be deposited into this 
 86.1   the general fund.  Interest earned on money in the fund accrues 
 86.2   to the fund, and money in the fund is appropriated to the 
 86.3   commissioner of agriculture for purposes of the ethanol 
 86.4   production facility loan program, including costs incurred by 
 86.5   the authority to establish and administer the program. 
 86.6      Sec. 60.  [41B.048] [LIVESTOCK PROCESSING PLANT DEVELOPMENT 
 86.7   PROGRAM.] 
 86.8      Subdivision 1.  [LIVESTOCK PROCESSING PLANT LOAN AND GRANT 
 86.9   PROGRAM.] The authority may establish, adopt rules for, and 
 86.10  implement a livestock processing plant loan and grant program to 
 86.11  provide capital for cooperatively owned livestock slaughter and 
 86.12  processing plants.  The program may provide for secured or 
 86.13  unsecured loans, loan participations and loan guarantees with 
 86.14  respect to real or personal property comprising all or part of a 
 86.15  livestock processing plant, and the payment of costs incurred by 
 86.16  the authority to establish and administer the program. 
 86.17     Subd. 2.  [LIVESTOCK PROCESSING PLANT DEVELOPMENT FUND.] A 
 86.18  livestock processing plant development revolving fund is 
 86.19  established in the state treasury.  All repayments of financial 
 86.20  assistance granted under subdivision 1, including principal and 
 86.21  interest, must be deposited into this fund.  Interest earned on 
 86.22  money in the fund accrues to the fund, and money in the fund is 
 86.23  appropriated to the commissioner of agriculture for purposes of 
 86.24  the livestock processing plant loan program, including costs 
 86.25  incurred by the authority to establish and administer the 
 86.26  program. 
 86.27     Subd. 3.  [PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.] (a) The requirements in 
 86.28  this subdivision apply to the livestock processing plant loan 
 86.29  and grant program. 
 86.30     (b) A cooperative organized under chapter 308A, all of 
 86.31  whose members are natural persons residing in Minnesota, may 
 86.32  participate in the program and is not required to meet the 
 86.33  eligibility requirements of section 41B.03, subdivision 1. 
 86.34     (c) A cooperative wishing to participate may be required to 
 86.35  pay a reasonable nonrefundable application fee.  The application 
 86.36  fee is initially $500.  The authority may review the fee 
 87.1   annually and make adjustments as necessary.  Application fees 
 87.2   received by the authority must be deposited in the livestock 
 87.3   processing plant revolving development fund. 
 87.4      (d) The total assistance provided to a livestock processing 
 87.5   plant must not exceed $750,000. 
 87.6      (e) The interest rate on loans and loan participations made 
 87.7   by the authority from appropriated funds must not exceed two 
 87.8   percent.  The interest payable on loans and loan participations 
 87.9   funded from other sources may be at a rate determined by the 
 87.10  authority. 
 87.11     (f) Loan payments of interest only are permitted for up to 
 87.12  24 full months, with a fully amortized repayment schedule of 
 87.13  interest and principal calculated on a basis of ten years 
 87.14  maximum for the remaining years of the loan. 
 87.15     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.027, 
 87.16  subdivision 15, is amended to read: 
 87.17     Subd. 15.  [ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS.] (a) The commissioner 
 87.18  may receive an application for, sell, and issue any license, 
 87.19  stamp, permit, registration, or transfer under the jurisdiction 
 87.20  of the commissioner by electronic means, including by 
 87.21  telephone.  Notwithstanding section 97A.472, electronic and 
 87.22  telephone transactions may be made outside of the state.  The 
 87.23  commissioner may: 
 87.24     (1) provide for the electronic transfer of funds generated 
 87.25  by electronic transactions, including by telephone; 
 87.26     (2) assign a license identification number to an applicant 
 87.27  who purchases a hunting or fishing license by electronic means, 
 87.28  to serve as temporary authorization to engage in the licensed 
 87.29  activity until the license is received or expires; 
 87.30     (3) charge and permit agents to charge a fee of individuals 
 87.31  who make electronic transactions, and transactions by telephone, 
 87.32  including a transaction the issuing fee under section 97A.485, 
 87.33  subdivision 6, and a credit card an additional transaction fee 
 87.34  not to exceed $3.50 for electronic transactions; 
 87.35     (4) select up to four volunteer counties, not more than two 
 87.36  in the metropolitan area, to participate in this pilot project 
 88.1   and the counties shall select the participating agents; and 
 88.2      (5) upon completion of a pilot project, implement a 
 88.3   statewide system and select the participating agents; and 
 88.4      (6) adopt rules to administer the provisions of this 
 88.5   subdivision. 
 88.6      (b) A county shall not collect a commission for the sale of 
 88.7   licenses or permits made by agents selected by the participating 
 88.8   counties under this subdivision. 
 88.9      (c) Establishment of the transaction fee under paragraph 
 88.10  (a), clause (3), is not subject to the rulemaking procedures of 
 88.11  chapter 14. 
 88.12     (d) An amount sufficient to pay the cost of electronic 
 88.13  transactions, on a per transaction basis, is annually 
 88.14  appropriated from the game and fish fund and the natural 
 88.15  resources fund. 
 88.16     Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.0855, is 
 88.17  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 88.18     Subd. 1a.  [SOFTWARE SALES.] Notwithstanding section 
 88.19  16B.405, the commissioner may sell or license intellectual 
 88.20  property and software products or services developed by the 
 88.21  department or custom developed by a vendor for the department. 
 88.22     Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.0855, 
 88.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 88.24     Subd. 2.  [RECEIPTS; APPROPRIATION.] Money received by the 
 88.25  commissioner under this section or to buy supplies for the use 
 88.26  of volunteers, may be credited to one or more special accounts 
 88.27  in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commissioner 
 88.28  for the purposes for which the money was received.  Money 
 88.29  received from sales at the state fair shall be available for 
 88.30  state fair related costs.  Money received from sales of 
 88.31  intellectual property and software products or services shall be 
 88.32  available for development, maintenance, and support of software 
 88.33  products and systems. 
 88.34     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.81, is 
 88.35  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 88.36     Subd. 13.  [METAL TRACTION DEVICE.] "Metal traction device" 
 89.1   means any metal device or array of metal devices attached to a 
 89.2   snowmobile track to enhance traction, that is: 
 89.3      (1) made of metal, except that metal cleats affixed 
 89.4   perpendicular to the direction of travel of a snowmobile track 
 89.5   which was manufactured in 1981 or earlier shall not be 
 89.6   considered a metal traction device; or 
 89.7      (2) affixed to a snowmobile track with metal components 
 89.8   that extend more than one-fourth inch from the bottom of the 
 89.9   track. 
 89.10     Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.8205, is 
 89.11  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 89.12     Subd. 6.  [DUPLICATE STATE TRAIL STICKERS.] The 
 89.13  commissioner shall issue a duplicate sticker to a person whose 
 89.14  sticker is lost or destroyed using the process established under 
 89.15  section 97A.405, subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder.  
 89.16  The fee for a duplicate state trail sticker is $2, with an 
 89.17  issuing fee of 50 cents. 
 89.18     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.83, 
 89.19  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 89.20     Subd. 3.  [PURPOSES FOR THE ACCOUNT.] The money deposited 
 89.21  in the account and interest earned on that money may be expended 
 89.22  only as appropriated by law for the following purposes:  
 89.23     (1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and 
 89.24  municipalities for construction and maintenance of snowmobile 
 89.25  trails, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 
 89.26  Voyageurs National Park; 
 89.27     (2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of state 
 89.28  recreational snowmobile trails; 
 89.29     (3) for snowmobile safety programs; and 
 89.30     (4) for the administration and enforcement of sections 
 89.31  84.81 to 84.90.  
 89.32     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.83, 
 89.33  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 89.34     Subd. 4.  [PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FUNDING RECIPIENTS.] (a)
 89.35  Recipients of Minnesota trail assistance program funds must be 
 89.36  afforded the same protection and be held to the same standard of 
 90.1   liability as a political subdivision under chapter 466 for 
 90.2   activities associated with the administration, design, 
 90.3   construction, maintenance, and grooming of snowmobile trails.  
 90.4      (b) Recipients of Minnesota trail assistance program funds 
 90.5   who maintain ice trails on waters of Voyageurs National Park are 
 90.6   expressly immune from liability under section 466.03, 
 90.7   subdivision 6e. 
 90.8      Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.86, 
 90.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 90.10     Subdivision 1.  With a view of achieving maximum use of 
 90.11  snowmobiles consistent with protection of the environment the 
 90.12  commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules in the 
 90.13  manner provided by chapter 14, for the following purposes: 
 90.14     (1) Registration of snowmobiles and display of registration 
 90.15  numbers. 
 90.16     (2) Use of snowmobiles insofar as game and fish resources 
 90.17  are affected. 
 90.18     (3) Use of snowmobiles on public lands and waters, or on 
 90.19  grant-in-aid trails, including, but not limited to, the use of 
 90.20  specified metal traction devices and nonmetal traction devices. 
 90.21     (4) Uniform signs to be used by the state, counties, and 
 90.22  cities, which are necessary or desirable to control, direct, or 
 90.23  regulate the operation and use of snowmobiles. 
 90.24     (5) Specifications relating to snowmobile mufflers. 
 90.25     (6) A comprehensive snowmobile information and safety 
 90.26  education and training program, including but not limited to the 
 90.27  preparation and dissemination of snowmobile information and 
 90.28  safety advice to the public, the training of snowmobile 
 90.29  operators, and the issuance of snowmobile safety certificates to 
 90.30  snowmobile operators who successfully complete the snowmobile 
 90.31  safety education and training course.  For the purpose of 
 90.32  administering such program and to defray a portion of the 
 90.33  expenses of training and certifying snowmobile operators, the 
 90.34  commissioner shall collect a fee of not to exceed $5 from each 
 90.35  person who receives the youth and young adult training and a fee 
 90.36  established under chapter 16A from each person who receives or 
 91.1   the adult training.  The commissioner shall establish a fee that 
 91.2   neither significantly over recovers nor under recovers costs, 
 91.3   including overhead costs, involved in providing the services.  
 91.4   The fee is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 
 91.5   14 and section 14.386 does not apply.  The commissioner shall 
 91.6   deposit the fee in the snowmobile trails and enforcement account 
 91.7   and the amount thereof is appropriated annually to the 
 91.8   commissioner of natural resources for the administration of such 
 91.9   programs.  The commissioner shall cooperate with private 
 91.10  organizations and associations, private and public corporations, 
 91.11  and local governmental units in furtherance of the program 
 91.12  established under this clause.  The commissioner shall consult 
 91.13  with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training 
 91.14  program subject matter and performance testing that leads to the 
 91.15  certification of snowmobile operators. 
 91.16     (7) The operator of any snowmobile involved in an accident 
 91.17  resulting in injury requiring medical attention or 
 91.18  hospitalization to or death of any person or total damage to an 
 91.19  extent of $500 or more, shall forward a written report of the 
 91.20  accident to the commissioner on such form as the commissioner 
 91.21  shall prescribe.  If the operator is killed or is unable to file 
 91.22  a report due to incapacitation, any peace officer investigating 
 91.23  the accident shall file the accident report within ten business 
 91.24  days. 
 91.25     Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.862, 
 91.26  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 91.27     Subdivision 1.  [YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SAFETY TRAINING.] 
 91.28  Effective October 1, 1998, any resident born after December 31, 
 91.29  1979, who operates a snowmobile in Minnesota, must possess a 
 91.30  valid snowmobile safety certificate or a driver's license or 
 91.31  identification card with a valid snowmobile qualification 
 91.32  indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 12.  The 
 91.33  certificate or qualification indicator may only be issued upon 
 91.34  successful completion of the a course authorized under section 
 91.35  84.86 or 84.862, subdivision 2, if the person is 16 years of age 
 91.36  or older. 
 92.1      Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.862, 
 92.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 92.3      Subd. 2.  [ADULT SAFETY TRAINING.] Effective October 1, 
 92.4   2002, any resident born after December 31, 1976, and before 
 92.5   December 31, 1983, who operates a snowmobile in Minnesota, must 
 92.6   possess a valid operator's permit or driver's license or 
 92.7   identification card with a valid snowmobile qualification 
 92.8   indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 12, showing 
 92.9   successful completion of a safety course designed for adults or 
 92.10  persons 16 years of age or older.  Whenever possible, the course 
 92.11  shall include a riding component that stresses stopping 
 92.12  distances. 
 92.13     Sec. 71.  [84.8713] [METAL TRACTION DEVICE STICKER.] 
 92.14     Subdivision 1.  [STICKER REQUIRED; FEE.] (a) An owner of a 
 92.15  snowmobile registered in the state may not operate the 
 92.16  snowmobile with a track equipped with metal traction devices 
 92.17  unless a metal traction device sticker is affixed to the 
 92.18  snowmobile.  The commissioner shall issue a metal traction 
 92.19  device sticker upon application and payment of a $15 fee.  The 
 92.20  sticker is valid for one year following June 30 in the year it 
 92.21  is issued.  
 92.22     (b) The requirements in paragraph (a) do not apply to 
 92.23  snowmobiles owned, leased, or operated by the state or a 
 92.24  political subdivision, or to snowmobiles used in an organized 
 92.25  race, so long as they do not utilize a paved public trail, 
 92.26  except as otherwise provided in this chapter. 
 92.27     (c) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in 
 92.28  the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and 
 92.29  enforcement account in the natural resources fund.  Money 
 92.30  deposited under this section is appropriated to the commissioner 
 92.31  and must be used for repair of paved public trails, unless a 
 92.32  trail is exempted by local authorities under section 84.8712, 
 92.33  except that any money not necessary for this purpose may be used 
 92.34  for the grant-in-aid snowmobile trail system and for the 
 92.35  development and construction of nonpaved alternate snowmobile 
 92.36  trails adjacent to paved trails.  The commissioner must reserve 
 93.1   an appropriate portion of the revenue received under this 
 93.2   section for grants to local units of government.  A local unit 
 93.3   of government with jurisdiction over paved public trails may 
 93.4   apply to the commissioner for a grant from funds received under 
 93.5   this section for the repair of a paved trail damaged by metal 
 93.6   traction devices. 
 93.7      Subd. 2.  [PLACEMENT OF STICKER.] The metal traction device 
 93.8   sticker must be permanently affixed to the forward half of the 
 93.9   snowmobile and clearly visible to law enforcement authorities. 
 93.10     Subd. 3.  [LICENSE AGENTS.] The commissioner shall sell 
 93.11  metal traction device stickers for a $1 issuance fee through the 
 93.12  process established under section 84.82, subdivision 2. 
 93.13     Subd. 4.  [DUPLICATE METAL TRACTION DEVICE STICKERS.] The 
 93.14  commissioner or an authorized deputy registrar of motor vehicles 
 93.15  shall issue a duplicate metal traction device sticker to a 
 93.16  person whose sticker is lost or destroyed.  A duplicate sticker 
 93.17  may not be issued unless the applicant takes an oath covering 
 93.18  the facts of loss or destruction of the sticker and signs an 
 93.19  affidavit.  The fee for a duplicate metal traction device 
 93.20  sticker is $2, with an issuing fee of 50 cents. 
 93.21     Subd. 5.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires on July 1, 
 93.22  2004. 
 93.23     Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.872, 
 93.24  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 93.25     Subdivision 1.  [RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION.] (a) 
 93.26  Notwithstanding anything in section 84.87 to the contrary, no 
 93.27  person under 14 years of age shall make a direct crossing of a 
 93.28  trunk, county state-aid, or county highway as the operator of a 
 93.29  snowmobile, or operate a snowmobile upon a street or highway 
 93.30  within a municipality. 
 93.31     A person 14 years of age or older, but less than 18 years 
 93.32  of age, may make a direct crossing of a trunk, county state-aid, 
 93.33  or county highway only if the person has in immediate possession 
 93.34  a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued by the commissioner 
 93.35  or a valid motor vehicle operator's driver's license issued by 
 93.36  the commissioner of public safety or the driver's license 
 94.1   authority of another state or identification card with a valid 
 94.2   snowmobile qualification indicator issued under section 171.07, 
 94.3   subdivision 12. 
 94.4      (b) Notwithstanding section 84.862, no person under the age 
 94.5   of 14 years shall operate a snowmobile on any public land, 
 94.6   public easements, or water or grant-in-aid trail unless 
 94.7   accompanied by one of the following listed persons on the same 
 94.8   or an accompanying snowmobile, or on a device towed by the same 
 94.9   or an accompanying snowmobile:  the person's parent, legal 
 94.10  guardian, or other person 18 years of age or older designated by 
 94.11  the parent or guardian.  However, a person 12 years of age or 
 94.12  older but under the age of 14 years may operate a snowmobile on 
 94.13  public lands, public easements, and waters or a grant-in-aid 
 94.14  trail if the person has in immediate possession a valid 
 94.15  snowmobile safety certificate issued by the commissioner or an 
 94.16  identification card with a valid snowmobile qualification 
 94.17  indicator issued under section 171.07, subdivision 12.  
 94.18     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.91, 
 94.19  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 94.20     Subdivision 1.  [ACTS PROHIBITED.] (a) No owner or other 
 94.21  person having charge or control of any snowmobile or all-terrain 
 94.22  vehicle shall authorize or permit any individual the person 
 94.23  knows or has reason to believe is under the influence of alcohol 
 94.24  or a controlled substance or other substance to operate the 
 94.25  snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on 
 94.26  the ice of any boundary water of this state. 
 94.27     (b) No owner or other person having charge or control of 
 94.28  any snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle shall knowingly authorize 
 94.29  or permit any person, who by reason of any physical or mental 
 94.30  disability is incapable of operating the vehicle, to operate the 
 94.31  snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on 
 94.32  the ice of any boundary water of this state. 
 94.33     (c) A person who operates or is in physical control of a 
 94.34  snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on 
 94.35  the ice of any boundary water of this state is subject to 
 94.36  sections 169.121 to 169.1218 and 169.123 to 169.129.  In 
 95.1   addition to the applicable sanctions under chapter 169, a person 
 95.2   who is convicted of violating section 169.121 while operating a 
 95.3   snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle, or who refuses to comply with 
 95.4   a lawful request to submit to testing under section 169.123, 
 95.5   shall be prohibited from operating the snowmobile or all-terrain 
 95.6   vehicle for a period of one year.  The commissioner shall notify 
 95.7   the convicted person of the period during which the person is 
 95.8   prohibited from operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.  
 95.9      (d) Administrative and judicial review of the operating 
 95.10  privileges prohibition is governed by section 97B.066, 
 95.11  subdivisions 7 to 9, if the person does not have a prior 
 95.12  impaired driving conviction or prior license revocation, as 
 95.13  defined in section 169.121, subdivision 3.  Otherwise, 
 95.14  administrative and judicial review of the prohibition is 
 95.15  governed by section 169.123.  
 95.16     (e) The court shall promptly forward to the commissioner 
 95.17  and the department of public safety copies of all convictions 
 95.18  and criminal and civil sanctions imposed under this section and 
 95.19  chapter 169 relating to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.  
 95.20     (f) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b), or an 
 95.21  ordinance in conformity with either of them, is guilty of a 
 95.22  misdemeanor.  A person who operates a snowmobile or all-terrain 
 95.23  vehicle during the period the person is prohibited from 
 95.24  operating a vehicle under paragraph (c) is guilty of a 
 95.25  misdemeanor. 
 95.26     Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.98, 
 95.27  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 95.28     Subd. 6.  [FEES.] The commissioner may charge a fee for any 
 95.29  service performed by the Minnesota conservation corps.  Fees 
 95.30  collected under this subdivision shall be deposited in a special 
 95.31  revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for 
 95.32  Minnesota conservation corps projects and administration. 
 95.33     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84A.55, 
 95.34  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 95.35     Subd. 5.  [WILDLIFE.] The commissioner shall care for, 
 95.36  protect, and preserve any species of wildlife there, so far as 
 96.1   means are available.  Until June 30, 2000, the commissioner may 
 96.2   designate conservation lands as wildlife management areas only 
 96.3   if: 
 96.4      (1) the lands have been classified as nonagricultural under 
 96.5   section 282.14; and 
 96.6      (2) the designation is by rule under subdivision 11. 
 96.7      Sec. 76.  [ADDING LAND TO BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK.] 
 96.8      [85.012] [Subd. 8.] The following area is added to Blue 
 96.9   Mounds state park:  That part of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 96.10  Southwest Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
 96.11  Quarter of Section 13, Township 103 North, Range 45 West, Rock 
 96.12  County, described as follows:  Commencing at the southwest 
 96.13  corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
 96.14  thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 36 minutes 41 
 96.15  seconds East along the south line of said Northeast Quarter of 
 96.16  the Southwest Quarter 165.00 feet to the point of beginning; 
 96.17  thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 seconds West parallel with 
 96.18  the west line of said section 1438.74 feet to an iron stake with 
 96.19  DNR caps; thence South 88 degrees 57 minutes 33 seconds East 
 96.20  along an existing fence line 42.15 feet; thence South 00 degrees 
 96.21  30 minutes 38 seconds West along an existing fence line 1438.16 
 96.22  feet to the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
 96.23  Southwest Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 41 seconds 
 96.24  West along said south line 22.02 feet to the point of beginning. 
 96.25     Sec. 77.  [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY 
 96.26  VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 96.27     Subdivision 1.  [ADDITIONS TO IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY 
 96.28  VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas 
 96.29  are added to the Iron Range off-highway vehicle recreation area, 
 96.30  all in St. Louis county: 
 96.31     (1) Section 2, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 96.32  the East Half; the North Half of the Northwest Quarter; and the 
 96.33  Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; 
 96.34     (2) Section 3, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT: 
 96.35  the Southeast Quarter; the North Half of the Northeast Quarter; 
 96.36  the North Half of the Northwest Quarter; the Southwest Quarter 
 97.1   of the Northwest Quarter; and the Northwest Quarter of the 
 97.2   Southwest Quarter; 
 97.3      (3) Section 4, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 97.4   the West Half; the Northeast Quarter; the North Half of the 
 97.5   Southeast Quarter; and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 97.6   Quarter; 
 97.7      (4) Section 8, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 97.8   the West Half; the West Half of the Southeast Quarter; and the 
 97.9   West Half of the Northeast Quarter; 
 97.10     (5) Section 9, Township 58 North, Range 17 West; 
 97.11     (6) Section 11, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 97.12  the West Half of the Northwest Quarter; and the Northwest 
 97.13  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
 97.14     (7) Section 14, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, EXCEPT:  
 97.15  the East Half; 
 97.16     (8) Section 15, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, lying 
 97.17  North of the DM&IR grade, EXCEPT:  the Southwest Quarter; and 
 97.18  the South Half of the Northwest Quarter; 
 97.19     (9) Section 16, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, lying 
 97.20  North of county road 921, EXCEPT:  the East Half of the 
 97.21  Southeast Quarter, lying North of the DM&IR grade; 
 97.22     (10) Section 22, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, lying 
 97.23  North of the DM&IR grade; and 
 97.24     (11) Section 23, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, a 100 
 97.25  foot corridor of the Mesabi Trail as located between the west 
 97.26  line of said Section 23 and Minnesota trunk highway No. 135. 
 97.27     Subd. 2.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ADDING MEMBERS.] The 
 97.28  advisory committee created under Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 
 97.29  32, subdivision 4, shall continue to provide direction on the 
 97.30  planning, development, and operation of the Iron Range 
 97.31  off-highway vehicle recreation area, including the land added 
 97.32  under subdivision 1.  The following members are added to the 
 97.33  advisory committee: 
 97.34     (1) a representative of the city council of Gilbert; and 
 97.35     (2) a representative of the city council of Virginia. 
 97.36     Subd. 3.  [MINING.] The commissioner shall recognize the 
 98.1   possibility that mining, including, but not limited, to taconite 
 98.2   and iron ore, may be conducted in the future within the Iron 
 98.3   Range off-highway vehicle area and that use of portions of the 
 98.4   surface estate and control of the flowage of water may be 
 98.5   necessary for future mining operations. 
 98.6      Subd. 4.  [MANAGEMENT PLAN.] The commissioner of natural 
 98.7   resources and the local area advisory committee shall 
 98.8   cooperatively develop a separate comprehensive management plan 
 98.9   for the land added to the Iron Range off-highway vehicle 
 98.10  recreation area under subdivision 1.  The management plan shall 
 98.11  provide for: 
 98.12     (1) multiple use recreation for off-highway vehicles; 
 98.13     (2) protection of natural resources; 
 98.14     (3) limited timber management; 
 98.15     (4) mineral exploration and mining management; 
 98.16     (5) land acquisition needs; 
 98.17     (6) road and facility development; and 
 98.18     (7) trail and road connections between the land added under 
 98.19  subdivision 1 and the land added by Laws 1996, chapter 407, 
 98.20  section 32, subdivision 6. 
 98.21     The completed management plan, together with the management 
 98.22  plan completed under Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, 
 98.23  subdivision 5, shall serve as the master plan for the Iron Range 
 98.24  off-highway vehicle recreation area under Minnesota Statutes, 
 98.25  section 86A.09. 
 98.26     Subd. 5.  [APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.] Except as otherwise 
 98.27  provided by subdivisions 2 and 3, the provisions of Laws 1996, 
 98.28  chapter 407, section 32, apply to the land added to the Iron 
 98.29  Range off-highway vehicle recreation area under subdivision 1. 
 98.30     Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.015, 
 98.31  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 98.32     Subd. 4.  [DOUGLAS TRAIL, OLMSTED, WABASHA, AND GOODHUE 
 98.33  COUNTIES.] (a) The trail shall originate at Rochester in Olmsted 
 98.34  county and shall follow the route of the Chicago Great Western 
 98.35  Railroad to Pine Island in Goodhue county and there terminate.  
 98.36     (b) Additional trails may be established that extend the 
 99.1   Douglas trail system to include Pine Island, Mazeppa in Wabasha 
 99.2   county to Zumbrota, Bellechester, Goodhue, and Red Wing in 
 99.3   Goodhue county.  In addition to the criteria in section 86A.05, 
 99.4   subdivision 4, these trails must utilize abandoned railroad 
 99.5   rights-of-way where possible.  
 99.6      (c) The trail shall be developed primarily for riding and 
 99.7   hiking.  
 99.8      (d) Under no circumstances shall the commissioner acquire 
 99.9   any of the right-of-way of the Chicago Great Western Railroad 
 99.10  until the abandonment of the line of railway described in this 
 99.11  subdivision has been approved by the Interstate Commerce 
 99.12  Commission. 
 99.13     Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.015, is 
 99.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 99.15     Subd. 21.  [GITCHI-GAMI TRAIL, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES.] (a) 
 99.16  The trail shall originate in the city of Two Harbors and shall 
 99.17  extend in a northeasterly direction along the shore of Lake 
 99.18  Superior, running parallel to state highway 61 to the city of 
 99.19  Grand Marais.  
 99.20     (b) The trail shall be developed primarily for hiking and 
 99.21  bicycling. 
 99.22     Sec. 80.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.019, 
 99.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 99.24     Subd. 2.  [PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS.] The 
 99.25  commissioner shall administer a program to provide grants to 
 99.26  units of government for up to 50 percent of the costs or 
 99.27  $50,000, whichever is less, of acquisition and betterment of 
 99.28  public land and improvements needed for parks and other outdoor 
 99.29  recreation areas and facilities. 
 99.30     Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.019, is 
 99.31  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 99.32     Subd. 4b.  [REGIONAL TRAILS.] The commissioner shall 
 99.33  administer a program to provide grants to units of government 
 99.34  for up to 50 percent of the costs of acquisition and betterment 
 99.35  of public land and improvements needed for trails deemed to be 
 99.36  of regional significance according to criteria published by the 
100.1   commissioner.  If land used for the trails is not in full public 
100.2   ownership, then the recipients must prove it is dedicated to the 
100.3   purposes of the grants for at least 20 years. 
100.4      Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.019, is 
100.5   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
100.6      Subd. 4c.  [LOCAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS.] The commissioner 
100.7   shall administer a program to provide grants to units of 
100.8   government for up to 50 percent of the costs of acquisition and 
100.9   betterment of public land and improvements needed for trails 
100.10  that connect communities, trails, and parks and thereby increase 
100.11  the effective length of trail experiences.  If land used for the 
100.12  trails is not in full public ownership, then the recipients must 
100.13  prove it is dedicated to the purposes of the grants for at least 
100.14  20 years. 
100.15     Sec. 83.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.40, 
100.16  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
100.17     Subd. 5.  [CROSS-COUNTRY SKI TRAIL.] "Cross-country ski 
100.18  trail" means a public pathway designated and promoted for cross 
100.19  country skiing, excluding trails that have not received state 
100.20  acquisition or betterment funds for recreational purposes in 
100.21  state parks as defined in section 85.012, on state forest lands 
100.22  as defined in section 89.001, on state trails as defined in 
100.23  section 85.015, on elements of the regional recreation open 
100.24  space system as defined in section 473.147, or on trails within 
100.25  the cross-country ski grant-in-aid program as defined in section 
100.26  85.44.  
100.27     Sec. 84.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.41, 
100.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
100.29     Subdivision 1.  [ON PERSON.] While skiing on cross-country 
100.30  ski trails, a person between the ages of 16 and 64 years age 16 
100.31  and over shall carry in immediate possession a valid, signed 
100.32  cross-country ski pass.  A landowner who grants an easement for 
100.33  a grant-in-aid ski trail is not required to have a pass when 
100.34  skiing on the landowner's property.  
100.35     Sec. 85.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.41, 
100.36  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
101.1      Subd. 4.  [FORM.] The department shall provide forms and 
101.2   blanks to all agents authorized to issue passes by the 
101.3   commissioner.  The pass shall be with the skier and available 
101.4   for inspection by any peace or conservation officer.  The pass 
101.5   shall include the applicant's name signature and other 
101.6   information deemed necessary by the commissioner. 
101.7      Sec. 86.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.41, 
101.8   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
101.9      Subd. 5.  [AGENT'S ISSUING FEE.] The fee for a 
101.10  cross-country ski pass shall be increased by the amount of an 
101.11  issuing fee of 50 cents $1 per pass.  The issuing fee may shall 
101.12  be retained by the seller of the pass.  A pass shall indicate 
101.13  the amount of the fee that is retained by the seller.  This 
101.14  subdivision does not apply to any pass sold by the state.  
101.15     Sec. 87.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.42, is 
101.16  amended to read: 
101.17     85.42 [USER FEE; VALIDITY.] 
101.18     (a) The fee for an annual cross-country ski pass is $5 for 
101.19  an individual pass or $7.50 for a combination husband and wife 
101.20  pass $9 for an individual age 16 and over.  The fee for a 
101.21  three-year pass is $14 for an individual pass or $21 for a 
101.22  combination husband and wife pass $24 for an individual age 16 
101.23  and over.  This fee shall be collected at the time the pass is 
101.24  purchased.  Three-year passes are valid for three years 
101.25  beginning the previous July 1.  Annual passes are valid for one 
101.26  year beginning the previous July 1.  Passes are not transferable.
101.27     (b) The cost for a daily cross-country skier pass is $1 $2 
101.28  for an individual age 16 and over.  This fee shall be collected 
101.29  at the time the pass is purchased.  The daily pass is valid only 
101.30  for the date designated on the pass form. 
101.31     (c) A pass must be signed by the skier across the front of 
101.32  the pass to be valid and becomes nontransferable on signing.  
101.33     Sec. 88.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.44, is 
101.34  amended to read: 
101.35     85.44 [CROSS-COUNTRY SKI TRAIL GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM.] 
101.36     The commissioner shall establish a grant-in-aid program for 
102.1   local units of government and special park districts for the 
102.2   acquisition, development, and maintenance of cross-country ski 
102.3   trails.  Grants shall be available for acquisition of trail 
102.4   easements but may not be used to acquire any lands in fee 
102.5   title.  Local units of government and special park districts 
102.6   applying for and receiving grants under this section shall be 
102.7   considered to have cross-country ski trails for one year 
102.8   following the expiration of their last grant.  The department 
102.9   shall reimburse all public sponsors of grants-in-aid 
102.10  cross-country ski trails based upon criteria established by the 
102.11  department.  Prior to the use of any reimbursement criteria, a 
102.12  certain proportion of the revenues shall be allocated on the 
102.13  basis of user fee sales location.  
102.14     Sec. 89.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.45, 
102.15  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
102.16     Subdivision 1.  [SKIING WITHOUT PASS.] No person may ski on 
102.17  a public cross-country ski trail, including a grant-in-aid 
102.18  cross-country ski trail, without a valid, signed cross-country 
102.19  ski pass. Effective July 1, 1984, Any person who violates this 
102.20  subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. 
102.21     Sec. 90.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 88.067, is 
102.22  amended to read: 
102.23     88.067 [TRAINING OF GRANTS TO LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.] 
102.24     The commissioner may make grants for procurement of fire 
102.25  suppression equipment and training of fire departments in 
102.26  techniques of fire control that.  These grants will enable them 
102.27  local fire departments to assist the state more effectively in 
102.28  controlling wildfires.  The commissioner may require a local 
102.29  match for any grant.  Fire suppression equipment may include, 
102.30  but is not limited to, fire suppression tools and equipment, 
102.31  protective clothing, dry hydrants, communications equipment, and 
102.32  conversion of vehicles to wildfire suppression vehicles.  
102.33  Training shall be provided to the extent practicable in 
102.34  coordination with other public agencies with training and 
102.35  educational responsibilities.  
102.36     Sec. 91.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.01, is 
103.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
103.2      Subd. 10a.  [PEER REVIEW.] "Peer review" means a 
103.3   scientifically based review conducted by individuals with 
103.4   substantial knowledge and experience in the subject matter. 
103.5      Sec. 92.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.02, is 
103.6   amended to read: 
103.7      89A.02 [POLICY.] 
103.8      It is the policy of the state to: 
103.9      (1) pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection 
103.10  of the state's forest resources to achieve the state's economic, 
103.11  environmental, and social goals; 
103.12     (2) encourage cooperation and collaboration between public 
103.13  and private sectors in the management of the state's forest 
103.14  resources; 
103.15     (3) recognize and consider forest resource issues, 
103.16  concerns, and impacts at the site and landscape levels; and 
103.17     (4) recognize the broad array of perspectives regarding the 
103.18  management, use, and protection of the state's forest resources, 
103.19  and establish processes and mechanisms that seek and incorporate 
103.20  these perspectives in the planning and management of the state's 
103.21  forest resources. 
103.22     Nothing in this chapter abolishes, repeals, or negates any 
103.23  existing authorities, policies, programs, or activities of the 
103.24  commissioner or other statutory authorities related to managing 
103.25  and protecting the state's forest resources. 
103.26     Sec. 93.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.03, is 
103.27  amended to read: 
103.28     89A.03 [MINNESOTA FOREST RESOURCES COUNCIL.] 
103.29     Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The Minnesota forest 
103.30  resources council has 13 members appointed by the governor and 
103.31  one member appointed by the Indian affairs council.  The 
103.32  governor must appoint a chair and 15 other members to the 
103.33  Minnesota forest resources council.  The Indian affairs council 
103.34  will appoint one additional member.  When making appointments to 
103.35  the council, the governor must appoint knowledgeable individuals 
103.36  with an understanding of state forest resource issues who fairly 
104.1   reflect a balance of the various interests in the sustainable 
104.2   management, use, and protection of the state's forest resources 
104.3   in order to achieve the purpose and policies specified in 
104.4   section 89A.02, and subdivision 2 of this section.  The council 
104.5   membership appointed by the governor must include the following 
104.6   individuals: 
104.7      (1) a representative two representatives from an 
104.8   organization organizations representing environmental interests 
104.9   within the state; 
104.10     (2) a representative from an organization representing the 
104.11  interests of management of game species; 
104.12     (3) a representative from a conservation organization; 
104.13     (4) a representative from an association representing 
104.14  forest products industry within the state; 
104.15     (5) a commercial logging contractor active in a forest 
104.16  product association; 
104.17     (6) a representative from a statewide association 
104.18  representing the resort and tourism industry; 
104.19     (7) a faculty or researcher of a Minnesota research or 
104.20  higher educational institution; 
104.21     (8) an owner of nonindustrial, private forest land of 40 
104.22  acres or more; 
104.23     (9) an agricultural woodlot owner owner of nonindustrial, 
104.24  private forest land; 
104.25     (10) a representative from the department; 
104.26     (11) a county land commissioner who is a member of the 
104.27  Minnesota association of county land commissioners; 
104.28     (12) a representative from the United States Forest Service 
104.29  unit with land management responsibility in Minnesota; and 
104.30     (13) a representative from a labor organization with 
104.31  membership having an interest in forest resource issues; 
104.32     (14) an individual representing a secondary wood products 
104.33  manufacturing organization; and 
104.34     (15) a chair. 
104.35     Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE.] The council shall must develop 
104.36  recommendations to the governor and to federal, state, county, 
105.1   and local governments with respect to forest resource policies 
105.2   and practices that result in the sustainable management, use, 
105.3   and protection of the state's forest resources.  The policies 
105.4   and practices must: 
105.5      (1) acknowledge the interactions of complex sustainable 
105.6   forest resources, multiple ownership patterns, and local to 
105.7   international economic forces; 
105.8      (2) give equal consideration to the long-term economic, 
105.9   ecological, and social needs and limits of the state's forest 
105.10  resources; 
105.11     (3) foster the productivity of the state's forests to 
105.12  provide a diversity of sustainable benefits at site-levels and 
105.13  landscape-levels; 
105.14     (4) enhance the ability of the state's forest resources to 
105.15  provide future benefits and services; 
105.16     (5) foster no net loss of forest land in Minnesota: 
105.17     (6) encourage appropriate mixes of forest cover types and 
105.18  age classes within landscapes to promote biological diversity 
105.19  and viable forest-dependent fish and wildlife habitats; 
105.20     (7) encourage collaboration and coordination with multiple 
105.21  constituencies in planning and managing the state's forest 
105.22  resources; and 
105.23     (8) address the environmental impacts and their implement 
105.24  mitigations as recommended in the generic environmental impact 
105.25  statement on timber harvesting. 
105.26     Subd. 3.  [COUNCIL MEETINGS.] The council shall establish 
105.27  procedures for conducting its meetings in accordance with 
105.28  section 471.705 that include provisions for seeking and 
105.29  incorporating public input.  At a minimum, meetings of the 
105.30  council and all of the committees, task forces, technical teams, 
105.31  regional committees, and other groups the council may establish 
105.32  must be conducted in accordance with section 471.705.  Except 
105.33  where prohibited by law, the council must establish additional 
105.34  processes to broaden public involvement in all aspects of its 
105.35  deliberations. 
105.36     Subd. 4.  [COUNCIL OFFICERS AND STAFF.] The council shall 
106.1   elect a chair from among its members.  The council may shall 
106.2   employ an executive director and administrative assistant who 
106.3   shall have the authority to employ staff.  Technical expertise 
106.4   that will enable the council to carry out its functions must be 
106.5   provided to the council by those interests represented on the 
106.6   council. 
106.7      Subd. 5.  [MEMBERSHIP REGULATION.] Terms, compensation, 
106.8   nomination, appointment, and removal of council members are 
106.9   governed by section 15.059.  Section 15.059, subdivision 5, does 
106.10  not govern the expiration date of the council.  
106.11     Subd. 6.  [REPORT.] By January 1, 1997, the council shall 
106.12  prepare a report to the governor and legislature on the status 
106.13  of the state's forest resources, and strategic directions to 
106.14  provide for their management, use, and protection.  Information 
106.15  generated by the reporting requirements in this chapter must be 
106.16  incorporated in the council's report.  To the extent possible, 
106.17  the council's report must also identify the activities and 
106.18  accomplishments of various programs that directly affect the 
106.19  state's forest resources.  The council must report to the 
106.20  governor and to the legislative committees and divisions with 
106.21  jurisdiction over environment and natural resource policy and 
106.22  finance by February 1 of each year.  The report must describe 
106.23  the progress and accomplishments made by the council during the 
106.24  preceding year. 
106.25     Subd. 7.  [REVIEW OF FOREST RESOURCES PLAN AND ASSESSMENT.] 
106.26  The council shall undertake a review of the forest resource 
106.27  management plan and forest assessment requirements contained in 
106.28  section 89.011, and report to the commissioner no later than 
106.29  July 1, 1996, on the appropriateness and effectiveness of these 
106.30  requirements, including recommendations for enhancing existing 
106.31  forest resource planning processes.  The council shall review 
106.32  draft statewide and district forest resource planning documents, 
106.33  and incorporate the findings, including any recommendation, of 
106.34  such reviews in its biennial report specified in subdivision 6. 
106.35     Sec. 94.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.04, is 
106.36  amended to read: 
107.1      89A.04 [PARTNERSHIP.] 
107.2      It is the policy of the state to encourage forest 
107.3   landowners, forest managers, and loggers to establish a 
107.4   partnership in which the implementation of council 
107.5   recommendations can occur in a timely and coordinated manner 
107.6   across ownerships.  The partnership shall serve as a forum for 
107.7   discussing operational implementation issues and problem solving 
107.8   related to forest resources management and planning concerns, 
107.9   and be responsive to the recommendations of the council.  This 
107.10  partnership shall also actively foster collaboration and 
107.11  coordination among forest managers and landowners in addressing 
107.12  landscape-level operations and concerns.  In fulfilling its 
107.13  responsibilities as identified in this chapter, the council 
107.14  shall seek input from and consult with the partnership may 
107.15  advise the council.  Nothing in this section shall imply extra 
107.16  rights or influence for the partnership. 
107.17     Sec. 95.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.05, is 
107.18  amended to read: 
107.19     89A.05 [TIMBER HARVESTING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 
107.20  GUIDELINES.] 
107.21     Subdivision 1.  [DEVELOPMENT.] The council shall coordinate 
107.22  the development of comprehensive timber harvesting and forest 
107.23  management guidelines.  The guidelines must address the water, 
107.24  air, soil, biotic, recreational, and aesthetic resources found 
107.25  in forest ecosystems by focusing on those impacts commonly 
107.26  associated with applying site-level forestry practices.  The 
107.27  guidelines must reflect a range of practical and sound practices 
107.28  based on the best available scientific information, and be 
107.29  integrated to minimize conflicting recommendations while being 
107.30  easy to understand and implement.  Best management practices 
107.31  previously developed for forest management must be incorporated 
107.32  into the guidelines.  By June 30, 2003, the council 
107.33  shall periodically review and, when if deemed necessary, update 
107.34  the guidelines.  Changes to the guidelines shall be peer 
107.35  reviewed prior to final adoption by the council.  By December 
107.36  1999, the council must undertake a peer review of the 
108.1   recommendations in the forest management guidelines adopted in 
108.2   December 1998 for protecting forest riparian areas and seasonal 
108.3   ponds. 
108.4      Subd. 2.  [ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.] Before the 
108.5   implementation of timber harvesting and forest management 
108.6   guidelines, new site-level practices and landscape-level 
108.7   programs, the council shall analyze the costs and benefits of 
108.8   new site-level practices and landscape-level programs.  When the 
108.9   analysis concludes that new landscape-level programs and 
108.10  site-level practices will result in adverse economic effects, 
108.11  including decreased timber supply and negative effects on 
108.12  tourism, opportunities to offset those effects must be 
108.13  explored.  The council shall also: 
108.14     (1) identify and quantify forest and timberland acreages 
108.15  that will no longer be available for harvest; and 
108.16     (2) encourage public resource agencies to provide 
108.17  sustainable, predictable supplies of high-quality forest 
108.18  resource benefits, including timber supplies that are consistent 
108.19  with their multiple mandates and diverse management objectives.  
108.20  These benefits should be provided by public resource agencies in 
108.21  proportion to their forest land's capability to do so. 
108.22     Subd. 2a.  [REVIEW.] In reviewing the guidelines, the 
108.23  council must consider information from forest resources, 
108.24  practices, compliance, and effectiveness monitoring programs of 
108.25  the department.  The council's recommendations relating to 
108.26  revisions to the forest management guidelines must be subject to 
108.27  peer reviewers appointed by the council.  The council must 
108.28  consider recommendations of peer reviewers prior to final 
108.29  adoption of revisions to the guidelines. 
108.30     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION.] The timber harvesting and forest 
108.31  management guidelines are voluntary.  Prior to their actual use, 
108.32  the council shall must develop guideline implementation goals 
108.33  for each major forest land ownership category.  If the 
108.34  information developed as a result of the forest resources, 
108.35  practices, compliance, and effectiveness monitoring programs 
108.36  established in section 89A.07 conducted by the department or 
109.1   other information obtained by the council indicates the 
109.2   implementation goals for the guidelines are not being met and 
109.3   the council determines significant adverse impacts are 
109.4   occurring, the council shall recommend to the governor 
109.5   additional measures to address those impacts.  The council shall 
109.6   must incorporate the recommendations as part of the council's 
109.7   biennial report required by section 89A.03, subdivision 6. 
109.8      Subd. 4.  [MONITORING RIPARIAN FORESTS.] The commissioner, 
109.9   with program advice from the council, shall accelerate 
109.10  monitoring the extent and condition of riparian forests, the 
109.11  extent to which harvesting occurs within riparian management 
109.12  zones and seasonal ponds, and the use and effectiveness of 
109.13  timber harvesting and forest management guidelines applied in 
109.14  riparian management zones and seasonal ponds.  This information 
109.15  shall, to the extent possible, be consistent with the monitoring 
109.16  programs identified in section 89A.07.  Information gathered on 
109.17  riparian forests and timber harvesting in riparian management 
109.18  zones and seasonal ponds as specified in this subdivision shall 
109.19  be presented to the legislature by February 2001 and in 
109.20  subsequent reports required in section 89A.03, subdivision 6. 
109.21     Sec. 96.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.06, is 
109.22  amended to read: 
109.23     89A.06 [LANDSCAPE-LEVEL FOREST RESOURCE PLANNING AND 
109.24  COORDINATION.] 
109.25     Subdivision 1.  [FRAMEWORK.] The council shall must 
109.26  establish a framework that will enable long-range strategic 
109.27  planning and landscape coordination to occur, to the extent 
109.28  possible, across all forested regions of the state and across 
109.29  all ownerships.  The framework must include: 
109.30     (1) identification of the landscapes within which 
109.31  long-range strategic planning of forest resources can occur, 
109.32  provided that the landscapes must be delineated based on broadly 
109.33  defined ecological units and existing classification systems, 
109.34  yet recognize existing political and administrative boundaries 
109.35  and planning processes; 
109.36     (2) a statement of principles and goals for landscape-based 
110.1   forest resource planning; and 
110.2      (3) identification of a general process by which 
110.3   landscape-based forest resource planning can occur occurs, 
110.4   provided that the process must give considerable latitude to 
110.5   design planning processes that fit the unique needs and 
110.6   resources of each landscape; reflect a balanced consideration of 
110.7   the economic, social, and environmental conditions and needs of 
110.8   each landscape; and interface and establish formats that are 
110.9   compatible with other landscape-based forest resource plans. 
110.10     Subd. 2.  [REGIONAL FOREST RESOURCE COMMITTEES.] To foster 
110.11  landscape-based forest resource planning, the council shall must 
110.12  establish regional forest resource committees.  The Each 
110.13  regional committees must committee shall: 
110.14     (1) include representative interests in a particular region 
110.15  that are committed to and involved in landscape planning and 
110.16  coordination activities; 
110.17     (2) serve as a forum for landowners, managers, and 
110.18  representative interests to discuss landscape forest resource 
110.19  issues; 
110.20     (3) identify and implement an open and public process 
110.21  whereby landscape-based strategic planning of forest resources 
110.22  can occur; 
110.23     (4) integrate its report with existing public and private 
110.24  landscape planning efforts in the region; 
110.25     (5) facilitate landscape coordination between existing 
110.26  regional landscape planning efforts of land managers, both 
110.27  public and private; 
110.28     (6) identify and facilitate opportunities for public 
110.29  participation in existing landscape planning efforts in this 
110.30  region; 
110.31     (7) identify sustainable forest resource goals for the 
110.32  landscape and strategies to achieve those goals; and 
110.33     (5) (8) provide a regional perspective to the council with 
110.34  respect to council activities. 
110.35     Subd. 2a.  [REGIONAL FOREST COMMITTEE REPORTING.] The 
110.36  council must report annually on the activities and progress made 
111.1   by the regional forest committees established under subdivision 
111.2   2, including the following: 
111.3      (1) by December 1, 1999, the regional committee for the 
111.4   council's northeast landscape will complete the identification 
111.5   of draft desired future outcomes, key issues, and strategies for 
111.6   the landscape; 
111.7      (2) by July 1, 2000, the council will complete assessments 
111.8   for the council's north central and southeast landscape regions; 
111.9      (3) by July 1, 2001, the regional committees for the north 
111.10  central and southeast landscapes will complete draft desired 
111.11  future outcomes, key issues, and strategies for their respective 
111.12  landscapes; and 
111.13     (4) the council will establish time lines for additional 
111.14  regional landscape committees and activities as staffing and 
111.15  funding allow. 
111.16     Subd. 3.  [REGIONAL COMMITTEE OFFICERS AND STAFF.] Each 
111.17  regional committee shall elect a chair from among its 
111.18  members The council chair may appoint a chair from the regional 
111.19  committee participants.  The council shall ensure must include 
111.20  in its budget request sufficient resources for each regional 
111.21  committees have sufficient staff resources committee to carry 
111.22  out their its mission as defined in this section. 
111.23     Subd. 4.  [REPORT.] Each regional committee shall must 
111.24  report to the council its work activities and accomplishments. 
111.25     Sec. 97.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.07, 
111.26  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
111.27     Subd. 3.  [EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING.] The commissioner, in 
111.28  cooperation with other research and land management 
111.29  organizations, shall evaluate the effectiveness of practices to 
111.30  mitigate impacts of timber harvesting and forest management 
111.31  activities on the state's forest resources.  The council shall 
111.32  provide oversight and program direction for the development and 
111.33  implementation of this monitoring program.  The commissioner 
111.34  shall report to the council on the effectiveness of these 
111.35  practices. 
111.36     Sec. 98.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.07, 
112.1   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
112.2      Subd. 5.  [CITIZEN CONCERNS.] The council shall facilitate 
112.3   the establishment of a process to accept comments from the 
112.4   public on negligent timber harvesting or forest management 
112.5   practices.  Comments must also be directed to the organization 
112.6   administering the certification program. 
112.7      Sec. 99.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 89A.10, is 
112.8   amended to read: 
112.9      89A.10 [CONTINUING EDUCATION; CERTIFICATION.] 
112.10     It is the policy of the state to encourage timber 
112.11  harvesters and forest resource professionals to establish 
112.12  voluntary certification and continuing education programs within 
112.13  their respective professions that promote sustainable forest 
112.14  management.  The council shall, where appropriate, facilitate 
112.15  the development of these programs. 
112.16     Sec. 100.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 92.45, is 
112.17  amended to read: 
112.18     92.45 [STATE LAND ON MEANDERED LAKES WITHDRAWN FROM SALE.] 
112.19     All state lands bordering on or adjacent to meandered lakes 
112.20  and other public waters and watercourses, with the live timber 
112.21  growing on them, are withdrawn from sale except as provided in 
112.22  this section.  The commissioner of natural resources may sell 
112.23  the timber as otherwise provided by law for cutting and removal 
112.24  under conditions the commissioner prescribes.  The conditions 
112.25  must be in accordance with approved, sustained-yield forestry 
112.26  practices.  The commissioner must reserve the timber and impose 
112.27  other conditions the commissioner deems necessary to protect 
112.28  watersheds, wildlife habitat, shorelines, and scenic features.  
112.29  Within the area in Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties described 
112.30  in the act of Congress approved July 10, 1930, (Statutes at 
112.31  Large, volume 46, page 1020), the timber on state lands is 
112.32  subject to restrictions like those now imposed by the act on 
112.33  federal lands. 
112.34     The following land is reserved for public travel:  of all 
112.35  land bordering on or adjacent to meandered lakes and other 
112.36  public waters and watercourses and withdrawn from sale, a strip 
113.1   two rods wide, the ordinary high-water mark being its waterside 
113.2   boundary, and its landside boundary a line drawn parallel to the 
113.3   ordinary high-water mark and two rods distant landward from it.  
113.4   Wherever the conformation of the shore line or conditions 
113.5   require, the commissioner must reserve a wider strip. 
113.6      Except for sales under section 282.018, subdivision 1, when 
113.7   a state agency or any other unit of government requests the 
113.8   legislature to authorize the sale of state lands bordering on or 
113.9   adjacent to meandered lakes and other public waters and 
113.10  watercourses, the commissioner shall evaluate the lands and 
113.11  their public benefits and make recommendations on the proposed 
113.12  dispositions to the committees of the legislature with 
113.13  jurisdiction over natural resources.  The commissioner shall 
113.14  include any recommendations of the commissioner for disposition 
113.15  of lands withdrawn from sale under this section over which the 
113.16  commissioner has jurisdiction.  The commissioner's 
113.17  recommendations may include a public sale, sale to a private 
113.18  party, acquisition by the commissioner for public purposes, 
113.19  retention of a conservation easement for shoreland preservation 
113.20  by the commissioner under chapter 84C, or a cooperative 
113.21  management agreement with, or transfer to, another unit of 
113.22  government. 
113.23     The commissioner may sell state lands bordering on or 
113.24  adjacent to the Mississippi river or any lakes, waters, and 
113.25  watercourses in its bottom lands, desired or needed by the 
113.26  United States government for, or in connection with, any project 
113.27  heretofore authorized by Congress, to improve navigation in the 
113.28  Mississippi River at public sale according to law, as in other 
113.29  cases, upon application by an authorized United States 
113.30  official.  The application must describe the land and include a 
113.31  map showing its location with reference to adjoining properties. 
113.32     Sec. 101.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 92.46, 
113.33  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
113.34     Subdivision 1.  [PUBLIC CAMPGROUNDS.] (a) The director may 
113.35  designate suitable portions of the state lands withdrawn from 
113.36  sale and not reserved, as provided in section 92.45, as 
114.1   permanent state public campgrounds.  The director may have the 
114.2   land surveyed and platted into lots of convenient size, and 
114.3   lease them for cottage and camp purposes under terms and 
114.4   conditions the director prescribes, subject to the provisions of 
114.5   this section.  
114.6      (b) A lease may not be for a term more than 20 years.  The 
114.7   lease may allow renewal, from time to time, for additional terms 
114.8   of no longer than 20 years each.  The lease may be canceled by 
114.9   the commissioner 90 days after giving the person leasing the 
114.10  land written notice of violation of lease conditions.  The lease 
114.11  rate shall be based on the appraised value of leased land as 
114.12  determined by the commissioner of natural resources and shall be 
114.13  adjusted by the commissioner at the fifth, tenth, and 15th 
114.14  anniversary of the lease, if the appraised value has increased 
114.15  or decreased.  For leases that are renewed in 1991 and following 
114.16  years, the lease rate shall be five percent of the appraised 
114.17  value of the leased land.  The appraised value shall be the 
114.18  value of the leased land without any private improvements and 
114.19  must be comparable to similar land without any improvements 
114.20  within the same county.  The minimum appraised value that the 
114.21  commissioner assigns to the leased land must be substantially 
114.22  equal to the county assessor's estimated market value of similar 
114.23  land adjusted by the assessment/sales ratio as determined by the 
114.24  department of revenue. 
114.25     (c) By July 1, 1986, the commissioner of natural resources 
114.26  shall adopt rules under chapter 14 to establish procedures for 
114.27  leasing land under this section.  The rules shall be subject to 
114.28  review and approval by the commissioners of revenue and 
114.29  administration prior to the initial publication pursuant to 
114.30  chapter 14 and prior to their final adoption.  The rules must 
114.31  address at least the following: 
114.32     (1) method of appraising the property; and 
114.33     (2) an appeal procedure for both the appraised values and 
114.34  lease rates. 
114.35     (d) All money received from these leases must be credited 
114.36  to the fund to which the proceeds of the land belong.  
115.1      Notwithstanding section 16A.125 or any other law to the 
115.2   contrary, 50 beginning in fiscal year 1999, 100 percent of the 
115.3   money received from the lease of permanent school fund lands 
115.4   leased pursuant to this subdivision must be credited to the 
115.5   lakeshore leasing and sales account in the permanent school fund 
115.6   and is appropriated for use to survey, appraise, and pay 
115.7   associated selling and, leasing, or exchange costs of lots as 
115.8   required in this section and Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 
115.9   92.67, subdivision 3.  The money may not be used to pay the cost 
115.10  of surveying lots not scheduled for sale.  Any money designated 
115.11  for deposit in the permanent school fund that is not needed to 
115.12  survey, appraise, and pay associated selling and, leasing, or 
115.13  exchange costs of lots, as required in this section, shall be 
115.14  deposited in the permanent school fund.  The commissioner shall 
115.15  add to the appraised value of any lot offered for sale or 
115.16  exchange the costs of surveying, appraising, and selling 
115.17  disposing of the lot, and shall first deposit into the permanent 
115.18  school fund an amount equal to the costs of surveying, 
115.19  appraising, and selling disposing of any lot paid out of the 
115.20  permanent school fund.  Any remaining money shall be deposited 
115.21  into any other contributing funds in proportion to the 
115.22  contribution from each fund.  In no case may the commissioner 
115.23  add to the appraised value of any lot offered for sale or 
115.24  exchange an amount more than $700 for the actual contract 
115.25  service costs of surveying and, appraising, and disposing of the 
115.26  lot. 
115.27     Sec. 102.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97A.075, 
115.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
115.29     Subdivision 1.  [DEER AND BEAR LICENSES.] (a) For purposes 
115.30  of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under 
115.31  section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), and (9), and 
115.32  3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses issued under section 
115.33  97B.301, subdivision 4.  
115.34     (b) At least $2 from each deer license shall be used for 
115.35  deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.  
115.36     (c) At least $1 from each deer license and each bear 
116.1   license shall be used for deer and bear management programs, 
116.2   including a computerized licensing system.  Fifty cents from 
116.3   each deer license is appropriated for emergency deer feeding.  
116.4   Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding is available until 
116.5   expended.  When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation 
116.6   for emergency deer feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds 
116.7   $750,000 $1,500,000 for the first time, $750,000 is canceled to 
116.8   the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund and the 
116.9   amount appropriated for emergency deer feeding is reduced to 25 
116.10  cents from each deer license.  
116.11     Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the 
116.12  appropriation for emergency deer feeding exceeds $1,500,000 at 
116.13  the end of a fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in excess of 
116.14  $1,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 
116.15  management programs and computerized licensing. 
116.16     Sec. 103.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.020, is 
116.17  amended to read: 
116.18     97B.020 [FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.] 
116.19     Except as provided in this section, a person born after 
116.20  December 31, 1979, may not obtain a license to take wild animals 
116.21  by firearms.  A person may obtain a hunting license if unless 
116.22  the person has a firearms safety certificate or equivalent 
116.23  certificate, driver's license or identification card with a 
116.24  valid firearms safety qualification indicator issued under 
116.25  section 171.07, subdivision 13, previous hunting license, or 
116.26  other evidence indicating that the person has completed in this 
116.27  state or in another state a hunter safety course recognized by 
116.28  the department under a reciprocity agreement.  A person who is 
116.29  on active duty and has successfully completed basic training in 
116.30  the United States armed forces, reserve component, or national 
116.31  guard may obtain a hunting license or approval authorizing 
116.32  hunting regardless of whether the person is issued a firearms 
116.33  safety certificate. 
116.34     Sec. 104.  [97C.326] [UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA RESTRICTION.] 
116.35     A person who is fishing in the waters of this state and has 
116.36  immediate possession or control of an underwater video camera 
117.1   must immediately return all fish to the water that are in the 
117.2   person's possession on the water or on the ice.  For the 
117.3   purposes of this section, an underwater video camera that is in 
117.4   a fish house, or in the possession of any member of a fishing 
117.5   party, as that term is defined in section 97C.317, is considered 
117.6   to be in the immediate possession of each occupant of the fish 
117.7   house or each member of the party. 
117.8      Sec. 105.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103G.271, 
117.9   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
117.10     Subd. 6.  [WATER USE PERMIT PROCESSING FEE.] (a) Except as 
117.11  described in paragraphs (b) to (f), a water use permit 
117.12  processing fee must be prescribed by the commissioner in 
117.13  accordance with the following schedule of fees for each water 
117.14  use permit in force at any time during the year: 
117.15     (1) 0.05 cents per 1,000 gallons for the first 50,000,000 
117.16  gallons per year; 
117.17     (2) 0.10 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.18  50,000,000 gallons but less than 100,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.19     (3) 0.15 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.20  100,000,000 gallons but less than 150,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.21     (4) 0.20 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.22  150,000,000 gallons but less than 200,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.23     (5) 0.25 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.24  200,000,000 gallons but less than 250,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.25     (6) 0.30 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.26  250,000,000 gallons but less than 300,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.27     (7) 0.35 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.28  300,000,000 gallons but less than 350,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.29     (8) 0.40 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.30  350,000,000 gallons but less than 400,000,000 gallons per year; 
117.31  and 
117.32     (9) 0.45 cents per 1,000 gallons for amounts greater than 
117.33  400,000,000 gallons per year.  
117.34     (b) For once-through cooling systems, a water use 
117.35  processing fee must be prescribed by the commissioner in 
117.36  accordance with the following schedule of fees for each water 
118.1   use permit in force at any time during the year: 
118.2      (1) for nonprofit corporations and school districts, 15.0 
118.3   cents per 1,000 gallons; and 
118.4      (2) for all other users, 20 cents per 1,000 gallons. 
118.5      (c) The fee is payable based on the amount of water 
118.6   appropriated during the year and, except as provided in 
118.7   paragraph (f), the minimum fee is $50.  
118.8      (d) For water use processing fees other than once-through 
118.9   cooling systems:  
118.10     (1) the fee for a city of the first class may not exceed 
118.11  $175,000 per year; 
118.12     (2) the fee for other entities for any permitted use may 
118.13  not exceed: 
118.14     (i) $35,000 per year for an entity holding three or fewer 
118.15  permits; 
118.16     (ii) $50,000 per year for an entity holding four or five 
118.17  permits; 
118.18     (iii) $175,000 per year for an entity holding more than 
118.19  five permits; 
118.20     (3) the fee for agricultural irrigation may not exceed $750 
118.21  per year; 
118.22     (4) the fee for a municipality that furnishes electric 
118.23  service and cogenerates steam for home heating may not exceed 
118.24  $10,000 for its permit for water use related to the cogeneration 
118.25  of electricity and steam; and 
118.26     (5) no fee is required for a project involving the 
118.27  appropriation of surface water to prevent flood damage or to 
118.28  remove flood waters during a period of flooding, as determined 
118.29  by the commissioner.  
118.30     (e) Failure to pay the fee is sufficient cause for revoking 
118.31  a permit.  A penalty of two percent per month calculated from 
118.32  the original due date must be imposed on the unpaid balance of 
118.33  fees remaining 30 days after the sending of a second notice of 
118.34  fees due.  A fee may not be imposed on an agency, as defined in 
118.35  section 16B.01, subdivision 2, or federal governmental agency 
118.36  holding a water appropriation permit. 
119.1      (f) The minimum water use processing fee for a permit 
119.2   issued for irrigation of agricultural land is $10 for years in 
119.3   which: 
119.4      (1) there is no appropriation of water under the permit; or 
119.5      (2) the permit is suspended for more than seven consecutive 
119.6   days between May 1 and October 1. 
119.7      (g) For once-through systems fees payable after July 1, 
119.8   1993, 75 percent of the fees must be credited to a special 
119.9   account and are appropriated to the Minnesota public facilities 
119.10  authority for loans under section 446A.21. 
119.11     Sec. 106.  [103G.705] [STREAM PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT 
119.12  LOAN PROGRAM.] 
119.13     Subdivision 1.  [LOAN PROGRAM.] (a) A political subdivision 
119.14  may apply to the commissioner on forms provided by the 
119.15  commissioner for a loan for up to 90 percent of the total local 
119.16  cost of a project to protect or improve a stream.  The 
119.17  commissioner shall apportion loans according to the potential 
119.18  for prevention of immediate harm to the stream, the relative 
119.19  need for maintenance or improvements, the date of the 
119.20  application for the loan, and the availability of funds. 
119.21     (b) By January 15 of each year, the commissioner must 
119.22  provide the legislature with a list of all applications received 
119.23  by the commissioner, the loan amounts requested, and a listing 
119.24  and explanation of the disposition of the applications. 
119.25     (c) The commissioner must make the loan to the political 
119.26  subdivision in the amount determined by the commissioner and 
119.27  under the terms specified in this section.  Loans made under 
119.28  this section do not require the approval of the electors of the 
119.29  political subdivision as provided in section 475.58 and do not 
119.30  constitute net debt for purposes of section 475.53 or any debt 
119.31  limitation provision of any special law or city charter.  
119.32     (d) A loan made under this section must be repaid without 
119.33  interest over a period not to exceed ten years.  The 
119.34  commissioner may charge an annual administrative fee to the 
119.35  political subdivision. 
119.36     (e) A political subdivision receiving a loan made under 
120.1   this section must levy for the loan repayment beginning in the 
120.2   year the loan proceeds are received and succeeding years until 
120.3   the loan and the associated administrative costs are repaid.  
120.4   The levy must be for: 
120.5      (1) the amount of the annual loan repayment and the 
120.6   associated administrative costs; or 
120.7      (2) the amount of the annual loan repayment and 
120.8   administrative costs less the amount the political subdivision 
120.9   certifies it has received from other sources for the loan 
120.10  repayment. 
120.11     Subd. 2.  [STREAM PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FUND.] There 
120.12  is established in the state treasury a stream protection and 
120.13  redevelopment fund.  All repayments of loans made and 
120.14  administrative fees assessed under subdivision 1 must be 
120.15  deposited in this fund.  Interest earned on money in the fund 
120.16  accrues to the fund and money in the fund is appropriated to the 
120.17  commissioner of natural resources for purposes of the stream 
120.18  protection and redevelopment program, including costs incurred 
120.19  by the commissioner to establish and administer the program. 
120.20     Sec. 107.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.55, 
120.21  subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
120.22     Subd. 5a.  [INSPECTION CRITERIA FOR EXISTING SYSTEMS.] (a) 
120.23  An inspection of an existing system must evaluate the criteria 
120.24  in paragraphs (b) to (h) (j). 
120.25     (b) If the inspector finds one or more of the following 
120.26  conditions: 
120.27     (1) sewage discharge to surface water; 
120.28     (2) sewage discharge to ground surface; 
120.29     (3) sewage backup; or 
120.30     (4) any other situation with the potential to immediately 
120.31  and adversely affect or threaten public health or safety, 
120.32  then the system constitutes an imminent threat to public health 
120.33  or safety and, if not repaired, must be upgraded, replaced, or 
120.34  its use discontinued within ten months of receipt of the notice 
120.35  described in subdivision 5b, or within a shorter period of time 
120.36  if required by local ordinance. 
121.1      (c) An existing system that has none of the conditions in 
121.2   paragraph (b), and has at least two feet of soil separation need 
121.3   not be upgraded, repaired, replaced, or its use discontinued, 
121.4   notwithstanding any local ordinance that is more restrictive. 
121.5      (d) Paragraph (c) does not apply to systems in shoreland 
121.6   areas regulated under sections 103F.201 to 103F.221, wellhead 
121.7   protection areas as defined in section 103I.005, or those used 
121.8   in connection with food, beverage, and lodging establishments 
121.9   regulated under chapter 157. 
121.10     (e) If the local unit of government with jurisdiction over 
121.11  the system has adopted an ordinance containing local standards 
121.12  pursuant to subdivision 7, the existing system must comply with 
121.13  the ordinance.  If the system does not comply with the 
121.14  ordinance, it must be upgraded, replaced, or its use 
121.15  discontinued according to the ordinance. 
121.16     (f) If a seepage pit, drywell, cesspool, or leaching pit 
121.17  exists and the local unit of government with jurisdiction over 
121.18  the system has not adopted local standards to the contrary, the 
121.19  system is failing and must be upgraded, replaced, or its use 
121.20  discontinued within the time required by subdivision 3 or local 
121.21  ordinance. 
121.22     (g) If the system fails to provide sufficient groundwater 
121.23  protection, then the local unit of government or its agent shall 
121.24  order that the system be upgraded, replaced, or its use 
121.25  discontinued within the time required by rule or the local 
121.26  ordinance. 
121.27     (h) The authority to find a threat to public health under 
121.28  section 145A.04, subdivision 8, is in addition to the authority 
121.29  to make a finding under paragraphs (b) to (d). 
121.30     (i) Local inspectors must use the standard inspection form 
121.31  provided by the agency.  The inspection information required by 
121.32  local ordinance may be included as an attachment to the standard 
121.33  form.  The following language must appear on the standard form:  
121.34  "If an existing system is not failing as defined in law, and has 
121.35  at least two feet of design soil separation, then the system 
121.36  need not be upgraded, repaired, replaced, or its use 
122.1   discontinued, notwithstanding any local ordinance that is more 
122.2   strict.  This does not apply to systems in shoreland areas, 
122.3   wellhead protection areas, or those used in connection with 
122.4   food, beverage, and lodging establishments as defined in law." 
122.5      (j) For the purposes of this subdivision, an "existing 
122.6   system" means a functioning system installed prior to April 1, 
122.7   1996. 
122.8      Sec. 108.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.908, 
122.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
122.10     Subd. 2.  [DEPOSIT OF REVENUE.] Revenue collected shall be 
122.11  credited to the motor vehicle transfer account in the 
122.12  environmental fund.  As cash flow permits, the commissioner of 
122.13  finance must transfer (1) $3,200,000 each fiscal year from the 
122.14  motor vehicle transfer account to the environmental response, 
122.15  compensation, and compliance account established in section 
122.16  115B.20; and (2) $1,200,000 each fiscal year from the motor 
122.17  vehicle transfer account to the general fund. 
122.18     Sec. 109.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.9651, 
122.19  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
122.20     Subd. 6.  [PRODUCT REVIEW REPORTS.] (a) Except as provided 
122.21  under subdivision 7, the manufacturer, or an association of 
122.22  manufacturers, of any specified product distributed for sale or 
122.23  use in this state that is not listed pursuant to subdivision 4 
122.24  shall submit a product review report and fee as provided in 
122.25  paragraph (c) to the commissioner for each product by July 1, 
122.26  1998.  Each product review report shall contain at least the 
122.27  following: 
122.28     (1) a policy statement articulating upper management 
122.29  support for eliminating or reducing intentional introduction of 
122.30  listed metals into its products; 
122.31     (2) a description of the product and the amount of each 
122.32  listed metal distributed for use in this state; 
122.33     (3) a description of past and ongoing efforts to eliminate 
122.34  or reduce the listed metal in the product; 
122.35     (4) an assessment of options available to reduce or 
122.36  eliminate the intentional introduction of the listed metal 
123.1   including any alternatives to the specified product that do not 
123.2   contain the listed metal, perform the same technical function, 
123.3   are commercially available, and are economically practicable; 
123.4      (5) a statement of objectives in numerical terms and a 
123.5   schedule for achieving the elimination of the listed metals and 
123.6   an environmental assessment of alternative products; 
123.7      (6) a listing of options considered not to be technically 
123.8   or economically practicable; and 
123.9      (7) certification attesting to the accuracy of the 
123.10  information in the report signed and dated by an official of the 
123.11  manufacturer or user. 
123.12  If the manufacturer fails to submit a product review report, a 
123.13  user of a specified product may submit a report and fee which 
123.14  comply with this subdivision by August 15, 1998. 
123.15     (b) By July 1, 1999, and annually thereafter until the 
123.16  commissioner takes action under subdivision 9, the manufacturer 
123.17  or user must submit a progress report and fee as provided in 
123.18  paragraph (c) updating the information presented under paragraph 
123.19  (a). 
123.20     (c) The fee shall be $295 $750 for each report.  The fee 
123.21  shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
123.22  environmental fund. 
123.23     (d) Where it cannot be determined from a progress report 
123.24  submitted by a person pursuant to Laws 1994, chapter 585, 
123.25  section 30, subdivision 2, paragraph (e), the number of products 
123.26  for which product review reports are due under this subdivision, 
123.27  the commissioner shall have the authority to determine, after 
123.28  consultation with that person, the number of products for which 
123.29  product review reports are required. 
123.30     (e) The commissioner shall summarize, aggregate, and 
123.31  publish data reported under paragraphs (a) and (b) annually. 
123.32     (f) A product that is the subject of a decision under 
123.33  section 115A.965 is exempt from this section. 
123.34     Sec. 110.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.175, 
123.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
123.36     Subd. 2.  [PARTIAL RESPONSE ACTION PLANS; CRITERIA FOR 
124.1   APPROVAL.] (a) The commissioner may approve a voluntary response 
124.2   action plan submitted under this section that does not require 
124.3   removal or remedy of all releases and threatened releases at an 
124.4   identified area of real property if the commissioner determines 
124.5   that all of the following criteria have been met: 
124.6      (1) if reuse or development of the property is proposed, 
124.7   the voluntary response action plan provides for all response 
124.8   actions required to carry out the proposed reuse or development 
124.9   in a manner that meets the same standards for protection that 
124.10  apply to response actions taken or requested under section 
124.11  115B.17, subdivision 1 or 2; 
124.12     (2) the response actions and the activities associated with 
124.13  any reuse or development proposed for the property will not 
124.14  aggravate or contribute to releases or threatened releases that 
124.15  are not required to be removed or remedied under the voluntary 
124.16  response action plan, and will not interfere with or 
124.17  substantially increase the cost of response actions to address 
124.18  the remaining releases or threatened releases; and 
124.19     (3) the owner of the property agrees to cooperate with the 
124.20  commissioner or other persons acting at the direction of the 
124.21  commissioner in taking response actions necessary to address 
124.22  remaining releases or threatened releases, and to avoid any 
124.23  action that interferes with the response actions. 
124.24     (b) Under paragraph (a), clause (3), an owner may be 
124.25  required to agree to any or all of the following terms necessary 
124.26  to carry out response actions to address remaining releases or 
124.27  threatened releases: 
124.28     (1) to provide access to the property to the commissioner 
124.29  and the commissioner's authorized representatives; 
124.30     (2) to allow the commissioner, or persons acting at the 
124.31  direction of the commissioner, to undertake reasonable and 
124.32  necessary activities at the property including placement of 
124.33  borings, wells, equipment, and structures on the property, 
124.34  provided that the activities do not unreasonably interfere with 
124.35  the proposed reuse or redevelopment; and 
124.36     (3) to grant easements or other interests in the property 
125.1   to the agency for any of the purposes provided in clause (1) or 
125.2   (2). 
125.3      (c) An agreement under paragraph (a), clause (3), must 
125.4   apply to and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the 
125.5   owner.  The owner shall record the agreement, or a memorandum 
125.6   approved by the commissioner that summarizes the agreement, with 
125.7   the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county where 
125.8   the property is located. 
125.9      (d) For the purpose of qualifying for a grant under section 
125.10  116J.554, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), a letter from the 
125.11  commissioner that no removal or remedial action is required 
125.12  shall be considered an approved response action plan. 
125.13     Sec. 111.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.39, 
125.14  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
125.15     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) In addition to the definitions 
125.16  in this subdivision, the definitions in sections 115A.03 and 
125.17  115B.02 apply to sections 115B.39 to 115B.445, except as 
125.18  specifically modified in this subdivision. 
125.19     (b) "Cleanup order" means a consent order between 
125.20  responsible persons and the agency or an order issued by the 
125.21  United States Environmental Protection Agency under section 106 
125.22  of the federal Superfund Act. 
125.23     (c) "Closure" means actions to prevent or minimize the 
125.24  threat to public health and the environment posed by a mixed 
125.25  municipal solid waste disposal facility that has stopped 
125.26  accepting waste by controlling the sources of releases or 
125.27  threatened releases at the facility.  "Closure" includes 
125.28  removing contaminated equipment and liners; applying final 
125.29  cover; grading and seeding final cover; installing wells, 
125.30  borings, and other monitoring devices; constructing groundwater 
125.31  and surface water diversion structures; and installing gas 
125.32  control systems and site security systems, as necessary.  The 
125.33  commissioner may authorize use of final cover that includes 
125.34  processed materials that meet the requirements in Code of 
125.35  Federal Regulations, title 40, section 503.32, paragraph (a). 
125.36     (d) "Closure upgrade" means construction activity that 
126.1   will, at a minimum, modify an existing cover so that it 
126.2   satisfies current rule requirements for mixed municipal solid 
126.3   waste land disposal facilities. 
126.4      (e) "Contingency action" means organized, planned, or 
126.5   coordinated courses of action to be followed in case of fire, 
126.6   explosion, or release of solid waste, waste by-products, or 
126.7   leachate that could threaten human health or the environment. 
126.8      (f) "Corrective action" means steps taken to repair 
126.9   facility structures including liners, monitoring wells, 
126.10  separation equipment, covers, and aeration devices and to bring 
126.11  the facility into compliance with design, construction, 
126.12  groundwater, surface water, and air emission standards. 
126.13     (g) "Decomposition gases" means gases produced by chemical 
126.14  or microbial activity during the decomposition of solid waste. 
126.15     (h) "Dump materials" means nonhazardous mixed municipal 
126.16  solid wastes disposed at a Minnesota waste disposal site other 
126.17  than a qualified facility prior to 1973. 
126.18     (i) "Environmental response action" means response action 
126.19  at a qualified facility, including corrective action, closure, 
126.20  postclosure care; contingency action; environmental studies, 
126.21  including remedial investigations and feasibility studies; 
126.22  engineering, including remedial design; removal; remedial 
126.23  action; site construction; and other similar cleanup-related 
126.24  activities.  
126.25     (j) "Environmental response costs" means: 
126.26     (1) costs of environmental response action, not including 
126.27  legal or administrative expenses; and 
126.28     (2) costs required to be paid to the federal government 
126.29  under section 107(a) of the federal Superfund Act, as amended. 
126.30     (k) "Postclosure" or "postclosure care" means actions taken 
126.31  for the care, maintenance, and monitoring of closure actions at 
126.32  a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility. 
126.33     (l) "Qualified facility" means a mixed municipal solid 
126.34  waste disposal facility as described in the most recent agency 
126.35  permit, including adjacent property used for solid waste 
126.36  disposal that did not occur under a permit from the agency, that:
127.1      (1)(i) is or was permitted by the agency; 
127.2      (2) (ii) stopped accepting solid waste, except demolition 
127.3   debris, for disposal by April 9, 1994; and 
127.4      (3) (iii) stopped accepting demolition debris for disposal 
127.5   by June 1, 1994, except that demolition debris may be accepted 
127.6   until May 1, 1995, at a permitted area where disposal of 
127.7   demolition debris is allowed, if the area where the demolition 
127.8   debris is deposited is at least 50 feet from the fill boundary 
127.9   of the area where mixed municipal solid waste was deposited; or 
127.10     (2)(i) is or was permitted by the agency; and 
127.11     (ii) stopped accepting waste by January 1, 2000, except 
127.12  that demolition debris, industrial waste, and municipal solid 
127.13  waste combustor ash may be accepted until January 1, 2001, at a 
127.14  permitted area where disposal of such waste is allowed, if the 
127.15  area where the waste is deposited is at least 50 feet from the 
127.16  fill boundary of the area where mixed municipal solid waste was 
127.17  deposited. 
127.18     Sec. 112.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
127.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
127.20     Subd. 2.  [PRIORITY LIST.] (a) The commissioner shall 
127.21  establish a priority list for preventing or responding to 
127.22  releases of hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants, 
127.23  or decomposition gases at qualified facilities defined in 
127.24  section 115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1).  The 
127.25  commissioner shall periodically revise the list to reflect 
127.26  changing conditions at facilities that affect priority for 
127.27  response actions.  The initial priority list must be established 
127.28  by January 1, 1995. 
127.29     (b) The priority list required under this subdivision must 
127.30  be based on the relative risk or danger to public health or 
127.31  welfare or the environment, taking into account to the extent 
127.32  possible the population at risk, the hazardous potential of the 
127.33  hazardous substances at the facility, the potential for 
127.34  contamination of drinking water supplies, the potential for 
127.35  direct human contact, and the potential for destruction of 
127.36  sensitive ecosystems. 
128.1      Sec. 113.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
128.2   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
128.3      Subd. 3.  [NOTIFICATION.] By September 1, 1994, the 
128.4   commissioner shall notify the owner or operator of, and persons 
128.5   subject to a cleanup order at, each qualified facility defined 
128.6   in section 115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1), of 
128.7   whether the requirements of subdivision 4 or 5 have been met.  
128.8   If the requirements have not been met at a facility, the 
128.9   commissioner, by the earliest practicable date, shall notify the 
128.10  owner or operator and persons subject to a cleanup order of what 
128.11  actions need to be taken.  
128.12     Sec. 114.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
128.13  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
128.14     Subd. 4.  [QUALIFIED FACILITY NOT UNDER CLEANUP ORDER; 
128.15  DUTIES.] (a) The owner or operator of a qualified facility that 
128.16  is not subject to a cleanup order shall: 
128.17     (1) complete closure activities at the facility, or enter 
128.18  into a binding agreement with the commissioner to do so, as 
128.19  provided in paragraph (d) (e), within one year from the date the 
128.20  owner or operator is notified by the commissioner under 
128.21  subdivision 3 of the closure activities that are necessary to 
128.22  properly close the facility in compliance with facility's 
128.23  permit, closure orders, or enforcement agreement with the 
128.24  agency, and with the solid waste rules in effect at the time the 
128.25  facility stopped accepting waste; 
128.26     (2) undertake or continue postclosure care at the facility 
128.27  until the date of notice of compliance under subdivision 7; 
128.28     (3) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
128.29  115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1), transfer to 
128.30  the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the solid waste fund 
128.31  established in section 115B.42 any funds required for proof of 
128.32  financial responsibility under section 116.07, subdivision 4h, 
128.33  that remain after facility closure and any postclosure care and 
128.34  response action undertaken by the owner or operator at the 
128.35  facility including, if proof of financial responsibility is 
128.36  provided through a letter of credit or other financial 
129.1   instrument or mechanism that does not accumulate money in an 
129.2   account, the amount that would have accumulated had the owner or 
129.3   operator utilized a trust fund, less any amount used for 
129.4   closure, postclosure care, and response action at the 
129.5   facility; and 
129.6      (4) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
129.7   115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (2), transfer to 
129.8   the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the solid waste fund 
129.9   established in section 115B.42 an amount of cash that is equal 
129.10  to the sum of their approved current contingency action cost 
129.11  estimate and the present value of their approved estimated 
129.12  remaining postclosure care costs required for proof of financial 
129.13  responsibility under section 116.07, subdivision 4h. 
129.14     (b) The owner or operator of a qualified facility that is 
129.15  not subject to a cleanup order shall:  
129.16     (1) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
129.17  115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1), provide the 
129.18  commissioner with a copy of all applicable comprehensive general 
129.19  liability insurance policies and other liability policies 
129.20  relating to property damage, certificates, or other evidence of 
129.21  insurance coverage held during the life of the facility; and 
129.22     (5) (2) enter into a binding agreement with the 
129.23  commissioner to: 
129.24     (i) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
129.25  115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1), take any 
129.26  actions necessary to preserve the owner or operator's rights to 
129.27  payment or defense under insurance policies included in 
129.28  clause (4) (1); cooperate with the commissioner in asserting 
129.29  claims under the policies; and, within 60 days of a request by 
129.30  the commissioner, but no earlier than July 1, 1996, assign only 
129.31  those rights under the policies related to environmental 
129.32  response costs; 
129.33     (ii) cooperate with the commissioner or other persons 
129.34  acting at the direction of the commissioner in taking additional 
129.35  environmental response actions necessary to address releases or 
129.36  threatened releases and to avoid any action that interferes with 
130.1   environmental response actions, including allowing entry to the 
130.2   property and to the facility's records and allowing entry and 
130.3   installation of equipment; and 
130.4      (iii) refrain from developing or altering the use of 
130.5   property described in any permit for the facility except after 
130.6   consultation with the commissioner and in conformance with any 
130.7   conditions established by the commissioner for that property, 
130.8   including use restrictions, to protect public health and welfare 
130.9   and the environment. 
130.10     (b) (c) The owner or operator of a qualified facility 
130.11  defined in section 115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause 
130.12  (1), that is a political subdivision may use a portion of any 
130.13  funds established for response at the facility, which are 
130.14  available directly or through a financial instrument or other 
130.15  financial arrangement, for closure or postclosure care at the 
130.16  facility if funds available for closure or postclosure care are 
130.17  inadequate and shall assign the rights to any remainder to the 
130.18  commissioner. 
130.19     (c) (d) The agreement required in paragraph (a) (b), 
130.20  clause (5) (2), must be in writing and must apply to and be 
130.21  binding upon the successors and assigns of the owner.  The owner 
130.22  shall record the agreement, or a memorandum approved by the 
130.23  commissioner that summarizes the agreement, with the county 
130.24  recorder or registrar of titles of the county where the property 
130.25  is located. 
130.26     (d) (e) A binding agreement entered into under paragraph 
130.27  (a), clause (1), may include a provision that the owner or 
130.28  operator will reimburse the commissioner for the costs of 
130.29  closing the facility to the standard required in that clause. 
130.30     Sec. 115.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
130.31  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
130.32     Subd. 5.  [QUALIFIED FACILITY UNDER CLEANUP ORDER; DUTIES.] 
130.33  (a) For a qualified facility that is subject to a cleanup order, 
130.34  persons identified in the order shall complete construction of 
130.35  the remedy required under the cleanup order and: 
130.36     (1) for a federal order, receive a concurrent determination 
131.1   of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the 
131.2   agency or commissioner that the remedy is functioning properly 
131.3   and is performing as designed; or 
131.4      (2) for a state order, receive acknowledgment from the 
131.5   agency or commissioner that the obligations under the order for 
131.6   construction of the remedy have been met. 
131.7      (b) The owner or operator of a qualified facility that is 
131.8   subject to a cleanup order, in addition to any applicable 
131.9   requirement in paragraph (a), shall comply with subdivision 4, 
131.10  paragraph paragraphs (a), clauses clause (3) to (5) or (4); 
131.11  and (b). 
131.12     Sec. 116.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
131.13  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
131.14     Subd. 6.  [COMMISSIONER; DUTIES.] (a) If the owner or 
131.15  operator of a qualified facility that is subject to the 
131.16  requirements of subdivision 4, paragraph (a), fails to comply 
131.17  with subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), the 
131.18  commissioner shall: 
131.19     (1) undertake or complete closure activities at the 
131.20  facility in compliance with the solid waste rules in effect at 
131.21  the time the commissioner takes action under this clause; and 
131.22     (2) undertake or continue postclosure care at the facility 
131.23  as required under subdivision 2. 
131.24     (b) If a facility has been properly closed under 
131.25  subdivision 4, but the applicable closure requirements are less 
131.26  environmentally protective than closure requirements in the 
131.27  solid waste rules in effect on January 1, 1993, the commissioner 
131.28  shall determine whether the facility should be closed to the 
131.29  higher standards and, if so, shall undertake additional closure 
131.30  activities at the facility to meet those standards.  The 
131.31  commissioner may determine that additional closure activities 
131.32  are unnecessary only if it is likely that response actions will 
131.33  be taken in the near future and that those response actions will 
131.34  result in removal or significant alteration of the closure 
131.35  activities or render the closure activities unnecessary.  
131.36     Sec. 117.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
132.1   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
132.2      Subd. 7.  [NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE; EFFECTS.] (a) The 
132.3   commissioner shall provide written notice of compliance to the 
132.4   appropriate owner or operator or person subject to a cleanup 
132.5   order when: 
132.6      (1) the commissioner determines that the requirements of 
132.7   subdivision 4 or 5 have been met; and 
132.8      (2) the person who will receive the notice has submitted to 
132.9   the commissioner a written waiver of any claims the person may 
132.10  have against any other person for recovery of any environmental 
132.11  response costs related to a qualified facility that were 
132.12  incurred prior to the date of notice of compliance. 
132.13     (b) Beginning on the date of the notice of compliance: 
132.14     (1) the commissioner shall assume all obligations of the 
132.15  owner or operator or person for environmental response actions 
132.16  under the federal Superfund Act and any federal or state cleanup 
132.17  orders and shall undertake all further action under subdivision 
132.18  1 at or related to the facility that the commissioner deems 
132.19  appropriate and in accordance with the priority list; and 
132.20     (2) the commissioner may not seek recovery against the 
132.21  owner or operator of the facility or any responsible person of 
132.22  any costs incurred by the commissioner for environmental 
132.23  response action at or related to the facility, except: 
132.24     (i) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
132.25  115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1), to the extent 
132.26  of insurance coverage held by the owner or operator or 
132.27  responsible person; or 
132.28     (ii) as provided in section 115B.402. 
132.29     (c) The commissioner and the attorney general shall 
132.30  communicate with the United States Environmental Protection 
132.31  Agency addressing the manner and procedure for the state's 
132.32  assumption of federal obligations under paragraph (b), clause 
132.33  (1). 
132.34     Sec. 118.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.40, 
132.35  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
132.36     Subd. 8.  [STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS.] (a) With respect to 
133.1   claims for recovery of environmental response costs related to 
133.2   qualified facilities defined in section 115B.39, subdivision 2, 
133.3   paragraph (l), clause (1), the running of all applicable periods 
133.4   of limitation under state law is suspended until July 1, 2004. 
133.5      (b) A waiver of claims for recovery of environmental 
133.6   response costs under this section or section 115B.43 is 
133.7   extinguished for that portion of reimbursable costs under 
133.8   section 115B.43 that have not been reimbursed by July 1, 2004. 
133.9      Sec. 119.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.405, 
133.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
133.11     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION.] The owner or operator of a 
133.12  qualified facility may apply to the commissioner for exclusion 
133.13  from the landfill cleanup program under sections 115B.39, 
133.14  115B.40, 115B.41, 115B.412, and 115B.43.  Applications for 
133.15  qualified facilities defined in section 115B.39, subdivision 2, 
133.16  paragraph (l), clause (1), must be received by the commissioner 
133.17  by February 1, 1995.  Applications for qualified facilities 
133.18  defined in section 115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause 
133.19  (2), must be received by the commissioner by December 31, 1999.  
133.20  The owner or operator of a qualified facility that is subject to 
133.21  a federal cleanup order or that includes any portion that is 
133.22  tax-forfeited may not apply for exclusion under this section.  
133.23  In addition to other information required by the commissioner, 
133.24  an application must include a disclosure of all financial 
133.25  assurance accounts established for the facility.  Applications 
133.26  for exclusion must: 
133.27     (1) show that the operator or owner is complying with the 
133.28  agency's rules adopted under section 116.07, subdivision 4h, and 
133.29  is complying with a financial assurance plan for the facility 
133.30  that the commissioner has approved after determining that the 
133.31  plan is adequate to provide for closure, postclosure care, and 
133.32  contingency action; 
133.33     (2) demonstrate that the facility is closed or is in 
133.34  compliance with a closure schedule approved by the commissioner; 
133.35  and 
133.36     (3) include a waiver of all claims for recovery of costs 
134.1   incurred under sections 115B.01 to 115B.24 and the federal 
134.2   Superfund Act at or related to a qualified facility. 
134.3      Sec. 120.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.412, 
134.4   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
134.5      Subd. 3.  [ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY.] 
134.6   The commissioner may acquire and dispose of real property the 
134.7   commissioner deems reasonably necessary for environmental 
134.8   response actions at or related to a qualified facility under 
134.9   section 115B.17, subdivisions 15 and 16.  Revenue from the sale, 
134.10  lease, or other transfer of property acquired under this 
134.11  subdivision shall be deposited in the solid waste fund 
134.12  established in section 115B.42. 
134.13     Sec. 121.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.42, is 
134.14  amended to read: 
134.15     115B.42 [SOLID WASTE FUND.] 
134.16     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION; SEPARATE 
134.17  ACCOUNTING.] (a) The solid waste fund is established in the 
134.18  state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited to the fund 
134.19  and interest earned on the money in the fund.  Except as 
134.20  provided in subdivision 2, clause clauses (7), (8), and (11), 
134.21  money in the fund is annually appropriated to the commissioner 
134.22  for the purposes listed in subdivision 2. 
134.23     (b) The commissioner of finance shall separately account 
134.24  for revenue deposited in the fund from financial assurance funds 
134.25  or other mechanisms, the metropolitan landfill contingency 
134.26  action trust fund, and all other sources of revenue. 
134.27     Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURES.] (a) Money in the fund may be 
134.28  spent by the commissioner to: 
134.29     (1) inspect permitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal 
134.30  facilities to: 
134.31     (i) evaluate the adequacy of final cover, slopes, 
134.32  vegetation, and erosion control; 
134.33     (ii) determine the presence and concentration of hazardous 
134.34  substances, pollutants or contaminants, and decomposition gases; 
134.35  and 
134.36     (iii) determine the boundaries of fill areas; 
135.1      (2) monitor and take, or reimburse others for, 
135.2   environmental response actions, including emergency response 
135.3   actions, at qualified facilities; 
135.4      (3) acquire and dispose of property under section 115B.412, 
135.5   subdivision 3; 
135.6      (4) recover costs under section 115B.39; 
135.7      (5) administer, including providing staff and 
135.8   administrative support for, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 
135.9      (6) enforce sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 
135.10     (7) subject to appropriation, administer the agency's 
135.11  groundwater and solid waste management programs; 
135.12     (8) subject to appropriation, until June 30, 2007, pay for 
135.13  private water supply well monitoring and health assessment costs 
135.14  of the commissioner of health in areas affected by unpermitted 
135.15  mixed municipal solid waste disposal facilities; 
135.16     (9) reimburse persons under section 115B.43; and 
135.17     (9) (10) reimburse mediation expenses up to a total of 
135.18  $250,000 annually or defense costs up to a total of $250,000 
135.19  annually for third-party claims for response costs under state 
135.20  or federal law as provided in section 115B.414; and 
135.21     (11) subject to appropriation, perform environmental 
135.22  assessments and response action at unpermitted mixed municipal 
135.23  solid waste disposal facilities. 
135.24     Sec. 122.  [115B.421] [CLOSED LANDFILL PERPETUAL CARE TRUST 
135.25  FUND.] 
135.26     (a) The closed landfill perpetual care trust fund is 
135.27  established in the state treasury.  The fund consists of money 
135.28  credited to the fund, and interest and other earnings on money 
135.29  in the fund.  Money in the fund is annually appropriated to the 
135.30  commissioner for the purposes and in the years provided in 
135.31  subdivision 2. 
135.32     (b) The commissioner of finance shall transfer an initial 
135.33  amount of $5,100,000 from the balance in the solid waste fund 
135.34  beginning in fiscal year 2000 and shall continue to transfer 
135.35  $5,100,000 for each succeeding fiscal year, ceasing after fiscal 
135.36  year 2003.  The fund shall be managed by the state board of 
136.1   investment to maximize long-term gain while maintaining 
136.2   sufficient liquidity to meet anticipated environmental response 
136.3   actions at facilities after the eligibility dates specified in 
136.4   subdivision 2. 
136.5      Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURES.] Money in the fund may be spent by 
136.6   the commissioner as follows:  
136.7      (1) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
136.8   115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (1), clause (1), to:  (i) 
136.9   monitor and take environmental response actions, including 
136.10  emergency response actions, at such facilities after fiscal year 
136.11  2020; and (ii) acquire and dispose of property at such 
136.12  facilities under section 115B.412, subdivision 3, after fiscal 
136.13  year 2020; or 
136.14     (2) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
136.15  115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (1), clause (2), to:  (i) 
136.16  monitor and take environmental response actions, including 
136.17  emergency response actions, at such facilities after fiscal year 
136.18  2030; and (ii) acquire and dispose of property at such 
136.19  facilities under section 115B.412, subdivision 3, after fiscal 
136.20  year 2030. 
136.21     Sec. 123.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.43, 
136.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
136.23     Subdivision 1.  [GENERALLY.] Environmental response costs 
136.24  at qualified facilities defined in section 115B.39, subdivision 
136.25  2, paragraph (l), clause (1), for which a notice of compliance 
136.26  has been issued under section 115B.40, subdivision 7, are 
136.27  reimbursable as provided in this section. 
136.28     Sec. 124.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.442, is 
136.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
136.30     Subd. 1a.  [DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED FACILITIES.] For the 
136.31  purposes of sections 115B.441 to 115B.445, "qualified facility" 
136.32  means only those qualified facilities defined in section 
136.33  115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), clause (1). 
136.34     Sec. 125.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.445, is 
136.35  amended to read: 
136.36     115B.445 [DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.] 
137.1      All amounts paid to the state by an insurer pursuant to any 
137.2   settlement under section 115B.443 or 115B.444, or pursuant to 
137.3   any judgment under section 115B.444, must be deposited in the 
137.4   state treasury and credited to the solid waste fund.  Any amount 
137.5   received by the state in settlement of natural resource damages 
137.6   shall be transferred from the solid waste fund to the 
137.7   environmental response, compensation, and compliance account in 
137.8   accordance with section 115B.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (e). 
137.9      Sec. 126.  [115B.451] [DEFINITIONS.] 
137.10     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF APPLICATION.] For purposes of 
137.11  sections 115B.451 to 115B.455, the following terms have the 
137.12  meanings given. 
137.13     Subd. 2.  [CLEANUP COSTS OR COSTS.] "Cleanup costs" or 
137.14  "costs" means the costs of developing and implementing 
137.15  construction work under a response action plan, but does not 
137.16  include implementation costs incurred before the award of a 
137.17  grant unless the application for the grant was submitted within 
137.18  180 days after the response action plan was approved by the 
137.19  commissioner. 
137.20     Subd. 3.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
137.21  commissioner of the pollution control agency. 
137.22     Subd. 4.  [MUNICIPALITY.] "Municipality" means the 
137.23  statutory or home rule charter city, town, or, in the case of 
137.24  unorganized territory, the county in which the qualified site is 
137.25  located. 
137.26     Subd. 5.  [QUALIFIED MUNICIPAL DUMP SITE OR QUALIFIED 
137.27  SITE.] "Qualified municipal dump site" or "qualified site" means 
137.28  an unpermitted mixed municipal waste disposal facility, 
137.29  including adjacent property used for solid waste disposal, that: 
137.30     (1) stopped accepting mixed municipal solid waste by 
137.31  January 1, 1973; 
137.32     (2) is over 30 percent publicly owned on January 1, 1999; 
137.33  and 
137.34     (3) on January 1, 1999, was listed on the permanent list of 
137.35  priorities under section 115B.17, subdivision 13; and 
137.36     (4) is 100 percent owned by the municipality at the time of 
138.1   grant application. 
138.2      Subd. 6.  [RESPONSE ACTION PLAN.] "Response action plan" 
138.3   means a response action plan approved by the commissioner. 
138.4      Sec. 127.  [115B.452] [GRANT APPLICATION.] 
138.5      Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION REQUIRED.] To obtain a 
138.6   municipal dump cleanup grant, the municipality shall apply to 
138.7   the commissioner.  The governing body of the municipality must 
138.8   approve, by resolution, the application. 
138.9      Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
138.10  prescribe and provide the application form.  The application 
138.11  must include at least the following information: 
138.12     (1) information that is currently available about types and 
138.13  disposal-cessation dates of waste contained in the qualified 
138.14  site; 
138.15     (2) ownership and known fill boundaries of the qualified 
138.16  site along with ownership and known fill boundaries of any 
138.17  adjacent property used for solid waste disposal. 
138.18     (3) an approved response action plan for the qualified site 
138.19  or the portion of the qualified site that is covered by the 
138.20  grant application, including the results of engineering and 
138.21  other tests showing the nature and extent of the release or 
138.22  threatened release of contaminants at the qualified site; 
138.23     (4) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting 
138.24  evidence, of the total cleanup costs for the qualified site or 
138.25  the portion of the qualified site that is covered by the grant 
138.26  application; 
138.27     (5) an appraisal of the current market value of the 
138.28  property, separately taking into account the effect of the 
138.29  contaminants on the market value, prepared by a qualified 
138.30  independent appraiser using accepted appraisal methodology; 
138.31     (6) an assessment of the development potential or likely 
138.32  use of the qualified site after completion of the response 
138.33  action plan, including any specific commitments from third 
138.34  parties to construct improvements on the qualified site; 
138.35     (7) a description of other potentially available sources of 
138.36  funding, including, but not limited to, identification of all 
139.1   liability, excess, and umbrella insurance issued to the 
139.2   municipality from the date the waste was first accepted at the 
139.3   qualified site through January 1, 1986; and 
139.4      (8) identification of any portions of the qualified site 
139.5   that the municipality intends to exclude from the application, 
139.6   with an explanation of response actions needed on the excluded 
139.7   portion and how those actions will be conducted. 
139.8      Sec. 128.  [115B.453] [GRANTS.] 
139.9      Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY.] The commissioner may make a 
139.10  grant to an applicant municipality to pay for up to 100 percent 
139.11  of the cleanup costs for a qualified site. 
139.12     Subd. 2.  [PRIORITIES FOR DETERMINATION OF AWARD 
139.13  AMOUNTS.] If the estimated costs of response action plans in 
139.14  applications for grants for qualified sites exceed the estimate 
139.15  of available appropriations over the life of the program, the 
139.16  commissioner shall prioritize the amount of grants based on the 
139.17  following factors: 
139.18     (1) the potential threat to public health and the 
139.19  environment that would be reduced or eliminated by completion of 
139.20  each of the response action plans including, but not limited to, 
139.21  the projected extent to which cleanup costs paid by grant awards 
139.22  would bring about a reduction in a qualified site's hazard 
139.23  ranking system score; 
139.24     (2) the benefit to the state to be gained in comparison to 
139.25  the cleanup costs that are estimated in the application. 
139.26     (3) the lack of availability under other state or federal 
139.27  cleanup programs; 
139.28     (4) the lack of development potential for the qualified 
139.29  site; and 
139.30     (5) the extent to which the municipality or other parties 
139.31  would commit to paying a portion of the cleanup costs. 
139.32     The factors are not listed in a rank order of priority; 
139.33  rather the commissioner may weigh each factor, depending upon 
139.34  the facts and circumstances, as the commissioner considers 
139.35  appropriate. 
139.36     Subd. 3.  [REPORTING TO LEGISLATURE.] By November 1 of each 
140.1   even-numbered year, the commissioner shall report to the 
140.2   legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
140.3   environmental policy and finance on the status of the cleanup 
140.4   projects undertaken with grants made under this section.  The 
140.5   commissioner shall include in the report information on the 
140.6   cleanup activities undertaken for the grants made in that and 
140.7   previous fiscal years. 
140.8      Sec. 129.  [115B.454] [COST RECOVERY ACTIONS.] 
140.9      Subdivision 1.  [CAUSE OF ACTION.] A municipality that 
140.10  incurs cleanup costs to implement an approved response action 
140.11  plan pursuant to sections 115B.451 to 115B.455, may bring an 
140.12  action under section 115B.04 or other law to recover the 
140.13  reasonable and necessary cleanup costs incurred by the 
140.14  municipality.  The municipality may recover all cleanup costs 
140.15  incurred whether paid from the proceeds of a grant under 
140.16  sections 115B.451 to 115B.455 or funds of the municipality.  
140.17  Recoverable costs include administrative and legal costs related 
140.18  to the development and implementation of the response action 
140.19  plan but do not include any costs associated with development or 
140.20  redevelopment of property.  A municipality must have the consent 
140.21  of the attorney general to bring or settle an action under this 
140.22  subdivision to recover cleanup costs paid from the proceeds of a 
140.23  grant. 
140.24     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES.] The commissioner shall notify the 
140.25  attorney general when a grant is awarded under sections 115B.451 
140.26  to 115B.455.  Certification by the municipality of the cleanup 
140.27  costs incurred to develop and implement the approved response 
140.28  action plan is prima facie evidence that the costs are 
140.29  reasonable and necessary in any action brought under this 
140.30  section. 
140.31     Subd. 3.  [ATTORNEY GENERAL ASSISTANCE AND COSTS.] (a) The 
140.32  attorney general may assist a municipality, if requested to do 
140.33  so, in bringing an action under subdivision 1 by providing legal 
140.34  and technical advice or other appropriate assistance.  The 
140.35  attorney general shall not assess any fee to the municipality 
140.36  for the assistance but may recover the cost of the assistance as 
141.1   provided in paragraph (b). 
141.2      (b) If the attorney general assists in an action brought 
141.3   under subdivision 1, the reasonable litigation expenses or other 
141.4   costs of legal or technical assistance incurred by the attorney 
141.5   general must be deducted from any recovery and paid to the 
141.6   attorney general before proceeds of the recovery are otherwise 
141.7   distributed.  The attorney general shall deposit any money so 
141.8   deducted in the general fund. 
141.9      Subd. 4.  [DISPOSITION OF RECOVERED AMOUNTS.] Amounts 
141.10  recovered from responsible persons, after any deduction for 
141.11  costs of recovery, including costs under subdivision 3, and all 
141.12  other amounts otherwise received by the municipality, the 
141.13  agency, or the attorney general for the qualified site shall be 
141.14  used to reimburse the municipality and the solid waste fund in 
141.15  proportion to their respective payments for response costs. 
141.16     Sec. 130.  [115B.455] [EFFECT OF ISSUANCE OF GRANTS.] 
141.17     The issuance of a municipal dump cleanup grant under 
141.18  sections 115B.451 to 115B.455 has no effect on the 
141.19  responsibility or the liability of the state, under this chapter 
141.20  or any other law, in relation to the contamination at a site or 
141.21  sites for which the grant is issued.  The issuance of a grant 
141.22  neither implies any state responsibility for the contamination 
141.23  nor imposes any obligation on the state to participate in the 
141.24  cleanup of the contamination or in the cleanup costs beyond the 
141.25  amount of the grant. 
141.26     Sec. 131.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.48, 
141.27  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
141.28     Subd. 8.  [FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCE.] "Full-time equivalence" 
141.29  means 2,000 hours worked by employees, owners, and others in a 
141.30  drycleaning facility during a 12-month period beginning July 1 
141.31  of the preceding year and running through June 30 of the year in 
141.32  which the annual registration fee is due.  An owner shall not be 
141.33  counted as more than one full-time equivalent, regardless of how 
141.34  many hours the owner works at a facility during a 12-month 
141.35  period.  For those drycleaning facilities that were in business 
141.36  less than the 12-month period, full-time equivalence means the 
142.1   total of all of the hours worked in the drycleaning facility, 
142.2   divided by 2,000 and multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of 
142.3   which is 50 and the denominator of which is the number of weeks 
142.4   in business during the reporting period. 
142.5      Sec. 132.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.072, 
142.6   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
142.7      Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PENALTY ORDERS.] (a) 
142.8   The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations to be 
142.9   corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for 
142.10  violations of this chapter and chapters 114C, 115, 115A, 115D, 
142.11  and 115E, any rules adopted under those chapters, and any 
142.12  standards, limitations, or conditions established in an agency 
142.13  permit; and for failure to respond to a request for information 
142.14  under section 115B.17, subdivision 3.  The order must be issued 
142.15  as provided in this section. 
142.16     (b) A county board may adopt an ordinance containing 
142.17  procedures for the issuance of administrative penalty orders and 
142.18  may issue orders beginning August 1, 1996.  Before adopting 
142.19  ordinances, counties shall work cooperatively with the agency to 
142.20  develop an implementation plan for the orders that substantially 
142.21  conforms to a model ordinance developed by the counties and the 
142.22  agency.  After adopting the ordinance, the county board may 
142.23  issue orders requiring violations to be corrected and 
142.24  administratively assessing monetary penalties for violations of 
142.25  county ordinances adopted under section 400.16, 400.161, or 
142.26  473.811 or chapter 115A that regulate solid and hazardous waste 
142.27  and any standards, limitations, or conditions established in a 
142.28  county license issued pursuant to these ordinances.  For 
142.29  violations of ordinances relating to hazardous waste, a county's 
142.30  penalty authority is described in subdivisions 2 to 5.  For 
142.31  violations of ordinances relating to solid waste, a county's 
142.32  penalty authority is described in subdivision 5a.  Subdivisions 
142.33  6 to 11 apply to violations of ordinances relating to both solid 
142.34  and hazardous waste.  
142.35     (c) Monetary penalties collected by a county must be used 
142.36  to manage solid and hazardous waste.  A county board's authority 
143.1   is limited to violations described in paragraph (b), except that 
143.2   the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, as organized 
143.3   pursuant to chapter 458D, may also issue orders and assess 
143.4   penalties for violations of ordinances adopted under section 
143.5   400.16, or chapter 115A, that regulate solid waste and any 
143.6   standards, limitations, or conditions established in a sanitary 
143.7   district license issued pursuant to the ordinances.  Its 
143.8   authority to issue orders under this section expires August 
143.9   1, 1999 2003. 
143.10     Sec. 133.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.073, 
143.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
143.12     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.] Pollution control 
143.13  agency staff designated by the commissioner and department of 
143.14  natural resources conservation officers may issue citations to a 
143.15  person who: 
143.16     (1) disposes of solid waste as defined in section 116.06, 
143.17  subdivision 22, at a location not authorized by law for the 
143.18  disposal of solid waste without permission of the owner of the 
143.19  property; 
143.20     (2) fails to report or recover oil or hazardous substance 
143.21  discharges as required under section 115.061; or 
143.22     (3) fails to take discharge preventive or preparedness 
143.23  measures required under chapter 115E.  In addition, pollution 
143.24  control agency staff designated by the commissioner may issue 
143.25  citations to owners and operators of facilities dispensing 
143.26  petroleum products who violate sections 116.46 to 116.50 and 
143.27  Minnesota Rules, chapter chapters 7150 and 7151, and Minnesota 
143.28  Rules, parts 7001.4200 to 7001.4300.  The citations for 
143.29  violation of sections 116.46 to 116.50 and Minnesota Rules, 
143.30  chapter 7150, may be issued only after the owners and operators 
143.31  have had a 90-day period to correct all the violations stated in 
143.32  a letter issued previously by pollution control agency staff.  A 
143.33  citation issued under this subdivision must include a 
143.34  requirement that the person cited remove and properly dispose of 
143.35  or otherwise manage the waste or discharged oil or hazardous 
143.36  substance, reimburse any government agency that has disposed of 
144.1   the waste or discharged oil or hazardous substance and 
144.2   contaminated debris for the reasonable costs of disposal, or 
144.3   correct any underground storage tank violations. 
144.4      Sec. 134.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.073, 
144.5   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
144.6      Subd. 2.  [PENALTY AMOUNT.] The citation must impose the 
144.7   following penalty amounts: 
144.8      (1) $100 per major appliance, as defined in section 
144.9   115A.03, subdivision 17a, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.10     (2) $25 per waste tire, as defined in section 115A.90, 
144.11  subdivision 11, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.12     (3) $25 per lead acid battery governed by section 115A.915, 
144.13  up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.14     (4) $1 per pound of other solid waste or $20 per cubic foot 
144.15  up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.16     (5) up to $200 for any amount of waste that escapes from a 
144.17  vehicle used for the transportation of solid waste if, after 
144.18  receiving actual notice that waste has escaped the vehicle, the 
144.19  person or company transporting the waste fails to immediately 
144.20  collect the waste; 
144.21     (6) $50 per violation of rules adopted under section 
144.22  116.49, relating to underground storage tank system design, 
144.23  construction, installation, and notification requirements, up to 
144.24  a maximum of $2,000; 
144.25     (7) $250 per violation of rules adopted under section 
144.26  116.49, relating to upgrading of existing underground storage 
144.27  tank systems, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.28     (8) $100 per violation of rules adopted under section 
144.29  116.49, relating to underground storage tank system general 
144.30  operating requirements, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.31     (9) $250 per violation of rules adopted under section 
144.32  116.49, relating to underground storage tank system release 
144.33  detection requirements, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
144.34     (10) $50 per violation of rules adopted under section 
144.35  116.49, relating to out-of-service underground storage tank 
144.36  systems and closure, up to a maximum of $2,000; and 
145.1      (11) $50 per violation of sections 116.48 to 116.491 
145.2   relating to underground storage tank system notification, 
145.3   monitoring, environmental protection, and tank installers 
145.4   training and certification requirements, up to a maximum of 
145.5   $2,000; 
145.6      (12) $25 per gallon of oil or hazardous substance 
145.7   discharged which is not reported or recovered under section 
145.8   115.061, up to a maximum of $2,000; 
145.9      (13) $1 per gallon of oil or hazardous substance being 
145.10  stored, transported, or otherwise handled without the prevention 
145.11  or preparedness measures required under chapter 115E, up to a 
145.12  maximum of $2,000; and 
145.13     (14) $250 per violation of Minnesota Rules, parts 7001.4200 
145.14  to 7001.4300, or Minnesota Rules, chapter 7151, related to 
145.15  aboveground storage tank systems, up to a maximum of $2,000. 
145.16     Sec. 135.  [116.656] [PROHIBITION ON FEE INCREASE TO 
145.17  REPLACE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION FEES.] 
145.18     The commissioner must not impose any additional, nor 
145.19  collect any increase in, fees from stationary sources, 
145.20  stationary emission facilities, or stationary emissions units to 
145.21  offset or recover any reduction in the aggregate amount of fees 
145.22  collected under the motor vehicle inspection program before 
145.23  fiscal year 2001. 
145.24     Sec. 136.  [116.915] [MERCURY REDUCTION.] 
145.25     Subdivision 1.  [GOAL.] It is the goal of the state to 
145.26  reduce mercury contamination by reducing the release of mercury 
145.27  into the air and water of the state by 60 percent from 1990 
145.28  levels by December 31, 2000, and by 70 percent from 1990 levels 
145.29  by December 31, 2005.  The goal applies to the statewide total 
145.30  of releases from existing and new sources of mercury.  The 
145.31  commissioner shall publish updated estimates of 1990 releases in 
145.32  the State Register. 
145.33     Subd. 2.  [REDUCTION STRATEGIES.] The commissioner shall 
145.34  implement the strategies recommended by the mercury 
145.35  contamination reduction initiative advisory council and 
145.36  identified on pages 31 to 42 of the Minnesota pollution control 
146.1   agency's report entitled "Report on the Mercury Contamination 
146.2   Reduction Initiative Advisory Council's Results and 
146.3   Recommendations" as transmitted to the legislature by the 
146.4   commissioner's letter dated March 15, 1999.  The commissioner 
146.5   shall solicit, by July 1, 1999, voluntary reduction agreements 
146.6   from sources that emit more than 50 pounds of mercury per year. 
146.7      Subd. 3.  [PROGRESS REPORTS.] The commissioner, in 
146.8   cooperation with the director of the office of environmental 
146.9   assistance, shall submit progress reports to the legislature on 
146.10  October 15, 2001, and October 15, 2005.  The reports shall 
146.11  address the state's success in meeting the mercury release 
146.12  reduction goals of subdivision 1, and discuss whether different 
146.13  voluntary or mandatory reduction strategies are needed.  The 
146.14  reports shall also discuss whether the reduction goals are still 
146.15  appropriate given the most recent information regarding mercury 
146.16  risks. 
146.17     Sec. 137.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116O.09, 
146.18  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
146.19     Subd. 5.  [ADVISORY BOARD.] A 26-member 27-member advisory 
146.20  board may be established to identify priorities for the 
146.21  agricultural utilization research institute.  Members of the 
146.22  advisory board are appointed by the board.  The advisory board 
146.23  consists of:  the chair of the Minnesota house of 
146.24  representatives agricultural committee; the chair of the 
146.25  Minnesota senate agricultural committee; a representative from 
146.26  each of the ten largest agricultural-related businesses in the 
146.27  state as determined by the corporation; a member from each of 
146.28  the appropriate trade organizations representing producers 
146.29  of organic products, beef cattle, dairy, corn, soybeans, pork, 
146.30  wheat, turkey, barley, wild rice, edible beans, eggs, and 
146.31  potatoes; a member of the Farmers's Union; and a member of the 
146.32  Farm Bureau.  Terms and removal of members must be set by the 
146.33  board and members of the advisory board serve without 
146.34  compensation but shall receive their necessary and actual 
146.35  expenses. 
146.36     The advisory board shall annually provide a list of 
147.1   priorities and suggested research and marketing studies that 
147.2   should be performed by the agricultural utilization research 
147.3   institute. 
147.4      Sec. 138.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.121, 
147.5   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
147.6      Subd. 3.  [CRIMINAL PENALTIES.] (a) As used in this section:
147.7      (1) "Prior impaired driving conviction" means a prior 
147.8   conviction under: 
147.9      (i) this section; Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.91, 
147.10  subdivision 1, paragraph (a), or 86B.331, subdivision 1, 
147.11  paragraph (a); section 169.1211; section 169.129; or section 
147.12  360.0752; 
147.13     (ii) section 609.21, subdivision 1, clauses (2) to (6); 
147.14  subdivision 2, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 2a, clauses (2) 
147.15  to (6); subdivision 2b, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 3, 
147.16  clauses (2) to (6); or subdivision 4, clauses (2) to (6); or 
147.17     (iii) an ordinance from this state, or a statute or 
147.18  ordinance from another state, in conformity with any provision 
147.19  listed in item (i) or (ii). 
147.20     A prior impaired driving conviction also includes a prior 
147.21  juvenile adjudication that would have been a prior impaired 
147.22  driving conviction if committed by an adult. 
147.23     (2) "Prior license revocation" means a driver's license 
147.24  suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, or 
147.25  disqualification under: 
147.26     (i) this section or section 169.1211, 169.123, 171.04, 
147.27  171.14, 171.16, 171.165, 171.17, or 171.18 because of an 
147.28  alcohol-related incident; 
147.29     (ii) section 609.21, subdivision 1, clauses (2) to (6); 
147.30  subdivision 2, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 2a, clauses (2) 
147.31  to (6); subdivision 2b, clauses (2) to (6); subdivision 3, 
147.32  clauses (2) to (6); or subdivision 4, clauses (2) to (6); or 
147.33     (iii) an ordinance from this state, or a statute or 
147.34  ordinance from another state, in conformity with any provision 
147.35  listed in item (i) or (ii). 
147.36     "Prior license revocation" also means the revocation of 
148.1   snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle operating privileges under 
148.2   section 84.911, or motorboat operating privileges under section 
148.3   86B.335, for violations that occurred on or after August 1, 1995 
148.4   1994; the revocation of snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle 
148.5   operating privileges under section 84.91; or the revocation of 
148.6   motorboat operating privileges under section 86B.331. 
148.7      (b) A person who violates subdivision 1, clause (a), (b), 
148.8   (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h), or subdivision 1a, or an ordinance 
148.9   in conformity with any of them, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
148.10     (c) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor under any of 
148.11  the following circumstances: 
148.12     (1) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (f); 
148.13     (2) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (a), (b), 
148.14  (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h), or subdivision 1a, within five years 
148.15  of a prior impaired driving conviction or a prior license 
148.16  revocation; 
148.17     (3) the person violates section 169.26 while in violation 
148.18  of subdivision 1; or 
148.19     (4) the person violates subdivision 1 or 1a while a child 
148.20  under the age of 16 is in the vehicle, if the child is more than 
148.21  36 months younger than the violator. 
148.22     A person convicted of a gross misdemeanor under this 
148.23  paragraph is subject to the mandatory penalties provided in 
148.24  subdivision 3d. 
148.25     (d) A person is guilty of an enhanced gross misdemeanor 
148.26  under any of the following circumstances: 
148.27     (1) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (f), or 
148.28  commits a violation described in paragraph (c), clause (3) or 
148.29  (4), within ten years of one or more prior impaired driving 
148.30  convictions or prior license revocations; 
148.31     (2) the person violates subdivision 1, clause (a), (b), 
148.32  (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h), or subdivision 1a, within ten years 
148.33  of the first of two or more prior impaired driving convictions, 
148.34  two or more prior license revocations, or any combination of two 
148.35  or more prior impaired driving convictions and prior license 
148.36  revocations, based on separate incidents. 
149.1      A person convicted of an enhanced gross misdemeanor under 
149.2   this paragraph may be sentenced to imprisonment in a local 
149.3   correctional facility for not more than two years or to payment 
149.4   of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.  Additionally, the 
149.5   person is subject to the applicable mandatory penalties provided 
149.6   in subdivision 3e. 
149.7      (e) The court shall notify a person convicted of violating 
149.8   subdivision 1 or 1a that the registration plates of the person's 
149.9   motor vehicle may be impounded under section 168.042 and the 
149.10  vehicle may be subject to forfeiture under section 169.1217 upon 
149.11  a subsequent conviction for violating this section, section 
149.12  169.129, or section 171.24, or a subsequent license revocation 
149.13  under section 169.123.  The notice must describe the conduct and 
149.14  the time periods within which the conduct must occur in order to 
149.15  result in plate impoundment or forfeiture.  The failure of the 
149.16  court to provide this information does not affect the 
149.17  applicability of the plate impoundment or the forfeiture 
149.18  provision to that person. 
149.19     (f) The attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation 
149.20  occurred who is responsible for prosecution of misdemeanor 
149.21  violations of this section shall also be responsible for 
149.22  prosecution of gross misdemeanor and enhanced gross misdemeanor 
149.23  violations of this section. 
149.24     (g) The court must impose consecutive sentences when it 
149.25  sentences a person for a violation of this section or section 
149.26  169.129 arising out of separate behavioral incidents.  The court 
149.27  also must impose a consecutive sentence when it sentences a 
149.28  person for a violation of this section or section 169.129 and 
149.29  the person, at the time of sentencing, is on probation for, or 
149.30  serving, an executed sentence for a violation of this section or 
149.31  section 169.129 and the prior sentence involved a separate 
149.32  behavioral incident.  The court also may order that the sentence 
149.33  imposed for a violation of this section or section 169.129 shall 
149.34  run consecutively to a previously imposed misdemeanor, gross 
149.35  misdemeanor, or felony sentence for a violation other than this 
149.36  section or section 169.129.  
150.1      (h) When the court stays the sentence of a person convicted 
150.2   under this section, the length of the stay is governed by 
150.3   section 609.135, subdivision 2. 
150.4      (i) The court may impose consecutive sentences for offenses 
150.5   arising out of a single course of conduct as permitted in 
150.6   section 609.035, subdivision 2.  
150.7      (j) When an attorney responsible for prosecuting gross 
150.8   misdemeanors or enhanced gross misdemeanors under this section 
150.9   requests criminal history information relating to prior impaired 
150.10  driving convictions from a court, the court must furnish the 
150.11  information without charge. 
150.12     (k) A violation of subdivision 1a may be prosecuted either 
150.13  in the jurisdiction where the arresting officer observed the 
150.14  defendant driving, operating, or in control of the motor vehicle 
150.15  or in the jurisdiction where the refusal occurred. 
150.16     Sec. 139.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.1217, 
150.17  subdivision 7a, is amended to read: 
150.18     Subd. 7a.  [ADMINISTRATIVE FORFEITURE PROCEDURE.] (a) A 
150.19  motor vehicle used to commit a designated offense or used in 
150.20  conduct resulting in a designated license revocation is subject 
150.21  to administrative forfeiture under this subdivision. 
150.22     (b) When a motor vehicle is seized under subdivision 2, the 
150.23  appropriate agency shall serve the driver or operator of the 
150.24  vehicle with a notice of the seizure and intent to forfeit the 
150.25  vehicle.  Additionally, when a motor vehicle is seized under 
150.26  subdivision 2, or within a reasonable time after that, all 
150.27  persons known to have an ownership or possessory interest in the 
150.28  vehicle must be notified of the seizure and the intent to 
150.29  forfeit the vehicle.  Notice mailed by certified mail to the 
150.30  address shown in department of public safety records is 
150.31  sufficient notice to the registered owner of the vehicle.  
150.32  Otherwise, notice may be given in the manner provided by law for 
150.33  service of a summons in a civil action. 
150.34     (c) The notice must be in writing and contain:  
150.35     (1) a description of the vehicle seized; 
150.36     (2) the date of seizure; and 
151.1      (3) notice of the right to obtain judicial review of the 
151.2   forfeiture and of the procedure for obtaining that judicial 
151.3   review, printed in English, Hmong, and Spanish.  Substantially 
151.4   the following language must appear conspicuously:  "IF YOU DO 
151.5   NOT DEMAND JUDICIAL REVIEW EXACTLY AS PRESCRIBED IN MINNESOTA 
151.6   STATUTES, SECTION 169.1217, SUBDIVISION 7a, YOU LOSE THE RIGHT 
151.7   TO A JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF THIS FORFEITURE AND YOU LOSE ANY 
151.8   RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY.  YOU MAY NOT 
151.9   HAVE TO PAY THE FILING FEE FOR THE DEMAND IF DETERMINED YOU ARE 
151.10  UNABLE TO AFFORD THE FEE.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE FILING FEE 
151.11  IF THE PROPERTY IS WORTH LESS THAN $500 AND YOU FILE YOUR CLAIM 
151.12  IN CONCILIATION COURT." 
151.13     (d) Within 30 days following service of a notice of seizure 
151.14  and forfeiture under this subdivision, a claimant may file a 
151.15  demand for a judicial determination of the forfeiture.  The 
151.16  demand must be in the form of a civil complaint and must be 
151.17  filed with the court administrator in the county in which the 
151.18  seizure occurred, together with proof of service of a copy of 
151.19  the complaint on the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction 
151.20  over the forfeiture, and the standard filing fee for civil 
151.21  actions unless the petitioner has the right to sue in forma 
151.22  pauperis under section 563.01.  If the value of the seized 
151.23  property is less than $500, the claimant may file an action in 
151.24  conciliation court for recovery of the seized vehicle without 
151.25  paying the conciliation court filing fee.  No responsive 
151.26  pleading is required of the prosecuting authority and no court 
151.27  fees may be charged for the prosecuting authority's appearance 
151.28  in the matter.  Except as provided in this section, judicial 
151.29  reviews and hearings are governed by section 169.123, 
151.30  subdivisions 5c and 6, and shall take place at the same time as 
151.31  any judicial review of the person's license revocation under 
151.32  section 169.123.  The proceedings may be combined with any 
151.33  hearing on a petition filed under section 169.123, subdivision 
151.34  5c, and are governed by the rules of civil procedure.  
151.35     (e) The complaint must be captioned in the name of the 
151.36  claimant as plaintiff and the seized vehicle as defendant, and 
152.1   must state with specificity the grounds on which the claimant 
152.2   alleges the vehicle was improperly seized and the plaintiff's 
152.3   interest in the vehicle seized.  Notwithstanding any law to the 
152.4   contrary, an action for the return of a vehicle seized under 
152.5   this section may not be maintained by or on behalf of any person 
152.6   who has been served with a notice of seizure and forfeiture 
152.7   unless the person has complied with this subdivision. 
152.8      (f) If the claimant makes a timely demand for a judicial 
152.9   determination under this subdivision, the appropriate agency 
152.10  must conduct the forfeiture under subdivision 8. 
152.11     (g) If a demand for judicial determination of an 
152.12  administrative forfeiture is filed under this subdivision and 
152.13  the court orders the return of the seized vehicle, the court 
152.14  shall order that filing fees be reimbursed to the person who 
152.15  filed the demand.  In addition, the court may order the payment 
152.16  of reasonable costs, expenses, and attorney fees under 
152.17  section 549.21, subdivision 2 549.211.  
152.18     Sec. 140.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.1217, 
152.19  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
152.20     Subd. 9.  [DISPOSITION OF FORFEITED VEHICLE.] (a) If the 
152.21  vehicle is administratively forfeited under subdivision 7a, or 
152.22  if the court finds under subdivision 8 that the vehicle is 
152.23  subject to forfeiture under subdivisions 6 and 7, the 
152.24  appropriate agency shall: 
152.25     (1) sell the vehicle and distribute the proceeds under 
152.26  paragraph (b); or 
152.27     (2) keep the vehicle for official use.  If the agency keeps 
152.28  a forfeited motor vehicle for official use, it shall make 
152.29  reasonable efforts to ensure that the motor vehicle is available 
152.30  for use by the agency's officers who participate in the drug 
152.31  abuse resistance education program. 
152.32     (b) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited vehicles, after 
152.33  payment of seizure, storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses, and 
152.34  satisfaction of valid liens against the property, must be 
152.35  forwarded to the treasury of the political subdivision that 
152.36  employs the appropriate agency responsible for the forfeiture 
153.1   for use in DWI-related enforcement, training and education.  If 
153.2   the appropriate agency is an agency of state government, the net 
153.3   proceeds must be forwarded to the state treasury and credited to 
153.4   the general fund. 
153.5      (c) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited off-road 
153.6   recreational vehicles and motorboats, after payment of seizure, 
153.7   storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses, and satisfaction of 
153.8   valid liens against the property, must be forwarded to the state 
153.9   treasury and credited to the following funds: 
153.10     (1) if the forfeited vehicle is a motorboat, the net 
153.11  proceeds must be credited to the water recreation account in the 
153.12  natural resources fund; 
153.13     (2) if the forfeited vehicle is a snowmobile, the net 
153.14  proceeds must be credited to the snowmobile trails and 
153.15  enforcement account in the natural resources fund; 
153.16     (3) if the forfeited vehicle is an all-terrain vehicle, the 
153.17  net proceeds must be credited to the all-terrain vehicle account 
153.18  in the natural resources fund; 
153.19     (4) if the forfeited vehicle is an off-highway motorcycle, 
153.20  the net proceeds must be credited to the off-highway motorcycle 
153.21  account in the natural resources fund; 
153.22     (5) if the forfeited vehicle is an off-road vehicle, the 
153.23  net proceeds must be credited to the off-road vehicle account in 
153.24  the natural resources fund; and 
153.25     (6) if otherwise, the net proceeds must be credited to the 
153.26  general fund. 
153.27     Sec. 141.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.123, 
153.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
153.29     Subdivision 1.  [PEACE OFFICER DEFINED.] For purposes of 
153.30  this section, section 169.121, and section 169.1211, the term 
153.31  peace officer means (1) a state patrol officer, (2) University 
153.32  of Minnesota peace officer, (3) a constable as defined in 
153.33  section 367.40, subdivision 3, (4) police officer of any 
153.34  municipality, including towns having powers under section 
153.35  368.01, or county, and (5) for purposes of violations of those 
153.36  sections in or on an off-road recreational vehicle or motorboat, 
154.1   or for violations of section 97B.065 or 97B.066, a state 
154.2   conservation officer. 
154.3      Sec. 142.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.07, 
154.4   subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
154.5      Subd. 12.  [SNOWMOBILE SAFETY CERTIFICATE.] (a) The 
154.6   department shall maintain in its records information transmitted 
154.7   electronically from the commissioner of natural resources 
154.8   identifying each person to whom the commissioner has issued a 
154.9   snowmobile safety certificate.  The records transmitted from the 
154.10  department of natural resources must contain the full name and 
154.11  date of birth as required for the driver's license or 
154.12  identification card.  Records that are not matched to a driver's 
154.13  license or identification card record may be deleted after seven 
154.14  years. 
154.15     (b) After receiving information under paragraph (a) that a 
154.16  person has received a snowmobile safety certificate, the 
154.17  department shall include, on all drivers' licenses or Minnesota 
154.18  identification cards subsequently issued to the person, a 
154.19  graphic or written indication that the person has received the 
154.20  certificate. 
154.21     (c) If a person who has received a snowmobile safety 
154.22  certificate applies for a driver's license or Minnesota 
154.23  identification card before that information has been transmitted 
154.24  to the department, the department may accept a copy of the 
154.25  certificate as proof of its issuance and shall then follow the 
154.26  procedures in paragraph (b). 
154.27     Sec. 143.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.07, 
154.28  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
154.29     Subd. 13.  [FIREARMS SAFETY DESIGNATION.] (a) When an 
154.30  applicant has a record transmitted to the department as 
154.31  described in paragraph (c) or presents a firearms safety 
154.32  certificate issued for successfully completing a firearms safety 
154.33  course administered under section 97B.015, voluntarily and 
154.34  requests a driver's license or identification card described in 
154.35  paragraph (b), pays the required fees, and otherwise qualifies, 
154.36  the department shall issue, renew, or reissue to the applicant a 
155.1   driver's license or Minnesota identification card described in 
155.2   paragraph (b). 
155.3      (b) Pursuant to paragraph (a), the department shall issue a 
155.4   driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing a 
155.5   designation or symbolic representation, as designed by the 
155.6   commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of natural 
155.7   resources, indicating graphic or written indication that the 
155.8   applicant has successfully completed a firearms safety 
155.9   course and is knowledgeable in firearms safety administered 
155.10  under section 97B.015. 
155.11     (c) The department shall maintain in its records 
155.12  information transmitted electronically from the commissioner of 
155.13  natural resources identifying each person to whom the 
155.14  commissioner has issued a firearms safety certificate.  The 
155.15  records transmitted from the department of natural resources 
155.16  must contain the full name and date of birth as required for the 
155.17  driver's license or identification card.  Records that are not 
155.18  matched to a driver's license or identification card record may 
155.19  be deleted after seven years. 
155.20     Sec. 144.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 216C.41, 
155.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
155.22     Subd. 2.  [INCENTIVE PAYMENT.] Incentive payments shall be 
155.23  made according to this section to the owner or operator of a 
155.24  qualified hydropower facility or qualified wind energy 
155.25  conversion facility for electric energy generated and sold by 
155.26  the facility or, for a hydropower facility, generated by the 
155.27  facility and used by the owner of the facility outside the 
155.28  facility.  Payment may only be made upon receipt by the 
155.29  commissioner of finance of an incentive payment application that 
155.30  establishes that the applicant is eligible to receive an 
155.31  incentive payment and that satisfies other requirements the 
155.32  commissioner deems necessary.  The application shall be in a 
155.33  form and submitted at a time the commissioner establishes.  
155.34  There is annually appropriated from the general fund sums 
155.35  sufficient to make the payments required under this section.  
155.36     Sec. 145.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 223.17, 
156.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
156.2      Subd. 3.  [GRAIN BUYERS AND STORAGE FUND ACCOUNT; FEES.] 
156.3   The commissioner shall set the fees for inspections under 
156.4   sections 223.15 to 223.22 at levels necessary to pay the 
156.5   expenses of administering and enforcing sections 223.15 to 
156.6   223.22.  These fees may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions 
156.7   of section 16A.1285.  
156.8      The fee for any license issued or renewed after June 30, 
156.9   1997, shall be set according to the following schedule: 
156.10     (a) $100 plus $50 for each additional location for grain 
156.11  buyers whose gross annual purchases are less than $100,000; 
156.12     (b) $200 plus $50 for each additional location for grain 
156.13  buyers whose gross annual purchases are at least $100,000, but 
156.14  not more than $750,000; 
156.15     (c) $300 plus $100 for each additional location for grain 
156.16  buyers whose gross annual purchases are more than $750,000 but 
156.17  not more than $1,500,000; 
156.18     (d) $400 plus $100 for each additional location for grain 
156.19  buyers whose gross annual purchases are more than $1,500,000 but 
156.20  not more than $3,000,000; and 
156.21     (e) $500 plus $100 for each additional location for grain 
156.22  buyers whose gross annual purchases are more than $3,000,000.  
156.23     There is created in the state treasury the grain buyers and 
156.24  storage account in the agricultural fund.  Money collected 
156.25  pursuant to sections 223.15 to 223.19 shall be paid into the 
156.26  state treasury and credited to the grain buyers and storage fund 
156.27  account and is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
156.28  administration and enforcement of sections 223.15 to 223.22. 
156.29     Sec. 146.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 231.16, is 
156.30  amended to read: 
156.31     231.16 [WAREHOUSE OPERATOR TO OBTAIN LICENSE.] 
156.32     Every person desiring to engage in the business of 
156.33  warehouse operator, before engaging therein, shall be licensed 
156.34  annually by, and shall be under the supervision and subject to 
156.35  the inspection of, the department.  Written application in the 
156.36  form prescribed by the department shall be made to the 
157.1   department for license, specifying the city in which it is 
157.2   proposed to carry on the business of warehousing, the location, 
157.3   size, character, and equipment of the buildings or premises to 
157.4   be used by the warehouse operator, the kind of goods, wares, and 
157.5   merchandise intended to be stored therein, the name of the 
157.6   person or corporation operating the same, and of each member of 
157.7   the firm or officer of the corporation, and any other facts 
157.8   necessary to satisfy the department that the property proposed 
157.9   to be used is suitable for warehouse purposes and that the 
157.10  warehouse operator making the application is qualified to carry 
157.11  on the business of warehousing.  Should the department decide 
157.12  that the building or other property proposed to be used as a 
157.13  warehouse is suitable for the proposed purpose and that the 
157.14  applicants are entitled to a license, notice of the decision 
157.15  shall be given the interested parties and, upon the applicants 
157.16  filing with the department the necessary bond, as provided for 
157.17  in this chapter, the department shall issue the license provided 
157.18  for, upon payment of the license fee, as in this section 
157.19  provided.  A warehouse operator to whom a license is issued 
157.20  shall pay for the license a fee based on the storage capacity of 
157.21  the warehouse as follows:  
157.22                  Storage capacity in square feet 
157.23              (1) 5,000 or less               $ 80 
157.24              (2) 5,001 to 10,000             $155 
157.25              (3) 10,001 to 20,000            $250 
157.26              (4) 20,001 to 100,000           $315 
157.27              (5) 100,001 to 200,000          $410 
157.28              (6) over 200,000                $470 
157.29     Fees collected under this chapter shall be paid into the 
157.30  grain buyers and storage fund account established in section 
157.31  232.22.  
157.32     The license shall be renewed annually on or before July 1, 
157.33  and always upon payment of the full license fee, as provided for 
157.34  in this section for such renewal; and no license shall be issued 
157.35  for any portion of a year for less than the full amount of the 
157.36  license fee, as provided for in this section.  Each license 
158.1   obtained under this chapter shall be publicly displayed in the 
158.2   main office of the place of business of the warehouse operator 
158.3   to whom it is issued.  The license shall authorize the warehouse 
158.4   operator to carry on the business of warehousing only in the one 
158.5   city or town named in the application and in the buildings 
158.6   therein described.  The department, without requiring an 
158.7   additional bond and license, may issue permits from time to time 
158.8   to any warehouse operator already duly licensed under the 
158.9   provisions of this chapter to operate an additional warehouse in 
158.10  the same city or town for which the original license was issued 
158.11  during the term thereof, upon the filing an application for a 
158.12  permit in the form prescribed by the department. 
158.13     License may be refused for good cause shown and revoked by 
158.14  the department for violation of law or of any rule by it 
158.15  prescribed, upon notice and after hearing. 
158.16     Sec. 147.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 232.22, 
158.17  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
158.18     Subd. 3.  [FEES; GRAIN BUYERS AND STORAGE FUND ACCOUNT.] 
158.19  There is created in the state treasury agricultural fund an 
158.20  account known as the grain buyers and storage fund account.  The 
158.21  commissioner shall set the fees for inspections, certifications 
158.22  and licenses under sections 232.20 to 232.25 at levels necessary 
158.23  to pay the costs of administering and enforcing sections 232.20 
158.24  to 232.25.  All money collected pursuant to sections 232.20 to 
158.25  232.25 and chapters 233 and 236 shall be paid by the 
158.26  commissioner into the state treasury and credited to the grain 
158.27  buyers and storage fund account and is appropriated to the 
158.28  commissioner for the administration and enforcement of sections 
158.29  232.20 to 232.25 and chapters 233 and 236.  All money collected 
158.30  pursuant to chapter 231 shall be paid by the commissioner into 
158.31  the grain buyers and storage fund account and is appropriated to 
158.32  the commissioner for the administration and enforcement of 
158.33  chapter 231.  
158.34     Sec. 148.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 233.08, is 
158.35  amended to read: 
158.36     233.08 [LICENSE.] 
159.1      No public terminal warehouse may be operated or receive 
159.2   grain for storage until the owners or parties in charge and 
159.3   operating the warehouse obtain a license from the department 
159.4   authorizing the warehouse operator to operate a warehouse under 
159.5   this chapter.  Licenses issued or renewed annually expire at 
159.6   midnight on June 30 following the date of issuance or renewal.  
159.7   Before a license may be issued, written application must be made 
159.8   to the department for a license specifying the kind of 
159.9   warehouse, the nature of its construction, its capacity and 
159.10  location, the name of the firm or corporation operating it, each 
159.11  member of the firm or officer of the corporation, and other 
159.12  facts the department requires.  The department shall act on the 
159.13  application with reasonable dispatch.  If no reason exists for 
159.14  refusing the application, a license must be issued upon the 
159.15  payment of the fee set by the commissioner.  The amount of the 
159.16  fee must be set to cover the costs of administering and 
159.17  enforcing this chapter. 
159.18     A license may be revoked by the department for violation of 
159.19  the law or a rule of the department, but may only be revoked 
159.20  upon a written notice or complaint specifying the charges and 
159.21  after a hearing before the department.  A license may be refused 
159.22  to a warehouse operator whose license has been revoked within 
159.23  the preceding year.  
159.24     Fees collected under this chapter must be paid into the 
159.25  grain buyers and storage fund account established in section 
159.26  232.22. 
159.27     Sec. 149.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 236.02, 
159.28  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
159.29     Subd. 4.  [FEES.] The license fee must be set by the 
159.30  commissioner in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of 
159.31  administering and enforcing this chapter.  Fees collected under 
159.32  this chapter must be paid into the grain buyers and storage fund 
159.33  account established in section 232.22. 
159.34     Sec. 150.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.431, is 
159.35  amended to read: 
159.36     290.431 [NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.] 
160.1      Every individual who files an income tax return or property 
160.2   tax refund claim form may designate on their original return 
160.3   that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the 
160.4   refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual 
160.5   and paid into an account to be established for the management of 
160.6   nongame wildlife.  The commissioner of revenue shall, on the 
160.7   income tax return and the property tax refund claim form, notify 
160.8   filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax 
160.9   or refund shall be paid into the nongame wildlife management 
160.10  account.  The sum of the amounts so designated to be paid shall 
160.11  be credited to the nongame wildlife management account for use 
160.12  by the nongame program of the section of wildlife in the 
160.13  department of natural resources.  For each $3 contributed to the 
160.14  nongame wildlife management account under this section, the 
160.15  commissioner of finance must transfer $1 from the general fund 
160.16  to the nongame wildlife management account.  All interest earned 
160.17  on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the 
160.18  program, and reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame 
160.19  wildlife management account shall be credited to the account by 
160.20  the state treasurer.  The commissioner of natural resources 
160.21  shall submit a work program for each fiscal year and semiannual 
160.22  progress reports to the legislative commission on Minnesota 
160.23  resources in the form determined by the commission.  None of the 
160.24  money provided in this section may be expended unless the 
160.25  commission has approved the work program.  
160.26     The state pledges and agrees with all contributors to the 
160.27  nongame wildlife management account to use the funds contributed 
160.28  solely for the management of nongame wildlife projects and 
160.29  further agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
160.30  restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability 
160.31  of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
160.32  funds for the most efficient and effective management of nongame 
160.33  wildlife. 
160.34     Sec. 151.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.432, is 
160.35  amended to read: 
160.36     290.432 [CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.] 
161.1      A corporation that files an income tax return may designate 
161.2   on its original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax 
161.3   or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be payable by 
161.4   or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife 
161.5   management account established by section 290.431 for use by the 
161.6   section of wildlife in the department of natural resources for 
161.7   its nongame wildlife program.  The commissioner of revenue 
161.8   shall, on the corporate tax return, notify filers of their right 
161.9   to designate that a portion of their tax return be paid into the 
161.10  nongame wildlife management account for the protection of 
161.11  endangered natural resources.  For each $3 contributed to the 
161.12  nongame wildlife management account under this section, the 
161.13  commissioner of finance must transfer $1 from the general fund 
161.14  to the nongame wildlife management account.  All interest earned 
161.15  on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the 
161.16  program, and reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame 
161.17  wildlife management account shall be credited to the account by 
161.18  the state treasurer.  The commissioner of natural resources 
161.19  shall submit a work program for each fiscal year to the 
161.20  legislative commission on Minnesota resources in the form 
161.21  determined by the commission.  None of the money provided in 
161.22  this section may be spent unless the commission has approved the 
161.23  work program. 
161.24     The state pledges and agrees with all corporate 
161.25  contributors to the nongame wildlife account to use the funds 
161.26  contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further 
161.27  agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
161.28  restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability 
161.29  of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
161.30  funds for the most efficient and effective management of those 
161.31  programs. 
161.32     Sec. 152.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 446A.072, 
161.33  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
161.34     Subd. 4.  [FUNDING LEVEL.] (a) The authority shall provide 
161.35  supplemental assistance for essential project component costs as 
161.36  certified by the commissioner of the pollution control agency 
162.1   under section 116.182, subdivision 4.  
162.2      (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a municipality may 
162.3   not receive more than $4,000,000 under this section unless 
162.4   specifically approved by law. 
162.5      (c) A sanitary district created by order of the agency may 
162.6   not receive more than an amount equal to the maximum in 
162.7   paragraph (b) times the number of territorial units included in 
162.8   the territory of the sanitary district. 
162.9      (c) (d) The authority shall provide supplemental assistance 
162.10  for up to one-half of the eligible grant funding level 
162.11  determined by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural 
162.12  Development funding for projects listed on the agency's project 
162.13  priority list, in priority order.  For municipalities that are 
162.14  not eligible for United States Department of Agriculture Rural 
162.15  Development funding for wastewater, the authority shall provide 
162.16  supplemental assistance for:  (1) essential project component 
162.17  costs calculated by first determining the amount needed to 
162.18  reduce a municipality's annual residential sewer costs to 1.4 
162.19  percent of the municipality's median household income or $25 per 
162.20  month per household, whichever is greater, and then multiplying 
162.21  that amount by 80 percent to determine the actual award amount 
162.22  to supplement loans under section 446A.07; and (2) up to 50 
162.23  percent of the incremental costs specifically identified by the 
162.24  agency as being attributable to more stringent wastewater 
162.25  standards required to protect outstanding resource value waters 
162.26  or outstanding international resource value waters. 
162.27     (d) (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), in the event that a 
162.28  municipality's monthly residential sewer service charges average 
162.29  above $50, the authority will provide 90 percent of the grant 
162.30  amount needed to reduce the average monthly sewer service charge 
162.31  to $50, provided the project is ranked in the top 50 percentile 
162.32  of the agency's intended use plan. 
162.33     (e) (f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b), (c) (d), 
162.34  and (d) (e), a municipality with an annual median household 
162.35  income of $40,000 $46,000 or greater shall not be eligible for a 
162.36  grant, except for incremental costs specifically identified by 
163.1   the agency as being attributable to more stringent wastewater 
163.2   standards required to protect outstanding resource value waters 
163.3   or outstanding international resource value waters. 
163.4      (f) (g) The authority shall provide supplemental assistance 
163.5   to a municipality that would not otherwise qualify for 
163.6   supplemental assistance if: 
163.7      (1) the municipality voluntarily accepts a sewer connection 
163.8   from another governmental unit to serve residential, industrial, 
163.9   or commercial developments that were completed before March 1, 
163.10  1996, or are on lots whose plats were recorded before that date; 
163.11  and 
163.12     (2) fees charged by the municipality for the connection 
163.13  must take into account state and federal grants used by the 
163.14  municipality for the construction of the treatment plant. 
163.15  The amount of supplemental assistance under this paragraph must 
163.16  be sufficient to reduce debt service payments under section 
163.17  446A.07 to an extent equivalent to a zero percent loan in an 
163.18  amount up to the other governmental unit's project costs 
163.19  necessary for connection.  Eligibility for supplemental 
163.20  assistance under this paragraph ends three years after the 
163.21  agency certifies that the connection has met the operational 
163.22  performance standards established by the agency. 
163.23     Sec. 153.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 574.263, is 
163.24  amended to read: 
163.25     574.263 [FORESTRY NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.] 
163.26     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For the purposes of this 
163.27  section and section 574.264, "forestry natural resource 
163.28  development project" includes site preparation by discing, 
163.29  shearing, rock raking or piling, patch scarification, or 
163.30  furrowing; prairie restoration; creation of wildlife openings 
163.31  and other wildlife habitat improvements; landscape clearing; 
163.32  tree planting; tree seeding; tree pruning; timber stand 
163.33  improvement by thinning or clearing existing forest trees by 
163.34  manual, mechanical, or chemical techniques; or forest road and 
163.35  bridge construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of 
163.36  department of natural resources trails, public accesses, water 
164.1   control structures, fish barriers, sewage treatment systems, 
164.2   roads, and bridges. 
164.3      Subd. 2.  [CONTRACTOR'S BOND.] A contract with the state 
164.4   for a forestry natural resource development project may require 
164.5   a performance bond at the discretion of the commissioner of 
164.6   natural resources. If the commissioner determines that a 
164.7   performance bond is required, it shall not be less than five 
164.8   percent of the contract price. 
164.9      Subd. 3.  [BID DEPOSIT IN PLACE OF PERFORMANCE BOND.] For a 
164.10  contract made by the commissioner for a forestry natural 
164.11  resource development project, the commissioner may require a bid 
164.12  deposit in place of a performance bond for charges that may 
164.13  accrue because of doing the specified work and to enforce the 
164.14  terms of the contract.  The commissioner may set the amount of 
164.15  the bid deposit, but it may not be less than five percent of the 
164.16  contract price. 
164.17     Subd. 4.  [PAYMENT BOND.] A contract with the state for 
164.18  a forestry natural resource development project may require a 
164.19  payment bond at the discretion of the commissioner of natural 
164.20  resources.  If the commissioner determines that a payment bond 
164.21  is required, the commissioner also has the discretion to decide 
164.22  whether the bond may be in the form of securities in place of a 
164.23  bond as provided in section 574.264.  If so, the securities 
164.24  cannot have less value than five percent of the contract price. 
164.25     Sec. 154.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 574.264, 
164.26  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
164.27     Subdivision 1.  [FOREST NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 
164.28  PROJECTS.] In place of a performance or payment bond or bid 
164.29  deposit for a state contract for a forestry natural resource 
164.30  development project less than $50,000, the person required to 
164.31  file the bond or bid deposit may deposit in a local designated 
164.32  state depository or with the state treasurer a certified check, 
164.33  a cashier's check, a postal, bank, or express money order, 
164.34  assignable bonds or notes of the United States, or an assignment 
164.35  of a bank savings account or investment certificate or an 
164.36  irrevocable bank letter of credit, in the same amount that would 
165.1   be required for the bond or bid deposit.  If securities listed 
165.2   in this section are deposited, their value shall not be less 
165.3   than the amount required for the bond or bid deposit and the 
165.4   person required to file the bond or bid deposit shall submit an 
165.5   agreement authorizing the commissioner to sell or otherwise take 
165.6   possession of the securities in the event of default under the 
165.7   contract or nonpayment of any persons furnishing labor and 
165.8   materials under, or to perform, the contract.  
165.9      Sec. 155.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 27, subdivision 
165.10  2, as amended by Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 54, is amended 
165.11  to read: 
165.12  Subd. 2.  [MARINE EDUCATION CENTER.]               $20,500,000
165.13  To design, construct, furnish, and 
165.14  equip a marine education center and 
165.15  related visitor improvements at the 
165.16  zoo.  This appropriation is intended to 
165.17  complete the project. 
165.18  All of the debt service costs on the 
165.19  bonds sold to finance this project that 
165.20  are due and payable before fiscal year 
165.21  1998 must be paid from dedicated 
165.22  receipts of the Minnesota zoological 
165.23  garden to the commissioner of finance 
165.24  as required by Minnesota Statutes, 
165.25  section 16A.643.  Beginning in fiscal 
165.26  year 1998, 60 percent of the debt 
165.27  service costs on the bonds sold to 
165.28  finance this project must be paid from 
165.29  dedicated receipts of the Minnesota 
165.30  zoological garden to the commissioner 
165.31  of finance as required by Minnesota 
165.32  Statutes, section 16A.643. 
165.33  The board may not institute an 
165.34  admission fee increase before April 1, 
165.35  2000. 
165.36     Sec. 156.  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 142, as amended 
165.37  by Laws 1995, chapter 263, section 12, and Laws 1996, chapter 
165.38  351, section 1, is amended to read:  
165.39     Sec. 142.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
165.40     Sections 2, 5, 7, 20, 42, 44 to 49, 56, 57, 101, 102, 117, 
165.41  and 141, paragraph (d), are effective the day following final 
165.42  enactment. 
165.43     Sections 114, 115, 118, and 121 are effective January 1, 
165.44  1996. 
165.45     Sections 120, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5, and 141, 
165.46  paragraph (c), are effective July 1, 1996. 
166.1      Section 141, paragraph (b), is effective June 30, 1999 2001.
166.2      Sec. 157.  Laws 1998, chapter 401, section 53, is amended 
166.3   to read: 
166.4      Sec. 53.  [FEEDLOT RULES.] 
166.5      By March December 1, 1999, the commissioner of the 
166.6   pollution control agency must submit a copy of updated feedlot 
166.7   permit rules as prescribed in Minnesota Statutes, section 
166.8   116.07, subdivision 7, paragraph (i).  The updated rules must 
166.9   become effective no later sooner than June 1, 1999 April 1, 
166.10  2000. 
166.11     Sec. 158.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; ROCK COUNTY.] 
166.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
166.13  94.16, the commissioner of natural resources may sell the 
166.14  state-owned land described in paragraph (c) by private sale to 
166.15  the adjacent landowner east of the township road. 
166.16     (b) The consideration for the sale shall be the land's 
166.17  appraised value as certified by the state and the conveyance 
166.18  shall be in a form approved by the attorney general. 
166.19     (c) The land to be sold is located in Rock county, consists 
166.20  of 0.6 acres, more or less, and is described as: 
166.21     That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 
166.22     103 North, Range 45 West, described as follows: 
166.23     Commencing at the West Quarter corner of Section 13; thence 
166.24     North 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 seconds West (assumed 
166.25     bearing) along the west line of the Northwest Quarter of 
166.26     said section a distance of 128.17 feet to the point of 
166.27     beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 
166.28     seconds West along said west line a distance of 11.84 feet 
166.29     to a point 140.00 feet north of the south line of the 
166.30     Northwest Quarter of said section and the northwest corner 
166.31     of that certain tract of land conveyed to the state of 
166.32     Minnesota by final certificate, filed for record in the 
166.33     office of the Rock county recorder on May 19, 1938, in Book 
166.34     "M" of Miscl., pages 515-517; thence South 89 degrees 28 
166.35     minutes 55 seconds East parallel with the south line of the 
166.36     Northwest Quarter of said section and along the north line 
167.1      of said tract a distance of 1474.45 feet to the northeast 
167.2      corner of said tract; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 27 
167.3      seconds East parallel with the west line of said section 
167.4      and along the east line of said tract a distance of 25.29 
167.5      feet to an iron stake with DNR caps; thence North 88 
167.6      degrees 57 minutes 33 seconds West along an existing fence 
167.7      line a distance of 1092.38 feet to Point A and an iron 
167.8      stake; thence continuing North 88 degrees 57 minutes 33 
167.9      seconds West along said fence line extended a distance of 
167.10     382.32 feet to said point of beginning. 
167.11  Said tract is subject to a roadway easement and any other 
167.12  easements of record if any. 
167.13     (d) The deed from the commissioner shall include the 
167.14  following restrictive covenant:  that part of the above 
167.15  described tract of land lying easterly of and within 60 feet of 
167.16  Point A shall be maintained in tall grass cover with no use for 
167.17  livestock purposes.  A breach of such restrictive covenant shall 
167.18  result in the automatic reversion of the restricted land to the 
167.19  state. 
167.20     Sec. 159.  [STUDY COMMITTEE REGARDING NEED FOR CENTRAL 
167.21  COLLECTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM.] 
167.22     The commissioner of the Minnesota pollution control agency 
167.23  shall convene a committee of interested persons to address the 
167.24  need for central collection wastewater treatment systems in 
167.25  unsewered areas.  The committee shall evaluate the effectiveness 
167.26  of alternative system designs and identify regulatory and other 
167.27  barriers to cost-efficient design and construction.  By January 
167.28  15, 2000, the commissioner shall report the results of the 
167.29  committee's evaluation to the house and senate committees with 
167.30  jurisdiction over environmental policy and budget issues.  
167.31     Sec. 160.  [ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF TRAILS; STUDY.] 
167.32     The commissioner of natural resources shall conduct a study 
167.33  on the economic benefits of state trails.  The study shall be 
167.34  done in consultation with the office of tourism and the 
167.35  University of Minnesota.  By January 15, 2001, the commissioner 
167.36  shall report the results of the study to the chairs of the 
168.1   legislative committees with jurisdiction over the environment 
168.2   and natural resources policy and finance issues. 
168.3      Sec. 161.  [ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON SNOWMOBILE TRAIL 
168.4   REPAIR.] 
168.5      The commissioner of natural resources shall appoint an 
168.6   advisory task force including representatives of the department 
168.7   of natural resources, the department of transportation, the 
168.8   association of Minnesota counties, the Minnesota united 
168.9   snowmobile association, the snowmobile manufacturers and 
168.10  snowmobile stud manufacturers, the Minnesota parks and trails 
168.11  council, and the Minnesota bicycle business council to make 
168.12  recommendations to the commissioner regarding prioritization of 
168.13  repairs to snowmobile trails.  The advisory task force shall 
168.14  assess damage to snowmobile trails, establish criteria for 
168.15  repairs, and prioritize repairs.  This section expires after 
168.16  June 2001. 
168.17     Sec. 162.  [REPORT ON FEEDLOT UPGRADE ACCOUNT.] 
168.18     By January 15, 2000, the commissioner of the pollution 
168.19  control agency, in conjunction with the commissioner of 
168.20  agriculture, shall report to the legislative policy and finance 
168.21  committees or divisions with jurisdiction over agriculture and 
168.22  the environment on the need for a feedlot upgrade account and a 
168.23  priority action plan for upgrading animal waste sites.  The 
168.24  report must include: 
168.25     (1) an analysis of the need and level of funding required 
168.26  for a feedlot upgrade account; 
168.27     (2) the identification of possible funding sources to 
168.28  ensure adequate resources for the account under clause (1); and 
168.29     (3) the need for development of a statewide animal waste 
168.30  priority action plan for animal waste sites, including 
168.31  containment, closure, and cleanup. 
168.32     Sec. 163.  [REPEALER.] 
168.33     Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 115A.981; 297H.13, 
168.34  subdivisions 3 and 6; and 473.845, subdivision 2, are repealed. 
168.35     Sections 126 to 130 are repealed effective June 30, 2007. 
168.36     Sec. 164.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
169.1      Section 52 is effective July 1, 1999, and applies to 
169.2   agreements made effective after that date. 
169.3      Sections 18, 61, 91 to 99, and 156 are effective the day 
169.4   following final enactment.