1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money from constitutionally 
1.3 	dedicated funds for outdoor heritage purposes.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5	Section 1. OUTDOOR HERITAGE APPROPRIATION.
 	
1.6 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.7 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the 
1.8 	outdoor heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The 
1.9 	figures "2010" and "2011" used in this act mean that the appropriations listed under them 
1.10 	are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. "The 
1.11 	first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal year 2011. "The biennium" is 
1.12 	fiscal years 2010 and 2011. The appropriations in this act are onetime.

1.13				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.14				Available for the Year
	
1.15				Ending June 30
	
1.16					2010
		2011

1.17	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE

1.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	0
	$
	58,939,000

1.19 	This appropriation is from the outdoor 
1.20 	heritage fund. The amounts that may be 
1.21 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
1.22 	following subdivisions.

1.23	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		0
		18,093,000

2.1
2.2	(a) Accelerated Prairie Grassland Restoration 
and Enhancement Program on DNR Lands
					
2.3 	$5,833,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
2.4 	commissioner of natural resources to 
2.5 	accelerate the protection, restoration, and 
2.6 	enhancement of native prairie vegetation. 
2.7 	A list of proposed land acquisitions, 
2.8 	restorations, and enhancements, describing 
2.9 	the types and locations of acquisitions, 
2.10 	restorations, and enhancements, must 
2.11 	be provided as part of the required 
2.12 	accomplishment plan. All restorations must 
2.13 	comply with subdivision 9, paragraph (b). 

2.14	(b) The Green Corridor Legacy Program
					
2.15 	$1,651,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
2.16 	commissioner of natural resources for 
2.17 	an agreement with the Redwood Area 
2.18 	Communities Foundation or its successor to 
2.19 	acquire and restore land for purposes allowed 
2.20 	under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
2.21 	section 15, in Redwood, Renville, Brown, 
2.22 	Nicollet, Murray, Lyon, Yellow Medicine, 
2.23 	Chippewa, and Cottonwood Counties to be 
2.24 	added to the state outdoor recreation system 
2.25 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
2.26 	86A. A list of proposed fee title acquisitions 
2.27 	must be provided as part of the required 
2.28 	accomplishment plan. The commissioner 
2.29 	of natural resources must agree to each 
2.30 	proposed acquisition. All restorations must 
2.31 	comply with subdivision 9, paragraph (b). 

2.32
2.33	(c) Prairie Heritage Fund - Acquisition and 
Restoration
					
2.34 	$3,015,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
2.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.1 	agreement with Pheasants Forever or its 
3.2 	successor to acquire and restore land to 
3.3 	be added to the state wildlife management 
3.4 	area system. A list of proposed fee title 
3.5 	acquisitions and a list of proposed restoration 
3.6 	projects, describing the types and locations 
3.7 	of restorations, must be provided as part 
3.8 	of the required accomplishment plan. The 
3.9 	commissioner of natural resources must 
3.10 	agree to each proposed acquisition. All 
3.11 	restorations must comply with subdivision 
3.12 	9, paragraph (b). 

3.13
3.14	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National 
Wildlife Refuge Protection
					
3.15 	$2,041,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
3.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.17 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy or 
3.18 	its successor to acquire land or permanent 
3.19 	easements within the Northern Tallgrass 
3.20 	Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in western 
3.21 	Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
3.22 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
3.23 	A list of proposed fee title and permanent 
3.24 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
3.25 	part of the required accomplishment plan. 
3.26 	Land removed from this program shall 
3.27 	transfer to the state. The accomplishment 
3.28 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
3.29 	plan.

3.30	(e) Rum River - Cedar Creek Initiative
					
3.31 	$1,900,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
3.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.33 	agreement with Anoka County to acquire fee 
3.34 	title to land at the confluence of the Rum 
3.35 	River and Cedar Creek in Anoka County. 
4.1 	Land acquired in fee must remain open to 
4.2 	hunting and fishing, consistent with the 
4.3 	capacity of the land, during the open season, 
4.4 	as determined by the commissioner of natural 
4.5 	resources. All restorations must comply with 
4.6 	subdivision 9, paragraph (b).  

4.7	(f) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project
					
4.8 	$3,653,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
4.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.10 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy or 
4.11 	its successor for a pilot project to acquire 
4.12 	interests in land and restore and enhance 
4.13 	prairie and prairie/wetland habitat in the 
4.14 	prairie regions of western and southwestern 
4.15 	Minnesota. The Nature Conservancy may 
4.16 	acquire land in fee or through permanent 
4.17 	conservation easements. A list of proposed 
4.18 	fee title and permanent conservation 
4.19 	easements, and a list of proposed restorations 
4.20 	and enhancements, must be provided as part 
4.21 	of the required accomplishment plan. All 
4.22 	restorations must comply with subdivision 9, 
4.23 	paragraph (b).  The commissioner of natural 
4.24 	resources must agree to each acquisition 
4.25 	of interest in land, restoration project, and 
4.26 	enhancement project. The accomplishment 
4.27 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
4.28 	plan.

4.29	Subd. 3.Forests
 		0
		5,603,000

4.30
4.31	(a) Critical Shoreline Habitat Protection 
Program
					
4.32 	$816,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
4.33 	commissioner of natural resources for 
4.34 	an agreement with the Minnesota Land 
4.35 	Trust or its successor to acquire permanent 
5.1 	conservation easements protecting critical 
5.2 	shoreline habitats in Koochiching, Cook, 
5.3 	Lake, and St. Louis County portions of the 
5.4 	northern forest area in northern Minnesota 
5.5 	and provide stewardship for those easements. 
5.6 	A list of proposed conservation easement 
5.7 	acquisitions must be provided as part of 
5.8 	the required accomplishment plan. The 
5.9 	accomplishment plan must include an 
5.10 	easement stewardship plan.

5.11
5.12	(b) Protect Key Industrial Forest Land Tracts 
in Central Minnesota
					
5.13 	$594,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
5.14 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.15 	agreement with Cass County to acquire lands 
5.16 	that assist with gaining access for restoration 
5.17 	and enhancement purposes to existing public 
5.18 	land tracts. A list of proposed acquisitions 
5.19 	must be provided as part of the required 
5.20 	accomplishment plan.

5.21
5.22	(c) Little Nokasippi River Wildlife 
Management Area
					
5.23 	$843,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
5.24 	commissioner of natural resources 
5.25 	for acceleration of agency programs and 
5.26 	cooperative agreements to acquire interests in 
5.27 	land within the boundaries of the Minnesota 
5.28 	National Guard Army compatible use buffer 
5.29 	(ACUB) program. Of this appropriation, 
5.30 	$225,000 is for the Department of Natural 
5.31 	Resources to acquire land for wildlife 
5.32 	management areas and $618,000 is for an 
5.33 	agreement with the Board of Water and Soil 
5.34 	Resources to acquire permanent conservation 
5.35 	easements. A list of proposed acquisitions 
6.1 	must be provided as part of the required 
6.2 	accomplishment plan.

6.3
6.4	(d) Accelerated Forest Wildlife Habitat 
Program
					
6.5 	$1,791,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
6.6 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.7 	acceleration of agency programs to acquire, 
6.8 	in fee, land for state forests and restore and 
6.9 	enhance state forest habitat. A list of projects 
6.10 	including proposed fee title acquisitions 
6.11 	and restorations and enhancements must 
6.12 	be provided as part of the required 
6.13 	accomplishment plan. All restorations must 
6.14 	comply with subdivision 9, paragraph (b). 

6.15
6.16	(e) Northeastern Minnesota Sharp-Tailed 
Grouse Habitat
					
6.17 	$1,559,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
6.18 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.19 	an agreement with Pheasants Forever or 
6.20 	its successor to acquire interests in land, 
6.21 	and to restore and enhance habitat for 
6.22 	sharp-tailed grouse in Kanabec, Aitkin, and 
6.23 	St. Louis Counties in cooperation with the 
6.24 	Minnesota Sharp-Tailed Grouse Society. A 
6.25 	list of proposed acquisitions and a list of 
6.26 	proposed restorations and enhancements 
6.27 	must be provided as part of the required 
6.28 	accomplishment plan. The commissioner 
6.29 	of natural resources must agree to each 
6.30 	acquisition of interest in land, restoration 
6.31 	project, and enhancement project. All 
6.32 	restorations must comply with subdivision 
6.33 	9, paragraph (b). 

6.34	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		0
		16,905,000

6.35
6.36	(a) Accelerated Shallow Lake and Wetland 
Enhancement and Restoration Program
					
7.1 	$6,505,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
7.2 	commissioner of natural resources to assess, 
7.3 	enhance, and restore shallow lake and 
7.4 	wetland habitats, to acquire land in fee or 
7.5 	through permanent conservation easements 
7.6 	for shallow lake program restoration, and to 
7.7 	provide stewardship for acquired easements 
7.8 	in cooperation with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 
7.9 	or its successor. Of this appropriation, 
7.10 	$1,463,000 is for the Department of Natural 
7.11 	Resources agency program acceleration 
7.12 	and $5,042,000 is for an agreement with 
7.13 	Ducks Unlimited, Inc. A list of proposed 
7.14 	projects, describing the types and locations 
7.15 	of land acquisitions, restoration projects, and 
7.16 	enhancement projects, must be provided as 
7.17 	part of the required accomplishment plan. 
7.18 	The commissioner of natural resources 
7.19 	must agree to each acquisition, restoration 
7.20 	project, and enhancement project. The 
7.21 	accomplishment plan must include an 
7.22 	easement stewardship plan. All restorations 
7.23 	must comply with subdivision 9, paragraph 
7.24 	(b).

7.25
7.26	(b) Accelerate the Waterfowl Production Area 
Program in Minnesota
					
7.27 	$3,505,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
7.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.29 	agreement with Pheasants Forever or its 
7.30 	successor to acquire and restore wetland and 
7.31 	related upland habitats, in cooperation with 
7.32 	the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
7.33 	and Ducks Unlimited, Inc. or its successor to 
7.34 	be managed as waterfowl production areas. 
7.35 	A list of proposed acquisitions and a list of 
7.36 	proposed projects, describing the types and 
8.1 	locations of restorations, must be provided 
8.2 	as part of the required accomplishment 
8.3 	plan. All restorations must comply with 
8.4 	subdivision 9, paragraph (b).

8.5
8.6	(c) Reinvest in Minnesota Wetlands Reserve 
Program Acquisition and Restoration
					
8.7 	$6,895,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the Board 
8.8 	of Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
8.9 	permanent conservation easements and 
8.10 	restore wetlands and associated uplands 
8.11 	in cooperation with the United States 
8.12 	Department of Agriculture Wetlands Reserve 
8.13 	Program. A list of proposed acquisitions 
8.14 	and a list of proposed projects, describing 
8.15 	the types and locations of restorations, 
8.16 	must be provided as part of the required 
8.17 	accomplishment plan. All restorations must 
8.18 	comply with subdivision 9, paragraph (b).

8.19	Subd. 5.Habitat
 		0
		17,563,000

8.20	(a) Metro Big Rivers Habitat Program
					
8.21 	$2,397,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
8.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
8.23 	agreements for projects to protect, restore, 
8.24 	and enhance natural systems of the Minnesota 
8.25 	River, St. Croix River, Mississippi River, and 
8.26 	their major tributaries as follows: $500,000 
8.27 	with Minnesota Valley Trust or its successor 
8.28 	for fee title land acquisition; $1,500,000 with 
8.29 	the Trust for Public Land or its successor 
8.30 	for fee title land acquisition; $227,300 with 
8.31 	the Friends of the Mississippi River or its 
8.32 	successor for restoration, enhancement, 
8.33 	and conservation easement acquisition; and 
8.34 	$169,700 with Great River Greening or its 
8.35 	successor for restoration and enhancement. 
9.1 	The accomplishment plan must include an 
9.2 	easement stewardship plan. All restorations 
9.3 	must comply with subdivision 9, paragraph 
9.4 	(b).

9.5
9.6	(b) Accelerated Aquatic Management Area 
Acquisition
					
9.7 	$3,416,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
9.8 	commissioner of natural resources to 
9.9 	accelerate land acquisition by fee title and 
9.10 	easements to be added to the state aquatic 
9.11 	management area system as defined in 
9.12 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A, and to 
9.13 	restore and enhance stream habitat and lake 
9.14 	habitat. Land acquired in fee must remain 
9.15 	open to hunting and fishing, consistent with 
9.16 	the capacity of the land, during the open 
9.17 	season, as determined by the commissioner 
9.18 	of natural resources. A list of proposed 
9.19 	fee title and easement acquisitions, stream 
9.20 	habitat restorations and enhancements, and 
9.21 	lake habitat restorations and enhancements 
9.22 	must be provided as part of the required 
9.23 	accomplishment plan.

9.24
9.25	(c) Cold Water River and Stream Restoration, 
Protection, and Enhancement
					
9.26 	$1,269,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
9.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.28 	agreement with Trout Unlimited or its 
9.29 	successor to restore, enhance, and protect 
9.30 	cold water river and stream habitats in 
9.31 	Minnesota. A list of proposed acquisitions 
9.32 	and a list of proposed projects, describing 
9.33 	the types and locations of restorations and 
9.34 	enhancements, must be provided as part 
9.35 	of the required accomplishment plan. The 
9.36 	commissioner of natural resources must agree 
10.1 	to each proposed acquisition, restoration, and 
10.2 	enhancement. All restorations must comply 
10.3 	with subdivision 9, paragraph (b).

10.4
10.5	(d) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore 
Protection and Restoration
					
10.6 	$2,097,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
10.7 	commissioner of natural resources for 
10.8 	an agreement with Dakota County for 
10.9 	acquisition of permanent easements and 
10.10 	enhancement and restoration of aquatic 
10.11 	and associated upland habitat. A list of 
10.12 	proposed acquisitions and restorations 
10.13 	must be provided as part of the required 
10.14 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
10.15 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
10.16 	plan. All restorations must comply with 
10.17 	subdivision 9, paragraph (b).

10.18	(e) Valley Creek Protection Partnership
					
10.19 	$1,218,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
10.20 	commissioner of natural resources for 
10.21 	agreements on projects to protect, restore, 
10.22 	and enhance natural systems of Valley Creek 
10.23 	in Washington County as follows: $838,000 
10.24 	with Minnesota Land Trust or its successor; 
10.25 	$218,000 with Washington County; 
10.26 	$100,000 with the Belwin Conservancy or its 
10.27 	successor; $50,000 with Trout Unlimited or 
10.28 	its successor; and $12,000 with the Valley 
10.29 	Branch Watershed District. All restorations 
10.30 	must comply with subdivision 9, paragraph 
10.31 	(b).

10.32
10.33	(f) Anoka Sand Plain Restoration and 
Enhancement
					
10.34 	$747,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
10.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.1 	agreement with Great River Greening or its 
11.2 	successor to restore and enhance habitat on 
11.3 	public property in the Anoka Sand Plain in 
11.4 	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Benton, Washington, 
11.5 	Morrison, and Sherburne Counties. All 
11.6 	restorations must comply with subdivision 
11.7 	9, paragraph (b).

11.8
11.9	(g) Lower Mississippi River Habitat 
Restoration Acceleration
					
11.10 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to 
11.11 	the commissioner of natural resources 
11.12 	to accelerate agency programs and for 
11.13 	cooperative agreements to acquire land in 
11.14 	the Root River watershed. A list of proposed 
11.15 	acquisitions must be provided as part of 
11.16 	the required accomplishment plan. The 
11.17 	commissioner of natural resources must agree 
11.18 	to each proposed acquisition, restoration, and 
11.19 	enhancement. All restorations must comply 
11.20 	with subdivision 9, paragraph (b). 

11.21
11.22	(h) Washington County St. Croix River Land 
Protection
					
11.23 	$1,033,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
11.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.25 	agreement with Washington County to 
11.26 	acquire permanent easements to protect 
11.27 	habitat associated with the St. Croix River 
11.28 	Valley. A list of proposed acquisitions 
11.29 	must be provided as part of the required 
11.30 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
11.31 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
11.32 	plan.

11.33
11.34	(i) Outdoor Heritage Conservation Partners 
Grant Program
					
11.35 	$4,386,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
11.36 	commissioner of natural resources for a pilot 
12.1 	program to provide competitive, matching 
12.2 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
12.3 	state, and national organizations, including 
12.4 	government, for enhancement, restoration, 
12.5 	or protection of forests, wetlands, prairies, 
12.6 	and habitat for fish, game, or wildlife in 
12.7 	Minnesota. The commissioner of natural 
12.8 	resources shall give priority to organizations 
12.9 	that have a history or charter to receive 
12.10 	private contributions for local conservation 
12.11 	or habitat projects. Up to four percent 
12.12 	of this appropriation may be used by the 
12.13 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.14 	administering the grant program. Grantees 
12.15 	may acquire land or interests in land. 
12.16 	Easements must be permanent. Land 
12.17 	acquired in fee must be open to hunting 
12.18 	and fishing during the open season unless 
12.19 	otherwise provided by state law. The 
12.20 	commissioner of natural resources must 
12.21 	agree to each proposed acquisition of land or 
12.22 	interest in land. The program shall require a 
12.23 	cash match of at least ten percent nonstate 
12.24 	funds. The criteria for evaluating grant 
12.25 	applications must include amount of habitat 
12.26 	restored, enhanced, or protected; local 
12.27 	support; degree of collaboration; urgency; 
12.28 	capacity to achieve multiple benefits; 
12.29 	habitat benefits provided; consistency with 
12.30 	sound conservation science; adjacency to 
12.31 	protected lands; full funding of the project; 
12.32 	supplementing existing funding; public 
12.33 	access for hunting and fishing during the 
12.34 	open season; sustainability; and use of native 
12.35 	plant materials. All projects must conform 
12.36 	to the Minnesota statewide conservation and 
13.1 	preservation plan. Wildlife habitat projects 
13.2 	must also conform to the Minnesota wildlife 
13.3 	action plan. Priority may be given to projects 
13.4 	acquiring land or easements associated 
13.5 	with existing wildlife management areas. 
13.6 	All restoration or enhancement projects 
13.7 	must be on land permanently protected by 
13.8 	conservation easement or public ownership. 
13.9 	Subdivision 9 applies to grants awarded 
13.10 	under this paragraph. All restorations must 
13.11 	comply with subdivision 9, paragraph (b). 
13.12 	This appropriation is available until June 
13.13 	30, 2014, at which time all grant project 
13.14 	work must be completed and final products 
13.15 	delivered, unless an earlier date is specified 
13.16 	in the grant agreement. No less than five 
13.17 	percent of the amount of each grant must 
13.18 	be held back from reimbursement until 
13.19 	the grant recipient has completed a grant 
13.20 	accomplishment report by the deadline and 
13.21 	in the form prescribed by and satisfactory to 
13.22 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.

13.23	Subd. 6.Administration and Other
 		0
		775,000

13.24	(a) Contract Management
					
13.25 	$175,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
13.26 	commissioner of natural resources for 
13.27 	contract management duties assigned in this 
13.28 	section.

13.29	(b) Legislative Coordinating Commission
					
13.30 	$600,000 in fiscal year 2011 is to the 
13.31 	Legislative Coordinating Commission for 
13.32 	administrative expenses of the Lessard-Sams 
13.33 	Outdoor Heritage Council and for 
13.34 	compensation and expense reimbursement 
13.35 	of council members. 

14.1
14.2	(c) Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
Site Visit Exception
					
14.3 	Travel to and from site visits by council 
14.4 	members that are paid for under paragraph 
14.5 	(b) are not meetings of the council for the 
14.6 	purpose of receiving information under 
14.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
14.8 	subdivision 5.

14.9	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
14.10 	Money appropriated in this section may 
14.11 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
14.12 	directly related to and necessary for a 
14.13 	specific appropriation and are specified in the 
14.14 	accomplishment plan. Money appropriated 
14.15 	in this section must not be spent on indirect 
14.16 	costs or other institutional overhead charges. 
14.17 	Unless otherwise provided, the amounts 
14.18 	in this section are available until June 30, 
14.19 	2013, when projects must be completed and 
14.20 	final accomplishments reported. If a project 
14.21 	receives federal funds, the time period 
14.22 	of the appropriation is extended to equal 
14.23 	the availability of federal funding. Funds 
14.24 	appropriated for fee title acquisition of land 
14.25 	may be used to restore and enhance land 
14.26 	acquired with the appropriation.

14.27	Subd. 8.Accomplishment Plans
 					
14.28 	It is a condition of acceptance of the 
14.29 	appropriations made by this section that the 
14.30 	agency or entity using the appropriation shall 
14.31 	submit to the council an accomplishment 
14.32 	plan and periodic accomplishment 
14.33 	reports in the form determined by the 
14.34 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
14.35 	The accomplishment plan must account for 
15.1 	the use of the appropriation and outcomes 
15.2 	of the expenditure in measures of wetlands, 
15.3 	prairies, forests, and fish, game, and wildlife 
15.4 	habitat restored, protected, and enhanced. 
15.5 	The plan must include an evaluation of 
15.6 	results. None of the money provided in this 
15.7 	section may be expended unless the council 
15.8 	has approved the pertinent accomplishment 
15.9 	plan.

15.10	Subd. 9.Project Requirements
 					
15.11 	(a) As a condition of accepting an 
15.12 	appropriation in this section, any agency 
15.13 	or entity receiving an appropriation must 
15.14 	comply with this subdivision for any project 
15.15 	funded in whole or in part with funds from 
15.16 	the appropriation.
15.17 	(b) To the extent possible, a person 
15.18 	conducting restoration with money 
15.19 	appropriated in this section must plant 
15.20 	vegetation or sow seed only of ecotypes 
15.21 	native to Minnesota, and preferably of the 
15.22 	local ecotype, using a high diversity of 
15.23 	species originating from as close to the 
15.24 	restoration site as possible, and protect 
15.25 	existing native prairies, grasslands, forests, 
15.26 	wetlands, and other aquatic systems from 
15.27 	genetic contamination.
15.28 	(c) All conservation easements acquired 
15.29 	with money appropriated in this section 
15.30 	must: (1) be permanent; (2) specify the 
15.31 	parties to an easement; (3) specify all of 
15.32 	the provisions of an agreement that are 
15.33 	permanent; (4) specify the responsibilities 
15.34 	of the parties for habitat enhancement and 
15.35 	restoration and the associated costs of these 
16.1 	activities; (5) be sent to the office of the 
16.2 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council; (6) 
16.3 	include a long-term stewardship plan and 
16.4 	identify the sources and amount of funding 
16.5 	for monitoring and enforcing the easement 
16.6 	agreement; and (7) identify the parties 
16.7 	responsible for monitoring and enforcing the 
16.8 	easement agreement.
16.9 	(d) For all restorations, a recipient must 
16.10 	prepare and retain an ecological restoration 
16.11 	and management plan that, to the degree 
16.12 	practicable, is consistent with the highest 
16.13 	quality conservation and ecological goals for 
16.14 	the restoration site. Consideration should 
16.15 	be given to soil, geology, topography, and 
16.16 	other relevant factors that would provide 
16.17 	the best chance for long-term success of the 
16.18 	restoration projects. The plan shall include 
16.19 	the proposed timetable for implementing 
16.20 	the restoration, including, but not limited 
16.21 	to, site preparation, establishment of 
16.22 	diverse plant species, maintenance, and 
16.23 	additional enhancement to establish the 
16.24 	restoration; identify long-term maintenance 
16.25 	and management needs of the restoration 
16.26 	and how the maintenance, management, and 
16.27 	enhancement will be financed; and use the 
16.28 	best available science to achieve the best 
16.29 	restoration.
16.30 	(e) For new lands acquired, a recipient 
16.31 	must prepare a restoration and management 
16.32 	plan in compliance with paragraph (d), 
16.33 	including identification of sufficient funding 
16.34 	for implementation.
17.1 	(f) To ensure public accountability for the 
17.2 	use of public funds, a recipient must provide 
17.3 	to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
17.4 	Council documentation of the selection 
17.5 	process used to identify parcels acquired 
17.6 	in fee or permanent conservation easement 
17.7 	and provide the council with documentation 
17.8 	of all related transaction costs, including, 
17.9 	but not limited to, appraisals, legal fees, 
17.10 	recording fees, commissions, other similar 
17.11 	costs, and donations. This information 
17.12 	must be provided for all parties involved 
17.13 	in the transaction. The recipient shall 
17.14 	also report to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
17.15 	Heritage Council any difference between the 
17.16 	acquisition amount paid to the seller and the 
17.17 	state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal, if 
17.18 	a state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal 
17.19 	was conducted. Acquisition data such 
17.20 	as appraisals may remain private during 
17.21 	negotiations but must ultimately be made 
17.22 	public according to Minnesota Statutes, 
17.23 	chapter 13.
17.24 	(g) Except as otherwise provided in this 
17.25 	section, all restoration and enhancement 
17.26 	projects with money appropriated in this 
17.27 	section must be on land permanently 
17.28 	protected by a conservation easement or 
17.29 	public ownership.
17.30 	(h) To the extent an appropriation is used to 
17.31 	acquire an interest in real property, a recipient 
17.32 	of an appropriation under this section must 
17.33 	provide to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
17.34 	Heritage Council and the commissioner 
17.35 	of management and budget an analysis of 
17.36 	increased operations and maintenance costs 
18.1 	likely to be incurred by public entities as 
18.2 	a result of the acquisition and of how these 
18.3 	costs are to be paid.
18.4 	(i) A recipient of money from an 
18.5 	appropriation in this section must give 
18.6 	consideration to and make timely written 
18.7 	contact with the Minnesota Conservation 
18.8 	Corps for consideration of possible use of 
18.9 	their services to contract for restoration and 
18.10 	enhancement services. A copy of the written 
18.11 	contact must be filed with the Lessard-Sams 
18.12 	Outdoor Heritage Council within 15 days of 
18.13 	execution.
18.14 	(j) A recipient of money from this section 
18.15 	must erect signage according to Laws 2009, 
18.16 	chapter 172, article 5, section 10.

18.17
18.18	Subd. 10.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
18.19 	All agreements, grants, or contracts referred 
18.20 	to in this section must be administered on 
18.21 	a reimbursement basis unless otherwise 
18.22 	provided in this section. Notwithstanding 
18.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, 
18.24 	expenditures directly related to each 
18.25 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
18.26 	1, 2010, are eligible for reimbursement unless 
18.27 	otherwise provided in this section. Periodic 
18.28 	reimbursement must be made upon receiving 
18.29 	documentation that the deliverable items 
18.30 	articulated in the approved accomplishment 
18.31 	plan have been achieved, including partial 
18.32 	achievements as evidenced by approved 
18.33 	progress reports. Reasonable amounts may 
18.34 	be advanced to projects to accommodate 
18.35 	cash flow needs or to match federal share. 
18.36 	The advances must be approved as part of 
19.1 	the accomplishment plan. Capital equipment 
19.2 	expenditures for specific items in excess of 
19.3 	$10,000 must be approved as part of the 
19.4 	accomplishment plan.

19.5
19.6	Subd. 11.Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable 
Materials
 					
19.7 	A political subdivision, public or private 
19.8 	corporation, or other entity that receives an 
19.9 	appropriation in this section must use the 
19.10 	appropriation in compliance with Minnesota 
19.11 	Statutes, sections 16B.121, regarding 
19.12 	purchase of recycled, repairable, and durable 
19.13 	materials, and 16B.122, regarding purchase 
19.14 	and use of paper stock and printing.

19.15	Subd. 12.Accessibility
 					
19.16 	Structural and nonstructural facilities must 
19.17 	meet the design standards in the Americans 
19.18 	with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility 
19.19 	guidelines.

19.20	Subd. 13.Land Acquisition Restrictions
 					
19.21 	(a) An interest in real property, including, but 
19.22 	not limited to, an easement or fee title, that 
19.23 	is acquired with money appropriated under 
19.24 	this section must be used in perpetuity or for 
19.25 	the specific term of an easement interest for 
19.26 	the purpose for which the appropriation was 
19.27 	made.
19.28 	(b) A recipient of funding who acquires 
19.29 	an interest in real property subject to this 
19.30 	subdivision may not alter the intended use 
19.31 	of the interest in real property or convey 
19.32 	any interest in the real property acquired 
19.33 	with the appropriation without the prior 
19.34 	review and approval of the Lessard-Sams 
19.35 	Outdoor Heritage Council or its successor. 
20.1 	The council shall establish procedures to 
20.2 	review requests from recipients to alter 
20.3 	the use of or convey an interest in real 
20.4 	property. These procedures shall allow 
20.5 	for the replacement of the interest in real 
20.6 	property with another interest in real property 
20.7 	meeting the following criteria: (1) the 
20.8 	interest is at least equal in fair market value, 
20.9 	as certified by the commissioner of natural 
20.10 	resources, to the interest being replaced; and 
20.11 	(2) the interest is in a reasonably equivalent 
20.12 	location and has a reasonably equivalent 
20.13 	useful conservation purpose compared to the 
20.14 	interest being replaced.
20.15 	(c) A recipient of funding who acquires an 
20.16 	interest in real property under paragraph 
20.17 	(a) must separately record a notice of 
20.18 	funding restrictions in the appropriate local 
20.19 	government office where the conveyance 
20.20 	of the interest in real property is filed. The 
20.21 	notice of funding agreement must contain: 
20.22 	(1) a legal description of the interest in real 
20.23 	property covered by the funding agreement; 
20.24 	(2) a reference to the underlying funding 
20.25 	agreement; (3) a reference to this section; and 
20.26 	(4) the following statement: "This interest 
20.27 	in real property shall be administered in 
20.28 	accordance with the terms, conditions, and 
20.29 	purposes of the grant agreement controlling 
20.30 	the acquisition of the property. The interest 
20.31 	in real property, or any portion of the interest 
20.32 	in real property, shall not be sold, transferred, 
20.33 	pledged, or otherwise disposed of or further 
20.34 	encumbered without obtaining the prior 
20.35 	written approval of the Lessard-Sams 
20.36 	Outdoor Heritage Council or its successor. 
21.1 	The ownership of the interest in real property 
21.2 	shall transfer to the state if: (1) the holder of 
21.3 	the interest in real property fails to comply 
21.4 	with the terms and conditions of the grant 
21.5 	agreement or accomplishment plan; or 
21.6 	(2) restrictions are placed on the land that 
21.7 	preclude its use for the intended purpose as 
21.8 	specified in the appropriation."

21.9	Subd. 14.Real Property Interest Report
 					
21.10 	By December 1 each year, a recipient of 
21.11 	money appropriated under this section that 
21.12 	is used for the acquisition of an interest in 
21.13 	real property, including, but not limited to, 
21.14 	an easement or fee title, must submit annual 
21.15 	reports on the status of the real property to 
21.16 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.17 	or its successor in a form determined by the 
21.18 	council. The responsibility for reporting 
21.19 	under this section may be transferred by 
21.20 	the recipient of the appropriation to another 
21.21 	person or entity that holds the interest in the 
21.22 	real property. To complete the transfer of 
21.23 	reporting responsibility, the recipient of the 
21.24 	appropriation must: (1) inform the person to 
21.25 	whom the responsibility is transferred of that 
21.26 	person's reporting responsibility; (2) inform 
21.27 	the person to whom the responsibility is 
21.28 	transferred of the property restrictions under 
21.29 	subdivision 13; (3) provide written notice 
21.30 	to the council of the transfer of reporting 
21.31 	responsibility, including contact information 
21.32 	for the person to whom the responsibility is 
21.33 	transferred; and (4) provide the Lessard-Sams 
21.34 	Outdoor Heritage Council or its successor 
21.35 	written documentation from the person or 
21.36 	entity holding the interest in real property 
22.1 	certifying its acceptance of all reporting 
22.2 	obligations and responsibilities previously 
22.3 	held by the recipient of the appropriation. 
22.4 	After the transfer, the person or entity that 
22.5 	holds the interest in the real property is 
22.6 	responsible for reporting requirements under 
22.7 	this section.