1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environmental protection; appropriating money to hire additional 
1.3 	regulatory staff.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2022 and $....... in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the general 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for the purpose of hiring two 
1.8 	full-time employees as inspectors to assist in preventing accidental releases of hazardous 
1.9 	chemicals from facilities that manufacture, store, use, or otherwise handle certain quantities 
1.10 	of harmful chemical substances under section 112(r) of the federal Clean Air Act, United 
1.11 	States Code, title 42, section 7401, et seq.

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