1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying definitions related to native prairie 
1.3 	restorations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 84.02, 
1.4 	subdivisions 2, 7.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 84.02, subdivision 2, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Best management practice for native prairie restoration. "Best 
1.9 	management practice for native prairie restoration" means using seeds collected from a 
1.10 	native prairie within the same county or ecotype region or within 25 miles of the county's 
1.11 	border, but not across the boundary of an ecotype region ecotype region boundary.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 84.02, subdivision 7, is amended 
1.13 	to read:
1.14 		Subd. 7.Restored native prairie. "Restored native prairie" means a restoration 
1.15 	using at least 25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species of a 
1.16 	local ecotype originating in the same county ecotype region as the restoration site or within 
1.17 	25 miles of the county's border, but not across the boundary of an ecotype region boundary.