1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and natural 
1.3 	resources and tourism; modifying fees, surcharges, and programs; creating accounts 
1.4 	and providing for disposition of certain receipts; authorizing sales and conveyances 
1.5 	of certain state land; modifying forestry provisions; modifying game and fish laws; 
1.6 	modifying Water Law; modifying natural resource and environment provisions; 
1.7 	requiring reports; making technical corrections;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.8 	2018, sections 17.035, subdivision 1; 35.155, subdivisions 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, by 
1.9 	adding a subdivision; 84.026, by adding a subdivision; 84.027, subdivision 18; 
1.10 	84.0273; 84.0895, subdivision 2; 84.775, subdivision 1; 84.788, subdivision 2; 
1.11 	84.794, subdivision 2; 84.83, subdivision 3; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.925, 
1.12 	subdivision 1; 84.9256, subdivision 1; 84.928, subdivision 2; 84D.03, subdivisions 
1.13 	3, 4; 84D.108, subdivisions 2b, 2c; 84D.15, subdivision 2; 85.054, subdivision 1; 
1.14 	85.32, subdivision 1; 85.42; 85.44; 85.47; 86B.415, subdivision 7; 88.10, by adding 
1.15 	a subdivision; 88.642, subdivisions 1, 3; 88.6435; 90.01, by adding a subdivision; 
1.16 	90.195; 92.115, subdivision 1; 92.50, subdivision 1; 94.09, subdivision 3; 94.10; 
1.17 	97A.015, subdivisions 25, 43; 97A.051, subdivision 2; 97A.055, subdivision 4b; 
1.18 	97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.321, subdivision 1; 97A.405, by adding a subdivision; 
1.19 	97A.433, subdivisions 4, 5; 97A.505, subdivision 8; 97B.011; 97B.015, subdivision 
1.20 	6; 97B.081, subdivision 3; 97B.086; 97B.1055; 97B.106, subdivision 2; 97B.1115; 
1.21 	97B.205; 97B.426; 97B.655; 97B.665, by adding a subdivision; 97B.667, 
1.22 	subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 97B.722; 97C.345, by adding a 
1.23 	subdivision; 97C.391, subdivision 1; 97C.395, subdivision 2; 97C.815, subdivision 
1.24 	2; 103B.3369, subdivisions 5, 9; 103B.611, subdivision 3; 103B.801, subdivisions 
1.25 	2, 4, 5; 103D.315, subdivision 8; 103F.361, subdivision 2; 103F.363, subdivision 
1.26 	1; 103F.365, by adding a subdivision; 103F.371; 103F.373, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 
1.27 	103G.2242, subdivision 14; 103G.241, subdivisions 1, 3; 103G.287, subdivision 
1.28 	1; 103G.301, subdivision 2; 103G.311, subdivisions 2, 5; 103G.315, subdivision 
1.29 	8; 103G.408; 103G.615, subdivision 3a; 114D.15, subdivisions 7, 11, 13, by adding 
1.30 	subdivisions; 114D.20, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; 114D.26; 
1.31 	114D.35, subdivisions 1, 3; 115.03, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 
1.32 	115.035; 115A.51; 116.155, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 116.993, 
1.33 	subdivisions 2, 6; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; 116U.55; 127A.353, subdivision 1; 
1.34 	282.01, subdivision 4; Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivisions 2, as 
1.35 	amended, 9, as amended; Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105, as 
1.36 	amended; Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; Laws 
1.37 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 6, as amended; Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 
1.38 	1, section 9; Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9; proposing coding 
2.1 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 1; 35; 84; 92; 93; 97B; 103C; 114D; 
2.2 	115B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.121.
2.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.4 	ARTICLE 1
2.5 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS

2.6	Section 1. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.7 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
2.8 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
2.9 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
2.10 	The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
2.11 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. 
2.12 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" 
2.13 	is fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, are 
2.14 	effective the day following final enactment.

2.15				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.16				Available for the Year
	
2.17				Ending June 30
	
2.18					2020
		2021

2.19	Sec. 2. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

2.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	106,908,000
	$
	104,363,000

2.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.22		2020
	2021
	
2.23	General
	6,815,000
	6,524,000
	
2.24
2.25	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
2.26	Environmental
	83,986,000
	83,654,000
	
2.27	Remediation
	14,410,000
	14,110,000
	
2.28
2.29	Closed Landfill 
Investment
	1,622,000
	-0-
	
2.30 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.31 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.32 	subdivisions.
2.33 	The commissioner must present the agency's 
2.34 	biennial budget for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 
2.35 	to the legislature in a transparent way by 
3.1 	agency division, including the proposed 
3.2 	budget bill and presentations of the budget to 
3.3 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
3.4 	over the agency's budget.

3.5	Subd. 2.Environmental Analysis and Outcomes
 		13,277,000
		13,308,000

3.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.7		2020
	2021
	
3.8	General
	205,000
	205,000
	
3.9	Environmental
	12,871,000
	12,902,000
	
3.10	Remediation
	201,000
	201,000
	
3.11 	(a) $89,000 the first year and $89,000 the 
3.12 	second year are for:
3.13 	(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities 
3.14 	in implementing and participating in the 
3.15 	rulemaking process for water quality standards 
3.16 	and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting 
3.17 	process;
3.18 	(2) enhanced economic analysis in the 
3.19 	rulemaking process for water quality 
3.20 	standards, including more-specific analysis 
3.21 	and identification of cost-effective permitting;
3.22 	(3) developing statewide economic analyses 
3.23 	and templates to reduce the amount of 
3.24 	information and time required for 
3.25 	municipalities to apply for variances from 
3.26 	water quality standards; and
3.27 	(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities 
3.28 	Authority to identify and advocate for the 
3.29 	resources needed for municipalities to achieve 
3.30 	permit requirements.
3.31 	(b) $205,000 the first year and $205,000 the 
3.32 	second year are from the environmental fund 
3.33 	for a monitoring program under Minnesota 
3.34 	Statutes, section 116.454.
4.1 	(c) $115,000 the first year and $115,000 the 
4.2 	second year are for monitoring water quality 
4.3 	and operating assistance programs.
4.4 	(d) $347,000 the first year and $347,000 the 
4.5 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.6 	for monitoring ambient air for hazardous 
4.7 	pollutants.
4.8 	(e) $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
4.9 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.10 	for duties related to harmful chemicals in 
4.11 	children's products under Minnesota Statutes, 
4.12 	sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this 
4.13 	amount, $57,000 each year is transferred to 
4.14 	the commissioner of health.
4.15 	(f) $109,000 the first year and $109,000 the 
4.16 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.17 	for registering wastewater laboratories.
4.18 	(g) $926,000 the first year and $926,000 the 
4.19 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.20 	to continue perfluorochemical biomonitoring 
4.21 	in eastern metropolitan communities, as 
4.22 	recommended by the Environmental Health 
4.23 	Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel, 
4.24 	and to address other environmental health 
4.25 	risks, including air quality. The communities 
4.26 	must include Hmong and other immigrant 
4.27 	farming communities. Of this amount, up to 
4.28 	$689,000 the first year and $689,000 the 
4.29 	second year are for transfer to the Department 
4.30 	of Health.
4.31 	(h) $51,000 the first year and $51,000 the 
4.32 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.33 	for the listing procedures for impaired waters 
4.34 	required under this act.
5.1 	(i) $141,000 the second year is to implement 
5.2 	and enforce Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.3 	325F.071. Of this amount, up to $65,000 each 
5.4 	year may be transferred to the commissioner 
5.5 	of health.
5.6 	(j) $200,000 the first year is from the 
5.7 	environmental fund for transfer to the 
5.8 	commissioner of health for enhanced blood 
5.9 	lead testing, lead poisoning prevention efforts, 
5.10 	and asthma education as recommended by the 
5.11 	Northern Metals Consent Decree Advisory 
5.12 	Committee. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.13 	(k) The base for the general fund in fiscal year 
5.14 	2022 and later is $204,000.

5.15	Subd. 3.Industrial
 		15,473,000
		15,606,000

5.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.17		2020
	2021
	
5.18	Environmental
	14,472,000
	14,605,000
	
5.19	Remediation
	1,001,000
	1,001,000
	
5.20 	(a) $1,001,000 the first year and $1,001,000 
5.21 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
5.22 	for the leaking underground storage tank 
5.23 	program to investigate, clean up, and prevent 
5.24 	future releases from underground petroleum 
5.25 	storage tanks and for the petroleum 
5.26 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
5.27 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
5.28 	are transferred from the petroleum tank fund 
5.29 	to the remediation fund.
5.30 	(b) $393,000 the first year and $393,000 the 
5.31 	second year are from the environmental fund 
5.32 	to further evaluate the use and reduction of 
5.33 	trichloroethylene around Minnesota and 
5.34 	identify its potential health effects on 
6.1 	communities. Of this amount, up to $121,000 
6.2 	each year may be transferred to the 
6.3 	commissioner of health.

6.4	Subd. 4.Municipal
 		8,232,000
		7,859,000

6.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.6		2020
	2021
	
6.7	General
	164,000
	164,000
	
6.8	Environmental
	8,068,000
	7,695,000
	
6.9 	(a) $164,000 the first year and $164,000 the 
6.10 	second year are for:
6.11 	(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities 
6.12 	in implementing and participating in the 
6.13 	rulemaking process for water quality standards 
6.14 	and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting 
6.15 	process;
6.16 	(2) enhanced economic analysis in the 
6.17 	rulemaking process for water quality 
6.18 	standards, including more-specific analysis 
6.19 	and identification of cost-effective permitting;
6.20 	(3) developing statewide economic analyses 
6.21 	and templates to reduce the amount of 
6.22 	information and time required for 
6.23 	municipalities to apply for variances from 
6.24 	water quality standards; and
6.25 	(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities 
6.26 	Authority to identify and advocate for the 
6.27 	resources needed for municipalities to achieve 
6.28 	permit requirements.
6.29 	(b) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
6.30 	second year are from the environmental fund 
6.31 	for transfer to the Office of Administrative 
6.32 	Hearings to establish sanitary districts.
7.1 	(c) $671,000 the first year and $671,000 the 
7.2 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.3 	for subsurface sewage treatment system 
7.4 	(SSTS) program administration and 
7.5 	community technical assistance and education, 
7.6 	including grants and technical assistance to 
7.7 	communities for water-quality protection. Of 
7.8 	this amount, $129,000 each year is for 
7.9 	assistance to counties through grants for SSTS 
7.10 	program administration. A county receiving 
7.11 	a grant from this appropriation must submit 
7.12 	the results achieved with the grant to the 
7.13 	commissioner as part of its annual SSTS 
7.14 	report. Any unexpended balance in the first 
7.15 	year does not cancel but is available in the 
7.16 	second year.
7.17 	(d) $784,000 the first year and $784,000 the 
7.18 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.19 	to address the need for continued increased 
7.20 	activity in new technology review, technical 
7.21 	assistance for local governments, and 
7.22 	enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, 
7.23 	sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the 
7.24 	requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, 
7.25 	article 1, section 165.
7.26 	(e) $373,000 the first year is from the 
7.27 	environmental fund to meet the increased 
7.28 	demand for technical assistance and review 
7.29 	of municipal water infrastructure projects that 
7.30 	will be generated by increased grant funding 
7.31 	through the Public Facilities Authority. This 
7.32 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
7.33 	until June 30, 2021.
7.34 	(f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
7.35 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
8.1 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2021, as 
8.2 	grants or contracts for subsurface sewage 
8.3 	treatment systems, surface water and 
8.4 	groundwater assessments, storm water, and 
8.5 	water-quality protection in this subdivision 
8.6 	are available until June 30, 2024.

8.7	Subd. 5.Operations
 		8,326,000
		8,337,000

8.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.9		2020
	2021
	
8.10	General
	2,490,000
	2,490,000
	
8.11	Environmental
	5,008,000
	5,019,000
	
8.12	Remediation
	828,000
	828,000
	
8.13 	(a) $180,000 the first year and $180,000 the 
8.14 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
8.15 	the leaking underground storage tank program 
8.16 	to investigate, clean up, and prevent future 
8.17 	releases from underground petroleum storage 
8.18 	tanks and for the petroleum remediation 
8.19 	program for vapor assessment and 
8.20 	remediation. These same annual amounts are 
8.21 	transferred from the petroleum tank fund to 
8.22 	the remediation fund.
8.23 	(b) $2,490,000 the first year and $2,490,000 
8.24 	the second year are to support agency 
8.25 	information technology services provided at 
8.26 	the enterprise and agency level.
8.27 	(c) $800,000 the first year and $800,000 the 
8.28 	second year are from the environmental fund 
8.29 	to develop and maintain systems to support 
8.30 	permitting and regulatory business processes 
8.31 	and agency data.

8.32	Subd. 6.Remediation
 		14,516,000
		12,945,000

8.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.34		2020
	2021
	
9.1	General
	216,000
	-0-
	
9.2	Environmental
	832,000
	1,099,000
	
9.3	Remediation
	11,846,000
	11,846,000
	
9.4
9.5	Closed Landfill 
Investment
	1,622,000
	-0-
	
9.6 	(a) All money for environmental response, 
9.7 	compensation, and compliance in the 
9.8 	remediation fund not otherwise appropriated 
9.9 	is appropriated to the commissioners of the 
9.10 	Pollution Control Agency and agriculture for 
9.11 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.12 	115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), (3), 
9.13 	(6), and (7). At the beginning of each fiscal 
9.14 	year, the two commissioners must jointly 
9.15 	submit to the commissioner of management 
9.16 	and budget an annual spending plan that 
9.17 	maximizes resource use and appropriately 
9.18 	allocates the money between the two 
9.19 	departments. This appropriation is available 
9.20 	until June 30, 2021.
9.21 	(b) $216,000 the first year from the general 
9.22 	fund is a onetime appropriation and $217,000 
9.23 	the first year and $484,000 the second year 
9.24 	are from the environmental fund to manage 
9.25 	contaminated sediment projects at multiple 
9.26 	sites identified in the St. Louis River remedial 
9.27 	action plan to restore water quality in the St. 
9.28 	Louis River Area of Concern. The base for 
9.29 	the environmental fund in fiscal year 2022 and 
9.30 	later is $363,000.
9.31 	(c) $3,961,000 the first year and $3,961,000 
9.32 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
9.33 	for the leaking underground storage tank 
9.34 	program to investigate, clean up, and prevent 
9.35 	future releases from underground petroleum 
9.36 	storage tanks and for the petroleum 
10.1 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
10.2 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
10.3 	are transferred from the petroleum tank fund 
10.4 	to the remediation fund.
10.5 	(d) $257,000 the first year and $257,000 the 
10.6 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
10.7 	transfer to the commissioner of health for 
10.8 	private water-supply monitoring and health 
10.9 	assessment costs in areas contaminated by 
10.10 	unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste 
10.11 	disposal facilities and drinking water 
10.12 	advisories and public information activities 
10.13 	for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.
10.14 	(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
10.15 	section 115B.421, $1,622,000 the first year is 
10.16 	from the closed landfill investment fund for 
10.17 	settling obligations with the federal 
10.18 	government, remedial investigations, 
10.19 	feasibility studies, engineering, and 
10.20 	cleanup-related activities for purposes of 
10.21 	environmental response actions at a priority 
10.22 	qualified facility under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.23 	sections 115B.406 and 115B.407. This is a 
10.24 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
10.25 	June 30, 2021.

10.26	Subd. 7.Resource Management and Assistance
 		35,675,000
		35,699,000

10.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.28		2020
	2021
	
10.29	General
	700,000
	625,000
	
10.30
10.31	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
10.32	Environmental
	34,900,000
	34,999,000
	
10.33 	(a) Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
10.34 	the second year may be transferred from the 
10.35 	environmental fund to the small business 
11.1 	environmental improvement loan account 
11.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116.993.
11.3 	(b) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
11.4 	the second year are for competitive recycling 
11.5 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.6 	115A.565. Of this amount, $700,000 the first 
11.7 	year and $625,000 the second year are from 
11.8 	the general fund, and $300,000 the first year 
11.9 	and $375,000 the second year are from the 
11.10 	environmental fund. This appropriation is 
11.11 	available until June 30, 2023. Any 
11.12 	unencumbered grant balances in the first year 
11.13 	do not cancel but are available for grants in 
11.14 	the second year. The base distribution for this 
11.15 	appropriation in fiscal year 2022 and later is 
11.16 	$300,000 each year from the general fund and 
11.17 	$700,000 each year from the environmental 
11.18 	fund.
11.19 	(c) $694,000 the first year and $694,000 the 
11.20 	second year are from the environmental fund 
11.21 	for emission-reduction activities and grants to 
11.22 	small businesses and other 
11.23 	nonpoint-emission-reduction efforts. Of this 
11.24 	amount, $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
11.25 	the second year are to continue work with 
11.26 	Clean Air Minnesota, and the commissioner 
11.27 	may enter into an agreement with 
11.28 	Environmental Initiative to support this effort. 
11.29 	Any unencumbered grant balances in the first 
11.30 	year do not cancel but are available for grants 
11.31 	in the second year.
11.32 	(d) $17,750,000 the first year and $17,750,000 
11.33 	the second year are from the environmental 
11.34 	fund for SCORE block grants to counties. Any 
11.35 	unencumbered grant balances in the first year 
12.1 	do not cancel but are available for grants in 
12.2 	the second year.
12.3 	(e) $119,000 the first year and $119,000 the 
12.4 	second year are from the environmental fund 
12.5 	for environmental assistance grants or loans 
12.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.0716. 
12.7 	Any unencumbered grant and loan balances 
12.8 	in the first year do not cancel but are available 
12.9 	for grants and loans in the second year.
12.10 	(f) $112,000 the first year and $112,000 the 
12.11 	second year are from the environmental fund 
12.12 	for subsurface sewage treatment system 
12.13 	(SSTS) program administration and 
12.14 	community technical assistance and education, 
12.15 	including grants and technical assistance to 
12.16 	communities for water-quality protection.
12.17 	(g) $169,000 the first year and $169,000 the 
12.18 	second year are from the environmental fund 
12.19 	to address the need for continued increased 
12.20 	activity in new technology review, technical 
12.21 	assistance for local governments, and 
12.22 	enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.23 	sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the 
12.24 	requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, 
12.25 	article 1, section 165.
12.26 	(h) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
12.27 	second year are from the environmental fund 
12.28 	for grants to develop and expand recycling 
12.29 	markets for Minnesota businesses.
12.30 	(i) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
12.31 	second year are from the environmental fund 
12.32 	for reducing and diverting food waste, 
12.33 	redirecting edible food for consumption, and 
12.34 	removing barriers to collecting and recovering 
13.1 	organic waste. Of this amount, $500,000 each 
13.2 	year is for grants to increase food rescue and 
13.3 	waste prevention. This appropriation is 
13.4 	available until June 30, 2023. Any 
13.5 	unencumbered grant balances in the first year 
13.6 	do not cancel but are available for grants in 
13.7 	the second year.
13.8 	(j) All money deposited in the environmental 
13.9 	fund for the metropolitan solid waste landfill 
13.10 	fee in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
13.11 	section 473.843, and not otherwise 
13.12 	appropriated, is appropriated for the purposes 
13.13 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.
13.14 	(k) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
13.15 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
13.16 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2021, as 
13.17 	contracts or grants for environmental 
13.18 	assistance awarded under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.19 	section 115A.0716; technical and research 
13.20 	assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.21 	115A.152; technical assistance under 
13.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.52; and 
13.23 	pollution prevention assistance under 
13.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115D.04, are 
13.25 	available until June 30, 2023.

13.26	Subd. 8.Watershed
 		9,635,000
		9,335,000

13.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.28		2020
	2021
	
13.29	General
	1,959,000
	1,959,000
	
13.30	Environmental
	7,442,000
	7,142,000
	
13.31	Remediation
	234,000
	234,000
	
13.32 	(a) $1,959,000 the first year and $1,959,000 
13.33 	the second year are for grants to delegated 
13.34 	counties to administer the county feedlot 
13.35 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.1 	116.0711, subdivisions 2 and 3. Money 
14.2 	remaining after the first year is available for 
14.3 	the second year.
14.4 	(b) $208,000 the first year and $208,000 the 
14.5 	second year are from the environmental fund 
14.6 	for the costs of implementing general 
14.7 	operating permits for feedlots over 1,000 
14.8 	animal units.
14.9 	(c) $122,000 the first year and $122,000 the 
14.10 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
14.11 	the leaking underground storage tank program 
14.12 	to investigate, clean up, and prevent future 
14.13 	releases from underground petroleum storage 
14.14 	tanks and for the petroleum remediation 
14.15 	program for vapor assessment and 
14.16 	remediation. These same annual amounts are 
14.17 	transferred from the petroleum tank fund to 
14.18 	the remediation fund.
14.19 	(d) $300,000 the first year is from the 
14.20 	environmental fund for a grant to the 
14.21 	Minnesota Association of County Feedlot 
14.22 	Officers to develop, in coordination with the 
14.23 	Pollution Control Agency and the University 
14.24 	of Minnesota Extension program, an online 
14.25 	training curriculum related to animal feedlot 
14.26 	requirements under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
14.27 	7020. This is a onetime appropriation. The 
14.28 	curriculum must be developed to:
14.29 	(1) provide base-level knowledge to new and 
14.30 	existing county feedlot pollution control 
14.31 	officers on feedlot registration, permitting, 
14.32 	compliance, enforcement, and program 
14.33 	administration;
15.1 	(2) provide assistance to new and existing 
15.2 	county feedlot pollution control officers for 
15.3 	working efficiently and effectively with 
15.4 	producers; and
15.5 	(3) reduce the incidence of manure or nutrients 
15.6 	entering surface water or groundwater.

15.7	Subd. 9.Environmental Quality Board
 		1,774,000
		1,274,000

15.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.9		2020
	2021
	
15.10	General
	1,081,000
	1,081,000
	
15.11	Environmental
	393,000
	193,000
	
15.12	Remediation
	300,000
	-0-
	
15.13 	(a) $200,000 the first year is from the 
15.14 	environmental fund to begin to develop and 
15.15 	assemble the material required under Code of 
15.16 	Federal Regulations, title 40, section 233.10, 
15.17 	to have the state of Minnesota assume the 
15.18 	section 404 permitting program of the Federal 
15.19 	Clean Water Act. The Board may execute 
15.20 	contracts or interagency agreements to 
15.21 	facilitate developing the required agreements 
15.22 	and materials. By February 1, 2021, the board 
15.23 	must submit a report on the additional funding 
15.24 	necessary to secure section 404 assumption 
15.25 	and the additional funding needed to fully 
15.26 	implement the state-assumed program to the 
15.27 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
15.28 	legislative committees and divisions with 
15.29 	jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
15.30 	resources. This is a onetime appropriation.
15.31 	(b) $300,000 the first year is from the 
15.32 	remediation fund to conduct a study of the 
15.33 	potential to deploy solar photovoltaic devices 
15.34 	on closed landfill program sites. This is a 
15.35 	onetime appropriation. By December 1, 2020, 
16.1 	the board, in consultation with the Pollution 
16.2 	Control Agency and the commissioners of 
16.3 	administration, commerce, and management 
16.4 	and budget, must provide to the chairs and 
16.5 	ranking minority members of the legislative 
16.6 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
16.7 	over environment and natural resources policy 
16.8 	and finance and energy policy and finance a 
16.9 	report on the use of properties in the state's 
16.10 	closed landfill program for solar energy 
16.11 	production. The report must include:
16.12 	(1) identification and assessment of properties 
16.13 	in the closed landfill program with the highest 
16.14 	potential for solar energy production;
16.15 	(2) identification of potential barriers to solar 
16.16 	energy production and potential ways to 
16.17 	address those barriers; and
16.18 	(3) policy recommendations that would 
16.19 	facilitate solar energy production on closed 
16.20 	landfill program sites in a manner that would 
16.21 	contribute to state and local government 
16.22 	sustainability goals.

16.23	Subd. 10.Transfers
 					
16.24 	(a) The commissioner must transfer up to 
16.25 	$44,000,000 from the environmental fund to 
16.26 	the remediation fund for purposes of the 
16.27 	remediation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.28 	section 116.155, subdivision 2.
16.29 	(b) $600,000 the first year is transferred from 
16.30 	the remediation fund to the dry cleaner 
16.31 	environmental response and reimbursement 
16.32 	account for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
16.33 	section 115B.49, with reimbursement 
16.34 	prioritized to persons who meet the definition 
17.1 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.48, 
17.2 	subdivision 10, clause (2), and who have made 
17.3 	a request to the commissioner, as required 
17.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.50, 
17.5 	subdivision 2.
17.6 	(c) $600,000 the first year is from the 
17.7 	remediation fund to the commissioner for 
17.8 	preparing a report to the chairs and ranking 
17.9 	minority members of the legislative 
17.10 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
17.11 	over environment and natural resources 
17.12 	finance that includes an assessment of the 
17.13 	possibility of recovering environmental 
17.14 	response costs from insurance held by dry 
17.15 	cleaning facilities. The report must be 
17.16 	submitted by January 15, 2021.
17.17 	(d) $600,000 the second year is transferred 
17.18 	from the remediation fund to the dry cleaner 
17.19 	environmental response and reimbursement 
17.20 	account for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
17.21 	section 115B.49, if legislation is enacted in 
17.22 	the 2020 legislative session to address the 
17.23 	insolvency of the dry cleaner environmental 
17.24 	response and reimbursement account.

17.25	Subd. 11.Cancellations
 					
17.26 	(a) The unencumbered amount of the 
17.27 	environmental fund appropriation in Laws 
17.28 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 2, 
17.29 	subdivision 2, for technical assistance and 
17.30 	review of municipal wastewater infrastructure 
17.31 	projects, estimated to be $373,000, is canceled 
17.32 	on June 29, 2019.
17.33 	(b) The unencumbered amount of the closed 
17.34 	landfill investment fund appropriation in Laws 
18.1 	2017, chapter 93, article 1, section 2, 
18.2 	subdivision 6, for settling obligations, remedial 
18.3 	investigations, feasibility studies, engineering, 
18.4 	and cleanup-related activities for purposes of 
18.5 	environmental response actions at a priority 
18.6 	qualified facility, estimated to be $1,622,000, 
18.7 	is canceled on June 29, 2019.

18.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 11 is effective the day following final enactment.

18.9	Sec. 3. NATURAL RESOURCES

18.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	312,128,000
	$
	307,840,000

18.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
18.12		2020
	2021
	
18.13	General
	93,208,000
	89,235,000
	
18.14	Natural Resources
	106,792,000
	104,619,000
	
18.15	Game and Fish
	111,507,000
	113,359,000
	
18.16	Remediation
	106,000
	109,000
	
18.17	Permanent School
	515,000
	518,000
	
18.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
18.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
18.20 	subdivisions.

18.21
18.22	Subd. 2.Land and Mineral Resources 
Management
 		6,324,000
		6,406,000

18.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
18.24		2020
	2021
	
18.25	General
	1,825,000
	1,846,000
	
18.26	Natural Resources
	3,940,000
	3,998,000
	
18.27	Game and Fish
	344,000
	344,000
	
18.28	Permanent School
	215,000
	218,000
	
18.29 	(a) $319,000 the first year and $319,000 the 
18.30 	second year are for environmental research 
18.31 	relating to mine permitting, of which $200,000 
18.32 	each year is from the minerals management 
18.33 	account and $119,000 each year is from the 
18.34 	general fund.
19.1 	(b) $3,032,000 the first year and $3,083,000 
19.2 	the second year are from the minerals 
19.3 	management account in the natural resources 
19.4 	fund for use as provided under Minnesota 
19.5 	Statutes, section 93.2236, paragraph (c), for 
19.6 	mineral resource management, projects to 
19.7 	enhance future mineral income, and projects 
19.8 	to promote new mineral-resource 
19.9 	opportunities.
19.10 	(c) $215,000 the first year and $218,000 the 
19.11 	second year are from the state forest suspense 
19.12 	account in the permanent school fund to secure 
19.13 	maximum long-term economic return from 
19.14 	the school trust lands consistent with fiduciary 
19.15 	responsibilities and sound natural resources 
19.16 	conservation and management principles.
19.17 	(d) $331,000 the first year and $338,000 the 
19.18 	second year are from the water management 
19.19 	account in the natural resources fund for 
19.20 	mining hydrology.

19.21	Subd. 3.Ecological and Water Resources
 		36,423,000
		36,812,000

19.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.23		2020
	2021
	
19.24	General
	18,818,000
	18,922,000
	
19.25	Natural Resources
	12,094,000
	12,266,000
	
19.26	Game and Fish
	5,511,000
	5,624,000
	
19.27 	(a) $4,173,000 the first year and $4,222,000 
19.28 	the second year are from the invasive species 
19.29 	account in the natural resources fund and 
19.30 	$3,206,000 the first year and $3,206,000 the 
19.31 	second year are from the general fund for 
19.32 	management, public awareness, assessment 
19.33 	and monitoring research, and water access 
19.34 	inspection to prevent the spread of invasive 
19.35 	species; management of invasive plants in 
20.1 	public waters; and management of terrestrial 
20.2 	invasive species on state-administered lands. 
20.3 	The general fund base for fiscal year 2022 and 
20.4 	beyond is $2,831,000 each year.
20.5 	(b) $5,476,000 the first year and $5,556,000 
20.6 	the second year are from the water 
20.7 	management account in the natural resources 
20.8 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
20.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.27, 
20.10 	subdivision 2.
20.11 	(c) $124,000 the first year and $124,000 the 
20.12 	second year are for a grant to the Mississippi 
20.13 	Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of the 
20.14 	cost of implementing the comprehensive plan 
20.15 	for the upper Mississippi within areas under 
20.16 	the board's jurisdiction.
20.17 	(d) $10,000 the first year and $10,000 the 
20.18 	second year are for payment to the Leech Lake 
20.19 	Band of Chippewa Indians to implement the 
20.20 	band's portion of the comprehensive plan for 
20.21 	the upper Mississippi River.
20.22 	(e) $264,000 the first year and $264,000 the 
20.23 	second year are for grants for up to 50 percent 
20.24 	of the cost of implementing the Red River 
20.25 	mediation agreement.
20.26 	(f) $2,259,000 the first year and $2,298,000 
20.27 	the second year are from the heritage 
20.28 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
20.29 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
20.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
20.31 	paragraph (h), clause (1).
20.32 	(g) $971,000 the first year and $985,000 the 
20.33 	second year are from the nongame wildlife 
20.34 	management account in the natural resources 
21.1 	fund for nongame wildlife management. 
21.2 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.3 	290.431, $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
21.4 	the second year may be used for nongame 
21.5 	wildlife information, education, and 
21.6 	promotion.
21.7 	(h) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
21.8 	section 84.943, $13,000 the first year and 
21.9 	$13,000 the second year from the critical 
21.10 	habitat private sector matching account may 
21.11 	be used to publicize the critical habitat license 
21.12 	plate match program.
21.13 	(i) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 
21.14 	the second year are for the following activities:
21.15 	(1) financial reimbursement and technical 
21.16 	support to soil and water conservation districts 
21.17 	or other local units of government for 
21.18 	groundwater-level monitoring;
21.19 	(2) surface water monitoring and analysis, 
21.20 	including installing monitoring gauges;
21.21 	(3) groundwater analysis to assist with 
21.22 	water-appropriation permitting decisions;
21.23 	(4) permit application review incorporating 
21.24 	surface water and groundwater technical 
21.25 	analysis;
21.26 	(5) precipitation data and analysis to improve 
21.27 	irrigation use;
21.28 	(6) information technology, including 
21.29 	electronic permitting and integrated data 
21.30 	systems; and
21.31 	(7) compliance and monitoring.
21.32 	(j) $510,000 the first year and $510,000 the 
21.33 	second year are from the heritage enhancement 
22.1 	account in the game and fish fund for grants 
22.2 	to the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species 
22.3 	Research Center at the University of 
22.4 	Minnesota to prioritize, support, and develop 
22.5 	research-based solutions that can reduce the 
22.6 	effects of aquatic invasive species in 
22.7 	Minnesota by preventing spread, controlling 
22.8 	populations, and managing ecosystems and to 
22.9 	advance knowledge to inspire action by others. 
22.10 	Of the first year amount, $100,000 is to 
22.11 	develop, in conjunction with the commissioner 
22.12 	of natural resources, the commissioner of the 
22.13 	Pollution Control Agency, counties, and other 
22.14 	stakeholders, recommendations for 
22.15 	establishing a statewide surveillance and early 
22.16 	detection system for aquatic invasive species. 
22.17 	By March 1, 2020, the Minnesota Aquatic 
22.18 	Invasive Species Research Center must submit 
22.19 	a report and recommendations to the chairs 
22.20 	and ranking minority members of the 
22.21 	legislative committees and divisions with 
22.22 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
22.23 	resources policy and finance. The report must 
22.24 	include recommendations on all of the 
22.25 	following:
22.26 	(1) the most effective structure for a statewide 
22.27 	surveillance and early detection system for 
22.28 	aquatic invasive species;
22.29 	(2) whether to employ eco-epidemiological 
22.30 	models, optimized decision models, or related 
22.31 	tools as a mechanism for determining how 
22.32 	best to deploy limited resources;
22.33 	(3) how the statewide system should be funded 
22.34 	and at what levels; and
23.1 	(4) regulatory, policy, and statutory changes 
23.2 	that would be needed to fully implement the 
23.3 	statewide system.
23.4 	The base amount for this appropriation in 
23.5 	fiscal year 2022 and later is $410,000.
23.6 	(k) $100,000 the first year is for a grant to Rice 
23.7 	County to reimburse lake associations for 
23.8 	removing storm debris from Roberds Lake. 
23.9 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
23.10 	available until June 30, 2021.
23.11 	(l) $50,000 the first year is from the general 
23.12 	fund for a grant to Waseca County for the 
23.13 	removal of debris and trees from land adjacent 
23.14 	to Lake Elysian and Iosco Creek. This is a 
23.15 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
23.16 	June 30, 2021.

23.17	Subd. 4.Forest Management
 		50,668,000
		50,603,000

23.18	Appropriations by Fund
	
23.19		2020
	2021
	
23.20	General
	33,651,000
	33,300,000
	
23.21	Natural Resources
	15,619,000
	15,886,000
	
23.22	Game and Fish
	1,398,000
	1,417,000
	
23.23 	(a) $7,521,000 the first year and $7,521,000 
23.24 	the second year are for prevention, 
23.25 	presuppression, and suppression costs of 
23.26 	emergency firefighting and other costs 
23.27 	incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.28 	88.12. The amount necessary to pay for 
23.29 	presuppression and suppression costs during 
23.30 	the biennium is appropriated from the general 
23.31 	fund. By January 15 of each year, the 
23.32 	commissioner of natural resources must submit 
23.33 	a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
23.34 	members of the house and senate committees 
24.1 	and divisions having jurisdiction over 
24.2 	environment and natural resources finance that 
24.3 	identifies all firefighting costs incurred and 
24.4 	reimbursements received in the prior fiscal 
24.5 	year. These appropriations may not be 
24.6 	transferred. Any reimbursement of firefighting 
24.7 	expenditures made to the commissioner from 
24.8 	any source other than federal mobilizations 
24.9 	must be deposited into the general fund.
24.10 	(b) $13,869,000 the first year and $14,136,000 
24.11 	the second year are from the forest 
24.12 	management investment account in the natural 
24.13 	resources fund for only the purposes specified 
24.14 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 89.039, 
24.15 	subdivision 2.
24.16 	(c) $1,398,000 the first year and $1,417,000 
24.17 	the second year are from the heritage 
24.18 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
24.19 	fund to advance ecological classification 
24.20 	systems (ECS) scientific management tools 
24.21 	for forest and invasive species management.
24.22 	(d) $836,000 the first year and $847,000 the 
24.23 	second year are for the Forest Resources 
24.24 	Council to implement the Sustainable Forest 
24.25 	Resources Act.
24.26 	(e) $1,131,000 the first year and $1,131,000 
24.27 	the second year are for the Next Generation 
24.28 	Core Forestry data system. For fiscal year 
24.29 	2022 and later, the distribution for this 
24.30 	appropriation is $868,000 from the general 
24.31 	fund and $275,000 from the forest 
24.32 	management investment account in the natural 
24.33 	resources fund.
25.1 	(f) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
25.2 	second year are from the forest management 
25.3 	investment account in the natural resources 
25.4 	fund for forest road maintenance on state 
25.5 	forest roads.
25.6 	(g) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
25.7 	second year are for forest road maintenance 
25.8 	on county forest roads.
25.9 	(h) $700,000 the first year is for grants to local 
25.10 	units of government to develop community 
25.11 	ash management plans; to identify and convert 
25.12 	ash stands to more diverse, climate-adapted 
25.13 	species; and to replace removed ash trees. This 
25.14 	is a onetime appropriation.
25.15 	(i) Grants awarded under paragraph (h) may 
25.16 	cover up to 75 percent of eligible costs and 
25.17 	may not exceed $500,000. Matching grants 
25.18 	provided through the appropriation are 
25.19 	available to cities, counties, regional 
25.20 	authorities, joint powers boards, towns, and 
25.21 	parks and recreation boards in cities of the 
25.22 	first class. The commissioner, in consultation 
25.23 	with the commissioner of agriculture, must 
25.24 	establish appropriate criteria for determining 
25.25 	funding priorities between submitted requests 
25.26 	and to determine activities and expenses that 
25.27 	qualify to meet local match requirements. 
25.28 	Money appropriated for grants under 
25.29 	paragraph (h) may be used to pay reasonable 
25.30 	costs incurred by the commissioner of natural 
25.31 	resources to administer paragraph (h).

25.32	Subd. 5.Parks and Trails Management
 		90,858,000
		88,194,000

25.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
25.34		2020
	2021
	
25.35	General
	26,968,000
	27,230,000
	
26.1	Natural Resources
	61,598,000
	58,664,000
	
26.2	Game and Fish
	2,292,000
	2,300,000
	
26.3 	(a) $1,075,000 the first year and $1,075,000 
26.4 	the second year are from the water recreation 
26.5 	account in the natural resources fund for 
26.6 	maintaining and enhancing public 
26.7 	water-access facilities.
26.8 	(b) $6,344,000 the first year and $6,435,000 
26.9 	the second year are from the natural resources 
26.10 	fund for state trail, park, and recreation area 
26.11 	operations. This appropriation is from revenue 
26.12 	deposited in the natural resources fund under 
26.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
26.14 	paragraph (h), clause (2).
26.15 	(c) $18,552,000 the first year and $18,828,000 
26.16 	the second year are from the state parks 
26.17 	account in the natural resources fund to 
26.18 	operate and maintain state parks and state 
26.19 	recreation areas.
26.20 	(d) $890,000 the first year and $890,000 the 
26.21 	second year are from the natural resources 
26.22 	fund for park and trail grants to local units of 
26.23 	government on land to be maintained for at 
26.24 	least 20 years for parks or trails. This 
26.25 	appropriation is from revenue deposited in the 
26.26 	natural resources fund under Minnesota 
26.27 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
26.28 	clause (4). Any unencumbered balance does 
26.29 	not cancel at the end of the first year and is 
26.30 	available for the second year.
26.31 	(e) $9,624,000 the first year and $9,624,000 
26.32 	the second year are from the snowmobile trails 
26.33 	and enforcement account in the natural 
26.34 	resources fund for the snowmobile 
27.1 	grants-in-aid program. Any unencumbered 
27.2 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
27.3 	year and is available for the second year.
27.4 	(f) $1,835,000 the first year and $2,135,000 
27.5 	the second year are from the natural resources 
27.6 	fund for the off-highway vehicle grants-in-aid 
27.7 	program. Of this amount, $1,360,000 the first 
27.8 	year and $1,660,000 the second year are from 
27.9 	the all-terrain vehicle account; $150,000 each 
27.10 	year is from the off-highway motorcycle 
27.11 	account; and $325,000 each year is from the 
27.12 	off-road vehicle account. Any unencumbered 
27.13 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
27.14 	year and is available for the second year.
27.15 	(g) $116,000 the first year and $117,000 the 
27.16 	second year are from the cross-country-ski 
27.17 	account in the natural resources fund for 
27.18 	grooming and maintaining cross-country-ski 
27.19 	trails in state parks, trails, and recreation areas.
27.20 	(h) $266,000 the first year and $269,000 the 
27.21 	second year are from the state land and water 
27.22 	conservation account in the natural resources 
27.23 	fund for priorities established by the 
27.24 	commissioner for eligible state projects and 
27.25 	administrative and planning activities 
27.26 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 
27.27 	84.0264, and the federal Land and Water 
27.28 	Conservation Fund Act. Any unencumbered 
27.29 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
27.30 	year and is available for the second year.
27.31 	(i) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
27.32 	second year are for matching grants for local 
27.33 	parks and outdoor recreation areas under 
27.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
27.35 	subdivision 2.
28.1 	(j) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
28.2 	second year are for matching grants for local 
28.3 	trail connections under Minnesota Statutes, 
28.4 	section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
28.5 	(k) $600,000 the first year is from the off-road 
28.6 	vehicle account for off-road vehicle touring 
28.7 	routes and trails. Of this amount:
28.8 	(1) $200,000 is for a contract with a project 
28.9 	administrator to assist the commissioner in 
28.10 	planning, designing, and providing a system 
28.11 	of state touring routes and trails for off-road 
28.12 	vehicles by identifying sustainable, legal 
28.13 	routes suitable for licensed four-wheel drive 
28.14 	vehicles and a system of recreational trails for 
28.15 	registered off-road vehicles. Any portion of 
28.16 	this appropriation not used for the project 
28.17 	administrator is available for signage or 
28.18 	promotion and implementation of the system. 
28.19 	This is a onetime appropriation.
28.20 	(2) $200,000 is for a contract and related work 
28.21 	to prepare a comprehensive, statewide, 
28.22 	strategic master plan for off-road vehicle 
28.23 	touring routes and trails. This is a onetime 
28.24 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
28.25 	2022. Any portion of this appropriation not 
28.26 	used for the master plan is returned to the 
28.27 	off-road vehicle account. At a minimum, the 
28.28 	plan must: identify opportunities to develop 
28.29 	or enhance new, high-quality, comprehensive 
28.30 	touring routes and trails for off-road vehicles 
28.31 	in a system that serves regional and tourist 
28.32 	destinations; enhance connectivity with 
28.33 	touring routes and trails for off-road vehicles; 
28.34 	provide opportunities for promoting economic 
28.35 	development in greater Minnesota; help people 
29.1 	connect with the outdoors in a safe and 
29.2 	environmentally sustainable manner; create 
29.3 	new and support existing opportunities for 
29.4 	social, economic, and cultural benefits and 
29.5 	meaningful and mutually beneficial 
29.6 	relationships for users of off-road vehicles and 
29.7 	the communities that host trails for off-road 
29.8 	vehicles; and promote cooperation with local, 
29.9 	state, tribal, and federal governments; 
29.10 	organizations; and other interested partners.
29.11 	(3) $200,000 is to share the cost by 
29.12 	reimbursing federal, tribal, state, county, and 
29.13 	township entities for additional needs on roads 
29.14 	under their jurisdiction when the needs are a 
29.15 	result of increased use by off-road vehicles 
29.16 	and are attributable to a border-to-border 
29.17 	touring route established by the commissioner. 
29.18 	This paragraph applies to roads that are 
29.19 	operated by a public road authority as defined 
29.20 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 160.02, 
29.21 	subdivision 25. This is a onetime appropriation 
29.22 	and is available until June 30, 2023. To be 
29.23 	eligible for reimbursement under this 
29.24 	paragraph, the claimant must demonstrate that: 
29.25 	the needs result from additional traffic 
29.26 	generated by the border-to-border touring 
29.27 	route; and increased use attributable to a 
29.28 	border-to-border touring route has caused at 
29.29 	least a 50 percent increase in maintenance 
29.30 	costs for roads under the claimant's 
29.31 	jurisdiction, based on a ten-year maintenance 
29.32 	average. The commissioner may accept an 
29.33 	alternative to the ten-year maintenance average 
29.34 	if a jurisdiction does not have sufficient 
29.35 	maintenance records. The commissioner has 
29.36 	discretion to accept an alternative based on a 
30.1 	good-faith effort by the jurisdiction. Any 
30.2 	alternative should include baseline 
30.3 	maintenance costs for at least two years before 
30.4 	the year the route begins operating. The 
30.5 	ten-year maintenance average or any 
30.6 	alternative must be calculated from the years 
30.7 	immediately preceding the year the route 
30.8 	begins operating. Before reimbursing a claim 
30.9 	under this paragraph, the commissioner must 
30.10 	consider whether the claim is consistent with 
30.11 	claims made by other entities that administer 
30.12 	roads on the touring route, in terms of the 
30.13 	amount requested for reimbursement and the 
30.14 	frequency of claims made.
30.15 	(l) $600,000 the first year is from the 
30.16 	all-terrain vehicle account in the natural 
30.17 	resources fund for grants to St. Louis County. 
30.18 	Of this amount, $100,000 is for a grant to St. 
30.19 	Louis County for an environmental assessment 
30.20 	worksheet for the overall construction of the 
30.21 	Voyageur Country ATV Trail system and 
30.22 	connections, and $500,000 is for a grant to St. 
30.23 	Louis County to design, plan, permit, acquire 
30.24 	right-of-way for, and construct Voyageur 
30.25 	Country ATV Trail from Buyck to Holmes 
30.26 	Logging Road and to Shuster Road toward 
30.27 	Cook. This is a onetime appropriation.
30.28 	(m) $2,400,000 the first year is from the 
30.29 	all-terrain vehicle account in the natural 
30.30 	resources fund. Of this amount, $1,300,000 is 
30.31 	for a grant to Lake County to match other 
30.32 	funding sources to develop the Prospector 
30.33 	Loop Trail system and $1,100,000 is for 
30.34 	acquisition, design, environmental review, 
30.35 	permitting, and construction for all-terrain 
31.1 	vehicle use on the Taconite State Trail 
31.2 	between Ely and Purvis Forest Management 
31.3 	Road.
31.4 	(n) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
31.5 	second year are from the all-terrain vehicle 
31.6 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
31.7 	to St. Louis County for the Quad Cities ATV 
31.8 	Club trail construction program for planning, 
31.9 	design, environmental permitting, right-of-way 
31.10 	acquisition, and construction of up to 24 miles 
31.11 	of trail connecting the cities of Mountain Iron, 
31.12 	Virginia, Eveleth, Gilbert, Hibbing, and 
31.13 	Chisholm to the Laurentian Divide, County 
31.14 	Road 303, the Taconite State Trail, and 
31.15 	Biwabik and from Pfeiffer Lake Forest Road 
31.16 	to County Road 361. This is a onetime 
31.17 	appropriation.
31.18 	(o) $75,000 the first year is from the general 
31.19 	fund for signage and interpretative resources 
31.20 	necessary for naming state park assets and a 
31.21 	segment of the St. Croix River State Water 
31.22 	Trail after Walter F. Mondale as provided in 
31.23 	this act.
31.24 	(p) $150,000 the first year is from the 
31.25 	all-terrain vehicle account in the natural 
31.26 	resources fund for a grant to Crow Wing 
31.27 	County to plan and design a multipurpose 
31.28 	bridge on the Mississippi River Northwoods 
31.29 	Trail across Sand Creek located five miles 
31.30 	northeast of Brainerd along the Mississippi 
31.31 	River.
31.32 	(q) $75,000 the first year is from the 
31.33 	off-highway motorcycle account in the natural 
31.34 	resources fund to complete a master plan for 
32.1 	off-highway motorcycle trail planning and 
32.2 	development.

32.3	Subd. 6.Fish and Wildlife Management
 		78,978,000
		78,402,000

32.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
32.5		2020
	2021
	
32.6	General
	1,777,000
	275,000
	
32.7	Natural Resources
	1,954,000
	1,982,000
	
32.8	Game and Fish
	75,247,000
	76,145,000
	
32.9 	(a) $8,539,000 the first year and $8,658,000 
32.10 	the second year are from the heritage 
32.11 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
32.12 	fund only for activities specified under 
32.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
32.14 	paragraph (h), clause (1). Notwithstanding 
32.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, five 
32.16 	percent of this appropriation may be used for 
32.17 	expanding hunter and angler recruitment and 
32.18 	retention.
32.19 	(b) $1,595,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
32.20 	second year are from the general fund, and 
32.21 	$1,125,000 the first year and $1,675,000 the 
32.22 	second year are from the game and fish fund 
32.23 	for planning for and emergency response to 
32.24 	disease outbreaks in wildlife. The 
32.25 	commissioner and board must each submit 
32.26 	quarterly reports on the activities funded under 
32.27 	this paragraph to the chairs and ranking 
32.28 	minority members of the legislative 
32.29 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
32.30 	over environment and natural resources and 
32.31 	agriculture.
32.32 	(c) $50,000 in the first year is from the wild 
32.33 	cervidae health management account in the 
32.34 	game and fish fund to establish a chronic 
32.35 	wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program to 
33.1 	provide dumpsters dedicated to disposing of 
33.2 	deer carcasses in areas where chronic wasting 
33.3 	disease has been detected. The commissioner 
33.4 	must work with solid waste haulers and other 
33.5 	interested parties and encourage volunteer 
33.6 	support to ensure the dumpsters are located at 
33.7 	convenient locations with appropriate signage, 
33.8 	lined, and maintained. The commissioner must 
33.9 	ensure the carcasses collected are properly 
33.10 	disposed of to minimize the spread of chronic 
33.11 	wasting disease. The commissioner, in 
33.12 	consultation with the commissioners of health 
33.13 	and the Pollution Control Agency, must 
33.14 	develop guidelines to prevent the spread of 
33.15 	chronic wasting disease and protect public 
33.16 	health that take into consideration infectious 
33.17 	waste as defined under Minnesota Statutes, 
33.18 	section 116.76, subdivision 12, for:
33.19 	(1) hunters for handling deer in the field and 
33.20 	transporting and disposing of carcasses;
33.21 	(2) solid waste facilities and solid waste 
33.22 	haulers for proper handling, transportation, 
33.23 	and disposal of deer carcasses; and
33.24 	(3) taxidermists and meat processors for 
33.25 	proper handling, processing, and disposal of 
33.26 	deer carcasses.
33.27 	By January 15, 2020, the commissioner of 
33.28 	natural resources must submit a report to the 
33.29 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
33.30 	house of representatives and senate 
33.31 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
33.32 	over environment and natural resources with 
33.33 	the results of the program and guidelines 
33.34 	developed under this paragraph.
34.1 	(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
34.2 	section 297A.94, $182,000 the first year from 
34.3 	the general fund and $318,000 the first year 
34.4 	from the heritage enhancement account in the 
34.5 	game and fish fund are for grants for 
34.6 	natural-resource-based education and 
34.7 	recreation programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
34.8 	section 84.976. This is a onetime 
34.9 	appropriation.
34.10 	(e) $500,000 the first year is from the game 
34.11 	and fish fund for grants to school districts and 
34.12 	American Indian-controlled tribal contract or 
34.13 	grant schools to increase firearms safety, trap 
34.14 	shooting, archery, hunting, and angling 
34.15 	activities in courses that are consistent with 
34.16 	required state standards for physical education. 
34.17 	In developing the grant program, the 
34.18 	commissioner must consult with stakeholders, 
34.19 	including representatives from the tribal 
34.20 	governments. The grants must be administered 
34.21 	through the no child left inside grant program 
34.22 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
34.23 	84.976. Grants must be awarded on a 
34.24 	geographically balanced, statewide basis. This 
34.25 	is a onetime appropriation.
34.26 	(f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
34.27 	section 297A.94, $200,000 the first year is 
34.28 	from the heritage enhancement account in the 
34.29 	game and fish fund for grants to nonprofit 
34.30 	organizations operating high school fishing 
34.31 	leagues and providing basic angling 
34.32 	curriculum. The grants must be administered 
34.33 	through the no child left inside grant program 
34.34 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
34.35 	84.976. This is a onetime appropriation.
35.1 	(g) $8,546,000 the first year and $8,546,000 
35.2 	the second year are from the deer management 
35.3 	account for the purposes identified in 
35.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
35.5 	subdivision 1.
35.6 	(h) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
35.7 	section 297A.94, $100,000 the first year and 
35.8 	$100,000 the second year are from the heritage 
35.9 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
35.10 	fund for shooting sports facility grants under 
35.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 87A.10, including 
35.12 	grants for archery facilities. Grants must be 
35.13 	matched with a nonstate match, which may 
35.14 	include in-kind contributions. This is a 
35.15 	onetime appropriation.

35.16	Subd. 7.Enforcement
 		45,310,000
		46,556,000

35.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
35.18		2020
	2021
	
35.19	General
	7,282,000
	7,475,000
	
35.20	Natural Resources
	11,207,000
	11,443,000
	
35.21	Game and Fish
	26,715,000
	27,529,000
	
35.22	Remediation
	106,000
	109,000
	
35.23 	(a) $1,718,000 the first year and $1,718,000 
35.24 	the second year are from the general fund for 
35.25 	enforcement efforts to prevent the spread of 
35.26 	aquatic invasive species.
35.27 	(b) $1,580,000 the first year and $1,580,000 
35.28 	the second year are from the heritage 
35.29 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
35.30 	fund for only the purposes specified under 
35.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
35.32 	paragraph (h), clause (1).
35.33 	(c) $1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 
35.34 	the second year are from the water recreation 
36.1 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
36.2 	to counties for boat and water safety. Any 
36.3 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
36.4 	end of the first year and is available for the 
36.5 	second year.
36.6 	(d) $315,000 the first year and $315,000 the 
36.7 	second year are from the snowmobile trails 
36.8 	and enforcement account in the natural 
36.9 	resources fund for grants to local law 
36.10 	enforcement agencies for snowmobile 
36.11 	enforcement activities. Any unencumbered 
36.12 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
36.13 	year and is available for the second year.
36.14 	(e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
36.15 	second year are from the all-terrain vehicle 
36.16 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
36.17 	to qualifying organizations to assist in safety 
36.18 	and environmental education and monitoring 
36.19 	trails on public lands under Minnesota 
36.20 	Statutes, section 84.9011. Grants issued under 
36.21 	this paragraph must be issued through a formal 
36.22 	agreement with the organization. By 
36.23 	December 15 each year, an organization 
36.24 	receiving a grant under this paragraph must 
36.25 	report to the commissioner with details on 
36.26 	expenditures and outcomes from the grant. Of 
36.27 	this appropriation, $25,000 each year is for 
36.28 	administering these grants. Any unencumbered 
36.29 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
36.30 	year and is available for the second year.
36.31 	(f) $510,000 the first year and $510,000 the 
36.32 	second year are from the natural resources 
36.33 	fund for grants to county law enforcement 
36.34 	agencies for off-highway vehicle enforcement 
36.35 	and public education activities based on 
37.1 	off-highway vehicle use in the county. Of this 
37.2 	amount, $498,000 each year is from the 
37.3 	all-terrain vehicle account, $11,000 each year 
37.4 	is from the off-highway motorcycle account, 
37.5 	and $1,000 each year is from the off-road 
37.6 	vehicle account. The county enforcement 
37.7 	agencies may use money received under this 
37.8 	appropriation to make grants to other local 
37.9 	enforcement agencies within the county that 
37.10 	have a high concentration of off-highway 
37.11 	vehicle use. Of this appropriation, $25,000 
37.12 	each year is for administering these grants. 
37.13 	Any unencumbered balance does not cancel 
37.14 	at the end of the first year and is available for 
37.15 	the second year.
37.16 	(g) $176,000 the first year and $176,000 the 
37.17 	second year are from the game and fish fund 
37.18 	for an ice safety program.
37.19 	(h) $60,000 the first year is from the game and 
37.20 	fish fund to provide outreach and education, 
37.21 	in coordination with interested organizations, 
37.22 	to communities concerned about cultural 
37.23 	artifacts regarding the new requirements 
37.24 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.25 	84.0896. This is a onetime appropriation.
37.26 	(i) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $7,361,000 
37.27 	from the general fund, $28,143,000 from the 
37.28 	game and fish fund, $11,530,000 from the 
37.29 	natural resources fund, and $111,000 from the 
37.30 	remediation fund. The base for fiscal year 
37.31 	2023 and thereafter is $7,362,000 from the 
37.32 	general fund, $11,530,000 from the natural 
37.33 	resources fund, $28,142,000 from the game 
37.34 	and fish fund, and $111,000 from the 
37.35 	remediation fund. These base level 
38.1 	adjustments include pension costs as provided 
38.2 	in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 
38.3 	1, paragraph (a).

38.4	Subd. 8.Operations Support
 		2,700,000
		-0-
	
38.5 	$2,700,000 the first year is for legal costs. Of 
38.6 	this amount, up to $700,000 the first year may 
38.7 	be transferred to the Minnesota Pollution 
38.8 	Control Agency. This is a onetime 
38.9 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
38.10 	2023.

38.11	Subd. 9.Pass Through Funds
 		867,000
		867,000

38.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
38.13		2020
	2021
	
38.14	General
	187,000
	187,000
	
38.15	Natural Resources
	380,000
	380,000
	
38.16	Permanent School
	300,000
	300,000
	
38.17 	(a) $380,000 the first year and $380,000 the 
38.18 	second year are from the natural resources 
38.19 	fund for grants to be divided equally between 
38.20 	the city of St. Paul for the Como Park Zoo and 
38.21 	Conservatory and the city of Duluth for the 
38.22 	Lake Superior Zoo. This appropriation is from 
38.23 	revenue deposited to the natural resources fund 
38.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
38.25 	paragraph (h), clause (5).
38.26 	(b) $187,000 the first year and $187,000 the 
38.27 	second year are for the Office of School Trust 
38.28 	Lands.
38.29 	(c) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
38.30 	second year are from the forestry suspense 
38.31 	account in the permanent school fund for the 
38.32 	Office of School Trust Lands.

38.33	Subd. 10.Cancellation
 					
39.1 	The unencumbered amount of the general fund 
39.2 	appropriation in Laws 2016, chapter 189, 
39.3 	article 3, section 3, subdivision 8, for legal 
39.4 	costs, estimated to be $1,000,000, is canceled 
39.5 	on June 29, 2019.

39.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 10 is effective the day following final enactment.

39.7
39.8	Sec. 4. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	15,207,000
	$
	14,872,000
	
39.9 	(a) $3,423,000 the first year and $3,423,000 
39.10 	the second year are for natural resources block 
39.11 	grants to local governments to implement the 
39.12 	Wetland Conservation Act and shoreland 
39.13 	management under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.14 	chapter 103F, and local water management 
39.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103B. The 
39.16 	board may reduce the amount of the natural 
39.17 	resources block grant to a county by an 
39.18 	amount equal to any reduction in the county's 
39.19 	general services allocation to a soil and water 
39.20 	conservation district from the county's 
39.21 	previous year allocation when the board 
39.22 	determines that the reduction was 
39.23 	disproportionate.
39.24 	(b) $3,116,000 the first year and $3,116,000 
39.25 	the second year are for grants to soil and water 
39.26 	conservation districts for the purposes of 
39.27 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and 
39.28 	103C.331, and for general purposes, nonpoint 
39.29 	engineering, and implementation and 
39.30 	stewardship of the reinvest in Minnesota 
39.31 	reserve program. Expenditures may be made 
39.32 	from these appropriations for supplies and 
39.33 	services benefiting soil and water conservation 
39.34 	districts. Any district receiving a payment 
39.35 	under this paragraph must maintain a web page 
40.1 	that publishes, at a minimum, its annual report, 
40.2 	annual audit, annual budget, and meeting 
40.3 	notices.
40.4 	(c) $761,000 the first year and $761,000 the 
40.5 	second year are to implement, enforce, and 
40.6 	provide oversight for the Wetland 
40.7 	Conservation Act, including administering the 
40.8 	wetland banking program and in-lieu fee 
40.9 	mechanism.
40.10 	(d) $1,560,000 the first year and $1,560,000 
40.11 	the second year are for the following 
40.12 	cost-share programs:
40.13 	(1) $260,000 each year is for the feedlot water 
40.14 	quality cost-sharing program for feedlots under 
40.15 	500 animal units and nutrient and manure 
40.16 	management projects in watersheds where 
40.17 	there are impaired waters;
40.18 	(2) $1,200,000 each year is for cost-sharing 
40.19 	programs of soil and water conservation 
40.20 	districts for perennially vegetated riparian 
40.21 	buffers, erosion control, water retention and 
40.22 	treatment, and other high-priority conservation 
40.23 	practices; and
40.24 	(3) $100,000 each year is for county 
40.25 	cooperative weed management programs and 
40.26 	to restore native plants in selected invasive 
40.27 	species management sites.
40.28 	(e) $166,000 the first year and $166,000 the 
40.29 	second year are to provide technical assistance 
40.30 	to local drainage management officials and 
40.31 	for the costs of the Drainage Work Group. The 
40.32 	board must coordinate with the Drainage Work 
40.33 	Group according to Minnesota Statutes, 
40.34 	section 103B.101, subdivision 13.
41.1 	(f) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
41.2 	second year are for a grant to the Red River 
41.3 	Basin Commission for water quality and 
41.4 	floodplain management, including 
41.5 	administration of programs. This appropriation 
41.6 	must be matched by nonstate funds.
41.7 	(g) $140,000 the first year and $140,000 the 
41.8 	second year are for grants to Area II 
41.9 	Minnesota River Basin Projects for floodplain 
41.10 	management.
41.11 	(h) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
41.12 	second year are for conservation easement 
41.13 	stewardship.
41.14 	(i) $150,000 the first year is for critical 
41.15 	information technology upgrades, 
41.16 	development, and security improvements. This 
41.17 	is a onetime appropriation.
41.18 	(j) $240,000 the first year and $240,000 the 
41.19 	second year are for a grant to the Lower 
41.20 	Minnesota River Watershed District to defray 
41.21 	the annual cost of operating and maintaining 
41.22 	sites for dredge spoil to sustain the state, 
41.23 	national, and international commercial and 
41.24 	recreational navigation on the lower Minnesota 
41.25 	River.
41.26 	(k) $5,426,000 the first year and $5,241,000 
41.27 	the second year are for agency administration 
41.28 	and operation of the Board of Water and Soil 
41.29 	Resources.
41.30 	(l) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
41.31 	section 103C.501, the board may shift money 
41.32 	in this section and may adjust the technical 
41.33 	and administrative assistance portion of the 
41.34 	funds to leverage federal or other nonstate 
42.1 	funds or to address accountability, oversight, 
42.2 	local government performance, or 
42.3 	high-priority needs identified in local water 
42.4 	management plans or comprehensive water 
42.5 	management plans.
42.6 	(m) The appropriations for grants in this 
42.7 	section are available until June 30, 2023. 
42.8 	Returned grant funds must be regranted 
42.9 	consistent with the purposes of this section. If 
42.10 	an appropriation for grants in either year is 
42.11 	insufficient, the appropriation in the other year 
42.12 	is available for it.
42.13 	(n) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
42.14 	section 16B.97, the appropriations for grants 
42.15 	in this section are exempt from the Department 
42.16 	of Administration, Office of Grants 
42.17 	Management Policy 08-10 Grant Monitoring.

42.18	Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	9,140,000
	$
	9,140,000

42.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
42.20		2020
	2021
	
42.21	General
	2,540,000
	2,540,000
	
42.22	Natural Resources
	6,600,000
	6,600,000
	
42.23 	(a) $2,540,000 the first year and $2,540,000 
42.24 	the second year are for metropolitan-area 
42.25 	regional parks operation and maintenance 
42.26 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
42.27 	473.351.
42.28 	(b) $6,600,000 the first year and $6,600,000 
42.29 	the second year are from the natural resources 
42.30 	fund for metropolitan-area regional parks and 
42.31 	trails maintenance and operations. This 
42.32 	appropriation is from revenue deposited in the 
42.33 	natural resources fund under Minnesota 
43.1 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
43.2 	clause (3).

43.3
43.4	Sec. 6. CONSERVATION CORPS 
MINNESOTA
 	$
	945,000
	$
	945,000

43.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
43.6		2020
	2021
	
43.7	General
	455,000
	455,000
	
43.8	Natural Resources
	490,000
	490,000
	
43.9 	Conservation Corps Minnesota may receive 
43.10 	money appropriated from the natural resources 
43.11 	fund under this section only as provided in an 
43.12 	agreement with the commissioner of natural 
43.13 	resources.

43.14	Sec. 7. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD
 	$
	9,855,000
	$
	9,999,000

43.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
43.16		2020
	2021
	
43.17	General
	9,665,000
	9,809,000
	
43.18	Natural Resources
	190,000
	190,000
	
43.19 	$190,000 the first year and $190,000 the 
43.20 	second year are from the natural resources 
43.21 	fund from revenue deposited under Minnesota 
43.22 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
43.23 	clause (5).

43.24	Sec. 8. SCIENCE MUSEUM
 	$
	1,079,000
	$
	1,079,000

43.25	Sec. 9. EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM
 	$
	14,404,000
	$
	14,344,000
	
43.26 	(a) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
43.27 	second year must be matched from nonstate 
43.28 	sources to develop maximum private sector 
43.29 	involvement in tourism. Each $1 of state 
43.30 	incentive must be matched with $6 of private 
43.31 	sector money. "Matched" means revenue to 
43.32 	the state or documented cash expenditures 
43.33 	directly expended to support Explore 
43.34 	Minnesota Tourism programs. Up to one-half 
44.1 	of the private sector contribution may be 
44.2 	in-kind or soft match. The incentive in fiscal 
44.3 	year 2020 is based on fiscal year 2019 private 
44.4 	sector contributions. The incentive in fiscal 
44.5 	year 2021 is based on fiscal year 2020 private 
44.6 	sector contributions. This incentive is ongoing.
44.7 	(b) Money for marketing grants is available 
44.8 	either year of the biennium. Unexpended grant 
44.9 	money from the first year is available in the 
44.10 	second year.
44.11 	(c) $100,000 each year is for a grant to the 
44.12 	Northern Lights International Music Festival.
44.13 	(d) $60,000 the first year is to assist in funding 
44.14 	and securing new events benefiting 
44.15 	communities in the state. This is a onetime 
44.16 	appropriation.

44.17	Sec. 10. BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
 	$
	120,000
	$
	200,000
	
44.18 	$120,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
44.19 	second year are for the board's regulatory 
44.20 	responsibilities and oversight over farmed 
44.21 	Cervidae.

44.22 	Sec. 11. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 6, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 
44.23 	93, article 1, section 12, is amended to read:

44.24	Sec. 6. ADMINISTRATION
 	$
	250,000
	$
	-0-
	
44.25 	$250,000 the first year is from the state forest 
44.26 	suspense account in the permanent school fund 
44.27 	for the school trust lands director to initiate 
44.28 	real estate development projects on and 
44.29 	complete a 25-year framework for managing
44.30 	school trust lands as determined by the school 
44.31 	trust lands director described in Minnesota 
44.32 	Statutes, section 127A.353, subdivision 4, 
44.33 	paragraph (a), clause (11). This is a onetime 
45.1 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
45.2 	2019 2021.

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

45.4 	Sec. 12. Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 1, section 9, is amended to read:

45.5	Sec. 9. ADMINISTRATION
 	$
	800,000
	$
	300,000
	
45.6 	(a) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
45.7 	second year are from the state forest suspense 
45.8 	account in the permanent school fund for the 
45.9 	school trust lands director. This appropriation 
45.10 	is to be used for securing long-term economic 
45.11 	return from the school trust lands consistent 
45.12 	with fiduciary responsibilities and sound 
45.13 	natural resources conservation and 
45.14 	management principles.
45.15 	(b) $500,000 the first year is from the state 
45.16 	forest suspense account in the permanent 
45.17 	school fund for the school trust lands director 
45.18 	to initiate the private sale of surplus school 
45.19 	trust lands identified according to Minnesota 
45.20 	Statutes, section 92.82, paragraph (d)
45.21 	Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 
45.22 	private forest land alternative with the United 
45.23 	States Department of Agriculture Forest 
45.24 	Service and a nonprofit partner. The school 
45.25 	trust lands director may use these funds for 
45.26 	project costs, including but not limited to 
45.27 	environmental assessments, valuation 
45.28 	expenses, legal fees, closing costs, and 
45.29 	transactional staff costs. This is a onetime 
45.30 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
45.31 	2019 2021.

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

46.1 	ARTICLE 2
46.2 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND

46.3	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
46.4 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
46.5 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the environment 
46.6 	and natural resources trust fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal 
46.7 	years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this article mean 
46.8 	that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
46.9 	2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The second year" 
46.10 	is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

46.11				APPROPRIATIONS
	
46.12				Available for the Year
	
46.13				Ending June 30
	
46.14			2019
		2020
		2021

46.15	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA RESOURCES

46.16
46.17	Subdivision 1.Total 
Appropriation
 	$
	2,940,000
	$
	61,387,000
	$
	-0-
	
46.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
46.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
46.20 	subdivisions. Appropriations for fiscal year 
46.21 	2019 are available the day following final 
46.22 	enactment and are available until June 30, 
46.23 	2022, unless otherwise stated in the 
46.24 	appropriation. Appropriations in the first year 
46.25 	are available for three years beginning July 1, 
46.26 	2019, unless otherwise stated in the 
46.27 	appropriation. Any unencumbered balance 
46.28 	remaining in the first year does not cancel and 
46.29 	is available for the second year or until the 
46.30 	end of the appropriation.

46.31	Subd. 2.Definition
 					
46.32 	"Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
46.33 	environment and natural resources trust fund 
46.34 	established under the Minnesota Constitution, 
46.35 	article XI, section 14.

47.1
47.2
47.3	Subd. 3.Foundational 
Natural Resource Data and 
Information
 		1,804,000
		13,601,000
		-0-

47.4	(a) Minnesota Biological Survey
					
47.5 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
47.6 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
47.7 	the Minnesota biological survey to complete 
47.8 	the statewide field surveys begun in 1987 to 
47.9 	provide a foundation for conserving biological 
47.10 	diversity by systematically collecting, 
47.11 	interpreting, and delivering data on native and 
47.12 	rare species, pollinators, and native plant 
47.13 	communities throughout Minnesota. Any 
47.14 	revenues generated through the publication of 
47.15 	books or other resources created through this 
47.16 	appropriation may be reinvested as described 
47.17 	in the work plan approved by the 
47.18 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
47.19 	Resources according to Minnesota Statutes, 
47.20 	section 116P.10.

47.21
47.22	(b) Restoring Native Mussels in Streams and 
Lakes
					
47.23 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
47.24 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
47.25 	restore native freshwater mussel assemblages, 
47.26 	and the ecosystem services they provide, in 
47.27 	the Mississippi, Cedar, and Cannon Rivers 
47.28 	and to inform the public on mussels and 
47.29 	mussel conservation. This appropriation is 
47.30 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
47.31 	the project must be completed and final 
47.32 	products delivered.

47.33
47.34	(c) Quantifying Exposure of Minnesota's 
Raptors to Mercury and PFAS
					
47.35 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
47.36 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
48.1 	an agreement with the Hawk Ridge Bird 
48.2 	Observatory to quantify the exposure and 
48.3 	health risk of two environmental neurotoxins 
48.4 	to Minnesota raptors.

48.5
48.6	(d) Minnesota Trumpeter Swan Migration 
Ecology and Conservation
					
48.7 	$300,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
48.8 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
48.9 	Minnesota to document the movement and 
48.10 	habitat use of Minnesota trumpeter swans to 
48.11 	provide foundational information necessary 
48.12 	for trumpeter swan management and 
48.13 	conservation. This appropriation is available 
48.14 	until June 30, 2023, by which time the project 
48.15 	must be completed and final products 
48.16 	delivered.

48.17
48.18	(e) Spruce Grouse as Indicators for Boreal 
Forest Connectivity
					
48.19 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
48.20 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
48.21 	Minnesota for the Raptor Center to evaluate 
48.22 	how to best harvest timber in the boreal forest 
48.23 	to enable wildlife with small home ranges, 
48.24 	such as spruce grouse, to thrive in a changing 
48.25 	landscape. This appropriation is available until 
48.26 	June 30, 2023, by which time the project must 
48.27 	be completed and final products delivered.

48.28
48.29	(f) Understanding Brainworm Transmission to 
Find Solutions for Minnesota Moose Decline
					
48.30 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
48.31 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
48.32 	Minnesota to identify key habitats and vectors 
48.33 	of brainworm transmission between deer and 
48.34 	moose that may be targeted by resource 
49.1 	management to mitigate moose exposure to 
49.2 	this deadly condition.

49.3
49.4	(g) Mapping Habitat Use and Disease of Urban 
Carnivores
					
49.5 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
49.6 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
49.7 	Minnesota to map habitat use and diseases of 
49.8 	urban foxes and coyotes, evaluate risks these 
49.9 	animals may pose to people and pets, and 
49.10 	generate information needed to reduce 
49.11 	human-wildlife conflicts.

49.12	(h) Accelerated Aggregate Resource Mapping
					
49.13 	$700,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
49.14 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
49.15 	map the aggregate resource potential for four 
49.16 	counties and make this information available 
49.17 	in print and electronic format to local units of 
49.18 	government for use in planning and zoning.

49.19
49.20	(i) Den Boxes for Fishers and Other Nesting 
Wildlife
					
49.21 	$190,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
49.22 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
49.23 	Minnesota for the Natural Resources Research 
49.24 	Institute in Duluth to build, install, and 
49.25 	evaluate den boxes as habitat enhancement 
49.26 	for fishers and other cavity-nesting wildlife in 
49.27 	managed forests where a lack of large trees 
49.28 	may be threatening population survival. The 
49.29 	final outcome for the project must include 
49.30 	guidelines and best practices for use of den 
49.31 	boxes for fisher habitat.

49.32
49.33	(j) Red-Headed Woodpeckers as Indicators of 
Oak Savanna Health
					
49.34 	$171,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
49.35 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
50.1 	Minnesota to evaluate red-headed woodpecker 
50.2 	survival and habitat needs and to use this data 
50.3 	to develop and disseminate a long-term oak 
50.4 	savanna management plan that supports 
50.5 	red-headed woodpeckers and other oak 
50.6 	savanna habitat-dependent species.

50.7
50.8	(k) Implementing Conservation Plans for Avian 
Species of Concern
					
50.9 	$124,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
50.10 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
50.11 	an agreement with the National Audubon 
50.12 	Society, Minnesota office, to establish 
50.13 	benchmark survey sites for implementing and 
50.14 	tracking outcomes of collaborative restoration 
50.15 	and enhancement activities within Important 
50.16 	Bird Areas for three bird species of 
50.17 	conservation concern.

50.18	(l) Mapping Aquatic Habitats for Moose
					
50.19 	$199,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
50.20 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
50.21 	Minnesota to determine key water habitats 
50.22 	used by moose in northern forested regions of 
50.23 	Minnesota, measure the effects of moose 
50.24 	foraging on aquatic plant and fish diversity, 
50.25 	and provide educational programming 
50.26 	materials for the public.

50.27
50.28	(m) Improving Statewide GIS Data by Restoring 
the Public Land Survey
					
50.29 	$135,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
50.30 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
50.31 	an agreement with the Minnesota Association 
50.32 	of County Surveyors to conduct a pilot project 
50.33 	with Grant County to remonument and certify 
50.34 	the public land survey corners in Lawrence 
50.35 	Township. This appropriation is available until 
51.1 	June 30, 2021, by which time the project must 
51.2 	be completed and final products delivered.

51.3
51.4	(n) County Geologic Atlases - Part A, Mapping 
Geology
					
51.5 	$2,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
51.6 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
51.7 	Minnesota, Minnesota Geological Survey, to 
51.8 	continue producing county geologic atlases to 
51.9 	inform management of surface water and 
51.10 	groundwater resources. This appropriation is 
51.11 	to complete Part A, which focuses on the 
51.12 	properties and distribution of earth materials 
51.13 	to define aquifer boundaries and the 
51.14 	connection of aquifers to the land surface and 
51.15 	surface water resources.

51.16
51.17	(o) County Geologic Atlases - Part B, Mapping 
Aquifer Hydrology
					
51.18 	$2,400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
51.19 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
51.20 	continue producing county geologic atlases to 
51.21 	inform management of surface water and 
51.22 	groundwater resources for drinking water and 
51.23 	other purposes. This appropriation is for Part 
51.24 	B, which uses the geologic formations mapped 
51.25 	in Part A of the county geologic atlases to 
51.26 	characterize the potential water yields of 
51.27 	aquifers and the aquifers' sensitivity to 
51.28 	contamination.

51.29
51.30	(p) Unlocking Science of Minnesota's Moose 
Decline
					
51.31 	$199,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
51.32 	to the Minnesota Zoological Garden to 
51.33 	develop educational displays, interactive 
51.34 	exhibits, and engaging online programs that 
51.35 	summarize and share scientific findings about 
52.1 	moose decline in Minnesota. This 
52.2 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
52.3 	by which time the project must be completed 
52.4 	and final products delivered.

52.5	(q) Forest and Bioeconomy Research
					
52.6 	$2,200,000 the first year is to the Board of 
52.7 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
52.8 	academic and applied research through 
52.9 	MnDRIVE at the Natural Resources Research 
52.10 	Institute to develop and demonstrate 
52.11 	technologies that enhance the long-term health 
52.12 	of Minnesota's forests, extend the viability of 
52.13 	current forest-based industries, and accelerate 
52.14 	emerging industry opportunities. Of this 
52.15 	amount, $500,000 is to support development 
52.16 	of a forest optimization tool for Minnesota 
52.17 	forest resources, $800,000 is for maintenance 
52.18 	and expansion of the Natural Resource Atlas 
52.19 	to statewide coverage, $400,000 is to the 
52.20 	Minnesota Forest Resource Council for 
52.21 	continued advancement of biochar 
52.22 	development and application to forest health, 
52.23 	and $500,000 is to advance emerging 
52.24 	Minnesota technologies to produce clean 
52.25 	syngas to drive high-value markets for forest 
52.26 	biomass feedstocks.

52.27	(r) Minerals and Water Research
					
52.28 	$883,000 the first year is to the Board of 
52.29 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
52.30 	academic and applied research through 
52.31 	MnDRIVE at the Natural Resources Research 
52.32 	Institute to develop and demonstrate 
52.33 	technologies that enhance long-term 
52.34 	Minnesota mineral opportunities. Of this 
52.35 	amount:
53.1 	(1) $300,000 is to support continued applied 
53.2 	research to advance new technologies to 
53.3 	improve water quality;
53.4 	(2) $275,000 is to initiate the characterization 
53.5 	of western Mesabi iron resources and 
53.6 	development of next-generation Minnesota 
53.7 	iron products;
53.8 	(3) $158,000 is to develop emerging 
53.9 	hydrometallurgy technology to support 
53.10 	high-value mineral product development in 
53.11 	Minnesota; and
53.12 	(4) $150,000 is to support efforts of the 
53.13 	Natural Resources Research Institute to 
53.14 	accelerate demonstration of high-capacity, 
53.15 	cost-effective energy storage using 
53.16 	Minnesota's historical auxiliary mine lands.
53.17 	This research must be conducted in 
53.18 	consultation with the Minerals Coordinating 
53.19 	Committee established under Minnesota 
53.20 	Statutes, section 93.0015.

53.21	(s) Native Bee Survey
					
53.22 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
53.23 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
53.24 	continue to assess the current status and 
53.25 	distribution of native bee pollinators in 
53.26 	Minnesota by expanding surveys into the 
53.27 	coniferous-deciduous forest region of 
53.28 	Minnesota and facilitating interagency 
53.29 	collaboration and public outreach on 
53.30 	pollinators.

53.31	(t) Diagnostic Test for Chronic Wasting Disease
					
53.32 	$1,804,000 in fiscal year 2019 is from the trust 
53.33 	fund to the Board of Regents of the University 
54.1 	of Minnesota to develop diagnostic testing for 
54.2 	chronic wasting disease that can be used to 
54.3 	perform animal testing and environmental 
54.4 	monitoring. This appropriation is subject to 
54.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

54.6	Subd. 4.Water Resources
 				5,416,000
		-0-

54.7
54.8	(a) Determining Influence of Insecticides on 
Algal Blooms
					
54.9 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
54.10 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
54.11 	Minnesota to quantify the occurrence of 
54.12 	neonicotinoid insecticides in Minnesota's 
54.13 	surface waters and groundwaters and assess 
54.14 	if the insecticides are contributing to the 
54.15 	formation of algal blooms.

54.16
54.17	(b) Benign Design: Environmental Studies 
Leading to Sustainable Pharmaceuticals
					
54.18 	$415,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
54.19 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
54.20 	Minnesota to determine how to best remove 
54.21 	harmful fluorinated pharmaceuticals during 
54.22 	wastewater treatment and to develop alternate 
54.23 	versions of these compounds that are 
54.24 	medically useful but environmentally 
54.25 	harmless. This appropriation is subject to 
54.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

54.27
54.28	(c) Wastewater Nutrient Reduction through 
Industrial Source Reduction Assistance
					
54.29 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
54.30 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
54.31 	Minnesota to provide technical assistance for 
54.32 	industrial facilities to optimize their processes, 
54.33 	reduce nutrient loads to wastewater treatment 
54.34 	facilities, and improve water quality. The 
54.35 	economic savings and water quality 
55.1 	improvements achieved through this work 
55.2 	must be documented.

55.3
55.4	(d) Quantifying Microplastics in Minnesota's 
Inland Lakes
					
55.5 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
55.6 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
55.7 	Minnesota for the Natural Resources Research 
55.8 	Institute in Duluth to quantify the amount, 
55.9 	type, and source of microplastics in the water, 
55.10 	sediment, and fishes of a range of Minnesota 
55.11 	lakes.

55.12
55.13	(e) Improving Nitrogen Removal in Greater 
Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Ponds
					
55.14 	$325,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
55.15 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
55.16 	Minnesota to assess cold weather nitrogen 
55.17 	cycling and different aeration methods to 
55.18 	improve the efficacy of Minnesota's 
55.19 	underperforming wastewater treatment ponds.

55.20
55.21	(f) Improving Drinking Water for Minnesotans 
through Pollution Prevention
					
55.22 	$345,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
55.23 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
55.24 	Minnesota to reduce exposure of Minnesotans 
55.25 	to a toxic, cancer-causing chemical by 
55.26 	identifying key pollutant precursor sources in 
55.27 	the upper Mississippi River watershed and 
55.28 	assessing options to reduce the formation of 
55.29 	this chemical during drinking water treatment.

55.30
55.31	(g) Protecting Minnesota Waters by Removing 
Contaminants from Wastewater
					
55.32 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
55.33 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
55.34 	Minnesota to develop methods for treatment 
55.35 	plants to remove harmful polyfluoroalkyl 
56.1 	substances and microplastics from wastewater 
56.2 	before the wastewater is released to the 
56.3 	environment. This appropriation is subject to 
56.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

56.5
56.6	(h) Reducing Municipal Wastewater Mercury 
Pollution to Lake Superior
					
56.7 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
56.8 	to the commissioner of the Minnesota 
56.9 	Pollution Control Agency to evaluate and 
56.10 	summarize current technologies to help 
56.11 	municipal wastewater plants in the Lake 
56.12 	Superior basin save money and reduce 
56.13 	mercury pollution to Lake Superior and other 
56.14 	Minnesota waters.

56.15
56.16	(i) Extracting Deicing Salt from Roadside Soils 
with Plants
					
56.17 	$360,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
56.18 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
56.19 	Minnesota to collaborate with the Department 
56.20 	of Transportation to evaluate potential native 
56.21 	plants that can be grown on roadsides to 
56.22 	adsorb and remove toxic salts accumulated 
56.23 	from deicing roads and assess uses for the 
56.24 	harvested material.

56.25
56.26	(j) Transformation of Plastic Waste into Valued 
Resource
					
56.27 	$225,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
56.28 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
56.29 	Minnesota to develop technologies that use 
56.30 	microbes to convert plastic waste into useful 
56.31 	chemical compounds and fuels, lowering the 
56.32 	likelihood that these materials end up in the 
56.33 	environment. This appropriation is subject to 
56.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

57.1
57.2	(k) Accelerating Perennial Crop Production to 
Prevent Nitrate Leaching
					
57.3 	$440,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
57.4 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
57.5 	an agreement with the Stearns County Soil 
57.6 	and Water Conservation District to reduce 
57.7 	nitrate leaching on sandy soils of central 
57.8 	Minnesota by developing water-efficient 
57.9 	production methods, supply chains, and 
57.10 	end-use markets for three perennial crops: 
57.11 	Kernza, prairie species, and alfalfa. Net 
57.12 	income from the sale of products or assets 
57.13 	developed or acquired through this project 
57.14 	may be reinvested as described in the work 
57.15 	plan approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
57.16 	Commission on Minnesota Resources 
57.17 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
57.18 	116P.10.

57.19
57.20	(l) Farm-Ready Cover Crops for Protecting 
Water Quality
					
57.21 	$741,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
57.22 	to the Minnesota State Colleges and 
57.23 	Universities System for Central Lakes College 
57.24 	to demonstrate conservation benefits of using 
57.25 	camelina and kura clover as continuous living 
57.26 	cover with corn-soybean rotations and to 
57.27 	develop secondary markets to increase farmer 
57.28 	adoption of this practice for protecting water 
57.29 	quality in vulnerable wellhead protection 
57.30 	areas. This appropriation is subject to 
57.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

57.32
57.33	(m) Setting Realistic Nitrate Reduction Goals in 
Southeast Minnesota
					
57.34 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
57.35 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
57.36 	Minnesota to develop advanced water-flow 
58.1 	and age-dating tools to improve the ability of 
58.2 	state agencies to assess how well nitrate 
58.3 	reduction best management practices are 
58.4 	working in southeastern Minnesota.

58.5
58.6	(n) Mapping Unprofitable Cropland for Water 
and Wildlife
					
58.7 	$100,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
58.8 	to the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 
58.9 	St. Croix Watershed Research Station to 
58.10 	conduct the first statewide analysis that maps 
58.11 	the extent of Minnesota's unprofitable 
58.12 	cropland and estimates both the water-quality 
58.13 	and habitat benefits of converting these lands 
58.14 	to perennial crops and vegetation. This 
58.15 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
58.16 	by which time the project must be completed 
58.17 	and final products delivered.

58.18
58.19	(o) Evaluating Locally Sourced Materials for 
Road Salt Reduction
					
58.20 	$162,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
58.21 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
58.22 	Minnesota for the Natural Resources Research 
58.23 	Institute in Duluth to evaluate the effectiveness 
58.24 	and benefits of using locally sourced wood 
58.25 	chips, corncobs, and iron-bearing minerals as 
58.26 	alternative abrasive materials to lower salt use 
58.27 	for protecting Minnesota's water resources. 
58.28 	This appropriation is subject to Minnesota 
58.29 	Statutes, section 116P.10. This appropriation 
58.30 	is available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
58.31 	the project must be completed and final 
58.32 	products delivered.

58.33	(p) Minnesota Spring Inventory Final Phase
					
58.34 	$71,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
58.35 	the commissioner of natural resources to 
59.1 	complete the Minnesota Spring Inventory that 
59.2 	identifies, catalogs, and assists resource 
59.3 	managers in monitoring, assessing, and 
59.4 	protecting important and threatened statewide 
59.5 	water springs. This appropriation is available 
59.6 	until June 30, 2021, by which time the project 
59.7 	must be completed and final products 
59.8 	delivered.

59.959.10
	(q) Restoring Impaired Lakes through 
Citizen-Aided Carp Management
					
59.11 	$106,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
59.12 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
59.13 	an agreement with the Carver County Water 
59.14 	Management Organization to quantify water 
59.15 	quality improvements and the 
59.16 	cost-effectiveness of a new citizen-aided carp 
59.17 	management method for restoring impaired 
59.18 	lakes in Minnesota.

59.19
59.20	(r) Spring Biological Nitrate Removal to Protect 
Drinking Water
					
59.21 	$175,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
59.22 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
59.23 	an agreement with the city of Fairmont to 
59.24 	build and demonstrate the effectiveness of an 
59.25 	experimental passive biological treatment 
59.26 	system to reduce nitrates that enter the city's 
59.27 	springtime water supply source.

59.28
59.29	(s) Degrading Chlorinated Industrial 
Contaminants with Bacteria
					
59.30 	$1,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
59.31 	the Board of Regents of the University of 
59.32 	Minnesota to determine the best way to 
59.33 	stimulate bacteria to more quickly and 
59.34 	completely remove industrial chlorinated 
59.35 	pollutants from contaminated sites. On the day 
60.1 	following final enactment, the following 
60.2 	amounts from unobligated appropriations to 
60.3 	the Board of Regents of the University of 
60.4 	Minnesota are transferred and added to this 
60.5 	appropriation: $75,000 in Laws 2016, chapter 
60.6 	186, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (l), 
60.7 	and $74,000 in Laws 2016, chapter 186, 
60.8 	section 2, subdivision 6, paragraph (b).

60.9	(t) Managed Aquifer Recharge
					
60.10 	$350,000 the first year is to the Board of 
60.11 	Regents of the University of Minnesota, Water 
60.12 	Resources Center, for a comprehensive study 
60.13 	of the economic benefits of managed aquifer 
60.14 	recharge and to make recommendations to 
60.15 	enhance and replenish Minnesota's 
60.16 	groundwater resources. The study must 
60.17 	include, but is not limited to:
60.18 	(1) examining the potential benefits of 
60.19 	enhancing groundwater recharge in 
60.20 	water-stressed areas;
60.21 	(2) assessing the relationship to changing 
60.22 	seasonality and intensity of precipitation on 
60.23 	groundwater recharge rates;
60.24 	(3) reviewing the approaches to manage 
60.25 	recharge in geologically appropriate areas;
60.26 	(4) identifying policy options, costs, and 
60.27 	barriers to recharging groundwater; and
60.28 	(5) assessing the economic returns of options 
60.29 	for groundwater recharge.
60.30 	In conducting the study, the Water Resources 
60.31 	Center must convene a stakeholder group and 
60.32 	provide for public participation.

61.1
61.2
61.3	Subd. 5.Technical 
Assistance, Outreach, and 
Environmental Education
 		-0-
		1,136,000
		-0-

61.4
61.5	(a) Expanding Camp Sunrise Environmental 
Program
					
61.6 	$237,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
61.7 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
61.8 	an agreement with YouthCare Minnesota to 
61.9 	expand camp opportunities to more school 
61.10 	districts and implement improved hands-on 
61.11 	environmental education programs for 
61.12 	economically disadvantaged youth.

61.13	(b) Connecting Students to Boundary Waters
					
61.14 	$450,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
61.15 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
61.16 	an agreement with Friends of the Boundary 
61.17 	Waters Wilderness to connect approximately 
61.18 	6,500 students to the boundary waters through 
61.19 	classroom education and wilderness canoe 
61.20 	experiences for diverse and underserved 
61.21 	populations across Minnesota. This 
61.22 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023, 
61.23 	by which time the project must be completed 
61.24 	and final products delivered.

61.25
61.26	(c) Mississippi National River and Recreation 
Area Forest Restoration
					
61.27 	$199,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
61.28 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
61.29 	an agreement with the Mississippi Park 
61.30 	Connection to work with Conservation Corps 
61.31 	Minnesota, local communities, and volunteers 
61.32 	to address the loss of ash trees to emerald ash 
61.33 	borer by planting approximately 15,000 native 
61.34 	trees and plants in affected areas in the 
61.35 	Mississippi National River and Recreation 
61.36 	Area.

62.1
62.2	(d) Increasing Diversity in Environmental 
Careers
					
62.3 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
62.4 	to the commissioner of natural resources in 
62.5 	cooperation with Conservation Corps 
62.6 	Minnesota and Iowa to encourage a diversity 
62.7 	of students to pursue careers in environment 
62.8 	and natural resources through internships and 
62.9 	mentorships with the Department of Natural 
62.10 	Resources, the Board of Water and Soil 
62.11 	Resources, and the Pollution Control Agency. 
62.12 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
62.13 	2024, by which time the project must be 
62.14 	completed and final products delivered.

62.15
62.16	Subd. 6.Aquatic and 
Terrestrial Invasive Species
 				5,400,000
		-0-

62.17
62.18	(a) Building Knowledge and Capacity to Solve 
AIS Problems
					
62.19 	$4,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
62.20 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
62.21 	Minnesota to support the Minnesota Aquatic 
62.22 	Invasive Species Research Center in 
62.23 	developing solutions to Minnesota's aquatic 
62.24 	invasive species problems through research, 
62.25 	control, prevention, outreach, and early 
62.26 	detection of existing and emerging aquatic 
62.27 	invasive species threats. This appropriation is 
62.28 	available until June 30, 2023, by which time 
62.29 	the project must be completed and final 
62.30 	products delivered.

62.31	(b) Oak Wilt Suppression at its Northern Edge
					
62.32 	$100,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
62.33 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
62.34 	an agreement with Morrison Soil and Water 
62.35 	Conservation District to eradicate the 
63.1 	northern-most occurrences of oak wilt in the 
63.2 	state through mechanical means on select 
63.3 	private properties to prevent oak wilt's spread 
63.4 	to healthy state forest habitats.

63.5	(c) Noxious Weed Detection and Eradication
					
63.6 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
63.7 	to the commissioner of agriculture to continue 
63.8 	to monitor, detect, and eradicate noxious 
63.9 	weeds, including Palmer Amaranth, primarily 
63.10 	in conservation plantings and to develop and 
63.11 	implement methods to prevent infestation and 
63.12 	protect prairies, other natural areas, and 
63.13 	agricultural crops. Of this amount, $650,000 
63.14 	is for grants to local communities to help 
63.15 	combat infestations.

63.16	(d) Emerald Ash Borer Response Grants
					
63.17 	$300,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
63.18 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
63.19 	grants to local units of government to replace 
63.20 	ash trees removed from public lands in 
63.21 	response to emerald ash borer with 
63.22 	ecologically appropriate trees.

63.23	Subd. 7.Air Quality and Renewable Energy
 		1,485,000
		-0-

63.24
63.25	(a) Development of Clean Energy Storage 
Systems for Farms
					
63.26 	$650,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
63.27 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
63.28 	Minnesota for the West Central Research and 
63.29 	Outreach Center at Morris to develop and test 
63.30 	novel clean energy storage systems for farms 
63.31 	using wind-generated ammonia to displace 
63.32 	fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas 
63.33 	emissions. This appropriation is subject to 
63.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

64.1
64.2	(b) White Earth Nation Community Solar for 
Economic Resilience
					
64.3 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
64.4 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
64.5 	an agreement with Rural Renewable Energy 
64.6 	Alliance to install a 200-kW White Earth 
64.7 	community-owned solar garden to reduce 
64.8 	greenhouse gas emissions, increase economic 
64.9 	development through environmental education 
64.10 	and solar workforce training, and improve 
64.11 	energy resilience.

64.12
64.13	(c) Sustainable Solar Energy from Agricultural 
Plant By-Products
					
64.14 	$185,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
64.15 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
64.16 	Minnesota, Morris, to use regional plant-based 
64.17 	agricultural by-products to fabricate solar cells 
64.18 	for creating renewable and affordable energy.

64.19
64.20	(d) Morris Energy and Environment Community 
Resilience Plan
					
64.21 	$150,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
64.22 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
64.23 	an agreement with the city of Morris to 
64.24 	develop and begin implementing community 
64.25 	resilience plans for energy and the 
64.26 	environment and to create a model guide for 
64.27 	other Minnesota communities to create and 
64.28 	implement their own plans.

64.29
64.30
64.31	Subd. 8.Methods to Protect 
or Restore Land, Water, and 
Habitat
 		806,000
		5,960,000
		-0-

64.32
64.33	(a) Saving Endangered Pollinators through 
Data-Driven Prairie Restoration
					
64.34 	$800,000 the first year is from the trust fund. 
64.35 	Of this amount, $630,000 is to the Minnesota 
64.36 	Zoological Garden and $170,000 is to the 
65.1 	commissioner of natural resources to 
65.2 	reestablish populations of Minnesota's 
65.3 	imperiled butterflies through reintroductions 
65.4 	and prairie restorations and by developing 
65.5 	foundational habitat recommendations for 
65.6 	preventing future extinctions. This 
65.7 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023, 
65.8 	by which time the project must be completed 
65.9 	and final products delivered.

65.10
65.11	(b) Promoting and Restoring Oak Savanna 
Using Silvopasture
					
65.12 	$750,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
65.13 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
65.14 	Minnesota to demonstrate, evaluate, and 
65.15 	increase adoption of the combined use of 
65.16 	intensive tree, forage, and livestock 
65.17 	management as a method to restore threatened 
65.18 	oak savanna habitats.

65.19
65.20	(c) Sauk River Dam Removal and Rock Rapids 
Replacement
					
65.21 	$2,768,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
65.22 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
65.23 	an agreement with the city of Melrose to 
65.24 	remove an existing fixed-elevation dam, 
65.25 	construct a rock arch rapids, and conduct 
65.26 	in-stream and shoreline habitat restoration to 
65.27 	improve water quality and native fish passage 
65.28 	in the Sauk River. This project requires a 
65.29 	match of at least $1,400,000 that must be 
65.30 	secured before trust fund money is spent. At 
65.31 	least $700,000 of this match must come from 
65.32 	the city of Melrose. City of Melrose expenses 
65.33 	for the Sauk River dam removal and rock 
65.34 	rapids replacement incurred before July 1, 
65.35 	2019, may be counted toward the match.

66.1
66.2	(d) Conserving and Monitoring Minnesota's 
Rare Arctic Plants
					
66.3 	$135,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
66.4 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
66.5 	Minnesota to provide monitoring and invasive 
66.6 	species removal to conserve rare and 
66.7 	endangered arctic plants on Minnesota's North 
66.8 	Shore. This appropriation is available until 
66.9 	June 30, 2023, by which time the project must 
66.10 	be completed and final products delivered.

66.11	(e) Nongame Wildlife Program Acceleration
					
66.12 	$513,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
66.13 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
66.14 	accelerate the nongame wildlife program, 
66.15 	including rare wildlife data collection, habitat 
66.16 	management, collaborative land protection, 
66.17 	conservation education, and a new emphasis 
66.18 	on promoting nature tourism to benefit 
66.19 	wildlife, visitors, and rural communities.

66.20	(f) Lawns to Legumes
					
66.21 	$806,000 in fiscal year 2019 and $94,000 the 
66.22 	first year are from the trust fund to the Board 
66.23 	of Water and Soil Resources for demonstration 
66.24 	projects that provide grants or payments to 
66.25 	plant residential lawns with native vegetation 
66.26 	and pollinator-friendly forbs and legumes to 
66.27 	protect a diversity of pollinators. The board 
66.28 	must establish criteria for grants or payments 
66.29 	awarded under this section. Grants or 
66.30 	payments awarded under this section may be 
66.31 	made for up to 75 percent of the costs of the 
66.32 	project, except that in areas identified by the 
66.33 	United States Fish and Wildlife Service as 
66.34 	areas where there is a high potential for rusty 
66.35 	patched bumble bees to be present, grants may 
67.1 	be awarded for up to 90 percent of the costs 
67.2 	of the project.

67.3
67.4	(g) Agricultural Weed Control Using 
Autonomous Mowers
					
67.5 	$900,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
67.6 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
67.7 	the West Central Research and Outreach 
67.8 	Center at Morris to design, integrate, and 
67.9 	field-test new technology mowers to control 
67.10 	weeds, reduce herbicide use, reduce energy 
67.11 	costs, and improve native vegetation and 
67.12 	forage quality on agricultural lands. This 
67.13 	appropriation is subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
67.14 	section 116P.10.

67.15
67.16	Subd. 9.Land Acquisition, 
Habitat, and Recreation
 		-0-
		26,351,000
		-0-

67.17	(a) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas
					
67.18 	$3,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
67.19 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
67.20 	the scientific and natural areas (SNA) program 
67.21 	to restore and enhance wildlife habitat on 
67.22 	SNAs, increase public involvement and 
67.23 	outreach, and strategically acquire high-quality 
67.24 	lands that meet criteria for SNAs under 
67.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, from 
67.26 	willing sellers. A list of proposed acquisitions 
67.27 	and restorations is required in the work plan.

67.28
67.29	(b) Grants for Local Parks, Trails, and Natural 
Areas
					
67.30 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
67.31 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
67.32 	solicit, rank, and fund competitive matching 
67.33 	grants for local parks, trail connections, and 
67.34 	natural and scenic areas under Minnesota 
67.35 	Statutes, section 85.019. The appropriation is 
68.1 	for local nature-based recreation, connections 
68.2 	to regional and state natural areas, and 
68.3 	recreation facilities and not for athletic 
68.4 	facilities such as sport fields, courts, and 
68.5 	playgrounds.

68.6
68.7	(c) Minnesota State Parks and State Trails 
In-Holdings
					
68.8 	$2,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
68.9 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
68.10 	acquire high-priority in-holdings from willing 
68.11 	sellers within the legislatively authorized 
68.12 	boundaries of state parks and trails to protect 
68.13 	Minnesota's natural heritage, enhance outdoor 
68.14 	recreational opportunities, and improve the 
68.15 	efficiency of public land management. 
68.16 	Priorities include but are not limited to 
68.17 	Minneopa, St. Croix, Frontenac, and Crow 
68.18 	Wing State Parks. A list of proposed 
68.19 	acquisitions is required in the work plan.

68.20	(d) Minnesota State Trails Development
					
68.21 	$5,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
68.22 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
68.23 	expand high-priority recreational opportunities 
68.24 	on Minnesota's state trails by developing new 
68.25 	trail segments and rehabilitating, improving, 
68.26 	and enhancing existing state trails. 
68.27 	High-priority trail bridges to rehabilitate or 
68.28 	replace include, but are not limited to, those 
68.29 	on the Arrowhead, Central Lakes, 
68.30 	Harmony-Preston Valley, Matthew Lourey, 
68.31 	and North Shore State Trails. High-priority 
68.32 	trail segments to develop and enhance include, 
68.33 	but are not limited to, the Paul Bunyan, 
68.34 	Gateway, Heartland, Gitchi Gami, and 
68.35 	Minnesota Valley State Trails. A proposed list 
69.1 	of trail projects on legislatively authorized 
69.2 	state trails is required in the work plan. This 
69.3 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
69.4 	by which time the project must be completed 
69.5 	and final products delivered.

69.6	(e) National Loon Center
					
69.7 	$4,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
69.8 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
69.9 	an agreement with the National Loon Center 
69.10 	Foundation, in partnership with a fiscal agent 
69.11 	to be approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
69.12 	Commission on Minnesota Resources, to 
69.13 	construct an approximately 15,000-square-foot 
69.14 	National Loon Center in Cross Lake dedicated 
69.15 	to loon survival, loon habitat protection and 
69.16 	research, and recreation. Of this amount, up 
69.17 	to $1,449,000 is for planning, design, and 
69.18 	construction of approximately six outdoor 
69.19 	demonstration learning kiosks, interpretive 
69.20 	trails, boardwalks and boat docks, a fishing 
69.21 	dock, and native landscaping along 
69.22 	approximately 3,100 feet of shoreline. Any 
69.23 	remaining funds are for planning, engineering, 
69.24 	and constructing the building and indoor 
69.25 	exhibits. A land lease commitment of at least 
69.26 	25 years and fiscal sponsorship must be 
69.27 	secured before any trust fund money is spent. 
69.28 	This project requires a match of at least 
69.29 	$6,000,000. At least $2,000,000 of this match 
69.30 	must come from nonstate sources. If naming 
69.31 	rights will be conveyed, the National Loon 
69.32 	Center Foundation must include a plan for this 
69.33 	in the work plan. All matching funds must be 
69.34 	legally committed before any trust fund money 
69.35 	may be spent on planning activities for or 
70.1 	construction of the building and indoor 
70.2 	exhibits. Net income generated from 
70.3 	admissions, naming rights, and memberships 
70.4 	to the National Loon Center as a result of trust 
70.5 	fund contributions may be reinvested in the 
70.6 	center's long-term loon conservation efforts 
70.7 	as described in the work plan approved by the 
70.8 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
70.9 	Resources according to Minnesota Statutes, 
70.10 	section 116P.10.

70.11	(f) Accessible Fishing Piers
					
70.12 	$320,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
70.13 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
70.14 	provide accessible fishing piers in locations 
70.15 	that have a high potential to serve new angling 
70.16 	communities, underserved populations, and 
70.17 	anglers with physical disabilities. This 
70.18 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
70.19 	by which time the project must be completed 
70.20 	and final products delivered.

70.21	(g) Mesabi Trail Extensions
					
70.22 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
70.23 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
70.24 	an agreement with the St. Louis and Lake 
70.25 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for 
70.26 	environmental assessment, permitting, 
70.27 	right-of-way easements or other acquisition 
70.28 	as needed, and engineering for and 
70.29 	construction of four trail segments beginning 
70.30 	and ending at the following approximate 
70.31 	locations: Darwin Meyers Wildlife 
70.32 	Management Area to County Road 21, 
70.33 	Embarrass to Kugler, County Road 128 to the 
70.34 	Eagles Nest Town Hall, and Wolf Creek to 
70.35 	the Highway 169 underpass.

71.1	(h) Birch Lake Recreation Area Campground
					
71.2 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
71.3 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
71.4 	an agreement with the city of Babbitt to 
71.5 	expand Birch Lake Recreation Area by adding 
71.6 	a new campground for recreational vehicles 
71.7 	and tent campers. This project requires a 
71.8 	match of at least $2,800,000 that must be 
71.9 	secured before trust fund money is spent. At 
71.10 	least $800,000 of this match must come from 
71.11 	the city of Babbitt. Net income generated from 
71.12 	admissions to the campground created as a 
71.13 	result of trust fund contributions may be 
71.14 	reinvested into the campground's long-term 
71.15 	operations as described in the work plan 
71.16 	approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
71.17 	Commission on Minnesota Resources 
71.18 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
71.19 	116P.10.

71.20	(i) Britton Peak to Lutsen Mountain Bike Trail
					
71.21 	$350,000 the first year are from the trust fund 
71.22 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
71.23 	an agreement with the Superior Cycling 
71.24 	Association to create a sustainably designed 
71.25 	single-track mountain bike trail connecting 
71.26 	trail clusters and trailheads between Britton 
71.27 	Peak in Tofte and Lutsen Mountains as part 
71.28 	of northeast Minnesota's effort to become a 
71.29 	national recreation destination. This 
71.30 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
71.31 	by which time the project must be completed 
71.32 	and final products delivered.

71.33
71.34	(j) Preserving Avon Hills with Reverse-Bidding 
Easements
					
72.1 	$1,600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
72.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
72.3 	an agreement with Saint John's University in 
72.4 	cooperation with Minnesota Land Trust to 
72.5 	restore and enhance protected lands, provide 
72.6 	public outreach, and prepare management 
72.7 	plans for and use a reverse-bid ranking system 
72.8 	to secure permanent conservation easements 
72.9 	on high-quality natural habitat in the Avon 
72.10 	Hills area of Stearns County. Of this amount, 
72.11 	up to $168,000 is for use by Minnesota Land 
72.12 	Trust in a monitoring fund as approved in the 
72.13 	work plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
72.14 	section 116P.20. An annual financial report is 
72.15 	required for any monitoring, management, and 
72.16 	enforcement fund, including expenditures from 
72.17 	the fund. A proposed list of acquisitions and 
72.18 	restorations must be provided in the work plan. 
72.19 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
72.20 	2024, by which time the project must be 
72.21 	completed and final products delivered.

72.22	(k) Bailey Lake Trail and Fishing Pier
					
72.23 	$550,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
72.24 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
72.25 	an agreement with the city of Virginia to 
72.26 	reconstruct the existing Bailey Lake Trail and 
72.27 	construct a new fishing pier on Bailey Lake 
72.28 	that is accessible from the trail.

72.29	(l) Vergas Long Lake Trail
					
72.30 	$290,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
72.31 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
72.32 	an agreement with the city of Vergas to 
72.33 	construct a bicycle and pedestrian bridge, trail, 
72.34 	and floating boardwalk along Long Lake 
72.35 	including shoreline restoration and 
73.1 	stabilization with native plants. This 
73.2 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
73.3 	by which time the project must be completed 
73.4 	and final products delivered.

73.5
73.6	(m) Glacial Edge Trail and Downtown 
Pedestrian Bridge
					
73.7 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
73.8 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
73.9 	an agreement with the city of Fergus Falls to 
73.10 	acquire easements for and construct a trail 
73.11 	along the Otter Tail River in downtown Fergus 
73.12 	Falls and a bicycle and pedestrian bridge 
73.13 	crossing the river. This appropriation is 
73.14 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
73.15 	the project must be completed and final 
73.16 	products delivered.

73.17	(n) Crane Lake to Vermilion Falls Trail
					
73.18 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
73.19 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
73.20 	an agreement with St. Louis County in 
73.21 	cooperation with Voyageur Country ATV 
73.22 	Club to designate and improve a wooded trail 
73.23 	from Crane Lake to Vermilion Falls to 
73.24 	accommodate all-terrain vehicle and 
73.25 	snowmobile users. This appropriation is 
73.26 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
73.27 	the project must be completed and final 
73.28 	products delivered.

73.29
73.30	(o) Restoring Five Sections of Superior Hiking 
Trail
					
73.31 	$191,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
73.32 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
73.33 	an agreement with the Superior Hiking Trail 
73.34 	Association to restore and repair the most 
73.35 	damaged parts of five sections of the Superior 
74.1 	Hiking Trail and restore an abandoned route 
74.2 	to a natural footpath for hikers.

74.3
74.4	(p) Rainy Lake Recreational Access and Boat 
Wash Station
					
74.5 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
74.6 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
74.7 	an agreement with the city of Ranier to 
74.8 	enhance and increase public access to Rainy 
74.9 	Lake by constructing an Americans with 
74.10 	Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant recreational 
74.11 	parking lot, an ADA-compliant public 
74.12 	restroom, and an aquatic invasive species boat 
74.13 	wash station.

74.14
74.15	(q) Historic Bruce Mine Park and Mesabi 
Trailhead
					
74.16 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
74.17 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
74.18 	a grant to the St. Louis and Lake Counties 
74.19 	Regional Railroad Authority to engineer, 
74.20 	design, renovate, and construct the Historic 
74.21 	Bruce Mine Park and Mesabi Trailhead and 
74.22 	access in the city of Chisholm. This 
74.23 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023, 
74.24 	by which time the project must be completed 
74.25 	and final products delivered.

74.26
74.27
74.28	Subd. 10.Administration and 
Contract Agreement 
Reimbursement
 		330,000
		1,538,000
		-0-

74.29	(a) Contract Agreement Reimbursement
					
74.30 	$135,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
74.31 	to the commissioner of natural resources, at 
74.32 	the direction of the Legislative-Citizen 
74.33 	Commission on Minnesota Resources, for 
74.34 	expenses incurred for preparing and 
74.35 	administering contracts for the agreements 
75.1 	specified in this section. The commissioner 
75.2 	must provide documentation to the 
75.3 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
75.4 	Resources on the expenditure of these funds. 
75.5 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
75.6 	2021, by which time the project must be 
75.7 	completed and final products delivered.

75.8
75.9	(b) Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) Administration
					
75.10 	$1,400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
75.11 	to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
75.12 	Minnesota Resources for administration in 
75.13 	fiscal years 2020 and 2021 as provided in 
75.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.09, 
75.15 	subdivision 5.

75.16
75.17	(c) Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC) 
Administration
					
75.18 	$3,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
75.19 	the Legislative Coordinating Commission for 
75.20 	the website required in Minnesota Statutes, 
75.21 	section 3.303, subdivision 10.

75.22	(d) Grants Management System
					
75.23 	$330,000 in fiscal year 2019 is from the trust 
75.24 	fund to the Legislative-Citizen Commission 
75.25 	on Minnesota Resources to develop, enhance, 
75.26 	and maintain a management system for project 
75.27 	records.

75.28
75.29	Subd. 11.Wastewater Treatment 
Recommendations
 		500,000
		-0-

75.30	(a) Water Infrastructure Loans
					
75.31 	Up to $5,000,000 of the money in the trust 
75.32 	fund is available to the State Board of 
75.33 	Investment to invest in loans through the 
75.34 	Public Facilities Authority's clean water 
76.1 	revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
76.2 	section 446A.07. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
76.3 	Statutes, section 446A.07, repayments of 
76.4 	principal and interest and any investment 
76.5 	income must be credited to the trust fund and 
76.6 	are available for reinvestment in the clean 
76.7 	water revolving fund.

76.8
76.9	(b) Optimizing Local Mechanical and Pond 
Wastewater-Treatment Plants
					
76.10 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
76.11 	to the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
76.12 	Agency for the pilot program created under 
76.13 	Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 4, section 2, 
76.14 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a). This 
76.15 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
76.16 	by which time projects must be completed and 
76.17 	final products delivered.

76.18	Subd. 12.Availability of Appropriations
 					
76.19 	Money appropriated in this section may not 
76.20 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
76.21 	related to and necessary for a specific 
76.22 	appropriation and are specified in the work 
76.23 	plan approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
76.24 	Commission on Minnesota Resources. Money 
76.25 	appropriated in this section must not be spent 
76.26 	on indirect costs or other institutional overhead 
76.27 	charges that are not directly related to and 
76.28 	necessary for a specific appropriation. Costs 
76.29 	that are directly related to and necessary for 
76.30 	an appropriation, including financial services, 
76.31 	human resources, information services, rent, 
76.32 	and utilities, are eligible only if the costs can 
76.33 	be clearly justified and individually 
76.34 	documented specific to the appropriation's 
76.35 	purpose and would not be generated by the 
77.1 	recipient but for receipt of the appropriation. 
77.2 	No broad allocations for costs in either dollars 
77.3 	or percentages are allowed. Unless otherwise 
77.4 	provided, the amounts in this section are 
77.5 	available until June 30, 2022, when projects 
77.6 	must be completed and final products 
77.7 	delivered. For acquisition of real property, the 
77.8 	appropriations in this section are available for 
77.9 	an additional fiscal year if a binding contract 
77.10 	for acquisition of the real property is entered 
77.11 	into before the expiration date of the 
77.12 	appropriation. If a project receives a federal 
77.13 	grant, the time period of the appropriation is 
77.14 	extended to equal the federal grant period.

77.15	Subd. 13.Data Availability Requirements
 					
77.16 	Data collected by the projects funded under 
77.17 	this section must conform to guidelines and 
77.18 	standards adopted by MN.IT Services. Spatial 
77.19 	data must also conform to additional 
77.20 	guidelines and standards designed to support 
77.21 	data coordination and distribution that have 
77.22 	been published by the Minnesota Geospatial 
77.23 	Information Office. Descriptions of spatial 
77.24 	data must be prepared as specified in the state's 
77.25 	geographic metadata guideline and must be 
77.26 	submitted to the Minnesota Geospatial 
77.27 	Information Office. All data must be 
77.28 	accessible and free to the public unless made 
77.29 	private under the Data Practices Act, 
77.30 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13. To the extent 
77.31 	practicable, summary data and results of 
77.32 	projects funded under this section should be 
77.33 	readily accessible on the Internet and 
77.34 	identified as having received funding from the 
77.35 	environment and natural resources trust fund.

78.1	Subd. 14.Project Requirements
 					
78.2 	(a) As a condition of accepting an 
78.3 	appropriation under this section, an agency or 
78.4 	entity receiving an appropriation or a party to 
78.5 	an agreement from an appropriation must 
78.6 	comply with paragraphs (b) to (l) and 
78.7 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P, and must 
78.8 	submit a work plan and annual or semiannual 
78.9 	progress reports in the form determined by the 
78.10 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
78.11 	Resources for any project funded in whole or 
78.12 	in part with funds from the appropriation. 
78.13 	Modifications to the approved work plan and 
78.14 	budget expenditures must be made through 
78.15 	the amendment process established by the 
78.16 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
78.17 	Resources.
78.18 	(b) A recipient of money appropriated in this 
78.19 	section that conducts a restoration using funds 
78.20 	appropriated in this section must use native 
78.21 	plant species according to the Board of Water 
78.22 	and Soil Resources' native vegetation 
78.23 	establishment and enhancement guidelines 
78.24 	and include an appropriate diversity of native 
78.25 	species selected to provide habitat for 
78.26 	pollinators throughout the growing season as 
78.27 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.28 	84.973.
78.29 	(c) For all restorations conducted with money 
78.30 	appropriated under this section, a recipient 
78.31 	must prepare an ecological restoration and 
78.32 	management plan that, to the degree 
78.33 	practicable, is consistent with the 
78.34 	highest-quality conservation and ecological 
78.35 	goals for the restoration site. Consideration 
79.1 	should be given to soil, geology, topography, 
79.2 	and other relevant factors that would provide 
79.3 	the best chance for long-term success and 
79.4 	durability of the restoration project. The plan 
79.5 	must include the proposed timetable for 
79.6 	implementing the restoration, including site 
79.7 	preparation, establishment of diverse plant 
79.8 	species, maintenance, and additional 
79.9 	enhancement to establish the restoration; 
79.10 	identify long-term maintenance and 
79.11 	management needs of the restoration and how 
79.12 	the maintenance, management, and 
79.13 	enhancement will be financed; and take 
79.14 	advantage of the best-available science and 
79.15 	include innovative techniques to achieve the 
79.16 	best restoration.
79.17 	(d) An entity receiving an appropriation in this 
79.18 	section for restoration activities must provide 
79.19 	an initial restoration evaluation at the 
79.20 	completion of the appropriation and an 
79.21 	evaluation three years after the completion of 
79.22 	the expenditure. Restorations must be 
79.23 	evaluated relative to the stated goals and 
79.24 	standards in the restoration plan, current 
79.25 	science, and, when applicable, the Board of 
79.26 	Water and Soil Resources' native vegetation 
79.27 	establishment and enhancement guidelines. 
79.28 	The evaluation must determine whether the 
79.29 	restorations are meeting planned goals, 
79.30 	identify any problems with implementing the 
79.31 	restorations, and, if necessary, give 
79.32 	recommendations on improving restorations. 
79.33 	The evaluation must be focused on improving 
79.34 	future restorations.
80.1 	(e) All restoration and enhancement projects 
80.2 	funded with money appropriated in this section 
80.3 	must be on land permanently protected by a 
80.4 	conservation easement or public ownership.
80.5 	(f) A recipient of money from an appropriation 
80.6 	under this section must give consideration to 
80.7 	contracting with Conservation Corps 
80.8 	Minnesota for contract restoration and 
80.9 	enhancement services.
80.10 	(g) All conservation easements acquired with 
80.11 	money appropriated under this section must:
80.12 	(1) be permanent;
80.13 	(2) specify the parties to an easement in the 
80.14 	easement;
80.15 	(3) specify all of the provisions of an 
80.16 	agreement that are permanent;
80.17 	(4) be sent to the Legislative-Citizen 
80.18 	Commission on Minnesota Resources in an 
80.19 	electronic format at least ten business days 
80.20 	before closing;
80.21 	(5) include a long-term monitoring and 
80.22 	enforcement plan and funding for monitoring 
80.23 	and enforcing the easement agreement; and
80.24 	(6) include requirements in the easement 
80.25 	document to protect the quantity and quality 
80.26 	of groundwater and surface water through 
80.27 	specific activities such as keeping water on 
80.28 	the landscape, reducing nutrient and 
80.29 	contaminant loading, and not permitting 
80.30 	artificial hydrological modifications.
80.31 	(h) For any acquisition of lands or interest in 
80.32 	lands, a recipient of money appropriated under 
80.33 	this section must not agree to pay more than 
81.1 	100 percent of the appraised value for a parcel 
81.2 	of land using this money to complete the 
81.3 	purchase, in part or in whole, except that up 
81.4 	to ten percent above the appraised value may 
81.5 	be allowed to complete the purchase, in part 
81.6 	or in whole, using this money if permission is 
81.7 	received in advance of the purchase from the 
81.8 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
81.9 	Resources.
81.10 	(i) For any acquisition of land or interest in 
81.11 	land, a recipient of money appropriated under 
81.12 	this section must give priority to high-quality 
81.13 	natural resources or conservation lands that 
81.14 	provide natural buffers to water resources.
81.15 	(j) For new lands acquired with money 
81.16 	appropriated under this section, a recipient 
81.17 	must prepare an ecological restoration and 
81.18 	management plan in compliance with 
81.19 	paragraph (c), including sufficient funding for 
81.20 	implementation unless the work plan addresses 
81.21 	why a portion of the money is not necessary 
81.22 	to achieve a high-quality restoration.
81.23 	(k) To ensure public accountability for using 
81.24 	public funds, a recipient of money 
81.25 	appropriated under this section must, within 
81.26 	60 days of the transaction, provide to the 
81.27 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
81.28 	Resources documentation of the selection 
81.29 	process used to identify parcels acquired and 
81.30 	provide documentation of all related 
81.31 	transaction costs, including but not limited to 
81.32 	appraisals, legal fees, recording fees, 
81.33 	commissions, other similar costs, and 
81.34 	donations. This information must be provided 
81.35 	for all parties involved in the transaction. The 
82.1 	recipient must also report to the 
82.2 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
82.3 	Resources any difference between the 
82.4 	acquisition amount paid to the seller and the 
82.5 	state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal, if 
82.6 	a state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal 
82.7 	was conducted.
82.8 	(l) A recipient of an appropriation from the 
82.9 	trust fund under this section must acknowledge 
82.10 	financial support from the environment and 
82.11 	natural resources trust fund in project 
82.12 	publications, signage, and other public 
82.13 	communications and outreach related to work 
82.14 	completed using the appropriation. 
82.15 	Acknowledgment may occur, as appropriate, 
82.16 	through use of the trust fund logo or inclusion 
82.17 	of language attributing support from the trust 
82.18 	fund. Each direct recipient of money 
82.19 	appropriated in this section, as well as each 
82.20 	recipient of a grant awarded pursuant to this 
82.21 	section, must satisfy all reporting and other 
82.22 	requirements incumbent upon constitutionally 
82.23 	dedicated funding recipients as provided in 
82.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 
82.25 	10, and chapter 116P.

82.26
82.27	Subd. 15.Payment Conditions and 
Capital-Equipment Expenditures
 					
82.28 	(a) All agreements, grants, or contracts 
82.29 	referred to in this section must be administered 
82.30 	on a reimbursement basis unless otherwise 
82.31 	provided in this section. Notwithstanding 
82.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, 
82.33 	expenditures made on or after July 1, 2019, 
82.34 	or the date the work plan is approved, 
82.35 	whichever is later, are eligible for 
83.1 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
83.2 	this section. Periodic payments must be made 
83.3 	upon receiving documentation that the 
83.4 	deliverable items articulated in the approved 
83.5 	work plan have been achieved, including 
83.6 	partial achievements as evidenced by approved 
83.7 	progress reports. Reasonable amounts may be 
83.8 	advanced to projects to accommodate 
83.9 	cash-flow needs or match federal money. The 
83.10 	advances must be approved as part of the work 
83.11 	plan. No expenditures for capital equipment 
83.12 	are allowed unless expressly authorized in the 
83.13 	project work plan.
83.14 	(b) Single-source contracts as specified in the 
83.15 	approved work plan are allowed.

83.16
83.17	Subd. 16.Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable 
Materials
 					
83.18 	A political subdivision, public or private 
83.19 	corporation, or other entity that receives an 
83.20 	appropriation under this section must use the 
83.21 	appropriation in compliance with Minnesota 
83.22 	Statutes, section 16C.0725, regarding 
83.23 	purchasing recycled, repairable, and durable 
83.24 	materials and Minnesota Statutes, section 
83.25 	16C.073, regarding purchasing and using 
83.26 	paper stock and printing.

83.27
83.28	Subd. 17.Energy Conservation and Sustainable 
Building Guidelines
 					
83.29 	A recipient to whom an appropriation is made 
83.30 	under this section for a capital improvement 
83.31 	project must ensure that the project complies 
83.32 	with the applicable energy conservation and 
83.33 	sustainable building guidelines and standards 
83.34 	contained in law, including Minnesota 
83.35 	Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and 
84.1 	216C.20, and rules adopted under those 
84.2 	sections. The recipient may use the energy 
84.3 	planning, advocacy, and State Energy Office 
84.4 	units of the Department of Commerce to 
84.5 	obtain information and technical assistance 
84.6 	on energy conservation and alternative-energy 
84.7 	development relating to planning and 
84.8 	constructing the capital improvement project.

84.9	Subd. 18.Accessibility
 					
84.10 	Structural and nonstructural facilities must 
84.11 	meet the design standards in the Americans 
84.12 	with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility 
84.13 	guidelines.

84.14	Subd. 19.Carryforward; Extension
 					
84.15 	(a) The availability of the appropriations for 
84.16 	the following projects is extended to June 30, 
84.17 	2020:
84.18 	(1) Laws 2014, chapter 226, section 2, 
84.19 	subdivision 10, paragraph (c), 
84.20 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
84.21 	Resources (LCCMR);
84.22 	(2) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, 
84.23 	subdivision 3, paragraph (g), Minnesota 
84.24 	Native Bee Atlas;
84.25 	(3) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, 
84.26 	subdivision 4, paragraph (f), Southeast 
84.27 	Minnesota Subsurface Drainage Impacts on 
84.28 	Groundwater Recharge;
84.29 	(4) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, 
84.30 	subdivision 10, Emerging Issues Account;
84.31 	(5) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
84.32 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a), Data-Driven 
84.33 	Pollinator Conservation Strategies;
85.1 	(6) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.2 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), Prairie Butterfly 
85.3 	Conservation, Research, and Breeding - Phase 
85.4 	II;
85.5 	(7) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.6 	subdivision 4, paragraph (h), Protection of 
85.7 	State's Confined Drinking Water Aquifers - 
85.8 	Phase II;
85.9 	(8) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.10 	subdivision 4, paragraph (r), Morrison County 
85.11 	Performance Drainage and Hydrology 
85.12 	Management;
85.13 	(9) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.14 	subdivision 6, paragraph (c), Advancing 
85.15 	Microbial Invasive Species Monitoring from 
85.16 	Ballast Discharge;
85.17 	(10) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.18 	subdivision 6, paragraph (e), Elimination of 
85.19 	Target Invasive Plant Species - Phase II;
85.20 	(11) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.21 	subdivision 8, paragraph (a), Bee Pollinator 
85.22 	Habitat Enhancement - Phase II;
85.23 	(12) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.24 	subdivision 8, paragraph (b), Measuring Pollen 
85.25 	and Seed Dispersal for Prairie Fragment 
85.26 	Connectivity;
85.27 	(13) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.28 	subdivision 8, paragraph (f), Forest 
85.29 	Management for Mississippi River Drinking 
85.30 	Water Protection;
85.31 	(14) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
85.32 	subdivision 9, paragraph (b), Minnesota Point 
86.1 	Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area 
86.2 	Acquisition; and
86.3 	(15) Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, 
86.4 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), Assessment of 
86.5 	Household Chemicals and Herbicides in 
86.6 	Rivers and Lakes.
86.7 	(b) The availability of the appropriation under 
86.8 	Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 
86.9 	7, paragraph (b), Assessment of Urban Air 
86.10 	Quality, is extended to June 30, 2021.

86.11 	Sec. 3. Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2018, chapter 
86.12 	214, article 4, section 5, is amended to read:

86.13
86.14	Subd. 9.Land Acquisition for Habitat and 
Recreation
 		14,190,000
		-0-
	
86.15 	(a) State Parks and Trails Land 
86.16 	Acquisitions
86.17 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
86.18 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
86.19 	acquire at least 335 acres for authorized state 
86.20 	trails and critical parcels within the statutory 
86.21 	boundaries of state parks. State park land 
86.22 	acquired with this appropriation must be 
86.23 	sufficiently improved to meet at least 
86.24 	minimum management standards, as 
86.25 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
86.26 	resources. A list of proposed acquisitions must 
86.27 	be provided as part of the required work plan. 
86.28 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
86.29 	2018, by which time the project must be 
86.30 	completed and final products delivered.
86.31 	(b) Metropolitan Regional Park System 
86.32 	Land Acquisition - Phase IV
87.1 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
87.2 	to the Metropolitan Council for grants to 
87.3 	acquire at least 133approximately 90 acres of 
87.4 	lands within the approved park unit boundaries 
87.5 	of the metropolitan regional park system. This 
87.6 	appropriation may not be used to purchase 
87.7 	habitable residential structures. A list of 
87.8 	proposed fee title and easement acquisitions 
87.9 	must be provided as part of the required work 
87.10 	plan. This appropriation must be matched by 
87.11 	at least 40 percent of nonstate money that must 
87.12 	be committed by December 31, 2015, or the 
87.13 	appropriation cancels. This appropriation is 
87.14 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
87.15 	the project must be completed and final 
87.16 	products delivered.
87.17 	(c) SNA Acquisition, Restoration, 
87.18 	Enhancement, and Public Engagement
87.19 	$4,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
87.20 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
87.21 	acquire at least 350 acres of lands with 
87.22 	high-quality native plant communities and rare 
87.23 	features to be established as scientific and 
87.24 	natural areas as provided in Minnesota 
87.25 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5, restore 
87.26 	and improve at least 550 acres of scientific 
87.27 	and natural areas, and provide technical 
87.28 	assistance and outreach. A list of proposed 
87.29 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
87.30 	required work plan. Land acquired with this 
87.31 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
87.32 	to meet at least minimum management 
87.33 	standards, as determined by the commissioner 
87.34 	of natural resources. This appropriation is 
87.35 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
88.1 	the project must be completed and final 
88.2 	products delivered.
88.3 	(d) Native Prairie Stewardship and Prairie 
88.4 	Bank Easement Acquisition
88.5 	$3,325,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
88.6 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
88.7 	acquire native prairie bank easements on at 
88.8 	least 675 acres, prepare baseline property 
88.9 	assessments, restore and enhance at least 1,000 
88.10 	acres of native prairie sites, and provide 
88.11 	technical assistance to landowners. Of this 
88.12 	amount, up to $195,000 must be deposited in 
88.13 	a conservation easement stewardship account. 
88.14 	Deposits into the conservation easement 
88.15 	stewardship account must be made upon 
88.16 	closing on conservation easements or at a time 
88.17 	otherwise approved in the work plan. A list of 
88.18 	proposed easement acquisitions must be 
88.19 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
88.20 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
88.21 	2018, by which time the project must be 
88.22 	completed and final products delivered.
88.23 	(e) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
88.24 	VIII Coordination, Mapping, and 
88.25 	Conservation Easements
88.26 	$515,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
88.27 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
88.28 	an agreement with the Minnesota Land Trust 
88.29 	for Phase VIII of the Metro Conservation 
88.30 	Corridors partnership to provide coordination 
88.31 	and mapping for the partnership and to acquire 
88.32 	permanent conservation easements on at least 
88.33 	120 acres of strategic ecological landscapes 
88.34 	to protect priority natural areas in the 
88.35 	metropolitan area, as defined under Minnesota 
89.1 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, and 
89.2 	portions of the surrounding counties. A list of 
89.3 	proposed easement acquisitions must be 
89.4 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
89.5 	Land acquired with this appropriation must 
89.6 	be sufficiently improved to meet at least 
89.7 	minimum management standards, as 
89.8 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
89.9 	resources. Expenditures are limited to the 
89.10 	identified project corridor areas as defined in 
89.11 	the work plan. Up to $40,000 may be used for 
89.12 	coordination and mapping for the Metro 
89.13 	Conservation Corridors. All conservation 
89.14 	easements must be perpetual and have a 
89.15 	natural resource management plan. A list of 
89.16 	proposed easement acquisitions must be 
89.17 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
89.18 	This appropriation is available June 30, 2018, 
89.19 	by which time the project must be completed 
89.20 	and final products delivered.
89.21 	(f) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
89.22 	VIII Strategic Lands Protection
89.23 	$750,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
89.24 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
89.25 	an agreement with The Trust for Public Land 
89.26 	for Phase VIII of the Metro Conservation 
89.27 	Corridors partnership to acquire in fee at least 
89.28 	35 acres of high-quality priority state and local 
89.29 	natural areas in the metropolitan area, as 
89.30 	defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
89.31 	473.121, subdivision 2, and portions of the 
89.32 	surrounding counties. A list of proposed 
89.33 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
89.34 	required work plan. Land acquired with this 
89.35 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
90.1 	to meet at least minimum management 
90.2 	standards, as determined by the commissioner 
90.3 	of natural resources. Expenditures are limited 
90.4 	to the identified project corridor areas as 
90.5 	defined in the work plan. This appropriation 
90.6 	may not be used to purchase habitable 
90.7 	residential structures, unless expressly 
90.8 	approved in the work plan. A list of fee title 
90.9 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
90.10 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
90.11 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
90.12 	the project must be completed and final 
90.13 	products delivered.
90.14 	(g) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
90.15 	VIII Priority Expansion of Minnesota 
90.16 	Valley National Wildlife Refuge
90.17 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
90.18 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
90.19 	an agreement with the Minnesota Valley 
90.20 	National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. for Phase 
90.21 	VIII of the Metro Conservation Corridors 
90.22 	partnership to acquire in fee at least 100 acres 
90.23 	of priority habitat for the Minnesota Valley 
90.24 	National Wildlife Refuge in the metropolitan 
90.25 	area, as defined under Minnesota Statutes, 
90.26 	section 473.121, subdivision 2, and portions 
90.27 	of the surrounding counties. A list of proposed 
90.28 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
90.29 	required work plan. Land acquired with this 
90.30 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
90.31 	to meet at least minimum management 
90.32 	standards. Expenditures are limited to the 
90.33 	identified project corridor areas as defined in 
90.34 	the work plan. This appropriation may not be 
90.35 	used to purchase habitable residential 
91.1 	structures, unless expressly approved in the 
91.2 	work plan. This appropriation is available until 
91.3 	June 30, 2018, by which time the project must 
91.4 	be completed and final products delivered.
91.5 	(h) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
91.6 	VIII Wildlife Management Area 
91.7 	Acquisition
91.8 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
91.9 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
91.10 	Phase VIII of the Metro Conservation 
91.11 	Corridors partnership to acquire in fee at least 
91.12 	82 acres along the lower reaches of the 
91.13 	Vermillion River in Dakota County within the 
91.14 	Gores Pool Wildlife Management Area. Land 
91.15 	acquired with this appropriation must be 
91.16 	sufficiently improved to meet at least 
91.17 	minimum management standards. This 
91.18 	appropriation may not be used to purchase 
91.19 	habitable residential structures, unless 
91.20 	expressly approved in the work plan. This 
91.21 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2018, 
91.22 	by which time the project must be completed 
91.23 	and final products delivered.
91.24 	(i) Mesabi Trail Development Soudan to 
91.25 	Ely - Phase II
91.26 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
91.27 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
91.28 	an agreement with the St. Louis and Lake 
91.29 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for the 
91.30 	right-of-way acquisition, design, and 
91.31 	construction of segments of the Mesabi Trail, 
91.32 	totaling approximately seven miles between 
91.33 	Soudan and Ely. This appropriation is 
91.34 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
92.1 	the project must be completed and final 
92.2 	products delivered.
92.3 	(j) Multi-benefit Watershed Scale 
92.4 	Conservation on North Central Lakes
92.5 	$950,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
92.6 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to 
92.7 	secure permanent conservation easements on 
92.8 	at least 480 acres of high-quality habitat in 
92.9 	Crow Wing and Cass Counties. Of this 
92.10 	amount, up to $65,000 must be deposited in a 
92.11 	conservation easement stewardship account; 
92.12 	and $54,000 is for an agreement with the 
92.13 	Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation in 
92.14 	cooperation with Crow Wing County Soil and 
92.15 	Water Conservation District and Cass County 
92.16 	Soil and Water Conservation District. Deposits 
92.17 	into the conservation easement stewardship 
92.18 	account must be made upon closing on 
92.19 	conservation easements or at a time otherwise 
92.20 	approved in the work plan. A list of proposed 
92.21 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
92.22 	part of the required work plan. This 
92.23 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2018, 
92.24 	by which time the project must be completed 
92.25 	and final products delivered.
92.26 	(k) Conservation Easement Assessment and 
92.27 	Valuation System Development
92.28 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
92.29 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
92.30 	Minnesota to assess the effectiveness of 
92.31 	existing conservation easements acquired 
92.32 	through state expenditures at achieving their 
92.33 	intended outcomes of public value and 
92.34 	ecological benefits and to develop a 
92.35 	standardized, objective conservation easement 
93.1 	valuation system for guiding future state 
93.2 	investments in conservation easements to 
93.3 	ensure the proposed environmental benefits 
93.4 	are being achieved in a cost-effective manner. 
93.5 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
93.6 	2018, by which time the project must be 
93.7 	completed and final products delivered.

93.8 	Sec. 4. Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

93.993.10
	Subd. 9.Land Acquisition, 
Habitat, and Recreation
 		999,000
		13,533,000
		-0-

93.11
93.12	(a) Metropolitan Regional Parks System Land 
Acquisition
					
93.13 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
93.14 	to the Metropolitan Council for grants to 
93.15 	acquire approximately 19770 acres of land 
93.16 	within the approved park boundaries of the 
93.17 	metropolitan regional park system. This 
93.18 	appropriation may not be used to purchase 
93.19 	habitable residential structures. A list of 
93.20 	proposed fee title acquisitions must be 
93.21 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
93.22 	This appropriation must be matched by at least 
93.23 	40 percent of nonstate money that must be 
93.24 	committed by December 31, 2017. This 
93.25 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020, 
93.26 	by which time the project must be completed 
93.27 	and final products delivered.

93.28
93.29	(b) Scientific and Natural Areas Acquisition and 
Restoration, Citizen Science, and Engagement
					
93.30 	$2,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
93.31 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
93.32 	acquire at least 250 acres of land with 
93.33 	high-quality native plant communities and rare 
93.34 	features to be established as scientific and 
93.35 	natural areas as provided in Minnesota 
94.1 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5, restore 
94.2 	and improve at least 1,000 acres of scientific 
94.3 	and natural areas, and provide technical 
94.4 	assistance and outreach, including site steward 
94.5 	events. At least one-third of the appropriation 
94.6 	must be spent on restoration activities. A list 
94.7 	of proposed acquisitions and restorations must 
94.8 	be provided as part of the required work plan. 
94.9 	Land acquired with this appropriation must 
94.10 	be sufficiently improved to meet at least 
94.11 	minimum management standards, as 
94.12 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
94.13 	resources. When feasible, consideration must 
94.14 	be given to accommodate trails on lands 
94.15 	acquired. This appropriation is available until 
94.16 	June 30, 2020, by which time the project must 
94.17 	be completed and final products delivered.

94.18
94.19	(c) Minnesota State Parks and State Trails Land 
Acquisition
					
94.20 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
94.21 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
94.22 	acquire approximately 373 acres from willing 
94.23 	sellers for authorized state trails and critical 
94.24 	parcels within the statutory boundaries of state 
94.25 	parks. State park land acquired with this 
94.26 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
94.27 	to meet at least minimum management 
94.28 	standards, as determined by the commissioner 
94.29 	of natural resources. A list of proposed 
94.30 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
94.31 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
94.32 	available until June 30, 2020, by which time 
94.33 	the project must be completed and final 
94.34 	products delivered.

94.35
94.36	(d) Minnesota State Trails Acquisition, 
Development, and Enhancement
					
95.1 	$999,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $39,000 the 
95.2 	first year are from the trust fund to the 
95.3 	commissioner of natural resources for state 
95.4 	trail acquisition, development, and 
95.5 	enhancement in southern Minnesota. A 
95.6 	proposed list of trail projects on authorized 
95.7 	state trails must be provided as part of the 
95.8 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
95.9 	available until June 30, 2020, by which time 
95.10 	the project must be completed and final 
95.11 	products delivered.

95.12
95.13	(e) Native Prairie Stewardship and Prairie Bank 
Easement Acquisition
					
95.14 	$2,675,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
95.15 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
95.16 	acquire native prairie bank easements in 
95.17 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
95.18 	84.96, on approximately 335 250 acres, 
95.19 	prepare baseline property assessments, restore 
95.20 	and enhance at least 570 acres of native prairie 
95.21 	sites, and provide technical assistance to 
95.22 	landowners. Of this amount, up to $132,000 
95.23 	may be deposited in a conservation easement 
95.24 	stewardship account. Deposits into the 
95.25 	conservation easement stewardship account 
95.26 	must be made upon closing on conservation 
95.27 	easements or at a time otherwise approved in 
95.28 	the work plan. A list of proposed easement 
95.29 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
95.30 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
95.31 	available until June 30, 2020, by which time 
95.32 	the project must be completed and final 
95.33 	products delivered.

95.34	(f) Leech Lake Acquisition
					
96.1 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
96.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
96.3 	an agreement with the Leech Lake Band of 
96.4 	Ojibwe to acquire approximately 45 acres, 
96.5 	including 0.67 miles of shoreline of 
96.6 	high-quality aquatic and wildlife habitat at the 
96.7 	historic meeting place between Henry 
96.8 	Schoolcraft and the Anishinabe people. The 
96.9 	land must be open to public use including 
96.10 	hunting and fishing. The band must provide a 
96.11 	commitment that land will not be put in a 
96.12 	federal trust through the Bureau of Indian 
96.13 	Affairs.

96.14	(g) Mesabi Trail Development
					
96.15 	$2,269,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
96.16 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
96.17 	an agreement with the St. Louis and Lake 
96.18 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for 
96.19 	engineering and constructing segments of the 
96.20 	Mesabi Trail. This appropriation is available 
96.21 	until June 30, 2020, by which time the project 
96.22 	must be completed and final products 
96.23 	delivered.

96.24
96.25	(h) Tower Trailhead Boat Landing and Habitat 
Improvement - Phase II
					
96.26 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
96.27 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
96.28 	an agreement with the city of Tower to 
96.29 	construct a trailhead and boat landing and 
96.30 	restore vegetative habitat on city-owned 
96.31 	property. Plant and seed materials must follow 
96.32 	the Board of Water and Soil Resources' native 
96.33 	vegetation establishment and enhancement 
96.34 	guidelines. This appropriation is available until 
97.1 	June 30, 2020, by which time the project must 
97.2 	be completed and final products delivered.

97.3
97.4	(i) Land Acquisition for Voyageurs National 
Park Crane Lake Visitors Center
					
97.5 	$950,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
97.6 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
97.7 	an agreement with the town of Crane Lake, in 
97.8 	partnership with Voyageurs National Park and 
97.9 	the Department of Natural Resources, to 
97.10 	acquire approximately 30 acres to be used for 
97.11 	a visitor center and campground. Income 
97.12 	generated by the campground may be used to 
97.13 	support the facility.

97.14 	Sec. 5. TRANSFER.
 97.15 	On June 30, 2019, any unencumbered money from Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, 
97.16 	subdivision 10, paragraph (b), is transferred to the grants management system under Laws 
97.17 	2016, chapter 186, section 2, subdivision 10, paragraph (b).

97.18 	Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 97.19 	Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final enactment.

97.20 	ARTICLE 3
97.21 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

97.22 	Section 1. [1.1465] STATE BEE.
97.23 		Subdivision 1.Rusty patched bumble bee. The rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus 
97.24 	affinis, is the official bee of the state of Minnesota.
97.25 		Subd. 2.Photograph. A photograph of the rusty patched bumble bee must be preserved 
97.26 	in the Office of the Secretary of State.

97.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 17.035, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
97.28 		Subdivision 1.Reimbursement. A meat processor holding a license under chapter 28A 
97.29 	may apply to the commissioner of agriculture for reimbursement of $70 $150 towards the 
97.30 	processor's reasonable and documented cost of processing donated deer, as determined by 
97.31 	the commissioner within the limits of available funding. The meat processor shall deliver 
98.1 	the deer, processed into cuts or ground meat, to a charitable organization that is registered 
98.2 	under chapter 309 and with the commissioner of agriculture and that operates a food 
98.3 	assistance program. To request reimbursement, the processor shall submit an application, 
98.4 	on a form prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture, the tag number under which the 
98.5 	deer was taken, and a receipt for the deer from the charitable organization.

98.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
98.7 		Subd. 4.Fencing. Farmed Cervidae must be confined in a manner designed to prevent 
98.8 	escape. All perimeter fences for farmed Cervidae must be at least 96 inches in height and 
98.9 	be constructed and maintained in a way that prevents the escape of farmed Cervidae or entry 
98.10 	into the premises by free-roaming Cervidae. After the effective date of this section, all new 
98.11 	fencing installed and all fencing used to repair deficiencies must be high tensile. By 
98.12 	December 1, 2019, all entry areas for farmed Cervidae enclosure areas must have two 
98.13 	redundant gates, which must be maintained to prevent the escape of animals through an 
98.14 	open gate. If a fence deficiency allows entry or exit by farmed or wild Cervidae, the owner 
98.15 	must repair the deficiency within a reasonable time, as determined by the Board of Animal 
98.16 	Health, not to exceed 45 days. If a fence deficiency is detected during an inspection, the 
98.17 	facility must be reinspected at least once in the subsequent three months. The farmed 
98.18 	Cervidae owner must pay a reinspection fee equal to one-half the applicable annual inspection 
98.19 	fee under subdivision 7a for each reinspection related to a fence violation. If the facility 
98.20 	experiences more than one escape incident in any six-month period or fails to correct a 
98.21 	deficiency found during an inspection, the board may revoke the facility's registration and 
98.22 	order the owner to remove or destroy the animals as directed by the board. If the board 
98.23 	revokes a facility's registration, the commissioner of natural resources may seize and destroy 
98.24 	animals at the facility.

98.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
98.26 		Subd. 6.Identification. (a) Farmed Cervidae must be identified by means approved by 
98.27 	the Board of Animal Health. The identification must include a distinct number that has not 
98.28 	been used during the previous three years and must be visible to the naked eye during 
98.29 	daylight under normal conditions at a distance of 50 yards. Newborn animals White-tailed 
98.30 	deer must be identified before DecemberOctober 31 of the year in which the animal is born, 
98.31 	at the time of weaning, or before movement from the premises, whichever occurs first. Elk 
98.32 	and other cervids must be identified by December 31 of the year in which the animal is born 
98.33 	or before movement from the premises, whichever occurs first. As coordinated by the board, 
99.1 	the commissioner of natural resources may destroy any animal that is not identified as 
99.2 	required under this subdivision.
99.3 	(b) The Board of Animal Health shall register farmed Cervidae. The owner must submit 
99.4 	the registration request on forms provided by the board. The forms must include sales 
99.5 	receipts or other documentation of the origin of the Cervidae. The board shall must provide 
99.6 	copies of the registration information to the commissioner of natural resources upon request. 
99.7 	The owner must keep written records of the acquisition and disposition of registered farmed 
99.8 	Cervidae.

99.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
99.10 		Subd. 7.Inspection. The commissioner of agriculture and (a) The Board of Animal 
99.11 	Health may must annually inspect farmed Cervidae, farmed Cervidae facilities, and farmed 
99.12 	Cervidae records. For each herd, the owner or owners must, on or before January 1, pay an 
99.13 	annual inspection fee equal to $10 for each cervid in the herd as reflected in the most recent 
99.14 	inventory submitted to the Board of Animal Health, up to a maximum fee of $100. As 
99.15 	coordinated by the board, the commissioner of agriculture and an enforcement officer as 
99.16 	defined under section 97A.015, subdivision 18, may participate in the inspection.
99.17 	(b) The annual inspection must include a physical inspection of all perimeter fencing 
99.18 	around the facility and a viewing to verify that all animals are tagged. The owner of a farmed 
99.19 	Cervidae facility must present to the inspectors an accurate inventory of the owner's farmed 
99.20 	Cervidae and other records for review. During an annual inspection, the owner must present 
99.21 	individual animals in a herd for a physical inventory, if required by the board.
99.22 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources may inspect farmed Cervidae, farmed Cervidae 
99.23 	facilities, and farmed Cervidae records with reasonable suspicion that laws protecting native 
99.24 	wild animals have been violated and must notify the owner in writing at the time of the 
99.25 	inspection of the reason for the inspection and must inform the owner in writing after the 
99.26 	inspection of whether (1) the cause of the inspection was unfounded; or (2) there will be an 
99.27 	ongoing investigation or continuing evaluation.

99.28 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
99.29 	read:
99.30 		Subd. 7a.Inspection fees. For each herd, the owner must, on or before January 1, pay 
99.31 	to the board an annual inspection fee of:
100.1 	(1) $500 if the owner manages the herd for profit or monetary gain and engages in 
100.2 	transactions or exchanges for consideration, including sale, barter, the offer to sell, or 
100.3 	possession with the intent to sell;
100.4 	(2) $500 if the owner sells the ability to shoot animals in the herd;
100.5 	(3) $500 if the herd consists of more than one species; or
100.6 	(4) $250 for all other herds.

100.7 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
100.8 		Subd. 9.Contested case hearing. (a) A person raising farmed Cervidae that is aggrieved 
100.9 	with any decision regarding the farmed Cervidae may request a contested case hearing under 
100.10 	chapter 14.
100.11 	(b) A person requesting a contested case hearing regarding a registration revocation 
100.12 	under this section must make the request within 30 days of the revocation notice.

100.13 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
100.14 		Subd. 10.Mandatory registration. (a) A person may not possess live Cervidae in 
100.15 	Minnesota unless the person is registered with the Board of Animal Health and meets all 
100.16 	the requirements for farmed Cervidae under this section. Cervidae possessed in violation 
100.17 	of this subdivision may be seized and destroyed by the commissioner of natural resources.
100.18 	(b) A person whose registration is revoked by the board is ineligible for future registration 
100.19 	under this section unless the board determines that the person has undertaken measures that 
100.20 	make future escapes extremely unlikely.

100.21 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
100.22 		Subd. 11.Mandatory surveillance for chronic wasting disease; depopulation. (a) 
100.23 	An inventory for each farmed Cervidae herd must be verified by an accredited veterinarian 
100.24 	and filed with the Board of Animal Health every 12 months.
100.25 	(b) Movement of farmed Cervidae from any premises to another location must be reported 
100.26 	to the Board of Animal Health within 14 days of the movement on forms approved by the 
100.27 	Board of Animal Health.
100.28 	(c) All animals from farmed Cervidae herds that are over 16 12 months of age that die 
100.29 	or are slaughtered must be tested for chronic wasting disease.
100.30 	(d) The owner of a premises where chronic wasting disease is detected must:
101.1 	(1) depopulate the premises of Cervidae after the appraisal process for federal 
101.2 	indemnification has been completed or, if an indemnification application is not submitted, 
101.3 	within a reasonable time determined by the board in consultation with the commissioner of 
101.4 	natural resources;
101.5 	(2) maintain the fencing required under subdivision 4 on the premises for five years after 
101.6 	the date of detection; and
101.7 	(3) post the fencing on the premises with biohazard signs as directed by the board.

101.8 	Sec. 10. [35.156] CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.
101.9 		Subdivision 1.Oversight. The legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
101.10 	over agriculture policy and finance and environment and natural resources policy and finance 
101.11 	may meet quarterly to receive updates from the commissioners of agriculture, health, and 
101.12 	natural resources, the Board of Animal Health, and the University of Minnesota on chronic 
101.13 	wasting disease activities undertaken by the reporting agency in the previous quarter.
101.14 		Subd. 2.Federal fund account. Money granted to the state by the federal government 
101.15 	for purposes of chronic wasting disease must be credited to a separate account in the federal 
101.16 	fund and is annually appropriated to the commissioner of agriculture for the purposes for 
101.17 	which the federal grant was made according to section 17.03.

101.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.026, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
101.19 	read:
101.20 		Subd. 4.Paying grant-eligible expenditures. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the 
101.21 	commissioner may make payments for otherwise eligible grant-program expenditures that 
101.22 	are made on or after the effective date of the appropriation that funds the payments for:
101.23 	(1) grants-in-aid under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 84.927, and 85.44;
101.24 	(2) local recreation grants under section 85.019; and
101.25 	(3) enforcement and public education grants under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 
101.26 	84.927, 86B.701, 86B.705, and 87A.10.

101.27 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.027, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
101.28 		Subd. 18.Permanent school fund authority; reporting. (a) The commissioner of 
101.29 	natural resources has the authority and responsibility for the administration of to administer
101.30 	school trust lands under sections 92.12192.122 and 127A.31. The commissioner shall 
101.31 	biannually report to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission and the legislature 
102.1 	on the management of the school trust lands that shows how the commissioner has and will 
102.2 	continue to achieve the following goals:
102.3 	(1) manage the school trust lands efficiently and in a manner that reflects the undivided 
102.4 	loyalty to the beneficiaries consistent with the commissioner's fiduciary duties;
102.5 	(2) reduce the management expenditures of school trust lands and maximize the revenues 
102.6 	deposited in the permanent school trust fund;
102.7 	(3) manage the sale, exchange, and commercial leasing of school trust lands, requiring 
102.8 	returns of not less than fair market value, to maximize the revenues deposited in the 
102.9 	permanent school trust fund and retain the value from the long-term appreciation of the 
102.10 	school trust lands;
102.11 	(4) manage the school trust lands to maximize the long-term economic return for the 
102.12 	permanent school trust fund while maintaining sound natural resource conservation and 
102.13 	management principles;
102.14 	(5) optimize school trust land revenues and maximize the value of the trust consistent 
102.15 	with the balancing of short-term and long-term interests, so that long-term benefits are not 
102.16 	lost in an effort to maximize short-term gains; and
102.17 	(6) maintain the integrity of the trust and prevent the misapplication of its lands and its 
102.18 	revenues.
102.19 	(b) When the commissioner finds an irresolvable conflict between maximizing the 
102.20 	long-term economic return and protecting natural resources and recreational values on 
102.21 	school trust lands, the commissioner shall give precedence to the long-term economic return 
102.22 	in managing school trust lands. By July 1, 2018, the permanent school fund shall must be 
102.23 	compensated for all school trust lands included under a designation or policy provision that 
102.24 	prohibits long-term economic return. The commissioner shall submit recommendations to 
102.25 	the appropriate legislative committees and divisions on methods of funding for the 
102.26 	compensation required under this paragraph, including recommendations for appropriations 
102.27 	from the general fund, nongeneral funds, and the state bond fund. Any uncompensated 
102.28 	designation or policy provision restrictions on the long-term economic return on school 
102.29 	trust lands remaining after July 1, 2018, shall must be compiled and submitted to the 
102.30 	Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission for review.
102.31 	(c) By December 31, 2013, the report required under paragraph (a) shall must provide 
102.32 	an inventory and identification of all school trust lands that are included under a designation 
102.33 	or policy provision that prohibits long-term economic return. The report shall must include 
103.1 	a plan to compensate the permanent school fund through the purchase or exchange of the 
103.2 	lands or a plan to manage the school trust land to generate long-term economic return to 
103.3 	the permanent school fund. Subsequent reports under paragraph (a) shall must include a 
103.4 	status report of the commissioner's progress in maximizing the long-term economic return 
103.5 	on lands identified in the 2013 report.
103.6 	(d) When future management practices, policies, or designations or policies by the 
103.7 	commissioner diminish or prohibit the long-term economic return on school trust land, the 
103.8 	conflict shall must be resolved by compensating the permanent school fund through an 
103.9 	exchange or purchase of the lands before designation or application of the policy as provided 
103.10 	in section 92.122.

103.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.0895, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
103.12 		Subd. 2.Application. (a) Subdivision 1 does not apply to:
103.13 	(1) plants on land classified for property tax purposes as class 2a or 2c agricultural land 
103.14 	under section 273.13, or on ditches and roadways a ditch, or on an existing public road 
103.15 	right-of-way as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 6a, except for ground not previously 
103.16 	disturbed by construction or maintenance; and
103.17 	(2) noxious weeds designated pursuant to sections 18.76 to 18.88 or to weeds otherwise 
103.18 	designated as troublesome by the Department of Agriculture.
103.19 	(b) If control of noxious weeds is necessary, it takes priority over the protection of 
103.20 	endangered plant species, as long as a reasonable effort is taken to preserve the endangered 
103.21 	plant species first.
103.22 	(c) The taking or killing of an endangered plant species on land adjacent to class 3 or 
103.23 	3b agricultural land as a result of the application of pesticides or other agricultural chemical 
103.24 	on the class 3 or 3b land is not a violation of subdivision 1, if reasonable care is taken in 
103.25 	the application of the pesticide or other chemical to avoid impact on adjacent lands. For the 
103.26 	purpose of this paragraph, class 3 or 3b agricultural land does not include timber land, waste 
103.27 	land, or other land for which the owner receives a state paid wetlands or native prairie tax 
103.28 	credit.
103.29 	(d) The accidental taking of an endangered plant, where the existence of the plant is not 
103.30 	known at the time of the taking, is not a violation of subdivision 1.

103.31 	Sec. 14. [84.0896] TRADE IN PROHIBITED ANIMAL PARTS PROHIBITED.
103.32 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
104.1 	(b) "Antique" means an item that:
104.2 	(1) contains no more than 200 grams of prohibited animal part as a fixed component of 
104.3 	an item that is not made wholly or partially from a prohibited animal part; and
104.4 	(2) is documented to be at least 100 years old.
104.5 	(c) "Prohibited animal part" means any of the following:
104.6 	(1) a tooth or tusk from any species of elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, 
104.7 	walrus, whale, or narwhal, or any piece thereof, whether raw or worked;
104.8 	(2) a product containing any of the materials described in clause (1);
104.9 	(3) a horn; piece of horn; or derivative of a horn, such as a powder, of any species of 
104.10 	rhinoceros; and
104.11 	(4) a product containing any of the materials described in clause (3).
104.12 	(d) "Sell" or "sale" means an exchange for consideration and includes barter and 
104.13 	possession with intent to sell. The term does not include a transfer of ownership by gift, 
104.14 	donation, or bequest.
104.15 		Subd. 2.Prohibition. A person shall not purchase or sell any item that the person knows 
104.16 	or should know is a prohibited animal part.
104.17 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) Subdivision 2 does not prohibit the sale or purchase of a 
104.18 	prohibited animal part if the sale or purchase is:
104.19 	(1) undertaken as part of law enforcement activities;
104.20 	(2) expressly authorized by federal law;
104.21 	(3) of an antique;
104.22 	(4) of a musical instrument containing a lawfully acquired fixed component made of no 
104.23 	more than 200 grams of prohibited animal part; or
104.24 	(5) of a prohibited animal part by a bona fide educational or scientific institution that is 
104.25 	a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
104.26 	(b) Subdivision 2 does not prohibit possession of a cultural artifact containing a prohibited 
104.27 	animal part.
104.28 		Subd. 4.Disposition of seized prohibited animal parts. Notwithstanding any other 
104.29 	provision of law, a prohibited animal part seized under this section must, upon a conviction, 
105.1 	be forfeited to the state and either destroyed or given to a nonprofit corporation, as defined 
105.2 	in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, for an educational or scientific purpose.

105.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020, and applies to crimes 
105.4 	committed on or after that date.

105.5 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.775, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
105.6 		Subdivision 1.Civil citation; authority to issue. (a) A conservation officer or other 
105.7 	licensed peace officer may issue a civil citation to a person who operates:
105.8 	(1) an off-highway motorcycle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause 
105.9 	(1); 84.777; 84.788 to 84.795; or 84.90;
105.10 	(2) an off-road vehicle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause (1); 
105.11 	84.777; 84.798 to 84.804; or 84.90; or
105.12 	(3) an all-terrain vehicle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause (1); 
105.13 	84.777; 84.90; or 84.922 to 84.928.
105.14 	(b) A civil citation under paragraph (a) shall require restitution for public and private 
105.15 	property damage and impose a penalty of:
105.16 	(1) $100 for the first offense;
105.17 	(2) $200 for the second offense; and
105.18 	(3) $500 for third and subsequent offenses.
105.19 	(c) A conservation officer or other licensed peace officer may issue a civil citation to a 
105.20 	person who operates an off-highway motorcycle, off-road vehicle, or all-terrain vehicle in 
105.21 	violation of section 84.773, subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3). A civil citation under this 
105.22 	paragraph shall require restitution for damage to wetlands and impose a penalty of:
105.23 	(1) $100 for the first offense;
105.24 	(2) $500 for the second offense; and
105.25 	(3) $1,000 for third and subsequent offenses.
105.26 	(d) If the peace officer determines that there is damage to property requiring restitution, 
105.27 	the commissioner must send a written explanation of the extent of the damage and the cost 
105.28 	of the repair by first class mail to the address provided by the person receiving the citation 
105.29 	within 15 days of the date of the citation.
106.1 	(e) An off-road vehicle or all-terrain vehicle that is equipped with a snorkel device and 
106.2 	receives a civil citation under this section is subject to twice the penalty amounts in 
106.3 	paragraphs (b) and (c).

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

106.5 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.788, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
106.6 		Subd. 2.Exemptions. Registration is not required for off-highway motorcycles:
106.7 	(1) owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the state, another 
106.8 	state, or a political subdivision;
106.9 	(2) registered in another state or country that have not been within this state for more 
106.10 	than 30 consecutive days;
106.11 	(3) registered under chapter 168, when operated on forest roads to gain access to a state 
106.12 	forest campground;
106.13 	(4) used exclusively in organized track-racing events;
106.14 	(5) (4) operated on state or grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a nonresident 
106.15 	off-highway motorcycle state trail pass;
106.16 	(6) (5) operated by a person participating in an event for which the commissioner has 
106.17 	issued a special use permit; or
106.18 	(7) (6) operated on boundary trails and registered in another state or country providing 
106.19 	equal reciprocal registration or licensing exemptions for registrants of this state.

106.20 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.794, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
106.21 		Subd. 2.Purposes. (a) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the 
106.22 	off-highway motorcycle account may only be spent for:
106.23 	(1) administration, enforcement, and implementation of sections 84.787 to 84.795;
106.24 	(2) acquisition, maintenance, and development of off-highway motorcycle trails and use 
106.25 	areas; and
106.26 	(3) grants-in-aid to counties and municipalities to construct and maintain off-highway 
106.27 	motorcycle trails and use areas; and
106.28 	(4) grants for enforcement and public education to local law enforcement agencies.
107.1 	(b) The distribution of funds made available for grants-in-aid must be guided by the 
107.2 	statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan.

107.3 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.83, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
107.4 		Subd. 3.Purposes for the account; allocation. (a) The money deposited in the account 
107.5 	and interest earned on that money may be expended only as appropriated by law for the 
107.6 	following purposes:
107.7 	(1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and municipalities for construction and 
107.8 	maintenance of snowmobile trails that are determined by the commissioner to be part of 
107.9 	the state's grant-in-aid system, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 
107.10 	Voyageurs National Park; on Lake of the Woods; on Rainy Lake; on the following lakes in 
107.11 	St. Louis County: Burntside, Crane, Little Long, Mud, Pelican, Shagawa, and Vermilion; 
107.12 	and on the following lakes in Cook County: Devil Track and Hungry Jack;. The commissioner 
107.13 	may establish a performance-based funding formula for annual grants-in-aid. The procedures 
107.14 	and criteria for grants-in-aid are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and 
107.15 	section 14.386 does not apply. In administering the performance-based grants-in-aid, the 
107.16 	commissioner must:
107.17 	(i) determine annual grant amounts based on a funding formula that includes consideration 
107.18 	of historical costs, snowfall, use, and tourism;
107.19 	(ii) make grant payments based on:
107.20 	(A) successful completion of performance benchmarks;
107.21 	(B) reimbursement of eligible expenditures; or
107.22 	(C) a combination of subitems (A) and (B); and
107.23 	(iii) assess penalties to nonperforming grant-in-aid recipients, which may include 
107.24 	withholding grant payments or making the grantee or trail system ineligible for future 
107.25 	grant-in-aid funding.
107.26 	(2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of to acquire, develop, and maintain
107.27 	state recreational snowmobile trails;
107.28 	(3) for snowmobile safety programs; and
107.29 	(4) for the administration and enforcement of to administer and enforce sections 84.81
107.30 	to 84.91 and appropriated grants to local law enforcement agencies.
108.1 	(b) No less than 60 percent of revenue collected from snowmobile registration and 
108.2 	snowmobile state trail sticker fees must be expended for grants-in-aid to develop, maintain, 
108.3 	and groom trails and acquire easements.

108.4 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
108.5 		Subdivision 1.Required rules. With a view of achieving maximum use of snowmobiles 
108.6 	consistent with protection of the environment the commissioner of natural resources shall 
108.7 	adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14, for the following purposes:
108.8 	(1) Registration of snowmobiles and display of registration numbers.
108.9 	(2) Use of snowmobiles insofar as game and fish resources are affected.
108.10 	(3) Use of snowmobiles on public lands and waters, or on grant-in-aid trails.
108.11 	(4) Uniform signs to be used by the state, counties, and cities, which are necessary or 
108.12 	desirable to control, direct, or regulate the operation and use of snowmobiles.
108.13 	(5) Specifications relating to snowmobile mufflers.
108.14 	(6) A comprehensive snowmobile information and safety education and training program, 
108.15 	including but not limited to the preparation and dissemination of snowmobile information 
108.16 	and safety advice to the public, the training of snowmobile operators, and the issuance of 
108.17 	snowmobile safety certificates to snowmobile operators who successfully complete the 
108.18 	snowmobile safety education and training course. For the purpose of administering such 
108.19 	program and to defray expenses of training and certifying snowmobile operators, the 
108.20 	commissioner shall collect a fee from each person who receives the youth or adult training. 
108.21 	The commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for 
108.22 	issuing a duplicate snowmobile safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish both 
108.23 	fees in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including 
108.24 	overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking 
108.25 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The fees may be established 
108.26 	by the commissioner notwithstanding section 16A.1283. The fees, except for the issuing 
108.27 	fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the snowmobile trails 
108.28 	and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and the amount thereof, except for 
108.29 	the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
108.30 	84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, is appropriated 
108.31 	annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the 
108.32 	administration of such programs. In addition to the fee established by the commissioner, 
108.33 	instructors may charge each person any fee paid by the instructor for the person's online 
109.1 	training course and up to the established fee amount for class materials and expenses. The 
109.2 	commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, private and public 
109.3 	corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program established under 
109.4 	this clause. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner and volunteer instructors 
109.5 	to provide space for the classroom portion of the training. The commissioner shall consult 
109.6 	with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training program subject matter and 
109.7 	performance testing that leads to the certification of snowmobile operators.
109.8 	(7) The operator of any snowmobile involved in an accident resulting in injury requiring 
109.9 	medical attention or hospitalization to or death of any person or total damage to an extent 
109.10 	of $500 or more, shall forward a written report of the accident to the commissioner on such 
109.11 	form as the commissioner shall prescribe. If the operator is killed or is unable to file a report 
109.12 	due to incapacitation, any peace officer investigating the accident shall file the accident 
109.13 	report within ten business days.

109.14 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
109.15 		Subdivision 1.Program Training and certification programs established. (a) The 
109.16 	commissioner shall establish:
109.17 	(1) a comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
109.18 	certification program, including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information 
109.19 	and safety advice to the public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance 
109.20 	of all-terrain vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who 
109.21 	successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
109.22 	course.; and
109.23 	(2) a voluntary all-terrain vehicle online training program for youth and a parent or 
109.24 	guardian, offered at no charge for operators at least six years of age but younger than ten 
109.25 	years of age.
109.26 	(b) A parent or guardian must be present at the hands-on a training portion of the program 
109.27 	for when the youth who are six through is under ten years of age.
109.28 	(b) (c) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray the expenses of 
109.29 	training and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee from each 
109.30 	person who receives the training for certification under paragraph (a), clause (1). The 
109.31 	commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing 
109.32 	a duplicate all-terrain vehicle safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish both fees 
109.33 	in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including 
110.1 	overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking 
110.2 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The fees may be established 
110.3 	by the commissioner notwithstanding section 16A.1283. Fee proceeds, except for the issuing 
110.4 	fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle 
110.5 	account in the natural resources fund and the amount thereof, except for the electronic 
110.6 	licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, 
110.7 	subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, is appropriated annually to 
110.8 	the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the administration 
110.9 	of the programs. In addition to the fee established by the commissioner, instructors may 
110.10 	charge each person up to the established fee amount for class materials and expenses.
110.11 	(c) (d) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, 
110.12 	private and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program
110.13 	programs established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the 
110.14 	commissioner and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the 
110.15 	training. The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard 
110.16 	to training program the subject matter of the training programs and performance testing that 
110.17 	leads to the certification of vehicle operators. The commissioner shall incorporate a riding 
110.18 	component in the safety education and training program. certification programs established 
110.19 	under this section and may incorporate a riding component in the training program established 
110.20 	in paragraph (a), clause (2).

110.21 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
110.22 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) Except for operation on public 
110.23 	road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.928 and as provided under paragraph 
110.24 	(j), a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain 
110.25 	vehicle along or on a public road right-of-way.
110.26 	(b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:
110.27 	(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
110.28 	(2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
110.29 	(3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in 
110.30 	paragraph (f).
110.31 	(c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years of age 
110.32 	but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, 
110.33 	county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and waters or state or 
111.1 	grant-in-aid trails, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate 
111.2 	issued by the commissioner and is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who 
111.3 	holds a valid driver's license.
111.4 	(d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years old, 
111.5 	but less than 16 years old, must:
111.6 	(1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section 84.925, 
111.7 	subdivision 1, including a riding component; and
111.8 	(2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while 
111.9 	sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.
111.10 	(e) A person at least six ten years of age may take the safety education and training 
111.11 	program and may receive an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate under paragraph (d), but 
111.12 	the certificate is not valid until the person reaches age 12.
111.13 	(f) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an all-terrain 
111.14 	vehicle with an engine capacity up to 110cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
111.15 	straddle-style seating or up to 170cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
111.16 	side-by-side-style seating on public lands or waters if accompanied by a parent or legal 
111.17 	guardian.
111.18 	(g) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.
111.19 	(h) A person under the age of 16 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands 
111.20 	or waters or on state or grant-in-aid trails if the person cannot properly reach and control:
111.21 	(1) the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the 
111.22 	all-terrain vehicle with straddle-style seating; or
111.23 	(2) the steering wheel and foot controls of a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
111.24 	side-by-side-style seating while sitting upright in the seat with the seat belt fully engaged.
111.25 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a nonresident at least 12 years old, but less than 16 
111.26 	years old, may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county 
111.27 	state-aid, or county highway or operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands and waters or 
111.28 	state or grant-in-aid trails if:
111.29 	(1) the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an all-terrain safety 
111.30 	course offered by the ATV Safety Institute or another state as provided in section 84.925, 
111.31 	subdivision 3; and
112.1 	(2) the nonresident youth is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds 
112.2 	a valid driver's license.
112.3 	(j) A person 12 years of age but less than 16 years of age may operate an all-terrain 
112.4 	vehicle on the roadway, bank, slope, or ditch of a public road right-of-way as permitted 
112.5 	under section 84.928 if the person:
112.6 	(1) possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner; 
112.7 	and
112.8 	(2) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian on a separate all-terrain vehicle.

112.9 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.928, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
112.10 		Subd. 2.Operation generally. A person may not drive or operate an all-terrain vehicle:
112.11 	(1) at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under the surrounding 
112.12 	circumstances;
112.13 	(2) in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to endanger or to cause injury or 
112.14 	damage to the person or property of another;
112.15 	(3) without headlight and taillight lighted at all times if the vehicle is equipped with 
112.16 	headlight and taillight;
112.17 	(4) without a functioning stoplight if so equipped;
112.18 	(5) in a tree nursery or planting in a manner that damages or destroys growing stock;
112.19 	(6) without a brake operational by either hand or foot;
112.20 	(7) with more than one person on the vehicle, except as allowed under section 84.9257;
112.21 	(8) at a speed exceeding ten miles per hour on the frozen surface of public waters within 
112.22 	100 feet of a person not on an all-terrain vehicle or within 100 feet of a fishing shelter; or
112.23 	(9) with a snorkel device that has a raised air intake six inches or more above the vehicle 
112.24 	manufacturer's original air intake, except within the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle 
112.25 	Recreation Area as described in section 85.013, subdivision 12a, or other public off-highway 
112.26 	vehicle recreation areas; or
112.27 	(10) (9) in a manner that violates operation rules adopted by the commissioner.

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

113.1 	Sec. 23. [84.976] NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE GRANT PROGRAM.
113.2 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of natural resources must establish 
113.3 	and administer a program to provide grants for outdoor environmental, ecological, and other 
113.4 	natural-resource-based education and recreation programs serving youth.
113.5 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. The commissioner may award grants under this section to public 
113.6 	entities or private nonprofit organizations.
113.7 		Subd. 3.Priorities. In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner must give 
113.8 	priority to programs that:
113.9 	(1) provide students with opportunities to directly experience and understand nature and 
113.10 	the natural world;
113.11 	(2) use a research-based, effective environmental, ecological, agricultural, or other 
113.12 	natural-resource-based educational curriculum;
113.13 	(3) maximize the number of participants that can be served;
113.14 	(4) serve children with limited opportunities to participate in natural-resource-based 
113.15 	outdoor activities;
113.16 	(5) use public park and other natural resource venues and personnel as a resource; and
113.17 	(6) commit matching funds or in-kind resources.

113.18 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
113.19 		Subd. 3.Bait harvest from infested waters. (a) Taking wild animals from infested 
113.20 	waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited except as provided in paragraph (b) 
113.21 	or (c) and section 97C.341.
113.22 	(b) In waters that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested with 
113.23 	prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 
113.24 	17.4982, subdivision 6, taking wild animals may be permitted for:
113.25 	(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes as provided 
113.26 	in a permit issued under section 84D.11, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and
113.27 	(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian 
113.28 	watermilfoil, when the infested waters are listed solely because they contain Eurasian 
113.29 	watermilfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow traps not 
113.30 	exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length.
114.1 	(c) In streams or rivers that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested 
114.2 	with certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 17.4982, subdivision 6, the harvest 
114.3 	of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and suckers for bait by 
114.4 	hook and line for noncommercial personal use is allowed as follows:
114.5 	(1) fish taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water where caught 
114.6 	and while still on that water body. Where the river or stream is divided by barriers such as 
114.7 	dams, the fish must be caught and used on the same section of the river or stream;
114.8 	(2) fish taken under this paragraph may not be transported live from or off the water 
114.9 	body;
114.10 	(3) fish harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with this section;
114.11 	(4) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited;
114.12 	(5) fish taken under this paragraph must meet all other size restrictions and requirements 
114.13 	as established in rules; and
114.14 	(6) all species listed under this paragraph shall be included in the person's daily limit as 
114.15 	established in rules, if applicable.
114.16 	(d) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a listed infested water by permit issued 
114.17 	under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other than waters 
114.18 	specified in the permit.
114.19 	(e) Bait intended for sale may not be held in infested water after taking and before sale 
114.20 	unless authorized under a license or permit according to Minnesota Rules, part 6216.0500.
114.21 	(f) In the Minnesota River downstream of Granite Falls, the Mississippi River downstream 
114.22 	of St. Anthony Falls, and the St. Croix River downstream of the dam at Taylors Falls, 
114.23 	including portions described as Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters in Minnesota Rules, 
114.24 	part 6266.0500, subpart 1, items A and B, harvesting gizzard shad by cast net for 
114.25 	noncommercial personal use as bait for angling, as provided in a permit issued under section 
114.26 	84D.11, is allowed as follows:
114.27 	(1) nontarget species must immediately be returned to the water;
114.28 	(2) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water 
114.29 	where caught and while still on that water body. Where the river is divided by barriers such 
114.30 	as dams, the gizzard shad must be caught and used on the same section of the river;
114.31 	(3) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph may not be transported off the water body; 
114.32 	and
115.1 	(4) gizzard shad harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with 
115.2 	this section.

115.3 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
115.4 		Subd. 4.Restrictions in infested and noninfested waters; commercial fishing and 
115.5 	turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting. (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines 
115.6 	used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that 
115.7 	is listed because it contains invasive fish, invertebrates, aquatic plants or aquatic macrophytes 
115.8 	other than Eurasian watermilfoil, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, must 
115.9 	be tagged with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in the commercial licensee's 
115.10 	license or permit. Tagged gear must not be used in water bodies other than those specified 
115.11 	in the license or permit. The license or permit may authorize department staff to remove 
115.12 	tags after the from gear is that has been decontaminated according to a protocol specified 
115.13 	by the commissioner if use of the decontaminated gear in other water bodies does not pose 
115.14 	an unreasonable risk of harm to natural resources or the use of natural resources in the state. 
115.15 	This tagging requirement does not apply to commercial fishing equipment used in Lake 
115.16 	Superior.
115.17 	(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, 
115.18 	frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed solely because it contains 
115.19 	Eurasian watermilfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum 
115.20 	of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this paragraph. 
115.21 	Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries office or a 
115.22 	conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water listed solely 
115.23 	because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil and before resetting those nets or equipment in 
115.24 	any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize a commercial licensee 
115.25 	to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or drying, if that water is listed 
115.26 	as infested solely because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil.
115.27 	(c) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other 
115.28 	equipment before placing the equipment into waters of the state.
115.29 	(d) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of listed 
115.30 	infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.

115.31 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.108, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
115.32 		Subd. 2b.Gull Lake pilot study. (a) The commissioner may include an additional 
115.33 	targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached for the 
116.1 	Gull Narrows State Water Access Site, Government Point State Water Access Site, and 
116.2 	Gull East State Water Access Site water access sites on Gull Lake (DNR Division of Waters 
116.3 	number 11-0305) in Cass and Crow Wing Counties using the same authorities, general 
116.4 	procedures, and requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 
116.5 	2a. Lake service providers participating in the Gull Lake targeted pilot study place of business 
116.6 	must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.
116.7 	(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Gull Lake is implemented under this section, 
116.8 	the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
116.9 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under Laws 
116.10 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Gull Lake targeted pilot study 
116.11 	recommendations and assessments.
116.12 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.

116.13 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.108, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
116.14 		Subd. 2c.Cross Lake pilot study. (a) The commissioner may include an additional 
116.15 	targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached for the 
116.16 	Cross Lake #1 State Water Access Site water access sites on Cross Lake (DNR Division of 
116.17 	Waters number 18-0312) in Crow Wing County using the same authorities, general 
116.18 	procedures, and requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 
116.19 	2a. The place of business of lake service providers participating in the Cross Lake targeted 
116.20 	pilot study must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.
116.21 	(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Cross Lake is implemented under this 
116.22 	section, the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
116.23 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under Laws 
116.24 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Cross Lake targeted pilot 
116.25 	study recommendations and assessments.
116.26 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.

116.27 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
116.28 		Subd. 2.Receipts. Money received from surcharges on watercraft licenses under section 
116.29 	86B.415, subdivision 7, civil penalties under section 84D.13, and service provider permits 
116.30 	under section 84D.108, shall must be deposited in the invasive species account. Each year, 
116.31 	the commissioner of management and budget shall must transfer from the game and fish 
116.32 	fund to the invasive species account, the annual surcharge collected on nonresident fishing 
117.1 	licenses under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph (b). Each fiscal year, the 
117.2 	commissioner of management and budget shall transfer $750,000 $375,000 from the water 
117.3 	recreation account under section 86B.706 to the invasive species account.

117.4 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.054, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
117.5 		Subdivision 1.State Park Open House Day Days. (a) A state park permit is not required 
117.6 	for a motor vehicle to enter a state park, state monument, state recreation area, or state 
117.7 	wayside, on one day four days each calendar year at each park, which the commissioner 
117.8 	may shall designate as State Park Open House Day Days. The commissioner may designate 
117.9 	two consecutive days as State Park Open House Day Days, if the open house is held in 
117.10 	conjunction with a special pageant described in section 85.052, subdivision 2.
117.11 	(b) The commissioner shall announce the date of each State Park Open House Day at 
117.12 	least 30 days in advance of the date it occurs.
117.13 	(c) The purpose of State Park Open House Day Days is to acquaint the public with state 
117.14 	parks, recreation areas, and waysides.

117.15 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
117.16 		Subdivision 1.Designation. (a) The commissioner of natural resources is authorized in 
117.17 	cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when feasible 
117.18 	to manage state water trails on the Lake Superior water trail under section 85.0155 and on 
117.19 	the following rivers, which have historic, recreational, and scenic values: Little Fork, Big 
117.20 	Fork, Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, 
117.21 	Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre within 
117.22 	Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in Swift County 
117.23 	to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, Sauk, Otter Tail, 
117.24 	Redwood, Blue Earth, Cedar, Shell Rock, Vermilion in St. Louis County, north fork of the 
117.25 	Crow, and south fork of the Crow. The commissioner may map and sign points of interest, 
117.26 	public water access sites, portages, camp sites, and dams, rapids, waterfalls, and other serious 
117.27 	hazards that are dangerous to canoe, kayak, and watercraft travelers. The commissioner 
117.28 	may maintain passageway for watercraft on state water trails.
117.29 	(b) Notwithstanding section 10.49, the segment of the St. Croix River Water Trail 
117.30 	between Wild River State Park and William O'Brien State Park is designated and named 
117.31 	the Walter F. Mondale Scenic Riverway.

118.1 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.42, is amended to read:
118.2 	85.42 USER FEE; VALIDITY.
118.3 	(a) The fee for an annual cross-country-ski pass is $19 $24 for an individual age 16 and 
118.4 	over. The fee for a three-year pass is $54 $69 for an individual age 16 and over. This fee 
118.5 	shall must be collected at the time the pass is purchased. Three-year passes are valid for 
118.6 	three years beginning the previous July 1. Annual passes are valid for one year beginning 
118.7 	the previous July 1.
118.8 	(b) The cost for a daily cross-country skier pass is $5 $9 for an individual age 16 and 
118.9 	over. This fee shall must be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is 
118.10 	valid only for the date designated on the pass form.
118.11 	(c) A pass must be signed by the skier across the front of the pass to be valid and becomes
118.12 	is nontransferable on signing when signed.
118.13 	(d) The commissioner and agents shall must issue a duplicate pass to a person whose 
118.14 	pass is lost or destroyed, using the process established under section 97A.405, subdivision 
118.15 	3, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate cross-country-ski pass is $2.

118.16 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.44, is amended to read:
118.17 	85.44 CROSS-COUNTRY-SKI TRAIL GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM.
118.18 	The commissioner shall establish a grant-in-aid program for local units of government 
118.19 	and special park districts for the acquisition, development, and maintenance of to acquire, 
118.20 	develop, and maintain cross-country-ski trails that are determined by the commissioner to 
118.21 	be part of the state's grant-in-aid system. Grants shall be are available for acquisition of to 
118.22 	acquire trail easements but may not be used to acquire any lands in fee title. Local units of 
118.23 	government and special park districts applying for and receiving grants under this section 
118.24 	shall be are considered to have cross-country-ski trails for one year following the expiration 
118.25 	of their last grant. The department shall reimburse all public sponsors of grants-in-aid 
118.26 	cross-country-ski trails based upon criteria established by the department. Prior to the use 
118.27 	of Before using any reimbursement criteria, a certain proportion of the revenues shall must
118.28 	be allocated on the basis of user fee sales location. The commissioner may establish a 
118.29 	performance-based funding formula for annual grants-in-aid. The procedures and criteria 
118.30 	for grants-in-aid are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 
118.31 	14.386 does not apply. In administering the performance-based grants-in-aid, the 
118.32 	commissioner must:
119.1 	(1) determine annual grant amounts based on a funding formula that includes 
119.2 	consideration of historical costs, snowfall, use, and tourism;
119.3 	(2) make grant payments based on:
119.4 	(i) successful completion of performance benchmarks;
119.5 	(ii) reimbursement of eligible expenditures; or
119.6 	(iii) a combination of items (i) and (ii); and
119.7 	(3) assess penalties to nonperforming grant-in-aid recipients, which may include 
119.8 	withholding grant payments or making the grantee or trail system ineligible for future 
119.9 	grant-in-aid funding.

119.10 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.47, is amended to read:
119.11 	85.47 SPECIAL USE PERMITS; FEES.
119.12 	Fees collected for special use permits to use state trails not on state forest, state park, or 
119.13 	state recreation area lands and for use of state water access sites must be deposited in the 
119.14 	natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
119.15 	operating and maintaining state trails and water access sites.

119.16 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 86B.415, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
119.17 		Subd. 7.Watercraft surcharge. A $5 $10.60 surcharge is placed on each watercraft 
119.18 	licensed under subdivisions 1 to 5 for control, public awareness, law enforcement, monitoring, 
119.19 	and research of aquatic invasive species such as zebra mussel, purple loosestrife, and Eurasian 
119.20 	watermilfoil in public waters and public wetlands.

119.21 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 88.10, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
119.22 	read:
119.23 		Subd. 3.Wildland firefighters; training and licensing. Forest officers and all 
119.24 	individuals employed as firefighters under this chapter are not subject to the licensing, 
119.25 	training, and certification requirements of chapter 299N.

119.26 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 88.642, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
119.27 		Subdivision 1.Written consent. No person shall cut, harvest, remove, transport, or 
119.28 	possess for decorative purposes or for sale more than three decorative trees, more than 100 
119.29 	pounds of decorative boughs, more than 50 spruce stems or branches greater than six inches 
120.1 	in length, more than 50 birch stems or branches greater than one-inch large-end diameter,
120.2 	or more than 100 pounds of any other decorative materials without the written consent of 
120.3 	the owner or authorized agent of the private or public land on which the decorative materials 
120.4 	were cut or harvested. The written consent shall be on a form furnished or otherwise approved 
120.5 	by the commissioner of natural resources and shall must contain the legal description of the 
120.6 	land where the decorative materials were cut or harvested, as well as the name of the legal 
120.7 	owner of the land or the owner's authorized agent. The written consent must be carried by 
120.8 	every person cutting, harvesting, removing, possessing, or transporting any decorative 
120.9 	materials, or in any way aiding therein, and must be exhibited to any officer at the officer's 
120.10 	request at any time.

120.11 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 88.642, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
120.12 		Subd. 3.Transportation requirements. No person, common carrier, bough decorative 
120.13 	materials buyer, or authorized agent shall purchase or otherwise receive for shipment or 
120.14 	transportation any decorative materials without recording the seller's or consignor's name 
120.15 	and address and the written consent on a form furnished or otherwise approved by the 
120.16 	commissioner of natural resources.

120.17 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 88.6435, is amended to read:
120.18 	88.6435 BOUGHDECORATIVE MATERIALS BUYERS.
120.19 		Subdivision 1.Permits. A person may not buy more than 100 pounds of decorative 
120.20 	boughs in any calendar year without a bough buyer's permit issued by the commissioner of 
120.21 	natural resources. The annual fee for a permit for a resident or nonresident to buy decorative 
120.22 	boughs is $25.
120.23 		Subd. 1a.License. (a) A person must have a buyer's license for decorative materials to:
120.24 	(1) buy more than 100 pounds of decorative boughs in any calendar year;
120.25 	(2) buy more than 50 spruce stems or branches greater than six inches in length in any 
120.26 	calendar year; or
120.27 	(3) buy more than 50 birch stems or branches greater than one-inch large-end diameter 
120.28 	in any calendar year.
120.29 	(b) The annual fee for a buyer's license for decorative materials for a resident or 
120.30 	nonresident is $25.
121.1 		Subd. 2.Record requirements. (a) When buying or otherwise receiving decorative 
121.2 	boughs materials, a person permitted licensed under this section must record:
121.3 	(1) the seller's name and address;
121.4 	(2) the form of written consent; and
121.5 	(3) the government permit number or legal description or property tax identification 
121.6 	number of the land from which the boughs decorative materials were obtained.
121.7 	(b) The information under paragraph (a) must be provided recorded on a form furnished 
121.8 	or otherwise approved by the commissioner of natural resources in consultation with the 
121.9 	balsam bough industry groups and must be exhibited to an officer upon request.
121.10 	(b) Boughs may not be purchased (c) A licensed buyer may not purchase decorative 
121.11 	materials if the seller fails to exhibit the written consent required under section 88.642, 
121.12 	subdivision 1, or if the boughs do not conform to the standards specified on the consent. 
121.13 	Decorative boughs cut from public lands materials must conform to standards specified in 
121.14 	the written consent.
121.15 	(c) (d) Records shall must be maintained from July 1 until June 30 of the following 
121.16 	calendar year and shall must be open to inspection to an officer during reasonable hours.
121.17 	(d) (e) Customer name and address records created and maintained by permittees licensees
121.18 	under this section are classified as private or nonpublic government data.
121.19 		Subd. 3.Revocation of permits Penalties. (a) The commissioner may deny, modify, 
121.20 	suspend, or revoke a permit license issued under this section for cause, including falsification 
121.21 	of for falsifying records required under this section or violation of any other provision of
121.22 	for violating sections 88.641 to 88.648.
121.23 	(b) A person convicted of two or more violations of sections 88.641 to 88.648 within 
121.24 	three years may not obtain a bough buyer's permit license for decorative materials for three 
121.25 	years from after the date of the last conviction.
121.26 		Subd. 4.Forest bough Special forest products account; disposition of fees. (a) The 
121.27 	forest bough special forest products account is established in the state treasury within in the 
121.28 	natural resources fund.
121.29 	(b) Fees for permits licenses issued under this section must be deposited in the state 
121.30 	treasury and credited to the forest bough special forest products account and, except for the 
121.31 	electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
121.32 	84.027, subdivision 15, are annually appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources 
122.1 	for costs associated with special forest product information and education programs for 
122.2 	harvesters and buyers.

122.3 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 90.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
122.4 	read:
122.5 		Subd. 13.Special forest products. "Special forest products" means woody and 
122.6 	herbaceous plants, plant parts, seeds, fungus, soil, gravel, and forest substrate for 
122.7 	consumption, decoration, or medicine or for any other specialty use.

122.8 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 90.195, is amended to read:
122.9 	90.195 SPECIAL USE AND PRODUCT PERMIT.
122.10 	(a) The commissioner may issue a fuelwood permit to salvage or cut not to exceed 12 
122.11 	cords of fuelwood per year for personal use from either or both of the following sources:
122.12 	(1) dead, down, and damaged trees; or
122.13 	(2) other trees that are of negative value under good forest management practices.
122.14 	(b) The fuelwood permits under paragraph (a) may be issued for a period not to exceed 
122.15 	one year. The commissioner shall must charge a fee for the permit as provided under section 
122.16 	90.041, subdivision 10. The fee shall must not exceed the current market value of fuelwood 
122.17 	of similar species, grade, and volume that is being sold in the area where the salvage or 
122.18 	cutting is authorized under the permit.
122.19 	(b) (c) The commissioner may issue a special product permit under section 89.42 for 
122.20 	commercial use, which may include permit for harvesting or collecting incidental volumes 
122.21 	of boughs, gravel, hay, biomass, and other products derived from forest management activities
122.22 	special forest products. The value of the products is the current market value of the products 
122.23 	that are being sold in the area. The permit may be issued for a period not to exceed one year,
122.24 	and the commissioner shall must charge a fee for the permit as provided under section 
122.25 	90.041, subdivision 10.
122.26 	(c) (d) The commissioner may issue a special use permit for incidental volumes of timber 
122.27 	from approved right-of-way road clearing across state land for the purpose of accessing to 
122.28 	access a state timber permit. The permit shall must include the volume and value of timber 
122.29 	to be cleared and may be issued for a period not to exceed one year. A presale conference 
122.30 	as required under section 90.151, subdivision 6, must be completed before the start of any 
122.31 	activities under the permit.

123.1 	Sec. 41. [92.122] COMPENSATING PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
123.2 		Subdivision 1.Compensation requirements. (a) When the revenue generated from 
123.3 	school trust land and associated resources is diminished by management practices applied 
123.4 	to the land and resources as determined by the commissioner of natural resources, the 
123.5 	commissioner must compensate the permanent school fund.
123.6 	(b) When generating revenue from school trust land and associated resources will be 
123.7 	prohibited by a policy or designation applied to the land and resources as determined by 
123.8 	the commissioner, the commissioner must compensate the permanent school fund before 
123.9 	the policy or designation is applied.
123.10 		Subd. 2.Compensation methods. To compensate the permanent school fund under 
123.11 	subdivision 1, the commissioner may use compensation methods that include:
123.12 	(1) exchanging other land that is compatible with the goal of the permanent school fund 
123.13 	under section 127A.31, as allowed under sections 94.343, subdivision 1, and 94.3495, and 
123.14 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10;
123.15 	(2) leasing under section 92.50 and according to subdivision 3, with rental payments as 
123.16 	compensation; and
123.17 	(3) condemning the land under section 92.83, with payment of the amount of the award 
123.18 	and judgment as compensation.
123.19 		Subd. 3. Lease terms for compensating fund. With advice from the school trust lands 
123.20 	director according to section 127A.353, subdivision 4, the commissioner may lease school 
123.21 	trust land to compensate the permanent school fund. Rental payments received under this 
123.22 	subdivision:
123.23 	(1) must be credited to the forest suspense account as nonqualifying revenue and not 
123.24 	subject to cost certification under section 16A.125;
123.25 	(2) must be paid in full upon executing the lease; and
123.26 	(3) are determined by the commissioner and subject to review by a licensed appraiser.

123.27 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
123.28 		Subdivision 1.Lease terms. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may lease land 
123.29 	under the commissioner's jurisdiction and control:
123.30 	(1) to remove sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, peat, and black dirt;
123.31 	(2) to store ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and tailings from ore milling plants;
124.1 	(3) for roads or railroads;
124.2 	(4) to compensate the permanent school fund according to section 92.122; or
124.3 	(4) (5) for other uses consistent with the interests of the state.
124.4 	(b) The commissioner shall offer the lease at public or private sale for an amount and 
124.5 	under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. Commercial leases for more 
124.6 	than ten years and leases for removal of peat that cover 320 or more acres must be approved 
124.7 	by the Executive Council.
124.8 	(c) The lease term may not exceed 21 years except:
124.9 	(1) leases of lands for storage sites for ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and 
124.10 	tailings from ore milling plants, or for the removal of peat for nonagricultural purposes may 
124.11 	not exceed a term of 25 years; and
124.12 	(2) leases for commercial purposes, including major resort, convention center, or 
124.13 	recreational area purposes, may not exceed a term of 40 years.
124.14 	(d) Leases must be subject to sale and leasing of the land for mineral purposes and 
124.15 	contain a provision for cancellation for just cause at any time by the commissioner upon 
124.16 	six months' written notice. A longer notice period, not exceeding three years, may be provided 
124.17 	in leases for storing ore, waste materials from mines, or rock or tailings from ore milling 
124.18 	plants. The commissioner may determine the terms and conditions, including the notice 
124.19 	period, for cancellation of a lease for the removal of peat and commercial leases.
124.20 	(e) Money received from leases under this section must be credited to the fund to which 
124.21 	the land belongs.

124.22 	Sec. 43. [93.171] ELIGIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE.
124.23 		Subdivision 1.Eligibility. Applicants for leases and lease holders under this chapter 
124.24 	must meet the definition of responsible vendor as provided in rules adopted under chapter 
124.25 	16C.
124.26 		Subd. 2.Performance. A current lease holder is subject to suspension and debarment 
124.27 	under chapter 16C and rules adopted under chapter 16C.

124.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
124.29 	applies to leases or lease amendments entered into on or after that date.

125.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.015, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
125.2 		Subd. 25.Game fish. "Game fish" means walleye, sauger, yellow perch, channel catfish, 
125.3 	flathead catfish; members of the pike family, Esocidae, including muskellunge and northern 
125.4 	pike; members of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, including largemouth bass, smallmouth 
125.5 	bass, sunfish, rock bass, white crappie, black crappie, members of the temperate bass family, 
125.6 	Percichthyidae, including white bass and yellow bass; members of the salmon and trout 
125.7 	subfamily, Salmoninae, including Atlantic salmon, chinook salmon, coho salmon, pink 
125.8 	salmon, kokanee salmon, lake trout, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow (steelhead) trout, 
125.9 	and splake; members of the paddlefish family, Polyodontidae; members of the sturgeon 
125.10 	family, Acipenseridae, including lake sturgeon, and shovelnose sturgeon. fish from the 
125.11 	following families and species: Acipenseridae (lake sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon), 
125.12 	Anguillidae (American eel), Centrarchidae (black crappie; largemouth bass; rock bass; 
125.13 	smallmouth bass; white crappie; and sunfishes, including bluegill, green sunfish, longear 
125.14 	sunfish, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, and warmouth), Esocidae (muskellunge and 
125.15 	northern pike), Gadidae (burbot), Ictaluridae (blue catfish, channel catfish, and flathead 
125.16 	catfish), Moronidae (white bass and yellow bass), Percidae (sauger, walleye, and yellow 
125.17 	perch), Polyodontidae (paddlefish), and Salmonidae (Atlantic salmon, brook trout, brown 
125.18 	trout, chinook salmon, cisco (tullibee), coho salmon, kokanee salmon, lake trout, lake 
125.19 	whitefish, pink salmon, and rainbow trout)."Game fish" includes hybrids of game fish.

125.20 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.015, subdivision 43, is amended to read:
125.21 		Subd. 43.Rough fish. "Rough fish" means carp, buffalo, sucker, sheepshead, bowfin, 
125.22 	burbot, cisco, gar, goldeye, and bullhead, except for any fish species listed as endangered, 
125.23 	threatened, or of special concern in Minnesota Rules, chapter 6134.

125.24 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
125.25 		Subd. 2.Summary of fish and game laws. (a) The commissioner shall prepare a 
125.26 	summary of the hunting and fishing laws and rules and deliver a sufficient supply to license 
125.27 	vendors to furnish one copy to each person obtaining a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
125.28 	(b) At the beginning of the summary, under the heading "Trespass," the commissioner 
125.29 	shall summarize the trespass provisions under sections 97B.001 to 97B.945, state that 
125.30 	conservation officers and peace officers must enforce the trespass laws, and state the penalties 
125.31 	for trespassing.
126.1 	(c) In the summary, the commissioner shall, under the heading "Duty to Render Aid," 
126.2 	summarize the requirements under section 609.662 and state the penalties for failure to 
126.3 	render aid to a person injured by gunshot.

126.4 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
126.5 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight committees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint committees 
126.6 	of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; review the proposed 
126.7 	work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes in policies, activities, and 
126.8 	revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant information; and make 
126.9 	recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for improvements in the 
126.10 	management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
126.11 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following committees, each comprised of at 
126.12 	least ten affected persons:
126.13 	(1) a Fisheries Oversight Committee to review fisheries funding and expenditures, 
126.14 	including activities related to trout-and-salmon stamps and walleye stamps; and
126.15 	(2) a Wildlife Oversight Committee to review wildlife funding and expenditures, 
126.16 	including activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and wild turkey management 
126.17 	and deer and big game management.
126.18 	(c) The chairs of the Fisheries Oversight Committee and the Wildlife Oversight 
126.19 	Committee, and four additional members from each committee, shall form a Budgetary 
126.20 	Oversight Committee to coordinate the integration of the fisheries and wildlife oversight 
126.21 	committee reports into an annual report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad 
126.22 	level in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; and provide a forum 
126.23 	to address issues that transcend the fisheries and wildlife oversight committees.
126.24 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a biennial 
126.25 	budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 of each 
126.26 	even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations to the 
126.27 	commissioner and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction 
126.28 	over natural resources finance.
126.29 	(e) The chairs of the Fisheries Oversight Committee and the Wildlife Oversight 
126.30 	Committee shall be chosen by their respective committees. The chair of the Budgetary 
126.31 	Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not be the chair of 
126.32 	either of the other oversight committees.
127.1 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee may make recommendations to the commissioner 
127.2 	and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over natural 
127.3 	resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
127.4 	(g) The committees authorized under this subdivision are not advisory councils or 
127.5 	committees governed by section 15.059 and are not subject to section 15.059. Committee 
127.6 	members appointed by the commissioner may request reimbursement for mileage expenses 
127.7 	in the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under 
127.8 	section 43A.18, subdivision 2. Committee members must not receive daily compensation 
127.9 	for oversight activities. The Fisheries Oversight Committee, the Wildlife Oversight 
127.10 	Committee, and the Budgetary Oversight Committee expire June 30, 2020 2025.

127.11 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
127.12 		Subdivision 1.Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
127.13 	"deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (5), 
127.14 	(6), (7), (13), (14), and (15); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10), (11), and (12); and 
127.15 	8, paragraph (b), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
127.16 	(b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife 
127.17 	trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued under section 97A.473, 
127.18 	subdivision 4, shall The deer management account is established as an account in the game 
127.19 	and fish fund and may be used only for deer habitat improvement or deer management 
127.20 	programs, including a computerized licensing system. The following amounts must be 
127.21 	credited to the deer management account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer 
127.22 	habitat improvement or deer management programs.:
127.23 	(1) $16 from each annual deer license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 
127.24 	clauses (5), (6), and (7); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), and (4); and 8, paragraph (b);
127.25 	(2) $2 from each annual deer license issued under sections 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 
127.26 	clauses (13), (14), and (15); and 3, paragraph (a), clauses (10), (11), and (12); and 97B.301, 
127.27 	subdivision 4; and
127.28 	(3) $16 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established under section 
127.29 	97A.4742, for each license issued to a person 18 years of age or older under section 97A.473, 
127.30 	subdivision 4, and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund for each license 
127.31 	issued to a person under 18 years of age.
127.32 	(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from the 
127.33 	lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued 
128.1 	under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall must be credited to the deer and bear management 
128.2 	account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer- and bear-management programs, 
128.3 	including a computerized licensing system.
128.4 	(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and wild 
128.5 	Cervidae health-management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
128.6 	wild Cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
128.7 	wild Cervidae health management is available until expended.
128.8 	(e) When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding 
128.9 	and wild Cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 
128.10 	unencumbered balance in excess of over $2,500,000 is canceled and is available for deer- 
128.11 	and bear-management programs and computerized licensing.

128.12 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.321, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
128.13 		Subdivision 1.Owner responsibility; penalty amount. (a) The owner of a dog that 
128.14 	pursues but does not kill or mortally wound a big game animal is subject to a civil penalty 
128.15 	of $100 for each violation. The owner of a dog that kills or mortally wounds a big game 
128.16 	animal is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each violation.
128.17 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person using a dog in compliance with section 
128.18 	97B.207.

128.19 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.405, is amended by adding a subdivision 
128.20 	to read:
128.21 		Subd. 6.Application deadline. When an application deadline is specified, including an 
128.22 	application deadline for determining the fee based on age for a lifetime license, an application 
128.23 	must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on the day of the deadline or, if mailed, an 
128.24 	application must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.

128.25 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.433, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
128.26 		Subd. 4.Discretionary separate selection; eligibility. (a) The commissioner may 
128.27 	conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued for an area. 
128.28 	Only owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of agricultural or grazing land in 
128.29 	the area, and their family members, are eligible for the separate selection. Persons that are 
128.30 	unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining 
128.31 	licenses. Persons who obtain an elk license in a separate selection must allow public elk 
128.32 	hunting on their land during the elk season for which the license is valid. may sell their 
129.1 	license to any Minnesota resident eligible to hunt big game for no more than the original 
129.2 	cost of the license.
129.3 	(b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family 
129.4 	members under this subdivision.

129.5 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.433, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
129.6 		Subd. 5.Mandatory separate selection. The commissioner must conduct a separate 
129.7 	selection for 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued each year. Only individuals who 
129.8 	have applied at least ten times for an elk license and who have never received a license are 
129.9 	eligible for this separate selection. A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection 
129.10 	under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses.

129.11 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.505, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
129.12 		Subd. 8.Importing hunter-harvested Cervidae. Importation into Minnesota of
129.13 	Importing hunter-harvested Cervidae carcasses from known chronic wasting disease endemic 
129.14 	areas, as determined by the Board of Animal Health, into Minnesota is prohibited except 
129.15 	for cut and wrapped meat, quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal 
129.16 	column or head attached, antlers, hides, teeth, finished taxidermy mounts, and antlers attached 
129.17 	to skull caps that are cleaned of all brain tissue. Hunter-harvested Cervidae carcasses taken 
129.18 	from chronic wasting disease endemic areas outside of Minnesota may be transported on a 
129.19 	direct route through the state by nonresidents.

129.20 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.011, is amended to read:
129.21 	97B.011 DOGS PURSUING BIG GAME.
129.22 	(a) A person who observes a dog wounding, killing, or pursuing in a manner that 
129.23 	endangers big game may kill the dog:
129.24 	(1) at any time, if the person is a peace officer or conservation officer; or
129.25 	(2) between January 1 and July 14, if the person is not a peace officer or conservation 
129.26 	officer and the discharge of firearms is allowed.
129.27 	The officer or person is not liable for damages for killing the dog.
129.28 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a dog used in compliance with section 97B.207.

130.1 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.015, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
130.2 		Subd. 6.Provisional certificate for persons with permanent physical or 
130.3 	developmental disability. Upon the recommendation of a course instructor, the 
130.4 	commissioner may issue a provisional firearms safety certificate to a person who satisfactorily 
130.5 	completes the classroom portion of the firearms safety course but is unable to pass the 
130.6 	written or an alternate format exam portion of the course because of a permanent physical 
130.7 	disability or developmental disability as defined in section 97B.1055, subdivision 1. The 
130.8 	certificate is valid only when used according to section 97B.1055.

130.9 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
130.10 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) It is not a violation of this section for a person to:
130.11 	(1) cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light to take raccoons 
130.12 	according to section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tend traps according to section 97B.931;
130.13 	(2) hunt fox or coyote from January 1 to March 15 while using a handheld artificial 
130.14 	light, provided that the person is:
130.15 	(i) on foot;
130.16 	(ii) using a shotgun;
130.17 	(iii) not within a public road right-of-way;
130.18 	(iv) using a handheld or electronic calling device; and
130.19 	(v) not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle; or
130.20 	(3) cast the rays of a handheld artificial light to retrieve wounded or dead big game 
130.21 	animals, provided that the person is:
130.22 	(i) on foot; and
130.23 	(ii) not in possession of a firearm or bow.
130.24 	(b) It is not a violation of subdivision 2 for a person to cast the rays of a spotlight, 
130.25 	headlight, or other artificial light to:
130.26 	(1) carry out any agricultural, safety, emergency response, normal vehicle operation, or 
130.27 	occupation-related activities that do not involve taking wild animals; or
130.28 	(2) carry out outdoor recreation as defined in section 97B.001 that is not related to 
130.29 	spotting, locating, or taking a wild animal.
131.1 	(c) Except as otherwise provided by the game and fish laws, it is not a violation of this 
131.2 	section for a person to use an electronic range finder device from one-half hour before 
131.3 	sunrise until one-half hour after sunset while lawfully hunting wild animals.
131.4 	(d) It is not a violation of this section for a licensed bear hunter to cast the rays of a 
131.5 	handheld artificial light to track or retrieve a wounded or dead bear while possessing a 
131.6 	firearm, provided that:
131.7 	(1) if the person:
131.8 	(1) (i) has the person's valid bear-hunting license in possession;
131.9 	(2) (ii) is on foot; and
131.10 	(3) (iii) is following the blood trail of a bear that was shot during legal shooting hours; 
131.11 	or
131.12 	(2) as provided in section 97B.207.
131.13 	(e) It is not a violation of this section for a licensed deer hunter to cast the rays of a 
131.14 	handheld artificial light to track or retrieve a wounded deer as provided in section 97B.207.
131.15 	(f) For purposes of this subdivision, "handheld artificial light" means an artificial light 
131.16 	that is carried in the hand or attached to the person.

131.17 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.086, is amended to read:
131.18 	97B.086 POSSESSING NIGHT VISION OR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT.
131.19 	(a) A person may not possess night vision or thermal imaging equipment while taking 
131.20 	wild animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of 
131.21 	persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
131.22 	(b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
131.23 	(1) unloaded;
131.24 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm by 
131.25 	being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of the 
131.26 	firearm exposed; and
131.27 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
131.28 	(c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
131.29 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
131.30 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
132.1 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm or 
132.2 	bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
132.3 	(e) This section does not apply to night vision or thermal imaging equipment possessed 
132.4 	by:
132.5 	(1) peace officers or military personnel while exercising their duties; or
132.6 	(2) a person taking coyote or fox as provided under section 97B.075 and rules adopted 
132.7 	under section 97B.605.

132.8 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.1055, is amended to read:
132.9 	97B.1055 HUNTING BY PERSONS WITH A PERMANENT PHYSICAL OR 
132.10 	DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.
132.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 97B.015, subdivision 
132.12 	6,:
132.13 	(1) "person with developmental disability" means a person who has been diagnosed as
132.14 	diagnosis of having substantial limitations in present functioning, manifested as significantly 
132.15 	subaverage intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with demonstrated deficits in 
132.16 	adaptive behavior, and who manifests when these conditions manifest before the person's 
132.17 	22nd birthday. A person with a related condition means a person who meets the diagnostic 
132.18 	definition under section 252.27, subdivision 1a.; and
132.19 	(2) "permanent physical disability" means a physical disability that prevents a person 
132.20 	from being able to navigate natural terrain or hold a firearm for a required field component 
132.21 	for the firearms safety training program under section 97B.020.
132.22 		Subd. 2.Obtaining license. (a) Notwithstanding section 97B.020, a person with a 
132.23 	permanent physical disability or developmental disability may obtain a firearms hunting 
132.24 	license with a provisional firearms safety certificate issued under section 97B.015, 
132.25 	subdivision 6.
132.26 	(b) Any person accompanying or assisting a person with a permanent physical disability 
132.27 	or developmental disability under this section must possess a valid firearms safety certificate 
132.28 	issued by the commissioner.
132.29 		Subd. 3.Assistance required. A person who obtains a firearms hunting license under 
132.30 	subdivision 2 must be accompanied and assisted by a parent, guardian, or other adult person 
132.31 	designated by a parent or guardian when hunting. A person who is not hunting but is solely 
133.1 	accompanying and assisting a person with a permanent physical disability or developmental 
133.2 	disability need not obtain a hunting license.
133.3 		Subd. 4.Prohibited activities. (a) This section does not entitle a person to possess a 
133.4 	firearm if the person is otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal 
133.5 	law or a court order.
133.6 	(b) No person shall knowingly authorize or permit a person, who by reason of a permanent 
133.7 	physical disability or developmental disability is incapable of safely possessing a firearm,
133.8 	to possess a firearm to hunt in the state or on any boundary water of the state.

133.9 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.106, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
133.10 		Subd. 2.Equipment requirements. (a) A crossbow used for hunting under the provisions 
133.11 	of this section must:
133.12 	(1) be fired from the shoulder;
133.13 	(2) deliver at least 42 foot-pounds of energy at a distance of ten feet;
133.14 	(3) have a stock at least 30 inches long;
133.15 	(4) have a working safety; and
133.16 	(5) (4) be used with arrows or bolts at least ten inches long.
133.17 	(b) An arrow or bolt used to take big game or turkey under the provisions of this section 
133.18 	must meet the legal arrowhead requirements in section 97B.211, subdivision 2.
133.19 	(c) An arrow or bolt used to take rough fish with a crossbow under the provisions of this 
133.20 	section must be tethered or controlled by an attached line.

133.21 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.1115, is amended to read:
133.22 	97B.1115 USE OF MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC ASSISTANCE TO HOLD 
133.23 	AND DISCHARGE FIREARMS OR BOWS BY PHYSICALLY DISABLED A 
133.24 	PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
133.25 	(a) Notwithstanding sections 97B.035, subdivision 1, 97B.321, and 97B.701, subdivision 
133.26 	2, the commissioner may authorize a physically disabled hunter issue a special permit to 
133.27 	take big game and small game, without a fee, to a person with a physical disability who has 
133.28 	a verified statement of the disability from a licensed physician or a certified nurse practitioner 
133.29 	or certified physician assistant acting under the direction of a licensed physician to use a 
134.1 	swivel or otherwise mounted firearm or bow or any electronic or mechanical device to 
134.2 	discharge a firearm or bow as long as the participant is physically present at the site.
134.3 	(b) A person using mechanical or electronic assistance under this section may be assisted 
134.4 	by another person. The person assisting may take a wounded animal shot by the person 
134.5 	using mechanical or electronic assistance under this section if the person with the disability 
134.6 	is physically incapable of doing so. The person assisting must be licensed to take the animal.

134.7 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.205, is amended to read:
134.8 	97B.205 USE OF USING DOGS AND HORSES TO TAKE BIG GAME 
134.9 	PROHIBITED.
134.10 	A person may not use a dog or horse to take big game, except as provided under section 
134.11 	97B.207.

134.12 	Sec. 62. [97B.207] USING DOGS TO LOCATE WOUNDED DEER OR BEAR.
134.13 		Subdivision 1.Using dogs allowed. A person may use a dog to locate and retrieve a 
134.14 	wounded deer or bear only as provided in this section.
134.15 		Subd. 2.Requirements for hunters and handlers. (a) A person attempting to locate 
134.16 	and retrieve a wounded deer or bear using a dog must have a valid license to take the deer 
134.17 	or bear and have the license in possession. If the person is a dog handler that does not have 
134.18 	a valid hunting license, the person must be accompanied by a licensed hunter with the license 
134.19 	in possession.
134.20 	(b) The licensed hunter, and any accompanying dog handler, must be on foot and must 
134.21 	wear blaze orange or blaze pink as provided in section 97B.071, paragraph (a).
134.22 	(c) Any light used must be a handheld artificial light, as defined under section 97B.081, 
134.23 	subdivision 3, paragraph (f).
134.24 		Subd. 3.Requirements for dogs. (a) A dog used to locate a wounded deer or bear must 
134.25 	be accompanied by a licensed hunter and any dog handler until the wounded deer or bear 
134.26 	is located. The dog must be leashed and the licensed hunter or dog handler must be in 
134.27 	physical control of the leash at all times. The leash must not exceed 30 feet in length.
134.28 	(b) The dog owner's information, including the owner's name and telephone number, 
134.29 	must be on the dog while the dog is used to locate a wounded deer or bear under this section.
135.1 	(c) The licensed hunter and any accompanying dog handler are jointly and severally 
135.2 	responsible for a dog under this section. A violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor 
135.3 	under section 97A.301, subdivision 1, and section 97A.421 applies.
135.4 		Subd. 4.Additional requirements. (a) The trespass provisions in section 97B.001 apply 
135.5 	to activities under this section, including all requirements to gain permission to enter private 
135.6 	or public property.
135.7 	(b) Activities under this section may occur during legal shooting hours or outside legal 
135.8 	shooting hours of the open season for the location and species. Any activity occurring under 
135.9 	this section outside the open season for the location and species must be reported to the 
135.10 	local conservation officer before locating or retrieving the wounded deer or bear.

135.11 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.426, is amended to read:
135.12 	97B.426 BAITING BEAR; USE OF DRUM.
135.13 	(a) Notwithstanding section 97B.425, clauses (4) and (5):
135.14 	(1) a private landowner or person authorized by the private landowner may use a drum 
135.15 	to bait bear on the person's private land.; and
135.16 	(2) a resident may use a drum to bait bear on public land after paying a $5 drum surcharge.
135.17 	(b) The drum must be securely chained or cabled to a tree so that it cannot be moved 
135.18 	from the site by a bear and the drum may not include a mechanical device for dispensing 
135.19 	feed. The drum must be part of a registered bait station and marked as provided in section 
135.20 	97B.425. For a drum placed on public land under paragraph (a), clause (2), the drum also 
135.21 	must:
135.22 	(1) be permanently marked with the information required in this paragraph;
135.23 	(2) include the global positioning system information on the location of the drum as part 
135.24 	of the registration of the bait station under section 97B.425;
135.25 	(3) not be placed on public land before the date allowed for placing bait under rules 
135.26 	prescribed by the commissioner; and
135.27 	(4) be removed within seven days after the end of each bear hunting season.
135.28 	(c) For purposes of this section, "drum" means a 30 gallon or larger drum.
135.29 	(d) A person who violates paragraph (b) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

136.1 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.655, is amended to read:
136.2 	97B.655 TAKING ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE.
136.3 		Subdivision 1.Owners and occupants may take certain animals. (a) A person or the 
136.4 	person's agent may take bats, snakes, salamanders, lizards, weasel, mink, squirrel, rabbit, 
136.5 	hare, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver on land owned or occupied by the 
136.6 	person where the animal is causing damage. The person or the person's agent may take the 
136.7 	animal without a license and in any manner except by artificial lights in the closed season 
136.8 	or by poison. Raccoons may be taken under this subdivision with artificial lights during 
136.9 	open season.
136.10 	(b) Any traps used under this subdivision must be tagged as required under section 
136.11 	97B.928 if placed by an agent of the landowner or occupant.
136.12 	(c) A person or the person's agent who kills mink, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, 
136.13 	muskrat, or beaver under this subdivision must notify a conservation officer or employee 
136.14 	of the Fish and Wildlife Division within 24 hours after the animal is killed.
136.15 		Subd. 2.Special permit for taking protected wild animals. (a) The commissioner may 
136.16 	issue special permits under section 97A.401, subdivision 5, to take protected wild animals 
136.17 	that are damaging property or to remove or destroy their dens, nests, or houses, or dams.
136.18 	(b) Removing or destroying a beaver dam associated with beavers causing damage must 
136.19 	be according to section 97B.665.

136.20 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.665, is amended by adding a subdivision 
136.21 	to read:
136.22 		Subd. 1a.Removing beaver dams; agreement by landowner. (a) Except as provided 
136.23 	in paragraph (b), a beaver dam that is causing damage to property may be removed or 
136.24 	destroyed by a person or the person's agent from property that is owned, occupied, or 
136.25 	otherwise managed by the person.
136.26 	(b) A person or a person's agent may not remove or destroy a beaver dam under this 
136.27 	subdivision when a permit is required under section 103G.245 if removing or destroying 
136.28 	the dam would change or diminish the historical water levels, course, current, or cross 
136.29 	section of public waters.
136.30 	(c) A person or a person's agent may not remove or destroy a beaver dam under this 
136.31 	subdivision if the dam is on public property or another person's private property unless the 
137.1 	person obtains the approval or permission of the landowner of the property where the beaver 
137.2 	dam is located.
137.3 	(d) If unable to obtain the approval or permission of the landowner under paragraph (c), 
137.4 	a person may petition to district court for relief as provided in subdivision 2.
137.5 	(e) For purposes of this subdivision:
137.6 	(1) "landowner" means:
137.7 	(i) the owner, lessee, or occupant of private property; or
137.8 	(ii) an authorized manager of public property; and
137.9 	(2) "person" includes a governmental entity in addition to the entities described under 
137.10 	section 97A.015, subdivision 35.

137.11 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.667, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
137.12 		Subd. 2.Local Government units. (a) Local Government units may, as provided in this 
137.13 	section, kill or arrange to have killed beaver that are causing damage, including damage to 
137.14 	silvicultural projects and drainage ditches, on property owned or managed by the local
137.15 	government unit. Removal or destruction of Removing or destroying any associated beaver 
137.16 	lodge is subject to section 97A.401, subdivision 5., and removing or destroying any associated 
137.17 	beaver dam is subject to section 97B.665.
137.18 	(b) The local government unit may kill beaver associated with the lodge or damage in 
137.19 	any manner, except by poison or artificial lights.
137.20 	(c) The local government unit may arrange to have killed any beaver associated with 
137.21 	the lodge or damage by trapping through a third-party contract or under subdivision 4.

137.22 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.667, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
137.23 		Subd. 3.Permits and notice; requirements. (a) Before killing or arranging to kill a 
137.24 	beaver under this section, the road authority or local government unit must contact a 
137.25 	conservation officer for a special beaver permit. if the beaver will be killed within two weeks 
137.26 	before or after the trapping season for beaver, and the conservation officer must issue the 
137.27 	permit for any beaver subject to this section. A permit is not required:
137.28 	(1) for a licensed trapper during the open trapping season for beaver; or
137.29 	(2) when the trapping season for beaver is closed and it is not within two weeks before 
137.30 	or after the trapping season for beaver.
138.1 	(b) A road authority or local government unit that kills or arranges to have killed a beaver 
138.2 	under this section must notify a conservation officer or employee of the Fish and Wildlife 
138.3 	Division within ten days after the animal is killed.
138.4 	(c) Unless otherwise directed by a conservation officer, the road authority, local 
138.5 	government unit, or their agent may dispose of or retain beaver killed under this section.

138.6 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.667, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
138.7 		Subd. 4.Local Beaver control programs. A road authority or local government unit 
138.8 	may, after consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Division, implement a local beaver control 
138.9 	program designed to reduce the number of incidents of beaver:
138.10 	(1) interfering with or damaging a public road; or
138.11 	(2) causing damage, including damage to silvicultural projects and drainage ditches, on 
138.12 	property owned or managed by the local government unit.
138.13 	The local control program may include the offering of a bounty for the lawful taking of
138.14 	to lawfully take beaver.

138.15 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.667, is amended by adding a subdivision 
138.16 	to read:
138.17 		Subd. 5.Tagging requirements for traps. Traps used under subdivision 1 or 2 must 
138.18 	be identified with tags provided by the local unit of government that include the name and 
138.19 	telephone number of the government unit. Traps used for trapping under a third-party 
138.20 	contract must be tagged with the contractor's information as provided in section 97B.928.

138.21 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.722, is amended to read:
138.22 	97B.722 POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY.
138.23 	(a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control:
138.24 	(1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or
138.25 	(2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted 
138.26 	by the commissioner.
138.27 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person carrying a handgun in compliance with 
138.28 	section 624.714.
138.29 	(c) For hunting turkeys, "legal firearm" means a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun 10 
138.30 	gauge or smaller using fine shot size No. 4 or smaller diameter shot.

139.1 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.345, is amended by adding a subdivision 
139.2 	to read:
139.3 		Subd. 3b.Cast nets for gizzard shad. (a) Cast nets may be used only to take gizzard 
139.4 	shad for use as bait for angling from July 1 to November 30 as allowed under section 84D.03, 
139.5 	subdivision 3.
139.6 	(b) Cast nets used under this subdivision must be monofilament and may not exceed 
139.7 	five feet in radius. Mesh size must be from three-eighths-inch to five-eighths-inch bar 
139.8 	measure. A person may use up to two cast nets at one time.

139.9 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.391, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
139.10 		Subdivision 1.General restrictions. A person may not buy or sell fish taken from the 
139.11 	waters of this state, except:
139.12 	(1) minnows;
139.13 	(2) rough fish excluding ciscoes;
139.14 	(3) smelt taken from Lake Superior and rivers and streams that flow into Lake Superior;
139.15 	(4) fish taken under licensed commercial fishing operations;
139.16 	(5) fish that are private aquatic life; and
139.17 	(6) fish lawfully taken and subject to sale from other states and countries.

139.18 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.395, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
139.19 		Subd. 2.Continuous season for certain species. For sunfish, white crappie, black 
139.20 	crappie, yellow perch, catfish, rock bass, white bass, yellow bass, burbot, cisco (tullibee), 
139.21 	lake whitefish, and rough fish, the open season is continuous.

139.22 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.815, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
139.23 		Subd. 2.Assignment. (a) The commissioner shall assign licensed inland commercial 
139.24 	fishing operators to commercial fishing areas and each operator shall be is obligated to fish 
139.25 	in the area that the commissioner has assigned to them. The commissioner's assignment 
139.26 	shall be is valid as long as the assigned operator continues to purchase a license, continues 
139.27 	to provide an adequate removal effort in a good and professional manner, and is not convicted 
139.28 	of two or more violations of laws or rules governing inland commercial fishing operations 
139.29 	during any one license period. In the operator assignment, the commissioner shall consider 
140.1 	the proximity of the operator to the area, the type and quantity of fish gear and equipment 
140.2 	possessed, knowledge of the affected waters, and general ability to perform the work well.
140.3 	(b) Area assignments must not restrict permits and contracts that the commissioner issues 
140.4 	to governmental subdivisions and their subcontractors for invasive species control.

140.5 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.611, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
140.6 		Subd. 3.Powers. Subject to the provisions of chapters 97A, 103D, 103E, 103G, and 
140.7 	115, and the rules and regulations of the respective agencies and governing bodies vested 
140.8 	with jurisdiction and authority under those chapters, the district has the following powers 
140.9 	on Lake Minnetonka, excluding the area of public drainage ditches or watercourses connected 
140.10 	to the lake:
140.11 	(1) to regulate the types of boats permitted to use the lake and set service fees;
140.12 	(2) to regulate, maintain, and police public beaches, public docks, and other public 
140.13 	facilities for access to the lake within the territory of the municipalities, provided that a 
140.14 	municipality may supersede the district's action under this clause by adopting an ordinance 
140.15 	specifically referring to the district's action by one year after the district's action;
140.16 	(3) to limit by rule the use of the lake at various times and the use of various parts of 
140.17 	the lake;
140.18 	(4) to regulate the speed of boats on the lake and the conduct of other activities on the 
140.19 	lake to secure the safety of the public and the most general public use;
140.20 	(5) to contract with other law enforcement agencies to police the lake and its shore;
140.21 	(6) to regulate the construction, installation, and maintenance of permanent and temporary 
140.22 	docks and moorings consistent with federal and state law;
140.23 	(7) to regulate the construction and use of mechanical and chemical means of deicing 
140.24 	the lake and to regulate mechanical and chemical means of removal of weeds and algae 
140.25 	from the lake;
140.26 	(8) to regulate the construction, configuration, size, location, and maintenance of 
140.27 	commercial marinas and their related facilities including parking areas and sanitary facilities
140.28 	that affect activity below the ordinary high-water mark. The regulation shall authority under 
140.29 	this clause does not apply to land-based marina activities, including storage facilities, and 
140.30 	must be consistent with the applicable state statutes, municipal building codes, and zoning 
140.31 	ordinances where the marinas are located;
141.1 	(9) to contract with other governmental bodies to perform any of the functions of the 
141.2 	district;
141.3 	(10) to undertake research to determine the condition and development of the lake and 
141.4 	the water entering it and to transmit their studies to the Pollution Control Agency and other 
141.5 	interested authorities, and to develop a comprehensive program to eliminate pollution;
141.6 	(11) to receive financial assistance from and join in projects or enter into contracts with 
141.7 	federal and state agencies for the study and treatment of pollution problems and 
141.8 	demonstration programs related to them; and
141.9 	(12) to petition the board of managers of a watershed district in which the lake 
141.10 	conservation district is located for improvements under section 103D.705; a bond is not 
141.11 	required of the lake conservation district.
141.12 	For purposes of this subdivision "watercourses connected to the lake" does not include 
141.13 	channels connecting portions of the lake to one another.

141.14 	Sec. 76. [103C.332] SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS; DUTIES 
141.15 	AND SERVICES.
141.16 		Subdivision 1.Duties. In addition to any other duty prescribed by law, soil and water 
141.17 	conservation districts must:
141.18 	(1) respond to and provide technical and financial assistance to landowners to maintain 
141.19 	and improve the quality, quantity, distribution, and sustainability of natural resources, 
141.20 	including surface water, groundwater, soil, and ecological resources;
141.21 	(2) provide technical assistance in implementing the soil erosion law under sections 
141.22 	103F.401 to 103F.48;
141.23 	(3) arrange for employees to serve on technical evaluation panels to implement the 
141.24 	wetland laws as required under section 103G.2242;
141.25 	(4) locally administer the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program under section 103F.515 
141.26 	and rules adopted thereunder, using knowledge of local resources to manage each easement 
141.27 	to maximize environmental benefits;
141.28 	(5) participate in administering the Wetland Conservation Act as provided under sections 
141.29 	103G.221 to 103G.2375, either in an advisory capacity or as the designated local government 
141.30 	unit administering the program;
141.31 	(6) participate in the local water management program under chapter 103B, either in an 
141.32 	advisory capacity or as the designated local government unit administering the program;
142.1 	(7) participate, as appropriate, in the comprehensive watershed management planning 
142.2 	program under section 103B.801;
142.3 	(8) participate in disaster response efforts as provided in chapter 12A;
142.4 	(9) provide technical recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources on 
142.5 	general permit applications under section 103G.301;
142.6 	(10) provide technical assistance and local administration of the agricultural water quality 
142.7 	certification program under sections 17.9891 to 17.993;
142.8 	(11) provide technical assistance for the agricultural land preservation program under 
142.9 	chapter 40A, where applicable;
142.10 	(12) maintain compliance with section 15.99 for deadlines for agency action;
142.11 	(13) coordinate with appropriate county officials on matters related to electing soil and 
142.12 	water conservation district supervisors; and
142.13 	(14) cooperate to the extent possible with federal, state, and local agencies and with 
142.14 	private organizations to avoid duplicating and to enhance implementing public and private 
142.15 	conservation initiatives within the jurisdiction of the district.
142.16 		Subd. 2.Services provided. To carry out the duties under subdivision 1 and implement 
142.17 	the soil and water conservation policy of the state as stated in section 103A.206, soil and 
142.18 	water conservation districts provide a range of services, including but not limited to:
142.19 	(1) performing administrative services, including comprehensive and annual work 
142.20 	planning, administering grants, leveraging outside funding, establishing fiscal accountability 
142.21 	measures, reporting accomplishments, human resources management, and staff and supervisor 
142.22 	development;
142.23 	(2) enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture, 
142.24 	Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other United States Department of Agriculture 
142.25 	agencies to leverage federal technical and financial assistance;
142.26 	(3) providing technical expertise, including knowledge of local resources, performing 
142.27 	technical evaluations and certifications, assessing concerns, and providing oversight in 
142.28 	surveying, designing, and constructing conservation practices;
142.29 	(4) providing information and education outreach, including increasing landowner 
142.30 	awareness and knowledge of soil and water conservation program opportunities to protect 
142.31 	soil and water resources and publicizing the benefits of soil and water conservation to the 
142.32 	general public;
143.1 	(5) facilitating regulatory processes for impacted landowners and providing technical 
143.2 	review and comment on regulatory permits and development plans for regulations relating 
143.3 	to soil and water conservation;
143.4 	(6) administering projects and programs, including but not limited to the nonpoint source 
143.5 	pollution abatement program; reinvest in Minnesota reserve conservation easements program; 
143.6 	disaster response; local water management and comprehensive watershed management 
143.7 	planning programs; and projects related to floodplains, lakes, streams and ditches, wetlands, 
143.8 	upland resources, and groundwater resources, to maintain and improve the quality, quantity, 
143.9 	distribution, and sustainability of natural resources, including surface water, groundwater, 
143.10 	soil, and ecological resources;
143.11 	(7) monitoring and inventorying to collect data that provide a baseline understanding of 
143.12 	resource conditions and changes to the resources over time and analyzing and interpreting 
143.13 	the data to support program implementation; and
143.14 	(8) maintaining a modern technology infrastructure that facilitates planning and projects, 
143.15 	including geographic information systems, modeling software, mobile workstations, survey 
143.16 	and design equipment and software, and other technology for linking landowners with 
143.17 	conservation plans.

143.18 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103D.315, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
143.19 		Subd. 8.Compensation. The compensation of managers for meetings and for 
143.20 	performance of other necessary duties may not exceed $75 $125 a day. Managers are entitled 
143.21 	to reimbursement for traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance 
143.22 	of official duties.

143.23 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.361, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
143.24 		Subd. 2.Legislative intent. It is the intent of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 to authorize 
143.25 	and direct the board and the counties zoning authorities to implement the plan for the 
143.26 	Mississippi headwaters area.

143.27 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.363, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
143.28 		Subdivision 1.Generally. Sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 apply to the counties of 
143.29 	Clearwater, Hubbard, Beltrami, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Morrison and all other 
143.30 	zoning authorities.

144.1 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.365, is amended by adding a subdivision 
144.2 	to read:
144.3 		Subd. 5.Zoning authority. "Zoning authority" means counties, organized townships, 
144.4 	local and special governmental units, joint powers boards, councils, commissions, boards, 
144.5 	districts, and all state agencies and departments wholly or partially within the corridor 
144.6 	defined by the plan, excluding statutory or home rule charter cities.

144.7 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.371, is amended to read:
144.8 	103F.371 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.
144.9 	(a) All local and special governmental units, councils, commissions, boards and districts 
144.10 	and all state agencies and departments must exercise their powers so as to further the purposes 
144.11 	of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 and the plan. Land owned by the state, its agencies, and 
144.12 	political subdivisions shall be administered in accordance with the plan. The certification 
144.13 	procedure under section 103F.373 applies to all zoning authorities in the corridor defined 
144.14 	by the plan.
144.15 	(b) Actions that comply with the land use ordinance are consistent with the plan. Actions 
144.16 	that do not comply with the ordinance may not be started until the board has been notified 
144.17 	and given an opportunity to review and comment on the consistency of the action with this 
144.18 	section.

144.19 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
144.20 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. To assure ensure that the plan is not nullified by unjustified 
144.21 	exceptions in particular cases and to promote uniformity in the treatment of applications 
144.22 	for exceptions, a review and certification procedure is established for the following categories 
144.23 	of land use actions taken by the counties and zoning authorities directly or indirectly affecting 
144.24 	land use within the area covered by the plan:
144.25 	(1) the adoption or amendment of an ordinance regulating the use of land, including 
144.26 	rezoning of particular tracts of land;
144.27 	(2) the granting of a variance from provisions of the land use ordinance; and
144.28 	(3) the approval of a plat which is inconsistent with the land use ordinance.

144.29 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
144.30 		Subd. 3.Procedure for certification. A copy of the notices of public hearings or, when 
144.31 	a hearing is not required, a copy of the application to consider an action of a type specified 
145.1 	in subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3), must be forwarded to the board by the county zoning 
145.2 	authority at least 15 days before the hearing or meetings to consider the actions. The county
145.3 	zoning authority shall notify the board of its final decision on the proposed action within 
145.4 	ten days of the decision. By 30 days after the board receives the notice, the board shall 
145.5 	notify the county zoning authority and the applicant of its the board's approval or disapproval 
145.6 	of the proposed action.

145.7 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
145.8 		Subd. 4.Disapproval of actions. (a) If a notice of disapproval is issued by the board, 
145.9 	the county zoning authority or the applicant may, within 30 days of the notice, file with the 
145.10 	board a demand for a hearing. If a demand is not filed within the 30-day period, the 
145.11 	disapproval becomes final.
145.12 	(b) If a demand is filed within the 30-day period, a hearing must be held within 60 days 
145.13 	of demand. The hearing must be preceded by two weeks' published notice. Within 30 days 
145.14 	after the hearing, the board must:
145.15 	(1) affirm its disapproval of the proposed action; or
145.16 	(2) certify approval of the proposed action.

145.17 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.2242, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
145.18 		Subd. 14.Fees established. (a) Fees must be assessed for managing wetland bank 
145.19 	accounts and transactions as follows:
145.20 	(1) account maintenance annual fee: one percent of the value of credits not to exceed 
145.21 	$500;
145.22 	(2) account establishment, deposit, or transfer: 6.5 percent of the value of credits not to 
145.23 	exceed $1,000 per establishment, deposit, or transfer; and
145.24 	(3) withdrawal fee: 6.5 percent of the value of credits withdrawn.
145.25 	(b) The board may must establish fees at or based on costs to the agency below the 
145.26 	amounts in paragraph (a) for single-user or other dedicated wetland banking accounts.
145.27 	(c) Fees for single-user or other dedicated wetland banking accounts established pursuant 
145.28 	to section 103G.005, subdivision 10i, clause (4), are limited to establishment of a wetland 
145.29 	banking account and are assessed at the rate of 6.5 percent of the value of the credits not to 
145.30 	exceed $1,000.
146.1 	(d) The board may assess a fee to pay the costs associated with establishing conservation 
146.2 	easements, or other long-term protection mechanisms prescribed in the rules adopted under 
146.3 	subdivision 1, on property used for wetland replacement.

146.4 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.241, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
146.5 		Subdivision 1.Conditions to affect public waters. An agent or employee of another 
146.6 	may not construct, reconstruct, remove, or make a change in a reservoir, dam, or waterway 
146.7 	obstruction on a public water or in any manner change or diminish the course, current, or 
146.8 	cross section of public waters unless the agent or employee has:
146.9 	(1) obtained a signed statement from the property owner stating that the permits required 
146.10 	for the work have been obtained or a permit is not required; and
146.11 	(2) mailed or electronically transmitted a copy of the statement to the regional office of 
146.12 	the Department of Natural Resources where the proposed work is located.

146.13 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.241, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
146.14 		Subd. 3.Form for compliance. The commissioner shall develop a form to be distributed 
146.15 	to contractors' associations and county auditors to comply with this section. The form must 
146.16 	include:
146.17 	(1) a listing of the activities for which a permit is required;
146.18 	(2) a description of the penalties for violating this chapter;
146.19 	(3) the mailing addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the 
146.20 	regional offices of the Department of Natural Resources;
146.21 	(4) a statement that water inventory maps completed according to section 103G.201 are 
146.22 	on file with the auditors of the counties; and
146.23 	(5) spaces for a description of the work and the names, mailing addresses, electronic 
146.24 	mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the person authorizing the work and the agent or 
146.25 	employee proposing to undertake it.

146.26 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
146.27 		Subdivision 1.Applications for groundwater appropriations; preliminary 
146.28 	well-construction approval. (a) Groundwater use permit applications are not complete 
146.29 	until the applicant has supplied:
147.1 	(1) a water well record as required by section 103I.205, subdivision 9, information on 
147.2 	the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer that 
147.3 	will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to locate the 
147.4 	site of the production well;
147.5 	(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being requested;
147.6 	(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality commonly 
147.7 	specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary for the proposed 
147.8 	use;
147.9 	(4) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved by the 
147.10 	commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested in the 
147.11 	application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other wells and 
147.12 	surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible for all costs 
147.13 	related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and surface water 
147.14 	monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after the aquifer test; 
147.15 	and
147.16 	(5) the results of any assessments conducted by the commissioner under paragraph (c).
147.17 	(b) The commissioner may waive an application requirement in this subdivision if the 
147.18 	information provided with the application is adequate to determine whether the proposed 
147.19 	appropriation and use of water is sustainable and will protect ecosystems, water quality, 
147.20 	and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
147.21 	(c) The commissioner shall provide an assessment of a proposed well needing a 
147.22 	groundwater appropriation permit. The commissioner shall evaluate the information submitted 
147.23 	as required under section 103I.205, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), and determine whether 
147.24 	the anticipated appropriation request is likely to meet the applicable requirements of this 
147.25 	chapter. If the appropriation request is likely to meet applicable requirements, the 
147.26 	commissioner shall provide the person submitting the information with a letter or 
147.27 	electronically transmitted notice providing preliminary approval to construct the well and 
147.28 	the requirements, including test-well information, that will be needed to obtain the permit.
147.29 	(d) The commissioner must provide an applicant denied a groundwater use permit or 
147.30 	issued a groundwater use permit that is reduced or restricted from the original request with 
147.31 	all information the commissioner used in making the determination, including hydrographs, 
147.32 	flow tests, aquifer tests, topographic maps, field reports, photographs, and proof of equipment 
147.33 	calibration.

148.1 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
148.2 		Subd. 2.Permit application and notification fees. (a) A fee to defray the costs of 
148.3 	receiving, recording, and processing must be paid for a permit application authorized under 
148.4 	this chapter, except for a general permit application, for each request to amend or transfer 
148.5 	an existing permit, and for a notification to request authorization to conduct a project under 
148.6 	a general permit. Fees established under this subdivision, unless specified in paragraph (c), 
148.7 	shall be compliant must comply with section 16A.1285.
148.8 	(b) Proposed projects that require water in excess of 100 million gallons per year must 
148.9 	be assessed fees to recover the costs incurred to evaluate the project and the costs incurred 
148.10 	for environmental review. Fees collected under this paragraph must be credited to an account 
148.11 	in the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner.
148.12 	(c) The fee to apply for a permit to appropriate water, in addition to any fee under 
148.13 	paragraph (b), and for a permit to construct or repair a dam that is subject to dam safety 
148.14 	inspection is $150. The application fee for a permit to construct or repair a dam that is 
148.15 	subject to a dam safety inspection, to work in public waters, or to divert waters for mining 
148.16 	must be at least $150 $300, but not more than $1,000 $3,000. The fee for a notification to 
148.17 	request authorization to conduct a project under a general permit is $100.

148.18 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.311, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
148.19 		Subd. 2.Hearing notice. (a) The hearing notice on an application must include:
148.20 	(1) the date, place, and time fixed by the commissioner for the hearing;
148.21 	(2) the waters affected, the water levels sought to be established, or control structures 
148.22 	proposed; and
148.23 	(3) the matters prescribed by sections 14.57 to 14.59 and rules adopted thereunder.
148.24 	(b) A summary of the hearing notice must be published by the commissioner at the 
148.25 	expense of the applicant or, if the proceeding is initiated by the commissioner in the absence 
148.26 	of an applicant, at the expense of the commissioner.
148.27 	(c) The summary of the hearing notice must be:
148.28 	(1) published once a week for two successive weeks before the day of hearing in a legal 
148.29 	newspaper published in the county where any part of the affected waters is located; and
148.30 	(2) mailed or electronically transmitted by the commissioner to the county auditor, the 
148.31 	mayor of a municipality, the watershed district, and the soil and water conservation district 
148.32 	affected by the application.

149.1 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
149.2 		Subd. 5.Demand for hearing. (a) If a hearing is waived and an order is made issuing 
149.3 	or denying the permit, the applicant, the managers of the watershed district, the board of 
149.4 	supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, or the governing body of the 
149.5 	municipality may file a demand for hearing on the application. The demand for a hearing 
149.6 	must be filed within 30 days after mailed or electronically transmitted notice of the order 
149.7 	with the bond required by subdivision 6.
149.8 	(b) The commissioner must give notice as provided in subdivision 2, hold a hearing on 
149.9 	the application, and make a determination on issuing or denying the permit as though the 
149.10 	previous order had not been made.
149.11 	(c) The order issuing or denying the permit becomes final at the end of 30 days after 
149.12 	mailed or electronically transmitted notice of the order to the applicant, the managers of the 
149.13 	watershed district, the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, or 
149.14 	the governing body of the municipality, and an appeal of the order may not be taken if:
149.15 	(1) the commissioner waives a hearing and a demand for a hearing is not made; or
149.16 	(2) a hearing is demanded but a bond is not filed as required by subdivision 6.

149.17 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.315, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
149.18 		Subd. 8.Notice of permit order. Notice of orders made after hearing must be given by 
149.19 	publication of the order once a week for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the 
149.20 	county where the hearing was held and by mailing or electronically transmitting copies of 
149.21 	the order to parties who entered an appearance at the hearing.

149.22 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.408, is amended to read:
149.23 	103G.408 TEMPORARY DRAWDOWN OF PUBLIC WATERS.
149.24 	(a) The commissioner, upon consideration of recommendations and objections as provided 
149.25 	in clause (2), item (iii), and paragraph (c), may issue a public-waters-work permit for the 
149.26 	temporary drawdown of a public water when:
149.27 	(1) the public water is a shallow lake to be managed for fish, wildlife, or ecological 
149.28 	purposes by the commissioner and the commissioner has conducted a public hearing 
149.29 	presenting a comprehensive management plan outlining how and when temporary drawdowns 
149.30 	under this section will be conducted; or
149.31 	(2) the permit applicant is a public entity and:
150.1 	(i) the commissioner deems the project to be beneficial and makes findings of fact that 
150.2 	the drawdown is in the public interest;
150.3 	(ii) the permit applicant has obtained permission from at least 75 percent of the riparian 
150.4 	landowners; and
150.5 	(iii) the permit applicant has conducted a public hearing according to paragraph (d).
150.6 	(b) In addition to the requirements in section 103G.301, subdivision 6, the permit 
150.7 	applicant shall serve a copy of the application on each county, municipality, and watershed 
150.8 	management organization, if one exists, within which any portion of the public water is 
150.9 	located and on the lake improvement district, if one exists.
150.10 	(c) A county, municipality, watershed district, watershed management organization, or 
150.11 	lake improvement district required to be served under paragraph (b) or section 103G.301, 
150.12 	subdivision 6, may file a written recommendation for the issuance of a permit or an objection 
150.13 	to the issuance of a permit with the commissioner within 30 days after receiving a copy of 
150.14 	the application.
150.15 	(d) The hearing notice for a public hearing under paragraph (a), clause (2), item (iii), 
150.16 	must:
150.17 	(1) include the date, place, and time for the hearing;
150.18 	(2) include the waters affected and a description of the proposed project;
150.19 	(3) be mailed or electronically transmitted to the director, the county auditor, the clerk 
150.20 	or mayor of a municipality, the lake improvement district if one exists, the watershed district 
150.21 	or water management organization, the soil and water conservation district, and all riparian 
150.22 	owners of record affected by the application; and
150.23 	(4) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area.
150.24 	(e) Periodic temporary drawdowns conducted under paragraph (a) shall are not be
150.25 	considered takings from riparian landowners.
150.26 	(f) This section does not apply to public waters that have been designated for wildlife 
150.27 	management under section 97A.101.

150.28 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.615, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
150.29 		Subd. 3a.Invasive aquatic plant management permit. (a) "Invasive aquatic plant 
150.30 	management permit" means an aquatic plant management permit as defined in rules of the 
151.1 	Department of Natural Resources that authorizes the selective control of invasive aquatic 
151.2 	plants to cause a significant reduction in the abundance of the invasive aquatic plant.
151.3 	(b) The commissioner may waive the dated signature of approval requirement in rules 
151.4 	of the Department of Natural Resources for invasive aquatic plant management permits if 
151.5 	obtaining signatures would create an undue burden on the permittee or if the commissioner 
151.6 	determines that aquatic plant control is necessary to protect natural resources.
151.7 	(c) If the signature requirement is waived under paragraph (b) because obtaining 
151.8 	signatures would create an undue burden on the permittee, the commissioner shall require 
151.9 	an alternate form of landowner notification, including news releases or public notices in a 
151.10 	local newspaper, a public meeting, or a mailing or electronic transmission to the most recent 
151.11 	permanent physical or electronic mailing address of affected landowners. The notification 
151.12 	must be given annually and must include: the proposed date of treatment, the target species, 
151.13 	the method of control or product being used, and instructions on how the landowner may 
151.14 	request that control not occur adjacent to the landowner's property.
151.15 	(d) The commissioner may allow dated signatures of approval obtained for an invasive 
151.16 	aquatic plant management permit to satisfy rules of the Department of Natural Resources 
151.17 	to remain valid for three years if property ownership remains unchanged.

151.18 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
151.19 		Subd. 5.Agency authority; national pollutant discharge elimination system. (a) 
151.20 	Notwithstanding any other provisions prescribed in or pursuant to this chapter and, with 
151.21 	respect to the pollution of waters of the state, in chapter 116, or otherwise, the agency shall 
151.22 	have the authority to perform any and all acts minimally necessary including, but not limited 
151.23 	to, the establishment and application of standards, procedures, rules, orders, variances, 
151.24 	stipulation agreements, schedules of compliance, and permit conditions, consistent with 
151.25 	and, therefore not less stringent than the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
151.26 	Act, as amended, applicable to the participation by the state of Minnesota in the national 
151.27 	pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES); provided that this provision shall not be 
151.28 	construed as a limitation on any powers or duties otherwise residing with the agency pursuant 
151.29 	to any provision of law.
151.30 	(b) An activity that conveys or connects waters of the state without subjecting the 
151.31 	transferred water to intervening industrial, municipal, or commercial use does not require 
151.32 	a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit. This exemption does not apply to 
151.33 	pollutants introduced by the activity itself to the water being transferred.

152.1 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
152.2 	read:
152.3 		Subd. 5e.Sugar beet storage. The commissioner must not require a sugar beet company 
152.4 	that has a current national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal 
152.5 	system permit to install an engineered liner for a storm water runoff pond at a remote storage 
152.6 	site for sugar beets unless a risk assessment confirms that there is significant impact on 
152.7 	groundwater and that an engineered liner is necessary to prevent, control, or abate water 
152.8 	pollution. For purposes of this subdivision, "remote storage site for sugar beets" means an 
152.9 	area where sugar beets are temporarily stored before delivery to a sugar beet processing 
152.10 	facility and that is not located on land adjacent to the processing facility.

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

152.12 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.035, is amended to read:
152.13 	115.035 EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
152.14 	(a) When the commissioner convenes an external peer review panel during the 
152.15 	promulgation or amendment of water quality standards, the commissioner must provide 
152.16 	notice and take public comment on the charge questions for the external peer review panel 
152.17 	and must allow written and oral public comment as part of the external peer review panel 
152.18 	process. Every new or revised numeric water quality standard must be supported by a 
152.19 	technical support document that provides the scientific basis for the proposed standard and 
152.20 	that has undergone external, scientific peer review. Numeric water quality standards in 
152.21 	which the agency is adopting, without change, a United States Environmental Protection 
152.22 	Agency criterion that has been through peer review are not subject to this paragraph.
152.23 	Documentation of the external peer review panel, including the name or names of the peer 
152.24 	reviewer or reviewers, must be included in the statement of need and reasonableness for 
152.25 	the water quality standard. If the commissioner does not convene an external peer review 
152.26 	panel during the promulgation or amendment of water quality standards, the commissioner 
152.27 	must state the reason an external peer review panel will not be convened in the statement 
152.28 	of need and reasonableness.
152.29 	(b) Every technical support document developed by the agency must be released in draft 
152.30 	form for public comment before peer review and before finalizing the technical support 
152.31 	document.
153.1 	(c) The commissioner must provide public notice and information about the external 
153.2 	peer review through the request for comments published at the beginning of the rulemaking 
153.3 	process for the numeric water quality standard, and:
153.4 	(1) the request for comments must identify the draft technical support document and 
153.5 	where the document can be found;
153.6 	(2) the request for comments must include a proposed charge for the external peer review 
153.7 	and request comments on the charge;
153.8 	(3) all comments received during the public comment period must be made available to 
153.9 	the external peer reviewers; and
153.10 	(4) if the agency is not soliciting external peer review because the agency is adopting a 
153.11 	United States Environmental Protection Agency criterion without change, that must be 
153.12 	noted in the request for comments.
153.13 	(d) The purpose of the external peer review is to evaluate whether the technical support 
153.14 	document and proposed standard are based on sound scientific knowledge, methods, and 
153.15 	practices. The external peer review must be conducted according to the guidance in the 
153.16 	most recent edition of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Peer Review 
153.17 	Handbook. Peer reviewers must not have participated in developing the scientific basis of 
153.18 	the standard. Peer reviewers must disclose any activities or circumstances that could pose 
153.19 	a conflict of interest or create an appearance of a loss of impartiality that could interfere 
153.20 	with an objective review.
153.21 	(e) The type of review and the number of peer reviewers depends on the nature of the 
153.22 	science underlying the standard. A panel review must be used when the agency is developing 
153.23 	significant new science or science that expands significantly beyond current documented 
153.24 	scientific practices or principles.
153.25 	(f) In response to the findings of the external peer review, the agency must revise the 
153.26 	draft technical support document as appropriate. The findings of the external peer review 
153.27 	must be documented and attached to the final technical support document, which must be 
153.28 	an exhibit as part of the statement of need and reasonableness in the rulemaking to adopt 
153.29 	the new or revised water quality standard. The agency must note changes in the final technical 
153.30 	support document made in response to the external peer review.
153.31 	(b) (g) By December 15 each year, the commissioner shall must post on the agency's 
153.32 	website a report identifying the water quality standards development work in progress or 
154.1 	completed in the past year, the lead agency scientist for each development effort, and 
154.2 	opportunities for public input.

154.3 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115A.51, is amended to read:
154.4 	115A.51 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
154.5 	(a) Applications for assistance under the program shall must demonstrate:
154.6 	(a) (1) that the project is conceptually and technically feasible;
154.7 	(b) (2) that affected political subdivisions are committed to implement the project, to 
154.8 	provide necessary local financing, and to accept and exercise the government powers 
154.9 	necessary to the project;
154.10 	(c) (3) that operating revenues from the project, considering the availability and security 
154.11 	of sources of solid waste and of markets for recovered resources, together with any proposed 
154.12 	federal, state, or local financial assistance, will be sufficient to pay all costs over the projected 
154.13 	life of the project;
154.14 	(d) (4) that the applicant has evaluated the feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal, 
154.15 	including using existing solid waste management facilities with reasonably available capacity 
154.16 	sufficient to accomplish the goals of the proposed project, and has compared and evaluated 
154.17 	the costs of the alternatives, including capital and operating costs, and the effects of the 
154.18 	alternatives on the cost to generators.;
154.19 	(5) that the applicant has identified:
154.20 	(i) waste management objectives in applicable county and regional solid waste 
154.21 	management plans consistent with section 115A.46, subdivision 2, paragraphs (e) and (f), 
154.22 	or 473.149, subdivision 1; and
154.23 	(ii) other solid waste facilities identified in the county and regional plans; and
154.24 	(6) that the applicant has conducted a comparative analysis of the project against existing 
154.25 	public and private solid waste facilities, including an analysis of potential displacement of 
154.26 	those facilities, to determine whether the project is the most appropriate alternative to achieve 
154.27 	the identified waste management objectives that considers:
154.28 	(i) conformity with approved county or regional solid waste management plans;
154.29 	(ii) consistency with the state's solid waste hierarchy and section 115A.46, subdivision 
154.30 	2, paragraphs (e) and (f), or 473.149, subdivision 1; and
154.31 	(iii) environmental standards related to public health, air, surface water, and groundwater.
155.1 	(b) The commissioner may require completion of a comprehensive solid waste 
155.2 	management plan conforming to the requirements of section 115A.46, before accepting an 
155.3 	application. Within five days of filing an application with the agency, the applicant must 
155.4 	submit a copy of the application to each solid waste management facility mentioned in the 
155.5 	portion of the application addressing the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6).

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

155.7 	Sec. 99. [115B.172] NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGES ACCOUNT.
155.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The natural resources damages account is established as 
155.9 	an account in the remediation fund.
155.10 		Subd. 2.Revenues. The account consists of money from the following sources:
155.11 	(1) revenue from actions taken to recover natural resources damages under section 
155.12 	115B.17, subdivision 7, or any other law, unless otherwise specified in the settlement 
155.13 	agreement;
155.14 	(2) appropriations and transfers to the account as provided by law;
155.15 	(3) interest earned on the account; and
155.16 	(4) money received by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the 
155.17 	commissioner of natural resources for deposit in the account in the form of a gift or grant.
155.18 		Subd. 3.Expenditures. (a) Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner 
155.19 	of natural resources for the purposes authorized in section 115B.20, subdivision 2, clause 
155.20 	(4).
155.21 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must allocate the amounts available 
155.22 	in any biennium to the commissioner of natural resources for the purposes of this section 
155.23 	based upon work plans submitted by the commissioner of natural resources and may adjust 
155.24 	those allocations if revised work plans are submitted. Copies of the work plans must be 
155.25 	submitted to the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions 
155.26 	having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance.
155.27 		Subd. 4.Report. By November 1 each year, the commissioner of natural resources must 
155.28 	submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives 
155.29 	and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources 
155.30 	policy and finance on expenditures from the natural resources damages account during the 
155.31 	previous fiscal year.

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

156.1 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.155, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
156.2 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The remediation fund is created as a special revenue fund in 
156.3 	the state treasury to provide a reliable source of public money for response and corrective 
156.4 	actions to address releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, agricultural 
156.5 	chemicals, and petroleum, and for environmental response actions at qualified landfill 
156.6 	facilities for which the agency has assumed such responsibility, including perpetual care of 
156.7 	such facilities. The specific purposes for which the general portion of the fund may be spent 
156.8 	are provided in subdivision 2. In addition to the general portion of the fund, the fund contains 
156.9 	three four accounts described in subdivisions 4 to 5a 5b.

156.10 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.155, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
156.11 		Subd. 3.Revenues. The following revenues shall be deposited in the general portion of 
156.12 	the remediation fund:
156.13 	(1) response costs and natural resource damages related to releases of hazardous 
156.14 	substances, or pollutants or contaminants, recovered under sections 115B.17, subdivisions
156.15 	subdivision 6 and 7,;115B.443,;115B.444, or any other law;
156.16 	(2) money paid to the agency or the Agriculture Department by voluntary parties who 
156.17 	have received technical or other assistance under sections 115B.17, subdivision 14, 115B.175
156.18 	to 115B.179, and 115C.03, subdivision 9;
156.19 	(3) money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursement, or appropriation from 
156.20 	any source for any of the purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants; and
156.21 	(4) interest accrued on the fund.

156.22 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.155, is amended by adding a subdivision 
156.23 	to read:
156.24 		Subd. 5b.Natural resources damages account. The natural resources damages account 
156.25 	is as described in section 115B.172.

156.26 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.993, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
156.27 		Subd. 2.Eligible borrower. To be eligible for a loan under this section, a borrower 
156.28 	must:
156.29 	(1) be a small business corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, or association;
156.30 	(2) be a potential emitter of pollutants to the air, ground, or water;
157.1 	(3) need capital for equipment purchases that will meet or exceed environmental 
157.2 	regulations or need capital for site investigation and cleanup;
157.3 	(4) have less than 50 100 full-time equivalent employees; and
157.4 	(5) have an after tax profit of less than $500,000; and.
157.5 	(6) have a net worth of less than $1,000,000.

157.6 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.993, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
157.7 		Subd. 6.Loan conditions. A loan made under this section must include:
157.8 	(1) an interest rate that is four percent orat or below one-half the prime rate, whichever 
157.9 	is greater not to exceed five percent;
157.10 	(2) a term of payment of not more than seven years; and
157.11 	(3) an amount not less than $1,000 or exceeding $50,000 $75,000.

157.12 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
157.13 		Subd. 2a.When prepared. (a) Where there is potential for significant environmental 
157.14 	effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall must be preceded by 
157.15 	a detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit. 
157.16 	The environmental impact statement shall must be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic 
157.17 	document which that describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant 
157.18 	environmental impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and their 
157.19 	impacts, and explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an action could 
157.20 	be mitigated. The environmental impact statement shall must also analyze those economic, 
157.21 	employment, and sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action be 
157.22 	implemented. To ensure its use in the decision-making process, the environmental impact 
157.23 	statement shall must be prepared as early as practical in the formulation of an action.
157.24 	(b) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental 
157.25 	impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall must be prepared 
157.26 	as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under this 
157.27 	section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet is not required for the expansion 
157.28 	of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), or the 
157.29 	conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of a biobutanol 
157.30 	facility as defined in section 41A.15, subdivision 2d, based on the capacity of the expanded 
157.31 	or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but must be required if the ethanol plant or 
158.1 	biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds of other categories of actions for which 
158.2 	environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared. The responsible governmental unit 
158.3 	for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility project for which an environmental assessment 
158.4 	worksheet is prepared is the state agency with the greatest responsibility for supervising or 
158.5 	approving the project as a whole.
158.6 	(c) A mandatory environmental impact statement is not required for a facility or plant 
158.7 	located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than 125,000,000 
158.8 	gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, or produces less than 400,000 
158.9 	tons of chemicals annually, if the facility or plant is: an ethanol plant, as defined in section 
158.10 	41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b); a biobutanol facility, as defined in section 41A.15, 
158.11 	subdivision 2d; or a cellulosic biofuel facility. A facility or plant that only uses a cellulosic 
158.12 	feedstock to produce chemical products for use by another facility as a feedstock is not 
158.13 	considered a fuel conversion facility as used in rules adopted under this chapter.
158.14 	(d) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the completion 
158.15 	of an environmental assessment worksheet by publishing the notice in at least one newspaper 
158.16 	of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is proposed, by posting the 
158.17 	notice on a website that has been designated as the official publication site for publication 
158.18 	of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in which the project 
158.19 	is proposed, or in any other manner determined by the board and shall provide copies of 
158.20 	the environmental assessment worksheet to the board and its member agencies. Comments 
158.21 	on the need for an environmental impact statement may be submitted to the responsible 
158.22 	governmental unit during a 30-day period following publication of the notice that an 
158.23 	environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. The responsible governmental 
158.24 	unit may extend the 30-day comment period for an additional 30 days one time. Further 
158.25 	extensions of the comment period may not be made unless approved by the project's proposer. 
158.26 	The responsible governmental unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact 
158.27 	statement shall must be based on the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments 
158.28 	received during the comment period, and shall must be made within 15 days after the close 
158.29 	of the comment period. The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 
158.30 	15 additional days upon the request of the responsible governmental unit.
158.31 	(e) An environmental assessment worksheet shall must also be prepared for a proposed 
158.32 	action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 100 individuals 
158.33 	who reside or own property in the state, submitted before the proposed project has received 
158.34 	final approval by the appropriate governmental units, demonstrates that, because of the 
158.35 	nature or location of a proposed action, there may be potential for significant environmental 
159.1 	effects. Petitions requesting the preparation of an environmental assessment worksheet shall
159.2 	must be submitted to the board. The chair of the board shall determine the appropriate 
159.3 	responsible governmental unit and forward the petition to it. A decision on the need for an 
159.4 	environmental assessment worksheet shall must be made by the responsible governmental 
159.5 	unit within 15 days after the petition is received by the responsible governmental unit. The 
159.6 	board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon request 
159.7 	of the responsible governmental unit.
159.8 	(f) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part 
159.9 	4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental 
159.10 	review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:
159.11 	(1) the proposed action is:
159.12 	(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or
159.13 	(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative capacity 
159.14 	of less than 1,000 animal units;
159.15 	(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment by the 
159.16 	proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution 
159.17 	Control Agency feedlot rules; and
159.18 	(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business days 
159.19 	before the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the animal feedlot 
159.20 	facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held with regard to the 
159.21 	feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is in addition to other 
159.22 	exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.
159.23 	(g) The board may, before final approval of a proposed project, require preparation of 
159.24 	an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental unit selected by the 
159.25 	board for any action where environmental review under this section has not been specifically 
159.26 	provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.
159.27 	(h) An early and open process shall must be utilized used to limit the scope of the 
159.28 	environmental impact statement to a discussion of those impacts that, because of the nature 
159.29 	or location of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects. The same 
159.30 	process shall must be utilized used to determine the form, content, and level of detail of the 
159.31 	statement as well as the alternatives that are appropriate for consideration in the statement. 
159.32 	In addition, the permits that will be required for the proposed action shall must be identified 
159.33 	during the scoping process. Further, the process shall must identify those permits for which 
160.1 	information will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement. The 
160.2 	board shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process. The 
160.3 	determinations reached in the process shall must be incorporated into the order requiring 
160.4 	the preparation of an environmental impact statement.
160.5 	(i) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid duplication 
160.6 	and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review and between 
160.7 	environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, information 
160.8 	needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits or other actions required 
160.9 	for a proposed project shall must be developed in conjunction with the preparation of an 
160.10 	environmental impact statement. When an environmental impact statement is prepared for 
160.11 	a project requiring multiple permits for which two or more agencies' decision processes 
160.12 	include either mandatory or discretionary hearings before a hearing officer before the 
160.13 	agencies' decision on the permit, the agencies may, notwithstanding any law or rule to the 
160.14 	contrary, conduct the hearings in a single consolidated hearing process if requested by the 
160.15 	proposer. All agencies having jurisdiction over a permit that is included in the consolidated 
160.16 	hearing shall participate. The responsible governmental unit shall establish appropriate 
160.17 	procedures for the consolidated hearing process, including procedures to ensure that the 
160.18 	consolidated hearing process is consistent with the applicable requirements for each permit 
160.19 	regarding the rights and duties of parties to the hearing, and shall utilize use the earliest 
160.20 	applicable hearing procedure to initiate the hearing. All agencies having jurisdiction over 
160.21 	a permit identified in the draft environmental assessment worksheet scoping document must 
160.22 	begin reviewing any permit application upon publication of the notice of preparation of the 
160.23 	environmental impact statement.
160.24 	(j) An environmental impact statement shall must be prepared and its adequacy 
160.25 	determined within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by 
160.26 	consent of the parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental unit 
160.27 	shall determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 days 
160.28 	after notice is published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, the board 
160.29 	chooses to determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an environmental 
160.30 	impact statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental unit shall have
160.31 	has 60 days to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.
160.32 	(k) The proposer of a specific action may include in the information submitted to the 
160.33 	responsible governmental unit a preliminary draft environmental impact statement under 
160.34 	this section on that action for review, modification, and determination of completeness and 
160.35 	adequacy by the responsible governmental unit. A preliminary draft environmental impact 
161.1 	statement prepared by the project proposer and submitted to the responsible governmental 
161.2 	unit shall must identify or include as an appendix all studies and other sources of information 
161.3 	used to substantiate the analysis contained in the preliminary draft environmental impact 
161.4 	statement. The responsible governmental unit shall require additional studies, if needed, 
161.5 	and obtain from the project proposer all additional studies and information necessary for 
161.6 	the responsible governmental unit to perform its responsibility to review, modify, and 
161.7 	determine the completeness and adequacy of the environmental impact statement.

161.8 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116U.55, is amended to read:
161.9 	116U.55 GIFTS, GRANTS, AND ENDOWMENTS; ACCOUNT.
161.10 		Subdivision 1.Acceptance of gifts and grants. The office may accept gifts of money, 
161.11 	property, or services, may apply for and accept grants from the United States, the state, a 
161.12 	subdivision of the state, or a person for any of its purposes; may enter into an agreement 
161.13 	required in connection with it; and may hold, use, and dispose of the money, property, or 
161.14 	services in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, or agreement relating to it. The 
161.15 	office may also make grants, gifts, and bequests of money, property, or services and enter 
161.16 	into contracts to carry out the same. The gift acceptance procedures of sections 16A.013 to 
161.17 	16A.016 do not apply to this section.
161.18 		Subd. 2.Outdoor recreation promotion account. Gifts and grants received by the 
161.19 	office for promoting outdoor recreation must be deposited in an outdoor recreation promotion 
161.20 	account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account, including interest earned, is 
161.21 	appropriated to the director for the purposes specified in the gift or grant.

161.22 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.353, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
161.23 		Subdivision 1.Appointment. The school trust lands director shall be appointed by the 
161.24 	governor. The commissioner of natural resources shall provide human resources, payroll, 
161.25 	accounting, procurement, and other similar administrative services to the school trust lands 
161.26 	director. The director's appointment is subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

162.1 	Sec. 108. Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105, as amended by Laws 2017, 
162.2 	chapter 93, article 2, section 148, is amended to read:
162.3 	Sec. 105. RULES; SILICA SAND.
 162.4 	(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may adopt rules pertaining to 
162.5 	the control of particulate emissions from silica sand projects. The rulemaking is exempt 
162.6 	from Minnesota Statutes, section 14.125.
162.7 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules develop a model ordinance
162.8 	pertaining to the reclamation of silica sand mines. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota 
162.9 	Statutes, section 14.125 commissioner shall publish the model ordinance in the State Register.
162.10 	(c) By January 1, 2014, the Department of Health shall adopt an air quality health-based 
162.11 	value for silica sand.
162.12 	(d) The Environmental Quality Board may amend its rules for environmental review, 
162.13 	adopted under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D, for silica sand mining and processing to 
162.14 	take into account the increased activity in the state and concerns over the size of specific 
162.15 	operations. The Environmental Quality Board shall consider whether the requirements of 
162.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.991, should remain part of the environmental review 
162.17 	requirements for silica sand and whether the requirements should be different for different 
162.18 	geographic areas of the state. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 
162.19 	14.125.

162.20 	Sec. 109. APPLYING STORM WATER RULES TO TOWNSHIPS.
 162.21 	Until the Pollution Control Agency amends rules for storm water, Minnesota Rules, part 
162.22 	7090.1010, subpart 1, item B, subitem (1), applies only to the portions of a city, a town, 
162.23 	and unorganized areas of counties that are designated as urbanized under Code of Federal 
162.24 	Regulations, title 40, section 122.26(2)(9)(i)(A), and other platted areas within that 
162.25 	jurisdiction.

162.26 	Sec. 110. WETLAND REPLACEMENT; FRAMEWORKS FOR IN-LIEU FEE 
162.27 	PROGRAM.
 162.28 	The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with the United States Army 
162.29 	Corps of Engineers, may complete the planning frameworks and other program application 
162.30 	requirements necessary for federal approval of an in-lieu fee program, as authorized under 
162.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.2242, in the Red River basin and the greater than 80 
162.32 	percent area. The planning frameworks must contain a prioritization strategy for selecting 
163.1 	and implementing mitigation activities based on a watershed approach that includes 
163.2 	consideration of historic resource loss within watersheds and the extent to which mitigation 
163.3 	can address priority watershed needs. The board must consider the recommendations of the 
163.4 	report "Siting of Wetland Mitigation in Northeast Minnesota," dated March 7, 2014, and 
163.5 	implementation of Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3355, paragraphs (e) and (f), in 
163.6 	developing proposed planning frameworks for applicable watersheds. When completing 
163.7 	the work and pursuing approval of an in-lieu fee program, the board must do so consistent 
163.8 	with the applicable requirements, stakeholder and agency review processes, and approval 
163.9 	time frames in Code of Federal Regulations, title 33, part 332. Upon receiving federal 
163.10 	approval, the board must submit any completed planning frameworks to the chairs and 
163.11 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and 
163.12 	divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources.

163.13 	Sec. 111. HILL-ANNEX MINE STATE PARK; MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION.
 163.14 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources must operate the Hill-Annex Mine State Park 
163.15 	for the purposes it was established through June 30, 2021, and must during that time maintain 
163.16 	at fiscal year 2016 levels, the level of service and hours of operation at the park. The 
163.17 	commissioner must work with the group established under Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 
163.18 	2, section 156, to review park activities and the alternate operating model developed and 
163.19 	identify options for sustainable and viable operation of the park site. The commissioner 
163.20 	must submit recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of 
163.21 	representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment 
163.22 	and natural resources by January 15, 2021.
163.23 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources must work with the city of Calumet, other 
163.24 	neighboring cities and townships, and other local units of government to identify and 
163.25 	coordinate volunteers to supplement the Department of Natural Resources' park operations 
163.26 	to the extent allowable under state law and rules.

163.27 	Sec. 112. AGGREGATE RECLAMATION GUIDANCE.
 163.28 	The commissioner of natural resources shall update the Department of Natural Resources 
163.29 	aggregate reclamation handbook as recommended by the Aggregate Resources Task Force 
163.30 	Final Report dated January 15, 2018.

164.1 	Sec. 113. BASIC ANGLING CURRICULUM.
 164.2 	The commissioner of natural resources must develop a basic angling curriculum that 
164.3 	includes basic fishing techniques and information about aquatic invasive species, tournament 
164.4 	etiquette, conservation, water safety, and related matters. The commissioner must make the 
164.5 	basic angling curriculum available without cost to nonprofit organizations operating fishing 
164.6 	leagues for high schools.

164.7 	Sec. 114. METROPOLITAN LANDFILL CONTINGENCY ACTION TRUST 
164.8 	ACCOUNT; REPORT.
 164.9 	By February 1, 2020, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must submit a 
164.10 	report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate 
164.11 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance 
164.12 	regarding the long-term health and availability of the metropolitan landfill contingency 
164.13 	action trust account, including its ability to meet future obligations. The commissioner must 
164.14 	consult affected local governments in preparing the report.

164.15 	Sec. 115. STAMP DESIGN; RULE AMENDMENT.
 164.16 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 6290.0400, 
164.17 	subpart 3, to:
164.18 	(1) allow a contest entry to be created using nonphotographic digital media; and
164.19 	(2) require a person submitting a contest entry to list all media used in the creation of 
164.20 	the entry.
164.21 	(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, 
164.22 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota 
164.23 	Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
164.24 	14.388.

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

164.26 	Sec. 116. FINANCIAL ASSURANCE ANALYSIS FOR WASTE TIRE FACILITIES.
 164.27 	By February 1, 2020, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall conduct 
164.28 	an analysis of the forms and levels of financial assurance required of owners and operators 
164.29 	of permitted waste tire facilities and submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
164.30 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment policy and finance 
164.31 	that includes the following:
165.1 	(1) an analysis of the adequacy of existing financial assurance mechanisms for waste 
165.2 	tires stored at waste tire facilities;
165.3 	(2) waste tire processing capacity statewide; and
165.4 	(3) a review of additional options for financial assurance mechanisms.

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

165.6 	Sec. 117. NAMING STATE PARK FACILITIES AFTER WALTER F. MONDALE.
 165.7 		Subdivision 1.Naming. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 10.49, the buildings 
165.8 	and other facilities listed in subdivisions 2 to 5 may be designated and named after Walter 
165.9 	F. Mondale.
165.10 		Subd. 2.Interstate State Park; scenic overlook and trail. The scenic overlook and 
165.11 	trail at Interstate State Park is named and designated as the Walter F. Mondale Scenic 
165.12 	Overlook and Trail.
165.13 		Subd. 3.St. Croix State Park; visitor center. The visitor center at St. Croix State Park 
165.14 	is named and designated as the Walter F. Mondale Visitor Center.
165.15 		Subd. 4.Wild River State Park; River Trail. The River Trail at Wild River State Park 
165.16 	is named and designated as the Walter F. Mondale River Trail.
165.17 		Subd. 5.William O'Brien State Park; day use area. The day use area at William 
165.18 	O'Brien State Park, currently referred to as the Lake Alice Day Use Area, is named and 
165.19 	designated as the Walter F. Mondale Day Use Area.

165.20 	Sec. 118. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 165.21 	The revisor of statutes must change the reference in Minnesota Statutes, sections 127A.30, 
165.22 	subdivision 2, and 287.22, from "section 92.121" to "section 92.122."

165.23 	Sec. 119. REPEALER.
 165.24 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.121, is repealed.

166.1 	ARTICLE 4
166.2 	STATE LANDS

166.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.0273, is amended to read:
166.4 	84.0273 ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY LINES RELATING TO CERTAIN STATE 
166.5 	LANDHOLDINGS.
166.6 	(a) In order To resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the state 
166.7 	and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the name of the 
166.8 	state upon terms the commissioner deems appropriate, convey, by a boundary line agreement, 
166.9 	quitclaim deed, or management agreement in such form as the attorney general approves, 
166.10 	such rights, titles, and interests of the state in state lands for such rights, titles, and interests 
166.11 	in adjacent lands as are necessary for the purpose of establishing to establish boundaries.
166.12 	The commissioner must publish a notice of the proposed conveyance and a brief statement 
166.13 	of the reason therefor shall be published for the conveyance once in the State Register by 
166.14 	the commissioner between 15 and at least 30 days prior to before the conveyance. The 
166.15 	provisions of This paragraph are is not intended to replace or supersede laws relating to 
166.16 	land exchange or disposal of surplus state property.
166.17 	(b) In order To resolve trespass issues affecting the ownership interests of the state and 
166.18 	adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources, in the name of the state, may 
166.19 	sell surplus lands not needed for natural resource purposes at private sale to adjoining 
166.20 	property owners and leaseholders. The conveyance must be by quitclaim in a form approved 
166.21 	by the attorney general for a consideration not less than the value determined according to 
166.22 	section 94.10, subdivision 1.
166.23 	(c) Paragraph (b) applies to all state-owned lands managed by the commissioner of 
166.24 	natural resources, except school trust land as defined in section 92.025. For acquired lands, 
166.25 	the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding 
166.26 	the offering to public entities, public sale, and related notice and publication requirements 
166.27 	of sections 94.09 to 94.165. For consolidated conservation lands, the commissioner may 
166.28 	sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the classification and 
166.29 	public sale provisions of chapters 84A and 282.

166.30 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.115, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
166.31 		Subdivision 1.Land valuation required. Before offering any state land for sale under 
166.32 	this chapter, the commissioner must establish the value of the land. The commissioner shall 
166.33 	have the land appraised if the estimated market value is in excess of $50,000 $100,000.

167.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 94.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
167.2 		Subd. 3.Notice to agencies; determination of surplus. The commissioner of natural 
167.3 	resources shall send written notice to all state departments, agencies and the University of 
167.4 	Minnesota the Departments of Administration and Transportation, the Board of Water and 
167.5 	Soil Resources, the Office of School Trust Lands, the legal or land departments of the 
167.6 	University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota 
167.7 	Indian Affairs Council, and any other state department or agency that requests to receive 
167.8 	notices describing any lands or tracts which that may be declared surplus. If a department 
167.9 	or agency or the University of Minnesota recipient of the notice desires custody of the lands 
167.10 	or tracts, it shall the recipient must submit a written request to the commissioner, no later 
167.11 	than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth in detail its the reasons 
167.12 	for desiring to acquire, and its the intended use of, the land or tract. The commissioner shall 
167.13 	then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications of the heads of the 
167.14 	departments or agencies so requested should be declared surplus and offered for sale or 
167.15 	otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state departments 
167.16 	or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for educational 
167.17 	purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall is not be determinative 
167.18 	of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of the lands are no 
167.19 	longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of fact, describe 
167.20 	the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for the sale or 
167.21 	disposition of the lands.

167.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 94.10, is amended to read:
167.23 	94.10 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.
167.24 		Subdivision 1.Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a) Before offering any 
167.25 	surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of natural resources must establish 
167.26 	the value of the lands. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated 
167.27 	value is in excess of $50,000 $100,000. No parcel of state-owned land shall be sold for less 
167.28 	than $1,000.
167.29 	(b) The appraisals must be made by regularly appointed and qualified state appraisers. 
167.30 	To be qualified, an appraiser must hold a state appraiser license issued by the Department 
167.31 	of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of 
167.32 	Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
167.33 	(c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall must first 
167.34 	be offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic 
168.1 	in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public 
168.2 	purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public 
168.3 	body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner of natural resources shall give 
168.4 	a written notice to the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional 
168.5 	boundaries include or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase 
168.6 	the surplus land, it shall the public body must submit a written offer to the commissioner 
168.7 	no later than two weeks after receipt of notice setting forth in detail its the reasons for 
168.8 	desiring to acquire and its the intended use of the land. In the event that If more than one 
168.9 	public body tenders an offer, the commissioner shall determine which party shall receive 
168.10 	the property and shall submit written findings regarding the decision. If lands are offered 
168.11 	for sale for public purposes and if a public body notifies the commissioner of its desire to 
168.12 	acquire the lands, the public body may have up to two years from the date of the accepted 
168.13 	offer to commence payment begin paying for the lands in the manner provided by law.
168.14 	(d) Before offering surplus state-owned lands that are located within the reservation 
168.15 	boundary of a federally recognized Indian tribe for public sale or before offering the lands 
168.16 	to an entity specified in paragraph (c), the lands must first be offered to the federally 
168.17 	recognized Indian tribe with governing authority over the reservation where the lands are 
168.18 	located. If the lands are located within the reservation boundary of a federally recognized 
168.19 	tribe that is one of the six constituent tribes of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, then the lands 
168.20 	must be offered to both the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and the constituent tribe where the 
168.21 	lands are located. The lands may be sold for not less than the appraised value of the lands. 
168.22 	To determine whether an Indian tribe desires to purchase the lands, the commissioner of 
168.23 	natural resources must give a written notice to the governing body of the Indian tribe and, 
168.24 	when applicable, to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe if the tribe is a member of the Minnesota 
168.25 	Chippewa Tribe. If the Indian tribe desires to purchase the lands, the Indian tribe must notify 
168.26 	the commissioner in writing of the intent to purchase the lands no later than two weeks after 
168.27 	receiving the notice. If the Indian tribe notifies the commissioner of its intent to acquire the 
168.28 	lands, the Indian tribe has up to two years from the date that the notice of intent to purchase 
168.29 	the lands was submitted to begin paying for the lands in the manner provided by law.
168.30 		Subd. 2.Public sale requirements. (a) After complying with subdivision 1 and before 
168.31 	any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made and at least 30 days before the sale, the 
168.32 	commissioner of natural resources shall publish a notice of the sale in a newspaper of general 
168.33 	distribution in the county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice shall 
168.34 	specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of the 
169.1 	lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. The commissioner 
169.2 	shall also provide electronic notice of the sale.
169.3 	(b) The minimum bid for a parcel of land must include the estimated value or appraised 
169.4 	value of the land and any improvements and, if any of the land is valuable for merchantable 
169.5 	timber, the value of the merchantable timber. The minimum bid may include expenses 
169.6 	incurred by the commissioner in rendering the property salable, including survey, appraisal, 
169.7 	legal, advertising, and other expenses.
169.8 	(c) The purchaser of state land must pay recording fees and the state deed tax.
169.9 	(d) Except as provided under paragraph (e), parcels remaining unsold after the offering 
169.10 	may be sold to anyone agreeing to pay at least 75 percent of the appraised value. The sale 
169.11 	shall must continue until all parcels are sold or until the commissioner orders a reappraisal 
169.12 	or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
169.13 	(e) The commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a 
169.14 	buyer for parcels remaining unsold after the offering. The sale price may be negotiated by 
169.15 	the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of the appraised value as determined by the 
169.16 	commissioner. The broker's fee must be established by prior agreement between the 
169.17 	commissioner and the broker and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of 
169.18 	$10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.
169.19 	(f) Public sales of surplus state-owned land may be conducted through online auctions.

169.20 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 282.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
169.21 		Subd. 4.Sale; method; requirements; effects. (a) The sale authorized under subdivision 
169.22 	3 must be conducted by the county auditor at the county seat of the county in which the 
169.23 	parcels lie, except that in St. Louis and Koochiching Counties, the sale may be conducted 
169.24 	in any county designated facility within the county. The sale must not be for less than the 
169.25 	appraised value except as provided in subdivision 7a. The parcels must be sold for cash 
169.26 	only, unless the county board of the county has adopted a resolution providing for their sale 
169.27 	on terms, in which event the resolution controls with respect to the sale. When the sale is 
169.28 	made on terms other than for cash only (1) a payment of at least ten percent of the purchase 
169.29 	price must be made at the time of purchase, and the balance must be paid in no more than 
169.30 	ten equal annual installments, or (2) the payments must be made in accordance with county 
169.31 	board policy, but in no event may the board require more than 12 installments annually, 
169.32 	and the contract term must not be for more than ten years. Standing timber or timber products 
169.33 	must not be removed from these lands until an amount equal to the appraised value of all 
170.1 	standing timber or timber products on the lands at the time of purchase has been paid by 
170.2 	the purchaser. If a parcel of land bearing standing timber or timber products is sold at public 
170.3 	auction for more than the appraised value, the amount bid in excess of the appraised value 
170.4 	must be allocated between the land and the timber in proportion to their respective appraised 
170.5 	values. In that case, standing timber or timber products must not be removed from the land 
170.6 	until the amount of the excess bid allocated to timber or timber products has been paid in 
170.7 	addition to the appraised value of the land. The purchaser is entitled to immediate possession, 
170.8 	subject to the provisions of any existing valid lease made in behalf of the state.
170.9 	(b) For sales occurring on or after July 1, 1982, the unpaid balance of the purchase price 
170.10 	is subject to interest at the rate determined pursuant to section 549.09. The unpaid balance 
170.11 	of the purchase price for sales occurring after December 31, 1990, is subject to interest at 
170.12 	the rate determined in section 279.03, subdivision 1a. The interest rate is subject to change 
170.13 	each year on the unpaid balance in the manner provided for rate changes in section 549.09 
170.14 	or 279.03, subdivision 1a, whichever, is applicable. Interest on the unpaid contract balance 
170.15 	on sales occurring before July 1, 1982, is payable at the rate applicable to the sale at the 
170.16 	time that the sale occurred.
170.17 	(c) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, a county board may by resolution provide for the 
170.18 	listing and sale of individual parcels by other means, including through a real estate broker. 
170.19 	However, if the buyer under this paragraph could have repurchased a parcel of property 
170.20 	under section 282.012 or 282.241, that buyer may not purchase that same parcel of property 
170.21 	at the sale under this subdivision for a purchase price less than the sum of all taxes, 
170.22 	assessments, penalties, interest, and costs due at the time of forfeiture computed under 
170.23 	section 282.251, and any special assessments for improvements certified as of the date of 
170.24 	sale. This subdivision shall be liberally construed to encourage the sale and utilization of 
170.25 	tax-forfeited land in order to eliminate nuisances and dangerous conditions and to increase 
170.26 	compliance with land use ordinances.

170.27 	Sec. 6. Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2016, 
170.28 	chapter 154, section 9, is amended to read:
170.29 		Subd. 2.Method of sale. (a) The leaseholder of a leased parcel may purchase at private 
170.30 	sale the leased parcel and any other lands allocated to the parcel by the county under 
170.31 	subdivision 6 that is offered for sale under this section. The purchase price is the appraised 
170.32 	value of the land under subdivision 3 exclusive of improvements on it. To purchase a parcel, 
170.33 	a leaseholder must pay in cash to the county an amount equal to the appraised value of the 
170.34 	land within 180 days from the date of mailing to or service of notice of appraised value to 
171.1 	the leaseholder by the county. The 180-day period runs from the date of mailing of a copy 
171.2 	of the appraisal to the leaseholder at the address shown upon the most recent lease agreement 
171.3 	between the parties, exclusive of the date of mailing or service. The county may use any 
171.4 	alternative method of notice under the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure for the service 
171.5 	of a summons and complaint.
171.6 	(b) If the leaseholder does not purchase the parcel so offered, the county may offer the 
171.7 	lands for sale under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7. If 
171.8 	a person other than the leaseholder purchases the parcel, the purchaser must make payment 
171.9 	in full to the leaseholder in the manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.06, 
171.10 	subdivision 4, for the value of any improvements as determined under subdivision 3 or for 
171.11 	the value of any improvements as determined through negotiations.
171.12 	(c) Failure of a purchaser to comply with the terms of payment voids the sale and the 
171.13 	property may be reoffered for sale.

171.14 	Sec. 7. Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2016, 
171.15 	chapter 154, section 11, is amended to read:
171.16 		Subd. 9.Sunset. This section expires seven ten years after the effective date.

171.17 	Sec. 8. ADDITION TO STATE PARK.
 171.18 	[85.012] [Subd. 23a.] Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County.
171.19 	The following areas are added to Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County:
171.20 	(1) Government Lot 2, Section 12, Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail 
171.21 	County, Minnesota, subject to an existing conservation easement; and
171.22 	(2) the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 11, 
171.23 	Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, except that part of 
171.24 	said Government Lot 2 platted as Walvatne Addition. Subject to an existing conservation 
171.25 	easement.

171.26 	Sec. 9. DELETION FROM STATE PARK.
 171.27 	[85.012] [Subd. 49.] St. Croix State Park, Pine County. The following area is deleted 
171.28 	from St. Croix State Park, Pine County: that part of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter 
171.29 	of Section 29 and that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, 
171.30 	Township 41 North, Range 17 West, Pine County, Minnesota, lying north of County Road 
171.31 	48.

172.1 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
172.2 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 172.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
172.4 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
172.5 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
172.6 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
172.7 	errors and ensure accuracy.
172.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: 
172.9 	Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 48 North, Range 19 West.
172.10 	(d) The land borders Perch Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
172.11 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
172.12 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would be best served if 
172.13 	the land were sold to a federally recognized Indian tribe for land consolidation purposes.

172.14 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
172.15 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 172.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
172.17 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
172.18 	in paragraph (c).
172.19 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
172.20 	errors and ensure accuracy.
172.21 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, Block 
172.22 	1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, located in Section 22, Township 140 North, Range 29 West.
172.23 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
172.24 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
172.25 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
172.26 	the land was returned to private ownership.

172.27 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
172.28 	HUBBARD COUNTY.
 172.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
172.30 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus lands bordering 
172.31 	public water that is described in paragraph (c) to Hubbard County for no consideration.
173.1 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct 
173.2 	errors and ensure accuracy.
173.3 	(c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Hubbard County and are described 
173.4 	as:
173.5 	(1) the East 285.00 feet of the West 660.00 feet of Government Lot 4 of Section 27, 
173.6 	Township 141 North, Range 34 West. Including all riparian rights to the contained 2.3 acres, 
173.7 	more or less; and
173.8 	(2) that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 34, Township 141 North, Range 34 West, 
173.9 	described as follows:
173.10 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 2; thence South 89 degrees 
173.11 	27 minutes 15 seconds East, bearing assumed, along the north line of said Section 34 a 
173.12 	distance of 375.18 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing South 89 degrees 
173.13 	27 minutes 15 seconds East along said north line a distance of 285.13 feet; thence South 
173.14 	02 degrees 01 minutes 46 seconds East along a line parallel with and 660.00 feet from 
173.15 	the west line of said Government Lot 2 a distance of 77.98 feet; thence North 88 degrees 
173.16 	14 minutes 48 seconds East a distance of 65.77 feet along a line which if continued 
173.17 	550.00 feet would intersect an angle iron previously used as the northeast corner of said 
173.18 	Government Lot 2; thence South 01 degrees 45 minutes 12 seconds East along a line 
173.19 	parallel with and 550.00 feet west of a previously established survey line a distance of 
173.20 	650.18 feet to the boundary line as established by that certain agreement between Richard 
173.21 	Dusbabek and Jean Dusbabek, husband and wife, and Donald S. Olson and Betty Jane 
173.22 	Olson, husband and wife, and filed for record on May 10, 1982, in the office of the 
173.23 	county recorder in Book 146 of Deeds, page 806; thence South 88 degrees 12 minutes 
173.24 	12 seconds West along said boundary line a distance of 179.39 feet; thence North 12 
173.25 	degrees 07 minutes 46 seconds West a distance of 663.07 feet; thence North 32 degrees 
173.26 	35 minutes 05 seconds West a distance of 101.91 feet to the point of beginning; containing 
173.27 	4.1 acres.
173.28 	(d) The lands border Big Sand Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
173.29 	determined that the lands are not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's 
173.30 	land management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to Hubbard 
173.31 	County.

174.1 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 174.2 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
174.3 	other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
174.4 	described in paragraph (c).
174.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
174.6 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
174.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: the East 660 feet 
174.8 	of the West 990 feet of the South 660 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
174.9 	Section 7, Township 55 North, Range 24 West.
174.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
174.11 	be served if the lands were used for a new broadcast tower, transmitter, and transmission 
174.12 	building.

174.13 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
174.14 	WATER; KANABEC COUNTY.
 174.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
174.16 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
174.17 	in paragraph (c).
174.18 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
174.19 	errors and ensure accuracy.
174.20 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kanabec County and is described as: that part 
174.21 	of the West 200 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 42 North, Range 
174.22 	23 West, Kanabec County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the centerline of the Snake River.
174.23 	(d) The land borders the Snake River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
174.24 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
174.25 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
174.26 	the land was returned to private ownership.

174.27 	Sec. 15. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
174.28 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 174.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
174.30 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
174.31 	in paragraph (c).
175.1 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
175.2 	errors and ensure accuracy.
175.3 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
175.4 	Lots 25, 26, and 27 in Block 2 of Jackson and Mckee's Addition, according to the plat 
175.5 	thereof, on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, 
175.6 	less and except that part of said Lot 27 in Block 2 of Jackson and Mckee's Addition, Otter 
175.7 	Tail County, Minnesota, South of the line between Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 14, 
175.8 	Township 136, Range 38.
175.9 	(d) The land borders Big Pine Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
175.10 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
175.11 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
175.12 	the land was returned to private ownership.

175.13 	Sec. 16. LEASE; TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 175.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
175.15 	St. Louis County may enter into a lease for the tax-forfeited lands described in paragraph 
175.16 	(b) for consideration of more than $12,000 per year.
175.17 	(b) The lands to be leased are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
175.18 	(1) a 10.0-acre site in the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 56 North, Range 17 
175.19 	West, to be used for a telecommunications tower and a 33-foot-wide strip of land, 16.5 feet 
175.20 	on either side of the centerline in the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, and in the Southwest 
175.21 	Quarter, Section 14, Township 56 North, Range 17 West, to be used for an access road to 
175.22 	the tower site; and
175.23 	(2) a 10.0-acre site in the West Half, Section 32, Township 60 North, Range 21 West, 
175.24 	to be used for a telecommunications tower and a 33-foot-wide strip of land, 16.5 feet on 
175.25 	either side of the centerline in the West Half, Section 32, Township 60 North, Range 21 
175.26 	West, to be used for an access road to the tower site.

175.27 	Sec. 17. ACCESS TO TIMBER ON TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 175.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 160.83, or other law to the contrary, 
175.29 	St. Louis County or its agents or assigns may operate vehicles used for timber harvesting 
175.30 	and hauling or for transporting equipment and appurtenances incidental to timber harvesting, 
175.31 	gravel, and other road-building materials for timber haul roads on designated rustic roads 
175.32 	to access tax-forfeited lands for sustainable forest management.
176.1 	(b) The tax-forfeited lands to be accessed are located in St. Louis County in Sections 
176.2 	26, 27, and 35, Township 53 North, Range 12 West.
176.3 	(c) The rustic roads used for forest management must be immediately repaired if damaged 
176.4 	and must be maintained in their preharvest condition.
176.5 	(d) The county has determined that the county's sustainable forest management 
176.6 	responsibilities would best be served by using existing public roads to access tax-forfeited 
176.7 	land rather than building new roads.

176.8 	Sec. 18. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 176.9 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
176.10 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
176.11 	described in paragraph (c).
176.12 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
176.13 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
176.14 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
176.15 	(1) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying North of Norton 
176.16 	Road and West of Howard Gnesen Road, except the easterly 95 feet of the westerly 890 
176.17 	feet and except the westerly 300 feet, Section 3, Township 50, Range 14 (parcel identification 
176.18 	number 010-2710-00549);
176.19 	(2) Lot 5, except the northerly three feet and except the southerly ten feet, West Duluth 
176.20 	Fifth Division, Section 7, Township 49, Range 14 (parcel identification number 
176.21 	010-4510-06740);
176.22 	(3) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except 4.24 acres for the highway 
176.23 	and except the part platted as Clayton Acres and except the highway right-of-way and except 
176.24 	6.44 acres of the adjacent plat and except the part North of Highway 169, Section 28, 
176.25 	Township 57, Range 21 (parcel identification number 141-0050-05470);
176.26 	(4) that part of the West 420 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying 
176.27 	South of the northerly line of Government Lot 6, except that part beginning at the southwest 
176.28 	corner; thence easterly along the southerly boundary 420 feet to a point; thence northerly 
176.29 	and parallel with the westerly boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
176.30 	177.95 feet to a point; thence North 67 degrees 38 minutes 35 seconds West to a point on 
176.31 	the westerly boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence southerly 
177.1 	along said westerly boundary approximately 364.12 feet to the point of beginning, Section 
177.2 	26, Township 57, Range 18 (parcel identification number 295-0017-00326);
177.3 	(5) the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 15, Township 56, Range 18 (parcel 
177.4 	identification number 435-0010-02590);
177.5 	(6) part of the East 400 feet of the Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 63, Range 
177.6 	12 (part of parcel identification number 465-0020-01965);
177.7 	(7) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Lots 2 and 3, Section 20, 
177.8 	Township 54, Range 13 (part of parcel identification number 620-0010-03130); and
177.9 	(8) Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, inclusive, auditor's plat of Chandler Addition to Ely, Section 28, 
177.10 	Township 63, Range 12 (parcel identification number 030-0030-03530).
177.11 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
177.12 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

177.13 	Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; STEARNS COUNTY.
 177.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, or any other law to the contrary, 
177.15 	the commissioner of transportation may convey and quitclaim to a private party all right, 
177.16 	title, and interest of the state of Minnesota in the land described in paragraph (e).
177.17 	(b) The conveyance may take place only upon conditions determined by the commissioner 
177.18 	of transportation and is not subject to restrictions on disposition, sale, lease, or otherwise 
177.19 	contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63.
177.20 	(c) The consideration for a conveyance made under this section must be the fair market 
177.21 	value of the land conveyed. Proceeds from the sale of real estate or buildings under this 
177.22 	section must be deposited in the rail bank maintenance account established in Minnesota 
177.23 	Statutes, section 222.63, subdivision 8.
177.24 	(d) The conveyance may reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 100 feet, 
177.25 	provided the conveyance does not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than ten 
177.26 	feet.
177.27 	(e) The land to be conveyed is located in Stearns County and is described as:
177.28 	That part of Tract A described below:
177.29 	Tract A. Outlot "A," Railroad Ridge, according to the plat thereof on file and of record 
177.30 	in the Office of the County Recorder in and for Stearns County, Minnesota; which lies 
177.31 	northerly of a line run parallel with and distant 33 feet southerly of the northerly line of 
178.1 	said Outlot "A" and westerly of the southerly extension of westerly right-of-way line of 
178.2 	5th Street as shown on said Railroad Ridge; together with that part of Tract A, herein 
178.3 	before described, adjoining and southerly of the above described strip which lies northerly 
178.4 	of a line run parallel with and distant 40 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot 
178.5 	"A" and westerly of the following described line: beginning at a point on the southerly 
178.6 	line of said Outlot "A," distant 436.36 feet easterly of the southwest corner thereof; 
178.7 	thence northerly at right angles from said southerly line for 50 feet and there terminating; 
178.8 	containing 29,925 square feet, more or less.

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

178.10 	Sec. 20. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
178.11 	WATER; WABASHA COUNTY.
 178.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
178.13 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
178.14 	in paragraph (c).
178.15 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
178.16 	errors and ensure accuracy.
178.17 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as: Lot 4, 
178.18 	Section 8, Township 109, Range 12, lying and being in the county of Wabasha, State of 
178.19 	Minnesota.
178.20 	(d) The land borders the Zumbro River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
178.21 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
178.22 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
178.23 	the land was returned to private ownership.

178.24 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
178.25 	WATER; YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY.
 178.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
178.27 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
178.28 	water that is described in paragraph (c) to the United States for no consideration.
178.29 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
178.30 	errors and ensure accuracy.
178.31 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Yellow Medicine County and is described 
178.32 	as: the South 33.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and that part of 
179.1 	Government Lot 1, Section 22, Township 114 North, Range 41 West, Yellow Medicine 
179.2 	County, Minnesota, described as follows:
179.3 	Beginning at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 1; thence on an assumed 
179.4 	bearing of North 01 degrees 09 minutes 07 seconds West along the west line of said 
179.5 	Government Lot 1 a distance of 33.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 02 
179.6 	seconds East parallel with the south line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 150.00 
179.7 	feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 58 seconds West 267.00 feet; thence North 89 
179.8 	degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds East 754 feet more or less, to the water's edge of Spellman 
179.9 	Lake; thence southwesterly along said water's edge 760 feet, more or less, to the south 
179.10 	line of said Government Lot 1; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West 
179.11 	along the south line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 288 feet, more or less, to 
179.12 	the point of beginning; including all riparian rights to the contained 4.1 acres, more or 
179.13 	less.
179.14 	(d) The land borders Spellman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands but is 
179.15 	adjacent to a waterfowl production area. The Department of Natural Resources has 
179.16 	determined that the land would best be managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
179.17 	Services as part of a waterfowl production area.

179.18 	ARTICLE 5
179.19 	CLEAN WATER MODIFICATIONS

179.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
179.21 		Subd. 5.Financial assistance. A base grant may be awarded to a county that provides 
179.22 	a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water implementation 
179.23 	tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied at a rate sufficient 
179.24 	to generate a minimum amount determined by the board. The board may award 
179.25 	performance-based, watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance 
179.26 	to local units of government that are responsible for implementing elements of applicable 
179.27 	portions of watershed management plans, comprehensive plans, local water management 
179.28 	plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, developed or amended, adopted and 
179.29 	approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local government 
179.30 	unit, the board may also award performance-based grants to local units of government to 
179.31 	carry out TMDL implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the TMDL 
179.32 	implementation plan has been incorporated into the local water management plan according 
179.33 	to the procedures for approving comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local 
179.34 	water management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under chapter 
180.1 	103B, 103C, or 103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone a public review 
180.2 	process. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award performance-based, 
180.3 	watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance on an advanced 
180.4 	basis and may prescribe the amount of local match required. The fee authorized in section 
180.5 	40A.152 may be used as a local match or as a supplement to state funding to accomplish 
180.6 	implementation of comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local water 
180.7 	management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under this chapter and 
180.8 	chapter 103C or 103D The board may enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide 
180.9 	funding for water management to local governments.

180.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
180.11 		Subd. 9.Performance-based criteria. (a) The board shallmust develop and utilize use
180.12 	performance-based criteria for local water resources restoration, protection, and management 
180.13 	programs and projects. The criteria may include but are not limited to science-based 
180.14 	assessments, organizational capacity, priority resource issues, community outreach and 
180.15 	support, partnership potential, potential for multiple benefits, and program and project 
180.16 	delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
180.17 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board may develop and use eligibility criteria 
180.18 	for state grants or other financial assistance provided to local governments.

180.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
180.20 		Subd. 2.Program purposes. The purposes of the comprehensive watershed management 
180.21 	plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:
180.22 	(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under this chapter and chapters 
180.23 	103C and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, 
180.24 	science-based approach to watershed management;
180.25 	(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan services, 
180.26 	and local capacity;
180.27 	(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed restoration 
180.28 	and protection strategies under section 114D.26, which may serve to fulfill all or some of 
180.29 	the requirements under chapter 114D;
180.30 	(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;
180.31 	(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving 
180.32 	measurable progress; and
181.1 	(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or 
181.2 	watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according to 
181.3 	this chapter or chapter 103C or 103D.

181.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
181.5 		Subd. 4.Plan content. The board shall develop policies for required comprehensive 
181.6 	watershed management plan content consistent with comprehensive local water management 
181.7 	planning. To ensure effectiveness and accountability in meeting the purposes of subdivision 
181.8 	2, plan content must include, at a minimum:
181.9 	(1) an analysis and prioritization of issues and resource concerns;
181.10 	(2) measurable goals to address the issues and concerns, including but not limited to:
181.11 	(i) restoration, protection, and preservation of drinking water sources and natural surface 
181.12 	water and groundwater storage and retention systems;
181.13 	(ii) minimization of public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water 
181.14 	quality problems;
181.15 	(iii) restoration, protection, and improvement of surface water and groundwater quality;
181.16 	(iv) establishment of more uniform local policies and official controls for surface water 
181.17 	and groundwater management;
181.18 	(v) identification of priority areas for wetland enhancement, restoration, and 
181.19 	establishment;
181.20 	(vi) identification of priority areas for riparian zone management and buffers;
181.21 	(vii) prevention of erosion and soil transport into surface water systems;
181.22 	(viii) promotion of groundwater recharge;
181.23 	(ix) protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational 
181.24 	facilities; and
181.25 	(x) securing other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water and 
181.26 	groundwater;
181.27 	(3) a targeted implementation schedule describing at a minimum the actions, locations, 
181.28 	timeline, estimated costs, method of measurement, and identification of roles and responsible 
181.29 	government units;
182.1 	(4) a description of implementation programs, including how the implementation schedule 
182.2 	will be achieved and how the plan will be administered and coordinated between local water 
182.3 	management responsibilities; and
182.4 	(5) a land and water resource inventory.

182.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
182.6 		Subd. 5.Timelines; administration. (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by June 
182.7 	30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination of plans 
182.8 	consistent with section 103A.212. The transition plan must include a goal of completing 
182.9 	statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025. The 
182.10 	metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan. The board may 
182.11 	amend the transition plan no more than once every two years.
182.12 	(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to support 
182.13 	development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management plan under this 
182.14 	section.

182.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
182.16 	read:
182.17 		Subd. 3a.Comprehensive local water management plan. "Comprehensive local water 
182.18 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3.

182.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
182.20 	read:
182.21 		Subd. 3b.Comprehensive watershed management plan. "Comprehensive watershed 
182.22 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3a.

182.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
182.24 		Subd. 7.Restoration. "Restoration" means actions, including effectiveness monitoring, 
182.25 	that are taken to pursue, achieve, and maintain water quality standards for impaired waters 
182.26 	in accordance with a TMDL that has been approved by the United States Environmental 
182.27 	Protection Agency under federal TMDL requirements.

182.28 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
182.29 		Subd. 11.TMDL implementation plan. "TMDL implementation plan" means a 
182.30 	document detailing restoration strategies or activities needed to meet the approved TMDL's
183.1 	TMDL pollutant load allocations for point and nonpoint sources. This could include a 
183.2 	WRAPS, a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water 
183.3 	management plan, or another document or strategy that the commissioner of the Pollution 
183.4 	Control Agency determines to be, in whole or in part, sufficient to provide reasonable 
183.5 	assurance of achieving applicable water quality standards.

183.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
183.7 		Subd. 13.Watershed restoration and protection strategy or WRAPS. "Watershed 
183.8 	restoration and protection strategy" or "WRAPS" means a document summarizing scientific 
183.9 	studies of a major watershed no larger than at approximately a hydrologic unit code 8 
183.10 	including the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality of the 
183.11 	watershed; identification of impairments and water bodies in need of protection; identification 
183.12 	of biotic stressors and sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint; TMDLs for the 
183.13 	impairments; and an implementation table containingscale with strategies and actions
183.14 	designed to achieve and maintain water quality standards and goals.

183.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
183.16 		Subd. 2.Goals for implementation. The following goals must guide the implementation 
183.17 	of this chapter:
183.18 	(1) to identify impaired waters in accordance with federal TMDL requirements within 
183.19 	ten years after May 23, 2006, and thereafter to ensure continuing evaluation of surface 
183.20 	waters for impairments;
183.21 	(2) to submit TMDLs to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all 
183.22 	impaired waters in a timely manner in accordance with federal TMDL requirements;
183.23 	(3) to set a reasonable time inform and support strategies for implementing restoration 
183.24 	of each identified impaired water and protection activities in a reasonable time period;
183.25 	(4) to systematically evaluate waters, to provide assistance and incentives to prevent 
183.26 	waters from becoming impaired, and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as 
183.27 	impaired but do not have an approved TMDL addressing the impairment;
183.28 	(5) to promptly seek the delisting of waters from the impaired waters list when those 
183.29 	waters are shown to achieve the designated uses applicable to the waters;
183.30 	(6) to achieve compliance with federal Clean Water Act requirements in Minnesota;
184.1 	(7) to support effective measures to prevent the degradation of groundwater according 
184.2 	to the groundwater degradation prevention goal under section 103H.001; and
184.3 	(8) to support effective measures to restore degraded groundwater.

184.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
184.5 		Subd. 3.Implementation policies. The following policies must guide the implementation 
184.6 	of this chapter:
184.7 	(1) develop regional and, multiple pollutant, or watershed TMDLs and TMDL 
184.8 	implementation plans, and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans for multiple pollutants
184.9 	or WRAPSs, where reasonable and feasible;
184.10 	(2) maximize use of available organizational, technical, and financial resources to perform 
184.11 	sampling, monitoring, and other activities to identify degraded groundwater and impaired 
184.12 	waters, including use of citizen monitoring and citizen monitoring data used by the Pollution 
184.13 	Control Agency in assessing water quality that meets the requirements in Appendix D of 
184.14 	the Volunteer Surface Water Monitoring Guide, Minnesotaestablished by the commissioner 
184.15 	of the Pollution Control Agency (2003);
184.16 	(3) maximize opportunities for restoration of degraded groundwater and impaired waters, 
184.17 	by prioritizing and targeting of available programmatic, financial, and technical resources 
184.18 	and by providing additional state resources to complement and leverage available resources;
184.19 	(4) use existing regulatory authorities to achieve restoration for point and nonpoint 
184.20 	sources of pollution where applicable, and promote the development and use of effective 
184.21 	nonregulatory measures to address pollution sources for which regulations are not applicable;
184.22 	(5) use restoration methods that have a demonstrated effectiveness in reducing 
184.23 	impairments and provide the greatest long-term positive impact on water quality protection 
184.24 	and improvement and related conservation benefits while incorporating innovative approaches 
184.25 	on a case-by-case basis;
184.26 	(6) identify for the legislature any innovative approaches that may strengthen or 
184.27 	complement existing programs;
184.28 	(7) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent surface waters from 
184.29 	becoming impaired and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as impaired but have 
184.30 	no approved TMDL addressing the impairment using the best available data and technology, 
184.31 	and establish and report outcome-based performance measures that monitor the progress 
184.32 	and effectiveness of protection and restoration measures;
185.1 	(8) monitor and enforce cost-sharing contracts and impose monetary damages in an 
185.2 	amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance received for failure to comply; and
185.3 	(9) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent groundwater from 
185.4 	becoming degraded and measures that restore groundwater resources.

185.5 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
185.6 		Subd. 5.Priorities for scheduling and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs. The 
185.7 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must seek recommendations from the Clean 
185.8 	Water Council shall recommend; the commissioners of natural resources, health, and 
185.9 	agriculture; and the Board of Water and Soil Resources regarding priorities for scheduling 
185.10 	and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans, taking into account 
185.11 	the severity. Recommendations must consider the causes of the impairment impairments, 
185.12 	the designated uses of those the waters, and other applicable federal TMDL requirements. 
185.13 	In recommending priorities, the council shall also give consideration to, surface water and 
185.14 	groundwater interactions, protection of high-quality waters, waters and watersheds with 
185.15 	declining water quality trends, and waters used as drinking water sources. Furthermore, 
185.16 	consideration must be given to waters and watersheds:
185.17 	(1) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to human health;
185.18 	(2) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to threatened or endangered 
185.19 	species;
185.20 	(3) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to aquatic health;
185.21 	(4) where other public agencies and participating organizations and individuals, especially 
185.22 	local, basinwide basin-wide, watershed, or regional agencies or organizations, have 
185.23 	demonstrated readiness to assist in carrying out the responsibilities, including availability 
185.24 	and organization of human, technical, and financial resources necessary to undertake the 
185.25 	work; and
185.26 	(5) where there is demonstrated coordination and cooperation among cities, counties, 
185.27 	watershed districts, and soil and water conservation districts in planning and implementation 
185.28 	of activities that will assist in carrying out the responsibilities.

185.29 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
185.30 		Subd. 7.Priorities for funding prevention actions. The Clean Water Council shall 
185.31 	apply the priorities applicable under subdivision 6, as far as practicable, when recommending 
185.32 	priorities for funding actions to prevent groundwater and surface waters from becoming 
186.1 	degraded or impaired and to improve the quality of surface waters that are listed as impaired 
186.2 	but do not have an approved TMDL.

186.3 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
186.4 	to read:
186.5 		Subd. 8.Alternatives; TMDL, TMDL implementation plan, or WRAPS. (a) If the 
186.6 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines that a comprehensive watershed 
186.7 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan contains information that 
186.8 	is sufficient and consistent with guidance from the United States Environmental Protection 
186.9 	Agency under section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, the commissioner may submit 
186.10 	the plan to the Environmental Protection Agency according to federal TMDL requirements 
186.11 	as an alternative to developing a TMDL after consultation with affected national pollutant 
186.12 	discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit holders.
186.13 	(b) A TMDL implementation plan or a WRAPS, or portions thereof, are not needed for 
186.14 	waters or watersheds when the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines 
186.15 	that a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water management 
186.16 	plan, or a statewide or regional strategy published by the Pollution Control Agency meets 
186.17 	the definition in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13.
186.18 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may request that the Board of 
186.19 	Water and Soil Resources conduct an evaluation of the implementation efforts under a 
186.20 	comprehensive watershed management plan or comprehensive local water management 
186.21 	plan when the commissioner makes a determination under paragraph (b). The board must 
186.22 	conduct the evaluation in accordance with section 103B.102.
186.23 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may amend or revoke a 
186.24 	determination made under paragraph (a) or (b) after considering the evaluation conducted 
186.25 	under paragraph (c).

186.26 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
186.27 	to read:
186.28 		Subd. 9.Coordinating municipal and local water quality activities. A project, practice, 
186.29 	or program for water quality improvement or protection that is conducted by a watershed 
186.30 	management organization or a local government unit with a comprehensive watershed 
186.31 	management plan or other water management plan approved according to chapter 103B, 
186.32 	103C, or 103D may be considered by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
186.33 	as contributing to the requirements of a storm water pollution prevention program (SWPPP) 
187.1 	for a municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permit unless the project, practice, or 
187.2 	program was previously documented as contributing to a different SWPPP for an MS4 
187.3 	permit. The commissioner of health may determine that a comprehensive watershed 
187.4 	management plan or a comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, is 
187.5 	sufficient to fulfill the requirements of wellhead protection plans.

187.6 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.26, is amended to read:
187.7 	114D.26 WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES.
187.8 		Subdivision 1.Contents. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
187.9 	develop watershed restoration and protection strategies. To ensure effectiveness and 
187.10 	accountability in meeting the goals of this chapter, for the purposes of:
187.11 	(1) summarizing the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality 
187.12 	of the watershed;
187.13 	(2) quantifying impairments and risks to water quality;
187.14 	(3) describing the causes of impairments and pollution sources;
187.15 	(4) consolidating TMDLs in a major watershed; and
187.16 	(5) informing comprehensive local water management plans and comprehensive 
187.17 	watershed management plans.
187.18 	(b) Each WRAPS shall must:
187.19 	(1) identify impaired waters and waters in need of protection;
187.20 	(2) identify biotic stressors causing impairments or threats to water quality;
187.21 	(3) summarize TMDLs, watershed modeling outputs, and resulting pollution load 
187.22 	allocations, wasteload allocations, and priority areas for targeting actions to improve water 
187.23 	quality identify areas with high pollutant-loading rates;
187.24 	(4) identify point sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge elimination 
187.25 	system permit is required under section 115.03;
187.26 	(5) identify nonpoint sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge 
187.27 	elimination system permit is not required under section 115.03, with sufficient specificity 
187.28 	to prioritize and geographically locate watershed restoration and protection actions;
187.29 	(6) describe the current pollution loading and load reduction needed for each source or 
187.30 	source category to meet water quality standards and goals, including wasteload and load 
187.31 	allocations from TMDLs;
188.1 	(7) contain a plan for ongoing (4) in consultation with local governments and other state 
188.2 	agencies, identify water quality monitoring needed to fill data gaps, determine changing 
188.3 	conditions, and or gauge implementation effectiveness; and
188.4 	(8) (5) contain an implementation table of strategies and actions that are capable of 
188.5 	cumulatively achieving needed pollution load reductions for point and nonpoint sources, 
188.6 	including identifying:
188.7 	(i) water quality parameters of concern;
188.8 	(ii) current water quality conditions;
188.9 	(iii) water quality goals, strategies, and targets by parameter of concern; and
188.10 	(iv) strategies and actions by parameter of concern and an example of the scale of 
188.11 	adoptions needed for each; with a timeline to meet the water quality restoration or protection 
188.12 	goals of this chapter.
188.13 	(v) a timeline for achievement of water quality targets;
188.14 	(vi) the governmental units with primary responsibility for implementing each watershed 
188.15 	restoration or protection strategy; and
188.16 	(vii) a timeline and interim milestones for achievement of watershed restoration or 
188.17 	protection implementation actions within ten years of strategy adoption.
188.18 		Subd. 1a.Coordination. To ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in 
188.19 	meeting the goals of this chapter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in 
188.20 	consultation with the Board of Water and Soil Resources and local government units, must 
188.21 	coordinate the schedule, budget, scope, and use of a WRAPS and related documents and 
188.22 	processes.
188.23 		Subd. 2.Reporting. Beginning July 1, 2016, and every other year thereafter, the 
188.24 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report on its the agency's website the 
188.25 	progress toward implementation milestones and water quality goals for all adopted TMDLs 
188.26 	and, where available, WRAPSs.
188.27 		Subd. 3.Timelines; administration. Each year, (a) The commissioner of the Pollution 
188.28 	Control Agency must complete WRAPSs for at least ten percent of watershed restoration 
188.29 	and protection strategies for the state's major watersheds. WRAPS shall be by June 30, 
188.30 	2023, unless the commissioner determines that a comprehensive watershed management 
188.31 	plan or comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, meets the definition 
188.32 	in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13. As needed, the commissioner must update the 
189.1 	strategies, in whole or in part, after consulting with the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
189.2 	and local government units.
189.3 	(b) Watershed restoration and protection strategies are governed by the procedures for 
189.4 	approval and notice in section 114D.25, subdivisions 2 and 4, except that WRAPS the 
189.5 	strategies need not be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

189.6 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
189.7 		Subdivision 1.Public and stakeholder participation. (a) Public agencies and private 
189.8 	entities involved in the implementation of implementing this chapter shall must encourage 
189.9 	participation by the public and stakeholders, including local citizens, landowners and, land
189.10 	managers, and public and private organizations, in identifying impaired waters, in developing 
189.11 	TMDLs, in planning, priority setting, and implementing restoration of impaired waters, in 
189.12 	identifying degraded groundwater, and in protecting and restoring groundwater resources.
189.13 	(b) In particular, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall must make 
189.14 	reasonable efforts to provide timely information to the public and to stakeholders about 
189.15 	impaired waters that have been identified by the agency. The agency shall seek broad and 
189.16 	early public and stakeholder participation in scoping the activities necessary to develop a 
189.17 	TMDL, including the scientific models, methods, and approaches to be used in TMDL 
189.18 	development, and to implement restoration pursuant to section 114D.15, subdivision 7 and 
189.19 	to inform and consult with the public and stakeholders in developing a WRAPS or TMDL.
189.20 	(c) Public agencies and private entities using public funds that are involved in 
189.21 	implementing restoration and protection identified in a comprehensive watershed 
189.22 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan must make efforts to 
189.23 	inform, consult, and involve the public and stakeholders.
189.24 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil 
189.25 	Resources must coordinate public and stakeholder participation in consultation with local 
189.26 	government units. To the extent practicable, implementation of this chapter must be 
189.27 	accomplished in cooperation with local, state, federal, and tribal governments and 
189.28 	private-sector organizations.

189.29 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
189.30 		Subd. 3.Education. The Clean Water Council shall must develop strategies for 
189.31 	informing, educating, and encouraging the participation of citizens, stakeholders, and others 
189.32 	regarding the identification of impaired waters, development of TMDLs, development of 
190.1 	TMDL implementation plans, implementation of restoration for impaired waters, 
190.2 	identification of degraded groundwater, and protection and restoration of groundwater 
190.3 	resources this chapter. Public agencies shall be are responsible for implementing the 
190.4 	strategies.

190.5 	Sec. 20. [114D.47] NONPOINT FUNDING ALTERNATIVE.
190.6 	Notwithstanding section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
190.7 	may, by board order, establish alternative timelines or content for the priority funding plan 
190.8 	for nonpoint sources under section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, and may use information from 
190.9 	comprehensive watershed management plans or comprehensive local water management 
190.10 	plans to estimate or summarize costs.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-5219 

92.121 PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND LANDS.
The commissioner of natural resources shall exchange permanent school fund land as defined in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8, located in state parks, state recreation areas, wildlife management areas, scientific and natural areas, or state waysides or on lands managed by the commissioner as old growth stands, for other lands as allowed by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and section 94.343, subdivision 1, that are compatible with the goal of the permanent school fund lands in section 127A.31 when, as a result of management practices applied to the permanent school fund lands and associated resources, revenue generation has been diminished or is prohibited and no alternative has been put into effect to compensate the permanent school fund for the income losses.