1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to operate and maintain sites 
1.3 	for Minnesota River dredge spoil.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SITES FOR MINNESOTA RIVER DREDGE SPOIL.
 1.6 	$480,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $480,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for a grant to the Lower Minnesota 
1.8 	River Watershed District to defray the annual cost of operating and maintaining sites for 
1.9 	dredge spoil to sustain the state, national, and international commercial and recreational 
1.10 	navigation on the lower Minnesota River so that the citizens of the Lower Minnesota River 
1.11 	Watershed District are not solely obligated to pay the costs that have state, national, and 
1.12 	international benefits to the Minnesota economy.