1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; ensuring that Mississippi Headwaters Board has 
1.3 	certification jurisdiction over headwaters area; modifying requirements for remote 
1.4 	sugar beet storage; clarifying that a certain ban on open-air swine basins does not 
1.5 	apply to truck washes;  modifying application requirements for solid waste 
1.6 	management capital assistance program; authorizing private sale of certain 
1.7 	tax-forfeited land; appropriating money for local recreation grants; modifying 
1.8 	certain conditions on water appropriations and wells; restricting application of 
1.9 	certain storm water rules; modifying Clean Water Legacy Act; providing for 
1.10 	coordinated watershed management; modifying restrictions on commercial fishing 
1.11 	areas to provide for invasive species control; modifying authority of Lake 
1.12 	Minnetonka Conservation District; specifying duties and services of soil and water 
1.13 	conservation districts; accelerating public drainage system acquisition and 
1.14 	compensation of ditch buffer strips; providing runoff and sediment option when 
1.15 	charging for public drainage ditch repairs; prohibiting Pollution Control Agency 
1.16 	and Department of Natural Resources from enforcing unadopted rules;  modifying 
1.17 	application of protections for threatened and endangered species; providing for 
1.18 	certain training, certification, and fees; modifying operating restrictions for 
1.19 	recreational vehicles; modifying provisions on invasive species; modifying game 
1.20 	and fish laws; clarifying authority to compensate permanent school fund; modifying 
1.21 	small business loan program for environmental improvement; modifying duties 
1.22 	related to regulating silica sand; modifying requirements for conveying certain 
1.23 	state land; adding to and deleting from state parks; authorizing sale of certain 
1.24 	surplus state land; modifying provisions for managing tax-forfeited lands; 
1.25 	authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land;  providing for electronic 
1.26 	transmission of certain information; banning the use of trichloroethylene by a 
1.27 	facility required to have an air emissions permit; modifying provisions for certain 
1.28 	grants for outdoor recreation; extending oversight committees; modifying closed 
1.29 	landfill investment fund procedures;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 
1.30 	17.117, subdivision 11; 84.026, by adding a subdivision; 84.027, subdivision 18, 
1.31 	by adding a subdivision; 84.0273; 84.0895, subdivision 2; 84.775, subdivision 1; 
1.32 	84.794, subdivision 2; 84.83, subdivision 3; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.925, 
1.33 	subdivision 1; 84.9256, subdivision 1; 84.928, subdivision 2; 84D.03, subdivisions 
1.34 	3, 4; 84D.108, subdivisions 2b, 2c; 85.44; 92.115, subdivision 1; 92.50, subdivision 
1.35 	1; 94.09, subdivision 3; 94.10; 97A.015, subdivisions 25, 43; 97A.051, subdivision 
1.36 	2; 97A.055, subdivision 4b; 97A.126; 97A.433, subdivisions 4, 5; 97A.475, 
1.37 	subdivision 4; 97C.345, by adding a subdivision; 97C.391, subdivision 1; 97C.395, 
1.38 	subdivision 2; 97C.815, subdivision 2; 103B.3369, subdivisions 5, 9; 103B.611, 
2.1 	subdivision 3; 103B.801, subdivisions 2, 5; 103E.021, subdivision 6; 103E.071; 
2.2 	103E.351, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 103F.361, subdivision 2; 103F.363, subdivision 
2.3 	1; 103F.365, by adding a subdivision; 103F.371; 103F.373, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 
2.4 	103G.241, subdivisions 1, 3; 103G.271, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 
2.5 	103G.287, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 103G.289; 103G.311, subdivisions 2, 5; 103G.315, 
2.6 	subdivision 8; 103G.408; 103G.615, subdivision 3a; 114D.15, subdivisions 7, 11, 
2.7 	13, by adding subdivisions; 114D.20, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, by adding 
2.8 	subdivisions; 114D.26; 114D.35, subdivisions 1, 3; 115.03, by adding a subdivision; 
2.9 	115A.51; 115B.421; 116.07, by adding a subdivision; 116.0714; 116.993, 
2.10 	subdivisions 2, 6; 282.01, subdivision 4; Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, 
2.11 	subdivisions 2, as amended, 9, as amended; Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, 
2.12 	section 105, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.13 	chapters 92; 103C; 103E; 114D; 116; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
2.14 	92.121.
2.15 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 17.117, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subd. 11.Loans issued to borrower. (a) Local lenders may issue loans only for projects 
2.18 	that are approved and certified by the local government unit as meeting priority needs 
2.19 	identified in a comprehensive water management plan or other local planning documents, 
2.20 	are in compliance with accepted practices, standards, specifications, or criteria, and are 
2.21 	eligible for financing under Environmental Protection Agency or other applicable guidelines.
2.22 	(b) The local lender may use any additional criteria considered necessary to determine 
2.23 	the eligibility of borrowers for loans.
2.24 	(c) Local lenders shall set the terms and conditions of loans to borrowers, except that:
2.25 	(1) no loan to a borrower may exceed $200,000; and
2.26 	(2) no loan for a project may exceed $200,000; and
2.27 	(3) (2) no borrower shall, at any time, have multiple loans from this program with a total 
2.28 	outstanding loan balance of more than $200,000.
2.29 	(d) The maximum term length for projects in this paragraph is ten years.
2.30 	(e) Fees charged at the time of closing must:
2.31 	(1) be in compliance with normal and customary practices of the local lender;
2.32 	(2) be in accordance with published fee schedules issued by the local lender;
2.33 	(3) not be based on participation program; and
2.34 	(4) be consistent with fees charged other similar types of loans offered by the local 
2.35 	lender.
3.1 	(f) The interest rate assessed to an outstanding loan balance by the local lender must not 
3.2 	exceed three percent per year.

3.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.026, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
3.4 	read:
3.5 		Subd. 4.Paying grant-eligible expenditures. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the 
3.6 	commissioner may make payments for otherwise eligible grant-program expenditures that 
3.7 	are made on or after the effective date of the appropriation that funds the payments for:
3.8 	(1) grants-in-aid under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 84.927, and 85.44;
3.9 	(2) local recreation grants under section 85.019; and
3.10 	(3) enforcement and public education grants under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 
3.11 	84.927, 86B.701, 86B.705, and 87A.10.

3.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.027, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
3.13 	read:
3.14 		Subd. 14c.Unadopted rules. (a) The commissioner of natural resources must not enforce 
3.15 	or attempt to enforce an unadopted rule. For purposes of this subdivision, "unadopted rule" 
3.16 	means a guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar 
3.17 	pronouncement if the guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive statement, 
3.18 	or similar pronouncement meets the definition of a rule as defined under section 14.02, 
3.19 	subdivision 4, but has not been adopted according to the rulemaking process provided under 
3.20 	chapter 14. If an unadopted rule is challenged under section 14.381, the commissioner must 
3.21 	overcome a presumption against the unadopted rule.
3.22 	(b) If the commissioner incorporates by reference an internal guideline, bulletin, criterion, 
3.23 	manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement into a statute, rule, or 
3.24 	standard, the commissioner must follow the rulemaking process provided under chapter 14 
3.25 	to amend or revise any such guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive 
3.26 	statement, or similar pronouncement.

3.27 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.027, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
3.28 		Subd. 18.Permanent school fund authority; reporting. (a) The commissioner of 
3.29 	natural resources has the authority and responsibility for the administration of to administer
3.30 	school trust lands under sections 92.12192.122 and 127A.31. The commissioner shall 
3.31 	biannually report to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission and the legislature 
4.1 	on the management of the school trust lands that shows how the commissioner has and will 
4.2 	continue to achieve the following goals:
4.3 	(1) manage the school trust lands efficiently and in a manner that reflects the undivided 
4.4 	loyalty to the beneficiaries consistent with the commissioner's fiduciary duties;
4.5 	(2) reduce the management expenditures of school trust lands and maximize the revenues 
4.6 	deposited in the permanent school trust fund;
4.7 	(3) manage the sale, exchange, and commercial leasing of school trust lands, requiring 
4.8 	returns of not less than fair market value, to maximize the revenues deposited in the 
4.9 	permanent school trust fund and retain the value from the long-term appreciation of the 
4.10 	school trust lands;
4.11 	(4) manage the school trust lands to maximize the long-term economic return for the 
4.12 	permanent school trust fund while maintaining sound natural resource conservation and 
4.13 	management principles;
4.14 	(5) optimize school trust land revenues and maximize the value of the trust consistent 
4.15 	with the balancing of short-term and long-term interests, so that long-term benefits are not 
4.16 	lost in an effort to maximize short-term gains; and
4.17 	(6) maintain the integrity of the trust and prevent the misapplication of its lands and its 
4.18 	revenues.
4.19 	(b) When the commissioner finds an irresolvable conflict between maximizing the 
4.20 	long-term economic return and protecting natural resources and recreational values on 
4.21 	school trust lands, the commissioner shall give precedence to the long-term economic return 
4.22 	in managing school trust lands. By July 1, 2018, the permanent school fund shall must be 
4.23 	compensated for all school trust lands included under a designation or policy provision that 
4.24 	prohibits long-term economic return. The commissioner shall submit recommendations to 
4.25 	the appropriate legislative committees and divisions on methods of funding for the 
4.26 	compensation required under this paragraph, including recommendations for appropriations 
4.27 	from the general fund, nongeneral funds, and the state bond fund. Any uncompensated 
4.28 	designation or policy provision restrictions on the long-term economic return on school 
4.29 	trust lands remaining after July 1, 2018, shall must be compiled and submitted to the 
4.30 	Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission for review.
4.31 	(c) By December 31, 2013, the report required under paragraph (a) shall must provide 
4.32 	an inventory and identification of all school trust lands that are included under a designation 
4.33 	or policy provision that prohibits long-term economic return. The report shall must include 
5.1 	a plan to compensate the permanent school fund through the purchase or exchange of the 
5.2 	lands or a plan to manage the school trust land to generate long-term economic return to 
5.3 	the permanent school fund. Subsequent reports under paragraph (a) shall must include a 
5.4 	status report of the commissioner's progress in maximizing the long-term economic return 
5.5 	on lands identified in the 2013 report.
5.6 	(d) When future management practices, policies, or designations or policies by the 
5.7 	commissioner diminish or prohibit the long-term economic return on school trust land, the 
5.8 	conflict shall must be resolved by compensating the permanent school fund through an 
5.9 	exchange or purchase of the lands before designation or application of the policy as provided 
5.10 	in section 92.122.

5.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.0273, is amended to read:
5.12 	84.0273 ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY LINES RELATING TO CERTAIN STATE 
5.13 	LANDHOLDINGS.
5.14 	(a) In order To resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the state 
5.15 	and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the name of the 
5.16 	state upon terms the commissioner deems appropriate, convey, by a boundary line agreement, 
5.17 	quitclaim deed, or management agreement in such form as the attorney general approves, 
5.18 	such rights, titles, and interests of the state in state lands for such rights, titles, and interests 
5.19 	in adjacent lands as are necessary for the purpose of establishing to establish boundaries.
5.20 	The commissioner must publish a notice of the proposed conveyance and a brief statement 
5.21 	of the reason therefor shall be published for the conveyance once in the State Register by 
5.22 	the commissioner between 15 and at least 30 days prior to before the conveyance. The 
5.23 	provisions of This paragraph are is not intended to replace or supersede laws relating to 
5.24 	land exchange or disposal of surplus state property.
5.25 	(b) In order To resolve trespass issues affecting the ownership interests of the state and 
5.26 	adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources, in the name of the state, may 
5.27 	sell surplus lands not needed for natural resource purposes at private sale to adjoining 
5.28 	property owners and leaseholders. The conveyance must be by quitclaim in a form approved 
5.29 	by the attorney general for a consideration not less than the value determined according to 
5.30 	section 94.10, subdivision 1.
5.31 	(c) Paragraph (b) applies to all state-owned lands managed by the commissioner of 
5.32 	natural resources, except school trust land as defined in section 92.025. For acquired lands, 
5.33 	the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding 
5.34 	the offering to public entities, public sale, and related notice and publication requirements 
6.1 	of sections 94.09 to 94.165. For consolidated conservation lands, the commissioner may 
6.2 	sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the classification and 
6.3 	public sale provisions of chapters 84A and 282.

6.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.0895, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.5 		Subd. 2.Application. (a) Subdivision 1 does not apply to:
6.6 	(1) plants on land classified for property tax purposes as class 2a or 2c agricultural land 
6.7 	under section 273.13, or on ditches and roadways a ditch, or on an existing public road 
6.8 	right-of-way as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 6a, except for ground not previously 
6.9 	disturbed by construction or maintenance; and
6.10 	(2) noxious weeds designated pursuant to sections 18.76 to 18.88 or to weeds otherwise 
6.11 	designated as troublesome by the Department of Agriculture.
6.12 	(b) If control of noxious weeds is necessary, it takes priority over the protection of 
6.13 	endangered plant species, as long as a reasonable effort is taken to preserve the endangered 
6.14 	plant species first.
6.15 	(c) The taking or killing of an endangered plant species on land adjacent to class 3 or 
6.16 	3b agricultural land as a result of the application of pesticides or other agricultural chemical 
6.17 	on the class 3 or 3b land is not a violation of subdivision 1, if reasonable care is taken in 
6.18 	the application of the pesticide or other chemical to avoid impact on adjacent lands. For the 
6.19 	purpose of this paragraph, class 3 or 3b agricultural land does not include timber land, waste 
6.20 	land, or other land for which the owner receives a state paid wetlands or native prairie tax 
6.21 	credit.
6.22 	(d) The accidental taking of an endangered plant, where the existence of the plant is not 
6.23 	known at the time of the taking, is not a violation of subdivision 1.

6.24 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.775, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.25 		Subdivision 1.Civil citation; authority to issue. (a) A conservation officer or other 
6.26 	licensed peace officer may issue a civil citation to a person who operates:
6.27 	(1) an off-highway motorcycle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause 
6.28 	(1); 84.777; 84.788 to 84.795; or 84.90;
6.29 	(2) an off-road vehicle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause (1); 
6.30 	84.777; 84.798 to 84.804; or 84.90; or
7.1 	(3) an all-terrain vehicle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause (1); 
7.2 	84.777; 84.90; or 84.922 to 84.928.
7.3 	(b) A civil citation under paragraph (a) shall require restitution for public and private 
7.4 	property damage and impose a penalty of:
7.5 	(1) $100 for the first offense;
7.6 	(2) $200 for the second offense; and
7.7 	(3) $500 for third and subsequent offenses.
7.8 	(c) A conservation officer or other licensed peace officer may issue a civil citation to a 
7.9 	person who operates an off-highway motorcycle, off-road vehicle, or all-terrain vehicle in 
7.10 	violation of section 84.773, subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3). A civil citation under this 
7.11 	paragraph shall require restitution for damage to wetlands and impose a penalty of:
7.12 	(1) $100 for the first offense;
7.13 	(2) $500 for the second offense; and
7.14 	(3) $1,000 for third and subsequent offenses.
7.15 	(d) If the peace officer determines that there is damage to property requiring restitution, 
7.16 	the commissioner must send a written explanation of the extent of the damage and the cost 
7.17 	of the repair by first class mail to the address provided by the person receiving the citation 
7.18 	within 15 days of the date of the citation.
7.19 	(e) An off-road vehicle or all-terrain vehicle that is equipped with a snorkel device and 
7.20 	receives a civil citation under this section is subject to twice the penalty amounts in 
7.21 	paragraphs (b) and (c).

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

7.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.794, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.24 		Subd. 2.Purposes. (a) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the 
7.25 	off-highway motorcycle account may only be spent for:
7.26 	(1) administration, enforcement, and implementation of sections 84.787 to 84.795;
7.27 	(2) acquisition, maintenance, and development of off-highway motorcycle trails and use 
7.28 	areas; and
7.29 	(3) grants-in-aid to counties and municipalities to construct and maintain off-highway 
7.30 	motorcycle trails and use areas; and
8.1 	(4) grants for enforcement and public education to local law enforcement agencies.
8.2 	(b) The distribution of funds made available for grants-in-aid must be guided by the 
8.3 	statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan.

8.4 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.83, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.5 		Subd. 3.Purposes for the account; allocation. (a) The money deposited in the account 
8.6 	and interest earned on that money may be expended only as appropriated by law for the 
8.7 	following purposes:
8.8 	(1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and municipalities for construction and 
8.9 	maintenance of snowmobile trails that are determined by the commissioner to be part of 
8.10 	the state's grant-in-aid system, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 
8.11 	Voyageurs National Park; on Lake of the Woods; on Rainy Lake; on the following lakes in 
8.12 	St. Louis County: Burntside, Crane, Little Long, Mud, Pelican, Shagawa, and Vermilion; 
8.13 	and on the following lakes in Cook County: Devil Track and Hungry Jack;. The commissioner 
8.14 	may establish a performance-based funding formula for annual grants-in-aid. The procedures 
8.15 	and criteria for grants-in-aid are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and 
8.16 	section 14.386 does not apply. In administering the performance-based grants-in-aid, the 
8.17 	commissioner must:
8.18 	(i) determine annual grant amounts based on a funding formula that includes consideration 
8.19 	of historical costs, snowfall, use, and tourism;
8.20 	(ii) make grant payments based on:
8.21 	(A) successful completion of performance benchmarks;
8.22 	(B) reimbursement of eligible expenditures; or
8.23 	(C) a combination of subitems (A) and (B); and
8.24 	(iii) assess penalties to nonperforming grant-in-aid recipients, which may include 
8.25 	withholding grant payments or making the grantee or trail system ineligible for future 
8.26 	grant-in-aid funding.
8.27 	(2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of to acquire, develop, and maintain
8.28 	state recreational snowmobile trails;
8.29 	(3) for snowmobile safety programs; and
8.30 	(4) for the administration and enforcement of to administer and enforce sections 84.81
8.31 	to 84.91 and appropriated grants to local law enforcement agencies.
9.1 	(b) No less than 60 percent of revenue collected from snowmobile registration and 
9.2 	snowmobile state trail sticker fees must be expended for grants-in-aid to develop, maintain, 
9.3 	and groom trails and acquire easements.

9.4 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.5 		Subdivision 1.Required rules. With a view of achieving maximum use of snowmobiles 
9.6 	consistent with protection of the environment the commissioner of natural resources shall 
9.7 	adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14, for the following purposes:
9.8 	(1) Registration of snowmobiles and display of registration numbers.
9.9 	(2) Use of snowmobiles insofar as game and fish resources are affected.
9.10 	(3) Use of snowmobiles on public lands and waters, or on grant-in-aid trails.
9.11 	(4) Uniform signs to be used by the state, counties, and cities, which are necessary or 
9.12 	desirable to control, direct, or regulate the operation and use of snowmobiles.
9.13 	(5) Specifications relating to snowmobile mufflers.
9.14 	(6) A comprehensive snowmobile information and safety education and training program, 
9.15 	including but not limited to the preparation and dissemination of snowmobile information 
9.16 	and safety advice to the public, the training of snowmobile operators, and the issuance of 
9.17 	snowmobile safety certificates to snowmobile operators who successfully complete the 
9.18 	snowmobile safety education and training course. For the purpose of administering such 
9.19 	program and to defray expenses of training and certifying snowmobile operators, the 
9.20 	commissioner shall collect a fee from each person who receives the youth or adult training. 
9.21 	The commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for 
9.22 	issuing a duplicate snowmobile safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish both 
9.23 	fees in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including 
9.24 	overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking 
9.25 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The fees may be established 
9.26 	by the commissioner notwithstanding section 16A.1283. The fees, except for the issuing 
9.27 	fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the snowmobile trails 
9.28 	and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and the amount thereof, except for 
9.29 	the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
9.30 	84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, is appropriated 
9.31 	annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the 
9.32 	administration of such programs. In addition to the fee established by the commissioner, 
9.33 	instructors may charge each person any fee paid by the instructor for the person's online 
10.1 	training course and up to the established fee amount for class materials and expenses. The 
10.2 	commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, private and public 
10.3 	corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program established under 
10.4 	this clause. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner and volunteer instructors 
10.5 	to provide space for the classroom portion of the training. The commissioner shall consult 
10.6 	with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training program subject matter and 
10.7 	performance testing that leads to the certification of snowmobile operators.
10.8 	(7) The operator of any snowmobile involved in an accident resulting in injury requiring 
10.9 	medical attention or hospitalization to or death of any person or total damage to an extent 
10.10 	of $500 or more, shall forward a written report of the accident to the commissioner on such 
10.11 	form as the commissioner shall prescribe. If the operator is killed or is unable to file a report 
10.12 	due to incapacitation, any peace officer investigating the accident shall file the accident 
10.13 	report within ten business days.

10.14 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.15 		Subdivision 1.Program Training and certification programs established. (a) The 
10.16 	commissioner shall establish:
10.17 	(1) a comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
10.18 	certification program, including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information 
10.19 	and safety advice to the public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance 
10.20 	of all-terrain vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who 
10.21 	successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
10.22 	course.; and
10.23 	(2) a voluntary all-terrain vehicle online training program for youth and a parent or 
10.24 	guardian, offered at no charge for operators at least six years of age but younger than ten 
10.25 	years of age.
10.26 	(b) A parent or guardian must be present at the hands-on a training portion of the program 
10.27 	for when the youth who are six through is under ten years of age.
10.28 	(b) (c) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray the expenses of 
10.29 	training and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee from each 
10.30 	person who receives the training for certification under paragraph (a), clause (1). The 
10.31 	commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing 
10.32 	a duplicate all-terrain vehicle safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish both fees 
10.33 	in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including 
11.1 	overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking 
11.2 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The fees may be established 
11.3 	by the commissioner notwithstanding section 16A.1283. Fee proceeds, except for the issuing 
11.4 	fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle 
11.5 	account in the natural resources fund and the amount thereof, except for the electronic 
11.6 	licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, 
11.7 	subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, is appropriated annually to 
11.8 	the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the administration 
11.9 	of the programs. In addition to the fee established by the commissioner, instructors may 
11.10 	charge each person up to the established fee amount for class materials and expenses.
11.11 	(c) (d) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, 
11.12 	private and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program
11.13 	programs established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the 
11.14 	commissioner and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the 
11.15 	training. The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard 
11.16 	to training program the subject matter of the training programs and performance testing that 
11.17 	leads to the certification of vehicle operators. The commissioner shall incorporate a riding 
11.18 	component in the safety education and training program. certification programs established 
11.19 	under this section and may incorporate a riding component in the training program established 
11.20 	in paragraph (a), clause (2).

11.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.22 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) Except for operation on public 
11.23 	road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.928 and as provided under paragraph 
11.24 	(j), a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain 
11.25 	vehicle along or on a public road right-of-way.
11.26 	(b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:
11.27 	(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
11.28 	(2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
11.29 	(3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in 
11.30 	paragraph (f).
11.31 	(c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years of age 
11.32 	but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, 
11.33 	county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and waters or state or 
12.1 	grant-in-aid trails, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate 
12.2 	issued by the commissioner and is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who 
12.3 	holds a valid driver's license.
12.4 	(d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years old, 
12.5 	but less than 16 years old, must:
12.6 	(1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section 84.925, 
12.7 	subdivision 1, including a riding component; and
12.8 	(2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while 
12.9 	sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.
12.10 	(e) A person at least six ten years of age may take the safety education and training 
12.11 	program and may receive an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate under paragraph (d), but 
12.12 	the certificate is not valid until the person reaches age 12.
12.13 	(f) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an all-terrain 
12.14 	vehicle with an engine capacity up to 110cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
12.15 	straddle-style seating or up to 170cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
12.16 	side-by-side-style seating on public lands or waters if accompanied by a parent or legal 
12.17 	guardian.
12.18 	(g) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.
12.19 	(h) A person under the age of 16 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands 
12.20 	or waters or on state or grant-in-aid trails if the person cannot properly reach and control:
12.21 	(1) the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the 
12.22 	all-terrain vehicle with straddle-style seating; or
12.23 	(2) the steering wheel and foot controls of a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
12.24 	side-by-side-style seating while sitting upright in the seat with the seat belt fully engaged.
12.25 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a nonresident at least 12 years old, but less than 16 
12.26 	years old, may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county 
12.27 	state-aid, or county highway or operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands and waters or 
12.28 	state or grant-in-aid trails if:
12.29 	(1) the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an all-terrain safety 
12.30 	course offered by the ATV Safety Institute or another state as provided in section 84.925, 
12.31 	subdivision 3; and
13.1 	(2) the nonresident youth is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds 
13.2 	a valid driver's license.
13.3 	(j) A person 12 years of age but less than 16 years of age may operate an all-terrain 
13.4 	vehicle on the roadway, bank, slope, or ditch of a public road right-of-way as permitted 
13.5 	under section 84.928 if the person:
13.6 	(1) possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner; 
13.7 	and
13.8 	(2) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian on a separate all-terrain vehicle.

13.9 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.928, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.10 		Subd. 2.Operation generally. A person may not drive or operate an all-terrain vehicle:
13.11 	(1) at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under the surrounding 
13.12 	circumstances;
13.13 	(2) in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to endanger or to cause injury or 
13.14 	damage to the person or property of another;
13.15 	(3) without headlight and taillight lighted at all times if the vehicle is equipped with 
13.16 	headlight and taillight;
13.17 	(4) without a functioning stoplight if so equipped;
13.18 	(5) in a tree nursery or planting in a manner that damages or destroys growing stock;
13.19 	(6) without a brake operational by either hand or foot;
13.20 	(7) with more than one person on the vehicle, except as allowed under section 84.9257;
13.21 	(8) at a speed exceeding ten miles per hour on the frozen surface of public waters within 
13.22 	100 feet of a person not on an all-terrain vehicle or within 100 feet of a fishing shelter; or
13.23 	(9) with a snorkel device that has a raised air intake six inches or more above the vehicle 
13.24 	manufacturer's original air intake, except within the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle 
13.25 	Recreation Area as described in section 85.013, subdivision 12a, or other public off-highway 
13.26 	vehicle recreation areas; or
13.27 	(10) (9) in a manner that violates operation rules adopted by the commissioner.

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

14.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.2 		Subd. 3.Bait harvest from infested waters. (a) Taking wild animals from infested 
14.3 	waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited except as provided in paragraph (b) 
14.4 	or (c) and section 97C.341.
14.5 	(b) In waters that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested with 
14.6 	prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 
14.7 	17.4982, subdivision 6, taking wild animals may be permitted for:
14.8 	(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes as provided 
14.9 	in a permit issued under section 84D.11, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and
14.10 	(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian 
14.11 	watermilfoil, when the infested waters are listed solely because they contain Eurasian 
14.12 	watermilfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow traps not 
14.13 	exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length.
14.14 	(c) In streams or rivers that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested 
14.15 	with certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 17.4982, subdivision 6, the harvest 
14.16 	of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and suckers for bait by 
14.17 	hook and line for noncommercial personal use is allowed as follows:
14.18 	(1) fish taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water where caught 
14.19 	and while still on that water body. Where the river or stream is divided by barriers such as 
14.20 	dams, the fish must be caught and used on the same section of the river or stream;
14.21 	(2) fish taken under this paragraph may not be transported live from or off the water 
14.22 	body;
14.23 	(3) fish harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with this section;
14.24 	(4) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited;
14.25 	(5) fish taken under this paragraph must meet all other size restrictions and requirements 
14.26 	as established in rules; and
14.27 	(6) all species listed under this paragraph shall be included in the person's daily limit as 
14.28 	established in rules, if applicable.
14.29 	(d) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a listed infested water by permit issued 
14.30 	under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other than waters 
14.31 	specified in the permit.
15.1 	(e) Bait intended for sale may not be held in infested water after taking and before sale 
15.2 	unless authorized under a license or permit according to Minnesota Rules, part 6216.0500.
15.3 	(f) In the Minnesota River downstream of Granite Falls, the Mississippi River downstream 
15.4 	of St. Anthony Falls, and the St. Croix River downstream of the dam at Taylors Falls, 
15.5 	including portions described as Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters in Minnesota Rules, 
15.6 	part 6266.0500, subpart 1, items A and B, harvesting gizzard shad by cast net for 
15.7 	noncommercial personal use as bait for angling, as provided in a permit issued under section 
15.8 	84D.11, is allowed as follows:
15.9 	(1) nontarget species must immediately be returned to the water;
15.10 	(2) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water 
15.11 	where caught and while still on that water body. Where the river is divided by barriers such 
15.12 	as dams, the gizzard shad must be caught and used on the same section of the river;
15.13 	(3) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph may not be transported off the water body; 
15.14 	and
15.15 	(4) gizzard shad harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with 
15.16 	this section.

15.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
15.18 		Subd. 4.Restrictions in infested and noninfested waters; commercial fishing and 
15.19 	turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting. (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines 
15.20 	used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that 
15.21 	is listed because it contains invasive fish, invertebrates, aquatic plants or aquatic macrophytes 
15.22 	other than Eurasian watermilfoil, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, must 
15.23 	be tagged with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in the commercial licensee's 
15.24 	license or permit. Tagged gear must not be used in water bodies other than those specified 
15.25 	in the license or permit. The license or permit may authorize department staff to remove 
15.26 	tags after the from gear is that has been decontaminated according to a protocol specified 
15.27 	by the commissioner if use of the decontaminated gear in other water bodies does not pose 
15.28 	an unreasonable risk of harm to natural resources or the use of natural resources in the state. 
15.29 	This tagging requirement does not apply to commercial fishing equipment used in Lake 
15.30 	Superior.
15.31 	(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, 
15.32 	frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed solely because it contains 
15.33 	Eurasian watermilfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum 
16.1 	of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this paragraph. 
16.2 	Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries office or a 
16.3 	conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water listed solely 
16.4 	because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil and before resetting those nets or equipment in 
16.5 	any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize a commercial licensee 
16.6 	to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or drying, if that water is listed 
16.7 	as infested solely because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil.
16.8 	(c) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other 
16.9 	equipment before placing the equipment into waters of the state.
16.10 	(d) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of listed 
16.11 	infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.

16.12 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.108, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
16.13 		Subd. 2b.Gull Lake pilot study. (a) The commissioner may include an additional 
16.14 	targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached for the 
16.15 	Gull Narrows State Water Access Site, Government Point State Water Access Site, and 
16.16 	Gull East State Water Access Site water access sites on Gull Lake (DNR Division of Waters 
16.17 	number 11-0305) in Cass and Crow Wing Counties using the same authorities, general 
16.18 	procedures, and requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 
16.19 	2a. Lake service providers participating in the Gull Lake targeted pilot study place of business 
16.20 	must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.
16.21 	(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Gull Lake is implemented under this section, 
16.22 	the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
16.23 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under Laws 
16.24 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Gull Lake targeted pilot study 
16.25 	recommendations and assessments.
16.26 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.

16.27 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.108, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
16.28 		Subd. 2c.Cross Lake pilot study. (a) The commissioner may include an additional 
16.29 	targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached for the 
16.30 	Cross Lake #1 State Water Access Site water access sites on Cross Lake (DNR Division of 
16.31 	Waters number 18-0312) in Crow Wing County using the same authorities, general 
16.32 	procedures, and requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 
17.1 	2a. The place of business of lake service providers participating in the Cross Lake targeted 
17.2 	pilot study must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.
17.3 	(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Cross Lake is implemented under this 
17.4 	section, the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
17.5 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under Laws 
17.6 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Cross Lake targeted pilot 
17.7 	study recommendations and assessments.
17.8 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.

17.9 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.44, is amended to read:
17.10 	85.44 CROSS-COUNTRY-SKI TRAIL GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM.
17.11 	The commissioner shall establish a grant-in-aid program for local units of government 
17.12 	and special park districts for the acquisition, development, and maintenance of to acquire, 
17.13 	develop, and maintain cross-country-ski trails that are determined by the commissioner to 
17.14 	be part of the state's grant-in-aid system. Grants shall be are available for acquisition of to 
17.15 	acquire trail easements but may not be used to acquire any lands in fee title. Local units of 
17.16 	government and special park districts applying for and receiving grants under this section 
17.17 	shall be are considered to have cross-country-ski trails for one year following the expiration 
17.18 	of their last grant. The department shall reimburse all public sponsors of grants-in-aid 
17.19 	cross-country-ski trails based upon criteria established by the department. Prior to the use 
17.20 	of Before using any reimbursement criteria, a certain proportion of the revenues shall must
17.21 	be allocated on the basis of user fee sales location. The commissioner may establish a 
17.22 	performance-based funding formula for annual grants-in-aid. The procedures and criteria 
17.23 	for grants-in-aid are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 
17.24 	14.386 does not apply. In administering the performance-based grants-in-aid, the 
17.25 	commissioner must:
17.26 	(1) determine annual grant amounts based on a funding formula that includes 
17.27 	consideration of historical costs, snowfall, use, and tourism;
17.28 	(2) make grant payments based on:
17.29 	(i) successful completion of performance benchmarks;
17.30 	(ii) reimbursement of eligible expenditures; or
17.31 	(iii) a combination of items (i) and (ii); and
18.1 	(3) assess penalties to nonperforming grant-in-aid recipients, which may include 
18.2 	withholding grant payments or making the grantee or trail system ineligible for future 
18.3 	grant-in-aid funding.

18.4 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.115, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.5 		Subdivision 1.Land valuation required. Before offering any state land for sale under 
18.6 	this chapter, the commissioner must establish the value of the land. The commissioner shall 
18.7 	have the land appraised if the estimated market value is in excess of $50,000 $100,000.

18.8 	Sec. 20. [92.122] COMPENSATING PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
18.9 		Subdivision 1.Compensation requirements. (a) When the revenue generated from 
18.10 	school trust land and associated resources is diminished by management practices applied 
18.11 	to the land and resources as determined by the commissioner of natural resources, the 
18.12 	commissioner must compensate the permanent school fund.
18.13 	(b) When generating revenue from school trust land and associated resources will be 
18.14 	prohibited by a policy or designation applied to the land and resources as determined by 
18.15 	the commissioner, the commissioner must compensate the permanent school fund before 
18.16 	the policy or designation is applied.
18.17 		Subd. 2.Compensation methods. To compensate the permanent school fund under 
18.18 	subdivision 1, the commissioner may use compensation methods that include:
18.19 	(1) exchanging other land that is compatible with the goal of the permanent school fund 
18.20 	under section 127A.31, as allowed under sections 94.343, subdivision 1, and 94.3495; and 
18.21 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10;
18.22 	(2) leasing under section 92.50 and according to subdivision 3, with rental payments as 
18.23 	compensation; and
18.24 	(3) condemning the land under section 92.83, with payment of the amount of the award 
18.25 	and judgment as compensation.
18.26 		Subd. 3. Lease terms for compensating fund. With advice from the school trust lands 
18.27 	director according to section 127A.353, subdivision 4, the commissioner may lease school 
18.28 	trust land to compensate the permanent school fund. Rental payments received under this 
18.29 	subdivision:
18.30 	(1) must be credited to the forest suspense account as nonqualifying revenue and not 
18.31 	subject to cost certification under section 16A.125;
19.1 	(2) must be paid in full upon executing the lease; and
19.2 	(3) are determined by the commissioner and subject to review by a licensed appraiser.

19.3 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.4 		Subdivision 1.Lease terms. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may lease land 
19.5 	under the commissioner's jurisdiction and control:
19.6 	(1) to remove sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, peat, and black dirt;
19.7 	(2) to store ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and tailings from ore milling plants;
19.8 	(3) for roads or railroads;
19.9 	(4) to compensate the permanent school fund according to section 92.122; or
19.10 	(4) (5) for other uses consistent with the interests of the state.
19.11 	(b) The commissioner shall offer the lease at public or private sale for an amount and 
19.12 	under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. Commercial leases for more 
19.13 	than ten years and leases for removal of peat that cover 320 or more acres must be approved 
19.14 	by the Executive Council.
19.15 	(c) The lease term may not exceed 21 years except:
19.16 	(1) leases of lands for storage sites for ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and 
19.17 	tailings from ore milling plants, or for the removal of peat for nonagricultural purposes may 
19.18 	not exceed a term of 25 years; and
19.19 	(2) leases for commercial purposes, including major resort, convention center, or 
19.20 	recreational area purposes, may not exceed a term of 40 years.
19.21 	(d) Leases must be subject to sale and leasing of the land for mineral purposes and 
19.22 	contain a provision for cancellation for just cause at any time by the commissioner upon 
19.23 	six months' written notice. A longer notice period, not exceeding three years, may be provided 
19.24 	in leases for storing ore, waste materials from mines, or rock or tailings from ore milling 
19.25 	plants. The commissioner may determine the terms and conditions, including the notice 
19.26 	period, for cancellation of a lease for the removal of peat and commercial leases.
19.27 	(e) Money received from leases under this section must be credited to the fund to which 
19.28 	the land belongs.

20.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 94.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
20.2 		Subd. 3.Notice to agencies; determination of surplus. The commissioner of natural 
20.3 	resources shall send written notice to all state departments, agencies and the University of 
20.4 	Minnesota the Departments of Administration and Transportation, the Board of Water and 
20.5 	Soil Resources, the Office of School Trust Lands, the legal or land departments of the 
20.6 	University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota 
20.7 	Indian Affairs Council, and any other state department or agency that requests to receive 
20.8 	notices describing any lands or tracts which that may be declared surplus. If a department 
20.9 	or agency or the University of Minnesota recipient of the notice desires custody of the lands 
20.10 	or tracts, it shall the recipient must submit a written request to the commissioner, no later 
20.11 	than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth in detail its the reasons 
20.12 	for desiring to acquire, and its the intended use of, the land or tract. The commissioner shall 
20.13 	then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications of the heads of the 
20.14 	departments or agencies so requested should be declared surplus and offered for sale or 
20.15 	otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state departments 
20.16 	or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for educational 
20.17 	purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall is not be determinative 
20.18 	of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of the lands are no 
20.19 	longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of fact, describe 
20.20 	the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for the sale or 
20.21 	disposition of the lands.

20.22 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 94.10, is amended to read:
20.23 	94.10 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.
20.24 		Subdivision 1.Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a) Before offering any 
20.25 	surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of natural resources must establish 
20.26 	the value of the lands. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated 
20.27 	value is in excess of $50,000 $100,000. No parcel of state-owned land shall be sold for less 
20.28 	than $1,000.
20.29 	(b) The appraisals must be made by regularly appointed and qualified state appraisers. 
20.30 	To be qualified, an appraiser must hold a state appraiser license issued by the Department 
20.31 	of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of 
20.32 	Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
20.33 	(c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall must first 
20.34 	be offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic 
21.1 	in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public 
21.2 	purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public 
21.3 	body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner of natural resources shall give 
21.4 	a written notice to the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional 
21.5 	boundaries include or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase 
21.6 	the surplus land, it shall the public body must submit a written offer to the commissioner 
21.7 	no later than two weeks after receipt of notice setting forth in detail its the reasons for 
21.8 	desiring to acquire and its the intended use of the land. In the event that If more than one 
21.9 	public body tenders an offer, the commissioner shall determine which party shall receive 
21.10 	the property and shall submit written findings regarding the decision. If lands are offered 
21.11 	for sale for public purposes and if a public body notifies the commissioner of its desire to 
21.12 	acquire the lands, the public body may have up to two years from the date of the accepted 
21.13 	offer to commence payment begin paying for the lands in the manner provided by law.
21.14 	(d) Before offering surplus state-owned lands that are located within the reservation 
21.15 	boundary of a federally recognized Indian tribe for public sale or before offering the lands 
21.16 	to an entity specified in paragraph (c), the lands must first be offered to the federally 
21.17 	recognized Indian tribe with governing authority over the reservation where the lands are 
21.18 	located. If the lands are located within the reservation boundary of a federally recognized 
21.19 	tribe that is one of the six constituent tribes of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, then the lands 
21.20 	must be offered to both the Minnesota Chippewa tribe and the constituent tribe where the 
21.21 	lands are located. The lands may be sold for not less than the appraised value of the lands. 
21.22 	To determine whether an Indian tribe desires to purchase the lands, the commissioner of 
21.23 	natural resources must give a written notice to the governing body of the Indian tribe, and, 
21.24 	when applicable, if the tribe is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Minnesota 
21.25 	Chippewa tribe. If the Indian tribe desires to purchase the lands, the Indian tribe must notify 
21.26 	the commissioner, in writing, of the intent to purchase the lands no later than two weeks 
21.27 	after receiving the notice. If the Indian tribe notifies the commissioner of its intent to acquire 
21.28 	the lands, the Indian tribe has up to two years from the date that the notice of intent to 
21.29 	purchase the lands was submitted to begin paying for the lands in the manner provided by 
21.30 	law.
21.31 		Subd. 2.Public sale requirements. (a) After complying with subdivision 1 and before 
21.32 	any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made and at least 30 days before the sale, the 
21.33 	commissioner of natural resources shall publish a notice of the sale in a newspaper of general 
21.34 	distribution in the county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice shall 
21.35 	specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of the 
22.1 	lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. The commissioner 
22.2 	shall also provide electronic notice of the sale.
22.3 	(b) The minimum bid for a parcel of land must include the estimated value or appraised 
22.4 	value of the land and any improvements and, if any of the land is valuable for merchantable 
22.5 	timber, the value of the merchantable timber. The minimum bid may include expenses 
22.6 	incurred by the commissioner in rendering the property salable, including survey, appraisal, 
22.7 	legal, advertising, and other expenses.
22.8 	(c) The purchaser of state land must pay recording fees and the state deed tax.
22.9 	(d) Except as provided under paragraph (e), parcels remaining unsold after the offering 
22.10 	may be sold to anyone agreeing to pay at least 75 percent of the appraised value. The sale 
22.11 	shall must continue until all parcels are sold or until the commissioner orders a reappraisal 
22.12 	or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
22.13 	(e) The commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a 
22.14 	buyer for parcels remaining unsold after the offering. The sale price may be negotiated by 
22.15 	the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of the appraised value as determined by the 
22.16 	commissioner. The broker's fee must be established by prior agreement between the 
22.17 	commissioner and the broker and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of 
22.18 	$10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.
22.19 	(f) Public sales of surplus state-owned land may be conducted through online auctions.

22.20 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.015, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
22.21 		Subd. 25.Game fish. "Game fish" means walleye, sauger, yellow perch, channel catfish, 
22.22 	flathead catfish; members of the pike family, Esocidae, including muskellunge and northern 
22.23 	pike; members of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, including largemouth bass, smallmouth 
22.24 	bass, sunfish, rock bass, white crappie, black crappie, members of the temperate bass family, 
22.25 	Percichthyidae, including white bass and yellow bass; members of the salmon and trout 
22.26 	subfamily, Salmoninae, including Atlantic salmon, chinook salmon, coho salmon, pink 
22.27 	salmon, kokanee salmon, lake trout, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow (steelhead) trout, 
22.28 	and splake; members of the paddlefish family, Polyodontidae; members of the sturgeon 
22.29 	family, Acipenseridae, including lake sturgeon, and shovelnose sturgeon. fish from the 
22.30 	following families and species: Acipenseridae (lake sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon), 
22.31 	Anguillidae (American eel), Centrarchidae (black crappie; largemouth bass; rock bass; 
22.32 	smallmouth bass; white crappie; and sunfishes, including bluegill, green sunfish, longear 
22.33 	sunfish, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, and warmouth), Esocidae (muskellunge and 
23.1 	northern pike), Gadidae (burbot), Ictaluridae (blue catfish, channel catfish, and flathead 
23.2 	catfish), Moronidae (white bass and yellow bass), Percidae (sauger, walleye, and yellow 
23.3 	perch), Polyodontidae (paddlefish), and Salmonidae (Atlantic salmon, brook trout, brown 
23.4 	trout, chinook salmon, cisco (tullibee), coho salmon, kokanee salmon, lake trout, lake 
23.5 	whitefish, pink salmon, and rainbow trout)."Game fish" includes hybrids of game fish.

23.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.015, subdivision 43, is amended to read:
23.7 		Subd. 43.Rough fish. "Rough fish" means carp, buffalo, sucker, sheepshead, bowfin, 
23.8 	burbot, cisco, gar, goldeye, and bullhead, except for any fish species listed as endangered, 
23.9 	threatened, or of special concern in Minnesota Rules, chapter 6134.

23.10 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
23.11 		Subd. 2.Summary of fish and game laws. (a) The commissioner shall prepare a 
23.12 	summary of the hunting and fishing laws and rules and deliver a sufficient supply to license 
23.13 	vendors to furnish one copy to each person obtaining a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
23.14 	(b) At the beginning of the summary, under the heading "Trespass," the commissioner 
23.15 	shall summarize the trespass provisions under sections 97B.001 to 97B.945, state that 
23.16 	conservation officers and peace officers must enforce the trespass laws, and state the penalties 
23.17 	for trespassing.
23.18 	(c) In the summary, the commissioner shall, under the heading "Duty to Render Aid," 
23.19 	summarize the requirements under section 609.662 and state the penalties for failure to 
23.20 	render aid to a person injured by gunshot.

23.21 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
23.22 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight committees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint committees 
23.23 	of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; review the proposed 
23.24 	work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes in policies, activities, and 
23.25 	revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant information; and make 
23.26 	recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for improvements in the 
23.27 	management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
23.28 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following committees, each comprised of at 
23.29 	least ten affected persons:
23.30 	(1) a Fisheries Oversight Committee to review fisheries funding and expenditures, 
23.31 	including activities related to trout-and-salmon stamps and walleye stamps; and
24.1 	(2) a Wildlife Oversight Committee to review wildlife funding and expenditures, 
24.2 	including activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and wild turkey management 
24.3 	and deer and big game management.
24.4 	(c) The chairs of the Fisheries Oversight Committee and the Wildlife Oversight 
24.5 	Committee, and four additional members from each committee, shall form a Budgetary 
24.6 	Oversight Committee to coordinate the integration of the fisheries and wildlife oversight 
24.7 	committee reports into an annual report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad 
24.8 	level in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; and provide a forum 
24.9 	to address issues that transcend the fisheries and wildlife oversight committees.
24.10 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a biennial 
24.11 	budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 of each 
24.12 	even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations to the 
24.13 	commissioner and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction 
24.14 	over natural resources finance.
24.15 	(e) The chairs of the Fisheries Oversight Committee and the Wildlife Oversight 
24.16 	Committee shall be chosen by their respective committees. The chair of the Budgetary 
24.17 	Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not be the chair of 
24.18 	either of the other oversight committees.
24.19 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee may make recommendations to the commissioner 
24.20 	and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over natural 
24.21 	resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
24.22 	(g) The committees authorized under this subdivision are not advisory councils or 
24.23 	committees governed by section 15.059 and are not subject to section 15.059. Committee 
24.24 	members appointed by the commissioner may request reimbursement for mileage expenses 
24.25 	in the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under 
24.26 	section 43A.18, subdivision 2. Committee members must not receive daily compensation 
24.27 	for oversight activities. The Fisheries Oversight Committee, the Wildlife Oversight 
24.28 	Committee, and the Budgetary Oversight Committee expire June 30, 2020 2025.

24.29 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.126, is amended to read:
24.30 	97A.126 WALK-IN ACCESS PROGRAM.
24.31 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A walk-in access program is established to provide public 
24.32 	access to wildlife habitat on private land not otherwise open to the public for hunting, 
24.33 	excluding trapping, as provided under this section. The commissioner may enter into 
25.1 	agreements with other units of government and landowners to provide private land hunting 
25.2 	access.
25.3 		Subd. 2.Use of enrolled lands. (a) From September 1 to May 31, a person must have 
25.4 	a walk-in access hunter validation in possession to hunt on private lands, including 
25.5 	agricultural lands, that are posted as being enrolled in the walk-in access program.
25.6 	(b) Hunting on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access program 
25.7 	is allowed from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
25.8 	(c) Hunter access on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access 
25.9 	program is restricted to nonmotorized use, except by hunters with disabilities operating 
25.10 	motor vehicles on established trails or field roads who possess a valid permit to shoot from 
25.11 	a stationary vehicle under section 97B.055, subdivision 3.
25.12 	(d) The general provisions for use of wildlife management areas adopted under sections 
25.13 	86A.06 and 97A.137, relating to overnight use, alcoholic beverages, use of motorboats, 
25.14 	firearms and target shooting, hunting stands, abandonment of trash and property, destruction 
25.15 	or removal of property, introduction of plants or animals, and animal trespass, apply to 
25.16 	hunters on lands enrolled in the walk-in access program.
25.17 	(e) Any use of enrolled lands other than hunting according to this section is prohibited, 
25.18 	including:
25.19 	(1) harvesting bait, including minnows, leeches, and other live bait;
25.20 	(2) training dogs or using dogs for activities other than hunting; and
25.21 	(3) constructing or maintaining any building, dock, fence, billboard, sign, hunting blind, 
25.22 	or other structure, unless constructed or maintained by the landowner.

25.23 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.433, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
25.24 		Subd. 4.Discretionary separate selection; eligibility. (a) The commissioner may 
25.25 	conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued for an area. 
25.26 	Only owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of agricultural or grazing land in 
25.27 	the area, and their family members, are eligible for the separate selection. Persons that are 
25.28 	unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining 
25.29 	licenses. Persons who obtain an elk license in a separate selection must allow public elk 
25.30 	hunting on their land during the elk season for which the license is valid. may sell their 
25.31 	license to any Minnesota resident eligible to hunt big game for no more than the original 
25.32 	cost of the license.
26.1 	(b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family 
26.2 	members under this subdivision.

26.3 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.433, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.4 		Subd. 5.Mandatory separate selection. The commissioner must conduct a separate 
26.5 	selection for 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued each year. Only individuals who 
26.6 	have applied at least ten times for an elk license and who have never received a license are 
26.7 	eligible for this separate selection. A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection 
26.8 	under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses.

26.9 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.10 		Subd. 4.Small-game surcharge and donation. (a) Fees for annual licenses to take 
26.11 	small game must be increased by a surcharge of $6.50, except licenses under subdivisions 
26.12 	2, clauses (18) and (19); and 3, paragraph (a), clause clauses (14) and (15). An additional 
26.13 	commission may not be assessed on the surcharge and the following statement must be 
26.14 	included in the annual small-game-hunting regulations: "This $6.50 surcharge is being paid 
26.15 	by hunters for the acquisition and development of wildlife lands."
26.16 	(b) A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3, or $5 to the fees for annual resident 
26.17 	and nonresident licenses to take small game. An additional commission may not be assessed 
26.18 	on the donation. The following statement must be included in the annual small-game-hunting 
26.19 	regulations: "The small-game license donations are being paid by hunters for administration 
26.20 	of the walk-in access program."

26.21 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.345, is amended by adding a subdivision 
26.22 	to read:
26.23 		Subd. 3b.Cast nets for gizzard shad. (a) Cast nets may be used only to take gizzard 
26.24 	shad for use as bait for angling from July 1 to November 30 as allowed under section 84D.03, 
26.25 	subdivision 3.
26.26 	(b) Cast nets used under this subdivision must be monofilament and may not exceed 
26.27 	five feet in radius. Mesh size must be from three-eighths-inch to five-eighths-inch bar 
26.28 	measure. A person may use up to two cast nets at one time.

26.29 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.391, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.30 		Subdivision 1.General restrictions. A person may not buy or sell fish taken from the 
26.31 	waters of this state, except:
27.1 	(1) minnows;
27.2 	(2) rough fish excluding ciscoes;
27.3 	(3) smelt taken from Lake Superior and rivers and streams that flow into Lake Superior;
27.4 	(4) fish taken under licensed commercial fishing operations;
27.5 	(5) fish that are private aquatic life; and
27.6 	(6) fish lawfully taken and subject to sale from other states and countries.

27.7 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.395, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.8 		Subd. 2.Continuous season for certain species. For sunfish, white crappie, black 
27.9 	crappie, yellow perch, catfish, rock bass, white bass, yellow bass, burbot, cisco (tullibee), 
27.10 	lake whitefish, and rough fish, the open season is continuous.

27.11 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.815, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.12 		Subd. 2.Assignment. (a) The commissioner shall assign licensed inland commercial 
27.13 	fishing operators to commercial fishing areas and each operator shall be is obligated to fish 
27.14 	in the area that the commissioner has assigned to them. The commissioner's assignment 
27.15 	shall be is valid as long as the assigned operator continues to purchase a license, continues 
27.16 	to provide an adequate removal effort in a good and professional manner, and is not convicted 
27.17 	of two or more violations of laws or rules governing inland commercial fishing operations 
27.18 	during any one license period. In the operator assignment, the commissioner shall consider 
27.19 	the proximity of the operator to the area, the type and quantity of fish gear and equipment 
27.20 	possessed, knowledge of the affected waters, and general ability to perform the work well.
27.21 	(b) Area assignments must not restrict permits and contracts that the commissioner issues 
27.22 	to governmental subdivisions and their subcontractors for invasive species control.

27.23 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.24 		Subd. 5.Financial assistance. A base grant may be awarded to a county that provides 
27.25 	a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water implementation 
27.26 	tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied at a rate sufficient 
27.27 	to generate a minimum amount determined by the board. The board may award 
27.28 	performance-based, watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance 
27.29 	to local units of government that are responsible for implementing elements of applicable 
27.30 	portions of watershed management plans, comprehensive plans, local water management 
27.31 	plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, developed or amended, adopted and 
28.1 	approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local government 
28.2 	unit, the board may also award performance-based grants to local units of government to 
28.3 	carry out TMDL implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the TMDL 
28.4 	implementation plan has been incorporated into the local water management plan according 
28.5 	to the procedures for approving comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local 
28.6 	water management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under chapter 
28.7 	103B, 103C, or 103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone a public review 
28.8 	process. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award performance-based, 
28.9 	watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance on an advanced 
28.10 	basis and may prescribe the amount of local match required. The fee authorized in section 
28.11 	40A.152 may be used as a local match or as a supplement to state funding to accomplish 
28.12 	implementation of comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local water 
28.13 	management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under this chapter and 
28.14 	chapter 103C or 103D The board may enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide 
28.15 	funding for water management to local governments.

28.16 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
28.17 		Subd. 9.Performance-based Criteria. (a) The board shallmust develop and utilize use
28.18 	performance-based criteria for local water resources restoration, protection, and management 
28.19 	programs and projects. The criteria may include but are not limited to science-based 
28.20 	assessments, organizational capacity, priority resource issues, community outreach and 
28.21 	support, partnership potential, potential for multiple benefits, and program and project 
28.22 	delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
28.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board may develop and use eligibility criteria 
28.24 	for state grants or other financial assistance provided to local governments.

28.25 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.611, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.26 		Subd. 3.Powers. Subject to the provisions of chapters 97A, 103D, 103E, 103G, and 
28.27 	115, and the rules and regulations of the respective agencies and governing bodies vested 
28.28 	with jurisdiction and authority under those chapters, the district has the following powers 
28.29 	on Lake Minnetonka, excluding the area of public drainage ditches or watercourses connected 
28.30 	to the lake:
28.31 	(1) to regulate the types of boats permitted to use the lake and set service fees;
28.32 	(2) to regulate, maintain, and police public beaches, public docks, and other public 
28.33 	facilities for access to the lake within the territory of the municipalities, provided that a 
29.1 	municipality may supersede the district's action under this clause by adopting an ordinance 
29.2 	specifically referring to the district's action by one year after the district's action;
29.3 	(3) to limit by rule the use of the lake at various times and the use of various parts of 
29.4 	the lake;
29.5 	(4) to regulate the speed of boats on the lake and the conduct of other activities on the 
29.6 	lake to secure the safety of the public and the most general public use;
29.7 	(5) to contract with other law enforcement agencies to police the lake and its shore;
29.8 	(6) to regulate the construction, installation, and maintenance of permanent and temporary 
29.9 	docks and moorings consistent with federal and state law;
29.10 	(7) to regulate the construction and use of mechanical and chemical means of deicing 
29.11 	the lake and to regulate mechanical and chemical means of removal of weeds and algae 
29.12 	from the lake;
29.13 	(8) to regulate the construction, configuration, size, location, and maintenance of 
29.14 	commercial marinas and their related facilities including parking areas and sanitary facilities
29.15 	that affect activity below the ordinary high-water mark. The regulation shall authority under 
29.16 	this clause does not apply to land-based marina activities, including storage facilities, and 
29.17 	must be consistent with the applicable state statutes, municipal building codes, and zoning 
29.18 	ordinances where the marinas are located;
29.19 	(9) to contract with other governmental bodies to perform any of the functions of the 
29.20 	district;
29.21 	(10) to undertake research to determine the condition and development of the lake and 
29.22 	the water entering it and to transmit their studies to the Pollution Control Agency and other 
29.23 	interested authorities, and to develop a comprehensive program to eliminate pollution;
29.24 	(11) to receive financial assistance from and join in projects or enter into contracts with 
29.25 	federal and state agencies for the study and treatment of pollution problems and 
29.26 	demonstration programs related to them; and
29.27 	(12) to petition the board of managers of a watershed district in which the lake 
29.28 	conservation district is located for improvements under section 103D.705; a bond is not 
29.29 	required of the lake conservation district.
29.30 	For purposes of this subdivision "watercourses connected to the lake" does not include 
29.31 	channels connecting portions of the lake to one another.

30.1 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
30.2 		Subd. 2.Program purposes. The purposes of the comprehensive watershed management 
30.3 	plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:
30.4 	(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under this chapter and chapters 
30.5 	103C and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, 
30.6 	science-based approach to watershed management;
30.7 	(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan services, 
30.8 	and local capacity;
30.9 	(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed restoration 
30.10 	and protection strategies under section 114D.26, which may serve to fulfill all or some of 
30.11 	the requirements under chapter 114D;
30.12 	(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;
30.13 	(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving 
30.14 	measurable progress; and
30.15 	(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or 
30.16 	watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according to 
30.17 	this chapter or chapter 103C or 103D.

30.18 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
30.19 		Subd. 5.Timelines; administration. (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by June 
30.20 	30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination of plans 
30.21 	consistent with section 103A.212. The transition plan must include a goal of completing 
30.22 	statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025. The 
30.23 	metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan. The board may 
30.24 	amend the transition plan no more than once every two years.
30.25 	(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to support 
30.26 	development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management plan under this 
30.27 	section.

30.28 	Sec. 41. [103C.332] SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS; DUTIES 
30.29 	AND SERVICES.
30.30 		Subdivision 1.Duties. In addition to any other duty prescribed by law, soil and water 
30.31 	conservation districts must:
31.1 	(1) respond to and provide technical and financial assistance to landowners to maintain 
31.2 	and improve the quality, quantity, distribution, and sustainability of natural resources, 
31.3 	including surface water, groundwater, soil, and ecological resources;
31.4 	(2) provide technical assistance in implementing the soil erosion law under sections 
31.5 	103F.401 to 103F.48;
31.6 	(3) arrange for employees to serve on technical evaluation panels to implement the 
31.7 	wetland laws as required under section 103G.2242;
31.8 	(4) locally administer the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program under section 103F.515 
31.9 	and rules adopted thereunder, using knowledge of local resources to manage each easement 
31.10 	to maximize environmental benefits;
31.11 	(5) participate in administering the Wetland Conservation Act as provided under sections 
31.12 	103G.221 to 103G.2375, either in an advisory capacity or as the designated local government 
31.13 	unit administering the program;
31.14 	(6) participate in the local water management program under chapter 103B, either in an 
31.15 	advisory capacity or as the designated local government unit administering the program;
31.16 	(7) participate, as appropriate, in the comprehensive watershed management planning 
31.17 	program under section 103B.801;
31.18 	(8) participate in disaster response efforts as provided in chapter 12A;
31.19 	(9) provide technical recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources on 
31.20 	general permit applications under section 103G.301;
31.21 	(10) provide technical assistance and local administration of the agricultural water quality 
31.22 	certification program under sections 17.9891 to 17.993;
31.23 	(11) provide technical assistance for the agricultural land preservation program under 
31.24 	chapter 40A, where applicable;
31.25 	(12) maintain compliance with section 15.99 for deadlines for agency action;
31.26 	(13) coordinate with appropriate county officials on matters related to electing soil and 
31.27 	water conservation district supervisors;
31.28 	(14) cooperate to the extent possible with federal, state, and local agencies and with 
31.29 	private organizations to avoid duplicating and to enhance implementing public and private 
31.30 	conservation initiatives within the jurisdiction of the district; and
32.1 	(15) enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture, 
32.2 	Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other United States Department of Agriculture 
32.3 	agencies to leverage federal technical and financial assistance.
32.4 		Subd. 2.Services provided. To carry out the duties under subdivision 1 and implement 
32.5 	the soil and water conservation policy of the state as stated in section 103A.206, soil and 
32.6 	water conservation districts provide a range of services, including but not limited to:
32.7 	(1) performing administrative services, including comprehensive and annual work 
32.8 	planning, administering grants, leveraging outside funding, establishing fiscal accountability 
32.9 	measures,  reporting accomplishments, human resources management, and staff and supervisor 
32.10 	development;
32.11 	(2) providing technical expertise, including knowledge of local resources, performing 
32.12 	technical evaluations and certifications, assessing concerns, and providing oversight in 
32.13 	surveying, designing, and constructing conservation practices;
32.14 	(3) providing information and education outreach, including increasing landowner 
32.15 	awareness and knowledge of soil and water conservation program opportunities to protect 
32.16 	soil and water resources and publicizing the benefits of soil and water conservation to the 
32.17 	general public;
32.18 	(4) facilitating regulatory processes for impacted landowners and providing technical 
32.19 	review and comment on regulatory permits and development plans for regulations relating 
32.20 	to soil and water conservation;
32.21 	(5) administering projects and programs, including but not limited to the nonpoint source 
32.22 	pollution abatement program; reinvest in Minnesota reserve conservation easements program; 
32.23 	disaster response; local water management and comprehensive watershed management 
32.24 	planning programs; and projects related to floodplains, lakes, streams and ditches, wetlands, 
32.25 	upland resources, and groundwater resources, to maintain and improve the quality, quantity, 
32.26 	distribution, and sustainability of natural resources, including surface water, groundwater, 
32.27 	soil, and ecological resources;
32.28 	(6) monitoring and inventorying to collect data that provide a baseline understanding of 
32.29 	resource conditions and changes to the resources over time and analyzing and interpreting 
32.30 	the data to support program implementation; and
32.31 	(7) maintaining a modern technology infrastructure that facilitates planning and projects, 
32.32 	including geographic information systems, modeling software, mobile workstations, survey 
33.1 	and design equipment and software, and other technology for linking landowners with 
33.2 	conservation plans.

33.3 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103E.021, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
33.4 		Subd. 6.Incremental implementation establishment; vegetated buffer strips and 
33.5 	side inlet controls. (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter requiring 
33.6 	appointment of viewers and redetermination of benefits and damages, a drainage authority 
33.7 	may implement make findings and order the establishment of permanent buffer strips of 
33.8 	perennial vegetation approved by the drainage authority or side inlet controls, or both, 
33.9 	adjacent to a public drainage ditch, where necessary to control erosion and sedimentation, 
33.10 	improve water quality, or maintain the efficiency of the drainage system. The drainage 
33.11 	authority's finding that establishing permanent buffer strips of perennial vegetation or side 
33.12 	inlet controls is necessary to control erosion and sedimentation, improve water quality, or 
33.13 	maintain the efficiency of the drainage system is sufficient to confer jurisdiction under this 
33.14 	subdivision. Preference should be given to planting native species of a local ecotype. The 
33.15 	approved perennial vegetation shall must not impede future maintenance of the ditch. The 
33.16 	permanent strips of perennial vegetation shall be 16-1/2 feet in width measured outward 
33.17 	from the top edge of the existing constructed channel. Drainage system rights-of-way for 
33.18 	the acreage and additional property required for the permanent strips must be acquired by 
33.19 	the authority having jurisdiction.
33.20 	(b) A project under this subdivision shall must be implemented as a repair according to 
33.21 	section 103E.705, except that the drainage authority may appoint an engineer to examine 
33.22 	the drainage system and prepare an engineer's repair report for the project.
33.23 	(c) Damages shall must be determined by the drainage authority, or viewers, appointed 
33.24 	by the drainage authority, according to section 103E.315, subdivision 8. A damages statement 
33.25 	shall must be prepared, including an explanation of how the damages were determined for 
33.26 	each property affected by the project, and filed with the auditor or watershed district. Within 
33.27 	30 days after the damages statement is filed, the auditor or watershed district shall must
33.28 	prepare property owners' reports according to section 103E.323, subdivision 1, clauses (1), 
33.29 	(2), (6), (7), and (8), and mail a copy of the property owner's report and damages statement 
33.30 	to each owner of property affected by the proposed project.
33.31 	(d) After a damages statement is filed, the drainage authority shall must set a time, by 
33.32 	order, not more than 30 days after the date of the order, for a hearing on the project. At least 
33.33 	ten days before the hearing, the auditor or watershed district shall must give notice by mail 
34.1 	of the time and location of the hearing to the owners of property and political subdivisions 
34.2 	likely to be affected by the project.
34.3 	(e) The drainage authority shall must make findings and order the repairs to be made if 
34.4 	the drainage authority determines from the evidence presented at the hearing and by the 
34.5 	viewers and engineer, if appointed, that the repairs are necessary for the drainage system 
34.6 	and the costs of the repairs are within the limitations of section 103E.705.

34.7 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103E.071, is amended to read:
34.8 	103E.071 COUNTY ATTORNEY.
34.9 	The county attorney shall represent the county in all drainage proceedings and related 
34.10 	matters without special compensation, except as provided in section 388.09, subdivision 1. 
34.11 	A county attorney, the county attorney's assistant, or any attorney associated with the county 
34.12 	attorney in business, may not otherwise appear in any drainage proceeding for any interested 
34.13 	person.

34.14 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103E.351, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.15 		Subdivision 1.Conditions to redetermine benefits and damages; appointing 
34.16 	viewers. (a) If the drainage authority determines that the original benefits or damages of 
34.17 	record determined in a drainage proceeding do not reflect reasonable present day present-day
34.18 	land values or that the benefited or damaged areas have changed, or if more than 50 percent 
34.19 	of the owners of property benefited or damaged by a drainage system petition for correction 
34.20 	of an error that was made at the time of the proceedings that established the drainage system,
34.21 	the drainage authority may appoint three viewers to redetermine and report the benefits and 
34.22 	damages and the benefited and damaged areas.
34.23 	(b) If more than 26 percent of the owners of property or owners of 26 percent of the 
34.24 	property that is benefited or damaged by a drainage system petition to redetermine benefits 
34.25 	and damages, the drainage authority must make a determination on the petition according 
34.26 	to paragraph (a).

34.27 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103E.351, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
34.28 		Subd. 2.Hearing and procedure. (a) The redetermination of benefits and damages 
34.29 	shall must proceed as provided for viewers and the viewers' report in sections 103E.311 to 
34.30 	103E.321.
35.1 	(b) The auditor or secretary must prepare a property owners' report from the viewers' 
35.2 	report. A copy of the property owners' report must be mailed to each owner of property 
35.3 	affected by the drainage system.
35.4 	(c) The drainage authority shall must hold a final hearing on the report and confirm the 
35.5 	benefits and damages and benefited and damaged areas. The final hearing shall must proceed 
35.6 	as provided under sections 103E.325, 103E.335, and 103E.341, except that the hearing shall 
35.7 	be held within 30 days after the property owners' report is mailed.

35.8 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103E.351, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
35.9 		Subd. 3.Using redetermined benefits and damages. The redetermined benefits and 
35.10 	damages and the redetermined benefited and damaged areas must be used in place of the 
35.11 	original benefits and damages of record and the benefited and damaged areas of record in 
35.12 	all subsequent proceedings relating to the drainage system.

35.13 	Sec. 47. [103E.729] APPORTIONING REPAIR COSTS; ALTERNATIVE OPTION.
35.14 		Subdivision 1.Option. Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter, a 
35.15 	drainage authority may use the option under this section to apportion repair costs on all 
35.16 	property contributing runoff to the drainage system according to the relative runoff and 
35.17 	relative sediment delivery determined in an approved report to apportion repair costs prepared 
35.18 	according to subdivision 2. Repair costs apportioned using the method in this section are 
35.19 	charges for property contributing runoff to the drainage system that must be considered 
35.20 	repair cost assessments under this chapter.
35.21 		Subd. 2.Report to apportion repair costs. (a) When the drainage authority determines 
35.22 	that a drainage system repair is necessary, the drainage authority may apportion costs for 
35.23 	repairing a drainage system based on relative runoff and relative sediment delivery from 
35.24 	any property, public road, street, railway, or other utility contributing runoff to the drainage 
35.25 	system as provided in this section. If the method under this section is used, costs must be 
35.26 	determined before ordering the repair of all or any part of a drainage system as provided in 
35.27 	section 103E.705, subdivision 3, or 103E.715, subdivision 4, or before levying an assessment 
35.28 	for a repair fund as provided in section 103E.735, subdivision 1.
35.29 	(b) The drainage authority must appoint one or more persons qualified to use geographic 
35.30 	information system technology and applicable digital information, including but not limited 
35.31 	to conditioned topographic data, soils and land use data, and property, road, and utility 
35.32 	corridor identification data, together with appropriate on-site verification, to equitably 
35.33 	apportion repair costs.
36.1 	(c) The person or persons conducting the cost apportionment must file a report to 
36.2 	apportion repair costs with the drainage authority explaining in nontechnical language the 
36.3 	method, data, and interpretations used and the results of the cost apportionment. The report 
36.4 	must present data and results in a format so that individual property owners, political 
36.5 	subdivisions, and utilities can clearly examine the information applicable to their property, 
36.6 	public road, street, railway, or other utility, including for each parcel having a separate 
36.7 	property identification number.
36.8 		Subd. 3.Hearing on report. (a) When a report to apportion repair costs is filed, the 
36.9 	drainage authority, in consultation with the auditor or secretary, must set a time, by order, 
36.10 	for a hearing on the report not more than 30 days after the date of the order. At least 20 days 
36.11 	before the hearing, the auditor or secretary must give notice by mail of the time and location 
36.12 	of the hearing to the owners of property, political subdivisions, and utilities proposed to be 
36.13 	assessed in the report. The notice of hearing must include a copy of the portion of the report 
36.14 	explaining in nontechnical language the method, data, and interpretations used; the results 
36.15 	of the cost apportionment applicable to the property owner, political subdivision, or utility 
36.16 	receiving notice; and a statement of the location where the entire report to apportion repair 
36.17 	costs has been filed for public inspection.
36.18 	(b) At the hearing, the drainage authority must hear and consider the testimony presented 
36.19 	by all interested parties. At least one person responsible for preparing the report to apportion 
36.20 	repair costs must be present at the initial hearing.
36.21 	(c) If the drainage authority determines that the apportionment of costs is inequitable, 
36.22 	the drainage authority may amend the report to apportion repair costs and must make 
36.23 	necessary and proper findings and an order in relation to the report, or resubmit matters to 
36.24 	the report preparer for further consideration. If matters are resubmitted, the hearing may be 
36.25 	continued as necessary to make and hear an amended report. The report preparer must 
36.26 	proceed promptly to reconsider resubmitted matters and must make and file an amended 
36.27 	report. The drainage authority may replace the original report with the amended report to 
36.28 	apportion repair costs and make necessary and proper findings and an order to approve the 
36.29 	amended report. The jurisdiction of the drainage authority continues in the property given 
36.30 	proper notice, and new or additional notice is not required for that property.
36.31 		Subd. 4.Findings; approval. After considering the report to apportion repair costs, any 
36.32 	amended report, and all evidence presented, the drainage authority must make findings, 
36.33 	approve the report, and apportion repair costs consistent with the values in the report to 
36.34 	apportion repair costs if the drainage authority finds that the cost apportionment is equitable 
36.35 	because:
37.1 	(1) the weighting of relative runoff and relative sediment delivery is appropriate for the 
37.2 	type of repair;
37.3 	(2) the data inputs are reliable; and
37.4 	(3) the computation method is reliable.
37.5 		Subd. 5.Report updates. The drainage authority may continue to apportion repair costs 
37.6 	consistent with the values in the report to apportion repair costs of record. After a report to 
37.7 	apportion repair costs has been approved under this subdivision, an owner of property, a 
37.8 	political subdivision, or a utility assessed in the report of record may request in writing that 
37.9 	the drainage authority update the report based on changed land use. The request must be 
37.10 	filed with the auditor of the county where the property is located or the secretary. Before 
37.11 	the drainage authority approves a repair cost assessment for the drainage system, the drainage 
37.12 	authority must determine if the report to apportion repair costs of record reasonably reflects 
37.13 	current land use, relative runoff, and relative sediment delivery. If it does not so reflect, the 
37.14 	drainage authority must make findings and must appoint one or more persons to prepare 
37.15 	and file an updated report to apportion repair costs for the drainage system in accordance 
37.16 	with subdivision 2.
37.17 		Subd. 6.Conservation lands. Proper consideration must be given to property that is 
37.18 	used for conservation that prohibits development or land use change by ownership, deed 
37.19 	restriction, or conservation easement, or is enrolled in a program that prohibits agricultural 
37.20 	crop production.
37.21 		Subd. 7.Appeals. The owner of any property subject to cost apportionment listed in the 
37.22 	adopted report to apportion repair costs may appeal the findings of the drainage authority 
37.23 	under subdivision 4 as provided in section 103E.095.
37.24 		Subd. 8.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
37.25 	(1) "relative runoff" means the surface and subsurface runoff potential from a specific 
37.26 	property compared on an equitable basis to all other properties contributing runoff to the 
37.27 	drainage system; and
37.28 	(2) "relative sediment delivery" means the sediment delivery potential from a specific 
37.29 	property compared on an equitable basis to all other properties contributing runoff to the 
37.30 	drainage system.
37.31 		Subd. 9.Sunset. This section expires on July 31, 2024.

38.1 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.361, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 2.Legislative intent. It is the intent of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 to authorize 
38.3 	and direct the board and the counties zoning authorities to implement the plan for the 
38.4 	Mississippi headwaters area.

38.5 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.363, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.6 		Subdivision 1.Generally. Sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 apply to the counties of 
38.7 	Clearwater, Hubbard, Beltrami, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Morrison and all other 
38.8 	zoning authorities.

38.9 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.365, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.10 	to read:
38.11 		Subd. 5.Zoning authority. "Zoning authority" means counties, organized townships, 
38.12 	local and special governmental units, joint powers boards, councils, commissions, boards, 
38.13 	districts, and all state agencies and departments wholly or partially within the corridor 
38.14 	defined by the plan, excluding statutory or home rule charter cities.

38.15 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.371, is amended to read:
38.16 	103F.371 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.
38.17 	(a) All local and special governmental units, councils, commissions, boards and districts 
38.18 	and all state agencies and departments must exercise their powers so as to further the purposes 
38.19 	of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 and the plan. Land owned by the state, its agencies, and 
38.20 	political subdivisions shall be administered in accordance with the plan. The certification 
38.21 	procedure under section 103F.373 applies to all zoning authorities in the corridor defined 
38.22 	by the plan.
38.23 	(b) Actions that comply with the land use ordinance are consistent with the plan. Actions 
38.24 	that do not comply with the ordinance may not be started until the board has been notified 
38.25 	and given an opportunity to review and comment on the consistency of the action with this 
38.26 	section.

38.27 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.28 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. To assure ensure that the plan is not nullified by unjustified 
38.29 	exceptions in particular cases and to promote uniformity in the treatment of applications 
38.30 	for exceptions, a review and certification procedure is established for the following categories 
39.1 	of land use actions taken by the counties and zoning authorities directly or indirectly affecting 
39.2 	land use within the area covered by the plan:
39.3 	(1) the adoption or amendment of an ordinance regulating the use of land, including 
39.4 	rezoning of particular tracts of land;
39.5 	(2) the granting of a variance from provisions of the land use ordinance; and
39.6 	(3) the approval of a plat which is inconsistent with the land use ordinance.

39.7 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
39.8 		Subd. 3.Procedure for certification. A copy of the notices of public hearings or, when 
39.9 	a hearing is not required, a copy of the application to consider an action of a type specified 
39.10 	in subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3), must be forwarded to the board by the county zoning 
39.11 	authority at least 15 days before the hearing or meetings to consider the actions. The county
39.12 	zoning authority shall notify the board of its final decision on the proposed action within 
39.13 	ten days of the decision. By 30 days after the board receives the notice, the board shall 
39.14 	notify the county zoning authority and the applicant of its the board's approval or disapproval 
39.15 	of the proposed action.

39.16 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
39.17 		Subd. 4.Disapproval of actions. (a) If a notice of disapproval is issued by the board, 
39.18 	the county zoning authority or the applicant may, within 30 days of the notice, file with the 
39.19 	board a demand for a hearing. If a demand is not filed within the 30-day period, the 
39.20 	disapproval becomes final.
39.21 	(b) If a demand is filed within the 30-day period, a hearing must be held within 60 days 
39.22 	of demand. The hearing must be preceded by two weeks' published notice. Within 30 days 
39.23 	after the hearing, the board must:
39.24 	(1) affirm its disapproval of the proposed action; or
39.25 	(2) certify approval of the proposed action.

39.26 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.241, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.27 		Subdivision 1.Conditions to affect public waters. An agent or employee of another 
39.28 	may not construct, reconstruct, remove, or make a change in a reservoir, dam, or waterway 
39.29 	obstruction on a public water or in any manner change or diminish the course, current, or 
39.30 	cross section of public waters unless the agent or employee has:
40.1 	(1) obtained a signed statement from the property owner stating that the permits required 
40.2 	for the work have been obtained or a permit is not required; and
40.3 	(2) mailed or electronically transmitted a copy of the statement to the regional office of 
40.4 	the Department of Natural Resources where the proposed work is located.

40.5 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.241, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
40.6 		Subd. 3.Form for compliance. The commissioner shall develop a form to be distributed 
40.7 	to contractors' associations and county auditors to comply with this section. The form must 
40.8 	include:
40.9 	(1) a listing of the activities for which a permit is required;
40.10 	(2) a description of the penalties for violating this chapter;
40.11 	(3) the mailing addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the 
40.12 	regional offices of the Department of Natural Resources;
40.13 	(4) a statement that water inventory maps completed according to section 103G.201 are 
40.14 	on file with the auditors of the counties; and
40.15 	(5) spaces for a description of the work and the names, mailing addresses, electronic 
40.16 	mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the person authorizing the work and the agent or 
40.17 	employee proposing to undertake it.

40.18 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.271, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
40.19 		Subd. 7.Transferring permit. (a) A water-use permit may be transferred to a successive 
40.20 	owner of real property if the permittee conveys the real property where the source of water 
40.21 	is located. The new owner must notify the commissioner immediately after the conveyance 
40.22 	and request transfer of the permit. The commissioner must not deny the transfer of a permit 
40.23 	if:
40.24 	(1) the permittee is in compliance with all permit conditions, as demonstrated by:
40.25 	(i) the permit being valid at the time of the real property transfer; and
40.26 	(ii) the permittee has complied with the total volume allowed under the water-use permit 
40.27 	prior to transferring the real property; and
40.28 	(2) the permit meets the requirements of sections 103G.255 to 103G.301.
40.29 	(b) The commissioner must not require additional conditions on the permit, reduce the 
40.30 	appropriation, or require any testing when transferring a permit.

41.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2010.

41.2 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.271, is amended by adding a subdivision 
41.3 	to read:
41.4 		Subd. 8.Management plans; economic impacts. Before a management plan for 
41.5 	appropriating water is prepared, the commissioner must provide estimates of the economic 
41.6 	impact of any new restriction or policy on existing and future groundwater users and local 
41.7 	governments in the affected area. Strategies to address economic impacts must be included 
41.8 	in the plan.

41.9 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.10 		Subdivision 1.Applications for groundwater appropriations; preliminary 
41.11 	well-construction approval. (a) Groundwater use permit applications are not complete 
41.12 	until the applicant has supplied:
41.13 	(1) a water well record as required by section 103I.205, subdivision 9, information on 
41.14 	the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer that 
41.15 	will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to locate the 
41.16 	site of the production well;
41.17 	(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being requested;
41.18 	(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality commonly 
41.19 	specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary for the proposed 
41.20 	use;
41.21 	(4) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved by the 
41.22 	commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested in the 
41.23 	application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other wells and 
41.24 	surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible for all costs 
41.25 	related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and surface water 
41.26 	monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after the aquifer test; 
41.27 	and
41.28 	(5) the results of any assessments conducted by the commissioner under paragraph (c).
41.29 	(b) The commissioner may waive an application requirement in this subdivision if the 
41.30 	information provided with the application is adequate to determine whether the proposed 
41.31 	appropriation and use of water is sustainable and will protect ecosystems, water quality, 
41.32 	and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
42.1 	(c) The commissioner shall provide an assessment of a proposed well needing a 
42.2 	groundwater appropriation permit. The commissioner shall evaluate the information submitted 
42.3 	as required under section 103I.205, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), and determine whether 
42.4 	the anticipated appropriation request is likely to meet the applicable requirements of this 
42.5 	chapter. If the appropriation request is likely to meet applicable requirements, the 
42.6 	commissioner shall provide the person submitting the information with a letter or 
42.7 	electronically transmitted notice providing preliminary approval to construct the well and 
42.8 	the requirements, including test-well information, that will be needed to obtain the permit.
42.9 	(d) The commissioner must provide an applicant denied a groundwater use permit or 
42.10 	issued a groundwater use permit that is reduced or restricted from the original request with 
42.11 	all information the commissioner used in making the determination, including hydrographs, 
42.12 	flow tests, aquifer tests, topographic maps, field reports, photographs, and proof of equipment 
42.13 	calibration.

42.14 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
42.15 		Subd. 4.Groundwater management areas. (a) The commissioner may designate 
42.16 	groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses within 
42.17 	a designated area to ensure sustainable use of groundwater that protects ecosystems, water 
42.18 	quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water appropriations 
42.19 	and uses within a designated management area must be consistent with a groundwater 
42.20 	management area plan approved by the commissioner that addresses water conservation 
42.21 	requirements and water allocation priorities established in section 103G.261. During the 
42.22 	development of a groundwater management plan, the commissioner and employees and 
42.23 	agents of the department may disseminate information related to the timing, location, and 
42.24 	agendas of meetings related to the plan, but shall otherwise limit public information 
42.25 	disseminated related to the groundwater management area to direct factual responses to 
42.26 	public and media inquires. At least 30 days prior to implementing or modifying a groundwater 
42.27 	management area plan under this subdivision, the commissioner shall consult with the 
42.28 	advisory team established in paragraph (c).
42.29 	(b) Notwithstanding section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and Minnesota 
42.30 	Rules, within designated groundwater management areas, the commissioner may require 
42.31 	general permits as specified in section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), for water 
42.32 	users using less than 10,000 gallons per day or 1,000,000 gallons per year and water suppliers 
42.33 	serving less than 25 persons for domestic purposes. The commissioner may waive the 
42.34 	requirements under section 103G.281 for general permits issued under this paragraph, and 
43.1 	the fee specified in section 103G.301, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), does not apply to general 
43.2 	permits issued under this paragraph.
43.3 	(c) When designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner shall assemble 
43.4 	an advisory team to assist in developing a groundwater management area plan for the area. 
43.5 	The advisory team members shall be selected from public and private entities that have an 
43.6 	interest in the water resources affected by the groundwater management area. A majority 
43.7 	of the advisory team members shall be public and private entities that currently hold water-use 
43.8 	permits for water appropriations from the affected water resources. The commissioner shall 
43.9 	consult with the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the 
43.10 	Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts, and the Minnesota Association of Townships 
43.11 	in appointing the local government representatives to the advisory team. The advisory team 
43.12 	may also include representatives from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State 
43.13 	Colleges and Universities, other institutions of higher learning in Minnesota, political 
43.14 	subdivisions with jurisdiction over water issues, nonprofits with expertise in water, and 
43.15 	federal agencies.
43.16 	(d) Before designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner must provide 
43.17 	estimates of the economic effect of any new restriction or policy on existing and future 
43.18 	groundwater users and local governments in the affected area. Strategies to address economic 
43.19 	impacts must be included in any plan.

43.20 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
43.21 		Subd. 5.Sustainability standard. (a) The commissioner may issue water-use permits 
43.22 	for appropriation from groundwater only if the commissioner determines that the groundwater 
43.23 	use is sustainable to supply the needs of future generations and the proposed use will not 
43.24 	harm ecosystems, degrade water, or reduce water levels beyond the reach of public water 
43.25 	supply and private domestic wells constructed according to Minnesota Rules, chapter 4725.
43.26 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 4, "sustainable" means a change 
43.27 	in hydrologic regime of 20 percent or less relative to the August median stream flow.

43.28 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.289, is amended to read:
43.29 	103G.289 WELL INTERFERENCE; WELL SEALING VALIDATION; 
43.30 	CONTESTED CASE.
43.31 	(a) The commissioner shall not validate a claim for well interference claim if the affected 
43.32 	well has been sealed prior to the completion of the commissioner's investigation of the 
44.1 	complaint. If the well is sealed prior to completion of the investigation, the commissioner 
44.2 	must dismiss the complaint.
44.3 	(b) When validating a claim for well interference, the commissioner must take into 
44.4 	account the condition of the affected well.
44.5 	(c) Within 30 days after the commissioner's decision on a claim for well interference, a 
44.6 	party ordered by the commissioner to contribute to an affected well owner may petition for 
44.7 	a contested case hearing under sections 14.57 to 14.62. The commissioner must grant the 
44.8 	petitioner a contested case hearing on the commissioner's decision.

44.9 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.311, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44.10 		Subd. 2.Hearing notice. (a) The hearing notice on an application must include:
44.11 	(1) the date, place, and time fixed by the commissioner for the hearing;
44.12 	(2) the waters affected, the water levels sought to be established, or control structures 
44.13 	proposed; and
44.14 	(3) the matters prescribed by sections 14.57 to 14.59 and rules adopted thereunder.
44.15 	(b) A summary of the hearing notice must be published by the commissioner at the 
44.16 	expense of the applicant or, if the proceeding is initiated by the commissioner in the absence 
44.17 	of an applicant, at the expense of the commissioner.
44.18 	(c) The summary of the hearing notice must be:
44.19 	(1) published once a week for two successive weeks before the day of hearing in a legal 
44.20 	newspaper published in the county where any part of the affected waters is located; and
44.21 	(2) mailed or electronically transmitted by the commissioner to the county auditor, the 
44.22 	mayor of a municipality, the watershed district, and the soil and water conservation district 
44.23 	affected by the application.

44.24 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
44.25 		Subd. 5.Demand for hearing. (a) If a hearing is waived and an order is made issuing 
44.26 	or denying the permit, the applicant, the managers of the watershed district, the board of 
44.27 	supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, or the governing body of the 
44.28 	municipality may file a demand for hearing on the application. The demand for a hearing 
44.29 	must be filed within 30 days after mailed or electronically transmitted notice of the order 
44.30 	with the bond required by subdivision 6.
45.1 	(b) The commissioner must give notice as provided in subdivision 2, hold a hearing on 
45.2 	the application, and make a determination on issuing or denying the permit as though the 
45.3 	previous order had not been made.
45.4 	(c) The order issuing or denying the permit becomes final at the end of 30 days after 
45.5 	mailed or electronically transmitted notice of the order to the applicant, the managers of the 
45.6 	watershed district, the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, or 
45.7 	the governing body of the municipality, and an appeal of the order may not be taken if:
45.8 	(1) the commissioner waives a hearing and a demand for a hearing is not made; or
45.9 	(2) a hearing is demanded but a bond is not filed as required by subdivision 6.

45.10 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.315, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
45.11 		Subd. 8.Notice of permit order. Notice of orders made after hearing must be given by 
45.12 	publication of the order once a week for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the 
45.13 	county where the hearing was held and by mailing or electronically transmitting copies of 
45.14 	the order to parties who entered an appearance at the hearing.

45.15 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.408, is amended to read:
45.16 	103G.408 TEMPORARY DRAWDOWN OF PUBLIC WATERS.
45.17 	(a) The commissioner, upon consideration of recommendations and objections as provided 
45.18 	in clause (2), item (iii), and paragraph (c), may issue a public-waters-work permit for the 
45.19 	temporary drawdown of a public water when:
45.20 	(1) the public water is a shallow lake to be managed for fish, wildlife, or ecological 
45.21 	purposes by the commissioner and the commissioner has conducted a public hearing 
45.22 	presenting a comprehensive management plan outlining how and when temporary drawdowns 
45.23 	under this section will be conducted; or
45.24 	(2) the permit applicant is a public entity and:
45.25 	(i) the commissioner deems the project to be beneficial and makes findings of fact that 
45.26 	the drawdown is in the public interest;
45.27 	(ii) the permit applicant has obtained permission from at least 75 percent of the riparian 
45.28 	landowners; and
45.29 	(iii) the permit applicant has conducted a public hearing according to paragraph (d).
46.1 	(b) In addition to the requirements in section 103G.301, subdivision 6, the permit 
46.2 	applicant shall serve a copy of the application on each county, municipality, and watershed 
46.3 	management organization, if one exists, within which any portion of the public water is 
46.4 	located and on the lake improvement district, if one exists.
46.5 	(c) A county, municipality, watershed district, watershed management organization, or 
46.6 	lake improvement district required to be served under paragraph (b) or section 103G.301, 
46.7 	subdivision 6, may file a written recommendation for the issuance of a permit or an objection 
46.8 	to the issuance of a permit with the commissioner within 30 days after receiving a copy of 
46.9 	the application.
46.10 	(d) The hearing notice for a public hearing under paragraph (a), clause (2), item (iii), 
46.11 	must:
46.12 	(1) include the date, place, and time for the hearing;
46.13 	(2) include the waters affected and a description of the proposed project;
46.14 	(3) be mailed or electronically transmitted to the director, the county auditor, the clerk 
46.15 	or mayor of a municipality, the lake improvement district if one exists, the watershed district 
46.16 	or water management organization, the soil and water conservation district, and all riparian 
46.17 	owners of record affected by the application; and
46.18 	(4) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area.
46.19 	(e) Periodic temporary drawdowns conducted under paragraph (a) shall are not be
46.20 	considered takings from riparian landowners.
46.21 	(f) This section does not apply to public waters that have been designated for wildlife 
46.22 	management under section 97A.101.

46.23 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.615, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
46.24 		Subd. 3a.Invasive aquatic plant management permit. (a) "Invasive aquatic plant 
46.25 	management permit" means an aquatic plant management permit as defined in rules of the 
46.26 	Department of Natural Resources that authorizes the selective control of invasive aquatic 
46.27 	plants to cause a significant reduction in the abundance of the invasive aquatic plant.
46.28 	(b) The commissioner may waive the dated signature of approval requirement in rules 
46.29 	of the Department of Natural Resources for invasive aquatic plant management permits if 
46.30 	obtaining signatures would create an undue burden on the permittee or if the commissioner 
46.31 	determines that aquatic plant control is necessary to protect natural resources.
47.1 	(c) If the signature requirement is waived under paragraph (b) because obtaining 
47.2 	signatures would create an undue burden on the permittee, the commissioner shall require 
47.3 	an alternate form of landowner notification, including news releases or public notices in a 
47.4 	local newspaper, a public meeting, or a mailing or electronic transmission to the most recent 
47.5 	permanent physical or electronic mailing address of affected landowners. The notification 
47.6 	must be given annually and must include: the proposed date of treatment, the target species, 
47.7 	the method of control or product being used, and instructions on how the landowner may 
47.8 	request that control not occur adjacent to the landowner's property.
47.9 	(d) The commissioner may allow dated signatures of approval obtained for an invasive 
47.10 	aquatic plant management permit to satisfy rules of the Department of Natural Resources 
47.11 	to remain valid for three years if property ownership remains unchanged.

47.12 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
47.13 	to read:
47.14 		Subd. 3a.Comprehensive local water management plan. "Comprehensive local water 
47.15 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3.

47.16 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
47.17 	to read:
47.18 		Subd. 3b.Comprehensive watershed management plan. "Comprehensive watershed 
47.19 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3a.

47.20 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
47.21 		Subd. 7.Restoration. "Restoration" means actions, including effectiveness monitoring, 
47.22 	that are taken to pursue, achieve, and maintain water quality standards for impaired waters 
47.23 	in accordance with a TMDL that has been approved by the United States Environmental 
47.24 	Protection Agency under federal TMDL requirements.

47.25 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
47.26 		Subd. 11.TMDL implementation plan. "TMDL implementation plan" means a 
47.27 	document detailing restoration strategies or activities needed to meet the approved TMDL's
47.28 	TMDL pollutant load allocations for point and nonpoint sources. This could include a 
47.29 	WRAPS, a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water 
47.30 	management plan, or another document or strategy that the commissioner of the Pollution 
48.1 	Control Agency determines to be, in whole or in part, sufficient to provide reasonable 
48.2 	assurance of achieving applicable water quality standards.

48.3 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
48.4 		Subd. 13.Watershed restoration and protection strategy or WRAPS. "Watershed 
48.5 	restoration and protection strategy" or "WRAPS" means a document summarizing scientific 
48.6 	studies of a major watershed no larger than at approximately a hydrologic unit code 8 
48.7 	including the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality of the 
48.8 	watershed; identification of impairments and water bodies in need of protection; identification 
48.9 	of biotic stressors and sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint; TMDLs for the 
48.10 	impairments; and an implementation table containingscale with strategies and actions
48.11 	designed to achieve and maintain water quality standards and goals.

48.12 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.13 		Subd. 2.Goals for implementation. The following goals must guide the implementation 
48.14 	of this chapter:
48.15 	(1) to identify impaired waters in accordance with federal TMDL requirements within 
48.16 	ten years after May 23, 2006, and thereafter to ensure continuing evaluation of surface 
48.17 	waters for impairments;
48.18 	(2) to submit TMDLs to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all 
48.19 	impaired waters in a timely manner in accordance with federal TMDL requirements;
48.20 	(3) to set a reasonable time inform and support strategies for implementing restoration 
48.21 	of each identified impaired water and protection activities in a reasonable time period;
48.22 	(4) to systematically evaluate waters, to provide assistance and incentives to prevent 
48.23 	waters from becoming impaired, and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as 
48.24 	impaired but do not have an approved TMDL addressing the impairment;
48.25 	(5) to promptly seek the delisting of waters from the impaired waters list when those 
48.26 	waters are shown to achieve the designated uses applicable to the waters;
48.27 	(6) to achieve compliance with federal Clean Water Act requirements in Minnesota;
48.28 	(7) to support effective measures to prevent the degradation of groundwater according 
48.29 	to the groundwater degradation prevention goal under section 103H.001; and
48.30 	(8) to support effective measures to restore degraded groundwater.

49.1 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
49.2 		Subd. 3.Implementation policies. The following policies must guide the implementation 
49.3 	of this chapter:
49.4 	(1) develop regional and, multiple pollutant, or watershed TMDLs and TMDL 
49.5 	implementation plans, and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans for multiple pollutants
49.6 	or WRAPSs, where reasonable and feasible;
49.7 	(2) maximize use of available organizational, technical, and financial resources to perform 
49.8 	sampling, monitoring, and other activities to identify degraded groundwater and impaired 
49.9 	waters, including use of citizen monitoring and citizen monitoring data used by the Pollution 
49.10 	Control Agency in assessing water quality that meets the requirements in Appendix D of 
49.11 	the Volunteer Surface Water Monitoring Guide, Minnesotaestablished by the commissioner 
49.12 	of the Pollution Control Agency (2003);
49.13 	(3) maximize opportunities for restoration of degraded groundwater and impaired waters, 
49.14 	by prioritizing and targeting of available programmatic, financial, and technical resources 
49.15 	and by providing additional state resources to complement and leverage available resources;
49.16 	(4) use existing regulatory authorities to achieve restoration for point and nonpoint 
49.17 	sources of pollution where applicable, and promote the development and use of effective 
49.18 	nonregulatory measures to address pollution sources for which regulations are not applicable;
49.19 	(5) use restoration methods that have a demonstrated effectiveness in reducing 
49.20 	impairments and provide the greatest long-term positive impact on water quality protection 
49.21 	and improvement and related conservation benefits while incorporating innovative approaches 
49.22 	on a case-by-case basis;
49.23 	(6) identify for the legislature any innovative approaches that may strengthen or 
49.24 	complement existing programs;
49.25 	(7) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent surface waters from 
49.26 	becoming impaired and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as impaired but have 
49.27 	no approved TMDL addressing the impairment using the best available data and technology, 
49.28 	and establish and report outcome-based performance measures that monitor the progress 
49.29 	and effectiveness of protection and restoration measures;
49.30 	(8) monitor and enforce cost-sharing contracts and impose monetary damages in an 
49.31 	amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance received for failure to comply; and
49.32 	(9) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent groundwater from 
49.33 	becoming degraded and measures that restore groundwater resources.

50.1 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
50.2 		Subd. 5.Priorities for scheduling and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs. The 
50.3 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must seek recommendations from the Clean 
50.4 	Water Council shall recommend, the commissioners of natural resources, health and 
50.5 	agriculture, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources regarding priorities for scheduling 
50.6 	and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans, taking into account 
50.7 	the severity. Recommendations must consider the causes of the impairment impairments, 
50.8 	the designated uses of those the waters, and other applicable federal TMDL requirements. 
50.9 	In recommending priorities, the council shall also give consideration to, surface water and 
50.10 	groundwater interactions, protection of high-quality waters, waters and watersheds with 
50.11 	declining water quality trends, and waters used as drinking water sources. Furthermore, 
50.12 	consideration must be given to waters and watersheds:
50.13 	(1) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to human health;
50.14 	(2) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to threatened or endangered 
50.15 	species;
50.16 	(3) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to aquatic health;
50.17 	(4) where other public agencies and participating organizations and individuals, especially 
50.18 	local, basinwide basin-wide, watershed, or regional agencies or organizations, have 
50.19 	demonstrated readiness to assist in carrying out the responsibilities, including availability 
50.20 	and organization of human, technical, and financial resources necessary to undertake the 
50.21 	work; and
50.22 	(5) where there is demonstrated coordination and cooperation among cities, counties, 
50.23 	watershed districts, and soil and water conservation districts in planning and implementation 
50.24 	of activities that will assist in carrying out the responsibilities.

50.25 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
50.26 		Subd. 7.Priorities for funding prevention actions. The Clean Water Council shall 
50.27 	apply the priorities applicable under subdivision 6, as far as practicable, when recommending 
50.28 	priorities for funding actions to prevent groundwater and surface waters from becoming 
50.29 	degraded or impaired and to improve the quality of surface waters that are listed as impaired 
50.30 	but do not have an approved TMDL.

51.1 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.2 	to read:
51.3 		Subd. 8.Alternatives; TMDL, TMDL implementation plan, or WRAPS. (a) If the 
51.4 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines that a comprehensive watershed 
51.5 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan contains information that 
51.6 	is sufficient and consistent with guidance from the United States Environmental Protection 
51.7 	Agency under section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, the commissioner may submit 
51.8 	the plan to the Environmental Protection Agency according to federal TMDL requirements 
51.9 	as an alternative to developing a TMDL.
51.10 	(b) A TMDL implementation plan or a WRAPS, or portions thereof, are not needed for 
51.11 	waters or watersheds when the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines 
51.12 	that a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water management 
51.13 	plan, or a statewide or regional strategy published by the Pollution Control Agency meets 
51.14 	the definition in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13.
51.15 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may request that the Board of 
51.16 	Water and Soil Resources conduct an evaluation of the implementation efforts under a 
51.17 	comprehensive watershed management plan or comprehensive local water management 
51.18 	plan when the commissioner makes a determination under paragraph (b). The board must 
51.19 	conduct the evaluation in accordance with section 103B.102.
51.20 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may amend or revoke a 
51.21 	determination made under paragraph (a) or (b) after considering the evaluation conducted 
51.22 	under paragraph (c).

51.23 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.24 	to read:
51.25 		Subd. 9.Coordinating municipal and local water quality activities. A project, practice, 
51.26 	or program for water quality improvement or protection that is conducted by a watershed 
51.27 	management organization or a local government unit with a comprehensive watershed 
51.28 	management plan or other water management plan approved according to chapter 103B, 
51.29 	103C, or 103D may be considered by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
51.30 	as contributing to the requirements of a storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) for 
51.31 	a municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permit unless the project, practice, or 
51.32 	program was previously documented as contributing to a different SWPPP for an MS4 
51.33 	permit.

52.1 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.26, is amended to read:
52.2 	114D.26 WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES.
52.3 		Subdivision 1.Contents. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
52.4 	develop watershed restoration and protection strategies. To ensure effectiveness and 
52.5 	accountability in meeting the goals of this chapter, for the purposes of:
52.6 	(1) summarizing the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality 
52.7 	of the watershed;
52.8 	(2) quantifying impairments and risks to water quality;
52.9 	(3) describing the causes of impairments and pollution sources;
52.10 	(4) consolidating TMDLs in a major watershed; and
52.11 	(5) informing comprehensive local water management plans and comprehensive 
52.12 	watershed management plans.
52.13 	(b) Each WRAPS shall must:
52.14 	(1) identify impaired waters and waters in need of protection;
52.15 	(2) identify biotic stressors causing impairments or threats to water quality;
52.16 	(3) summarize TMDLs, watershed modeling outputs, and resulting pollution load 
52.17 	allocations, wasteload allocations, and priority areas for targeting actions to improve water 
52.18 	quality identify areas with high pollutant-loading rates;
52.19 	(4) identify point sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge elimination 
52.20 	system permit is required under section 115.03;
52.21 	(5) identify nonpoint sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge 
52.22 	elimination system permit is not required under section 115.03, with sufficient specificity 
52.23 	to prioritize and geographically locate watershed restoration and protection actions;
52.24 	(6) describe the current pollution loading and load reduction needed for each source or 
52.25 	source category to meet water quality standards and goals, including wasteload and load 
52.26 	allocations from TMDLs;
52.27 	(7) contain a plan for ongoing (4) in consultation with local governments and other state 
52.28 	agencies, identify water quality monitoring needed to fill data gaps, determine changing 
52.29 	conditions, and or gauge implementation effectiveness; and
53.1 	(8) (5) contain an implementation table of strategies and actions that are capable of 
53.2 	cumulatively achieving needed pollution load reductions for point and nonpoint sources, 
53.3 	including identifying:
53.4 	(i) water quality parameters of concern;
53.5 	(ii) current water quality conditions;
53.6 	(iii) water quality goals, strategies, and targets by parameter of concern; and
53.7 	(iv) strategies and actions by parameter of concern and an example of the scale of 
53.8 	adoptions needed for each; with a timeline to meet the water quality restoration or protection 
53.9 	goals of this chapter.
53.10 	(v) a timeline for achievement of water quality targets;
53.11 	(vi) the governmental units with primary responsibility for implementing each watershed 
53.12 	restoration or protection strategy; and
53.13 	(vii) a timeline and interim milestones for achievement of watershed restoration or 
53.14 	protection implementation actions within ten years of strategy adoption.
53.15 		Subd. 1a.Coordination. To ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in 
53.16 	meeting the goals of this chapter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in 
53.17 	consultation with the Board of Water and Soil Resources and local government units, must 
53.18 	coordinate the schedule, budget, scope, and use of a WRAPS and related documents and 
53.19 	processes.
53.20 		Subd. 2.Reporting. Beginning July 1, 2016, and every other year thereafter, the 
53.21 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report on its the agency's website the 
53.22 	progress toward implementation milestones and water quality goals for all adopted TMDLs 
53.23 	and, where available, WRAPSs.
53.24 		Subd. 3.Timelines; administration. Each year, (a) The commissioner of the Pollution 
53.25 	Control Agency must complete WRAPSs for at least ten percent of watershed restoration 
53.26 	and protection strategies for the state's major watersheds. WRAPS shall be by June 30, 
53.27 	2023, unless the commissioner determines that a comprehensive watershed management 
53.28 	plan or comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, meets the definition 
53.29 	in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13. As needed, the commissioner must update the 
53.30 	strategies, in whole or in part, after consulting with the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
53.31 	and local government units.
54.1 	(b) Watershed restoration and protection strategies are governed by the procedures for 
54.2 	approval and notice in section 114D.25, subdivisions 2 and 4, except that WRAPS the 
54.3 	strategies need not be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

54.4 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
54.5 		Subdivision 1.Public and stakeholder participation. (a) Public agencies and private 
54.6 	entities involved in the implementation of implementing this chapter shall must encourage 
54.7 	participation by the public and stakeholders, including local citizens, landowners and, land
54.8 	managers, and public and private organizations, in identifying impaired waters, in developing 
54.9 	TMDLs, in planning, priority setting, and implementing restoration of impaired waters, in 
54.10 	identifying degraded groundwater, and in protecting and restoring groundwater resources.
54.11 	(b) In particular, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall must make 
54.12 	reasonable efforts to provide timely information to the public and to stakeholders about 
54.13 	impaired waters that have been identified by the agency. The agency shall seek broad and 
54.14 	early public and stakeholder participation in scoping the activities necessary to develop a 
54.15 	TMDL, including the scientific models, methods, and approaches to be used in TMDL 
54.16 	development, and to implement restoration pursuant to section 114D.15, subdivision 7 and 
54.17 	to inform and consult with the public and stakeholders in developing a WRAPS or TMDL.
54.18 	(c) Public agencies and private entities using public funds that are involved in 
54.19 	implementing restoration and protection identified in a comprehensive watershed 
54.20 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan must make efforts to 
54.21 	inform, consult, and involve the public and stakeholders.
54.22 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil 
54.23 	Resources must coordinate public and stakeholder participation in consultation with local 
54.24 	government units. To the extent practicable, implementation of this chapter must be 
54.25 	accomplished in cooperation with local, state, federal, and tribal governments and 
54.26 	private-sector organizations.

54.27 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
54.28 		Subd. 3.Education. The Clean Water Council shall must develop strategies for 
54.29 	informing, educating, and encouraging the participation of citizens, stakeholders, and others 
54.30 	regarding the identification of impaired waters, development of TMDLs, development of 
54.31 	TMDL implementation plans, implementation of restoration for impaired waters, 
54.32 	identification of degraded groundwater, and protection and restoration of groundwater 
55.1 	resources this chapter. Public agencies shall be are responsible for implementing the 
55.2 	strategies.

55.3 	Sec. 82. [114D.47] NONPOINT FUNDING ALTERNATIVE.
55.4 	Notwithstanding section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
55.5 	may, by board order, establish alternative timelines or content for the priority funding plan 
55.6 	for nonpoint sources under section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, and may use information from 
55.7 	comprehensive watershed management plans or comprehensive local water management 
55.8 	plans to estimate or summarize costs.

55.9 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
55.10 	read:
55.11 		Subd. 5e.Sugar beet storage. The commissioner must not require a sugar beet company 
55.12 	that has a current national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal 
55.13 	system permit to install an engineered liner for a storm water runoff pond at a remote storage 
55.14 	site for sugar beets unless a risk assessment confirms that there is significant impact on 
55.15 	groundwater and that an engineered liner is necessary to prevent, control, or abate water 
55.16 	pollution. For purposes of this subdivision, "remote storage site for sugar beets" means an 
55.17 	area where sugar beets are temporarily stored before delivery to a sugar beet processing 
55.18 	facility and that is not located on land adjacent to the processing facility.

55.19 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115A.51, is amended to read:
55.20 	115A.51 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
55.21 	(a) Applications for assistance under the program shall must demonstrate:
55.22 	(a) (1) that the project is conceptually and technically feasible;
55.23 	(b) (2) that affected political subdivisions are committed to implement the project, to 
55.24 	provide necessary local financing, and to accept and exercise the government powers 
55.25 	necessary to the project;
55.26 	(c) (3) that operating revenues from the project, considering the availability and security 
55.27 	of sources of solid waste and of markets for recovered resources, together with any proposed 
55.28 	federal, state, or local financial assistance, will be sufficient to pay all costs over the projected 
55.29 	life of the project;
55.30 	(d) (4) that the applicant has evaluated the feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal, 
55.31 	including using existing solid waste management facilities with reasonably available capacity 
56.1 	sufficient to accomplish the goals of the proposed project, and has compared and evaluated 
56.2 	the costs of the alternatives, including capital and operating costs, and the effects of the 
56.3 	alternatives on the cost to generators.;
56.4 	(5) that the applicant has identified:
56.5 	(i) waste management objectives in applicable county and regional solid waste 
56.6 	management plans consistent with section 115A.46, subdivision 2, paragraphs (e) and (f), 
56.7 	or 473.149, subdivision 1; and
56.8 	(ii) other solid waste facilities identified in the county and regional plans; and
56.9 	(6) that the applicant has conducted a comparative analysis of the project against existing 
56.10 	public and private solid waste facilities, including an analysis of potential displacement of 
56.11 	those facilities, to determine whether the project is the most appropriate alternative to achieve 
56.12 	the identified waste management objectives that considers:
56.13 	(i) conformity with approved county or regional solid waste management plans;
56.14 	(ii) consistency with the state's solid waste hierarchy and section 115A.46, subdivision 
56.15 	2, paragraphs (e) and (f), or 473.149, subdivision 1; and
56.16 	(iii) environmental standards related to public health, air, surface water, and groundwater.
56.17 	(b) The commissioner may require completion of a comprehensive solid waste 
56.18 	management plan conforming to the requirements of section 115A.46, before accepting an 
56.19 	application. Within five days of filing an application with the agency, the applicant must 
56.20 	submit a copy of the application to each solid waste management facility mentioned in the 
56.21 	portion of the application addressing the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6).

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

56.23 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115B.421, is amended to read:
56.24 	115B.421 CLOSED LANDFILL INVESTMENT FUND.
56.25 	The closed landfill investment fund is established in the state treasury. The fund consists 
56.26 	of money credited to the fund, and interest and other earnings on money in the fund. 
56.27 	Beginning July 1, 2003, funds must be deposited as described in section 115B.445. The 
56.28 	fund shall be managed to maximize long-term gain through the State Board of Investment. 
56.29 	Money in the fund may only be spent by the commissioner after fiscal year 2020 in 
56.30 	accordance with sections 115B.39 to 115B.444 as appropriated by law.

57.1 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
57.2 	read:
57.3 		Subd. 13.Unadopted rules. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
57.4 	must not enforce or attempt to enforce an unadopted rule. For purposes of this subdivision, 
57.5 	"unadopted rule" means a guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive 
57.6 	statement, or similar pronouncement if the guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, 
57.7 	interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement meets the definition of a rule as defined 
57.8 	under section 14.02, subdivision 4, but has not been adopted according to the rulemaking 
57.9 	process provided under chapter 14. If an unadopted rule is challenged under section 14.381, 
57.10 	the commissioner must overcome a presumption against the unadopted rule.
57.11 	(b) If the commissioner incorporates by reference an internal guideline, bulletin, criterion, 
57.12 	manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement into a statute, rule, or 
57.13 	standard, the commissioner must follow the rulemaking process provided under chapter 14 
57.14 	to amend or revise any such guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive 
57.15 	statement, or similar pronouncement.

57.16 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.0714, is amended to read:
57.17 	116.0714 NEW OPEN-AIR SWINE BASINS.
57.18 	(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or a county board shall not 
57.19 	approve any permits for the construction of new open-air swine basins, except that existing 
57.20 	facilities may use one basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons as part of a permitted waste 
57.21 	treatment program for resolving pollution problems or to allow conversion of an existing 
57.22 	basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons to a different animal type, provided all standards are 
57.23 	met. This section expires June 30, 2022.
57.24 	(b) This section does not apply to basins used solely for wastewater from truck-washing 
57.25 	facilities.

57.26 	Sec. 88. [116.385] TRICHLOROETHYLENE; BAN.
57.27 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, "trichloroethylene" means 
57.28 	a chemical with the Chemical Abstract Services Registry.
57.29 		Subd. 2.Use ban. (a) Beginning January 1, 2021, an owner or operator of a facility 
57.30 	required to have an air emissions permit issued by the Pollution Control Agency may not 
57.31 	use trichloroethylene at its permitted facility, including in any manufacturing, processing, 
58.1 	or cleaning processes. Cessation of use must be made enforceable in the air emissions permit 
58.2 	for the facility or in an enforceable agreement by January 1, 2021.
58.3 	(b) If additional time is needed to assess replacement chemicals or address impacts to 
58.4 	facility operations, then by January 1, 2021, the commissioner may, at the commissioner's 
58.5 	discretion, include a schedule of compliance in the facility's permit or enforceable agreement 
58.6 	that requires compliance with this section before January 1, 2023. Owners or operators of 
58.7 	facilities requesting additional time under this subdivision must demonstrate compliance 
58.8 	with the health based value for trichloroethylene, as established by the Department of Health.
58.9 	(c) The commissioner may grant a variance under this section pursuant to section 116.07, 
58.10 	subdivision 5.
58.11 		Subd. 3.Replacement chemicals. An owner or operator that must comply with this 
58.12 	section must replace trichloroethylene with a chemical demonstrated to be less toxic to 
58.13 	human health and approved by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.  If there 
58.14 	is more than one less-toxic replacement chemical, then the commissioner may require the 
58.15 	owner or operator to perform a feasibility study to determine the least toxic alternative.

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

58.17 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.993, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
58.18 		Subd. 2.Eligible borrower. To be eligible for a loan under this section, a borrower 
58.19 	must:
58.20 	(1) be a small business corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, or association;
58.21 	(2) be a potential emitter of pollutants to the air, ground, or water;
58.22 	(3) need capital for equipment purchases that will meet or exceed environmental 
58.23 	regulations or need capital for site investigation and cleanup;
58.24 	(4) have less than 50 100 full-time equivalent employees; and
58.25 	(5) have an after tax profit of less than $500,000; and.
58.26 	(6) have a net worth of less than $1,000,000.

58.27 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.993, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
58.28 		Subd. 6.Loan conditions. A loan made under this section must include:
58.29 	(1) an interest rate that is four percent orat or below one-half the prime rate, whichever 
58.30 	is greater not to exceed five percent;
59.1 	(2) a term of payment of not more than seven years; and
59.2 	(3) an amount not less than $1,000 or exceeding $50,000 $75,000.

59.3 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 282.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
59.4 		Subd. 4.Sale; method; requirements; effects. (a) The sale authorized under subdivision 
59.5 	3 must be conducted by the county auditor at the county seat of the county in which the 
59.6 	parcels lie, except that in St. Louis and Koochiching Counties, the sale may be conducted 
59.7 	in any county designated facility within the county. The sale must not be for less than the 
59.8 	appraised value except as provided in subdivision 7a. The parcels must be sold for cash 
59.9 	only, unless the county board of the county has adopted a resolution providing for their sale 
59.10 	on terms, in which event the resolution controls with respect to the sale. When the sale is 
59.11 	made on terms other than for cash only (1) a payment of at least ten percent of the purchase 
59.12 	price must be made at the time of purchase, and the balance must be paid in no more than 
59.13 	ten equal annual installments, or (2) the payments must be made in accordance with county 
59.14 	board policy, but in no event may the board require more than 12 installments annually, 
59.15 	and the contract term must not be for more than ten years. Standing timber or timber products 
59.16 	must not be removed from these lands until an amount equal to the appraised value of all 
59.17 	standing timber or timber products on the lands at the time of purchase has been paid by 
59.18 	the purchaser. If a parcel of land bearing standing timber or timber products is sold at public 
59.19 	auction for more than the appraised value, the amount bid in excess of the appraised value 
59.20 	must be allocated between the land and the timber in proportion to their respective appraised 
59.21 	values. In that case, standing timber or timber products must not be removed from the land 
59.22 	until the amount of the excess bid allocated to timber or timber products has been paid in 
59.23 	addition to the appraised value of the land. The purchaser is entitled to immediate possession, 
59.24 	subject to the provisions of any existing valid lease made in behalf of the state.
59.25 	(b) For sales occurring on or after July 1, 1982, the unpaid balance of the purchase price 
59.26 	is subject to interest at the rate determined pursuant to section 549.09. The unpaid balance 
59.27 	of the purchase price for sales occurring after December 31, 1990, is subject to interest at 
59.28 	the rate determined in section 279.03, subdivision 1a. The interest rate is subject to change 
59.29 	each year on the unpaid balance in the manner provided for rate changes in section 549.09 
59.30 	or 279.03, subdivision 1a, whichever, is applicable. Interest on the unpaid contract balance 
59.31 	on sales occurring before July 1, 1982, is payable at the rate applicable to the sale at the 
59.32 	time that the sale occurred.
59.33 	(c) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, a county board may by resolution provide for the 
59.34 	listing and sale of individual parcels by other means, including through a real estate broker. 
60.1 	However, if the buyer under this paragraph could have repurchased a parcel of property 
60.2 	under section 282.012 or 282.241, that buyer may not purchase that same parcel of property 
60.3 	at the sale under this subdivision for a purchase price less than the sum of all taxes, 
60.4 	assessments, penalties, interest, and costs due at the time of forfeiture computed under 
60.5 	section 282.251, and any special assessments for improvements certified as of the date of 
60.6 	sale. This subdivision shall be liberally construed to encourage the sale and utilization of 
60.7 	tax-forfeited land in order to eliminate nuisances and dangerous conditions and to increase 
60.8 	compliance with land use ordinances.

60.9 	Sec. 92. Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2016, 
60.10 	chapter 154, section 9, is amended to read:
60.11 		Subd. 2.Method of sale. (a) The leaseholder of a leased parcel may purchase at private 
60.12 	sale the leased parcel and any other lands allocated to the parcel by the county under 
60.13 	subdivision 6 that is offered for sale under this section. The purchase price is the appraised 
60.14 	value of the land under subdivision 3 exclusive of improvements on it. To purchase a parcel, 
60.15 	a leaseholder must pay in cash to the county an amount equal to the appraised value of the 
60.16 	land within 180 days from the date of mailing to or service of notice of appraised value to 
60.17 	the leaseholder by the county. The 180-day period runs from the date of mailing of a copy 
60.18 	of the appraisal to the leaseholder at the address shown upon the most recent lease agreement 
60.19 	between the parties, exclusive of the date of mailing or service. The county may use any 
60.20 	alternative method of notice under the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure for the service 
60.21 	of a summons and complaint.
60.22 	(b) If the leaseholder does not purchase the parcel so offered, the county may offer the 
60.23 	lands for sale under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7. If 
60.24 	a person other than the leaseholder purchases the parcel, the purchaser must make payment 
60.25 	in full to the leaseholder in the manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.06, 
60.26 	subdivision 4, for the value of any improvements as determined under subdivision 3 or for 
60.27 	the value of any improvements as determined through negotiations.
60.28 	(c) Failure of a purchaser to comply with the terms of payment voids the sale and the 
60.29 	property may be reoffered for sale.

60.30 	Sec. 93. Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2016, 
60.31 	chapter 154, section 11, is amended to read:
60.32 		Subd. 9.Sunset. This section expires seven ten years after the effective date.

61.1 	Sec. 94. Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 
61.2 	93, article 2, section 148, is amended to read:
61.3 	Sec. 105. RULES; SILICA SAND.
 61.4 	(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may adopt rules pertaining to 
61.5 	the control of particulate emissions from silica sand projects. The rulemaking is exempt 
61.6 	from Minnesota Statutes, section 14.125.
61.7 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules develop a model ordinance
61.8 	pertaining to the reclamation of silica sand mines. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota 
61.9 	Statutes, section 14.125 commissioner shall publish the model ordinance in the State Register.
61.10 	(c) By January 1, 2014, the Department of Health shall adopt an air quality health-based 
61.11 	value for silica sand.
61.12 	(d) The Environmental Quality Board may amend its rules for environmental review, 
61.13 	adopted under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D, for silica sand mining and processing to 
61.14 	take into account the increased activity in the state and concerns over the size of specific 
61.15 	operations. The Environmental Quality Board shall consider whether the requirements of 
61.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.991, should remain part of the environmental review 
61.17 	requirements for silica sand and whether the requirements should be different for different 
61.18 	geographic areas of the state. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.19 	14.125.

61.20 	Sec. 95. ADDITION TO STATE PARK.
 61.21 	[85.012] [Subd. 23a.] Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County.
61.22 	The following areas are added to Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County:
61.23 	(1) Government Lot 2, Section 12, Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail 
61.24 	County, Minnesota, subject to an existing conservation easement; and
61.25 	(2) the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 11, 
61.26 	Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, except that part of 
61.27 	said Government Lot 2 platted as Walvatne Addition. Subject to an existing conservation 
61.28 	easement.

61.29 	Sec. 96. DELETION FROM STATE PARK.
 61.30 	[85.012] [Subd. 49.] St. Croix State Park, Pine County. The following area is deleted 
61.31 	from St. Croix State Park, Pine County: that part of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter 
62.1 	of Section 29 and that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, 
62.2 	Township 41 North, Range 17 West, Pine County, Minnesota, lying north of County Road 
62.3 	48.

62.4 	Sec. 97. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
62.5 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 62.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
62.7 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
62.8 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
62.9 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
62.10 	errors and ensure accuracy.
62.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: 
62.12 	Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 48 North, Range 19 West.
62.13 	(d) The land borders Perch Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
62.14 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
62.15 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would be best served if 
62.16 	the land were sold to a federally recognized Indian tribe for land consolidation purposes.

62.17 	Sec. 98. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
62.18 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 62.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
62.20 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
62.21 	in paragraph (c).
62.22 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
62.23 	errors and ensure accuracy.
62.24 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, Block 
62.25 	1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, located in Section 22, Township 140 North, Range 29 West.
62.26 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
62.27 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
62.28 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
62.29 	the land was returned to private ownership.

63.1 	Sec. 99. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
63.2 	HUBBARD COUNTY.
 63.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
63.4 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus lands bordering 
63.5 	public water that is described in paragraph (c) to Hubbard County for no consideration.
63.6 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct 
63.7 	errors and ensure accuracy.
63.8 	(c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Hubbard County and are described 
63.9 	as:
63.10 	(1) the East 285.00 feet of the West 660.00 feet of Government Lot 4 of Section 27, 
63.11 	Township 141 North, Range 34 West. Including all riparian rights to the contained 2.3 acres, 
63.12 	more or less; and
63.13 	(2) that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 34, Township 141 North, Range 34 West, 
63.14 	described as follows:
63.15 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 2; thence South 89 degrees 
63.16 	27 minutes 15 seconds East, bearing assumed, along the north line of said Section 34 a 
63.17 	distance of 375.18 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing South 89 degrees 
63.18 	27 minutes 15 seconds East along said north line a distance of 285.13 feet; thence South 
63.19 	02 degrees 01 minutes 46 seconds East along a line parallel with and 660.00 feet from 
63.20 	the west line of said Government Lot 2 a distance of 77.98 feet; thence North 88 degrees 
63.21 	14 minutes 48 seconds East a distance of 65.77 feet along a line which if continued 
63.22 	550.00 feet would intersect an angle iron previously used as the northeast corner of said 
63.23 	Government Lot 2; thence South 01 degrees 45 minutes 12 seconds East along a line 
63.24 	parallel with and 550.00 feet west of a previously established survey line a distance of 
63.25 	650.18 feet to the boundary line as established by that certain agreement between Richard 
63.26 	Dusbabek and Jean Dusbabek, husband and wife, and Donald S. Olson and Betty Jane 
63.27 	Olson, husband and wife, and filed for record on May 10, 1982, in the office of the 
63.28 	county recorder in Book 146 of Deeds, page 806; thence South 88 degrees 12 minutes 
63.29 	12 seconds West along said boundary line a distance of 179.39 feet; thence North 12 
63.30 	degrees 07 minutes 46 seconds West a distance of 663.07 feet; thence North 32 degrees 
63.31 	35 minutes 05 seconds West a distance of 101.91 feet to the point of beginning; containing 
63.32 	4.1 acres.
63.33 	(d) The lands border Big Sand Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
63.34 	determined that the lands are not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's 
64.1 	land management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to Hubbard 
64.2 	County.

64.3 	Sec. 100. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 64.4 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
64.5 	other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
64.6 	described in paragraph (c).
64.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
64.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
64.9 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: the East 660 feet 
64.10 	of the West 990 feet of the South 660 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
64.11 	Section 7, Township 55 North, Range 24 West.
64.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
64.13 	be served if the lands were used for a new broadcast tower, transmitter, and transmission 
64.14 	building.

64.15 	Sec. 101. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
64.16 	WATER; KANABEC COUNTY.
 64.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
64.18 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
64.19 	in paragraph (c).
64.20 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
64.21 	errors and ensure accuracy.
64.22 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kanabec County and is described as: that part 
64.23 	of the West 200 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 42 North, Range 
64.24 	23 West, Kanabec County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the centerline of the Snake River.
64.25 	(d) The land borders the Snake River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
64.26 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
64.27 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
64.28 	the land was returned to private ownership.

65.1 	Sec. 102. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
65.2 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 65.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
65.4 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
65.5 	in paragraph (c).
65.6 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
65.7 	errors and ensure accuracy.
65.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
65.9 	Lots 25, 26, and 27 in Block 2 of Jackson and Mckee's Addition, according to the plat 
65.10 	thereof, on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, 
65.11 	less and except that part of said Lot 27 in Block 2 of Jackson and Mckee's Addition, Otter 
65.12 	Tail County, Minnesota, South of the line between Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 14, 
65.13 	Township 136, Range 38.
65.14 	(d) The land borders Big Pine Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
65.15 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
65.16 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
65.17 	the land was returned to private ownership.

65.18 	Sec. 103. CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; STEARNS COUNTY.
 65.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, or any other law to the contrary, 
65.20 	the commissioner of transportation may convey and quitclaim to a private party all right, 
65.21 	title, and interest of the state of Minnesota, in the land described in paragraph (e).
65.22 	(b) The conveyance may take place only upon conditions determined by the commissioner 
65.23 	or transportation and is not subject to restrictions on disposition, sale, lease, or otherwise 
65.24 	contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63.
65.25 	(c) The consideration for a conveyance made under this section shall be the fair market 
65.26 	value of the land conveyed hereunder. Proceeds from the sale of real estate or buildings 
65.27 	under this section shall be deposited in the rail bank maintenance account established in 
65.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, subdivision 8.
65.29 	(d) The conveyance may reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 100 feet, 
65.30 	provided the conveyance does not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than ten 
65.31 	feet.
65.32 	(e) The land to be conveyed is located in Stearns County and is described as:
66.1 	That part of Tract A described below:
66.2 	Tract A. Outlot "A," Railroad Ridge, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in 
66.3 	the Office of the County Recorder in and for Stearns County, Minnesota; which lies northerly 
66.4 	of a line run parallel with and distant 33 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot 
66.5 	"A" and westerly of the southerly extension of westerly right of way line of 5th Street as 
66.6 	shown on said Railroad Ridge; together with that part of Tract A, herein before described, 
66.7 	adjoining and southerly of the above described strip which lies northerly of a line run parallel 
66.8 	with and distant 40 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot "A" and westerly of 
66.9 	the following described line: beginning at a point on the southerly line of said Outlot "A," 
66.10 	distant 436.36 feet easterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northerly at right angles 
66.11 	from said southerly line for 50 feet and there terminating; containing 29,925 square feet, 
66.12 	more or less.

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

66.14 	Sec. 104. LEASE; TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 66.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
66.16 	St. Louis County may enter into a lease for the tax-forfeited lands described in paragraph 
66.17 	(b) for consideration of more than $12,000 per year.
66.18 	(b) The lands to be leased are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
66.19 	(1) a 10.0-acre site in the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 56 North, Range 17 
66.20 	West, to be used for a telecommunications tower and a 33-foot-wide strip of land, 16.5 feet 
66.21 	on either side of the centerline in the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, and in the Southwest 
66.22 	Quarter, Section 14, Township 56 North, Range 17 West, to be used for an access road to 
66.23 	the tower site; and
66.24 	(2) a 10.0-acre site in the West Half, Section 32, Township 60 North, Range 21 West, 
66.25 	to be used for a telecommunications tower and a 33-foot-wide strip of land, 16.5 feet on 
66.26 	either side of the centerline in the West Half, Section 32, Township 60 North, Range 21 
66.27 	West, to be used for an access road to the tower site.

66.28 	Sec. 105. ACCESS TO TIMBER ON TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
66.29 	COUNTY.
 66.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 160.83, or other law to the contrary, 
66.31 	St. Louis County or its agents or assigns may operate vehicles used for timber harvesting 
66.32 	and hauling or for transporting equipment and appurtenances incidental to timber harvesting, 
67.1 	gravel, and other road-building materials for timber haul roads on designated rustic roads 
67.2 	to access tax-forfeited lands for sustainable forest management.
67.3 	(b) The tax-forfeited lands to be accessed are located in St. Louis County in Sections 
67.4 	26, 27, and 35, Township 53 North, Range 12 West.
67.5 	(c) The rustic roads used for forest management must be immediately repaired if damaged 
67.6 	and must be maintained in their preharvest condition.
67.7 	(d) The county has determined that the county's sustainable forest management 
67.8 	responsibilities would best be served by using existing public roads to access tax-forfeited 
67.9 	land rather than building new roads.

67.10 	Sec. 106. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 67.11 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
67.12 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
67.13 	described in paragraph (c).
67.14 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
67.15 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
67.16 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
67.17 	(1) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying North of Norton 
67.18 	Road and West of Howard Gnesen Road, except the easterly 95 feet of the westerly 890 
67.19 	feet and except the westerly 300 feet, Section 3, Township 50, Range 14 (parcel identification 
67.20 	number 010-2710-00549);
67.21 	(2) Lot 5, except the northerly three feet and except the southerly ten feet, West Duluth 
67.22 	Fifth Division, Section 7, Township 49, Range 14 (parcel identification number 
67.23 	010-4510-06740);
67.24 	(3) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except 4.24 acres for the highway 
67.25 	and except the part platted as Clayton Acres and except the highway right-of-way and except 
67.26 	6.44 acres of the adjacent plat and except the part North of Highway 169, Section 28, 
67.27 	Township 57, Range 21 (parcel identification number 141-0050-05470);
67.28 	(4) that part of the West 420 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying 
67.29 	South of the northerly line of Government Lot 6, except that part beginning at the southwest 
67.30 	corner; thence easterly along the southerly boundary 420 feet to a point; thence northerly 
67.31 	and parallel with the westerly boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
67.32 	177.95 feet to a point; thence North 67 degrees 38 minutes 35 seconds West to a point on 
68.1 	the westerly boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence southerly 
68.2 	along said westerly boundary approximately 364.12 feet to the point of beginning, Section 
68.3 	26, Township 57, Range 18 (parcel identification number 295-0017-00326);
68.4 	(5) the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 15, Township 56, Range 18 (parcel 
68.5 	identification number 435-0010-02590);
68.6 	(6) part of the East 400 feet of the Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 63, Range 
68.7 	12 (part of parcel identification number 465-0020-01965);
68.8 	(7) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Lots 2 and 3, Section 20, 
68.9 	Township 54, Range 13 (part of parcel identification number 620-0010-03130); and
68.10 	(8) Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, inclusive auditor's plat of Chandler Addition to Ely, Section 28, 
68.11 	Township 63, Range 12 (parcel identification number 030-0030-03530).
68.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
68.13 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

68.14 	Sec. 107. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
68.15 	WATER; WABASHA COUNTY.
 68.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
68.17 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
68.18 	in paragraph (c).
68.19 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
68.20 	errors and ensure accuracy.
68.21 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as: Lot 4, 
68.22 	Section 8, Township 109, Range 12, lying and being in the county of Wabasha, State of 
68.23 	Minnesota.
68.24 	(d) The land borders the Zumbro River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
68.25 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
68.26 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
68.27 	the land was returned to private ownership.

69.1 	Sec. 108. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
69.2 	WATER; YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY.
 69.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
69.4 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
69.5 	water that is described in paragraph (c) to the United States for no consideration.
69.6 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
69.7 	errors and ensure accuracy.
69.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Yellow Medicine County and is described 
69.9 	as: the South 33.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and that part of 
69.10 	Government Lot 1, Section 22, Township 114 North, Range 41 West, Yellow Medicine 
69.11 	County, Minnesota, described as follows:
69.12 	Beginning at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 1; thence on an assumed 
69.13 	bearing of North 01 degrees 09 minutes 07 seconds West along the west line of said 
69.14 	Government Lot 1 a distance of 33.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 02 
69.15 	seconds East parallel with the south line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 150.00 
69.16 	feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 58 seconds West 267.00 feet; thence North 89 
69.17 	degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds East 754 feet more or less, to the water's edge of Spellman 
69.18 	Lake; thence southwesterly along said water's edge 760 feet, more or less, to the south 
69.19 	line of said Government Lot 1; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West 
69.20 	along the south line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 288 feet, more or less, to 
69.21 	the point of beginning; including all riparian rights to the contained 4.1 acres, more or 
69.22 	less.
69.23 	(d) The land borders Spellman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands but is 
69.24 	adjacent to a waterfowl production area. The Department of Natural Resources has 
69.25 	determined that the land would best be managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
69.26 	Services as part of a waterfowl production area.

69.27 	Sec. 109. APPLICATION OF STORM WATER RULES TO TOWNSHIPS.
 69.28 	Until the Pollution Control Agency amends rules for storm water, Minnesota Rules, part 
69.29 	7090.1010, subpart 1, item B, subitem (1), does not apply to towns or unorganized areas of 
69.30 	counties.

70.1 	Sec. 110. AGGREGATE RECLAMATION GUIDANCE APPROPRIATION.
 70.2 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
70.3 	of natural resources to update the Department of Natural Resources aggregate reclamation 
70.4 	handbook as recommended by the Aggregate Resources Task Force Final Report dated 
70.5 	January 15, 2018.

70.6 	Sec. 111. APPROPRIATIONS; LOCAL RECREATION MATCHING GRANTS.
 70.7 		Subdivision 1.Parks and outdoor recreation areas. $500,000 in fiscal year 2020 and 
70.8 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
70.9 	of natural resources for matching grants for parks and outdoor recreation areas under 
70.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 2.
70.11 		Subd. 2.Trail connections. $500,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $500,000 in fiscal year 
70.12 	2021 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for 
70.13 	matching grants for trail connections under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
70.14 	4c.

70.15 	Sec. 112. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 70.16 	The revisor of statutes must change the reference in Minnesota Statutes, sections 127A.30, 
70.17 	subdivision 2, and 287.22 from "section 92.121" to "section  92.122."

70.18 	Sec. 113. REPEALER.
 70.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.121, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S0835-1 

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.