1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for
1.3 	silvicultural research.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $200,000 in fiscal year
1.7 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.8 	of natural resources for a grant to the Natural Resources
1.9 	Research Institute for silvicultural research to improve the
1.10 	quality and quantity of timber fiber.  The appropriation must be
1.11 	matched in the amount of $200,000 each year, in cash or in-kind
1.12 	contributions, from the forest products industry members of the
1.13 	Minnesota Forest Productivity Research Cooperative.