1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for environment, natural 
1.3 	resources, and tourism; modifying disposition of certain receipts, appropriations, 
1.4 	funds, and accounts; modifying state park and fishing contest provisions; modifying 
1.5 	and establishing fees; eliminating duplicate reporting; modifying certain grant 
1.6 	programs; providing for environmental justice considerations; modifying 
1.7 	requirements for labeling items as biodegradable or compostable; modifying 
1.8 	enforcement authority; establishing Landfill Responsibility Act; modifying 
1.9 	provisions for conveying state land interests; adding to and deleting from state 
1.10 	parks and recreation areas; authorizing sales of certain state lands;amending 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 16A.125, subdivision 5; 84.63; 84.943, 
1.12 	subdivisions 3, 5, by adding a subdivision; 85.019, by adding a subdivision; 85.052, 
1.13 	subdivisions 1, 6; 85.053, by adding a subdivision; 85.055, subdivision 1; 86B.415, 
1.14 	subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; 92.502; 97A.075, subdivisions 1, 7; 97A.126, by 
1.15 	adding a subdivision; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 
1.16 	97B.022, by adding a subdivision; 97B.715, subdivision 1; 97B.801; 97C.081, 
1.17 	subdivisions 3, 3a; 115.03, subdivision 1; 115.071, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding 
1.18 	subdivisions; 115A.03, by adding subdivisions; 115A.565, subdivision 1; 115B.421; 
1.19 	116.06, by adding subdivisions; 116.07, subdivisions 6, 9, by adding subdivisions; 
1.20 	116.11; 168.1295, subdivision 1; 325E.046; proposing coding for new law in 
1.21 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 115A; 116; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.22 	115.44, subdivision 9.
1.23 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.24 	ARTICLE 1
1.25 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS

1.26	Section 1. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.27 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.28 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
1.29 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
1.30 	The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
1.31 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. 
2.1 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" 
2.2 	is fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, are 
2.3 	effective the day following final enactment.

2.4				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.5				Available for the Year
	
2.6				Ending June 30
	
2.7					2022
		2023

2.8	Sec. 2. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

2.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	107,043,000
	$
	106,915,000

2.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.11		2022
	2023
	
2.12	General
	6,262,000
	6,286,000
	
2.13
2.14	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
2.15	Environmental
	86,160,000
	86,008,000
	
2.16	Remediation
	14,546,000
	14,546,000
	
2.17 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.18 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.19 	subdivisions.
2.20 	The commissioner must present the agency's 
2.21 	biennial budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 
2.22 	to the legislature in a transparent way by 
2.23 	agency division, including the proposed 
2.24 	budget bill and presentations of the budget to 
2.25 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
2.26 	over the agency's budget.

2.27	Subd. 2.Environmental Analysis and Outcomes
 		14,724,000
		14,191,000

2.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.29		2022
	2023
	
2.30	General
	214,000
	224,000
	
2.31	Environmental
	14,309,000
	13,766,000
	
2.32	Remediation
	201,000
	201,000
	
2.33 	(a) $99,000 the first year and $109,000 the 
2.34 	second year are from the general fund for:
3.1 	(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities 
3.2 	in implementing and participating in the 
3.3 	rulemaking process for water quality standards 
3.4 	and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting 
3.5 	process;
3.6 	(2) enhanced economic analysis in the 
3.7 	rulemaking process for water quality 
3.8 	standards, including more-specific analysis 
3.9 	and identification of cost-effective permitting;
3.10 	(3) developing statewide economic analyses 
3.11 	and templates to reduce the amount of 
3.12 	information and time required for 
3.13 	municipalities to apply for variances from 
3.14 	water quality standards; and
3.15 	(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities 
3.16 	Authority to identify and advocate for the 
3.17 	resources needed for municipalities to achieve 
3.18 	permit requirements.
3.19 	(b) $205,000 the first year and $205,000 the 
3.20 	second year are from the environmental fund 
3.21 	for a monitoring program under Minnesota 
3.22 	Statutes, section 116.454.
3.23 	(c) $115,000 the first year and $115,000 the 
3.24 	second year are for monitoring water quality 
3.25 	and operating assistance programs.
3.26 	(d) $347,000 the first year and $347,000 the 
3.27 	second year are from the environmental fund 
3.28 	for monitoring ambient air for hazardous 
3.29 	pollutants.
3.30 	(e) $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
3.31 	second year are from the environmental fund 
3.32 	for duties related to harmful chemicals in 
3.33 	children's products under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.34 	sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this 
4.1 	amount, $57,000 each year is transferred to 
4.2 	the commissioner of health.
4.3 	(f) $109,000 the first year and $109,000 the 
4.4 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.5 	for registering wastewater laboratories.
4.6 	(g) $926,000 the first year and $926,000 the 
4.7 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.8 	to continue perfluorochemical biomonitoring 
4.9 	in eastern metropolitan communities, as 
4.10 	recommended by the Environmental Health 
4.11 	Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel, 
4.12 	and to address other environmental health 
4.13 	risks, including air quality. The communities 
4.14 	must include Hmong and other immigrant 
4.15 	farming communities. Of this amount, up to 
4.16 	$689,000 the first year and $689,000 the 
4.17 	second year are for transfer to the Department 
4.18 	of Health.
4.19 	(h) $51,000 the first year and $51,000 the 
4.20 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.21 	for the listing procedures for impaired waters 
4.22 	required under this act.
4.23 	(i) $350,000 the first year is from the 
4.24 	environmental fund for completing the St. 
4.25 	Louis River mercury total maximum daily 
4.26 	load study. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.27 	(j) $141,000 the second year is to implement 
4.28 	and enforce Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.29 	325F.071. Of this amount, up to $65,000 may 
4.30 	be transferred to the commissioner of health.
4.31 	(k) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
4.32 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.33 	for sampling fish and water for per- and 
5.1 	polyfluoroalkyl substances at multiple surface 
5.2 	waters.
5.3 	(l) $450,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
5.4 	second year are from the environmental fund 
5.5 	for inventorying the types of facilities that are 
5.6 	a potential source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl 
5.7 	substances contamination.
5.8 	(m) $300,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
5.9 	second year are from the environmental fund 
5.10 	to evaluate materials going to wastewater and 
5.11 	solid waste facilities that result in high levels 
5.12 	of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances at these 
5.13 	locations. This is a onetime appropriation.

5.14	Subd. 3.Industrial
 		15,988,000
		16,337,000

5.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.16		2022
	2023
	
5.17	Environmental
	14,987,000
	15,336,000
	
5.18	Remediation
	1,001,000
	1,001,000
	
5.19 	(a) $1,001,000 the first year and $1,001,000 
5.20 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
5.21 	for the leaking underground storage tank 
5.22 	program to investigate, clean up, and prevent 
5.23 	future releases from underground petroleum 
5.24 	storage tanks and for the petroleum 
5.25 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
5.26 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
5.27 	are transferred from the petroleum tank fund 
5.28 	to the remediation fund.
5.29 	(b) $393,000 the first year and $393,000 the 
5.30 	second year are from the environmental fund 
5.31 	to further evaluate the use and reduction of 
5.32 	trichloroethylene around Minnesota and 
5.33 	identify its potential health effects on 
5.34 	communities. Of this amount, up to $121,000 
6.1 	each year may be transferred to the 
6.2 	commissioner of health.
6.3 	(c) $184,000 the second year is from the 
6.4 	environmental fund to purchase air emissions 
6.5 	monitoring equipment to support compliance 
6.6 	and enforcement activities. Of this amount, 
6.7 	$180,000 is a onetime appropriation.

6.8	Subd. 4.Municipal
 		8,624,000
		8,637,000

6.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.10		2022
	2023
	
6.11	General
	177,000
	190,000
	
6.12
6.13	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
6.14	Environmental
	8,372,000
	8,372,000
	
6.15 	(a) $177,000 the first year and $190,000 the 
6.16 	second year are for:
6.17 	(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities 
6.18 	in implementing and participating in the 
6.19 	rulemaking process for water quality standards 
6.20 	and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting 
6.21 	process;
6.22 	(2) enhanced economic analysis in the 
6.23 	rulemaking process for water quality 
6.24 	standards, including more-specific analysis 
6.25 	and identification of cost-effective permitting;
6.26 	(3) developing statewide economic analyses 
6.27 	and templates to reduce the amount of 
6.28 	information and time required for 
6.29 	municipalities to apply for variances from 
6.30 	water quality standards; and
6.31 	(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities 
6.32 	Authority to identify and advocate for the 
6.33 	resources needed for municipalities to achieve 
6.34 	permit requirements.
7.1 	(b) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
7.2 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.3 	for transfer to the Office of Administrative 
7.4 	Hearings to establish sanitary districts.
7.5 	(c) $952,000 the first year and $952,000 the 
7.6 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.7 	for subsurface sewage treatment system 
7.8 	(SSTS) program administration and 
7.9 	community technical assistance and education, 
7.10 	including grants and technical assistance to 
7.11 	communities for water-quality protection. Of 
7.12 	this amount, $129,000 each year is for 
7.13 	assistance to counties through grants for SSTS 
7.14 	program administration. A county receiving 
7.15 	a grant from this appropriation must submit 
7.16 	the results achieved with the grant to the 
7.17 	commissioner as part of its annual SSTS 
7.18 	report. Any unexpended balance in the first 
7.19 	year does not cancel but is available in the 
7.20 	second year.
7.21 	(d) $784,000 the first year and $784,000 the 
7.22 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.23 	to address the need for continued increased 
7.24 	activity in new technology review, technical 
7.25 	assistance for local governments, and 
7.26 	enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, 
7.27 	sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the 
7.28 	requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, 
7.29 	article 1, section 165.
7.30 	(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
7.31 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
7.32 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2023, as 
7.33 	grants or contracts for subsurface sewage 
7.34 	treatment systems, surface water and 
7.35 	groundwater assessments, storm water, and 
8.1 	water-quality protection in this subdivision 
8.2 	are available until June 30, 2026.

8.3	Subd. 5.Operations
 		10,690,000
		10,704,000

8.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.5		2022
	2023
	
8.6	General
	2,531,000
	2,532,000
	
8.7	Environmental
	6,078,000
	6,091,000
	
8.8	Remediation
	2,081,000
	2,081,000
	
8.9 	(a) $1,003,000 the first year and $1,003,000 
8.10 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
8.11 	for the leaking underground storage tank 
8.12 	program to investigate, clean up, and prevent 
8.13 	future releases from underground petroleum 
8.14 	storage tanks and for the petroleum 
8.15 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
8.16 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
8.17 	are transferred from the petroleum tank fund 
8.18 	to the remediation fund.
8.19 	(b) $2,531,000 the first year and $2,532,000 
8.20 	the second year are to support agency 
8.21 	information technology services provided at 
8.22 	the enterprise and agency level.
8.23 	(c) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
8.24 	the second year are from the environmental 
8.25 	fund to develop and maintain systems to 
8.26 	support permitting and regulatory business 
8.27 	processes and agency data.

8.28	Subd. 6.Remediation
 		11,537,000
		11,537,000

8.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.30		2022
	2023
	
8.31	Environmental
	508,000
	508,000
	
8.32	Remediation
	11,029,000
	11,029,000
	
8.33 	(a) All money for environmental response, 
8.34 	compensation, and compliance in the 
9.1 	remediation fund not otherwise appropriated 
9.2 	is appropriated to the commissioners of the 
9.3 	Pollution Control Agency and agriculture for 
9.4 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.5 	115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), (3), 
9.6 	(6), and (7). At the beginning of each fiscal 
9.7 	year, the two commissioners must jointly 
9.8 	submit to the commissioner of management 
9.9 	and budget an annual spending plan that 
9.10 	maximizes resource use and appropriately 
9.11 	allocates the money between the two 
9.12 	departments. This appropriation is available 
9.13 	until June 30, 2023.
9.14 	(b) $363,000 the first year and $363,000 the 
9.15 	second year are from the environmental fund 
9.16 	to manage contaminated sediment projects at 
9.17 	multiple sites identified in the St. Louis River 
9.18 	remedial action plan to restore water quality 
9.19 	in the St. Louis River Area of Concern.
9.20 	(c) $3,198,000 the first year and $3,198,000 
9.21 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
9.22 	for the leaking underground storage tank 
9.23 	program to investigate, clean up, and prevent 
9.24 	future releases from underground petroleum 
9.25 	storage tanks and for the petroleum 
9.26 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
9.27 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
9.28 	are transferred from the petroleum tank fund 
9.29 	to the remediation fund.
9.30 	(d) $257,000 the first year and $257,000 the 
9.31 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
9.32 	transfer to the commissioner of health for 
9.33 	private water-supply monitoring and health 
9.34 	assessment costs in areas contaminated by 
9.35 	unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste 
10.1 	disposal facilities and drinking water 
10.2 	advisories and public information activities 
10.3 	for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.

10.4	Subd. 7.Resource Management and Assistance
 		35,048,000
		35,077,000

10.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.6		2022
	2023
	
10.7	General
	300,000
	300,000
	
10.8	Environmental
	34,748,000
	34,777,000
	
10.9 	(a) Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
10.10 	the second year may be transferred from the 
10.11 	environmental fund to the small business 
10.12 	environmental improvement loan account 
10.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116.993.
10.14 	(b) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
10.15 	the second year are for competitive recycling 
10.16 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.17 	115A.565. Of this amount, $300,000 the first 
10.18 	year and $300,000 the second year are from 
10.19 	the general fund, and $700,000 the first year 
10.20 	and $700,000 the second year are from the 
10.21 	environmental fund. This appropriation is 
10.22 	available until June 30, 2025.
10.23 	(c) $694,000 the first year and $694,000 the 
10.24 	second year are from the environmental fund 
10.25 	for emission-reduction activities and grants to 
10.26 	small businesses and other 
10.27 	nonpoint-emission-reduction efforts. Of this 
10.28 	amount, $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
10.29 	the second year are to continue work with 
10.30 	Clean Air Minnesota, and the commissioner 
10.31 	may enter into an agreement with 
10.32 	Environmental Initiative to support this effort.
11.1 	(d) $17,750,000 the first year and $17,750,000 
11.2 	the second year are from the environmental 
11.3 	fund for SCORE block grants to counties.
11.4 	(e) $119,000 the first year and $119,000 the 
11.5 	second year are from the environmental fund 
11.6 	for environmental assistance grants or loans 
11.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.0716.
11.8 	(f) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
11.9 	second year are from the environmental fund 
11.10 	for grants to develop and expand recycling 
11.11 	markets for Minnesota businesses.
11.12 	(g) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
11.13 	second year are from the environmental fund 
11.14 	for reducing and diverting food waste, 
11.15 	redirecting edible food for consumption, and 
11.16 	removing barriers to collecting and recovering 
11.17 	organic waste. Of this amount, $500,000 each 
11.18 	year is for grants to increase food rescue and 
11.19 	waste prevention. This appropriation is 
11.20 	available until June 30, 2025.
11.21 	(h) All money deposited in the environmental 
11.22 	fund for the metropolitan solid waste landfill 
11.23 	fee in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
11.24 	section 473.843, and not otherwise 
11.25 	appropriated, is appropriated for the purposes 
11.26 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.
11.27 	(i) Any unencumbered grant and loan balances 
11.28 	in the first year do not cancel but are available 
11.29 	for grants and loans in the second year. 
11.30 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.31 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
11.32 	before June 30, 2023, as contracts or grants 
11.33 	for environmental assistance awarded under 
11.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.0716; 
12.1 	technical and research assistance under 
12.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.152; 
12.3 	technical assistance under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.4 	section 115A.52; and pollution prevention 
12.5 	assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.6 	115D.04, are available until June 30, 2025.

12.7	Subd. 8.Watershed
 		9,158,000
		9,158,000

12.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.9		2022
	2023
	
12.10	General
	1,959,000
	1,959,000
	
12.11	Environmental
	6,965,000
	6,965,000
	
12.12	Remediation
	234,000
	234,000
	
12.13 	(a) $1,959,000 the first year and $1,959,000 
12.14 	the second year are for grants to delegated 
12.15 	counties to administer the county feedlot 
12.16 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.17 	116.0711, subdivisions 2 and 3. Money 
12.18 	remaining after the first year is available for 
12.19 	the second year.
12.20 	(b) $208,000 the first year and $208,000 the 
12.21 	second year are from the environmental fund 
12.22 	for the costs of implementing general 
12.23 	operating permits for feedlots over 1,000 
12.24 	animal units.
12.25 	(c) $122,000 the first year and $122,000 the 
12.26 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
12.27 	the leaking underground storage tank program 
12.28 	to investigate, clean up, and prevent future 
12.29 	releases from underground petroleum storage 
12.30 	tanks and for the petroleum remediation 
12.31 	program for vapor assessment and 
12.32 	remediation. These same annual amounts are 
12.33 	transferred from the petroleum tank fund to 
12.34 	the remediation fund.

13.1	Subd. 9.Environmental Quality Board
 		1,274,000
		1,274,000

13.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.3		2022
	2023
	
13.4	General
	1,081,000
	1,081,000
	
13.5	Environmental
	193,000
	193,000

13.6	Subd. 10.Transfers
 					
13.7 	The commissioner must transfer up to 
13.8 	$44,000,000 from the environmental fund to 
13.9 	the remediation fund for purposes of the 
13.10 	remediation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.11 	section 116.155, subdivision 2.

13.12	Sec. 3. NATURAL RESOURCES

13.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	315,179,000
	$
	313,409,000

13.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.15		2022
	2023
	
13.16	General
	93,840,000
	91,111,000
	
13.17	Natural Resources
	107,072,000
	108,032,000
	
13.18	Game and Fish
	113,638,000
	113,637,000
	
13.19	Remediation
	111,000
	111,000
	
13.20	Permanent School
	518,000
	518,000
	
13.21 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
13.22 	purpose are specified in the following 
13.23 	subdivisions.

13.24
13.25	Subd. 2.Land and Mineral Resources 
Management
 		6,479,000
		6,506,000

13.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.27		2022
	2023
	
13.28	General
	1,874,000
	1,901,000
	
13.29	Natural Resources
	4,043,000
	4,043,000
	
13.30	Game and Fish
	344,000
	344,000
	
13.31	Permanent School
	218,000
	218,000
	
13.32 	(a) $319,000 the first year and $319,000 the 
13.33 	second year are for environmental research 
13.34 	relating to mine permitting, of which $200,000 
14.1 	each year is from the minerals management 
14.2 	account and $119,000 each year is from the 
14.3 	general fund.
14.4 	(b) $3,083,000 the first year and $3,083,000 
14.5 	the second year are from the minerals 
14.6 	management account in the natural resources 
14.7 	fund for use as provided under Minnesota 
14.8 	Statutes, section 93.2236, paragraph (c), for 
14.9 	mineral resource management, projects to 
14.10 	enhance future mineral income, and projects 
14.11 	to promote new mineral-resource 
14.12 	opportunities.
14.13 	(c) $218,000 the first year and $218,000 the 
14.14 	second year are transferred from the forest 
14.15 	suspense account to the permanent school fund 
14.16 	and are appropriated from the permanent 
14.17 	school fund to secure maximum long-term 
14.18 	economic return from the school trust lands 
14.19 	consistent with fiduciary responsibilities and 
14.20 	sound natural resources conservation and 
14.21 	management principles.
14.22 	(d) $338,000 the first year and $338,000 the 
14.23 	second year are from the water management 
14.24 	account in the natural resources fund for 
14.25 	mining hydrology.
14.26 	(e) On the day following final enactment, the 
14.27 	commissioner must cancel to the general fund 
14.28 	$42,000 from the fiscal year 2021 general fund 
14.29 	appropriations for Lands and Minerals.

14.30	Subd. 3.Ecological and Water Resources
 		35,795,000
		36,021,000

14.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.32		2022
	2023
	
14.33	General
	18,790,000
	19,016,000
	
15.1	Natural Resources
	11,481,000
	11,481,000
	
15.2	Game and Fish
	5,524,000
	5,524,000
	
15.3 	(a) $4,222,000 the first year and $4,222,000 
15.4 	the second year are from the invasive species 
15.5 	account in the natural resources fund and 
15.6 	$2,831,000 the first year and $2,831,000 the 
15.7 	second year are from the general fund for 
15.8 	management, public awareness, assessment 
15.9 	and monitoring research, and water access 
15.10 	inspection to prevent the spread of invasive 
15.11 	species; management of invasive plants in 
15.12 	public waters; and management of terrestrial 
15.13 	invasive species on state-administered lands.
15.14 	(b) $5,556,000 the first year and $5,556,000 
15.15 	the second year are from the water 
15.16 	management account in the natural resources 
15.17 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
15.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.27, 
15.19 	subdivision 2.
15.20 	(c) $124,000 the first year and $124,000 the 
15.21 	second year are for a grant to the Mississippi 
15.22 	Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of the 
15.23 	cost of implementing the comprehensive plan 
15.24 	for the upper Mississippi within areas under 
15.25 	the board's jurisdiction.
15.26 	(d) $10,000 the first year and $10,000 the 
15.27 	second year are for payment to the Leech Lake 
15.28 	Band of Chippewa Indians to implement the 
15.29 	band's portion of the comprehensive plan for 
15.30 	the upper Mississippi River.
15.31 	(e) $264,000 the first year and $264,000 the 
15.32 	second year are for grants for up to 50 percent 
15.33 	of the cost of implementing the Red River 
15.34 	mediation agreement.
16.1 	(f) $2,298,000 the first year and $2,298,000 
16.2 	the second year are from the heritage 
16.3 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
16.4 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
16.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
16.6 	paragraph (h), clause (1).
16.7 	(g) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
16.8 	section 290.431, $100,000 the first year and 
16.9 	$100,000 the second year may be used for 
16.10 	nongame wildlife information, education, and 
16.11 	promotion.
16.12 	(h) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
16.13 	section 84.943, $13,000 the first year and 
16.14 	$13,000 the second year from the critical 
16.15 	habitat private sector matching account may 
16.16 	be used to publicize the critical habitat license 
16.17 	plate match program.
16.18 	(i) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 
16.19 	the second year are for the following activities:
16.20 	(1) financial reimbursement and technical 
16.21 	support to soil and water conservation districts 
16.22 	or other local units of government for 
16.23 	groundwater-level monitoring;
16.24 	(2) surface water monitoring and analysis, 
16.25 	including installing monitoring gauges;
16.26 	(3) groundwater analysis to assist with 
16.27 	water-appropriation permitting decisions;
16.28 	(4) permit application review incorporating 
16.29 	surface water and groundwater technical 
16.30 	analysis;
16.31 	(5) precipitation data and analysis to improve 
16.32 	irrigation use;
17.1 	(6) information technology, including 
17.2 	electronic permitting and integrated data 
17.3 	systems; and
17.4 	(7) compliance and monitoring.
17.5 	(j) $410,000 the first year and $410,000 the 
17.6 	second year are from the heritage enhancement 
17.7 	account in the game and fish fund for grants 
17.8 	to the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species 
17.9 	Research Center at the University of 
17.10 	Minnesota to prioritize, support, and develop 
17.11 	research-based solutions that can reduce the 
17.12 	effects of aquatic invasive species in 
17.13 	Minnesota by preventing spread, controlling 
17.14 	populations, and managing ecosystems and to 
17.15 	advance knowledge to inspire action by others.
17.16 	(k) On the day following final enactment, the 
17.17 	commissioner must cancel to the general fund 
17.18 	$427,000 from the fiscal year 2021 general 
17.19 	fund appropriations for Ecological and Water 
17.20 	Resources.

17.21	Subd. 4.Forest Management
 		51,735,000
		52,315,000

17.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.23		2022
	2023
	
17.24	General
	33,657,000
	34,237,000
	
17.25	Natural Resources
	16,661,000
	16,661,000
	
17.26	Game and Fish
	1,417,000
	1,417,000
	
17.27 	(a) $7,521,000 the first year and $7,521,000 
17.28 	the second year are for prevention, 
17.29 	presuppression, and suppression costs of 
17.30 	emergency firefighting and other costs 
17.31 	incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.32 	88.12. The amount necessary to pay for 
17.33 	presuppression and suppression costs during 
17.34 	the biennium is appropriated from the general 
18.1 	fund. By January 15 of each year, the 
18.2 	commissioner of natural resources must submit 
18.3 	a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
18.4 	members of the house and senate committees 
18.5 	and divisions having jurisdiction over 
18.6 	environment and natural resources finance that 
18.7 	identifies all firefighting costs incurred and 
18.8 	reimbursements received in the prior fiscal 
18.9 	year. These appropriations may not be 
18.10 	transferred. Any reimbursement of firefighting 
18.11 	expenditures made to the commissioner from 
18.12 	any source other than federal mobilizations 
18.13 	must be deposited into the general fund.
18.14 	(b) $15,386,000 the first year and $15,386,000 
18.15 	the second year are from the forest 
18.16 	management investment account in the natural 
18.17 	resources fund for only the purposes specified 
18.18 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 89.039, 
18.19 	subdivision 2.
18.20 	(c) $1,417,000 the first year and $1,417,000 
18.21 	the second year are from the heritage 
18.22 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
18.23 	fund to advance ecological classification 
18.24 	systems (ECS) scientific management tools 
18.25 	for forest and invasive species management.
18.26 	(d) $855,000 the first year and $863,000 the 
18.27 	second year are for the Forest Resources 
18.28 	Council to implement the Sustainable Forest 
18.29 	Resources Act.
18.30 	(e) $1,143,000 the first year and $1,143,000 
18.31 	the second year are for the Next Generation 
18.32 	Core Forestry data system. Of this 
18.33 	appropriation, $868,000 is from the general 
18.34 	fund and $275,000 from the forest 
19.1 	management investment account in the natural 
19.2 	resources fund.
19.3 	(f) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
19.4 	second year are from the forest management 
19.5 	investment account in the natural resources 
19.6 	fund for forest road maintenance on state 
19.7 	forest roads.
19.8 	(g) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
19.9 	second year are for forest road maintenance 
19.10 	on county forest roads.
19.11 	(h) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
19.12 	second year are from the forest management 
19.13 	investment account in the natural resources 
19.14 	fund for collecting light detection and ranging 
19.15 	data for forest inventory. This is a onetime 
19.16 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
19.17 	2024.
19.18 	(i) On the day following final enactment, the 
19.19 	commissioner must cancel to the general fund 
19.20 	$751,000 from the fiscal year 2021 general 
19.21 	fund appropriations for Forestry.

19.22	Subd. 5.Parks and Trails Management
 		90,533,000
		91,806,000

19.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.24		2022
	2023
	
19.25	General
	27,563,000
	27,876,000
	
19.26	Natural Resources
	60,670,000
	61,630,000
	
19.27	Game and Fish
	2,300,000
	2,300,000
	
19.28 	(a) $6,435,000 the first year and $6,435,000 
19.29 	the second year are from the natural resources 
19.30 	fund for state trail, park, and recreation area 
19.31 	operations. This appropriation is from revenue 
19.32 	deposited in the natural resources fund under 
19.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
19.34 	paragraph (h), clause (2).
20.1 	(b) $19,528,000 the first year and $19,528,000 
20.2 	the second year are from the state parks 
20.3 	account in the natural resources fund to 
20.4 	operate and maintain state parks and state 
20.5 	recreation areas.
20.6 	(c) $890,000 the first year and $890,000 the 
20.7 	second year are from the natural resources 
20.8 	fund for park and trail grants to local units of 
20.9 	government on land to be maintained for at 
20.10 	least 20 years for parks or trails. This 
20.11 	appropriation is from revenue deposited in the 
20.12 	natural resources fund under Minnesota 
20.13 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
20.14 	clause (4). Any unencumbered balance does 
20.15 	not cancel at the end of the first year and is 
20.16 	available for the second year.
20.17 	(d) $9,624,000 the first year and $9,624,000 
20.18 	the second year are from the snowmobile trails 
20.19 	and enforcement account in the natural 
20.20 	resources fund for the snowmobile 
20.21 	grants-in-aid program. Any unencumbered 
20.22 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
20.23 	year and is available for the second year.
20.24 	(e) $2,135,000 the first year and $2,135,000 
20.25 	the second year are from the natural resources 
20.26 	fund for the off-highway vehicle grants-in-aid 
20.27 	program. Of this amount, $1,660,000 each 
20.28 	year is from the all-terrain vehicle account; 
20.29 	$150,000 each year is from the off-highway 
20.30 	motorcycle account; and $325,000 each year 
20.31 	is from the off-road vehicle account. Any 
20.32 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
20.33 	end of the first year and is available for the 
20.34 	second year.
21.1 	(f) $117,000 the first year and $117,000 the 
21.2 	second year are from the cross-country-ski 
21.3 	account in the natural resources fund for 
21.4 	grooming and maintaining cross-country-ski 
21.5 	trails in state parks, trails, and recreation areas.
21.6 	(g) $1,250,000 the first year and $2,250,000 
21.7 	the second year are from the state land and 
21.8 	water conservation account in the natural 
21.9 	resources fund for priorities established by the 
21.10 	commissioner for eligible state projects and 
21.11 	administrative and planning activities 
21.12 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.13 	84.0264, and the federal Land and Water 
21.14 	Conservation Fund Act. Any unencumbered 
21.15 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
21.16 	year and is available for the second year.
21.17 	(h) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
21.18 	second year are for matching grants for local 
21.19 	parks and outdoor recreation areas under 
21.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
21.21 	subdivision 2.
21.22 	(i) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
21.23 	second year are for matching grants for local 
21.24 	trail connections under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.25 	section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
21.26 	(j) On the day following final enactment, the 
21.27 	commissioner must cancel to the general fund 
21.28 	$614,000 from the fiscal year 2021 general 
21.29 	fund appropriations for Parks and Trails.

21.30	Subd. 6.Fish and Wildlife Management
 		78,306,000
		78,309,000

21.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.32		2022
	2023
	
21.33	General
	279,000
	282,000
	
22.1	Natural Resources
	1,982,000
	1,982,000
	
22.2	Game and Fish
	76,045,000
	76,045,000
	
22.3 	(a) $8,658,000 the first year and $8,658,000 
22.4 	the second year are from the heritage 
22.5 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
22.6 	fund only for activities specified under 
22.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
22.8 	paragraph (h), clause (1). Notwithstanding 
22.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, five 
22.10 	percent of this appropriation may be used for 
22.11 	expanding hunter and angler recruitment and 
22.12 	retention.
22.13 	(b) $8,546,000 the first year and $8,546,000 
22.14 	the second year are from the deer management 
22.15 	account for the purposes identified in 
22.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
22.17 	subdivision 1.
22.18 	(c) On the day following final enactment, the 
22.19 	commissioner must cancel to the general fund 
22.20 	$6,000 from the fiscal year 2021 general fund 
22.21 	appropriations for Fish and Wildlife.

22.22	Subd. 7.Enforcement
 		47,464,000
		47,585,000

22.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
22.24		2022
	2023
	
22.25	General
	7,490,000
	7,612,000
	
22.26	Natural Resources
	11,855,000
	11,855,000
	
22.27	Game and Fish
	28,008,000
	28,007,000
	
22.28	Remediation
	111,000
	111,000
	
22.29 	(a) $1,718,000 the first year and $1,718,000 
22.30 	the second year are from the general fund for 
22.31 	enforcement efforts to prevent the spread of 
22.32 	aquatic invasive species.
22.33 	(b) $1,580,000 the first year and $1,580,000 
22.34 	the second year are from the heritage 
23.1 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
23.2 	fund for only the purposes specified under 
23.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
23.4 	paragraph (h), clause (1).
23.5 	(c) $1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 
23.6 	the second year are from the water recreation 
23.7 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
23.8 	to counties for boat and water safety. Any 
23.9 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
23.10 	end of the first year and is available for the 
23.11 	second year.
23.12 	(d) $315,000 the first year and $315,000 the 
23.13 	second year are from the snowmobile trails 
23.14 	and enforcement account in the natural 
23.15 	resources fund for grants to local law 
23.16 	enforcement agencies for snowmobile 
23.17 	enforcement activities. Any unencumbered 
23.18 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
23.19 	year and is available for the second year.
23.20 	(e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
23.21 	second year are from the all-terrain vehicle 
23.22 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
23.23 	to qualifying organizations to assist in safety 
23.24 	and environmental education and monitoring 
23.25 	trails on public lands under Minnesota 
23.26 	Statutes, section 84.9011. Grants issued under 
23.27 	this paragraph must be issued through a formal 
23.28 	agreement with the organization. By 
23.29 	December 15 each year, an organization 
23.30 	receiving a grant under this paragraph must 
23.31 	report to the commissioner with details on 
23.32 	expenditures and outcomes from the grant. Of 
23.33 	this appropriation, $25,000 each year is for 
23.34 	administering these grants. Any unencumbered 
24.1 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
24.2 	year and is available for the second year.
24.3 	(f) $510,000 the first year and $510,000 the 
24.4 	second year are from the natural resources 
24.5 	fund for grants to county law enforcement 
24.6 	agencies for off-highway vehicle enforcement 
24.7 	and public education activities based on 
24.8 	off-highway vehicle use in the county. Of this 
24.9 	amount, $498,000 each year is from the 
24.10 	all-terrain vehicle account, $11,000 each year 
24.11 	is from the off-highway motorcycle account, 
24.12 	and $1,000 each year is from the off-road 
24.13 	vehicle account. The county enforcement 
24.14 	agencies may use money received under this 
24.15 	appropriation to make grants to other local 
24.16 	enforcement agencies within the county that 
24.17 	have a high concentration of off-highway 
24.18 	vehicle use. Of this appropriation, $25,000 
24.19 	each year is for administering these grants. 
24.20 	Any unencumbered balance does not cancel 
24.21 	at the end of the first year and is available for 
24.22 	the second year.
24.23 	(g) On the day following final enactment, the 
24.24 	commissioner must cancel to the general fund 
24.25 	$168,000 from the fiscal year 2021 general 
24.26 	fund appropriations for Enforcement.

24.27	Subd. 8.Operations Support
 		4,000,000
		-0-
	
24.28 	$4,000,000 the first year is for legal costs. Of 
24.29 	this amount, up to $2,000,000 the first year 
24.30 	may be transferred to the Minnesota Pollution 
24.31 	Control Agency. This is a onetime 
24.32 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
24.33 	2025.

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

25.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
25.3		2022
	2023
	
25.4	General
	187,000
	187,000
	
25.5	Natural Resources
	380,000
	380,000
	
25.6	Permanent School
	300,000
	300,000
	
25.7 	(a) $380,000 the first year and $380,000 the 
25.8 	second year are from the natural resources 
25.9 	fund for grants to be divided equally between 
25.10 	the city of St. Paul for the Como Park Zoo and 
25.11 	Conservatory and the city of Duluth for the 
25.12 	Lake Superior Zoo. This appropriation is from 
25.13 	revenue deposited to the natural resources fund 
25.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
25.15 	paragraph (h), clause (5).
25.16 	(b) $187,000 the first year and $187,000 the 
25.17 	second year are for the Office of School Trust 
25.18 	Lands.
25.19 	(c) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
25.20 	second year are transferred from the forest 
25.21 	suspense account to the permanent school fund 
25.22 	and are appropriated from the permanent 
25.23 	school fund for the Office of School Trust 
25.24 	Lands.

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

25.26
25.27	Sec. 4. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	14,970,000
	$
	15,065,000
	
25.28 	(a) $3,423,000 the first year and $3,423,000 
25.29 	the second year are for natural resources block 
25.30 	grants to local governments to implement the 
25.31 	Wetland Conservation Act and shoreland 
25.32 	management under Minnesota Statutes, 
25.33 	chapter 103F, and local water management 
25.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103B. The 
26.1 	board may reduce the amount of the natural 
26.2 	resources block grant to a county by an 
26.3 	amount equal to any reduction in the county's 
26.4 	general services allocation to a soil and water 
26.5 	conservation district from the county's 
26.6 	previous year allocation when the board 
26.7 	determines that the reduction was 
26.8 	disproportionate.
26.9 	(b) $3,116,000 the first year and $3,116,000 
26.10 	the second year are for grants to soil and water 
26.11 	conservation districts for the purposes of 
26.12 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and 
26.13 	103C.331, and for general purposes, nonpoint 
26.14 	engineering, and implementation and 
26.15 	stewardship of the reinvest in Minnesota 
26.16 	reserve program. Expenditures may be made 
26.17 	from these appropriations for supplies and 
26.18 	services benefiting soil and water conservation 
26.19 	districts. Any district receiving a payment 
26.20 	under this paragraph must maintain a web page 
26.21 	that publishes, at a minimum, its annual report, 
26.22 	annual audit, annual budget, and meeting 
26.23 	notices.
26.24 	(c) $761,000 the first year and $761,000 the 
26.25 	second year are to implement, enforce, and 
26.26 	provide oversight for the Wetland 
26.27 	Conservation Act, including administering the 
26.28 	wetland banking program and in-lieu fee 
26.29 	mechanism.
26.30 	(d) $1,560,000 the first year and $1,560,000 
26.31 	the second year are for the following 
26.32 	cost-share programs:
26.33 	(1) $260,000 each year is for the feedlot water 
26.34 	quality cost-sharing program for feedlots under 
26.35 	500 animal units and nutrient and manure 
27.1 	management projects in watersheds where 
27.2 	there are impaired waters;
27.3 	(2) $1,200,000 each year is for cost-sharing 
27.4 	programs of soil and water conservation 
27.5 	districts for perennially vegetated riparian 
27.6 	buffers, erosion control, water retention and 
27.7 	treatment, and other high-priority conservation 
27.8 	practices; and
27.9 	(3) $100,000 each year is for county 
27.10 	cooperative weed management programs and 
27.11 	to restore native plants in selected invasive 
27.12 	species management sites.
27.13 	(e) $166,000 the first year and $166,000 the 
27.14 	second year are to provide technical assistance 
27.15 	to local drainage management officials and 
27.16 	for the costs of the Drainage Work Group. The 
27.17 	board must coordinate with the Drainage Work 
27.18 	Group according to Minnesota Statutes, 
27.19 	section 103B.101, subdivision 13.
27.20 	(f) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
27.21 	second year are for a grant to the Red River 
27.22 	Basin Commission for water quality and 
27.23 	floodplain management, including 
27.24 	administration of programs. This appropriation 
27.25 	must be matched by nonstate funds.
27.26 	(g) $140,000 the first year and $140,000 the 
27.27 	second year are for grants to Area II 
27.28 	Minnesota River Basin Projects for floodplain 
27.29 	management.
27.30 	(h) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
27.31 	second year are for conservation easement 
27.32 	stewardship.
27.33 	(i) $240,000 the first year and $240,000 the 
27.34 	second year are for a grant to the Lower 
28.1 	Minnesota River Watershed District to defray 
28.2 	the annual cost of operating and maintaining 
28.3 	sites for dredge spoil to sustain the state, 
28.4 	national, and international commercial and 
28.5 	recreational navigation on the lower Minnesota 
28.6 	River.
28.7 	(j) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
28.8 	section 103C.501, the board may shift money 
28.9 	in this section and may adjust the technical 
28.10 	and administrative assistance portion of the 
28.11 	funds to leverage federal or other nonstate 
28.12 	funds or to address accountability, oversight, 
28.13 	local government performance, or 
28.14 	high-priority needs identified in local water 
28.15 	management plans or comprehensive water 
28.16 	management plans.
28.17 	(k) The appropriations for grants in this section 
28.18 	are available until June 30, 2025. Returned 
28.19 	grant funds must be regranted consistent with 
28.20 	the purposes of this section. If an appropriation 
28.21 	for grants in either year is insufficient, the 
28.22 	appropriation in the other year is available for 
28.23 	it.
28.24 	(l) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
28.25 	section 16B.97, the appropriations for grants 
28.26 	in this section are exempt from the Department 
28.27 	of Administration, Office of Grants 
28.28 	Management Policy 08-10 Grant Monitoring.

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

28.30	Appropriations by Fund
	
28.31		2022
	2023
	
28.32	General
	2,540,000
	2,540,000
	
28.33	Natural Resources
	6,600,000
	6,600,000
	
29.1 	(a) $2,540,000 the first year and $2,540,000 
29.2 	the second year are for metropolitan-area 
29.3 	regional parks operation and maintenance 
29.4 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.5 	473.351.
29.6 	(b) $6,600,000 the first year and $6,600,000 
29.7 	the second year are from the natural resources 
29.8 	fund for metropolitan-area regional parks and 
29.9 	trails maintenance and operations. This 
29.10 	appropriation is from revenue deposited in the 
29.11 	natural resources fund under Minnesota 
29.12 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
29.13 	clause (3).

29.14
29.15	Sec. 6. CONSERVATION CORPS 
MINNESOTA
 	$
	945,000
	$
	945,000

29.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
29.17		2022
	2023
	
29.18	General
	455,000
	455,000
	
29.19	Natural Resources
	490,000
	490,000
	
29.20 	Conservation Corps Minnesota may receive 
29.21 	money appropriated from the natural resources 
29.22 	fund under this section only as provided in an 
29.23 	agreement with the commissioner of natural 
29.24 	resources.

29.25	Sec. 7. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD
 	$
	15,939,000
	$
	13,959,000

29.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
29.27		2022
	2023
	
29.28	General
	15,749,000
	13,769,000
	
29.29	Natural Resources
	190,000
	190,000
	
29.30 	$190,000 the first year and $190,000 the 
29.31 	second year are from the natural resources 
29.32 	fund from revenue deposited under Minnesota 
29.33 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
29.34 	clause (5). The general fund current law base 
30.1 	is $9,809,000 per year in fiscal years 2024 and 
30.2 	2025.

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

30.4	Sec. 9. EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM
 	$
	14,494,000
	$
	14,523,000
	
30.5 	(a) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
30.6 	second year must be matched from nonstate 
30.7 	sources to develop maximum private sector 
30.8 	involvement in tourism. Each $1 of state 
30.9 	incentive must be matched with $6 of private 
30.10 	sector money. "Matched" means revenue to 
30.11 	the state or documented cash expenditures 
30.12 	directly expended to support Explore 
30.13 	Minnesota Tourism programs. Up to one-half 
30.14 	of the private sector contribution may be 
30.15 	in-kind or soft match. The incentive in fiscal 
30.16 	year 2022 is based on fiscal year 2021 private 
30.17 	sector contributions. The incentive in fiscal 
30.18 	year 2023 is based on fiscal year 2022 private 
30.19 	sector contributions. This incentive is ongoing.
30.20 	(b) Money for marketing grants is available 
30.21 	either year of the biennium. Unexpended grant 
30.22 	money from the first year is available in the 
30.23 	second year.
30.24 	(c) $100,000 each year is for a grant to the 
30.25 	Northern Lights International Music Festival.

30.26	Sec. 10. BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
 	$
	120,000
	$
	200,000
	
30.27 	$120,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
30.28 	second year are for the board's regulatory 
30.29 	responsibilities and oversight over farmed 
30.30 	Cervidae.

31.1 	ARTICLE 2
31.2 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

31.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.125, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
31.4 		Subd. 5.Forest trust lands. (a) The term "state forest trust fund lands" as used in this 
31.5 	subdivision, means public land in trust under the constitution set apart as "forest lands under 
31.6 	the authority of the commissioner" of natural resources as defined by section 89.001, 
31.7 	subdivision 13.
31.8 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit the revenue from the forest 
31.9 	trust fund lands to the forest suspense account. The account must specify the trust funds 
31.10 	interested in the lands and the respective receipts of the lands.
31.11 	(c) After a fiscal year, the commissioner of management and budget shall certify the 
31.12 	costs incurred for forestry during that year under appropriations for the improvement, 
31.13 	administration, and management of state forest trust fund lands and construction and 
31.14 	improvement of forest roads to enhance the forest value of the lands. The certificate must 
31.15 	specify the trust funds interested in the lands. After presentation to the Legislative Permanent 
31.16 	School Fund Commission, the commissioner of natural resources shall supply the 
31.17 	commissioner of management and budget with the information needed for the certificate. 
31.18 	The certificate shall include an analysis that compares costs certified under this section with 
31.19 	costs incurred on other public and private lands with similar land assets.
31.20 	(d) After a fiscal year, the commissioner shall distribute the receipts credited to the 
31.21 	suspense account during that fiscal year as follows:
31.22 	(1) the amount of the certified costs incurred by the state for forest management, forest 
31.23 	improvement, and road improvement during the fiscal year shall be transferred to the forest 
31.24 	management investment account established under section 89.039;
31.25 	(2) the amount of costs incurred by the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission 
31.26 	under section 127A.30, and by the school trust lands director under section 127A.353, shall 
31.27 	be transferred to the general fund;
31.28 	(3) an amount equal to 80 percent of the revenue generated from fees for camping at 
31.29 	state forest campgrounds located on state forest trust lands must be transferred to the special 
31.30 	revenue fund, is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for maintaining, 
31.31 	operating, and improving state forest campgrounds located on state forest trust lands, and 
31.32 	is available until spent;
32.1 	(3) (4) the balance of the certified costs incurred by the state during the fiscal year shall 
32.2 	be transferred to the general fund; and
32.3 	(4) (5) the balance of the receipts shall then be returned prorated to the trust funds in 
32.4 	proportion to their respective interests in the lands which produced the receipts.

32.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.943, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
32.6 		Subd. 3.Appropriations matched by private funds or certain state appropriations. (a) 
32.7 	Appropriations transferred to the critical habitat private sector matching account and money 
32.8 	credited to the account under section 168.1296, subdivision 5, may be expended only to the 
32.9 	extent that they are matched equally with contributions from private sources or; by funds 
32.10 	contributed to the nongame wildlife management account; or by appropriations from the 
32.11 	environment and natural resources trust fund, the outdoor heritage fund, or bond proceeds 
32.12 	for projects that benefit critical natural habitat. The private contributions may be made in 
32.13 	cash, property, land, or interests in land. Appropriations transferred to the account that are 
32.14 	not matched within three years from the date of the appropriation shall cancel to the source 
32.15 	of the appropriation. For the purposes of this section, the private contributions of property, 
32.16 	land, or interests in land that are retained by the commissioner shall be valued in accordance 
32.17 	with their appraised value.
32.18 	(b) For every dollar used as a match under paragraph (a), the commissioner may expend 
32.19 	up to two dollars from the account for the purposes described in subdivision 6.

32.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
32.21 		Subd. 5.Pledges and contributions. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may 
32.22 	accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account. A 
32.23 	pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported with 
32.24 	other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a contribution 
32.25 	contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium, the 
32.26 	commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount that 
32.27 	has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
32.28 	(b) Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only 
32.29 	for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section 
32.30 	84.944. To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money 
32.31 	matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management 
32.32 	of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes:
33.1 	(1) purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or
33.2 	(2) acceptance by the commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program 
33.3 	projects.

33.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.943, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
33.5 	read:
33.6 		Subd. 6.Expenditures. Money in the account may be expended only for:
33.7 	(1) acquiring or improving land or interests in land as provided in section 84.944 and 
33.8 	expenses related thereto. Acquiring includes:
33.9 	(i) purchasing land or an interest in land; or
33.10 	(ii) accepting gifts of land or interests in land as program projects;
33.11 	(2) managing nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431; or
33.12 	(3) land-management-related activities for critical natural habitat, including but not 
33.13 	limited to monitoring surveys, rare resources projects, native plant communities projects, 
33.14 	conservation easement stewardship, and research that informs critical natural habitat best 
33.15 	management practices.

33.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.019, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
33.17 	read:
33.18 		Subd. 6.Administering grants. Up to 2.5 percent of appropriations for grants under 
33.19 	this section from revenue deposited in the natural resources fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
33.20 	section 297A.94, paragraph (h), clause (4), may be used by the commissioner for the actual 
33.21 	costs of administering the grants.

33.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.052, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.23 		Subdivision 1.Authority to establish. (a) The commissioner may establish, by written 
33.24 	order, provisions for the use of state parks for the following:
33.25 	(1) special parking space for automobiles or other motor-driven vehicles in a state park 
33.26 	or state recreation area;
33.27 	(2) special parking spurs, campgrounds for automobiles, sites for tent camping, other 
33.28 	types of lodging, camping, or day use facilities, and special auto trailer coach parking spaces, 
33.29 	for the use of the individual charged for the space or facility;
34.1 	(3) improvement and maintenance of golf courses already established in state parks, and 
34.2 	charging reasonable use fees; and
34.3 	(4) (3) providing water, sewer, and electric service to trailer or tent campsites and charging 
34.4 	a reasonable use fee.; and
34.5 	(4) administrative penalties related to courtesy warnings and letters issued for failure to 
34.6 	display a state park permit as required under section 85.053, subdivision 2.
34.7 	(b) Provisions established under paragraph (a) are exempt from section 16A.1283 and 
34.8 	the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. Section 14.386 does not apply.
34.9 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "lodging" means an enclosed shelter, room, or 
34.10 	building with furnishings for overnight use.

34.11 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.052, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
34.12 		Subd. 6.State park reservation system. (a) The commissioner may, by written order, 
34.13 	develop reasonable reservation policies for campsites and other lodging. These policies are 
34.14 	exempt from rulemaking provisions under chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
34.15 	(b) The revenue collected from the state park reservation fee established under subdivision 
34.16 	5, including interest earned, shall be deposited in the state park account in the natural 
34.17 	resources fund and is annually appropriated to the commissioner for the cost of operating 
34.18 	the state park reservation and point-of-sale system.

34.19 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.053, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
34.20 	read:
34.21 		Subd. 5a.Free permit; members of federally recognized tribes. (a) The commissioner 
34.22 	must issue an annual state park permit for no charge to any member of the 11 federally 
34.23 	recognized tribes in Minnesota. To qualify for a free state park permit under this subdivision, 
34.24 	an individual must present a qualifying tribal identification, as determined by each of the 
34.25 	tribal governments, to the park attendant on duty or other designee of the commissioner.
34.26 	(b) For vehicles permitted under paragraph (a), the permit issued under this subdivision 
34.27 	is valid only when displayed on a vehicle owned and occupied by the person to whom the 
34.28 	permit is issued.
34.29 	(c) The commissioner may issue a daily state park permit free of charge to an individual 
34.30 	who qualifies under paragraph (a) and does not own or operate a motor vehicle.

35.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 85.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.2 		Subdivision 1.Fees. (a) The fee for state park permits for:
35.3 	(1) an annual use of state parks is $35 $45;
35.4 	(2) a second or subsequent vehicle state park permit is $26 $35;
35.5 	(3) a state park permit valid for one day is $7 $10;
35.6 	(4) a daily vehicle state park permit for groups is $5 $8;
35.7 	(5) an annual permit for motorcycles is $30 $40;
35.8 	(6) an employee's state park permit is without charge; and
35.9 	(7) a state park permit for persons with disabilities under section 85.053, subdivision 7, 
35.10 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), is $12 $20.
35.11 	(b) The fees specified in this subdivision include any sales tax required by state law.

35.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.13 		Subdivision 1.Watercraft 19 feet or less. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and 
35.14 	subdivision 1a, the fee for a watercraft license for watercraft 19 feet or less in length is $27
35.15 	$39.
35.16 	(b) The watercraft license fee:
35.17 	(1) for watercraft, other than personal watercraft, 19 feet in length or less that is offered 
35.18 	for rent or lease, the fee is $9 $13;
35.19 	(2) for a sailboat, 19 feet in length or less, the fee is $10.50 $15.25;
35.20 	(3) for a watercraft 19 feet in length or less used by a nonprofit corporation for teaching 
35.21 	boat and water safety, the fee is as provided in subdivision 4;
35.22 	(4) for a watercraft owned by a dealer under a dealer's license, the fee is as provided in 
35.23 	subdivision 5;
35.24 	(5) for a personal watercraft, the fee is $37.50 $54.50; and
35.25 	(6) for a watercraft less than 17 feet in length, other than a watercraft listed in clauses 
35.26 	(1) to (5), the fee is $18 $26.

36.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
36.2 		Subd. 1a.Canoes, kayaks, sailboards, paddleboards, paddleboats, or rowing 
36.3 	shells. The fee for a watercraft license for a canoe, kayak, sailboard, paddleboard, paddleboat, 
36.4 	or rowing shell over ten feet in length is $10.50 $15.25.

36.5 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.6 		Subd. 2.Watercraft over 19 feet. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 3, 4, and 5, 
36.7 	the watercraft license fee:
36.8 	(1) for a watercraft more than 19 feet but less than 26 feet in length is $45 $65.25;
36.9 	(2) for a watercraft 26 feet but less than 40 feet in length is $67.50; and $98;
36.10 	(3) for a watercraft 40 feet in length or longer is $90. $130.50; and
36.11 	(4) for watercraft more than 19 feet in length that is offered for rent or lease by a 
36.12 	homestead resort under section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (c), is $50.

36.13 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.14 		Subd. 3.Watercraft over 19 feet for hire. The license fee for a watercraft more than 
36.15 	19 feet in length for hire with an operator is $75 $108.75 each.

36.16 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.17 		Subd. 4.Watercraft used by nonprofit corporation for teaching. The watercraft 
36.18 	license fee for a watercraft used by a nonprofit organization for teaching boat and water 
36.19 	safety is $4.50 $5.50 each.

36.20 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
36.21 		Subd. 5.Dealer's license. There is no separate fee for watercraft owned by a dealer 
36.22 	under a dealer's license. The fee for a dealer's license is $67.50 $98.

36.23 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
36.24 		Subd. 7.Watercraft surcharge. A $10.60 An $11 surcharge is placed on each watercraft 
36.25 	licensed under subdivisions 1 to 5 for control, public awareness, law enforcement, monitoring, 
36.26 	and research of aquatic invasive species such as zebra mussel, purple loosestrife, and Eurasian 
36.27 	watermilfoil in public waters and public wetlands.

37.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.2 		Subdivision 1.Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
37.3 	"deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (5), 
37.4 	(6), (7), (13) (15), (14) (16), and (15) (17); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10) (12), 
37.5 	(11) (13), and (12) (14); and 8, paragraph (b), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, 
37.6 	subdivision 4.
37.7 	(b) The deer management account is established as an account in the game and fish fund 
37.8 	and may be used only for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs, including 
37.9 	a computerized licensing system. The following amounts must be credited to the deer 
37.10 	management account:
37.11 	(1) $16 from each annual deer license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 
37.12 	clauses (5), (6), and (7); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), and (4); and 8, paragraph (b);
37.13 	(2) $2 from each annual deer license issued under sections 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 
37.14 	clauses (13) (15), (14) (16), and (15) (17); and 3, paragraph (a), clauses (10) (12), (11) (13), 
37.15 	and (12) (14); and 97B.301, subdivision 4; and
37.16 	(3) $16 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established under section 
37.17 	97A.4742, for each license issued to a person 18 years of age or older under section 97A.473, 
37.18 	subdivision 4, and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund for each license 
37.19 	issued to a person under 18 years of age.
37.20 	(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from the 
37.21 	lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued 
37.22 	under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, must be credited to the deer and bear management 
37.23 	account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer- and bear-management programs, 
37.24 	including a computerized licensing system.
37.25 	(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and wild 
37.26 	Cervidae health-management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
37.27 	wild Cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
37.28 	wild Cervidae health management is available until expended.
37.29 	(e) When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding 
37.30 	and wild Cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 
37.31 	unencumbered balance over $2,500,000 is canceled and is available for deer- and 
37.32 	bear-management programs and computerized licensing.

38.1 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.075, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 7.Wolf licenses; account established. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "wolf 
38.3 	license" means a license or permit issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (20)
38.4 	(22); 3, paragraph (a), clause (16) (18); or 20, paragraph (b).
38.5 	(b) A wolf management and monitoring account is created in the game and fish fund. 
38.6 	Revenue from wolf licenses must be credited to the wolf management and monitoring 
38.7 	account and is appropriated to the commissioner only for wolf management, research, 
38.8 	damage control, enforcement, and education. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, 
38.9 	money credited to the account may not be used to pay indirect costs or agency shared 
38.10 	services.

38.11 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.126, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.12 	to read:
38.13 		Subd. 3.Walk-in-access hunter validation; fee. The fee for a walk-in-access hunter 
38.14 	validation is $3. An agent must collect an issuing fee according to section 97A.485, 
38.15 	subdivision 6.

38.16 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
38.17 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
38.18 	only, are:
38.19 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $15.50;
38.20 	(2) for persons age 65 or over, $7 to take small game;
38.21 	(3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $26;
38.22 	(4) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take turkey, $5;
38.23 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
38.24 	season, $34;
38.25 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $34;
38.26 	(7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
38.27 	season, $34;
38.28 	(8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $356;
38.29 	(9) for persons age 18 or over to take bear, $44;
38.30 	(10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $287;
39.1 	(11) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
39.2 	(12) to take light geese during the light goose conservation order, $2.50;
39.3 	(13) to take sandhill crane during the sandhill crane season, $3;
39.4 	(12) (14) to take prairie chickens, $23;
39.5 	(13) (15) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 
39.6 	the regular firearms season, $5;
39.7 	(14) (16) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $5;
39.8 	(15) (17) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader 
39.9 	during the muzzleloader season, $5;
39.10 	(16) (18) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take bear, no fee;
39.11 	(17) (19) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take bear, $5;
39.12 	(18) (20) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period 
39.13 	selected by the licensee, $19, of which an amount equal to one-half of the fee for the 
39.14 	migratory-waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the 
39.15 	waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half of 
39.16 	the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in the 
39.17 	pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and one-half 
39.18 	of the small-game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited in the wildlife acquisition 
39.19 	account;
39.20 	(19) (21) for persons age 16 or over and under age 18 to take small game, $5;
39.21 	(20) (22) to take wolf, $30;
39.22 	(21)(23)for persons age 12 and under to take turkey, no fee;
39.23 	(22) (24) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by firearm, no fee;
39.24 	(23) (25) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by archery, no fee; and
39.25 	(24) (26) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
39.26 	muzzleloader season, no fee.

39.27 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
39.28 		Subd. 3.Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to 
39.29 	nonresidents, are:
39.30 	(1) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $90.50;
40.1 	(2) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
40.2 	season, $180;
40.3 	(3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $180;
40.4 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
40.5 	season, $180;
40.6 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take bear, $225;
40.7 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $91;
40.8 	(7) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take turkey, $5;
40.9 	(8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $178;
40.10 	(9) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
40.11 	(10) to take light geese during the light goose conservation order, $2.50;
40.12 	(11) to take sandhill crane during the sandhill crane season, $3;
40.13 	(10) (12) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 
40.14 	the regular firearms season in any open season option or time period, $5;
40.15 	(11) (13) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $5;
40.16 	(12) (14) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader 
40.17 	season, $5;
40.18 	(13) (15) for persons age 13 or over and under 18 to take bear, $5;
40.19 	(14) (16) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period 
40.20 	selected by the licensee, $75, of which an amount equal to one-half of the fee for the 
40.21 	migratory-waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the 
40.22 	waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half of 
40.23 	the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in the 
40.24 	pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and one-half 
40.25 	of the small-game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited into the wildlife 
40.26 	acquisition account;
40.27 	(15) (17) for persons age 16 or 17 to take small game, $5;
40.28 	(16) (18) to take wolf, $250;
40.29 	(17) (19) for persons age 12 and under to take turkey, no fee;
40.30 	(18) (20) for persons age ten, 11, or 12 to take deer by firearm, no fee;
41.1 	(19) (21) for persons age ten, 11, or 12 to take deer by archery, no fee;
41.2 	(20) (22) for persons age ten, 11, or 12 to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
41.3 	muzzleloader season, no fee; and
41.4 	(21) (23) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take bear, no fee.
41.5 	(b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under paragraph 
41.6 	(a), clauses (1) to (6) and (8). An additional commission may not be assessed on this 
41.7 	surcharge.

41.8 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.475, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
41.9 		Subd. 3a.Deer license donation and surcharge. (a) A person may agree to add a 
41.10 	donation of $1, $3, or $5 to the fees for annual resident and nonresident licenses to take 
41.11 	deer by firearms or archery established under subdivisions 2, clauses (5), (6), (7), (13) (15), 
41.12 	(14) (16), and (15) (17), and 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10) (12), (11) (13), and 
41.13 	(12) (14).
41.14 	(b) Beginning March 1, 2008, fees for bonus licenses to take deer by firearms or archery 
41.15 	established under section 97B.301, subdivision 4, must be increased by a surcharge of $1.
41.16 	(c) An additional commission may not be assessed on the donation or surcharge.

41.17 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
41.18 		Subd. 4.Small-game surcharge and donation. (a) Fees for annual licenses to take 
41.19 	small game must be increased by a surcharge of $6.50, except licenses under subdivisions 
41.20 	2, clauses (18) (20) and (19) (21); and 3, paragraph (a), clause (14) (16) and (17). An 
41.21 	additional commission may not be assessed on the surcharge and the following statement 
41.22 	must be included in the annual small-game-hunting regulations: "This $6.50 surcharge is 
41.23 	being paid by hunters for the acquisition and development of wildlife lands."
41.24 	(b) A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3, or $5 to the fees for annual resident 
41.25 	and nonresident licenses to take small game. An additional commission may not be assessed 
41.26 	on the donation. The following statement must be included in the annual small-game-hunting 
41.27 	regulations: "The small-game license donations are being paid by hunters for administration 
41.28 	of the walk-in access program."

42.1 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
42.2 		Subd. 6.Licenses to be sold and issuing fees. (a) Persons authorized to sell licenses 
42.3 	under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the following 
42.4 	issuing fees:
42.5 	(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
42.6 	(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1;
42.7 	(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing 
42.8 	animals, the issuing fee is $1;
42.9 	(4) to apply for a limited hunt drawing, the issuing fee is $1 unless the application requires 
42.10 	a license purchase at the time of application and the license purchase requires an application 
42.11 	fee;
42.12 	(5) for a prairie-chicken license, the issuing fee is $1;
42.13 	(6) for a turkey license, the issuing fee is $1;
42.14 	(7) for an elk license, the issuing fee is $1;
42.15 	(8) for a moose license, the issuing fee is $1;
42.16 	(9) for a wolf license, the issuing fee is $1;
42.17 	(10) for a light goose permit, the issuing fee is $1;
42.18 	(11) for a sandhill crane permit, the issuing fee is $1;
42.19 	(12) for an apprentice-hunter validation, the issuing fee is $1;
42.20 	(13) for a walk-in-hunter validation, the issuing fee is $1;
42.21 	(10) (14) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an 
42.22 	issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
42.23 	(11) (15) for stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
42.24 	(12) (16) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 97A.441, 
42.25 	subdivisions 1 to 6a, or 97A.465, there is no fee;
42.26 	(13) (17) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
42.27 	(14) (18) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other transaction 
42.28 	through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter when an 
42.29 	issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of $1 may be charged at the discretion of the 
42.30 	authorized seller.
43.1 	(b) Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one stamp in the same 
43.2 	transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
43.3 	(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
43.4 	(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the commissioner.
43.5 	(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the issuing 
43.6 	fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
43.7 	(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
43.8 	(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
43.9 	(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
43.10 	(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses each 
43.11 	to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license fees, excluding 
43.12 	the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold licenses shall be 
43.13 	returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter boat captain for 
43.14 	the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be maintained by the 
43.15 	commissioner for one year.

43.16 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.022, is amended by adding a subdivision 
43.17 	to read:
43.18 		Subd. 3.Apprentice-hunter validation; fee. The fee for an apprentice-hunter validation 
43.19 	is $3.50. Fees collected must be deposited in the firearms safety training account, except 
43.20 	for the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under 
43.21 	section 84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected under section 97A.485, subdivision 
43.22 	6, and are appropriated annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural 
43.23 	Resources for administering the firearm safety course program.

43.24 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.715, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
43.25 		Subdivision 1.Stamp required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 
43.26 	97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small-game license may not hunt 
43.27 	pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation.
43.28 	(b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision:
43.29 	(1) residents and nonresidents under age 18 and residents over age 65;
43.30 	(2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves;
44.1 	(3) resident disabled veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 
44.2 	6a; and
44.3 	(4) residents and nonresidents hunting on licenses issued under section 97A.475, 
44.4 	subdivision 2, clause (18) (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (14) (16).

44.5 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97B.801, is amended to read:
44.6 	97B.801 MINNESOTA MIGRATORY-WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED.
44.7 	(a) Except as provided in this section or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required 
44.8 	to possess a small-game license may not take migratory waterfowl without a 
44.9 	migratory-waterfowl stamp validation.
44.10 	(b) Residents under age 18 or over age 65; resident disabled veterans with a license 
44.11 	issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and persons hunting on their own property 
44.12 	are not required to possess a stamp validation under this section.
44.13 	(c) Residents and nonresidents with licenses issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 
44.14 	2, clause (18) (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (14) (16), are not required to possess a stamp 
44.15 	validation under this section.

44.16 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
44.17 		Subd. 3.Contests requiring permit. (a) Unless subdivision 3a applies, a person must 
44.18 	have a permit from the commissioner to conduct a fishing contest if:
44.19 	(1) there are more than 25 boats for open-water contests, more than 150 participants for 
44.20 	ice-fishing contests, or more than 100 participants for shore-fishing contests;
44.21 	(2) entry fees are more than $25 per person; or
44.22 	(3) the contest is limited to trout species.
44.23 	(b) The commissioner shall charge a fee for the permit that recovers the costs of issuing 
44.24 	the permit and of monitoring the activities allowed by the permit. Notwithstanding section 
44.25 	16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish 
44.26 	contest permit fees. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and 
44.27 	section 14.386 does not apply.
44.28 	(c) The commissioner may require the applicant to furnish evidence of financial 
44.29 	responsibility in the form of a surety bond or bank letter of credit in the amount of $25,000 
44.30 	if entry fees are over $25 per person, or total prizes are valued at more than $25,000, and 
44.31 	if the applicant has either:
45.1 	(1) not previously conducted a fishing contest requiring a permit under this subdivision; 
45.2 	or
45.3 	(2) ever failed to make required prize awards in a fishing contest conducted by the 
45.4 	applicant.
45.5 	(d) The permit fee for any individual contest may not exceed the following amounts:
45.6 	(1) $70 for an open-water contest not exceeding 50 boats and without off-site weigh-in;
45.7 	(2) $225 for an open-water contest with more than 50 boats and without off-site weigh-in;
45.8 	(3) $280 for an open-water contest not exceeding 50 boats with off-site weigh-in;
45.9 	(4) $560 for an open-water contest with more than 50 boats with off-site weigh-in; or
45.10 	(5) $135 for an ice-fishing contest with more than 150 participants.; or
45.11 	(6) $50 for a contest where all participants are age 18 years or under.

45.12 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97C.081, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
45.13 		Subd. 3a.No permit required. A person may conduct a fishing contest without a permit 
45.14 	from the commissioner if:
45.15 	(1) the contest is not limited to specifically named waters;
45.16 	(2) all the contest participants are age 18 years or under;
45.17 	(3) (2) the contest is limited to rough fish and participants are required to fish with a 
45.18 	hook and line; or
45.19 	(4) (3) the total prize value is $500 or less.

45.20 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
45.21 		Subdivision 1.Generally. The agency is hereby given and charged with the following 
45.22 	powers and duties:
45.23 	(a) to administer and enforce all laws relating to the pollution of any of the waters of 
45.24 	the state;
45.25 	(b) to investigate the extent, character, and effect of the pollution of the waters of this 
45.26 	state and to gather data and information necessary or desirable in the administration or 
45.27 	enforcement of pollution laws, and to make such classification of the waters of the state as 
45.28 	it may deem advisable;
46.1 	(c) to establish and alter such reasonable pollution standards for any waters of the state 
46.2 	in relation to the public use to which they are or may be put as it shall deem necessary for 
46.3 	the purposes of this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, chapter 
46.4 	116;
46.5 	(d) to encourage waste treatment, including advanced waste treatment, instead of stream 
46.6 	low-flow augmentation for dilution purposes to control and prevent pollution;
46.7 	(e) to adopt, issue, reissue, modify, deny, or revoke, reopen, enter into, or enforce 
46.8 	reasonable orders, permits, variances, standards, rules, schedules of compliance, and 
46.9 	stipulation agreements, under such conditions as it may prescribe, in order to prevent, control 
46.10 	or abate water pollution, or for the installation or operation of disposal systems or parts 
46.11 	thereof, or for other equipment and facilities:
46.12 	(1) requiring the discontinuance of the discharge of sewage, industrial waste or other 
46.13 	wastes into any waters of the state resulting in pollution in excess of the applicable pollution 
46.14 	standard established under this chapter;
46.15 	(2) prohibiting or directing the abatement of any discharge of sewage, industrial waste, 
46.16 	or other wastes, into any waters of the state or the deposit thereof or the discharge into any 
46.17 	municipal disposal system where the same is likely to get into any waters of the state in 
46.18 	violation of this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, chapter 
46.19 	116, or standards or rules promulgated or permits issued pursuant thereto, and specifying 
46.20 	the schedule of compliance within which such prohibition or abatement must be 
46.21 	accomplished;
46.22 	(3) prohibiting the storage of any liquid or solid substance or other pollutant in a manner 
46.23 	which does not reasonably assure proper retention against entry into any waters of the state 
46.24 	that would be likely to pollute any waters of the state;
46.25 	(4) requiring the construction, installation, maintenance, and operation by any person 
46.26 	of any disposal system or any part thereof, or other equipment and facilities, or the 
46.27 	reconstruction, alteration, or enlargement of its existing disposal system or any part thereof, 
46.28 	or the adoption of other remedial measures to prevent, control or abate any discharge or 
46.29 	deposit of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes by any person;
46.30 	(5) establishing, and from time to time revising, standards of performance for new sources 
46.31 	taking into consideration, among other things, classes, types, sizes, and categories of sources, 
46.32 	processes, pollution control technology, cost of achieving such effluent reduction, and any 
46.33 	nonwater quality environmental impact and energy requirements. Said standards of 
46.34 	performance for new sources shall encompass those standards for the control of the discharge 
47.1 	of pollutants which reflect the greatest degree of effluent reduction which the agency 
47.2 	determines to be achievable through application of the best available demonstrated control 
47.3 	technology, processes, operating methods, or other alternatives, including, where practicable, 
47.4 	a standard permitting no discharge of pollutants. New sources shall encompass buildings, 
47.5 	structures, facilities, or installations from which there is or may be the discharge of pollutants, 
47.6 	the construction of which is commenced after the publication by the agency of proposed 
47.7 	rules prescribing a standard of performance which will be applicable to such source. 
47.8 	Notwithstanding any other provision of the law of this state, any point source the construction 
47.9 	of which is commenced after May 20, 1973, and which is so constructed as to meet all 
47.10 	applicable standards of performance for new sources shall, consistent with and subject to 
47.11 	the provisions of section 306(d) of the Amendments of 1972 to the Federal Water Pollution 
47.12 	Control Act, not be subject to any more stringent standard of performance for new sources 
47.13 	during a ten-year period beginning on the date of completion of such construction or during 
47.14 	the period of depreciation or amortization of such facility for the purposes of section 167 
47.15 	or 169, or both, of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever period ends first. 
47.16 	Construction shall encompass any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or 
47.17 	equipment, including contractual obligations to purchase such facilities or equipment, at 
47.18 	the premises where such equipment will be used, including preparation work at such 
47.19 	premises;
47.20 	(6) establishing and revising pretreatment standards to prevent or abate the discharge of 
47.21 	any pollutant into any publicly owned disposal system, which pollutant interferes with, 
47.22 	passes through, or otherwise is incompatible with such disposal system;
47.23 	(7) requiring the owner or operator of any disposal system or any point source to establish 
47.24 	and maintain such records, make such reports, install, use, and maintain such monitoring 
47.25 	equipment or methods, including where appropriate biological monitoring methods, sample 
47.26 	such effluents in accordance with such methods, at such locations, at such intervals, and in 
47.27 	such a manner as the agency shall prescribe, and providing such other information as the 
47.28 	agency may reasonably require;
47.29 	(8) notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and with respect to the pollution 
47.30 	of waters of the state, chapter 116, requiring the achievement of more stringent limitations 
47.31 	than otherwise imposed by effluent limitations in order to meet any applicable water quality 
47.32 	standard by establishing new effluent limitations, based upon section 115.01, subdivision 
47.33 	13, clause (b), including alternative effluent control strategies for any point source or group 
47.34 	of point sources to insure the integrity of water quality classifications, whenever the agency 
47.35 	determines that discharges of pollutants from such point source or sources, with the 
48.1 	application of effluent limitations required to comply with any standard of best available 
48.2 	technology, would interfere with the attainment or maintenance of the water quality 
48.3 	classification in a specific portion of the waters of the state. Prior to establishment of any 
48.4 	such effluent limitation, the agency shall hold a public hearing to determine the relationship 
48.5 	of the economic and social costs of achieving such limitation or limitations, including any 
48.6 	economic or social dislocation in the affected community or communities, to the social and 
48.7 	economic benefits to be obtained and to determine whether or not such effluent limitation 
48.8 	can be implemented with available technology or other alternative control strategies. If a 
48.9 	person affected by such limitation demonstrates at such hearing that, whether or not such 
48.10 	technology or other alternative control strategies are available, there is no reasonable 
48.11 	relationship between the economic and social costs and the benefits to be obtained, such 
48.12 	limitation shall not become effective and shall be adjusted as it applies to such person;
48.13 	(9) modifying, in its discretion, any requirement or limitation based upon best available 
48.14 	technology with respect to any point source for which a permit application is filed after July 
48.15 	1, 1977, upon a showing by the owner or operator of such point source satisfactory to the 
48.16 	agency that such modified requirements will represent the maximum use of technology 
48.17 	within the economic capability of the owner or operator and will result in reasonable further 
48.18 	progress toward the elimination of the discharge of pollutants; and
48.19 	(10) requiring that applicants for wastewater discharge permits evaluate in their 
48.20 	applications the potential reuses of the discharged wastewater; and
48.21 	(11) requiring parties who enter into a negotiated agreement to settle an enforcement 
48.22 	matter with the agency to reimburse the agency according to this clause for oversight costs 
48.23 	that are incurred by the agency and associated with implementing the negotiated agreement. 
48.24 	The agency may recover oversight costs exceeding $25,000. Oversight costs include 
48.25 	personnel and direct costs associated with inspections, sampling, monitoring, modeling, 
48.26 	risk assessment, permit writing, engineering review, economic analysis and review, and 
48.27 	other record or document review. Only oversight costs incurred after executing the negotiated 
48.28 	agreement are covered by this clause. The agency's legal and litigation costs are not covered 
48.29 	by this clause. The commissioner has discretion as to whether to apply this clause in cases 
48.30 	when the agency is using schedules of compliance to bring a class of regulated parties into 
48.31 	compliance. Reimbursement amounts are appropriated to the commissioner;
48.32 	(f) to require to be submitted and to approve plans and specifications for disposal systems 
48.33 	or point sources, or any part thereof and to inspect the construction thereof for compliance 
48.34 	with the approved plans and specifications thereof;
49.1 	(g) to prescribe and alter rules, not inconsistent with law, for the conduct of the agency 
49.2 	and other matters within the scope of the powers granted to and imposed upon it by this 
49.3 	chapter and, with respect to pollution of waters of the state, in chapter 116, provided that 
49.4 	every rule affecting any other department or agency of the state or any person other than a 
49.5 	member or employee of the agency shall be filed with the secretary of state;
49.6 	(h) to conduct such investigations, issue such notices, public and otherwise, and hold 
49.7 	such hearings as are necessary or which it may deem advisable for the discharge of its duties 
49.8 	under this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, under chapter 
49.9 	116, including, but not limited to, the issuance of permits, and to authorize any member, 
49.10 	employee, or agent appointed by it to conduct such investigations or, issue such notices and 
49.11 	hold such hearings;
49.12 	(i) for the purpose of water pollution control planning by the state and pursuant to the 
49.13 	Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to establish and revise planning areas, 
49.14 	adopt plans and programs and continuing planning processes, including, but not limited to, 
49.15 	basin plans and areawide waste treatment management plans, and to provide for the 
49.16 	implementation of any such plans by means of, including, but not limited to, standards, plan 
49.17 	elements, procedures for revision, intergovernmental cooperation, residual treatment process 
49.18 	waste controls, and needs inventory and ranking for construction of disposal systems;
49.19 	(j) to train water pollution control personnel, and charge such fees therefor as are 
49.20 	necessary to cover the agency's costs. All such fees received shall be paid into the state 
49.21 	treasury and credited to the Pollution Control Agency training account;
49.22 	(k) to impose as additional conditions in permits to publicly owned disposal systems 
49.23 	appropriate measures to insure compliance by industrial and other users with any pretreatment 
49.24 	standard, including, but not limited to, those related to toxic pollutants, and any system of 
49.25 	user charges ratably as is hereby required under state law or said Federal Water Pollution 
49.26 	Control Act, as amended, or any regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder;
49.27 	(l) to set a period not to exceed five years for the duration of any national pollutant 
49.28 	discharge elimination system permit or not to exceed ten years for any permit issued as a 
49.29 	state disposal system permit only;
49.30 	(m) to require each governmental subdivision identified as a permittee for a wastewater 
49.31 	treatment works to evaluate in every odd-numbered year the condition of its existing system 
49.32 	and identify future capital improvements that will be needed to attain or maintain compliance 
49.33 	with a national pollutant discharge elimination system or state disposal system permit; and
50.1 	(n) to train subsurface sewage treatment system personnel, including persons who design, 
50.2 	construct, install, inspect, service, and operate subsurface sewage treatment systems, and 
50.3 	charge fees as necessary to pay the agency's costs. All fees received must be paid into the 
50.4 	state treasury and credited to the agency's training account. Money in the account is 
50.5 	appropriated to the agency to pay expenses related to training.
50.6 	The information required in clause (m) must be submitted in every odd-numbered year to 
50.7 	the commissioner on a form provided by the commissioner. The commissioner shall provide 
50.8 	technical assistance if requested by the governmental subdivision.
50.9 	The powers and duties given the agency in this subdivision also apply to permits issued 
50.10 	under chapter 114C.

50.11 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.12 		Subdivision 1.Remedies available. The provisions of sections 103F.701 to 103F.755, 
50.13 	this chapter and chapters 114C, 115A, and 116, and sections 325E.10 to 325E.1251 and 
50.14 	325E.32 and all rules, standards, orders, stipulation agreements, schedules of compliance, 
50.15 	and permits adopted or issued by the agency thereunder or under any other law now in force 
50.16 	or hereafter enacted for the prevention, control, or abatement of pollution may be enforced 
50.17 	by any one or any combination of the following: criminal prosecution; action to recover 
50.18 	civil penalties; injunction; action to compel or cease performance; or other appropriate 
50.19 	action, in accordance with the provisions of said chapters and this section.

50.20 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115.071, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
50.21 		Subd. 4.Injunctions. Any violation of the provisions, rules, standards, orders, stipulation 
50.22 	agreements, variances, schedules of compliance, or permits specified in this chapter and 
50.23 	chapters 114C and 116 shall constitute constitutes a public nuisance and may be enjoined 
50.24 	as provided by law in an action, in the name of the state, brought by the attorney general.
50.25 	Injunctive relief under this subdivision may include but is not limited to a requirement that 
50.26 	a facility or person immediately cease operation or activities until such time as the 
50.27 	commissioner has reasonable assurance that renewed operation or activities will not violate 
50.28 	state pollution requirements, cause harm to human health, or result in a serious violation of 
50.29 	an applicable permit.

51.1 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115.071, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.2 	to read:
51.3 		Subd. 8.Stipulation agreements. In exercising enforcement powers over a term of a 
51.4 	stipulation agreement when a party asserts a good cause or force majeure claim for an 
51.5 	extension of time to comply with a stipulated term, the commissioner must not grant the 
51.6 	extension if the assertion is based solely on increased costs.

51.7 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115.071, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.8 	to read:
51.9 		Subd. 9.Compliance when required permit not obtained. The commissioner may 
51.10 	require a person or facility that fails to obtain a required permit to comply with any terms 
51.11 	of a permit that would have been issued had the person or facility obtained a permit, including 
51.12 	but not limited to reporting, monitoring, controlling pollutant discharge, and creating and 
51.13 	implementing operations and maintenance plans. The person or facility is subject to liability 
51.14 	and penalties, including criminal liability, for failing to operate in compliance with a permit 
51.15 	not obtained beginning at the time a permit should have been obtained.

51.16 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.17 	to read:
51.18 		Subd. 10b.Environmental justice. "Environmental justice" means that communities 
51.19 	of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities have a healthy environment 
51.20 	and are treated fairly when environmental statutes, rules, and policies are developed, adopted, 
51.21 	implemented, and enforced.

51.22 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.23 	to read:
51.24 		Subd. 10c.Environmental justice community. "Environmental justice community" 
51.25 	means a people, group, or geographic location that experiences environmental harms and 
51.26 	risks that prevent environmental justice.

51.27 	Sec. 37. [115A.40] CITATION.
51.28 	Sections 115A.40 to 115A.405 may be cited as the "Landfill Responsibility Act."

52.1 	Sec. 38. [115A.401] LEGISLATIVE GOALS AND INTENT.
52.2 	(a) It is the goal of the Landfill Responsibility Act to reduce the environmental impacts 
52.3 	from all aspects of solid waste, from acquiring product material through disposing of product, 
52.4 	and to prioritize the expansion of waste reduction or source reduction activities across the 
52.5 	state. In accordance with the goals and policies of this chapter and the waste management 
52.6 	preferences in section 115A.02, the Landfill Responsibility Act supports waste reduction 
52.7 	and reuse.
52.8 	(b) The legislature intends for the projects developed under the Landfill Responsibility 
52.9 	Act to encourage a greater awareness of the need for and benefits of waste reduction and 
52.10 	reuse and to develop a greater degree of cooperation and coordination among all elements 
52.11 	of government, industry, and the public in advancing more sustainable actions.

52.12 	Sec. 39. [115A.402] DEFINITIONS.
52.13 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 115A.40 to 115A.405, the 
52.14 	terms defined in this section have the meanings given.
52.15 		Subd. 2.Applicable area. "Applicable area" means an area described in a permit for a 
52.16 	disposal facility that accepted mixed municipal solid waste during the immediately preceding 
52.17 	year.
52.18 		Subd. 3.Covered entity. "Covered entity" means the owner or operator of a disposal 
52.19 	facility at which an applicable area is located.
52.20 		Subd. 4.Rate charged. "Rate charged" means the total amount charged by a covered 
52.21 	entity, per ton, to accept solid waste at a disposal facility for treatment, storage, processing, 
52.22 	transfer, disposal, or any other purpose and includes tipping fees and service charges.

52.23 	Sec. 40. [115A.403] LANDFILL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS.
52.24 		Subdivision 1.Project application and eligibility. (a) Every three years, or more 
52.25 	frequently at the commissioner's discretion, the commissioner must provide public notice 
52.26 	and solicit proposals for eligible landfill responsibility projects.
52.27 	(b) At any time after the notice is provided under paragraph (a), a person may propose 
52.28 	a landfill responsibility project. Proposals must be submitted in the form and manner 
52.29 	prescribed by the commissioner. At a minimum, a proposal must include:
52.30 	(1) a description of the proposer's qualifications with waste reduction or source reduction;
53.1 	(2) a description of the scope of the project, including how the project will result in 
53.2 	waste reduction or source reduction;
53.3 	(3) the expected amount of waste reduction or source reduction attributable to the project;
53.4 	(4) a description of the timeline of the project;
53.5 	(5) a detailed annual budget for the project;
53.6 	(6) identification and a description of environmental justice communities served by the 
53.7 	project;
53.8 	(7) a description of how the project meets the following minimum requirements:
53.9 	(i) is administered in the state;
53.10 	(ii) does not supplant existing work;
53.11 	(iii) provides a high return in environmental benefits, including but not limited to reducing 
53.12 	greenhouse gas emissions;
53.13 	(iv) demonstrates cost-effectiveness;
53.14 	(v) has measurable outcomes for waste reduction or source reduction; and
53.15 	(vi) includes only waste reduction or source reduction activities; and
53.16 	(8) any other information required by the commissioner to evaluate the project.
53.17 	(c) Only waste reduction and reuse as a waste management practice under section 
53.18 	115A.02, paragraph (b), clause (1), are eligible for project funding under this section. Waste 
53.19 	management practices under section 115A.02, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to (6), are not 
53.20 	eligible.
53.21 	(d) The commissioner must establish and maintain a list of eligible landfill responsibility 
53.22 	projects and make the list available to covered entities. The commissioner must evaluate 
53.23 	proposals submitted under paragraph (b) and determine whether to include each proposal 
53.24 	on the list of eligible landfill responsibility projects. The commissioner may remove a project 
53.25 	from the list at any time if the project no longer meets the minimum criteria under paragraph 
53.26 	(b), clause (7), or if the commissioner determines the project will not be completed as 
53.27 	proposed.
53.28 	(e) The waste reduction or source reduction activities of an eligible project as described 
53.29 	in a proposal under paragraph (b) may not begin until:
53.30 	(1) the project is included in a plan approved by the commissioner under subdivision 4; 
53.31 	or
54.1 	(2) the proposal is rescinded or the project is removed from the eligible projects list.
54.2 		Subd. 2.Obligation. (a) Each year, a covered entity must fund eligible landfill 
54.3 	responsibility projects according to this subdivision in an amount at least equal to the covered 
54.4 	entity's obligation determined under paragraph (b).
54.5 	(b) A covered entity's obligation is three percent of the covered entity's revenue and is 
54.6 	calculated according to the formula:
54.7 	X=(A*B) * 0.03
54.8 	Where:
54.9 	X is the total obligation that the covered entity must meet in the three-year approved 
54.10 	plan
54.11 	A is the annual average rate charged at an applicable area during the three-year period 
54.12 	immediately preceding the date a plan must be submitted under subdivision 3
54.13 	B is the total tons of solid waste accepted in the applicable area during the three-year 
54.14 	period immediately preceding the date a plan must be submitted under subdivision 3
54.15 		Subd. 3. Covered entity plans. (a) By January 1, 2023, and every third year thereafter, 
54.16 	or more frequently as determined by the commissioner, a covered entity must submit a plan 
54.17 	to the commissioner in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The plan must 
54.18 	include:
54.19 	(1) the covered entity's obligation for the plan period as calculated in subdivision 2;
54.20 	(2) a selection of projects from the list of eligible projects under subdivision 1, paragraph 
54.21 	(d), according to the following:
54.22 	(i) selection must be made so that 40 percent of the obligation will directly serve 
54.23 	environmental justice communities; and
54.24 	(ii) the total selection must include projects with budgets that annually meet or exceed 
54.25 	the covered entity's obligation for the period of the plan;
54.26 	(3) estimated amounts of waste reduction or source reduction for each selected project, 
54.27 	categorized by material type;
54.28 	(4) a description of how the covered entity will annually meet its obligation for each of 
54.29 	the three years in the plan period; and
54.30 	(5) any other criteria required by the commissioner to determine the sufficiency of the 
54.31 	plan.
55.1 	(b) The commissioner may modify dates for plan submission under paragraph (a) if the 
55.2 	commissioner determines it is necessary to implement the Landfill Responsibility Act.
55.3 		Subd. 4. Commissioner review. (a) Upon receiving a plan under subdivision 3, the 
55.4 	commissioner must:
55.5 	(1) notify a covered entity if a plan is incomplete, specifying the specific items that need 
55.6 	to be submitted to make the plan complete;
55.7 	(2) giving first-come first-served preference based on when a plan is submitted, require 
55.8 	a covered entity to revise and resubmit a plan if the commissioner determines it necessary 
55.9 	to:
55.10 	(i) ensure that no more than 25 percent of the total obligation of all covered entities is 
55.11 	allocated to a single recipient;
55.12 	(ii) prevent duplicative selection of eligible projects;
55.13 	(iii) prioritize fully funding individual eligible projects before selecting additional projects 
55.14 	for funding; or
55.15 	(iv) implement the Landfill Responsibility Act and remain consistent with other state 
55.16 	law; and
55.17 	(3) provide covered entities with plan approval, including any modifications required 
55.18 	under this paragraph, within 45 days after the plan is submitted under subdivision 3.
55.19 	(b) After receiving initial approval of a plan, a covered entity must revise and resubmit 
55.20 	a plan for approval or disapproval if the eligible projects change during the plan period. If 
55.21 	a project can no longer be completed as described, a covered entity must choose another 
55.22 	project to meet its obligation. The covered entity must resubmit its plan to the commissioner 
55.23 	if there is a substantial change in obligation or if an eligible project is unable to be performed 
55.24 	as described.
55.25 		Subd. 5.Project implementation. (a) After a plan is approved under subdivision 4, a 
55.26 	covered entity must implement the plan.
55.27 	(b) After a person receives funding from a covered entity, the covered entity and the 
55.28 	person receiving funding must implement the plan according to the proposal submitted 
55.29 	under subdivision 1. If a person implementing the project is no longer able to perform the 
55.30 	project according to the proposal, the person must immediately notify the covered entity 
55.31 	and the commissioner.
56.1 		Subd. 6.Reporting requirements. (a) No later than February 1 each year, a covered 
56.2 	entity must submit a report to the commissioner for the preceding calendar year. The annual 
56.3 	report must be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and must 
56.4 	include:
56.5 	(1) a description of the covered entity's progress made toward objectives detailed in the 
56.6 	plan developed under subdivision 3, including a summary of the projects completed for the 
56.7 	reporting year;
56.8 	(2) evidence, such as receipts, of meeting the covered entity's obligation for the previous 
56.9 	year;
56.10 	(3) the rate charged during the preceding calendar year;
56.11 	(4) proof of how at least 40 percent of the covered entity's obligation is met through 
56.12 	projects directly serving environmental justice communities; and
56.13 	(5) any other information requested by the commissioner to determine compliance.
56.14 	(b) No later than February 1 each year, a person receiving funding for a landfill 
56.15 	responsibility project must submit a report to the commissioner for the preceding calendar 
56.16 	year. The annual report must be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the 
56.17 	commissioner and must include:
56.18 	(1) proof of the amount of funding received and the time frame for each eligible project;
56.19 	(2) the time frame for the project;
56.20 	(3) a description of the amount of waste reduction or source reduction achieved by the 
56.21 	project during the reporting year by weight, categorized by material type;
56.22 	(4) a description of how the project served environmental justice communities, if 
56.23 	applicable;
56.24 	(5) a description of how the data was measured and the activities used to achieve the 
56.25 	specified waste reduction or source reduction amounts; and
56.26 	(6) any other information requested by the commissioner to determine compliance.
56.27 		Subd. 7.Operating record. A covered entity must record and maintain in an operating 
56.28 	record all information used to determine the rate charged, including gate receipts and financial 
56.29 	records, for a minimum of five years.
57.1 		Subd. 8.Duty to provide information. If the commissioner requests information to 
57.2 	determine compliance with this section, a person must furnish to the commissioner any 
57.3 	information that the person may have or may reasonably obtain.

57.4 	Sec. 41. [115A.404] LANDFILL RESPONSIBILITY ASSESSMENT.
57.5 	(a) By January 1 each year, a covered entity must pay to the commissioner an assessment 
57.6 	fee according to this section. The commissioner must deposit the fee in the state treasury 
57.7 	and credit the fee to the environmental fund.
57.8 	(b) The annual assessment fee is calculated for each covered entity according to the 
57.9 	formula:
57.10 	X = A * (B/C)
57.11 	Where:
57.12 	X is the assessment fee owed by each covered entity
57.13 	A is the anticipated total annual cost to the agency to administer and implement the 
57.14 	Landfill Responsibility Act for the following year, as determined by the commissioner
57.15 	B is the total amount of solid waste, measured in tons, disposed of in a covered entity's 
57.16 	applicable area or applicable areas according to the covered entity's most recent annual 
57.17 	report
57.18 	C is the total amount of solid waste, measured in tons, disposed of in the applicable areas 
57.19 	at all covered entities according to the covered entities' most recent annual reports

57.20 	Sec. 42. [115A.405] WASTE COMPOSITION STUDY.
57.21 		Subdivision 1.Waste composition study. By January 1 each year, the commissioner 
57.22 	must conduct a waste composition study at covered entities. When identifying facilities for 
57.23 	waste composition studies, the commissioner must rotate the covered entities and each 
57.24 	covered entity must allow the commissioner to perform a waste composition study at least 
57.25 	once every three years.
57.26 		Subd. 2.Access. The commissioner or commissioner's designee, upon presentation of 
57.27 	credentials, may enter upon any public or private property to take any action authorized by 
57.28 	this section. The covered entity must provide access to pertinent books and records and 
57.29 	provide reasonable accommodations for a waste composition study to be completed 
57.30 	accurately and safely.
58.1 		Subd. 3.Data compilation. The commissioner must annually compile and summarize 
58.2 	the waste composition data. The commissioner must make the summary information available 
58.3 	to the public.

58.4 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115A.565, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.5 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. The commissioner shall must make 
58.6 	competitive grants to political subdivisions or federally recognized tribes to establish curbside 
58.7 	recycling or composting, increase recycling or composting, reduce the amount of recyclable 
58.8 	materials entering disposal facilities, or reduce the costs associated with hauling waste by 
58.9 	locating collection sites as close as possible to the site where the waste is generated. To be 
58.10 	eligible for grants under this section, a political subdivision or federally recognized tribe 
58.11 	must be located outside the seven-county metropolitan area and a city must have a population 
58.12 	of less than 45,000.

58.13 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115B.421, is amended to read:
58.14 	115B.421 CLOSED LANDFILL INVESTMENT FUND.
58.15 	(a) The closed landfill investment fund is established in the state treasury. The fund 
58.16 	consists of money credited to the fund, and interest and other earnings on money in the 
58.17 	fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, funds must be deposited as described in section 115B.445. 
58.18 	The fund shall be managed to maximize long-term gain through the State Board of 
58.19 	Investment. Money in the fund is appropriated to the commissioner and may be spent by 
58.20 	the commissioner after fiscal year 2020 in accordance with sections 115B.39 to 115B.444.
58.21 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must allocate the amounts available 
58.22 	in any biennium to the commissioner for the purposes provided in sections 115B.39 to 
58.23 	115B.444 based on work plans submitted by the commissioner and may adjust the allocations 
58.24 	if the commissioner submits revised work plans. The commissioner must submit copies of 
58.25 	the work plans to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees and 
58.26 	divisions having jurisdiction over environment policy and finance.  The commissioner may 
58.27 	submit one work plan for the landfill cleanup program covering all funding sources to meet 
58.28 	the work plan requirements under section 116.155 and this section.

58.29 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
58.30 	read:
58.31 		Subd. 6a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Minnesota 
58.32 	Pollution Control Agency.

59.1 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.2 	read:
59.3 		Subd. 6b.Community of color. "Community of color" means a geographically distinct 
59.4 	population with a substantial number of individuals who identify as Black, African American, 
59.5 	Hispanic, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, or any other nonwhite race.

59.6 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.7 	read:
59.8 		Subd. 6c.Cumulative impacts. "Cumulative impacts" means the potential public health 
59.9 	and environmental impacts from combined pollutant exposures and risks, incorporating the 
59.10 	context of community vulnerabilities, assessed from publicly accessible data based on the 
59.11 	past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future levels, emissions, and discharges affecting 
59.12 	the geographical area.

59.13 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.14 	read:
59.15 		Subd. 10a.Environmental justice. "Environmental justice" means that communities 
59.16 	of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities have a healthy environment 
59.17 	and are treated fairly when environmental statutes, rules, and policies are developed, adopted, 
59.18 	implemented, and enforced.

59.19 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.20 	read:
59.21 		Subd. 10b.Environmental justice area of concern. "Environmental justice area of 
59.22 	concern" means a census tract or tracts:
59.23 	(1) wherein at least 40 percent of people reported income less than 200 percent of the 
59.24 	federal poverty level;
59.25 	(2) wherein at least 45 percent of the people identify as people of color in the most recent 
59.26 	data from the United States Census Bureau; or
59.27 	(3) that are in Indian Country, as defined in United States Code, title 18, section 1151.

59.28 	Sec. 50. [116.065] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREAS OF CONCERN.
59.29 	(a) When a new facility or a proposed expansion of an existing facility is located in an 
59.30 	environmental justice area of concern, the owner or operator of the facility must conduct 
60.1 	an analysis of the cumulative impacts that the facility or expansion would cause or contribute 
60.2 	to in the environmental justice area of concern.
60.3 	(b) An owner or operator of a facility or project that requires a state permit under chapters 
60.4 	115 to 116 and that is located in an environmental justice area of concern must hold at least 
60.5 	one public meeting in the area of concern before the commissioner issues or denies a permit.
60.6 	(c) The commissioner may require a permitted facility located in an environmental justice 
60.7 	area of concern to hold in-person meetings with neighbors to share information and discuss 
60.8 	community concerns. The commissioner may set the number and frequency of required 
60.9 	meetings as permit conditions.
60.10 	(d) The commissioner may deny permits in an environmental justice area of concern if 
60.11 	the commissioner finds that a new facility that requires a permit from the agency would 
60.12 	cause or contribute to adverse cumulative impacts. The commissioner may consider other 
60.13 	compelling public interests in the decision to issue permits according to this section.
60.14 	(e) The commissioner must adopt rules according to chapter 14 to implement this section.

60.15 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
60.16 		Subd. 6.Pollution Control Agency; exercise of powers. In exercising all its powers, 
60.17 	the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall give due consideration to must:
60.18 	(1) consider the establishment, maintenance, operation and expansion of business, 
60.19 	commerce, trade, industry, traffic, and other economic factors and other material matters 
60.20 	affecting the feasibility and practicability of any proposed action, including, but not limited 
60.21 	to, the burden on a municipality of any tax which may result therefrom, and shall must take 
60.22 	or provide for such action as may be reasonable, feasible, and practical under the 
60.23 	circumstances.; and
60.24 	(2) to the extent reasonable, feasible, and practical under the circumstances:
60.25 	(i) ensure that actions or programs that have a direct, indirect, or cumulative impact on 
60.26 	environmental justice areas of concern incorporate community-focused practices and 
60.27 	procedures in agency processes, including communication, outreach, engagement, and 
60.28 	education to enhance meaningful, timely, and transparent community access;
60.29 	(ii) collaborate with other state agencies to identify, develop, and implement means to 
60.30 	eliminate and reverse environmental and health inequities and disparities;
61.1 	(iii) promote the utility and availability of environmental data and analysis for 
61.2 	environmental justice areas of concern, other agencies, federally recognized tribal 
61.3 	governments, and the public;
61.4 	(iv) encourage coordination and collaboration with residents of environmental justice 
61.5 	areas of concern to address environmental and health inequities and disparities; and
61.6 	(v) ensure environmental justice values are represented to the agency from a 
61.7 	commissioner-appointed environmental justice advisory committee that is composed of 
61.8 	diverse members and that is developed and operated in a manner open to the public and in 
61.9 	accordance with the duties described in the bylaws and charter adopted and maintained by 
61.10 	the commissioner.

61.11 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
61.12 		Subd. 9.Orders; investigations. The agency shall have commissioner has the following 
61.13 	powers and duties for the enforcement of enforcing any provision of this chapter and chapter 
61.14 	114C, relating to air contamination or waste:
61.15 	(1) to adopt, issue, reissue, modify, deny, revoke, reopen, enter into or enforce reasonable 
61.16 	orders, schedules of compliance and stipulation agreements;
61.17 	(2) to require the owner or operator of any emission facility, air contaminant treatment 
61.18 	facility, potential air contaminant storage facility, or any system or facility related to the 
61.19 	storage, collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of waste to establish and maintain 
61.20 	records; to make reports; to install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or methods; 
61.21 	and to make tests, including testing for odor where a nuisance may exist, in accordance with 
61.22 	methods, at locations, at intervals, and in a manner as the agency shall prescribe; and to 
61.23 	provide other information as the agency may reasonably require;
61.24 	(3) to conduct investigations, issue notices, public and otherwise, and order hearings as 
61.25 	it may deem necessary or advisable for the discharge of its duties under this chapter and 
61.26 	chapter 114C, including but not limited to the issuance of permits; and to authorize any 
61.27 	member, employee, or agent appointed by it to conduct the investigations and issue the 
61.28 	notices.; and
61.29 	(4) to require parties who enter into a negotiated agreement to settle an enforcement 
61.30 	matter with the agency to reimburse the agency according to this clause for oversight costs 
61.31 	that are incurred by the agency and associated with implementing the negotiated agreement. 
61.32 	The agency may recover oversight costs exceeding $25,000. Oversight costs include 
61.33 	personnel and direct costs associated with inspections, sampling, monitoring, modeling, 
62.1 	risk assessment, permit writing, engineering review, economic analysis and review, and 
62.2 	other record or document review. Only oversight costs incurred after executing the negotiated 
62.3 	agreement are covered by this clause. The agency's legal and litigation costs are not covered 
62.4 	by this clause. The commissioner has discretion as to whether to apply this clause in cases 
62.5 	where the agency is using schedules of compliance to bring a class of regulated parties into 
62.6 	compliance. Reimbursement amounts are appropriated to the commissioner.

62.7 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
62.8 	read:
62.9 		Subd. 9a.Stipulation agreements. In exercising enforcement powers over a term of a 
62.10 	stipulation agreement when a party asserts a good cause or force majeure claim for an 
62.11 	extension of time to comply with a stipulated term, the commissioner must not grant the 
62.12 	extension if the assertion is based solely on increased costs.

62.13 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
62.14 	read:
62.15 		Subd. 9b.Compliance when required permit not obtained. The commissioner may 
62.16 	require a person or facility that fails to obtain a required permit to comply with any terms 
62.17 	of a permit that would have been issued had the person or facility obtained a permit, including 
62.18 	but not limited to reporting, monitoring, controlling pollutant discharge, and creating and 
62.19 	implementing operations and maintenance plans. The person or facility is subject to liability 
62.20 	and penalties, including criminal liability, for failing to operate in compliance with a permit 
62.21 	not obtained beginning at the time a permit should have been obtained.

62.22 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116.11, is amended to read:
62.23 	116.11 EMERGENCY POWERS.
62.24 		Subdivision 1.Imminent and substantial danger. If there is imminent and substantial 
62.25 	danger to the health and welfare of the people of the state, or of any of them, as a result of 
62.26 	the pollution of air, land, or water, the agency commissioner may by emergency order direct 
62.27 	the immediate discontinuance or abatement of the pollution without notice and without a 
62.28 	hearing or at the request of the agency commissioner, the attorney general may bring an 
62.29 	action in the name of the state in the appropriate district court for a temporary restraining 
62.30 	order to immediately abate or prevent the pollution. The agency commissioner's order or 
62.31 	temporary restraining order shall remain is effective until notice, hearing, and determination 
62.32 	pursuant to other provisions of law, or, in the interim, as otherwise ordered. A final order 
63.1 	of the agency commissioner in these cases shall be is appealable in accordance with chapter 
63.2 	14.
63.3 		Subd. 2.Other acts of concern. (a) The commissioner may exercise the authority under 
63.4 	paragraph (b) when the commissioner has evidence of a pattern of behavior that includes 
63.5 	any of the following:
63.6 	(1) falsification of records;
63.7 	(2) a history of noncompliance with schedules of compliance or terms of a stipulation 
63.8 	agreement;
63.9 	(3) chronic or substantial permit violations; or
63.10 	(4) operating with or without a permit where there is evidence of danger to the health 
63.11 	or welfare of the people of the state or evidence of environmental harm.
63.12 	(b) When the commissioner has evidence of a pattern of behavior specified in paragraph 
63.13 	(a), then regardless of the presence of imminent and substantial danger, the commissioner 
63.14 	may investigate and may:
63.15 	(1) exercise emergency powers according to subdivision 1;
63.16 	(2) suspend or revoke a permit;
63.17 	(3) issue an order to cease operation or activities;
63.18 	(4) require financial assurances;
63.19 	(5) reopen and modify a permit to require additional terms;
63.20 	(6) require additional agency oversight; or
63.21 	(7) pursue other actions deemed necessary to abate pollution and protect human health.

63.22 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.1295, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.23 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a) The commissioner shall 
63.24 	issue state parks and trails plates to an applicant who:
63.25 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, recreational vehicle, one-ton pickup 
63.26 	truck, or motorcycle;
63.27 	(2) pays a fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 
63.28 	5;
63.29 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013;
64.1 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
64.2 	(5) contributes a minimum of $60 $70 annually to the state parks and trails donation 
64.3 	account established in section 85.056; and
64.4 	(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and 
64.5 	licensing of drivers.
64.6 	(b) The state parks and trails plate application must indicate that the contribution specified 
64.7 	under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate and that the 
64.8 	applicant may make an additional contribution to the account.
64.9 	(c) State parks and trails plates may be personalized according to section 168.12, 
64.10 	subdivision 2a.

64.11 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 325E.046, is amended to read:
64.12 	325E.046 STANDARDS FOR LABELING PLASTIC BAGS, FOOD OR 
64.13 	BEVERAGE PRODUCTS, AND PACKAGING.
64.14 		Subdivision 1."Biodegradable" label. A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler person
64.15 	may not sell or offer for sale in this state a plastic bag covered product labeled 
64.16 	"biodegradable," "degradable," "decomposable," or any form of those terms, or in any way 
64.17 	imply that the bag covered product will chemically decompose into innocuous elements in 
64.18 	a reasonably short period of time in a landfill, composting, or other terrestrial environment 
64.19 	unless a scientifically based standard for biodegradability is developed and the bags are 
64.20 	certified as meeting the standard. break down, fragment, degrade, biodegrade, or decompose 
64.21 	in a landfill or other environment, unless an ASTM standard specification is adopted for 
64.22 	the term claimed and the specification is approved by the legislature.
64.23 		Subd. 2."Compostable" label. (a) A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler person
64.24 	may not sell or offer for sale in this state a plastic bag covered product labeled "compostable" 
64.25 	unless, at the time of sale or offer for sale, the bag covered product:
64.26 	(1) meets the ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Labeling of Plastics 
64.27 	Designed to be Aerobically Composted in Municipal or Industrial Facilities (D6400). Each 
64.28 	bag must be labeled to reflect that it meets the standard. For purposes of this subdivision, 
64.29 	"ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6. or its successor or the 
64.30 	ASTM Standard Specification for Labeling of End Items that Incorporate Plastics and 
64.31 	Polymers as Coatings or Additives with Paper and Other Substrates Designed to be 
64.32 	Aerobically Composted in Municipal or Industrial Facilities (D6868) or its successor, and 
64.33 	the covered product is labeled to reflect that it meets the specification;
65.1 	(2) is comprised of only wood without any coatings or additives; or
65.2 	(3) is comprised of only paper without any coatings or additives.
65.3 	(b) A covered product labeled "compostable" and meeting the criteria under paragraph 
65.4 	(a) must be clearly and prominently labeled on the product, or on the product's smallest unit 
65.5 	of sale, to reflect that it is intended for an industrial or commercial compost facility. The 
65.6 	label required under this paragraph must be in legible text size and font.
65.7 		Subd. 2a.Certification of compostable products. Beginning January 1, 2023, a person 
65.8 	may not sell or offer for sale a covered product labeled as "compostable" unless the person 
65.9 	obtains certification that the product meets the requirements of subdivision 2 from an entity 
65.10 	that:
65.11 	(1) is a nonprofit corporation;
65.12 	(2) as its primary focus of operation, promotes the production, use, and appropriate end 
65.13 	of life for materials and products that are designed to fully biodegrade in specific biologically 
65.14 	active environments such as industrial composting; and
65.15 	(3) is technically capable of and willing to perform analysis necessary to determine a 
65.16 	product's compliance with subdivision 2.
65.17 		Subd. 3.Enforcement; civil penalty; injunctive relief. (a) A manufacturer, distributor, 
65.18 	or wholesaler person who violates subdivision 1 or 2 this section is subject to a civil or 
65.19 	administrative penalty of $100 for each prepackaged saleable unit sold or offered for sale 
65.20 	up to a maximum of $5,000 and may be enjoined from those violations.
65.21 	(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state in a court of 
65.22 	competent jurisdiction for recovery of civil penalties or for injunctive relief as provided in 
65.23 	this subdivision. The attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of acts 
65.24 	in violation of subdivision 1 or 2 this section in the manner provided in section 8.31, 
65.25 	subdivision 2b.
65.26 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may enforce this section under 
65.27 	sections 115.071 and 116.072.
65.28 	(d) When requested by the attorney general or the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
65.29 	Agency, a person selling or offering for sale a covered product labeled as compostable must 
65.30 	furnish to the attorney general or the commissioner any information that the person may 
65.31 	have or may reasonably obtain that is relevant to show compliance with this section.
66.1 		Subd. 4.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings 
66.2 	given them:
66.3 	(1) "ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6;
66.4 	(2) "covered product" means a bag, food or beverage product, or packaging;
66.5 	(3) "food or beverage product" means a product that is used to wrap, package, contain, 
66.6 	serve, store, prepare, or consume a food or beverage, such as plates, bowls, cups, lids, trays, 
66.7 	straws, utensils, and hinged or lidded containers; and
66.8 	(4) "packaging" has the meaning given in section 115A.03, subdivision 22b.

66.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2022.

66.10 	Sec. 58. REPEALER.
 66.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115.44, subdivision 9, is repealed.

66.12 	ARTICLE 3
66.13 	STATE LANDS

66.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.63, is amended to read:
66.15 	84.63 CONVEYANCE OF INTERESTS IN LANDS TO STATE AND, FEDERAL,
66.16 	AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
66.17 	(a) Notwithstanding any existing law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural 
66.18 	resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to convey to the United States, to a 
66.19 	federally recognized Indian tribe, or to the state of Minnesota or any of its subdivisions, 
66.20 	upon state-owned lands under the administration of the commissioner of natural resources, 
66.21 	permanent or temporary easements for specified periods or otherwise for trails, highways, 
66.22 	roads including limitation of right of access from the lands to adjacent highways and roads, 
66.23 	flowage for development of fish and game resources, stream protection, flood control, and 
66.24 	necessary appurtenances thereto, such conveyances to be made upon such terms and 
66.25 	conditions including provision for reversion in the event of non-user as the commissioner 
66.26 	of natural resources may determine.
66.27 	(b) In addition to the fee for the market value of the easement, the commissioner of 
66.28 	natural resources shall assess the applicant the following fees:
66.29 	(1) an application fee of $2,000 to cover reasonable costs for reviewing the application 
66.30 	and preparing the easement; and
67.1 	(2) a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the 
67.2 	construction of the improvement for which the easement was conveyed and preparing special 
67.3 	terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate 
67.4 	of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee.
67.5 	(c) The applicant shall pay these fees to the commissioner of natural resources. The 
67.6 	commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid in full the application 
67.7 	fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for the easement.
67.8 	(d) Upon completion of construction of the improvement for which the easement was 
67.9 	conveyed, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance from the monitoring fee 
67.10 	revenue. The commissioner shall not return the application fee, even if the application is 
67.11 	withdrawn or denied.
67.12 	(e) Money received under paragraph (b) must be deposited in the land management 
67.13 	account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
67.14 	resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred for issuing and monitoring easements.
67.15 	(f) A county or joint county regional railroad authority is exempt from all fees specified 
67.16 	under this section for trail easements on state-owned land.

67.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 92.502, is amended to read:
67.18 	92.502 LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
67.19 	(a) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may 
67.20 	enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
67.21 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land administered 
67.22 	by the commissioner for a wind energy project.
67.23 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land administered 
67.24 	by the commissioner for recreational trails and facilities. The commissioner may assess the 
67.25 	lease applicant a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs of monitoring 
67.26 	construction of the recreational trail or facility and preparing special terms and conditions 
67.27 	of the license to ensure proper construction. The commissioner must give the applicant an 
67.28 	estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant is required to submit the fee. Upon 
67.29 	completion of construction of the trail or facility, the commissioner must refund the 
67.30 	unobligated balance from the monitoring fee revenue.
68.1 	(d) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary, Lake and St. Louis 
68.2 	Counties may enter into 30-year leases of tax-forfeited land for recreational trails and 
68.3 	facilities.

68.4 	Sec. 3. ADDITION TO STATE PARK.
 68.5 	[85.012] [Subd. 18.] Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County. The following areas 
68.6 	are added to Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County:
68.7 	(1) that part of Section 28, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, 
68.8 	Minnesota, bounded by the Dakota County line along the Minnesota River and the following 
68.9 	described lines:
68.10 	Beginning at the intersection of the south line of Lot 18 of Auditor's Subdivision Number 
68.11 	29 of Mendota, according to the plat on file in the Office of the Dakota County Recorder, 
68.12 	with the westerly right-of-way line of the existing Sibley Memorial Highway; thence 
68.13 	northerly along said westerly right-of-way line to the north line of said Lot 18; thence 
68.14 	westerly along the north line of said Lot 18 to the easterly right-of-way line of the 
68.15 	Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence northerly and northeasterly along said 
68.16 	easterly right-of-way to the east line of said Section 28;
68.17 	(2) that part of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, 
68.18 	Minnesota, lying westerly of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and Northwestern 
68.19 	Railroad;
68.20 	(3) that part of Government Lot 6 of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, 
68.21 	Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and 
68.22 	Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway 
68.23 	and North of the South 752 feet of said Government Lot 6;
68.24 	(4) the North 152 feet of the South 752 feet of that part of Government Lot 6 of Section 
68.25 	33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the 
68.26 	easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly 
68.27 	right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway;
68.28 	(5) the North 270 feet of the South 600 feet of that part of Government Lot 6 lying 
68.29 	between the westerly right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway and the easterly right-of-way 
68.30 	of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 
68.31 	West, Dakota County, Minnesota;
68.32 	(6) that part of the South 20 rods of Government Lot 6 of Section 33, Township 28 
68.33 	North, Range 23 West, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way 
69.1 	of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly right-of-way of Sibley 
69.2 	Memorial Highway, excepting therefrom that part described as follows:
69.3 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 6; thence North 89 degrees 
69.4 	56 minutes 54 seconds West assumed bearing along the south line of said Government 
69.5 	Lot 6 a distance of 260.31 feet to the point of beginning of the property to be described; 
69.6 	thence continue North 89 degrees 56 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 71.17 feet; 
69.7 	thence northwesterly a distance of 37.25 feet along a nontangential curve concave to 
69.8 	the East having a radius of 4,098.00 feet and a central angle of 00 degrees 31 minutes 
69.9 	15 seconds the chord of said curve bears North 23 degrees 31 minutes 27 seconds West; 
69.10 	thence northerly a distance of 127.39 feet along a compound curve concave to the East 
69.11 	having a radius of 2,005.98 feet and a central angle of 03 degrees 38 minutes 19 seconds; 
69.12 	thence North 70 degrees 22 minutes 29 seconds East not tangent to said curve a distance 
69.13 	of 65.00 feet; thence southerly a distance of 123.26 feet along a nontangential curve 
69.14 	concave to the East having a radius of 1,940.98 feet and a central angle of 03 degrees 
69.15 	38 minutes 19 seconds the chord of said curve bears South 21 degrees 26 minutes 40 
69.16 	seconds East; thence southerly a distance of 65.42 feet to the point of beginning along 
69.17 	a compound curve concave to the East having a radius of 4,033.00 feet and a central 
69.18 	angle of 00 degrees 55 minutes 46 seconds;
69.19 	(7) that part of Government Lot 5 of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, 
69.20 	Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and 
69.21 	Northwestern Railroad and West of the westerly right-of-way of Sibley Memorial Highway, 
69.22 	excepting therefrom that part described as follows:
69.23 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 5; thence North 89 degrees 
69.24 	56 minutes 18 seconds West assumed bearing along the south line of said Government 
69.25 	Lot 5 a distance of 70.48 feet to the point of beginning of the property to be described; 
69.26 	thence continue North 89 degrees 56 minutes 18 seconds West along said south line of 
69.27 	Government Lot 5 a distance of 40.01 feet; thence North 01 degree 30 minutes 25 seconds 
69.28 	East a distance of 6.08 feet; thence northerly a distance of 185.58 feet along a tangential 
69.29 	curve concave to the West having a radius of 4,427.00 feet and a central angle of 02 
69.30 	degrees 24 minutes 07 seconds; thence South 89 degrees 06 minutes 18 seconds West 
69.31 	not tangent to said curve a distance of 25.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 
69.32 	42 seconds West a distance of 539.13 feet; thence northerly a distance of 103.77 feet 
69.33 	along a tangential curve concave to the West having a radius of 1,524.65 feet and a 
69.34 	central angle of 03 degrees 53 minutes 59 seconds; thence northerly a distance of 159.33 
69.35 	feet along a compound curve concave to the West having a radius of 522.45 feet and a 
70.1 	central angle of 17 degrees 28 minutes 23 seconds; thence northwesterly a distance of 
70.2 	86.78 feet along a tangential curve concave to the West having a radius of 1,240.87 feet 
70.3 	and a central angle of 04 degrees 00 minutes 25 seconds; thence North 26 degrees 16 
70.4 	minutes 30 seconds West tangent to said curve a distance of 92.39 feet; thence 
70.5 	northwesterly a distance of 178.12 feet along a tangential curve concave to the East 
70.6 	having a radius of 4,098.00 feet and a central angle of 02 degrees 29 minutes 25 seconds 
70.7 	to a point on the north line of said Government Lot 5 which is 331.48 feet from the 
70.8 	northeast corner thereof as measured along said north line; thence South 89 degrees 56 
70.9 	minutes 54 seconds East along said north line of Government Lot 5 a distance of 71.17 
70.10 	feet; thence southeasterly a distance of 146.53 feet along a nontangential curve concave 
70.11 	to the East having a radius of 4,033.00 feet and a central angle of 02 degrees 04 minutes 
70.12 	54 seconds the chord of said curve bears South 25 degrees 14 minutes 03 seconds East; 
70.13 	thence South 26 degrees 16 minutes 30 seconds East tangent to said curve a distance of 
70.14 	92.39 feet; thence southerly a distance of 91.33 feet along a tangential curve concave 
70.15 	to the West having a radius of 1,305.87 feet and a central angle of 04 degrees 00 minutes 
70.16 	25 seconds; thence southerly a distance of 179.15 feet along a tangential curve concave 
70.17 	to the West having a radius of 587.45 feet and a central angle of 17 degrees 28 minutes 
70.18 	23 seconds; thence southerly a distance of 108.20 feet along a compound curve concave 
70.19 	to the West having a radius of 1,589.65 feet and a central angle of 03 degrees 53 minutes 
70.20 	59 seconds; thence South 00 degrees 53 minutes 42 seconds East tangent to said curve 
70.21 	a distance of 539.13 feet; thence southerly a distance of 187.26 feet along a tangential 
70.22 	curve concave to the West having a radius of 4,467.00 feet and a central angle of 02 
70.23 	degrees 24 minutes 07 seconds; thence South 01 degree 30 minutes 25 seconds West 
70.24 	tangent to said curve a distance of 5.07 feet to the point of beginning; and
70.25 	(8) that part of Government Lot 4 of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, 
70.26 	Dakota County, Minnesota, lying East of the easterly right-of-way of the Chicago and 
70.27 	Northwestern Railroad and northerly of the following described line:
70.28 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence North 89 degrees 
70.29 	55 minutes 42 seconds West assumed bearing along the south line of said Government 
70.30 	Lot 4 a distance of 312.44 feet to corner B205, MNDOT Right-of-Way Plat No. 19-93, 
70.31 	according to the recorded map thereof; thence continue North 89 degrees 55 minutes 42 
70.32 	seconds West along said south line of Government Lot 4 a distance of 318.00 feet to the 
70.33 	easterly right-of-way of Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; thence northerly along 
70.34 	said railroad right-of-way a distance of 387.97 feet along a nontangential curve concave 
70.35 	to the West having a radius of 2,963.54 feet and a central angle of 07 degrees 30 minutes 
71.1 	03 seconds, the chord of said curve bears North 00 degrees 42 minutes 41 seconds East; 
71.2 	thence North 03 degrees 02 minutes 21 seconds West tangent to said curve along said 
71.3 	railroad right-of-way a distance of 619.45 feet to the point of beginning of the line to 
71.4 	be described; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 417.92 
71.5 	feet; thence North 18 degrees 18 minutes 58 seconds East a distance of 317.52 feet to a 
71.6 	point on the north line of said Government Lot 4 which is 135.00 feet from the northeast 
71.7 	corner thereof as measured along said north line and there terminating.

71.8 	Sec. 4. ADDITION TO STATE RECREATION AREA.
 71.9 	[85.013] [Subd. 12a.] Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, St. Louis 
71.10 	County. The following area is added to Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, 
71.11 	St. Louis County: that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, 
71.12 	Township 58 North, Range 17 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the 
71.13 	following described line:
71.14 	Commencing at the West quarter corner of said Section 15; thence North 01 degree 24 
71.15 	minutes 27 seconds West, bearing assumed, along the west line of said South Half of 
71.16 	the Northwest Quarter a distance of 1,034.09 feet to a 3/4-inch rebar with plastic cap 
71.17 	stamped "MN DNR LS 44974" (DM) and the point of beginning; thence South 62 degrees 
71.18 	44 minutes 07 seconds East 405.24 feet to a DM; thence South 82 degrees 05 minutes 
71.19 	24 seconds East 314.95 feet to a DM; thence South 86 degrees 18 minutes 01 second 
71.20 	East 269.23 feet to a DM; thence North 81 degrees 41 minutes 24 seconds East 243.61 
71.21 	feet to a DM; thence North 71 degrees 48 minutes 05 seconds East 478.17 feet to a DM; 
71.22 	thence North 60 degrees 53 minutes 38 seconds East 257.32 feet to a DM; thence South 
71.23 	09 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds East 179.09 feet to a DM; thence South 49 degrees 
71.24 	16 minutes 00 seconds East 127.27 feet to a DM; thence South 50 degrees 16 minutes 
71.25 	11 seconds East 187.13 feet to a DM; thence South 67 degrees 11 minutes 35 seconds 
71.26 	East 189.33 feet to a DM; thence South 67 degrees 13 minutes 16 seconds East 209.43 
71.27 	feet to a DM; thence South 80 degrees 39 minutes 19 seconds East 167.59 feet to a DM 
71.28 	on the east line of said South Half of the Northwest Quarter, and there terminating.

71.29 	Sec. 5. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 71.30 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 18.] Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County. The 
71.31 	following areas are deleted from Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County:
71.32 	(1) all of Section 33, Township 28 North, Range 23 West of the 4th Principal Meridian 
71.33 	lying westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of the existing Minnesota Trunk Highway 
72.1 	No. 13, excepting the right-of-way owned by the Chicago and Northwestern railway 
72.2 	company; and
72.3 	(2) all of Section 28, Township 28 North, Range 23 West of the 4th Principal Meridian 
72.4 	bounded by the Dakota County line along the Minnesota River and the following described 
72.5 	lines: Beginning at the south line of said Section 28 at its intersection with the westerly 
72.6 	right-of-way line of the existing Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 13; thence northerly along 
72.7 	the said westerly right-of-way line of existing Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 13 to the 
72.8 	southerly right-of-way line of existing Minnesota Trunk Highway Nos. 55 and 100; thence 
72.9 	along the existing southerly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway Nos. 55 and 
72.10 	100 to the westerly right-of-way line owned by the Chicago and Northwestern railway 
72.11 	company; thence northeasterly along the said westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago and 
72.12 	Northwestern railway to the east line of said Section 28, excepting therefrom the right-of-way 
72.13 	owned by the Chicago and Northwestern railway company.
72.14 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County. The 
72.15 	following areas are deleted from William O'Brien State Park, Washington County:
72.16 	(1) those parts of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 20 West, Washington County, 
72.17 	Minnesota, described as follows:
72.18 	The West two rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West two 
72.19 	rods of the North two rods of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and the 
72.20 	East two rods of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; and
72.21 	(2) the East two rods over and across the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
72.22 	excepting therefrom the North 200 feet of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter. 
72.23 	Also, the West 2 rods of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, excepting therefrom 
72.24 	the North 266 feet of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter. Also, the South 66 
72.25 	feet of the North 266 feet of that part of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
72.26 	lying southwesterly of the existing public road known as 199th Street North.

72.27 	Sec. 6. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CASS COUNTY.
 72.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
72.29 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
72.30 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
72.31 	errors and ensure accuracy.
72.32 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Cass County and is described as: the westerly 
72.33 	20.00 feet of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 16, Township 139 North, 
73.1 	Range 30 West, Cass County, Minnesota. The Grantor, its employees and agents only, 
73.2 	reserves a perpetual easement for ingress and egress over and across the above described 
73.3 	land.
73.4 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
73.5 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
73.6 	served if the land was returned to private ownership.

73.7 	Sec. 7. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; LAKE OF THE WOODS 
73.8 	COUNTY.
 73.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
73.10 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
73.11 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
73.12 	errors and ensure accuracy.
73.13 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Lake of the Woods County and is described 
73.14 	as: a strip of land lying in Government Lot 3, Section 5, Township 163 North, Range 34 
73.15 	West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota; said strip of 
73.16 	land being 33.00 feet in width lying 16.50 feet on each side of the following described 
73.17 	centerline:
73.18 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence North 00 degrees 
73.19 	09 minutes 28 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the east line of said Government 
73.20 	Lot 3, a distance of 690 feet, more or less, to the south line of that particular tract of land 
73.21 	deeded to the State of Minnesota according to Document No. 75286, on file and of record 
73.22 	in the Office of the Recorder, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota; thence South 89 
73.23 	degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds West, along said south line of that particular tract of 
73.24 	land, a distance of 200.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds East, 
73.25 	parallel with the east line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 40.00 feet; thence 
73.26 	South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds West, a distance of 16.50 feet to the point of 
73.27 	beginning of the centerline to be herein described; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 
73.28 	28 seconds East, parallel with the east line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 650.5 
73.29 	feet, more or less, to the south line of said Government Lot 3 and said centerline there 
73.30 	terminating.
73.31 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
73.32 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
73.33 	served if the land was returned to private ownership.

74.1 	Sec. 8. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 74.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
74.3 	natural resources may convey the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c) to a local 
74.4 	unit of government for no consideration.
74.5 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
74.6 	errors and ensure accuracy.
74.7 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as: that part 
74.8 	of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 52 North, Range 
74.9 	17 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows:
74.10 	Commencing at the quarter corner between Sections 27 and 28 of said Township 52 
74.11 	North, Range 17 West; thence running East 624 feet; thence North 629 feet to the point 
74.12 	of beginning; thence North 418 feet; thence East 208 feet; thence South 418 feet; thence 
74.13 	West 208 feet to the point of beginning.
74.14 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
74.15 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
74.16 	served if the land were conveyed to a local unit of government.

74.17 	Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 74.18 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
74.19 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
74.20 	described in paragraph (c).
74.21 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
74.22 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
74.23 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
74.24 	(1) Lot 5, Block 9, including part of vacated Seafield Street adjacent, Bristol Beach 1st 
74.25 	Division, Duluth (parcel 010-0300-01030); and
74.26 	(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Township 58, Range 
74.27 	15, Section 5, lying northerly of the northerly right-of-way line of the town of White road 
74.28 	running in an east-west direction connecting County Road No. 138 with State Highway No. 
74.29 	135 and lying westerly of the following described line: commencing at the northeast corner 
74.30 	of Government Lot 3; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 22 seconds West along the north 
74.31 	line of Government Lot 3 558.28 feet; thence South 27 degrees 50 minutes 01 second West 
74.32 	102.75 feet; thence South 41 degrees 51 minutes 46 seconds West 452.29 feet; thence South 
75.1 	28 degrees 19 minutes 22 seconds West 422.74 feet; thence South 30 degrees 55 minutes 
75.2 	42 seconds West 133.79 feet; thence southwesterly 210.75 feet along a tangential curve 
75.3 	concave to the southeast having a radius of 300 feet and a central angle of 40 degrees 15 
75.4 	minutes 00 seconds; thence South 09 degrees 19 minutes 19 seconds East tangent to said 
75.5 	curve 100.30 feet, more or less, to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
75.6 	Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East along said north line 40.44 
75.7 	feet to the point of beginning of the line; thence South 09 degrees 19 minutes 19 seconds 
75.8 	East 148 feet, more or less, to said right-of-way line and said line there terminating. Surface 
75.9 	only (parcel 570-0021-00112).
75.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
75.11 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

75.12 	Sec. 10. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
75.13 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 75.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
75.15 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
75.16 	in paragraph (c).
75.17 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
75.18 	errors and ensure accuracy.
75.19 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: the 
75.20 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 136 North, Range 34 
75.21 	West, Wadena County, Minnesota, except that part described as follows:
75.22 	Beginning at the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
75.23 	thence West 10 rods; thence South 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 8 rods to 
75.24 	the point of beginning and there terminating.
75.25 	(d) The land borders the Redeye River. The Department of Natural Resources has 
75.26 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's land 
75.27 	management interests would best be served if the land were returned to private ownership.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 21-02310 

115.44 CLASSIFICATION OF WATERS; STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY.Subd. 9.Annual report. 
(a) By January 15 each year, the commissioner shall post on the Pollution Control Agency's website a report on the agency's activities the previous calendar year to implement standards and classification requirements into national pollutant discharge elimination system and state disposal system permits held by municipalities. The report must include: 

(1) a summary of permits issued or reissued over the previous calendar year, including any changes to permitted effluent limits due to water quality standards adopted or revised during the previous permit term; 

(2) highlights of innovative approaches employed by the agency and municipalities to develop and achieve permit requirements in a cost-effective manner; 

(3) a summary of standards development and water quality rulemaking activities over the previous calendar year, including economic analyses; 

(4) a summary of standards development and water quality rulemaking activities anticipated for the next three years, including economic analyses; 

(5) a process and timeframe for municipalities to provide input to the agency regarding their needs based on the information provided in the report; and 

(6) a list of anticipated permitting initiatives in the next calendar year that may impact municipalities and the agency's plan for involving the municipalities throughout the planning and decision-making process. The plan must include opportunities for input and public comment from municipalities on rulemaking initiatives prior to preparation of a statement of need and reasonableness required under section 14.131. The commissioner must ensure the agency's plan under this clause is implemented. 

(b) For the purposes of this section, "economic analyses" must include assessments of the potential costs to regulated municipalities associated with water quality standards or rules proposed by the agency.