1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money from environment and natural 
1.3 	resources trust fund; modifying requirements for land acquisition with trust 
1.4 	fund money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 116P.15; 116P.16; 
1.5 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.8 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to 
1.9 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from 
1.10 	the environment and natural resources trust fund and are available for the fiscal years 
1.11 	indicated for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this act mean that the 
1.12 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, 
1.13 	or June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is 
1.14 	fiscal year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. The appropriations in 
1.15 	this act are onetime.

1.16				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.17				Available for the Year
	
1.18				Ending June 30
	
1.19					2014
		2015

1.20	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA RESOURCES

1.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	33,810,000
	$
	4,350,000

2.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.2		2014
	2015
	
2.3
2.4
2.5	Environment and 
natural resources 
trust fund
	33,810,000
	4,350,000
	
2.6 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.7 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.8 	subdivisions.
2.9 	Appropriations are available for two 
2.10 	years beginning July 1, 2013, unless 
2.11 	otherwise stated in the appropriation. Any 
2.12 	unencumbered balance remaining in the first 
2.13 	year does not cancel and is available for the 
2.14 	second year.

2.15	Subd. 2.Definition
 					
2.16 	"Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
2.17 	environment and natural resources trust fund 
2.18 	referred to in Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.19 	116P.02, subdivision 6.

2.20
2.21	Subd. 3.Natural Resource Data and 
Information
 		8,076,000
		-0-

2.22	(a) Minnesota Biological Survey
					
2.23 	$2,650,000 the first year is from the 
2.24 	trust fund to the commissioner of natural 
2.25 	resources for continuation of the Minnesota 
2.26 	biological survey to provide a foundation 
2.27 	for conserving biological diversity by 
2.28 	systematically collecting, interpreting, 
2.29 	monitoring, and delivering data on plant and 
2.30 	animal distribution and ecology, native plant 
2.31 	communities, and functional landscapes.

2.32	(b) County Geologic Atlases - Part A
					
2.33 	$1,200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
2.34 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
2.35 	of Minnesota to continue the acceleration 
3.1 	of the production of county geologic atlases 
3.2 	that define aquifer boundaries and the 
3.3 	connection of aquifers to the land surface and 
3.4 	surface water resources for the purpose of 
3.5 	sustainable management of surface water and 
3.6 	groundwater resources. This appropriation 
3.7 	is available until June 30, 2016, by which 
3.8 	time the project must be completed and final 
3.9 	products delivered.

3.10	(c) County Geologic Atlases - Part B
					
3.11 	$1,200,000 the first year is from the trust 
3.12 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources 
3.13 	to continue the analysis and compilation 
3.14 	of groundwater data for the production 
3.15 	of county geologic atlases, publication of 
3.16 	geospatial groundwater data, and continued 
3.17 	mapping of springsheds and karst features 
3.18 	for Winona and Houston Counties. This 
3.19 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
3.20 	2016, by which time the project must be 
3.21 	completed and final products delivered.

3.22
3.23	(d) Updating National Wetland Inventory for 
Minnesota - Phase IV
					
3.24 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust 
3.25 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources 
3.26 	to continue the update and enhancement 
3.27 	of wetland inventory maps for Minnesota. 
3.28 	This appropriation is available until June 
3.29 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
3.30 	completed and final products delivered.

3.31
3.32	(e) Conservation Easement Stewardship 
Program - Phase III
					
3.33 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
3.34 	to the commissioner of natural resources 
3.35 	for the final phase to bring conservation 
4.1 	easements held by the Department of Natural 
4.2 	Resources up to minimum conservation 
4.3 	standards, through monitoring, baseline data 
4.4 	collection, and baseline report preparation.

4.5
4.6	(f) Harnessing Soudan Mine Microbes: 
Bioremediation, Bioenergy, and Biocontrol
					
4.7 	$838,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
4.8 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
4.9 	Minnesota to continue the characterization of 
4.10 	unique microbes discovered in the Soudan 
4.11 	Underground Mine State Park that have 
4.12 	potential applications for metal remediation 
4.13 	in water resources, microbial electrofuels, 
4.14 	and biocontrol of white-nose bat syndrome. 
4.15 	This appropriation is available until June 
4.16 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
4.17 	completed and final products delivered.

4.18
4.19	(g) Improved Rapid Forest Ecosystem and 
Habitat Inventory
					
4.20 	$262,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
4.21 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
4.22 	of Minnesota to evaluate a new approach to 
4.23 	forest inventory, based on statewide forest 
4.24 	inventory and analysis (FIA) data.

4.25
4.26	(h) Finding Disease Resistant Elm Trees in 
Minnesota
					
4.27 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
4.28 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
4.29 	of Minnesota to evaluate and identify 
4.30 	native Minnesota elms resistant to Dutch 
4.31 	elm disease to assist with limiting the 
4.32 	susceptibility of the state's elms to Dutch elm 
4.33 	disease. This appropriation is available until 
4.34 	June 30, 2016, by which time the project must 
4.35 	be completed and final products delivered.

5.1
5.2	(i) Enhancing Timber Sale Program 
Environmental and Economic Sustainability
					
5.3 	$336,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
5.4 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
5.5 	of Minnesota to evaluate the impacts of 
5.6 	timber payment methods on postharvest 
5.7 	forest ecological conditions and net revenue 
5.8 	generated from public timber sale programs. 
5.9 	This appropriation is available until June 
5.10 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
5.11 	completed and final products delivered.

5.12
5.13	(j) Enhancing Environmental and Economic 
Benefits of Woodland Grazing
					
5.14 	$190,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
5.15 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
5.16 	Minnesota to evaluate management options 
5.17 	for woodlands used for grazing to improve 
5.18 	ecological and economic benefits. This 
5.19 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
5.20 	2016, by which time the project must be 
5.21 	completed and final products delivered.

5.22
5.23	Subd. 4.Land, Habitat, Restoration, and 
Recreation
 		13,522,000
		-0-

5.24	(a) State Parks and Trails Land Acquisition
					
5.25 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust 
5.26 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources 
5.27 	to acquire authorized state trails and critical 
5.28 	parcels within the statutory boundaries 
5.29 	of state parks. State park land acquired 
5.30 	with this appropriation must be sufficiently 
5.31 	improved to meet at least minimum 
5.32 	management standards, as determined by the 
5.33 	commissioner of natural resources. A list 
5.34 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided 
5.35 	as part of the required work plan. This 
6.1 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
6.2 	2016, by which time the project must be 
6.3 	completed and final products delivered.

6.4
6.5	(b) Scientific and Natural Area Restoration, 
Enhancement, and Citizen Engagement
					
6.6 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the 
6.7 	trust fund to the commissioner of natural 
6.8 	resources to conserve sites of biodiversity 
6.9 	significance by restoring and enhancing 
6.10 	lands established as scientific and natural 
6.11 	areas as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
6.12 	section 86A.05, subdivision 5, and providing 
6.13 	volunteer engagement and outreach. This 
6.14 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
6.15 	2016, by which time the project must be 
6.16 	completed and final products delivered.

6.17
6.18	(c) Native Prairie Stewardship and Native 
Prairie Bank Easement Acquisition
					
6.19 	$750,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
6.20 	to the commissioner of natural resources 
6.21 	to acquire native prairie bank easements, 
6.22 	prepare baseline property assessments, 
6.23 	restore and enhance native prairie sites, and 
6.24 	provide technical assistance to landowners. 
6.25 	This appropriation is available until June 
6.26 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
6.27 	completed and final products delivered.

6.28
6.29	(d) Metropolitan Conservation Corridors 
(MeCC) - Phase VII
					
6.30 	$2,000,000 the first year is from the trust 
6.31 	fund for the acceleration of agency programs 
6.32 	and cooperative agreements. Of this 
6.33 	appropriation, $10,000 is to the commissioner 
6.34 	of natural resources for agency programs 
6.35 	and $1,990,000 is to the commissioner of ... 
6.36 	for agreements as follows: $304,000 with 
7.1 	Friends of the Mississippi River; $368,000 
7.2 	with Dakota County; $208,000 with Great 
7.3 	River Greening; $310,000 with Minnesota 
7.4 	Land Trust; $400,000 with Minnesota Valley 
7.5 	National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; and 
7.6 	$400,000 with the Trust for Public Land for 
7.7 	planning, restoring, and protecting priority 
7.8 	natural areas in the metropolitan area, as 
7.9 	defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.10 	473.121, subdivision 2, and portions of the 
7.11 	surrounding counties, through contracted 
7.12 	services, technical assistance, conservation 
7.13 	easements, and fee title acquisition. Land 
7.14 	acquired with this appropriation must 
7.15 	be sufficiently improved to meet at least 
7.16 	minimum management standards, as 
7.17 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
7.18 	resources. Expenditures are limited to the 
7.19 	identified project corridor areas as defined in 
7.20 	the work plan. This appropriation may not be 
7.21 	used for the purchase of habitable residential 
7.22 	structures, unless expressly approved in the 
7.23 	work plan. All conservation easements must 
7.24 	be perpetual and have a natural resource 
7.25 	management plan. Any land acquired in fee 
7.26 	title by the commissioner of natural resources 
7.27 	with money from this appropriation must 
7.28 	be designated as an outdoor recreation unit 
7.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. 
7.30 	The commissioner may similarly designate 
7.31 	any lands acquired in less than fee title. A 
7.32 	list of proposed restorations and fee title 
7.33 	and easement acquisitions must be provided 
7.34 	as part of the required work plan. Lands 
7.35 	that would require payments in lieu of taxes 
7.36 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.061 
8.1 	or 477A.12, shall not be acquired with money 
8.2 	from this appropriation. Up to $54,000 is for 
8.3 	use by Minnesota Land Trust in a monitoring 
8.4 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
8.5 	work plan and subject to subdivision 16. An 
8.6 	entity that acquires a conservation easement 
8.7 	with appropriations from the trust fund 
8.8 	must have a long-term stewardship plan 
8.9 	for the easement and a fund established for 
8.10 	monitoring and enforcing the agreement. 
8.11 	Money appropriated from the trust fund for 
8.12 	easement acquisition may be used to establish 
8.13 	a monitoring, management, and enforcement 
8.14 	fund as approved in the work plan. An 
8.15 	annual financial report is required for any 
8.16 	monitoring, management, and enforcement 
8.17 	fund established, including expenditures 
8.18 	from the fund. This appropriation is available 
8.19 	until June 30, 2016, by which time the 
8.20 	project must be completed and final products 
8.21 	delivered.

8.22
8.23	(e) Landscape Arboretum Acquisition - Lake 
Tamarack
					
8.24 	$2,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
8.25 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
8.26 	of Minnesota to acquire land surrounding 
8.27 	Lake Tamarack in Hennepin County as part 
8.28 	of the acquisition of approximately 80 acres. 
8.29 	This appropriation is available until June 
8.30 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
8.31 	completed and final products delivered.

8.32
8.33	(f) Conservation Program Technical Assistance 
Grants
					
8.34 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
8.35 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to 
8.36 	continue providing grants to soil and water 
9.1 	conservation districts and other units of local 
9.2 	and state government for the employment 
9.3 	of staff to reenroll expiring lands into 
9.4 	programs for conservation purposes. This 
9.5 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
9.6 	2016, by which time the project must be 
9.7 	completed and final products delivered.

9.8
9.9	(g) Moose Habitat Restoration in Northeastern 
Minnesota
					
9.10 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
9.11 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
9.12 	of Minnesota for the Natural Resources 
9.13 	Research Institute to develop best practices 
9.14 	guidelines for creating moose foraging 
9.15 	habitat efficiently and cost-effectively. This 
9.16 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
9.17 	2016, by which time the project must be 
9.18 	completed and final products delivered.

9.19	(h) Bee Pollinator Habitat Enhancement
					
9.20 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust 
9.21 	fund to the Board of Regents of the 
9.22 	University of Minnesota to assess the 
9.23 	potential to supplement traditional turf grass 
9.24 	by providing critical floral plant resources 
9.25 	to enhance bee pollinator habitat. This 
9.26 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
9.27 	2016, by which time the project must be 
9.28 	completed and final products delivered.

9.29
9.30	(i) Conservation Grazing to Improve Wildlife 
Habitat on Wildlife Management Areas
					
9.31 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
9.32 	to the commissioner of natural resources 
9.33 	to develop grazing plans and provide 
9.34 	infrastructure to support conservation 
9.35 	grazing on approximately 10,000 acres 
10.1 	of targeted wildlife management areas in 
10.2 	partnership with local livestock producers. 
10.3 	Any revenue generated as a result of 
10.4 	this appropriation must be reinvested in 
10.5 	producing plans, conducting maintenance, 
10.6 	or building infrastructure for new or 
10.7 	existing conservation grazing efforts. This 
10.8 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
10.9 	2016, by which time the project must be 
10.10 	completed and final products delivered.

10.11
10.12	(j) Preserving the Avon Hills Landscape - 
Phase II
					
10.13 	$772,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
10.14 	to the commissioner of ....... for an agreement 
10.15 	with Saint John's University in cooperation 
10.16 	with the Minnesota Land Trust to secure 
10.17 	permanent conservation easements on high 
10.18 	quality habitat in Stearns County, prepare 
10.19 	conservation management plans, and provide 
10.20 	public outreach. A list of proposed easement 
10.21 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
10.22 	required work plan. Up to $80,000 is for use 
10.23 	by Minnesota Land Trust in a monitoring 
10.24 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
10.25 	work plan and subject to subdivision 16. An 
10.26 	entity that acquires a conservation easement 
10.27 	with appropriations from the trust fund 
10.28 	must have a long-term stewardship plan 
10.29 	for the easement and a fund established for 
10.30 	monitoring and enforcing the agreement. 
10.31 	Money appropriated from the trust fund for 
10.32 	easement acquisition may be used to establish 
10.33 	a monitoring, management, and enforcement 
10.34 	fund as approved in the work plan. An 
10.35 	annual financial report is required for any 
10.36 	monitoring, management, and enforcement 
11.1 	fund established, including expenditures 
11.2 	from the fund. This appropriation is available 
11.3 	until June 30, 2016, by which time the 
11.4 	project must be completed and final products 
11.5 	delivered.

11.6	(k) Frogtown Farm and Park Acquisition
					
11.7 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
11.8 	to the commissioner of ....... for an agreement 
11.9 	with the Trust for Public Land to acquire a 
11.10 	portion of 12 acres for Frogtown Farm and 
11.11 	Park to be established as a St. Paul city park.

11.12	Subd. 5.Water Resources
 		3,819,000
		-0-

11.13
11.14	(a) Sustaining Lakes in Changing Environment 
- Phase II
					
11.15 	$1,200,000 the first year is from the 
11.16 	trust fund to the commissioner of natural 
11.17 	resources in cooperation with the United 
11.18 	States Geological Survey, the University of 
11.19 	Minnesota, and the University of St. Thomas 
11.20 	to continue development and implementation 
11.21 	of monitoring, modeling, and reporting 
11.22 	protocols for Minnesota lakes to be used 
11.23 	in water and fisheries management. This 
11.24 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
11.25 	2016, by which time the project must be 
11.26 	completed and final products delivered.

11.27
11.28	(b) Assessment of Natural Copper-Nickel 
Bedrocks on Water Quality
					
11.29 	$585,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
11.30 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
11.31 	Minnesota in cooperation with the United 
11.32 	States Geological Survey to assess impacts 
11.33 	of existing mineralization and potential 
11.34 	mining on northeastern Minnesota regional 
11.35 	water quality, including impacts from copper, 
12.1 	nickel, and other metal concentrations in 
12.2 	rocks, streambed sediments, and soils in 
12.3 	areas of potential base-metal mining. This 
12.4 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
12.5 	2016, by which time the project must be 
12.6 	completed and final products delivered.

12.7
12.8	(c) Heron Lake Sediment and Phosphorus 
Reduction Implementation Projects
					
12.9 	$122,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
12.10 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
12.11 	an agreement with the Heron Lake Watershed 
12.12 	District for public outreach and installation 
12.13 	and monitoring of water quality improvement 
12.14 	projects. This appropriation is available until 
12.15 	June 30, 2016, by which time the project must 
12.16 	be completed and final products delivered.

12.17	(d) Southern Minnesota Lakes Restoration
					
12.18 	$463,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
12.19 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
12.20 	for an agreement with Le Sueur County 
12.21 	to install shoreland and agricultural best 
12.22 	management practices to improve water 
12.23 	quality for 14 lakes in a tri-county area in 
12.24 	southern Minnesota. This appropriation 
12.25 	is available until June 30, 2016, by which 
12.26 	time the project must be completed and final 
12.27 	products delivered.

12.28
12.29	(e) Measuring Hydrologic Benefits from 
Glacial Ridge Habitat Restoration
					
12.30 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust 
12.31 	fund to the commissioner of ....... for an 
12.32 	agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 
12.33 	District in cooperation with the United States 
12.34 	Geological Survey to compare the hydrology 
12.35 	of habitats before and after restorations to 
13.1 	evaluate and quantify the impacts on flood 
13.2 	reduction and water quality in order to inform 
13.3 	improvements to restoration techniques. 
13.4 	This appropriation is available until June 
13.5 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
13.6 	completed and final products delivered.

13.7
13.8	(f) Evaluation of Lake Superior Water Quality 
Health
					
13.9 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
13.10 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
13.11 	of Minnesota to evaluate impacts to Lake 
13.12 	Superior from a changing thermal structure 
13.13 	and invasive species in order to implement 
13.14 	lake water quality management strategies. 
13.15 	This appropriation is available until June 
13.16 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
13.17 	completed and final products delivered.

13.18
13.19	(g) Membranes for Wastewater-Generated 
Hydrogen and Clean Water
					
13.20 	$246,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
13.21 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
13.22 	of Minnesota to develop, optimize, and test 
13.23 	membranes made of thin film polymers 
13.24 	embedded with selected bacteria to 
13.25 	generate clean water and energy in the 
13.26 	form of hydrogen from wastewater. This 
13.27 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
13.28 	2016, by which time the project must be 
13.29 	completed and final products delivered.

13.30
13.31	(h) Antibiotics in Minnesota Waters - Phase II 
Mississippi River
					
13.32 	$203,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
13.33 	to the commissioner of ....... for an agreement 
13.34 	with the University of St. Thomas to measure 
13.35 	antibiotic concentrations and antibiotic 
13.36 	resistance levels and assess the contributions 
14.1 	of farm runoff and wastewater treatment 
14.2 	in a portion of the Mississippi River. This 
14.3 	appropriation is available until June 30, 
14.4 	2016, by which time the project must be 
14.5 	completed and final products delivered.

14.6
14.7	Subd. 6.Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive 
Species
 		6,632,000
		4,350,000

14.8	(a) Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center
					
14.9 	$4,350,000 the first year and $4,350,000 
14.10 	the second year are from the trust fund to 
14.11 	the Board of Regents of the University of 
14.12 	Minnesota to develop and support an aquatic 
14.13 	invasive species (AIS) research center at the 
14.14 	University of Minnesota that will develop 
14.15 	new techniques to control aquatic invasive 
14.16 	species including Asian carp, zebra mussels, 
14.17 	and plant species. This appropriation is 
14.18 	available until June 30, 2019, by which time 
14.19 	the project must be completed and final 
14.20 	products delivered.

14.21
14.22	(b) Detecting and Monitoring Asian Carp 
Populations
					
14.23 	$540,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
14.24 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
14.25 	accelerate a search and monitoring program 
14.26 	directly targeting Asian carp to be used in the 
14.27 	development of potential control strategies.

14.28
14.29	(c) Improving Emerald Ash Borer Detection 
Efficacy for Control
					
14.30 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust 
14.31 	fund to evaluate and implement options for 
14.32 	effective detection of the presence of emerald 
14.33 	ash borer. Of this appropriation, $240,000 
14.34 	is to the commissioner of agriculture and 
14.35 	$360,000 is to the Board of Regents of the 
15.1 	University of Minnesota. This appropriation 
15.2 	is available until June 30, 2016, by which 
15.3 	time the project must be completed and final 
15.4 	products delivered.

15.5	(d) Elimination of Target Invasive Plant Species
					
15.6 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
15.7 	to the commissioner of agriculture to train 
15.8 	volunteers and professionals to find, control, 
15.9 	and monitor targeted newly emergent 
15.10 	invasive species. This appropriation is 
15.11 	available until June 30, 2016, by which time 
15.12 	the project must be completed and final 
15.13 	products delivered.

15.14	(e) Biological Control of Garlic Mustard
					
15.15 	$140,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
15.16 	to the commissioner of natural resources in 
15.17 	cooperation with the University of Minnesota 
15.18 	to continue the implementation of biological 
15.19 	control for invasive garlic mustard plants. 
15.20 	This appropriation is available until June 
15.21 	30, 2016, by which time the project must be 
15.22 	completed and final products delivered.

15.23
15.24	(f) Zebra Mussel Control Research and 
Evaluation in Minnesota Waters
					
15.25 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
15.26 	to the commissioner of ....... for an agreement 
15.27 	with the United States Geological Survey, 
15.28 	Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences 
15.29 	Center, to assess the ecological impacts 
15.30 	of a commercially available molluscicide 
15.31 	formulation on the reproduction and 
15.32 	development of native fish, as well as impacts 
15.33 	on larval aquatic insect survival, and to 
15.34 	evaluate the effectiveness of these treatment 
15.35 	options for detection and control of zebra 
16.1 	mussels. This appropriation is available until 
16.2 	June 30, 2016, by which time the project must 
16.3 	be completed and final products delivered.

16.4
16.5	(g) Controlling Terrestrial Invasive Plants with 
Grazing Animals
					
16.6 	$52,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
16.7 	the commissioner of ....... for an agreement 
16.8 	with Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation 
16.9 	and Development, Inc. to develop cost 
16.10 	effective best management practices to 
16.11 	control invasive terrestrial species through 
16.12 	planned grazing. This appropriation is 
16.13 	available until June 30, 2016, by which time 
16.14 	the project must be completed and final 
16.15 	products delivered.

16.16	Subd. 7.Environmental Education
 		636,000
		-0-

16.17
16.18	(a) Minnesota Conservation Apprentice 
Academy
					
16.19 	$186,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
16.20 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
16.21 	in cooperation with the Conservation 
16.22 	Corps Minnesota to continue a program 
16.23 	to train and mentor future conservation 
16.24 	professionals by providing apprenticeship 
16.25 	service opportunities with soil and water 
16.26 	conservation districts.

16.27
16.28	(b) Youth Outdoors: Mississippi River 
Education and Employment Opportunities
					
16.29 	$450,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
16.30 	to the commissioner of ....... for an agreement 
16.31 	with Wilderness Inquiry to provide outdoor 
16.32 	education, recreation, and youth employment 
16.33 	on the Mississippi River from Grand Rapids 
16.34 	to St. Cloud, the Twin Cities, Hastings, and 
16.35 	Red Wing. This appropriation is available 
17.1 	until June 30, 2016, by which time the 
17.2 	project must be completed and final products 
17.3 	delivered.

17.4
17.5	Subd. 8.Administration and Contract 
Agreement Reimbursement
 		1,125,000
		-0-

17.6
17.7	(a) Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
Minnesota Resources (LCCMR)
					
17.8 	$990,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
17.9 	the LCCMR for administration in fiscal years 
17.10 	2014 and 2015 as provided in Minnesota 
17.11 	Statutes, section 116P.09, subdivision 5.

17.12	(b) Contract Agreement Reimbursement
					
17.13 	$135,000 the first year is from the trust 
17.14 	fund to the ....... at the direction of 
17.15 	the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
17.16 	Minnesota Resources for expenses incurred 
17.17 	for contract agreement reimbursement for 
17.18 	the agreements specified in this section. The 
17.19 	commissioner shall provide documentation 
17.20 	to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
17.21 	Minnesota Resources on the expenditure of 
17.22 	these funds.

17.23	Subd. 9.Availability of Appropriations
 					
17.24 	Money appropriated in this section may 
17.25 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
17.26 	directly related to and necessary for a specific 
17.27 	appropriation and are specified in the work 
17.28 	plan approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
17.29 	Commission on Minnesota Resources. 
17.30 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
17.31 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
17.32 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
17.33 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
17.34 	Unless otherwise provided, the amounts in 
17.35 	this section are available until June 30, 2015, 
18.1 	when projects must be completed and final 
18.2 	products delivered. For acquisition of real 
18.3 	property, the appropriations in this section 
18.4 	are available for an additional fiscal year if a 
18.5 	binding contract for acquisition of the real 
18.6 	property is entered into before the original 
18.7 	expiration date of the appropriation. If a 
18.8 	project receives a federal grant, the time 
18.9 	period of the appropriation is extended to 
18.10 	equal the federal grant period.

18.11	Subd. 10.Data Availability Requirements
 					
18.12 	Data collected by the projects funded under 
18.13 	this section must conform to guidelines 
18.14 	and standards adopted by MN.IT Services. 
18.15 	Spatial data also must conform to additional 
18.16 	guidelines and standards designed to support 
18.17 	data coordination and distribution that have 
18.18 	been published by the Minnesota Geospatial 
18.19 	Information Office. Descriptions of spatial 
18.20 	data must be prepared as specified in 
18.21 	the state's geographic metadata guideline 
18.22 	and must be submitted to the Minnesota 
18.23 	Geospatial Information Office. All data must 
18.24 	be accessible and free to the public unless 
18.25 	made private under the Data Practices Act, 
18.26 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
18.27 	To the extent practicable, summary data and 
18.28 	results of projects funded under this section 
18.29 	should be readily accessible on the Internet 
18.30 	and identified as having received funding 
18.31 	from the environment and natural resources 
18.32 	trust fund.

18.33	Subd. 11.Project Requirements
 					
18.34 	(a) As a condition of accepting an 
18.35 	appropriation under this section, any agency 
19.1 	or entity receiving an appropriation or a 
19.2 	party to an agreement from an appropriation 
19.3 	must comply with paragraphs (b) to (k) 
19.4 	and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P, and 
19.5 	must submit a work plan and semiannual 
19.6 	progress reports in the form determined 
19.7 	by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
19.8 	Minnesota Resources for any project funded 
19.9 	in whole or in part with funds from the 
19.10 	appropriation. Modifications to the approved 
19.11 	work plan and budget expenditures shall 
19.12 	be made through the amendment process 
19.13 	established by the Legislative-Citizen 
19.14 	Commission on Minnesota Resources.
19.15 	(b) For all restorations conducted with 
19.16 	money appropriated under this section, 
19.17 	a recipient must prepare an ecological 
19.18 	restoration and management plan that, to 
19.19 	the degree practicable, is consistent with the 
19.20 	highest quality conservation and ecological 
19.21 	goals for the restoration site. Consideration 
19.22 	should be given to soil, geology, topography, 
19.23 	and other relevant factors that would provide 
19.24 	the best chance for long-term success of the 
19.25 	restoration projects. The plan must include 
19.26 	the proposed timetable for implementing 
19.27 	the restoration, including site preparation, 
19.28 	establishment of diverse plant species, 
19.29 	maintenance, and additional enhancement to 
19.30 	establish the restoration; identify long-term 
19.31 	maintenance and management needs of 
19.32 	the restoration and how the maintenance, 
19.33 	management, and enhancement will be 
19.34 	financed; and take advantage of the best 
19.35 	available science and include innovative 
19.36 	techniques to achieve the best restoration.
20.1 	(c) Any entity receiving an appropriation in 
20.2 	this section for restoration activities must 
20.3 	provide an initial restoration evaluation 
20.4 	at the completion of the appropriation 
20.5 	and an evaluation three years beyond the 
20.6 	completion of the expenditure. Restorations 
20.7 	must be evaluated relative to the stated 
20.8 	goals and standards in the restoration plan, 
20.9 	current science, and, when applicable, the 
20.10 	Board of Water and Soil Resources' native 
20.11 	vegetation establishment and enhancement 
20.12 	guidelines. The evaluation shall determine 
20.13 	whether the restorations are meeting planned 
20.14 	goals, identify any problems with the 
20.15 	implementation of the restorations, and, 
20.16 	if necessary, give recommendations on 
20.17 	improving restorations. The evaluation shall 
20.18 	be focused on improving future restorations.
20.19 	(d) Except as otherwise provided in this 
20.20 	section, all restoration and enhancement 
20.21 	projects funded with money appropriated in 
20.22 	this section must be on land permanently 
20.23 	protected by a conservation easement or 
20.24 	public ownership or in public waters as 
20.25 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.26 	103G.005, subdivision 15.
20.27 	(e) A recipient of money from an 
20.28 	appropriation under this section must 
20.29 	give consideration to contracting with 
20.30 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for contract 
20.31 	restoration and enhancement services.
20.32 	(f) All conservation easements acquired with 
20.33 	money appropriated under this section must:
20.34 	(1) be perpetual;
21.1 	(2) specify the parties to an easement in the 
21.2 	easement;
21.3 	(3) specify all of the provisions of an 
21.4 	agreement that are perpetual;
21.5 	(4) be sent to the Legislative-Citizen 
21.6 	Commission on Minnesota Resources in an 
21.7 	electronic format prior to closing;
21.8 	(5) include a long-term monitoring and 
21.9 	enforcement plan and funding for monitoring 
21.10 	and enforcing the easement agreement; and
21.11 	(6) include requirements in the easement 
21.12 	document to address specific water quality 
21.13 	protection activities such as keeping water 
21.14 	on the landscape, reducing nutrient and 
21.15 	contaminant loading, protecting groundwater, 
21.16 	and not permitting artificial hydrological 
21.17 	modifications.
21.18 	(g) For any acquisition of land or interest in 
21.19 	land, a recipient of money appropriated under 
21.20 	this section must give priority to high quality 
21.21 	natural resources or conservation lands that 
21.22 	provide natural buffers to water resources.
21.23 	(h) For new lands acquired with money 
21.24 	appropriated under this section, a 
21.25 	recipient must prepare a restoration and 
21.26 	management plan in compliance with 
21.27 	paragraph (b), including sufficient funding 
21.28 	for implementation unless the work plan 
21.29 	addresses why a portion of the money is 
21.30 	not necessary to achieve a high quality 
21.31 	restoration.
21.32 	(i) To the extent an appropriation is used to 
21.33 	acquire an interest in real property, a recipient 
21.34 	of an appropriation under this section 
22.1 	must provide to the Legislative-Citizen 
22.2 	Commission on Minnesota Resources and 
22.3 	the commissioner of management and budget 
22.4 	an analysis of increased operation and 
22.5 	maintenance costs likely to be incurred by 
22.6 	public entities as a result of the acquisition 
22.7 	and how these costs are to be paid.
22.8 	(j) To ensure public accountability for the 
22.9 	use of public funds, a recipient of money 
22.10 	appropriated under this section must provide 
22.11 	to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
22.12 	Minnesota Resources documentation of the 
22.13 	selection process used to identify parcels 
22.14 	acquired and provide documentation of all 
22.15 	related transaction costs, including but not 
22.16 	limited to appraisals, legal fees, recording 
22.17 	fees, commissions, other similar costs, 
22.18 	and donations. This information must be 
22.19 	provided for all parties involved in the 
22.20 	transaction. The recipient must also report 
22.21 	to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
22.22 	Minnesota Resources any difference between 
22.23 	the acquisition amount paid to the seller 
22.24 	and the state-certified or state-reviewed 
22.25 	appraisal, if a state-certified or state-reviewed 
22.26 	appraisal was conducted. Acquisition data 
22.27 	such as appraisals may remain private during 
22.28 	negotiations but must ultimately be made 
22.29 	public according to Minnesota Statutes, 
22.30 	chapter 13. The commission may waive the 
22.31 	application of this paragraph for specific 
22.32 	projects.
22.33 	(k) A recipient of an appropriation from 
22.34 	the trust fund under this section must 
22.35 	acknowledge financial support from 
22.36 	the Minnesota environment and natural 
23.1 	resources trust fund in project publications, 
23.2 	signage, and other public communications 
23.3 	and outreach related to work completed 
23.4 	using the appropriation. Acknowledgement 
23.5 	may occur, as appropriate, through use of 
23.6 	the trust fund logo or inclusion of language 
23.7 	attributing support from the trust fund. Each 
23.8 	direct recipient of money appropriated in 
23.9 	this section, as well as each recipient of a 
23.10 	grant awarded pursuant to this section, must 
23.11 	satisfy all reporting and other requirements 
23.12 	incumbent upon constitutionally dedicated 
23.13 	funding recipients as provided in Minnesota 
23.14 	Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 10, and 
23.15 	chapter 116P.

23.16
23.17	Subd. 12.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
23.18 	All agreements, grants, or contracts referred 
23.19 	to in this section must be administered on 
23.20 	a reimbursement basis unless otherwise 
23.21 	provided in this section. Notwithstanding 
23.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, 
23.23 	expenditures made on or after July 1, 2013, or 
23.24 	the date the work plan is approved, whichever 
23.25 	is later, are eligible for reimbursement unless 
23.26 	otherwise provided in this section. Periodic 
23.27 	payment must be made upon receiving 
23.28 	documentation that the deliverable items 
23.29 	articulated in the approved work plan 
23.30 	have been achieved, including partial 
23.31 	achievements as evidenced by approved 
23.32 	progress reports. Reasonable amounts may 
23.33 	be advanced to projects to accommodate 
23.34 	cash flow needs or match federal money. 
23.35 	The advances must be approved as part of 
23.36 	the work plan. No expenditures for capital 
24.1 	equipment are allowed unless expressly 
24.2 	authorized in the project work plan.

24.3
24.4	Subd. 13.Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable 
Materials
 					
24.5 	A political subdivision, public or private 
24.6 	corporation, or other entity that receives an 
24.7 	appropriation under this section must use the 
24.8 	appropriation in compliance with Minnesota 
24.9 	Statutes, section 16B.121, regarding 
24.10 	purchase of recycled, repairable, and durable 
24.11 	materials; and Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.12 	16B.122, regarding purchase and use of 
24.13 	paper stock and printing.

24.14
24.15	Subd. 14.Energy Conservation and 
Sustainable Building Guidelines
 					
24.16 	A recipient to whom an appropriation is made 
24.17 	under this section for a capital improvement 
24.18 	project must ensure that the project complies 
24.19 	with the applicable energy conservation and 
24.20 	sustainable building guidelines and standards 
24.21 	contained in law, including Minnesota 
24.22 	Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and 
24.23 	216C.20, and rules adopted under those 
24.24 	sections. The recipient may use the energy 
24.25 	planning, advocacy, and State Energy Office 
24.26 	units of the Department of Commerce to 
24.27 	obtain information and technical assistance 
24.28 	on energy conservation and alternative 
24.29 	energy development relating to the planning 
24.30 	and construction of the capital improvement 
24.31 	project.

24.32	Subd. 15.Accessibility
 					
24.33 	Structural and nonstructural facilities must 
24.34 	meet the design standards in the Americans 
25.1 	with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility 
25.2 	guidelines.

25.3
25.4	Subd. 16.Easement Monitoring and 
Enforcement Requirements
 					
25.5 	Money appropriated under this section for 
25.6 	easement monitoring and enforcement may 
25.7 	be spent only on activities included in an 
25.8 	easement monitoring and enforcement plan 
25.9 	contained within the work plan. Money 
25.10 	received for monitoring and enforcement, 
25.11 	including earnings on the money received, 
25.12 	shall be kept in a monitoring and enforcement 
25.13 	fund held by the organization and dedicated 
25.14 	to monitoring and enforcing conservation 
25.15 	easements within Minnesota. Within 120 
25.16 	days after the close of the entity's fiscal 
25.17 	year, an entity receiving appropriations 
25.18 	for easement monitoring and enforcement 
25.19 	must provide an annual financial report 
25.20 	to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
25.21 	Minnesota Resources or its successor on 
25.22 	the easement monitoring and enforcement 
25.23 	fund as specified in the work plan. 
25.24 	Money appropriated under this section for 
25.25 	monitoring and enforcement of easements 
25.26 	and earnings on the money appropriated 
25.27 	shall revert to the state if: (1) the easement 
25.28 	transfers to the state; (2) the holder of the 
25.29 	easement fails to file an annual report and 
25.30 	then fails to cure that default within 30 days 
25.31 	of notification of the default by the state; 
25.32 	or (3) the holder of the easement fails to 
25.33 	comply with the terms of the monitoring and 
25.34 	enforcement plan contained within the work 
25.35 	plan and fails to cure that default within 90 
25.36 	days of notification of the default by the state.

26.1	Subd. 17.Carryforward
 					
26.2 	The availability of the appropriations for the 
26.3 	following projects are extended to June 30, 
26.4 	2014:
26.5 	(1) Laws 2010, chapter 362, section 2, 
26.6 	subdivision 4, paragraph (h), Conserving 
26.7 	Sensitive and Priority Shorelands in Cass 
26.8 	County; and 
26.9 	(2) Laws 2010, chapter 362, section 2, 
26.10 	subdivision 5, paragraph (a), Understanding 
26.11 	Sources of Aquatic Contaminants of 
26.12 	Emerging Concern.

26.13 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116P.15, is amended to read:
26.14 	116P.15 LAND ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS.
26.15 		Subdivision 1.Scope. A recipient of an appropriation from the trust fund or the 
26.16 	Minnesota future resources fund who acquires an interest in real property with the 
26.17 	appropriation must comply with this section. If the recipient fails to comply with the 
26.18 	terms of this section, ownership of the interest in real property transfers to the state. For 
26.19 	the purposes of this section, "interest in real property" includes, but is not limited to, an 
26.20 	easement or fee title to property.
26.21 		Subd. 2.Restrictions; modification procedure. (a) An interest in real property 
26.22 	acquired with an appropriation from the trust fund or the Minnesota future resources fund 
26.23 	must be used in perpetuity or for the specific term of an easement interest for the purpose 
26.24 	for which the appropriation was made. The ownership of the interest in real property 
26.25 	transfers to the state if: (1) the holder of the interest in real property fails to comply with 
26.26 	the terms and conditions of the grant agreement or work plan; or (2) restrictions are placed 
26.27 	on the land that preclude its use for the intended purpose as specified in the appropriation.
26.28 	(b) A recipient of funding who acquires an interest in real property subject to this 
26.29 	section may not alter the intended use of the interest in real property or convey any interest 
26.30 	in the real property acquired with the appropriation without the prior review and approval 
26.31 	of the commission or its successor. The commission shall notify the chairs and ranking 
26.32 	minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the 
26.33 	trust fund or Minnesota future resources fund at least 15 business days before approval 
26.34 	under this paragraph. The commission shall establish procedures to review requests from 
27.1 	recipients to alter the use of or convey an interest in real property. These procedures shall 
27.2 	allow for the replacement of the interest in real property with another interest in real 
27.3 	property meeting the following criteria:
27.4 	(1) the interest is must be at least equal in fair market value, as certified by the 
27.5 	commissioner of natural resources, to the interest being replaced; and
27.6 	(2) the interest is must be in a reasonably equivalent location, and has have a 
27.7 	reasonably equivalent usefulness useful conservation purpose compared to the interest 
27.8 	being replaced, taking into consideration all effects from fragmentation of the whole habitat.
27.9 	(c) A recipient of funding who acquires an interest in real property under paragraph 
27.10 	(a) must separately record a notice of funding restrictions in the appropriate local 
27.11 	government office where the conveyance of the interest in real property is filed. The 
27.12 	notice of funding agreement must contain:
27.13 	(1) a legal description of the interest in real property covered by the funding 
27.14 	agreement;
27.15 	(2) a reference to the underlying funding agreement;
27.16 	(3) a reference to this section; and
27.17 	(4) the following statement:
27.18 	"This interest in real property shall be administered in accordance with the terms, 
27.19 	conditions, and purposes of the grant agreement or work program controlling the 
27.20 	acquisition of the property. The interest in real property, or any portion of the interest in 
27.21 	real property, shall not be sold, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of or further 
27.22 	encumbered without obtaining the prior written approval of the Legislative-Citizen 
27.23 	Commission on Minnesota Resources or its successor. The ownership of the interest in 
27.24 	real property transfers to the state if: (1) the holder of the interest in real property fails to 
27.25 	comply with the terms and conditions of the grant agreement or work program, ownership 
27.26 	of the interest in real property shall transfer to this state plan; or (2) restrictions are placed 
27.27 	on the land that preclude its use for the intended purpose as specified in the appropriation."

27.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116P.16, is amended to read:
27.29 	116P.16 REAL PROPERTY INTEREST REPORT.
27.30 	By December 1 each year, a recipient of an appropriation from the trust fund, that is 
27.31 	used for the acquisition of an interest in real property, including, but not limited to, an 
27.32 	easement or fee title, must submit annual reports on the status of the real property to 
27.33 	the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources or its successor in a form 
27.34 	determined by the commission. The responsibility for reporting under this section may be 
27.35 	transferred by the recipient of the appropriation to another person who holds the interest 
28.1 	in the real property. To complete the transfer of reporting responsibility, the recipient of 
28.2 	the appropriation must:
28.3 	(1) inform the person to whom the responsibility is transferred of that person's 
28.4 	reporting responsibility;
28.5 	(2) inform the person to whom the responsibility is transferred of the property 
28.6 	restrictions under section 116P.15; and
28.7 	(3) provide written notice to the commission of the transfer of reporting responsibility, 
28.8 	including contact information for the person to whom the responsibility is transferred.
28.9 	After the transfer, the person who holds the interest in the real property is responsible for 
28.10 	reporting requirements under this section.

28.11 	Sec. 5. [116P.18] LANDS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN.
28.12 	Money appropriated from the trust fund must not be used to purchase any land in 
28.13 	fee title or a permanent conservation easement if the land in question is fully or partially 
28.14 	owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state or was acquired fully or partially 
28.15 	with state money, unless:
28.16 	(1) the purchase creates additional direct benefit to the protection, conservation, 
28.17 	preservation, and enhancement of the state's air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other 
28.18 	natural resources; and
28.19 	(2) the purchase is approved by an affirmative vote of at least 12 members of the 
28.20 	commission.