Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: HF0902

HF 902

FIFTH ENGROSSMENT

Omnibus environment and natural resources
appropriations bill.

ARTICLE 1--ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
APPROPRIATIONS OPTION B

Section 1: Environment and natural resources
appropriations summary by fund provided.
Sec. 2: Department of environmental
protection money appropriated.
Sec. 3: Natural resources money
appropriated.
Sec. 4: Minnesota Conservation Corps money appropriated.
Sec. 5:
Board of water and soil resources money appropriated.
Sec. 6: Zoological board
money appropriated.
Sec. 7: Science museum of Minnesota money
appropriated.
Sec. 8: Metropolitan council money appropriated.
Sec. 9:
Minnesota future resources fund money appropriated.
Sec. 10: Minnesota
resources money appropriated.
Sec. 11: Definition of forest trust fund lands
modified.
Sec. 12: Gift minimum increased.
Sec. 13: electronic applications
for passes and stickers authorized.
Sec. 14: Volunteer instructor background
checks required and detailed.
Sec. 15: Exception for nonprofit organizations
provided.
Sec. 16: Right of first refusal authorized.
Sec. 17: Electronic
licensing system receipts deposit provided.
Sec. 18: Road easements across state
lands provisions modified.
Sec. 19: Authority to issue civil citation provision
modified.
Sec. 20: Department resources usage to assist local units of
government to
maintain trails authorized.
Sec. 21: Off-highway vehicle safety
and conservation grant program created.
Sec. 22: Worker displacement
prohibited.
Sec. 23: Ten-day permit issuance provision modified.
Sec. 24:
Registration refunds authorized.
Sec. 25: Sound emission regulations for
off-highway motorcycles established.
Sec. 26: Off-highway mortorcycle
enviromnent and safety education training
program completion required for
violators.
Sec. 27: Licensing agent $1 issuing fee imposed.
Sec. 28: General
off-road vehicle requirements modified and nonregistered
off-road vehicle
operation at the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area
annual operation
authorized.
Sec. 29: Registration refund issuance authorized.
Sec. 30: Off-road
vehicle environment and safety education and training program administration
provided.
Sec. 31: General operation of off-road vehicle on water with snorkel
device prohibited.
Sec. 32: Permit fee regulations modified.
Sec. 33: Refunds
authorized for snowmobile registrations in certain instances.
Sec. 34:
Three-year snowmobile state trail sticker fee set at $30.
Sec. 35: License agent
duties modified.
Sec. 36: Sticker issuance procedures specified.
Sec. 37: State
trail sticker duplicates clairified.
Sec. 38: Account purposes expanded.
Sec.
39: Required rules modified to conform.
Sec. 40: Technical.
Sec. 41:
Registration or continued registration application modified.
Sec. 42:
Registration refunds authorized in certain instances.
Sec. 43: ATV program fees
imposed.
Sec. 44: ATV safety training course requirements established.
Sec. 45:
Youthful opperators of ATVs prohibitions modified.
Sec. 46: ATV passenger
restrictions modified.
Sec. 47: Vehicle use exceptions provided and closed
forest regulations
established.
Sec. 48: Road and rights-of-way regulations
modified.
Sec. 49: General operation of ATV's regulated and snorkel devices
prohibited.
Sec. 50: Turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting restrictions
modified.
Sec. 51: Glacial Lakes Trail system establishment provided.
Sec. 52:
Form issuance validity regulations modified.
Sec. 53: Alternative means to
display and validate annual park permits
authorized.
Sec. 54: Waiver or
reduction of state park entrance fees authorized in certain
instances.
Sec. 55:
Fee deposit and appropriation provided to operate and maintain state
park
system.
Sec. 56: Annual cross country ski pass raised by $5 to $14; 3 year
passes
raised by $15 to $39; daily pass fees doubled from $2 to $4.
Sec. 57:
Cross-country ski pass fee receipt deposit modified.
Sec. 58: Watercraft license
fees raised from $18 to $27, $6 to $9, $7 to
$10.50, $25 to $37.50, and from $12
to $18.
Sec. 59: Watercraft license fees for watercraft over 19 feet raised from
$30 to
$45, $45 to $67.50, and from $60 to $90.
Sec. 60: License fee for
watercraft for hire raised from $50 to $75.
Sec. 61: watercraft used by
nonprofit corporation to teaching fees raised from
$3 to $4.50.
Sec. 62:
Dealer's license fee raised from $45 to $67.50.
Sec. 63: Duplicate license fee
transfer raised from $3 to $4.50.
Sec. 64: License refund issuance authorized in
certain cases.
Sec. 65: Water recreation account established.
Sec. 66: Burning
permit requirements modified.
Sec. 67: Burning permit account created.
Sec. 68:
Electronic burning permit fees established.
Sec. 69: Forest bough account
established.
Sec. 70: Fund transfer detailed.
Sec. 71: Rulemaking exemptions
provided.
Sec. 72: Tree planting stock purchase clarified to give preference to
Minnesota
grown planting stock.
Sec. 73: Sale proceeds from tree planting stock
procedures clarified.
Sec. 74: Internal improvement lands language
clarified.
Sec. 75: Land management account established.
Sec. 76: Deposit in
minerals management account provided.
Sec. 77: Minerals management account
established.
Sec. 78: Technical.
Sec. 79: Addtitional restrictions on Riparian
land provided.
Sec. 80-82: Land restrictions modified.
Sec. 83: Land valuation
regulations established.
Sec. 84: Land exchange procedures modified relating to
Class A land.
Sec. 85: Public hearing requirements modified.
Sec. 86: Exchange
proposals modified.
Sec. 87: Determination of value fee and survey fee
regulated.
Sec. 88: Class A land conveyance modified.
Sec. 89: Class B land
exchange provision provided.
Sec. 90: Land valuation specified.
Sec. 91: Land
exchange regulations relating to land of substantially lower
value
established.
Sec. 92: Land exchange regulations modified.
Sec. 93: Exchange
proposals modified.
Sec. 94: Conveyance and approval regulations modified
relating to Class B land.
Sec. 95: Citizen oversight subcommittees date
extended.
Sec. 96: Annual appropriation clarified.
Sec. 97: Small game license
surcharge revenue appropriated.
Sec. 98: Trout and salmon stamp regulations
modified.
Sec. 99: Land disposal in wildlife management areas technical
reference added.
Sec. 100: Annual report modified.
Sec. 101: License to be sold
and fees to be issued specified.
Sec. 102: Electronic licensing system
commission modified.
Sec. 103: Tagging and registration required for certain
species of fish.
Sec. 104-105: Technical language clarifications.
Sec. 106:
Firearms safety certificate regulations modified.
Sec. 107: Duplicate
certificate fee imposed.
Sec. 108: Firearms safety certificate requirement
modified.
Sec. 109: Hunter and trapper education regulations modified.
Sec.
110: Tagging fish permit required.
Sec. 111: Special fish management tags
issuance provided.
Sec. 112: Fish length measurement procedure clarified.
Sec.
113: Species dates modified.
Sec. 114: Riparian land reservation regulations
clarified.
Sec. 115: Water use permit processing fee increased by $100 to $300
and
surcharge imposed.
Sec. 116: Permit application fees relating to water
appropriation or dam repair
or construction doubled from $75 to $150 and from
$500 to $1000.
Sec. 117: Aquatic plant fees deposited into water recreation
account.
Sec. 118: Permit fee schedule modified.
Sec. 119: Citizen monitoring of
water quality sunset eliminated.
Sec. 120: Tank fee for individual sewage
treatment systems limited to $25.
Sec. 121: Mixed municipal solid waste
definition modified.
Sec. 122: Source-separated organic materials definition
modified.
Sec. 123: Environmental education advisory board expiration date
extended.
Sec. 124: Environmental innovations advisory council
established.
Sec. 125: Technical.
Sec. 126: Accounting fee regulations
modified.
Sec. 127: Council definition provided.
Sec. 128: Fund supplanting
prevented.
Sec. 129: Required audits specified.
Sec. 130: Duties
modified.
Sec. 131: Minnesota conservation heritage council established.
Sec.
132: Information gathering provided.
Sec. 133: Appropriation directed.
Sec.
134: Work program and progress reports required.
Sec. 135: Strategic plan
requirements modified.
Sec. 136: Meetings made public.
Sec. 137: Peer review
procedures modified.
Sec. 138: Peer review panel membership modified.
Sec. 139:
Administrative authority modified.
Sec. 140: Royalties, copyrights, and patent
regulations clarified.
Sec. 141: Disbursement fund availability language
clarified.
Sec. 142: Technical changes.
Sec. 143: Technical changes.
Sec. 144:
Real property interest report required.
Sec. 145: Recreational equipment
owners eligible to purchase critical habitat license plates.
Sec. 146: Boat
trailers also subject to forfeiture.
Sec. 147: Farm-grown closed loop biomass
regulated.
Sec. 148: Municipal waste-to-energy project created.
Sec. 149:
Interim exemption modified.
Sec. 150: Biomass mandate reduction modified.
Sec.
151-155: Technical changes.
Sec. 156: ¿Lawful purpose¿ definition
modified.
Sec. 157: Nonconformities modified.
Sec. 158: Metropolitan area
water supply planning activities advisory committee established.
Sec. 159:
Annual appropriation provided.
Sec. 160: Inflation adjustment calculation
procedure modified.
Sec. 161-162: Summary by fund modified.
Sec. 163: Forest
land classification procedures modified.
Sec. 164: Iron nugget production
environmental review modified.
Sec. 165: Agreements continued.
Sec. 166:
Credit enhancement program fund usage provided.
Sec. 167: Rulemaking
required.
Sec. 168: Initial citizen appointments provided.
Sec. 169:
Transition provided.
Sec. 170: Conforming changes and rules provided.
Sec. 171:
Grooming rates modified.
Sec. 172: Health and environment clearinghouse
feasibility report required.
Sec. 173: Repealers.

ARTICLE 2--OPTION A FROM
HOUSE RESOLUTION 8

Section 1: Environment and natural resources appropriations
reductions detailed.
Sec. 2: Department of environmental protection money
appropriations reduced.
Sec. 3: Natural resources department money
appropriations reduced.
Sec. 4: Minnesota conservation corps money
appropriations reduced.
Sec. 5: Water and soil resources board money
appropriations reduced.
Sec. 6: Metropolitan Council money appropriations
reduced.
Sec. 7: Science Museum money appropriations reduced.

ARTICLE
3--ENVIRONMENTAL REORGANIZATION

Section 1: State departments designated.
Sec.
2: Access rights modified.
Sec. 3: Interagency coordination modified.
Sec. 4:
Waste reduction procurement model revised.
Sec. 5: Committee reports
required.
Sec. 6: Department of environmental protection created.
Sec. 7:
Office of commissioner of environmental protection created.
Sec. 8: Hazardous
waste facility permit regulations clarified.
Sec. 9: Revenue allocation
provided.
Sec. 10: Legislative report required.
Sec. 11: Revisor¿s
instruction.
Sec. 12: Repealer.

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