HF 1999

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/20/2023 04:41pm

A bill for an act
relating to state government; appropriating money from clean water, parks and
trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

ARTICLE 1

CLEAN WATER FUND

Section 1. new text begin CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water
fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2024" and "2025" used in this
article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2025, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2024.
"The second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2024 and 2025. These
are onetime appropriations.
new text end

			new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end
			new text begin Available for the Year new text end
			new text begin Ending June 30 new text end
				new text begin 2024 new text end		new text begin 2025 new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin CLEAN WATER FUND new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 157,848,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 157,450,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the clean water
fund. The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following sections.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end

new text begin Money appropriated in this article may not be
spent on activities unless they are directly
related to and necessary for a specific
appropriation. Money appropriated in this
article must be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Management and Budget MMB
Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund
Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise
specified in this article, fiscal year 2024
appropriations are available until June 30,
2025, and fiscal year 2025 appropriations are
available until June 30, 2026. If a project
receives federal funds, the period of the
appropriation is extended to equal the
availability of federal funding.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Disability Access new text end

new text begin Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean
water funds, in consultation with the Council
on Disability and other appropriate
governor-appointed disability councils, boards,
committees, and commissions, should make
progress toward providing people with
disabilities greater access to programs, print
publications, and digital media related to the
programs the recipient funds using
appropriations made in this article.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 19,290,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 19,290,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the
second year are to increase monitoring for
pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface
water and groundwater and to use data
collected to assess pesticide use practices. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (b) $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000
the second year are for monitoring and
evaluating trends in the concentration of
nitrate in groundwater; promoting, developing,
and evaluating regional and crop-specific
nutrient best management practices, cover
crops, and other vegetative cover; assessing
adoption of best management practices and
other recommended practices; education and
technical support from University of
Minnesota Extension; grants to support
agricultural demonstration and implementation
activities, including research activities at the
Rosholt Research Farm; and other actions to
protect groundwater from degradation from
nitrate. This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (c) $3,250,000 the first year and $3,250,000
the second year are for the agriculture best
management practices loan program. Any
unencumbered balance at the end of the second
year must be added to the corpus of the loan
fund.
new text end

new text begin (d) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000
the second year are for technical assistance;
research, demonstration, and promotion
projects on properly implementing best
management practices and vegetative cover;
and more-precise information on nonpoint
contributions to impaired waters and for grants
to support on-farm demonstration of
agricultural practices. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (e) $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the
second year are for maintenance of the
Minnesota Water Research Digital Library.
Costs for information technology development
or support for the digital library may be paid
to the Office of MN.IT Services. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (f) $3,500,000 the first year and $3,500,000
the second year are to implement the
Minnesota agricultural water quality
certification program statewide. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (g) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the
second year are for a regional irrigation water
quality specialist through University of
Minnesota Extension. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (h) $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000
the second year are for grants to the Board of
Regents of the University of Minnesota to
fund the Forever Green agriculture initiative
and to protect the state's natural resources
while increasing the efficiency, profitability,
and productivity of Minnesota farmers by
incorporating perennial and winter-annual
crops into existing agricultural practices. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (i) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the
second year are for testing drinking-water
wells for pesticides and establishing a
mitigation program for water treatment of
contaminated wells. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (j) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000
the second year are for conservation
equipment assistance grants to purchase
equipment or items to retrofit existing
equipment that has climate and water quality
benefits. This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (k) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000
the second year are for expanding the existing
state weather station and soil temperature
network to provide accurate and timely
weather data to optimize the timing of
irrigation, fertilizer, pesticide, and manure
applications and support land management
decisions. This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2028.
new text end

new text begin (l) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the
second year are for grants for research and
demonstration sites and projects to evaluate,
develop, demonstrate, and promote regional
and animal-specific recommendations for
manure crediting and to develop or revise
manure best management practices through
University of Minnesota Extension. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2028.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 24,187,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 24,188,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $9,050,000 the first year and $9,050,000
the second year are for completing needed
statewide assessments of surface water quality
and trends according to Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 114D.
new text end

new text begin (b) $6,350,000 the first year and $6,350,000
the second year are to update watershed
restoration and protection strategies, which
include total maximum daily load (TMDL)
studies and TMDL implementation plans
according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter
114D, for waters on the impaired waters list
approved by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
new text end

new text begin (c) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for groundwater
assessment, including enhancing the ambient
monitoring network, modeling, evaluating
trends.
new text end

new text begin (d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the
second year are for implementing the St. Louis
River System Area of Concern remedial action
plan.
new text end

new text begin (e) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000
the second year are for national pollutant
discharge elimination system wastewater and
stormwater TMDL implementation efforts.
new text end

new text begin (f) $3,550,000 the first year and $3,550,000
the second year are for enhancing the
county-level delivery systems for subsurface
sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities
necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes,
sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protecting
groundwater. This appropriation includes base
grants for all counties with SSTS programs.
Counties that receive base grants must report
the number of properties with noncompliant
systems upgraded through an SSTS
replacement, connection to a centralized sewer
system, or other means, including property
abandonment or buyout. Counties also must
report the number of existing SSTS
compliance inspections conducted in areas
under county jurisdiction. The required reports
must be part of the established annual
reporting for SSTS programs. Of this amount,
at least $900,000 each year is available to
counties for grants to low-income landowners
to address systems that pose an imminent
threat to public health or safety or fail to
protect groundwater. A county receiving a
grant under this paragraph must submit a
report to the agency listing the projects funded,
including an account of the expenditures.
new text end

new text begin (g) $650,000 the first year and $650,000 the
second year are for activities and grants that
reduce chloride pollution.
new text end

new text begin (h) $337,000 the first year and $338,000 the
second year are to support activities of the
Clean Water Council according to Minnesota
Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin (i) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for a grant program for
sanitary sewer projects that are included in the
draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park
Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to
restore the water quality of waters in
Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be
awarded to local government units for projects
approved by the Voyageurs National Park
Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be
matched by at least 25 percent from sources
other than the clean water fund.
new text end

new text begin (j) Any unencumbered grant balances in the
first year do not cancel but are available for
grants in the second year. Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the
appropriations in this section are available
until June 30, 2028.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 12,780,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 12,780,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $2,550,000 the first year and $2,550,000
the second year are for streamflow monitoring.
new text end

new text begin (b) $1,450,000 the first year and $1,450,000
the second year are for lake Index of
Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
new text end

new text begin (c) $455,000 the first year and $455,000 the
second year are for assessing mercury and
other fish contaminants, including PFAS
compounds, and monitoring to track the status
of impaired waters over time.
new text end

new text begin (d) $2,150,000 the first year and $2,150,000
the second year are for developing targeted,
science-based watershed restoration and
protection strategies and for technical
assistance for local governments.
new text end

new text begin (e) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000
the second year are for water-supply planning,
aquifer protection, and monitoring activities
and analysis.
new text end

new text begin (f) $1,600,000 the first year and $1,600,000
the second year are for technical assistance to
support local implementation of nonpoint
source restoration and protection activities and
targeted forest stewardship for water quality.
new text end

new text begin (g) $650,000 the first year and $650,000 the
second year are for applied research and tools,
including maintaining and updating spatial
data for watershed boundaries, streams, and
water bodies and integrating high-resolution
digital elevation data and for assessing the
effectiveness of forestry best management
practices for water quality.
new text end

new text begin (h) $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the
second year are for maintaining and updating
buffer maps and for technical guidance on
interpreting buffer maps for local units of
government implementing buffer
requirements. Maps must be provided to local
units of government and made available to
landowners on the Department of Natural
Resources website.
new text end

new text begin (i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the
second year are for accelerating completion
of or updates to county geologic atlases and
supplementing water chemistry or chemical
movement studies.
new text end

new text begin (j) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the
second year are for increasing native
freshwater mussel production capacity and
restoring and monitoring freshwater mussel
restoration efforts.
new text end

new text begin (k) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the
second year are for implementing water
storage projects on state-administered land to
enhance water quality and ecological benefits.
new text end

new text begin (l) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for providing technical
and financial assistance for county and local
governments to replace failing or ineffective
culverts using modern designs that restore
floodplain connectivity, biological
connectivity, and channel stability. This
appropriation is available for up to two
additional years.
new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 78,064,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 78,063,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $39,500,000 the first year and $39,500,000
the second year are for grants to implement
state-approved watershed-based plans. The
grants may be used to implement projects or
programs that protect, enhance, and restore
surface water quality in lakes, rivers, and
streams; protect groundwater from
degradation; and protect drinking water
sources. Projects must be identified in a
comprehensive watershed plan developed
under the One Watershed, One Plan program
and seven-county metropolitan groundwater
or surface water management frameworks as
provided for in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D. Grant recipients
must identify a nonstate match and may use
other legacy funds to supplement projects
funded under this paragraph. This
appropriation may be used for:
new text end

new text begin (1) implementing state-approved plans,
including within the following watershed
planning areas: Bois de Sioux - Mustinka,
Buffalo-Red River, Cannon River, Cedar -
Wapsipinicon, Chippewa River, Clearwater
River, Cottonwood-Middle Minnesota, Crow
Wing River, Des Moines River, Greater
Zumbro River, Hawk Creek - Middle
Minnesota, Kettle and Upper St. Croix, Lac
qui Parle-Yellow Bank, Lake of the Woods,
Lake Superior North, Le Sueur River, Leech
Lake River, Long Prairie River, Lower
Minnesota River East, Lower Minnesota River
West, Lower St. Croix River,
Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers, Mississippi
River Brainerd, Mississippi River Headwaters,
Mississippi River St. Cloud, Mississippi River
Winona/La Crescent, Missouri River Basin,
Nemadji River, North Fork Crow River, Otter
Tail, Pine River, Pomme de Terre River,
Rainy-Rapid River, Rainy River Headwaters
- Vermilion River, Rainy River-Rainy
Lake/Lower Rainy River, Red Lake River,
Redeye River, Root River, Roseau River, Rum
River, Sand Hill River, Sauk River, Shell Rock
and Winnebago River, Snake River, South
Fork of the Crow River, St. Louis River, Thief
River, Two Rivers Plus, Upper and Lower Red
Lake, Upper Minnesota River, Upper
Mississippi - Grand Rapids, Watonwan River,
Wild Rice - Marsh, and Yellow Medicine
River;
new text end

new text begin (2) seven-county metropolitan groundwater
or surface water management frameworks;
and
new text end

new text begin (3) other comprehensive watershed
management plan planning areas that have a
board-approved and local-government-adopted
plan as authorized in Minnesota Statutes,
section 103B.801.
new text end

new text begin The board must establish eligibility criteria
and determine whether a planning area is ready
to proceed and has the nonstate match
committed.
new text end

new text begin (b) $8,500,000 the first year and $8,500,000
the second year are for grants to local
government units to protect and restore surface
water and drinking water; to keep water on
the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water
quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to
protect groundwater and drinking water,
including feedlot water quality and subsurface
sewage treatment system projects and stream
bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration,
and ravine stabilization projects. The projects
must use practices demonstrated to be
effective, be of long-lasting public benefit,
include a match, and be consistent with total
maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation
plans, watershed restoration and protection
strategies (WRAPS), or local water
management plans or their equivalents. Up to
20 percent of this appropriation is available
for land-treatment projects and practices that
benefit drinking water.
new text end

new text begin (c) $5,500,000 the first year and $5,500,000
the second year are for accelerated
implementation, local resource protection,
enhancement grants, statewide analytical
targeting or technology tools that fill an
identified gap, program enhancements for
technical assistance, citizen and community
outreach, compliance, and training and
certification.
new text end

new text begin (d) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000
the second year are:
new text end

new text begin (1) to provide state oversight and
accountability, evaluate and communicate
results, provide implementation tools, and
measure the value of conservation program
implementation by local governments; and
new text end

new text begin (2) to prepare, in consultation with the
commissioners of natural resources, health,
agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency,
and submit to the legislature by March 1 each
even-numbered year a biennial report detailing
the recipients and projects funded and the
results accomplished under this section.
new text end

new text begin (e) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000
the second year are to provide assistance,
oversight, and grants for supporting local
governments in implementing and complying
with riparian protection and excessive soil loss
requirements.
new text end

new text begin (f) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000
the second year are for a working lands
floodplain program and to purchase, restore,
or preserve riparian land and floodplains
adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and
tributaries, by conservation easements or
contracts to keep water on the land, to decrease
sediment, pollutant, and nutrient transport;
reduce hydrologic impacts to surface waters;
and increase protection and recharge for
groundwater. Up to $200,000 is for deposit in
a conservation easement stewardship account
established according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 103B.103.
new text end

new text begin (g) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000
the second year are for permanent
conservation easements on wellhead protection
areas under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), or for
grants to local units of government for fee title
acquisition to permanently protect
groundwater supply sources on wellhead
protection areas or for otherwise ensuring
long-term protection of groundwater supply
sources as described under alternative
management tools in the Department of
Agriculture Minnesota Nitrogen Fertilizer
Management Plan, including using
low-nitrogen cropping systems or
implementing nitrogen fertilizer best
management practices. Priority must be placed
on land that is located where the vulnerability
of the drinking water supply is designated as
high or very high by the commissioner of
health, where drinking water protection plans
have identified specific activities that will
achieve long-term protection, and on lands
with expiring conservation reserve program
contracts. Up to $200,000 is for deposit in a
conservation easement stewardship account
established according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 103B.103.
new text end

new text begin (h) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the
second year are for a technical evaluation
panel to conduct restoration evaluations under
Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50,
subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin (i) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000
the second year are for assistance, oversight,
and grants to local governments to transition
local water management plans to a watershed
approach as provided for in Minnesota
Statutes, section 103B.801.
new text end

new text begin (j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for technical assistance
and grants for the conservation drainage
program, in consultation with the Drainage
Work Group, coordinated under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 13,
and including projects to improve
multipurpose water management under
Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.015.
new text end

new text begin (k) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000
the second year are to purchase permanent
conservation easements to protect lands
adjacent to public waters that have good water
quality but that are threatened with
degradation. Up to $150,000 is for deposit in
a conservation easement stewardship account
established according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 103B.103.
new text end

new text begin (l) $425,000 the first year and $425,000 the
second year are for grants or contracts for a
program to systematically collect data and
produce county, watershed, and statewide
estimates of soil erosion caused by water and
wind, along with tracking adoption of
conservation measures, including cover crops,
to address erosion. This appropriation may be
used for grants to or contracts with the
University of Minnesota to complete this
work.
new text end

new text begin (m) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the
second year are for developing and
implementing a water legacy grant program
to expand partnerships for clean water.
new text end

new text begin (n) $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000
the second year are for permanent
conservation easements to protect and restore
wetlands and associated uplands. Up to
$300,000 is for deposit in a conservation
easement stewardship account established
according to Minnesota Statutes, section
103B.103.
new text end

new text begin (o) $6,038,500 the first year and $6,038,500
the second year are for financial and technical
assistance to enhance adoption of cover crops
and other soil health practices to achieve water
quality or drinking water benefits. The board
may use grants to local governments and
agreements with the United States Department
of Agriculture, AgCentric at Minnesota State
Center for Excellence, and other practitioners
and partners to accomplish this work. Up to
$450,000 is for an agreement with the
University of Minnesota Office for Soil Health
for applied research and education on
Minnesota's agroecosystems and soil health
management systems. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2028, and may be
extended to leverage available federal funds.
new text end

new text begin (p) The board must contract for delivery of
services with Conservation Corps Minnesota
for restoration, maintenance, training, and
other activities under this section for up to
$750,000 the first year and up to $750,000 the
second year.
new text end

new text begin (q) The board may shift grant, implementation,
or easement funds in this section and may
adjust the technical and administrative
assistance portion of the funds to leverage
federal or other nonstate funds or to address
oversight responsibilities or high-priority
activities identified by the board consistent
with local water management plans.
new text end

new text begin (r) The board must require grantees to specify
the outcomes that will be achieved by the
grants.
new text end

new text begin (s) The appropriations in this section are
available until June 30, 2028, except grant or
easement funds are available for five years
after the date a grant or other agreement is
executed. Returned grant funds must be
regranted consistent with the purposes of this
section.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 11,296,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 11,904,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $4,746,000 the first year and $5,354,000
the second year are for developing
health-based, Minnesota-specific water
guidance for contaminants found or anticipated
to be found in Minnesota drinking water, to
certify private laboratories to conduct analyses
for these contaminants, and to increase the
capacity of the department's laboratory to
analyze for these contaminants.
new text end

new text begin (b) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000
the second year are for ensuring safe drinking
water for private well users, including studying
the occurrence and magnitude of contaminants
in private wells; developing guidance and
conducting outreach and education about well
testing and mitigation; awarding grants to local
governments; and designing voluntary
interventions to reduce health risks to private
well owners.
new text end

new text begin (c) $3,750,000 the first year and $3,750,000
the second year are for protecting sources of
drinking water, including planning,
implementation, and surveillance activities
and grants to local governments and public
water systems.
new text end

new text begin (d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the
second year are to develop and deliver
groundwater restoration and protection
strategies on a watershed scale for use in local
comprehensive water planning efforts, to
provide resources to local governments for
activities that protect sources of drinking
water, and to enhance approaches that improve
the capacity of local governmental units to
protect and restore groundwater resources.
new text end

new text begin (e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the
second year are to develop public health
policies and an action plan to address threats
to safe drinking water, including development
of a statewide plan for protecting drinking
water that incorporates select
recommendations from the University of
Minnesota's Future of Drinking Water report.
new text end

new text begin (f) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the
second year are for developing a statewide
recreational water portal that includes an
inventory of public beaches and information
about local monitoring results and closures
and that provides information about preventing
illness and recreational water stewardship.
new text end

new text begin (g) Unless otherwise specified, the
appropriations in this section are available
until June 30, 2027.
new text end

Sec. 8. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 1,875,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 1,875,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000
the second year are to implement projects that
address emerging threats to the drinking water
supply; provide cost-effective regional
solutions; leverage interjurisdictional
coordination; support local implementation of
water supply reliability projects; support the
growing needs of community water suppliers
facing challenges, including PFAS,
groundwater appropriation limitations, system
reliability and resilience, and increased
regional growth; and prevent degradation of
groundwater resources in the metropolitan
area. These projects provide communities
with:
new text end

new text begin (1) potential solutions to leverage regional
water use by using surface water, stormwater,
wastewater, and groundwater;
new text end

new text begin (2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements
for different alternatives;
new text end

new text begin (3) development of planning-level cost
estimates, including capital costs and operating
costs;
new text end

new text begin (4) identification of funding mechanisms and
an equitable cost-sharing structure for
regionally beneficial water supply
development projects; and
new text end

new text begin (5) development of subregional groundwater
models and strategies.
new text end

new text begin (b) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the
second year are for the water demand
reduction grants to assist municipalities in the
metropolitan area with implementing water
demand reduction measures to ensure the
reliability and protection of drinking water
supplies.
new text end

Sec. 9. new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the
second year are for developing Part A of
county geologic atlases. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2030.
new text end

new text begin (b) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for a program to evaluate
performance and technology transfer for
stormwater best management practices, to
evaluate best management performance and
effectiveness to support meeting total
maximum daily loads, to develop standards
and incorporate state-of-the-art guidance using
minimal impact design standards as the model,
and to implement a system to transfer
knowledge and technology across local
government, industry, and regulatory sectors.
This appropriation is available until June 30,
2030.
new text end

Sec. 10. new text begin LEGISLATURE new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 6,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin $6,000 the first year is for the Legislative
Coordinating Commission for the website
required under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.303, subdivision 10.
new text end

Sec. 11. new text begin PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,350,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,350,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $8,250,000 the first year and $8,250,000
the second year are for the point source
implementation grants program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2030.
new text end

new text begin (b) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the
second year are for small community
wastewater treatment grants and loans under
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2030.
new text end

new text begin (c) If there is any uncommitted money at the
end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or
(b), the Public Facilities Authority may
transfer the remaining funds to eligible
projects under any of the programs listed in
this section according to a project's priority
rank on the Pollution Control Agency's project
priority list.
new text end

ARTICLE 2

PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

Section 1. new text begin PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and
trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures
"2024" and "2025" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure
are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2025, respectively. "The
first year" is fiscal year 2024. "The second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" is
fiscal years 2024 and 2025. These are onetime appropriations.
new text end

			new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end
			new text begin Available for the Year new text end
			new text begin Ending June 30 new text end
				new text begin 2024 new text end		new text begin 2025 new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin PARKS AND TRAILS new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 66,631,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 63,779,000 new text end

new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following sections.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end

new text begin Money appropriated in this article may not be
spent on activities unless they are directly
related to and necessary for a specific
appropriation. Money appropriated in this
article must be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Management and Budget MMB
Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund
Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise
specified in this article, fiscal year 2024
appropriations are available until June 30,
2026, and fiscal year 2025 appropriations are
available until June 30, 2027. If a project
receives federal funds, the period of the
appropriation is extended to equal the
availability of federal funding.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Disability Access new text end

new text begin Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks
and trails funds, in consultation with the
Council on Disability and other appropriate
governor-appointed disability councils, boards,
committees, and commissions, should make
progress toward providing people with
disabilities greater access to programs, print
publications, and digital media related to the
programs the recipient funds using
appropriations made in this article.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 39,805,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 38,538,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $26,823,000 the first year and $25,241,000
the second year are for state parks, recreation
areas, and trails to:
new text end

new text begin (1) connect people to the outdoors;
new text end

new text begin (2) acquire land and create opportunities;
new text end

new text begin (3) maintain existing holdings; and
new text end

new text begin (4) improve cooperation by coordinating with
partners to implement the 25-year long-range
parks and trails legacy plan.
new text end

new text begin (b) $12,305,000 the first year and $12,660,000
the second year are for grants for parks and
trails of regional significance outside the
seven-county metropolitan area under
Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants
awarded under this paragraph must be based
on the lists of recommended projects
submitted to the legislative committees under
Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536,
subdivision 10, from the Greater Minnesota
Regional Parks and Trails Commission
established under Minnesota Statutes, section
85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph
must support parks and trails of regional or
statewide significance that meet the applicable
definitions and criteria for regional parks and
trails contained in the Greater Minnesota
Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan
adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional
Parks and Trails Commission on April 22,
2015. Grant recipients identified under this
paragraph must submit a grant application to
the commissioner of natural resources. Up to
2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used
by the commissioner for the actual cost of
issuing and monitoring the grants for the
commission. Of the amount appropriated,
$475,000 the first year and $475,000 the
second year are for the Greater Minnesota
Regional Parks and Trails Commission to
carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes,
section 85.536, including the continued
development of a statewide system plan for
regional parks and trails outside the
seven-county metropolitan area.
new text end

new text begin (c) By January 15, 2024, the Greater
Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails
Commission must submit a list of projects that
contains the commission's recommendations
for funding from the parks and trails fund for
fiscal year 2025 to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative
committees and divisions with jurisdiction
over environment and natural resources and
the parks and trails fund.
new text end

new text begin (d) By January 15, 2024, the Greater
Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails
Commission must submit a report that contains
the commission's criteria for funding from the
parks and trails fund, including the criteria
used to determine if a park or trail is of
regional significance, to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative
committees and divisions with jurisdiction
over environment and natural resources and
the parks and trails fund.
new text end

new text begin (e) $677,000 the first year and $637,000 the
second year are for coordination and projects
between the department, the Metropolitan
Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional
Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced
web-based information for park and trail users;
and support of activities of the Parks and
Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
new text end

new text begin (f) The commissioner must contract for
services with Conservation Corps Minnesota
for restoration, maintenance, and other
activities under this section for at least
$850,000 the first year and $850,000 the
second year.
new text end

new text begin (g) Grant recipients of an appropriation under
this section must give consideration to
contracting with Conservation Corps
Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, and
other activities.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 26,823,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 25,241,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $26,823,000 the first year and $25,241,000
the second year are for distribution according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53,
subdivision 3.
new text end

new text begin (b) Money appropriated under this section and
distributed to implementing agencies must be
used only to fund the list of projects approved
by the elected representatives of each of the
metropolitan parks implementing agencies.
Projects funded by the money appropriated
under this section must be substantially
consistent with the project descriptions and
dollar amounts approved by each elected body.
Any money remaining after completing the
listed projects may be spent by the
implementing agencies on projects to support
parks and trails.
new text end

new text begin (c) Grant agreements entered into by the
Metropolitan Council and recipients of money
appropriated under this section must ensure
that the money is used to supplement and not
substitute for traditional sources of funding.
new text end

new text begin (d) The implementing agencies receiving
appropriations under this section must give
consideration to contracting with Conservation
Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance,
and other activities.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin LEGISLATURE new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 3,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin $3,000 the first year is for the Legislative
Coordinating Commission for the website
required under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.303, subdivision 10.
new text end

ARTICLE 3

ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

Section 1. new text begin ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities
and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural
heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under
the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2024" and "2025" used in
this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year
2024. "The second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
All appropriations in this article are onetime.
new text end

			new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end
			new text begin Available for the Year new text end
			new text begin Ending June 30 new text end
				new text begin 2024 new text end		new text begin 2025 new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 49,324,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 41,475,000 new text end

new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end

new text begin Money appropriated in this article must not
be spent on activities unless they are directly
related to and necessary for a specific
appropriation. Money appropriated in this
article must not be spent on institutional
overhead charges that are not directly related
to and necessary for a specific appropriation.
Money appropriated in this article must be
spent in accordance with Minnesota
Management and Budget MMB Guidance to
Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditure.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this
article, fiscal year 2024 appropriations are
available until June 30, 2025, and fiscal year
2025 appropriations are available until June
30, 2026. If a project receives federal funds,
the period of the appropriation is extended to
equal the availability of federal funding.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Minnesota State Arts Board new text end

new text begin 49,320,000 new text end

new text begin 41,475,000 new text end

new text begin The amounts in this subdivision are
appropriated to the Minnesota State Arts
Board for arts, arts education, arts
preservation, and arts access under Minnesota
Statutes, section 129D.17, subdivision 4. Grant
agreements entered into by the Minnesota
State Arts Board and other recipients of
appropriations in this subdivision must ensure
that these funds are used to supplement and
not substitute for traditional sources of
funding. Each grant program established in
this appropriation must be separately
administered from other state appropriations
for program planning and outcome
measurements, but may take into consideration
other state resources awarded in the selection
of applicants and grant award size.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Minnesota Historical Society new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin (a) $2,226,000 in fiscal year 2023 is for
historic and cultural programs and purposes
related to the heritage of the state. This is a
onetime appropriation and any unencumbered
balance remaining in fiscal year 2023 does not
cancel but is available until June 30, 2024.
new text end

new text begin (b) $358,000 in fiscal year 2023 is for history
partnerships involving multiple organizations,
which may include the Minnesota Historical
Society, to preserve and enhance access to
Minnesota's history and cultural heritage in
all regions of the state. This is a onetime
appropriation and any unencumbered balance
remaining in fiscal year 2023 does not cancel
but is available until June 30, 2024.
new text end

new text begin (c) $510,000 in fiscal year 2023 is for one or
more contracts to be competitively awarded
to conduct statewide surveys or investigations
of Minnesota's sites of historical,
archaeological, and cultural significance. This
is a onetime appropriation and any
unencumbered balance remaining in fiscal
year 2023 does not cancel but is available until
June 30, 2024.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end

new text begin 4,000 new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin The amount in this subdivision is appropriated
for the Legislative Coordinating Commission
to maintain the website required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision
10.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end